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Universal No. 65 meets every 2nd Tuesday at 3956 State St.
Oriental No. 68 meets every 2nd Fri- day at 3956 State St.
Tyre Lodge No. 70 meets every 1st Wednesday at 2012 W. Lake St.
Doric No. 77 meets every 1st Monday at 3956 State St.
Celestial No. 80 meets every 1st Sat- urday at 3956 State St.
Masonic Progressive Club 3958 State St.
J. E. Bish. President
H. J. Holmes. Vice-President
Henry Hughes Fin. Secretary H. T. Berry. . Treasurer
Jos. Henderson Rec. Secretary
Eastern Star
Grand Chapter of Illinois-W. G. M .. Mrs. Louise Webb. Chicago.
W. G. P .- L. B. Sheppard. Madison. Gr. Sec .- Mrs. Carrie Lee Hamilton. Cairo.
Sublime Chapters
Electa No. 1 meets every 4th Friday at 3956 State St.
Talma No. 2 meets every 3rd Friday at 3956 State St.
Princess Hagar No. " meets every 3rd Tuesday at 3956 State St.
Northern Light No. 25 meets every 3rd Thursday at 3956 State St.
Garden City No. 33 mects every 1st Friday at 3956 State St
Princess Berenice No. 34 meets every 4th Monday at 2019 W. Lake St
Queen Esther An 39 meets every 3rd Friday at 3936 State St
Venus No. 69 meets every 3rd Tues- day at 3956 State St.
Guiding Star No. 73 meets every end Tuesday at 3956 State St.
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ODD FELLOWS
Peter Ogden, having previously joined the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows of England, secured a charter for the first Negro Lodge, Philomathian No. 646 of New York, which was set up March 1, 1843. There are about 4,989 lodges, 300,000 members, and they own about $2,- 250,000 worth of property.
Grand Lodge
Geo. T. Kersey .. Dist. Grand Master 2961 State St.
Chas. S. Smith ... Dist. Gr. Secretary Paris, Il1.
Subordinate Lodges
(Time and Place of Meetings)
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Hutchinson No. 1362, 1st & 3rd Thursday, 3335 S. State St.
Western Star No. 1443, 1st & 3rd Wednesday, 3335 S. State St.
Golden Fleece No. 1615, 2nd & 4th Tuesday, 3335 S. State St.
Ezekiel No. 1905, 2nd & 4th Tuesday, 3335 S. State St.
Lincoln No. 3856, 1st & 3rd Thurs- day, 3335 S. State St.
West Chicago No. 3969, 2nd & 4th Thursday, 2012 W. Lake St.
Englewood No. 4230, 1st & 3rd Thurs- day, 6155 Wentworth Ave.
Lake Michigan No. 5610, 1st & 3rd Monday, N. W. cor. 44th & State. Arnett No. 7455, 2nd & 4th Saturday, 3335 S. State St.
Sparta No. 7748, 2nd & 4th Wednes- day, 3335 S. State St.
John Buckner No. 9606, 1st & 3rd Wednesday, 3335 S. State St.
UNITED BROTHERS OF FRIENDSHIP AND SISTERS OF MYSTERIOUS TEN
Grand Lodge
State Grand Master-Rev. T. 1 .. Scott, 4559 Wabash Ave.
State Deputy Grand Master-J. F. Bish, 5028 State St.
Grand Secretary -- B. H. Lucas, 24th &. State Sts.
Excelsior Past Masters Council - Meets third Friday each month, U. B. F. Hall, 9974 S. State St. W. T. Burke, M. E. M .; Jno. R. Kellar, M. E. S.
Chicago Camp No. 2, K. of F .- Meets first Friday at 2974 S. State St. G. E. Montgomery, Rec., 5616 Grove Ave.
LODGES
Emanuel Lodge No. 31-Meets first and third Tuesdays at 10 W. 47th St. Arthur Greer, Secretary.
Louisville Lodge No. 20-Meets first and third Mondays at 2974 S. State St. W. T. Griffith. Secretary, 3729 Indiana Ave.
Lake Michigan Lodge No. 59-Meets first and third Tuesdays at 2974 S. State St. Warren Brown, W. M .: J. A. Gillespie, W. S., 3575 Rhodes Ave.
Provider's Lodge No. 79 - Meets every first and third Fridays, 4351 S. State St.
Ill. Lodge No. 78, U. B. F .- Meets first and third Wedneday in each month. Becker Hall, northwest corner State & 44th Sts. W. T. Burke, W. M .; John R. Kellar. Secretary.
FRATERNAL CLUBS Easter Lily
(Largest single organization of col- ored women in United States.)
Officers
Emma Smith.
President
2928 Federal St. Douglas 2991.
Emma Decourlander. . Vice-President 2229 W. Lake St.
Annie Sadler .. Treasurer
3319 Caluniet Ave.
Maggie L. Pryor .. . Conductress
3838 State St.
Willene J. Hudson. Asst. Conductress 1653 Fulton St.
Mollie Price. Chaplain
3217 Dearborn St.
M. Louise Hawkins .. . Fin. Secretary 4346 Langley Ave. Clara B Shanklin .... Rec. Secretary 1653 Fulton St.
Mary Harsh. .Asst. Secretary
2963 Federal St.
Ella Harvey. Outer Guard
4820 Wabash Avc. Mayme Irvin. . Inner Guard 3401 Calumet Ave. Nellie P. Osborne Trustee
3021 Vernon Ave
M. J. Green. Trustee
33 W. 31st St.
Edith Hopkins. Trustee
3744 Wabash Avc.
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WOMAN'S MAYFLOWER
Incorporated October 23, 1916.
President. Mrs. Emma Smith 2928 Federal St.
Vice-President .. . Bertha Montgomery 3412 State St.
Rec. Secretary .... . Elnora Claytor
3158 Forest Ave.
Asst. Secretary ....... Sadie N. King 3437 Wabash Ave.
Fin. Secretary .. . Bertha Marshall
3706 Prairie Ave.
Treasurer .. . Rosa A. Miller
3857 State St.
Supporter Sylvia E. Carter 2968 Federal St.
Supporter Mrs. M. C. Scott 652 E. 48th St.
Sentinels-
Nellie Moore, 515 E. 35th St.
Matilda Youngblood, 3822 Dorches- ter Ave.
Chaplain. Mattie Hodges
3313 State St.
Trustees-
Edyth Hopkins, 3744 Wabash Ave. Mayme Tripp, 3640 Prairie Ave. Anna Northington, 2916 State St.
MUSIC
Orchestras
Berry's. Boulevard 7657 3609 Dearborn St.
Boarman's
Douglas
2342
3563 Forest Ave.
Dickerson's. Douglas 7583 3558 Rhodes Ave.
Gordon's . Kenwood 1063 4401 State St.
Howard's. Englewood 5470
6313 Langley Ave.
Peyton's. Douglas 8998
21 E. 36th St.
Smith's 5149 Federal St.
TROUPES
Buckner's 6424 Eberhart Avc.
Hann's. 3242 Calumet Ave.
Mason's 4405 Wabash Ave.
Williams. 6618 Vernon Avc.
PIANISTS
Blair, Mrs. Palagie .. 6729 Paulina St. Boarman, Mrs. G ... 3563 Forest Ave. Cone, Mrs. Antoinette C .... .2009 Walnut St. Cubie, Mrs. Vetolia. .. 457 E. 32d St. Dickerson, Cleo Mac. .. 1908 Walnut Gossette. Walter E .. 3601 Vernon Av
Harper, Mrs. Marjorie G ...
.1934 W. Lake St. Harrison, Mrs. Gertrude.
.3624 Grand Blvd. Hayes, Vetolia .... 3815 Vernon Ave. Jackson, M. Gertrude .. 3741 Wabash Jefferson, Marie. . 61st & Loomis Sts. Johnson, B. Emanuel ..
.3747 Vincennes Ave. Johnston, Alphonse ... 3743 Dearborn Kennedy, Mrs. Ethel ... 6832 Vernon Lee, Pauline ...... 5002 Wabash Ave. Lee, Prof. S. I .... 5259 Dearborn St. Logan. Blanche .... 3649 Forest Ave. Majors, Mrs. E. C .. 6652 Wabash Ave. Martin, Oscar ...... 2152 W. Lake St. Miner, Ethel .... 3840 Vincennes Ave. Simons, Mrs. D. W ... 6538 Eberhart Stovall. Mrs. Ida .. 5306 Indiana Ave. Strayhorn, Nannie M ... 3751 Prairie Taylor, Theo. ... .5 E. 36th Pl. Thomas, Logan .... 3308 Indiana Ave. Thompson, Mrs. Geo .. 6026 Aberdeen Yarbrough, Mrs. Cordelia. . .5319 Dearborn St.
VOCAL ARTISTS
Allen, Thomas. . . . 3433 Wabash Ave. Anderson, Mrs. M. B.
.6450 Champlain Ave. Brown, Anita Patti.
4723 St. Lawrence Ave Bryant, Theo ...... 4521 Evans Ave. Buchanan, Hugh. . 6425 Eberhart Ave. Byron, M. Calloway. .... 3300 Rhodes Garner, Geo. R .... 4609 Langley Ave. Garnes, Mrs. Antoinette .. .525 E. 42nd Pl. Hackley, Mrs. Annis. . 3361 Forest Av. Hackley, Mrs. Azalia. .3019 Calumet Ave.
Hackney. W. H .. ... 316 E. 35th St. Hann, William. 42 Calumet Ave. Hutchison, Mrs. Clara.
.6551 Aberdeen
Hutchison, Geo . 6351 Aberdeen Jones. Mary .. 3514 Prairie Ave Hyram, Marie Burton.3 28 Dearborn
Mundy. Jas. A .... 3834 Wabash Avc. Oddric, Mrs. M. .. . 4434 Langley Ave Roberts, Maude. .. . 3231 Vernon Ave Słoan, Willa M .. . 6823 St. Lawrence Smith, Mrs. De Witt. 6430 Eberhart Tinsley Pedro T. 6448 Drexel .Ive Winfry, Mrs S. 4551 Dearborn Yarbrough, I. T. . . 5319 Dearborn
OTHER MUSICIANS
Dickerson. Carrol (Violinist) . . . 190s Walnut St Elgar. A. C. (Violinist ) .: E. 36th Pl Emanuel, H. (Violinist). . 560 E. 37th
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Ferrell, H. (Violinist) .. 5651 Federal Howard, Irene (Cornetist) .. 6434 Eberhart Ave.
Johnson, Prof. Jas (Violinist) .... .4731 St. Lawrence Ave. Outley, M. A. (Basso): . 35 E. 44th St. Outley, Mozelle (Pianist) .. 35 E. 44th Thompson, DeKoven (Composer) . .3242 Calumet Ave.
MUSICAL CLUBS Umbrian Glee Club
Meets every Wednesday night, Wa- bash Ave. Y. M. C. A. Singers of modern songs and Negro Folk Lore.
Officers
- President. .J. Edgar Mitchem Overton. B. L. .16 W. 36th St.
3519 Prairie Ave.
. Vice-President .. Andrew J. Childress 4838 Evans Ave.
Secretary . David B. Hawley
6001 Wabash Ave.
Treasurer .. . Ernest. Oldham .6434 Eberhart Ave.
Director.
Richard C. Kelley
3731 Rhodes Ave.
Asst. Director. .W. E. Gossett
3632 Vernon Ave.
· Librarian. Ernest E. Smith 3728 Wabash Ave.
Asst. Librarian ...
.J. E. Harris
5720 Lafayette Ave.
Pianist. T. Thomas Taylor 5 E. 36th St.
Manager Arthur A. Brown 4723 St. Lawrence Ave.
MUSICIANS' PROTECTIVE UNION
Local No. 208, A. F. of L.
3839 State St. Boulevard 7657.
Officers
George Smith. . President
1. T. Stewart. Vice-President
W .. E. Berry. Fin. Secretary M. C. Buckner . Treasurer
Blanch S. Walton .... Cor. Secretary 3130 Rhodes Ave.
NURSES
Bland. Ella. .4333 Wabash Avc. Bogarders. M. ....... 3536 Wilcox Boone, Mabel. . 1626 Evans Ave. Bullock. Carrie. . . . 3600 Wabash Ave
Cargile, L. A. .3902 Calumet Ave.
Chiles, A. .946 Custer Ave. E.
Cooper, Mrs. L .3715 State St.
Cuff, M. A. 4626 Evans Ave. Dentz. Mrs. Anna. . 4815 Langley Ave. DePriest, Edna. .560 E. 37th St.
Dickerson, Daisie. .3601 State St. Evans, W. O ..... 5329 Wabash Ave. Farrow. Mrs. Wm .... 6020 Aberdeen Fort, Mrs E. L. .1856 Walnut St.
Gaines, E. .3755 Indiana Ave.
Gordon, M. B. .. 3344 S. Park Ave.
Green, L. M ... .3424 Rhodes Ave. Hurd, Maud. . 6546 St. Lawrence Ave. Jackson, Mrs. F .. 4402 Wabash Ave.
Johnson, Mrs. B. . . 1952 Walnut Ave. Johnson, Mrs. N ... 3575 Rhodes Ave. Jones, Cora C .... . 3575 Rhodes Ave. Lewis, Mrs. L. A .. 4339 Langley Ave. McGavock, Beulah. .. 3823 State St.
McGhee, Garnett. . 4735 Evans Ave.
Pearl. Evelyn .. .3249 Forest Ave. Porter. Beatrice. . 3748 Langley Ave. Richardson. Lula. . 3230 Calumet Ave. Sampson, Daisie .. 4406 Wabash Ave. Rush, M. A. .4626 Evans Ave.
Sims, Mildred .:: 644 Prairie Avc.
Smith, Miss T. .5:11 Wabash Ave. Thompson, Miss C .... 3835 Wabash Thompson, Mrs. Jas. . 4632 Winthrop Trent, Ethel ... 1613 Lake. Evanston Watson, Lulu. .4416 Wabash Ave.
Weatherall, H .16 W. 36th St.
Webb, Miss R. .. 560 E. 37th St. Williams. Iola ... . 4:19 Dearborn St. Wilson, Mrs. M. A. . 2966 Vernon Av. Wolf. Jeska. . . . . 3406 Vernon Ave.
PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZA- TIONS
Homes
Alpha Home for Working Girls
948 N. Franklin St. Superior 3036 Mrs. M. E. Granberry, President.
Home for Aged and Infirm Colored People
510 W. Garfield Blvd.
Yards 5322
Officers
David A. McGowan ...... President Morris Lewis. . Vice- President Dr. Lawrence Blanchet .... Treasurer Dr. Charles 1. Lewis. Secretary 3501 State St.
Laura French ..
. Cor Secretary
4838 Evans Ave
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Jane Ridley Home 3258 Forest Ave. Mrs. Jane · Ridley .. Founder-Manager Mrs. Beatrice Miller ... Fin. Secretary Miss Beasley. . . . Rec. Secretary
Phyllis Wheatley Home for Girls
3256 Rhodes Ave. Phone Douglas 5975. Mrs. Jennie Lawrence .. . Supt.
SOCIAL SETTLEMENTS
Chicago League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes
3032 Wabash Ave. Phone Calumet 6298. Executive Board
Robert E. Park President
Miss Amelia Sears ... Vice-President
George C. Hall. Vice-President
Albert B. George Secretary
A. K. Maynard. Treasurer
Miss Jane Adams
Arthur T. Aldis
Horace J. Bridges
Edward O. Brown
William C. Graves
Mrs. Eva Hooper
Alexander L. Jackson
Mrs. Theresa Macon
Miss Bertha Moseley
H. D. Oppenheimer
Miss Edith Reider
Frank P. Sadler
Mrs. Celia Parker Woolley, de- ceased. T. Arnold Hill .. Executive Secretary
Clotee Scott Settlement
4706 Wabash Ave. Phone Kenwood 6094. Miss Clotee Scott .... Head Resident
Frederick Douglass Center
3032 Wabash Ave. Phone Calumet 6298. Mrs. Celia Parker Woolley, deceased. Head Resident
Frederick Douglass Protective League
35th & State Sts. Phone Douglas 5337.
John B. French. President J. Tipper .. Secretary
Dr. M. R. Bibb Treasurer
Lexington Social and Industrial Center
25 E. 31st St. Phone Douglas 3380. Rev. G. R. Bryant .... Superintendent
Negro Fellowship League 3005 State St. Phone Calumet 6297. Ida B. Wells-Barnett .... . President
Wendell Phillips Settlement
2009 Walnut St. Phone Seeley 4576. Mrs. Antoinette C. Cone ..
Head Resident
SCHOOLS
Amanda Smith Industrial School for Girls
305 147th St., N. Harvey, Ill. Phone Harvey 343J. Mrs. A. M. Waters. . Superintendent
SCHOOL TEACHERS
Adams, Helen ..
... 526 Bowen Ave.
Anderson, Clara .. 5654 Lafayette Ave.
Baker, Bessie. . Glencoe, Ill.
Brent, Florence. .. 3550 Prairie Ave. Brown, Edith M .. 6350 St. Lawrence Carlisle, Garnetta .... 3220 Ellis Ave.
Clayburn, Ruth . Austin, Il1.
Davis, Estella. 4541 St. Lawrence
Davis, Mamie. Englewood
Davis. Myrtle 4541 St. Lawrence Dennison. Myra 528 Bowen
Dodge, Edna .. 4637 Evans Avc.
Dodge, Mildred.
4637 Evans Ave
Ferguson, Mary. .6639 Rhodes Avc. Goodwin, Victoria .. 3231 Rhodes Avc. Hargrove, Mrs ..... 25th & 41st Avc. Hudson, Mollie .. 6328 Champlain Avc. Hughes, Helen.
Huggins, Alice .... 6617 Vernon Ave Jackson, Ruth. ... 3534 Wabash Ave Jordan. Lavinia. . .. 11401 Watt Ave Kennedy. Arabella. . 6352 Rhodes Ave Knight, Mrs. C. L. . 3520 Prairie Ave Lewis, Bertha M .... 624º Sangamon Lewis, Minnie B. . : 235 Vincennes Av Lomas, Mrs. .2206 Prairie Ave McGooden, Swerzie. 4841 Evans Avc Monroc. Lacolia. .. 451º Evans Ave
Oldham, Ernestine .. 6434 Eberhart
Patten, Bell ... .3630 Prairie Ave
Perry, Helen. .. . 4910 Langley Avc.
Powell, Zella. .. 2521 Wabash Ave-
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Price, Beatrice D .... 8733 Marshfield
Smith, Anna M ...... 320 £. 29th Pl. Smith, Dora G .... 3123 Calumet Ave. Smith, Lillian. . . .5114 Fulton St. Sublett, Anna R. . 4416 Langley Ave. Taylor, Ida .. ...... 5427 Wabash Ave.
Taylor, Mae. 5427 Wabash Ave. Taylor, Musette .... 3750 Rhodes Ave.
Turner, Hester W
6009 Marquette Rd.
Waring, Mary F .... 526 Bowen Ave.
White, Helen .... 5908 Michigan Ave.
White, Tillie. . . .6617 Vernon Ave.
ADULT PROBATION OFFICERS
Gilmer, Mrs. B .... 5123 Dearborn St.
JUVENILE OFFICERS
Boaz, Sophia. .525 E. 34th Pl. Hammond, H. W .. 3366 Calumet Ave. Jackson, Mrs ... .3815 Vernon Ave. Jones, Minnie. . . . . 1455 Grand Ave. Smith, Mrs. A. M ..... 531 E. 44th St. Thomas, Jessie. ... 3143 Calumet Ave.
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APPENDIX
Chicago History at a Glance
Fort Dearborn established. 1803
Fort Dearborn massacre. 1812
Chicago surveyed and platted. 1830
Cook County organized. .1831
Town of Chicago incorporated .. 1833 City of Chicago incorporated .. .1837 First City election. . . March 31, 1837
First Colored settler. .1839 First Colored church. . Quinn Chapel
First railroad opened. 1848
Cholera epidemic 1854
Serious money panic. 1857
Great fire, October 8-9 1871
Second financial panic. 1873
Savings bank crash.
1877
World's Fair held.
1893
Iroquois Theatre fire ..... Dec. 30, 1903
Lincoln Celebration ... Coliseum, 1915
Y. M. C. A .. Wabash Ave. and 38th St. Built and dedicated, 1913.
First Colored Alderman, Oscar DePriest .1915
First Colored Bank ...... Jesse Binga Corner 36th Pl. and State St.
Union Masonic Bldg ... 3956 State St. Odd Fellows' Hall and Building, 3333 State St.
Eighth Regt. Armory. Dedicated 1915 35th St. and Forest Ave.
Monster Masonic Conclave .. .1916
Total population 2.500,000
Colored population
.50,000
Area in square miles
43,000
Width of city, E. to W.
12 miles
City Hall .. La Salle and Washington County Hospital. Harrison and Wood Post Office .. Clark. Jackson Blvd ..
Adams and Dearborn Sts.
COLORED POPULATION OF CITIES Estimated as of July 1, 1914
Atlanta, Ga. 60,187
Baltimore, Md.
88 314
Birmingham, Ala.
65,512
Boston, Mass. 16,293
Chicago, Ill.
50,627
Cincinnati, O.
21,720
Columbus, O. 14,428
Indianapolis, Ind. 24,281
Kansas City, Mo. 26,904
Los Angeles, Cal. 19,101
Memphis, Tenn. 67,372
Nashville, Tenn.
38,034
. New Orleans, La. 95,529
New York, N. Y 109,337
Philadelphia, Pa. 91,652
Pittsburgh, Pa. 27,399
Richmond, Va. 49,419
St. Louis, Mo. 47,029
San Francisco, Cal 18,178
Washington, D. C. 101,339
Note-the foregoing list includes only the largest cities having a con- siderable colored population. The census bureau made no estimates for such cities as Albany, N. Y., Buffalo, N. Y., Cleveland. O., Omaha, Nch.,
Minneapolis, Minn., Milwaukee, Wis .. and St. Paul, Minn., having a com- paratively small negro populatoin.
BOOKS BY NEGRO AUTHORS
Poems Phillis Wheatley "Appeal" (Against Siavery).
David Walker "Frederick Douglass . Life "Poems" ...... Frances E. W. Harper "Colored Patriots". . William C. Nell "The Future of Africa".
.Alexander Crummell "The Black Man". William W. Brown "Narative" Sojourner Truth
"History of the Negro in America" ... George W. Williams "The Underground Railroad" ... . William Sall "Men of Mark' . Wm. J. Simmons "History of the A. M. E. Church." Daniel A. Payne "Charles Sumner". . . Arch H. Grimke "The Wife of His Youth".
. Charles W. Chestnutt
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"Lyrics of Lowly Life". .Paul Laurence Dunbar
"History of the Negro" Benjamin G. Brawley "Education of the Negro" ... "Up from Slavery' Booker T. Washington "Souls of Black Folk"
W. E. Burghardt Du Bois
"Race Adjustment" ..... Kelley Miller
. Carter G. Woodson "The African Abroad"Wm. H. Ferris "Negro Culture in West Africa". Geo. W. Ellis White Capital and Colored Labor Oliver
OTHER GOOD BOOKS ON THE RACE PROBLEM
Uncle Tom's Cabin Stowe
Man Anonymous
Seaboard Slave States. Olmsted Afro-American Folk Song .. Krehbiel
Negro and the Nation
Merriam
Following the Color Line.
Baker
Fool's Errand. Tourgee Race Prejudice Finot
Autobiography of an ex-Colored
The Southern South.
Hart
ALDERMEN
L. B. Anderson. .2821 Wabash Ave.
R. R. Jackson 3366 So. Park Ave.
STATE REPRESENTATIVES
B. H. Lucas
2336 Dearborn St.
STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
E. E. Wilson Assistant
3815 Vernon Ave.
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E. H. Wright. . . ..
.. Assistant Geo. W. Ellis .3000 State St 2963 Wabash Ave. A. J. Carey. .. . 3428 Vernon Ave.
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE
J. G. Cotter
Assistant 68 W. Washington St
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
Jerry Brumfield 6209 Loomis St.
MOVING PICTURE CENSORS
A. J. Bowling 4331 Langley Avc.
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PLACES YOU OUGHT TO VISIT
Chicago has come to be a mecca for students, summer resorters and travelers from every walk of life. For work or play they come to "The Windy City."
This is as it should be, for Chicago has outdone most American cities in providing opportunities for work, study, recreation and enjoyment. which is accessible alike to rich and poor. If a student wants to learn a trade, take a business course, or complete a professional course at the university, he has every facility for doing so under the best trained teachers in the land.
The places one might visit are many and varied. No visitor on an ordi- nary vacation can see half there is to be seen. Every way you turn there is something different. So the wise seeker after knowledge secures a guide book, or its equivalent, selects the places he wishes to visit and sticks to his program.
Chicago has every good thing, and all the best things are free, except food and raiment, and in some quarters, even these are freely dispensed to the really needy. Balmy breezes from the Great Lake cross Michigan Boulevard on Lake Front and penetrating to every nook and corner, make the city a very comfortable place to live in. But this is not all that's free. The Art Institute, Public Library, Y. M. C. A., Frederick Douglass Centre, Fellow- ship League and other places for self-improvement are open free to all.
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
Now, let us look a little farther out. One might like to see Sears, Roe- buck & Co.'s largest mail order house in the world. Visitors are given special attention. This plant is located at Arthington and Homan Avenue.
Union Stock Yards
The Union Stock Yards are reached by South Side Elevated, changing at Indiana Avenue Station to Stock Yards branch. Packingtown. which lies just behind the yards, covers about 200 acres. Here is the principal live stock and meat-packing center of the United States. Nearly all of the forty meat- packing plants are located here, and all make a specialty of showing visitors through their plants. It's great to be here at "hog-killing time." Then if you are interested in the methods of preparing foodstuffs there is a large concern here which devotes itself exclusively to this end of the business, putting out. every month, about 10,000,000 cans of corn beef, ox tongue, mince meat, etc.
Lincoln Park
Turning to the parks, we shall look first at Lincoln Park, which is the star attraction on the North Side. (Any surface car line on North Clark or Wells Street skirts the park at its southwest side.) Great interest centers around the zoological buildings. If you are interested in animals you will find some specimens here that are new to you, unless you are familiar with the animals of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and the Islands of the Sea. The zoo contains 2,300 specimens of mammals, reptiles and birds. A favorite time for visiting is 4 p. m., when the animals are fed.
Among the numerous pieces of sculptor's art in Lincoln Park, the bronze statue of Lincoln, by St. Gaudens, at the Dearborn Street entrance, easily takes first place. This statue is considered to be a masterpiece of the sculptor's art and is generally regarded as one of the best likenesses of the war prest- dent in existence. Over at the Wisconsin Street entrance is a grave which is marked by a great red boulder with a bronze tablet. This tablet reads: "David Kennison, the last survivor of the 'Boston Tea Party,' who died in Chicago February 24, 1852, age 115 years, 3 months, 17 days, and was buried near this spot."
Jackson Park
Don't miss Jackson Park. (Cottage Grove Avenue to Sixty-third, transfer east to Jackson Park.) Herein is the Midway Plaisance, that historic spot which carries us back to the days of the World's Fair of '93.
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The Field Museum, located in this park, is a source of attraction to visitors and students from afar. Marshall Field, whose name the museum perpetuates, has given in all $9,400,000, others have given $500,000, and from sources other than endowment, the museum has an income of $25,000. Though devoted to science, the museum makes every effort to have a variety of exhibits in each department which will interest and be understood by the average visitor. To scientists and special students, therefore, the museum is an inexhaustible mine; but any visitor to Chicago may spend at least a day here with pleasure.
An interesting feature of Wooded Island is the Cahokia Court House. reputed to be the oldest public building in the Mississippi Valley. It was built about the year 1716 at Cahokia, Ill., and has served in various public capacities. At different periods it was employed for both civic and military purposes, and is recognized as the oldest county seat building (St. Clair Co .. Ill.), in the original Northwest Territory.
Washington Park (Cottage Grove Avenue Cars South to 57th Street.)
We usually think of Washington Park as a place of rest and recreation because of its special adaptation for such purposes. While there are some im- portant buildings in this park, we are at first sight struck with the vast expanse of undisturbed playgrounds. This is the second largest of the south parks, and " is a 371-acre rectangle. Twenty-three acres of lagoons, 7 miles of charming, . winding driveways, bridle paths, lawns and shrubbery, make it a beautiful park, while in the center of the expanse is a vast meadow. Here the Sunday Schools bring their picnics in summer because of its freedom from danger to children. Here are numerous facilities for enjoyment, including tennis, foot- ball, baseball, basketball, roque, bowling, archery, wading, horseback riding and fly casting, and in winter there is curling, tobogganing and skating. Here on Saturday the church teams of all denominations vie with each other at baseball.
Other Parku
Other amusement parks where a small general admission fee is charged as well as a fee for admission to the many special attractions inside, are "White City," 63rd and South Park Avenue, and Riverview, corner Western and Belmont Avenues.
But to describe all the places of interest about Chicago would require a book in itself. We have given yon here the merest glimpse, just as they occurred to us and without regard to any order. You may be interested to see these things for yourself. If you do, you may be impressed, as was the Queen of Sheba, who having finally got an opportunity to view Solomon's Temple, exclaimed: "Behold, the half was not told me."
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SIGHTS TO SEE DOWNTOWN
Art Institute-Lake Front, foot of Adams St. Ad- mission 25 cents, except on Wednesday, Satur- day and holiday afternoons, which are free.
Auditorium Tower-Wabash avenue and Congress street. View of City.
Board of Trade-La Salle street and Jackson bonle vard. Admission to Gallery, 9:30 a. m. to 1:30 p. m.
Chicago Public Library-Michigan avenue, corner Washington boulevard.
Chicago Association of Commerce-Fifth floor, Oris building, 10 S. La Salle street.
Chicago Sunday Evening Club-Orchestra Hall, 290 S. Michigan avenue. Noted speakers and excel- lent minsic. Admission free.
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BLACK'S BLUE BOOK
County and City Hall Building-Clark, La Salle, Randolph and Washington streets. One of the finest government buildings in the world.
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