12 ROUND ABOUT CHICAGO 



big boy is not big enough to be of any use as a 

 protector, but he looks well in the party. The 

 real protector is the o. m., who, like all her kind, 

 is afraid of nothing that walks or crawls, and 

 who is calm and masterful even in the presence 

 of that bugbear to all proper womankind a 

 time-table. She can even understand it, and 

 without asking questions know when to get back 

 to the train. From tender years she has gone 

 alone. Her independence is now natural and 

 unobtrusive. 



Now, Mother and I have always claimed that 

 Chicago was much maligned; and while we have 

 had to admit that it is dirty and sprawly, and, if 

 you are on the lee side of the Yards, often smelly, 

 yet we warm with enthusiasm over the grassy aisles 

 of our stately boulevards, and the ample stretches 

 of our splendid parks, and We know from many 

 past summerings that the suburbs and the country 

 round have attractions innumerable. So we are 

 childishly happy to think that we have the whole 

 long summer with nothing to do but enjoy 

 Chicago. 



. At this point you, the gentle reader, smile; but 

 it is a humorous, friendly, indulgent smile, and 

 does not hurt at all. So you may come with us 

 on our outings ! 



