. Zigzag journeys in the White city. With visits to the neighboring metropolis . ,1 -■ . STi- i **t| *>•■ VIS. CHICAGO AND ITS MAKERS. IOI receive the homeless multitudes, coming from everywhere. It was thehospitable door of Chicago. It was a short walk from the Art Palace to the Auditorium Build-ing, which is a grand hotel and a theatre, and whose corridors mighthave been halls of the Pharaohs, they are so dazzling, airy, and beauti-ful. Every one here seemed to be in a hurry. If each ones life wereto be fated to end with the day, no onecould be more in a hurry. Yet every onelooked happy;

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. Zigzag journeys in the White city. With visits to the neighboring metropolis . ,1 -■ . STi- i **t| *>•■ VIS. CHICAGO AND ITS MAKERS. IOI receive the homeless multitudes, coming from everywhere. It was thehospitable door of Chicago. It was a short walk from the Art Palace to the Auditorium Build-ing, which is a grand hotel and a theatre, and whose corridors mighthave been halls of the Pharaohs, they are so dazzling, airy, and beauti-ful. Every one here seemed to be in a hurry. If each ones life wereto be fated to end with the day, no onecould be more in a hurry. Yet every onelooked happy; it was not an anxious hur-ry, but an inspired hurry. New York isslow and Boston slower, but here is theclock of destiny, and one must do, ere itstrike. The Chicagoan loves Chicago,and resolves to make it the grandest cityin the world. The dream is likely to be fulfilled. Ourgood Quaker friend said to a boy in thepillared waiting-room of the Auditorium : My boy, how many miles is it toBoston ? The boy gave a lightning glance, gath-ered up his mouth for one long breath,and answered: — Thirty-two hours from B

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