New-York tribune., 1900-07-09
CHICAGO TOPICS.
THE GREAT CIRCULATION OF THE Puz.
Lie LIBRARY BOOKs-AUTOMOBILE
IN EXCLUSIVE LAKE FOREST
ANTIsEPTIC BARRIERS.
.NTIsEPTIC BARRIERS.


n " J. Bryan follows the logic which 4.
wishes the remaining voters OF the United
States 10 adopt at the coming election ne Win
cas-, bis own vote for William McKinlsv
Strangely enough his old ratio OF l6 TO l comes
80 -ls,- in the matter When Mr. Bryan vas
hero p short time ago he was quoted as saying
"yve'U be willing 20 take the votes Of al the
,aonIa who have not had their share o. pros
neritv and leave the Republicans the votes %
the people who have had their share"
Taking the yearly returns which he made
n the assessor Of the Fifth Ward % Lincoln.
Nab. where he has resided since 1893. Il
,-iu bs found that in the four years imnis-
7istarv preceding McKinley's election his taxa
he nosses=ions averaged 1912 30. while during
the last four years under the Mckinley regime
they have run up 70 an average OF S2S9s Tj or
about sixteen times the former average Mr
BRYAN may be happy to learn that he has found
out one good reason why he should vote fer his
political opponent.
Chicago has grown several sizes in her own
estimation since last Tuesday On thai day
the Public Librarian. Fred HID. issued his
annual statement showing by indispUtable sta
tistics that for the year ending May 81 his
institution issued more looks for reading in
homes than any other institution in the world
BY the same statistics, which were compiled
with the greatest care, he also demonstrated
that the growth was very rapid and that
1851 more volumes were circulated than vas
the case in the preceding year Had Mr- Hid
been a deep. designing politician, instead Of the
s+udious and altogether unassuuing gentleman
that he is. ne could not have made more
diplomatic" stroke Putting it mildly, those %
Chicago's most cultured citizens who expect 70
stay her are much nertIed ar the "porky'
favor with which all Of the outside opinions of
the town are savored. Strange 70 say, there ls
not the usual ChicagOesque method employed in
parading the fact Of The good showing q the
library that might be expected if there had been
a big increase in the coal or lumber movement
in or out of the city
Lake Forest. the Newport OF the West has
reversed the Newport style Of procedure and
placed a ban on automobiles Lake Forest IS
the country home Of lot OF rich and exclusive
Chicago families. and the central order OF the
village is rural quiet and the strictsst good
form" Into this modern paradise Of quiet and
rest has been precipitated a modern and IN
godly automobile, which makes a noise ike a
threshing machine and At which proud step
ping prancers attached to victorias and landaus
shy and rear and cavort around in an alto
Sc ther Undigniiad way Horses OF a lower
social scale attached TO grocery wagons also
make wild breaks and scatter canned goods and
delicatessen over the beautiful Landscape and
then viciousIy kick themselves clear Of me
remnants of the vehicle when il has anchored
itself to some of the beautiful shade Jress
Prettily gowned and capped nurse girls and
spick and span sparrow cops" have their
tete-a-tetas rudely disturbed BY the violent
antics Of the dump cart mules when they hear
the noisy machine coming. The cats Of The
village go spit-sPattng 70 the tops OF the nearest
a n
the Lake Forest proprietias. Even the dogs
cannot understand the newcomer, but hump
themselves down the alley and howl dismaly
from the rear OF the family residences Arthur
Farwell, son of ]. '. Farw5u is the owner q
the first automobile in Lake Forest He SAYS
ne oouShI II Tor pleasure and IS doing quite
Well with IL, thank YOU and = at his ueighb8Fs'
horses must be trained 70 get used such
Jh-S Sl- The village board. backed I'D by Mayor
Edward T. Gorton has accordingly. passed an
ordinance limiting the speed OF the automobile.
ana also providing that an advance messenger
shall precede the vehicle at a distance Of 800
feet to warn the populace-
Mutted noises are 20 follow n1uZZIed dogs IN
the onward march Of civic progress in Chicago
Recommendations are being received To oe 1ncor-
porated in the anti-nOise ordinance that various
city officials propose 10 get through the Council
Health Commissioner Reynolds. Chief Of Police
Nipley- City Prosecutor Howard :. TAYLOR and
DR. s J. Jones have now got together set q
suggestions which, if put in force. VIII make
this city truly pastoral Noisy cows. horses
ana Other animals are not TO be permitted n
the barns or stables Of the residence districts
or pastured in the streets or vacant lots OF The
city. Growing roOsters and other noisy dOTnss-
tic birds are not TO be tolerated. ard ueWsb0ys
viii have to learn the sign language II they sell
their wares in the residence districts on Sunday
morning Dealers in junk must cushion their
wares so that they Will not rattle as they drive
along the street. and the milkman and grocery
boy must wear gum shoes when they mount the
stairs Of apartment buildings TO make deliveries
Fortunately for the small boy the ordinance
was not in effect on the Fourth OF July. as the
cannon frecTaCker was as much in evidence as
ever.
"Antiseptic" barber shops are the latest device
or downtown BARRIERS to reaSSure and hold their
high class trade. Despite the extreme care
taken by BARRIERS all over the city TO suppress
the fact. there are nevertheless an unusual nun
Der of cases of skin diseases presumed TO be
traceable 10 the barber shops The best BARRIERS
make regular surgical operation Of the affair
by wearing oil caps to protect their hair, bath
ing all OF their implements in antiseptIC solu-
lions and in every way making all their accou-
trementS what the hospitals describe as sur
giCally clean The antisepUiC barber shops are
believed 10 be a new thing in this country,
though they are not uncommon in some OF the
European cities.
John Alexander Dowie. the ''.'aith Expert Of
Zion, is again in luck A Judgment for S2utP
Ume ago has been reversed oy the APpeIale
Court on account Of error in the admission or
certain testimony at the former trial Margaret
Z. STAFFORD and Orpha blach- sisters cldIHl lie
they loaned DOvie money and that he invested
II in mining stock and failed 70 repay them
DOwie's statement the only testimony IN rs
favor submitted that he simply acted as tae
agent OF the sisters in buylnS the STOCK LoI
them Dowie is in Europe in attendance on ne
Paris Exposition. etc. but his home erJeTp -
are nevertheless N a h0urlShlnS Condluol II
lace industries project on his farm land nortI
OF Wauksgan is attracting factory operatives
from all parts of the United States and EuFoPs.
These. OF course, have Inducements 20 invest H
the real estate end OF his enterprises As n
has options several farms Immediately az
joining those on which the new Zion IS 70 e
founded there is no danger Of his ever runnlhs
short of real estate TO supply all COmerS- DOVE.