CHAPTER XXVIII.
A FEW FINAL WORDS.
In view of the fact that the remainder of this little work will be devoted to the World’s Fair—that mighty gathering of all nations in myriads of manifold variety, which will concentrate the attention of the civilized earth upon Chicago—a few farewell hints to the stranger may not be out of place.
An effort has been made to carefully describe the places of public entertainment, of all sorts and conditions, within the city’s confines—in short, to furnish the visitor with a faithful and accurate “pleasure-seeker’s guide” in fact as well as in name. How well that task has been accomplished is a matter resting with the opinion of the investigating reader.
In treating of resorts in attractions that are not of a kind to excite the admiration of people of tender sensibilities or strongly pronounced views, no effort has been made to descant on any impropriety or undesirability that may exist. The author, throughout this work, has been actuated by one motive—to tell facts and to tell them briefly.
The multitudes from all nations who will make the great city by the lake their Mecca during the Fair will find here a hearty welcome and innumerable ways of spending their time pleasantly. They will also find, probably, the same crowds of rascals, in all guises, that kept the police so busy during the Philadelphia and Paris exhibitions. Every man’s good common sense must be his own guide, both in looking out for crooks and in seeking channels of legitimate diversion for his unoccupied hours.
That is all—and it is enough. We pass on now to a consideration of the colossal project which is to make Chicago’s name a household word on the tongue of the world’s enlightened nations.