New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
I'M GRIP OF WATER FAMINE.

or course no human power could compel the
wind to blow, the rain to fall or the sun "
cease shining. But with inexhaustiole Lake MICH,
.san at IL. very door, why could not 1aniishou
babx,ss thirst be slaked even though he dwelt on
the second or third fourth, fifth or sixth moor u
some apartment house whose landlord olo hoe "A4
children In that progressive town Inere was
water system which the citizens had paid Tor IN
,sxas There was a so.OoO.OO0 drainage canal 10
ca--v awav the sewage, but there was no water
for hours every day to bear the sewage out OF tno
houses and into the canal Let Cnlcasos oNe4A-
tell why. tsl
Mvriads of complaints, ike an army OF grim 'Aei
atons poured into the City Hall The oniy TO
s,onsa uss threat to arrest every man, woman
or child that sprinkled the lawn durlns pi''o''~
hours fixed in the city ordinances
So JuIy came and passed; SO august 0dnle' a.
60 nossine Everywhere IN Chicago the grass Is
- xas 20 death by the sun In the early
.r. ~ midsummer During the nrst week OF
Auv1,s+ If YOU made tour of the ooulevaros anu
the suburbs you in the aggregate hui
os acres OF lawns 20 which the n1atcn hdu O00
applied 10 get rid Of the unsisnly oeau -.
Even the trees were shedding their leaves Oh
+bosa great stretches of prairie named washington
and Jackson parks city fire engines were u'l1-Aeu
for weeks in pumping water out OF Ihe iasO
an effort to save the greenswaro- But Ihe az
+emnt heroic as it was, proved too feeble Ihe
ai.a-trg nsrsons who journeyed to the parks
stretched their faded limbs on bro"nsward' ana
while thew Law under the trees were forced 10 MOIST
r,h-eJIss 10 obtain shade from the fierce sun tnal
blazed through the Ieaf-denuded branches
You of the East do associate sucn sights VIII.
summer resorts in July and the nrsC nan "a
August When you see the grass dead ana the
trees brown you begin to think or fur coats anu
parIor pastines Not -Chicasoans Tnere Is
long month and a half Of tropical weather aIieao
of them for September is always hot as wen
as dry.
Ny dream of Chicago an ideal summer resort
shattered I wondered II there any other oasis
than Ideal weather the towns claim 10 oelns
the cold pole OF the universe in the hot season
Oh yes they told me- Chicago had everything
that can be found at any summer resort went
to tbs south shore OF Lake Michigan Manhattan
Beach at 18th street, they said was dehghtfui
spot for bathing Two three hundred persons
stood about on g couple Of platforms built around
two miserable lighthouses juttins out into the
lake Perhaps half dozen women. all with hard
lines in their faces. trapesing about in the
water, and apparently were wearing rubber oath-
ing suits that covered their feet II seemed
as If they were hired bait to lure others into
the water but few enticed for the water, on
a hot Sunday almost Ice cold
This resort is conducted in the interest of private
persons who erected the bathhouses. Although any
one may battle at the 'Tbeach,'' everybody who is
brave enough to take to the cold water and as
sociate with the feminine ogres in rubber IS ex-
pected TO hire a bathing suit and a locker. There
is never a. sign of a surf in summer The one re-
deeming feature OF the place is that tntoxicants
cannot be purchased within miles OF It. but that
is not the fault CT the promoters; 1t is in unal-
terably fixed prohibition territory.