The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-20
THEY" HUSLE" IN CHICAGO
wHRRK rHE WISDT CITT DIFFERS
HROu PARIS M NEW YORK

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T,uuss as~erte.-rbeerfsl Bearer 81 ar-s
cH1c,eo. Feb la-THE srS reoeatly bad Al
1rrtSess of unusual interest TO travellers AID
srfoaeuts 81 urban habits ooDcerainE odd fea'
tures az NE distinctive Of Paris thai are not 70
b, found In the gaidebooks- Then. sScrtiy after.
.uosher gtory appeared. drawing . pleasing
eumparisoa between New York and WashinG'
lsua. to the disadrantage o. the capital city
- certain potuss This vAinglcrioss West.
Su mesropolis is far IRON Paris and New York
and Washington in miles. bat not further in
distance perhaps thAnsin mAnnerSAnd customs.
ne native ChieaguAn loves to refer 20 this place
- the boss" town Of America MOtesty has
ALWAYS beea an afrerthought with these people
TIE dominant note In Chicago life to-day. As
IN The past. l. "hus1inG." The want Adver-
ttssnen,i in the local papers are AlvAys esllinS
for shusslerS- And warning away as useless
fossfis men who nave passed their tht-teth
yeGr. he COMMERCIAL spirit The rush ee
meat aud The ge,-thereuf;h-both-fee: style are
pecuitarfries that most tourists discover with
out the use Of a.Etcroscope- Al the world has
heard hov CHICAGO foospads are busy the year
ruund ho.ainS up persons supplied with moneT
md watches: Almost IS frequent in occurrence IS
fhs running down Of lASSAr4s By teAnsters
md express drivers who want 10 Re AZ tie head
q The procession Hundreds are killed and
raafred and uAnE,ed annually By car drivers
and eaxinee-S who hare no use for slow peo-
ne. Tie hurTy-up temper rules There - no
leisure Those who can't keep Up with TIE PRO
cessso, are requested TO set OF the Garth
Rudya-d :Kipttns came hero and was told TO
10 10 tie Palmer House To hs Oriental taste
Vhis bos-elry was overnuch gilded and mir
ro-~d, bot there he found "a huge hall Of 'e<
s<liated marble ernnmed with people talking
about money AID splitting about every where
Other barbarians charged in and on; o. this In
fsrno with letters and kilograms in,tAe:r. hands,
and re, others shouted hack and forth IN .
most botsse-u1s manner What would MI.
EiplinE have said IL he had witnessed . bar
Rardea performance at the Board Of Trade dur
inx . garry IN wheatf All this competitive
st-uSEis N Chieago's streets and pubic places
a. Il for . bag Of Klondike Suldan = foos race.
Il regarded As th4 highest expression o: the
Windy City'kss..erte-prise. II Il perhaps the
oaiT city in the world where the people rush
around Or Monday as If they were ashamed OF
having been idle on Sunday.
One DAY . confused and frightened Nebraska
FARMER made his escape from the foo:bsit rush
q the e-ozds and, entering . wEshirEIoa
street stationer's shop just OF State street.
asked:
-whe-e are all these people IN the streets
funasLS toll II Is like q buffalo stampede on;
on the ulAins Has Gre broken out round here
soueuhe-eT'
No said he s~sa,tocer quietly. Every.
things al right side up with esre, I guess
Every MAJ yoa see rushing round :he corner in.
State Stree: is has'linS to make . dollar. ard
eTeu woman you see Is hzsTins to.spend q DOL
lar.
Recently Q tours. said that ChicaSo's wild
boar erergy reminded MIN q . mighty piS-e.y.
where every porker, even down TO the Little
pig With . sentimental curi in his tail. Was try.
ing TO get his sDout in the same trough Amid
al this push and scrimmsSe there are some
funny contradictions. For example. the Eea-
uire ChieASpAa will run like a Splinter fo- four
blocks TO catch a trolley car when he IS well
aware that another IS coming two minutes
lAter. Thea when he aiiehts he wfl waste hal.
an hour discussing the latest political scandal
or the probabilities Of . tEht between Co-bett
and Titzsimuons. before going to his ONCE O.
going 10 work II be hears the bell ring to- .
bridge to turn. he viii run ike a quarter horse
90 across besn-e II swings. az the inmineo,
risk Of planging into the river and dro wing or
knocking Others overheard and the moment he
lands safely On the othe- side, Will stop 30 arsae
TIN free silver question with the frst person
who VIII listen to his, vasAries This is the
Chicago manner Of illustrating the tableboos
.8Lory Of Tie hare and the tortoise
The earstic and reproachtul insincstion OF
NJ. kipiiRx thar Chicago people are addicted 20
the habit Of erpxctor2tion in public pisces i DOS
Without foundation. There i probabiy no oehe-
where. as here. the civil authorities would deey1
u necessary to le2LsiAtE aEatnS. eIpectoratiCa
and post warning paAeArds IL big nd and black
letters TO suppress The habit This WAS the
creates. reto-uaAtoE? work attempted b. Doc
ser Bill" Kerr. Commissioner or Health under
Mayor Swift These large sDanEied warr-
anzs were tackled up in police stations. cheap
lodging ho1ses- street cars onnib1sAs. hocS lob
btes. waiting rooms stations suburban trains,
pubic ofices, saloons. and .courTroouls- with a
nishsd plenty OF ~Tnateriai tor Dickens. Bat a
new administrator has come il, Doc Bill
Kerr has passed into oblivion the warning
pos:ers one BY one have disappeared. Ant the
i sSill rags as an epidemic Travelling il an
American train Dickens imagined some per.
and that flying feathers were escaping through
the open vindous lie discovered. however.
ThS, wss Stty yeats Or sso:e ~ To5sv
nos.oaly the men but the business women o.
sassSSS rSe in.:TSo'S GAIT io2;sP;essE
public i~horOuxhfArrs.
h. perhaps more general IN ChicAso than tlse-
where in this eountry. The reasons 70. this are
respectable the neighbo-hosi. in which 2eEtes
1Etars are safe from fGotpSds AFTER rL-tttAIL.
% hne Other persoas for earring E7.as- hS-tir
ever venture ouI without. going armed !, i
otill fresh In the pubic mind how JCstlce Jar
Wis Biume. . west side magistrate, returning
kosne one night from = social function. sho: and
Pulled = foo,lad ~ whom he was assaulted.
having a revolver hsndy il his OrercoaI pssEeI
'visthSmHe, FreGch vice-CSaspl IN CafssEo.
lost sloo While boarding = cable car AZ Nsd:.
son and Dearborn stEee:s- With the rli o!
bids In his hip pocket ~ss \ revolver, and tue
moasy WAS Inadvertently pulled on; when he
transferred the gun 70 bis outside oge.CCAs
poeket. TO be well prepared tor any a,t4rk.
Htgh and low. T1ch and posi-. make IL a lie 10
go armed; The Western cowboy. when he AZ
hives IN this city, tAKes OF his belt and SLOWS
away his gun our % sight; ard nc usually has
g eoantAted before he gets on, O. town The
Mayor and the Chies Of Police are p~sssrsd
constantly by apprraeasiTe citizens who wen.
permits TO carry revolye-s for SELF, protection,
eAa requests q this kind from persons % good
standing usually Are granted DE. ThCuAs and
other militant aud WAr!Ike c~lsrsyrnsa have
thuntereH from their pClpirs the advice that
people should Cary arms and shoe; down Few
OF tte t~eF-orinng hiEnvAymsn a. an Os,ect les
con Hank clerks and express messengers 80
about like walking NrsenAls- Recently west
side business n<a. led by the yocnc ard fey
members Ct thet- set, formed a large Association