The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-11
RAhRi sApDLER's TALK ON
THE CITY or CHICAGO

AT the Sanford han yesterday.
Rabbi Slller lectured 10 the Month
fore congregation on What / saw in
Chicago. lie spoke as follows:
The ancients counted seven Won
ders Of The world; had the city by
the lake" been in existence at that
remote period of history, they would
have had TO add, and perhaps place
ii at the head of the list-the wonder
full city of Chicago.
The city of Chicago, which is now
counted among the largest and most
populous cities of the world. is, so to
say. of recent origin. It received its
charter as a city not earlier than the
year 1897, and in that year the first
mayor was elected But how wonder
fully il has grown during the com
paratiyely short period OF scarcely 20
years which since then has elapsed.
Indeed, the story Of Chieago's growth
reads like a fairy tale.
And yet more wonderful is the ia
that in spite of great fire, perhaps
the greatest in the history of the
world, which consumed almost the en-
tire city in the month of October,
1871 she arose, Phoenis like, from
her ashes, and has now become the
second city OF United States.
What are the causes Of this won.
derful achievement? First. her I'M
rivaled location by the shore of the
great inland sea, Lake Michigan, and
secondly, the enterprise, the push
the courabe and the perseverance OF
the men who founded it and nurtured
and fostered her growth.
There is not another city in the
world which stretches for miles along
such a lake. not another city that has
such long driveways and boulevard.
az Michigan and Jackson. Grand Boule
ward, the Lake Shore Drive etc, moi
another city that has such a number
OF large parks and recreation grounds
for the benefit of the people.
/ Chicago is the great central marke
of the western continent, hence it is
perhaps, the greatest railroad center
in the world, the twenty-four railwa.
trunk lines radiating from it amour
TO sixty per cent of the railway mil
cage Of the United States.
| Thus 1t is one Of the greatest mann
featuring centers Of the country, an,
as a retail center il surpasses ever
New York: State street has not ii
equal anywhere in the world.
| Chicago Is the home Of the sky
| scraper, the modern coliseum or hipp
drome erected not for war or slaugl
ter, but for peace and commerce.
When one considers that in the tt
coma building, one of the first SIX
thousand people, when one sees tn
many Offices in every conceivable lin
OF industry and commerce on ever
floor OF these colossal edifices. on
realizes that the truth OF Emerson
words that America is the land of OF
portunity"
BUT Chicago is not only great in
commercial sense, it Ii almost equa
ly as great Intellectually and esther
tically. 1t is a city of homes, frol
the plain dwelling house OF the art
san to the mansion of the millionaire
As an educational center we need onl
mention the University of Chicag,
the Northwestern university and tn
many special colleges and institution
Of learning. the great public Hhrar,
the Art institute, the Field museum
etc.
To see and appreciate Chicago tho
oughly would require weeks of INTEL
gent and laborous sightseeing. Su
flee II to say in conclusion that "
citizens of the great state of Illino
may be proud Of our Chicago.