Show CHICAGO GO AMAZES ZES TIlE THE THY COUNTRY CO We e Americans are arc pretty well welI used to Chicago and It takes takesI a I pretty prett sized good-sized outbreak there thereto to fo t o make us pay any special atten aUen- attention tion to it But Dut foreigners must often orten look on Chicago with emo emo- emotions emotions lions of ot wonder and and add awe For Tor Chicago Is unique Never before ha has there been blen a city cIt even remote remote- remotely ly 13 I like it No other American city resembles Chicago Even New NewYork NewYork ew York which preens Itself Itse on Its pre e Is not like the Inland metropolis Chicago Is In a class CIMS by b itself tse If This is not said altogether In deprecation as it t Is La possible to grow very ery fond of at tho the great sprawling shrieking city on the tIle shores of ot Lake Michigan But nut of ot late lalo years jears ealS when ono one speaks of of Chicago's difference from front other i cities cilles ono inevitably Ine ha has In the bottom of ot ones one's mind a a. mental imago image of ot bold bol 1 bad gunmen of o machine ma ma- machine chine guns and beer trucks of ot rampant crime and helpless police police- men That this conception Is La probably unjust to Chicago is beside the point The crux of at tho the matter Is this The Chicago of ot beer runners gang wars and machine gun kill kIll- killings kIllIngs ings is only the logical result of or present day tendencies in American city life Chicago has incredibly desperate gangsters Every ery American city has them in miniature Certain sections of ot Chicago are ale under the thes crooks who ho sway s a of ot unscrupulous rule by sheer force and lawlessness Tho The same condition obtains on a small scale In many man other cities Chicago has Chicago has many sordid alliances between politics and crime So have other cities in tn less virulent form form forin Chicago Is the logical conclusion of ot of tho the development of or the tho typical American city ell Ono One might say Sa that what hat Chicago is today toda other cities such as Cleveland Buffalo Omaha Portland and Denver Den will willbo wIllbe willbo bo be tomorrow If It they do not look to o themselves selves carefully careful What Chi ChI- Chicago Chicago cago Itself will become heaven hea only can Knows can It be that Is the ultimate model Of Ot course c urse Chicago sooner or later will clean house hou e. e And right now one who Judges the city sole sole- solely solely ly h by the tho the diverting talo tale of ot crime that its lis members are aro enacting gets ets etsa a sided lop-sided Impression of ot It But Dut it Is worth remembering that that part of ot Chicago that has gain gain- gained ed cd an unenviable fame famo Is not a solitary Inexplicable phenomenon It Is typIcallY American The bright side of ot the picture is also that it Is ls typIcally Ameri Amen American can to endure abuses placidly for Cor fora a a. a while but bul that eventually e an aroused d citizenship arises and ends them |