Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-24 | Page 3 | Chicago Thinks N. Y. is Most Extravagant

oo Chicago Thinks N. Y. Is Most Extravagant CHICAGO Is Chicago the most ex-travagent ex-travagent city in America? Perish the thought! The distinction belongs-to belongs-to New York. Chicagoans who know said so after reading a report from the federal Reserve Board at Washlgton that "the people of tho Chicago district are the most extravagant in the country." coun-try." "How absurd," said Mrs. John A. Carpenter, a society leader. "Did the board overlook New York, I wonder? Everybody knows that .there's more reckless spending in New York than hero. Of course, money is being spent throughout the nation on a bigger scale than ever before, but Chicago doesn't take the lead. The women of I Chicago are not unduly extravagant I at any rate." "I do not believe that the people of the Middle West aro more extravagant ex-travagant than the people elsewhere," said the head of a large department store. "I cannot agree with this report re-port "