St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-10-21
A LETTER FROM CHICAGO
Chicago, ILL.,, Oct. IA, 1911.

CnlcaSo Is SILL CHJoylu6 uSAAoN
" warm weather for this season Oh
the year although there is consld-
cradle proportion of cbloudy days.
with some rain, and on rainy days
Chicago has her full share OF muo'
and black, sticky mud, at that, which
seems to be as annoying to the street
car conductor as to pedestrians 1or
with the rush of traffic and the con-
pested streets the cars scarcely walt
for one to get on. ! heard con-
ductor brusquely remark to some
ladies who were daintily plchlhs
their way to the platform, "Aint you
used to the mud YETI" But with
all | have said, Chicago weather Is
very pleasant at this time, when one
considers that recent billiards ana
snow storms of Minnesota.
thermometer is now 6S F., as
write, in a room without fire.
The waterways to the Gulf con-
vention is now in session here' anu
while there is considerable eh'husi-
o.m for a fourteen foot waterway
the immense cost of $3oo'ooo'o0o'
together with the difficulty the'e
seems to be in keeping poilticai III
+oroeta ont of the battle, does not
give hope of it's early accompli@n
mont The attack on President Iai''
barun at the St. Louis conVeh'ioh'
..cms to have cropped out again
here. The relevancy OF the p,o hot
al of the Louisiana delesa.lon +ha
the federal tax on vessels l!yins sar
United States flag be reml..ea ~ ~
fifteen years is also a ques'iun wv
will have to be decided py tne sun y
committee on resolutions "hlon -
co1nposed of E. S. Conway, LYMAN -
Cooley of Chicago; H. n: Dunn ~ ~
Minnesota, and E. Hurst OF NE" 'e'
sey. ,b;,, editori-
a,,v endorsing a policy of waterway
;mnrovement, commends cafelu,
study of cost and ,expediency anu
claims that Taft is within souna jug
ment and mot open to criticism We
cause he has refrained from SAM
tioning huge expenditures on .ne
lakes to the gulf deep waterway
scheme. Sc numerous
s.,oone which are controlled Dy tne
Tarkins ordinance, which went nv
effect in 1905. Previous to tnen
there we're 1892 saloons, bringing
tn the city an annual income ol
som ething over four million dollars.
There are now 1882 saloons, Will
an annual revenue to the city o.
$4,000. No new licenses can De
issued until the city has popuia-
ton of 100000. c,;oooo
The women's clubs of Chlcag"
have taken up the proposition Oh Luz
nishing clean and neatly conaucleu
dance halls in the districts where
dance halls are now being run IN the
;ntarests of saloons where drinks
can no obtained. 1t is hoped by THIS
method to avert the injury that IS pc
inc done to young people by the drink
bohit and the associations formed.
chicago women will honor MISS
HeIen Todd, on her return from Ca!-
;9ornia nv a general suffrage JUDI
Loo and reception. She maze d
eneaking campaign in California ana
Was largely instrumental in the re-
cent success Of t5hty OF 249S.
-n,rnere are large numbers OF cain
olics, Italians and Jews IN Chlcago'
and the rumor that Italy would de-
nand from Turkey the cesslon OF
Palestine in settlement OF the Irlpoil
controversy, and that the HOLY Lana
would be turned over to the POPE,
has caused considerable excitement
and uneasiness, as well as edltorlal
comment inthe papers, but the Daily
Jewish Press has received the follow
Ing cable message, which sets the
matter at rest: Report referred to
i'm YOUR message about Palestine is
quite untrue.-Gialitti.
Aviation has commanded good
deal of interest here, and the an
nouncement that the Italian govern
ment will be the first to use the aero
plane in actual warfare has giver
new strength to that interest. tia
Tvs undertaking will be watched
carefully, and her success in the use
of this machine will encourage Other
Governments to devote more atten
tion to it.
Chicago takes pride In being
healthy city and looks out for the
health of it's growing generation
One feature of this care-taking is the
numerous parks and Fairgrounds
where young folks engage in law
tennis and other games, and wher'
there can be found swinging rings
parallel and horizontal bars, etc
Crowds can be seen taking advan
tage of the opportunities thus afford
ed for exercise in the open air.
The opening of the season for tn
Thomas orchestra concerts line'
Michigan Boulevard, in the vicinit
OF the hall with automobiles. Thi
beautiful driveway offers an cppor
tunity to see all that is doing in tn
tomobile line 1t is wider tina
Canal street, in New Orleans, and
made of oiled asphalt. The ma
chimes glide along almost noiselessl
and so closely together, at times
that it is difficult to cross tn. streets
There is no loud footing of horns
THE city ordinance does not allo
the use of the noisy ones you hea
there, and if you do not Keep YOU
ears open you will not hear them
all. Accidents are quite frcquen
Only a few days ago a party of yoar
girls from IA to Is years of age, xii
ed a woman by running her dow
The young driver tainted when ST
saw what she had done. But h
grief did not bring the woman bae
to life. Life in Chicago seems to-
all Of the mad rush" kind and tt
consequences cannot be avoided.
The craze for skyscraping bull
ings will ultimately be an injury
Chicago. She has plenty of roo
- -. not mead to shut out I'll