E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Corsetiere, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 35965-h.htm or 35965-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/35965/pg35965-images.html) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/35965/35965-h.zip) ABROAD AT HOME by JULIAN STREET * * * * * THE NEED OF CHANGE Fifth Anniversary Edition. Illustrated by James Montgomery Flagg. Cloth, 50 cents net. Leather, $1.00 net. PARIS À LA CARTE "Gastronomic promenades" in Paris. Illustrated by May Wilson Preston. Cloth, 60 cents net. WELCOME TO OUR CITY Mr. Street plays host to the stranger in New York. Illustrated by James Montgomery Flagg and Wallace Morgan. Cloth, $1.00 net. SHIP-BORED Who hasn't been? Illustrated by May Wilson Preston. Cloth, 50 cents net. ABROAD AT HOME Cheerful ramblings and adventures in American cities and other places. Illustrated by Wallace Morgan. Cloth, $2.50 net. For Children THE GOLDFISH A Christmas story for children between six and sixty. Colored Illustrations and page Decorations. Cloth, 70 cents net. * * * * * [Illustration: The St. Francis at tea-time.--With her hotels San Francisco is New York, but with her people she is San Francisco--which comes near being the apotheosis of praise] ABROAD AT HOME American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street With Pictorial Sidelights by Wallace Morgan [Illustration] New York The Century Co. 1915 Copyright, 1914, by The Century Co. Copyright, 1914, by P. F. Collier & Son, Inc. Published, November, 1914 TO MY FATHER the companion of my first railroad journey The Author takes this opportunity to thank the old friends, and the new ones, who assisted him in so many ways, upon his travels. Especially, he makes his affectionate acknowledgment to his wise and kindly companion, the Illustrator, whose admirable drawings are far from being his only contribution to this volume. --J. S. New York, October, 1914. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE STEPPING WESTWARD I STEPPING WESTWARD 3 II BIFURCATED BUFFALO 21 III CLEVELAND CHARACTERISTICS 40 IV MORE CLEVELAND CHARACTERISTICS 48 MICHIGAN MEANDERINGS V DETROIT THE DYNAMIC 65 VI AUTOMOBILES AND ART 77 VII THE MÆCENAS OF THE MOTOR 91 VIII THE CURIOUS CITY OF BATTLE CREEK 105 IX KALAMAZOO 121 X GRAND RAPIDS THE "ELECT" 127 CHICAGO