| | 1 | Author: | Peattie, Elia Wilkinson, 1862-1935 | Add | | | Title: | The Artistic Side of Chicago  | | | | Published: | 1999 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | ONE who enters Chicago unacquainted with it, having no open
sesame to its hospitable doors, knowing the city only by its streets,
its hotels, and its theatres, is disturbed by an unpleasant emotion. If
he comes from some well-regulated, cultivated, and placid town of
the eastern part of this country, or from England or Germany, he
feels shaken out of poise and peace by a tremendous discord. He
sees a city ankle-deep in dirt, swathed in smoke, wild with noise,
and frantic with the stress of life. He sees confusion rampant, and
the fret and fume of the town rise and brood above it like hideous
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