New Walks in Old Ways 



plants in their free, wild state are as 

 inoffensive as the "flags" and lilies that 

 precede them in the floral procession 

 of the year in our marshes, meadows 

 and sunlit glades. It is only after man 

 sets to work "improving" on the wild 

 plant for his own use that the onion 

 becomes obtrusive. If you break the 

 flower stalk of a "Chicago" you will 

 detect a faint suspicion of its more 

 strenuous garden relative, but that is 

 all. In the second place, the word 

 Chicago is no cheap, brainless copy of 

 some Old World appellation. It is 

 truly and distinctly American, besides 

 being euphonious. For that reason 

 the hub of the Mississippi Valley should 

 be proud and happy in her name — 

 even if she does have to "make-up" 

 terribly in her effort to become beauti- 

 ful. Come to think of it, what other 

 city of major importance in North 

 America possesses a name that has 

 truly New World flavor? Search the 

 whole list from coast to coast, and 

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