"It is bad enough to live here," she said to the Hull House club, "but it is even worse to go East and have people talk to you about nothing but dirt, smoke, and other evils of the city. Residents of Eastern cities can think of no other interesting topic of conversation when they are talking with a Chicago resident. Our reputation for dirty streets and smoky skies seems to be growing.
"I can only regret that the citizens of Chicago could not have that experience of traveling among people who regard them as curious and strange beings who live among piles of dirt and breathe smoke. We who know Chicago are not hopeless, but our reputation is certainly being lost."
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