Imperial Valley press., 1913-08-28
CHICAGO IS TRYING HARD
TO WORK BIG REFORM
CBy United Press Associations.)


CUlCAiO. Aug. 2S-Chic1Su L
wicked fovn=-Uh. mercy. no. Chi
.a.o. like the BoNcry. Btrhary Coa>J,
aud Butte. Mont i rcforminG-or IT
!ra,t pointed that waN. ana j, lhinkin4
quite seriously II taking % herself TIE
musical comedy refrain I'm lryins -
hard to hc good"
Nud in evidence HAT she i at lca>i
n,kiu@ ihc effort. Chicago would h1N"
you take hook NJ thr voiuminoue r'-
ports ana recommendations IF her IN
l"~li4llor,. at her recently enacted
ordinances. regulating art. questionable
dances ana clothes and at her newly
adopted policy of ''pinching' half a
hundred suspected ''iackrollers" i'll the
West Madison ana De,plaines street
districts every day. 1t may be men-
toned. too. with such a suggestion 9i
. wink that Chicago has no red hghl
district. that di~orderly houses have
An been closed and that the former
habtueS have vanished a. if in thin
ar. The police department will ten
you that without even The wink.
The closing of the "old district
however. real closing that sent hun-
irpds Of inmates scmryn@ ont Of town
ar scattered them TO more quiet por-
lions Of the city. was the first move
in the campaign 10 make Chica@o
good" Former states Attorney WAY
man >uperintended that job. and for
time The red LIGHTS We're really din-
med Then came the Chicago Vicr
commission. reaching for more infnr-
nation concerning the social evil. The
nHara White slave commission delVed
some more and overlapping the "red
i@hl" district probe prodded The
'Whilr iGhl" district inside 'the loop
ID find out what part the all-nighl res
-Iianl. and cafes played in MAKING
Chicago an unholy and wicked munci-
raliiy.
close upon The heels of these inves-
iaators came Sergeant Jeremiah
O'Cunnor. The Cook county Anthony
Cum-tuck. with a sharp eye to nude
Dadie- who parade in art store win
lows. InnocentIy enough. the sergeant
-tarted something when he took Sep
iember Morn" into custody and pres
emily council ordained: THAI any per
son who causes to he exhibited in a
public place any picture of nude fa-
male shall he held guilty of a misda-
neanT.' Or words to that effect.
Aisjor Funkhouser, second assistant
deputy superintendent Of police,
charged with responsibility for seeing
those things HAT Sergeant O'Conn0r's
trained eyes didn't see, spotted The
animal dances. and Il show girl singing
In My llarem." lie came TO bat with
tie next prnnounrcment.
"Thr suggestive dance" said the
major "mm-I 20. Likewise. the sus-
-eeliye song. Bring in the next
lancer that doesn't behave-and Sc
mai they're all dressed"
Mayor 4Iarri-os had some thoughts.
TO. on the dress question. lie thought
that if Chicago was going 10 be good
She ought to be made to put on her
clothes. 80 HE mayor had drafted an
ordinance hilIing at tights. decollcl'r
effects and the habit HAT some cabaret
performers had Of wandering arouni
sheerness Of their sheer silk duds and
The low cut GOWNS were all the more
evident at close range
The collective wisdom Of the boand
of aldermen approved the mayors
views about dancers getting too
friendly with the diners and they
.ssed the ordinance-but in some
manner The anti-tighls clause was lost
III the sIuffle-and the city council
boasts few bald heads
Your cynic will tel yoIi Ihat The old
l'ycc district can hardly be called q
spot for a meeting Of minister's sons
mol yet: that worse things than
'Seplember Morn can be seen IN
parade down Stale street. that q week
after il was suppressed "In Ny Ha-
rem" was being sung as galy as ever
across The fOotIights, that several
cheap show houses on Clark stree
every day draw their crowds because
~ the freedom from clothes Of female
dancers, and that ihe cabaret ordinance
is being obseryed-now and then
But making Chicago good is a jo5rl
thai has building new Rome backed
into the bushes. according TO The re-
formers, and il will fake more than q |
day. they say. But The main thing. |
they. will add is that Chicago is really |
trying to be good