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not stay long enough to be permanently benefited The children I have seen are good specimens of the benefits of country air. I will be able to tell you more about them all after I have been with them. I do not like the appearance of the Western people as I do of the Eastern. The ladies dress outrageously. If they went out dressed so in England they would be set down at once, as having an memorable reputation. To walk along State Street on Wed + Sat afternoons and meet the crowds of ladies, + observe their dress; unclear is indeed a sight I will never forget - Sat + Wed afternoon are the Matinee days at the Theatres + concerts. I ought to tell you what I have seen in Chicago, all the principal parks, six of them, Been? through the two principal hotels. The Palmes? House, and the Grand Pacific, perfect palaces, the post office a magnificent building - several of the principal wholesale + retail stores, the stock yards, the lumber district, the aristocratic parts and the lowest!! Mr. Clarke has driven me all round - his acquaintance with Chicago is very extensive + his conversation very interesting, so it has been quite pleasant for me. I do not have those