The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-17

tory now in process of preparation by a
board of editors which includes J. Sey-
/ mour Currey, honorary vice president OF
/ the Illinois Historical society Bishop
| Fallows, Judge Holdom, Isham Randolph,
Justice Carter and Congressman Boutell
among others. The story now is to be
| told in full from the year of 1878, when
the written record was begun by Father
Marquette On his voyage of discovery
with Joliet. The lore of historical So
cieties is to be compiled into five vol
umes which are likely to revive many
forgotten episodes OF the city's astound-
j ing development from footpaths to SUD-
ways Disputed points are now being
settled and Photographic copies are being
made of all the paintings and pictures or
landmarks and early day structures, old
Fort Dearborn with block houses at the
corners facing John Kinzie's house across
the Chicago river. and the first postofiee,
one of logs, built on the prairie IN 1873
where now is the approach TO the Lake
street bridge. The days when packet
boats piled daily up and down the ILL
nois and Michigan canal-the "Tadpole
ditch" of today-have been pointed TO as
most important to the destinies of the
commerce which has built the city to a
point where It now is growing by the
very immensely of its population. Inc
great fire and the Worlds Fair are other
milestones pointed to as the sisnincant
events of Chicagos century of existence.
For the penalty Of urban congestion
Chicago pays toll of charity of less
than 81 100000 as against total of
billion dollars for the country each year.
Tie United Jewish Charities have an
fipcone Of 5000, 900, while the United
Charities is having difficulty TO reach
tie 800 900 mark and needs 100000.
These figures are paltry compared with
the sums required for the older urban
poverty of New York state, where the
totals are staggering. However, the
curse of the cities is growing in CHI
cago At the home of Mrs. Potter
Palmer an audience that represented
$50, eco coo was told by Mrs. J. T. Bow
en- and others of the facts as they are,
told of cases so pitiable that the world
is slow to believe them possible. i
knew an aged woman" said Mrs. Bow
en-. who lived in a basement room on
Walton place. just off the Lake Shore
drive. not half mile from here. For
ten years she lived on scraps of food
that she found in garbage cans with
occasionally a bite given her by
friend almost as poor as she. Her in
come consisted of 81 a week, 90 cents
earned by taking care of the child of
q neighbor for an hour a day, and
90 cents given her by friend. The
cid furniture she AdQ IN leT Ipoil WAS
an old cot bed. with newspapers for
coYerlets, a broken down chair, and
small coal shovel. She used the
shovel to cook the craps of food over
the furnace fire in the rear of the base
ment in which she lived"
For keeping secrets give Chief of Po-
lice Steward of Chicago a woman stem
ographer, not a man. His experience
in the postal service with feminine
secretaries and of late in the police
service with the other sort has con-
vinced him that all adages to the
contrary, womankind can hold its
tongue on matters of Importance and
trust. He sent request to the civil
service commission for a confidential
secretary and specified woman pre-
ferred." Asked about his preference. he
frankly said: well, there won't be so
many secrets get out" This is also the
experience of many captains of indus
try. 1t being a habit of many confden-
tial secretaries to shut the compart-
ment of their mind containing office se-
crets until they open their desks the
next morning. With young men there
often are intimate friends and-a girl.
one who feels no obligation to keep
still. The rule of mo Women" in one
big office after another is being modi-
fed.