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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-09

row of dirt weigh in Jackson Park
than on the moon?
What amount of street sweepings
can be put into a curb box three feet
long, two feet wide and fifteen
inches deep?
What is the superficial area Of
Madison street from State street to
the river?
How long would 1t take gang
of 200 men to shovel a ten.inch snow.
fall off It? How much could the time
be increased?
IF hod of brick be dropped from
the top of building 200 feet high
with what velocity will 1t strike q
street sweeper in the alley?"
But the jobs that have been created
for intellectual giants are the ones
that take the cake.
You can search all of the diction.
aries and encyclopedias in vain for
words and titles that can beat for ut.
ter obsoleteness some of the produc.
tions of the Chicago Civil Service
Commission.
The Official Bulletin Of the Chicago
Civil Service Commission for April 6,
1915, contained the following under
the head of Examinations ordered"
Read 1t carefully and you will learn
the duties of an Industrial Psycholo-
gist'. for which you will have to pay
out $1,000 every year out of your hard
earned money:
Industrial Psychologist, Class H.
Grade w, $1,740-2.100. April Z.
Subjects Of Examination. Special
subject 4, educational (penmansnip /.
arithmetic u 2, experience 8, report
/.
"Duties Makes thorough mental
examination and partial physical ex.
animation Of individuals, using mod.
ern experimental material; makes in.
spection Of the subjects capacity as
to memory. imagination, retention.
association and their psychological at.
tributes: organizes intensive system
Of experimental research to deter.
mine value Of these tests; make
analyses Of mental and physical units
and processes involved In manufac.
ture Of certain articles in the institu.
ton; aids in placing inmates In most
suitable industries; cooperates With
outside industries for placing Of ex.
inmates, and checks up on work they
do after leaving the institution; as.
sists superintendent In formation and
abolition OF industries"
II this doesn't take the cake, our
ignorance is more profound than we
thought 1t was.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-09
PROTECT the CHILDREN

More children have been killed in
eighteen months In the districts
where factories, homes and shops are
all jumbled up than In all other parts
OF Chicago together. This fact ap.
pears In statement presented to a
committee composed of Aldermen Nc.
Cormick, Buck, Walker and Werner
by Aid. Merriam showing why the
city council should be authorized by
the legislature to create building dis.
tricts or zones, as provided In q bill
he introduced last May for recon.
mendation by the council to the next
general assembly.
MANY streets in the congested
neighborhoods Of our city are used as
Fairgrounds for the children" says
Aid. Merriam's statement. "This is
especially true in the immediate vi
entity Of public school. The coming
Of business establishments and fac
tories into such neighborhoods in.
variably brings more and heavier We.
hicles and increases the danger to the
children from accidents.
"The number of children killed
while playing on Chicago streets is
appalling. II we are to make our
streets safe for our children and re-
duce the number of little ones who
meet death on the public thorough
fares OF Chicago, we must segregate
our factories and our shops and our
stores and keep them away from our
homes. Business and industrial neigh.
borhoOds must be kept separate from
residential districts.
in addition to a much desired re.
duction in deaths and injuries to chill.
dren and grown people, the creation
of business, factory and home zones
would bring about other important
benefits. 1t will protect against de-
probation of property values both the
home owner and the investor. It
would materially lessen fire hazards
and bring smaller insurance rates. II
would add to the enjoyment of our
home life by Kidding the places where
we live of the nuisances of clouds of
smoke belching from factories next
door, accompanied by the rafting and
clanking Of machinery and the befoul-
ing of the air by foul gases. With
general Improvement of home condi-
tions will come also more economi-
cal and orderly industrial develop.
ment Of Chicago"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-09
BRIDGEPORT STENCnES
Why Does the Chicago Health
Department Overlook "Influen-
tial' Soap and Rendering
Works on the South Side That
Are Said to Create Stinks?

The Chicago Eagle Is In receipt Of
complaints from south side people
about the awful smell said to come
from some alleged soap factories and
rendering works in Bridgeport, whose
influence is said to be SO great with
the health and sanitary departments
that they can stink as much as they
please.
Property owners complain that
these stenches pollute the air, lower
property values and, what is of more
consequence, endanger health.
Are not the lives of people In
Bridgeport and vicinity worthy Of Of.
fetal notice?
Summer is here and the breezes
watt these smells to all parts Of the
city.
Making this kind of perfumery is
unlawful Why is the law not en-.
forced?
The time was when Chicago stood
for the Bridgeport zephyrs with pa
tent suffering.
That time is past and reckoning
awaits the officials who tolerate such
a nuisance now at the hands Of out.
ragged public opinion and injured pub
lie nostrils.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-09

each year. Members Of the board of
assessors get the same salary, while
members of the board of review get
$1,000 year each. The states at.
torney's salary is $4,000 and the clerk
OF the Superior Court and clerk of
the Circuit Court, coroner and re.
corder get $4,000 each year.
Some of the candidates will assert
that all they want is glory and honor.
This pay roll helps them to get 1t. In
Chicago there are 2,16S election pre-.
cincts. To have an effective political
organization there must be at least
one agent Of the organization in each
precinct. A man on the pay roll will
work hard to get votes to remain
there.
It is at the primaries that politi.
clans believe that the precinct worker
is valuable asset. Now none OF
these 1900 to 400 Jobs, regular or
extra, is under civil service. They are
available for practical political pur-
poses.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-09
STUCKART NOT TO
BLAME
High Taxes Are Work of Assess
sors and Not of County
Treasurer.

Henry Stuckart, county treasurer,
objects to being blamed for the in
crease In taxes. He announced that
he is going to tack signs on the wall
in his office so that citizens who visit
the county treasurer's office to pay
their taxes will know that the men,
bers of the board OF assessors are to
blame for the increased taxes and not
the county treasurer.
Charles Hasterlik, the well known
brewer and president OF the Best
Brewing Company, has a host of
friends in the business world.
Julius Oswald. the we'll known bar.
Der at 154 West Randolph street, is
very popular with the city hall boys.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-09
civil SERVICE BUNK
How Many Examinations in Chicago
Are Framed Up for Favorites to
Shut Out Ordinary Citizens?

The People of Chicago demand a
thorough investigation of the Civil
Service Commissions department Of
the city government.
They demand an investigation that
will go back for years and unearth
the treacherous and illegal treatment
accorded to honest citizens for the
benefit of chosen few.
They demand an investigation into
all of the examinations that have
been held in order that the public
may be informed as to how many, IL
any. of them were on the square.
They demand an investigation Of
the numerous examinations held for
the benefit of particular persons,
where questions were asked which
could only be answered by the persons
whose appointment in the civil serv.
ice was evidently arranged for in ad.
vance.
The people are paying 100000 a
year for the administration Of the
civil service law in the city govern.
ment.
They are paying 100000 a year for
a roosting place for men to make
out psychological" examination pa.
pers.
In recent examination for stenog-
raphers the easiest word handed out
for them to typewrite quickly was
"eleemosynary"
Is any one foolish enough to sup.
pose that this examination was on the
square and that these hard words
were not asked to keep out people
who were not of the favored class?
New departments, entirely unnec.
essary, have been created in the civil
service for pet faddsts and high.
browed loafers.
The taxpayers who pay the freight
would not be permitted to pass an ex.
animation for dog catcher.
Poor men, devoid Of education, and
with starving families, who are look.
ing for work with pick and shovel
as day laborers. have to go through
a civil service examination that would
shock the Sultan of Turkey. A daily
newspaper printed the following
about the absurd questions asked Of
these poor laboring men by these
high.browed reformers who control
the aristocracy of office holders In
Chicago:
Ten thousand men who want Jobs
In the streets, sewers and small parks
are being put through an examination
by the labor bureau Of the Civil Serv.
Ice Commission. Here are some ques.
lions that apply:
'THow much more does wheelbsr
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-09

Thirty.second Ward - Frank J.
Walsh.
Thirty-third Ward-Timothy Grove.
Thirty.fourth Ward-Joseph o. Kost-
ner.
Thirty-flfth Ward-William p. Fee.
ney.
Country Towns-Samuel Kleinitz,
Chicago Heights; Francis M. Keough,
Lemont; Peter Wolf, Melrose Park;
Ross c. Hall, Oak Park; Isaac NJ.
Kuebler, Palatine, and Frank H. Nc.
Culloch.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-09


In this total of $2,261.OOO are in.
cluded three items for extra help and
piece work. In the records Office Is
$92, 1000 for the folio writer's, who get
Az cents a folio. The number Of
women employed Is usually around
100.
For extra work in the board of as.
SCISSORS $4,000 was appropriated at
the beginning of this year and an
other appropriation has been made
since. In addition liabilities Of about
$4,000 remain unpaid. The board Of
review received $4,000 to employ ex-
ira help in the rush season.
While the total for salaries Is ap.
proximately correct as an average, it
is considerably less than will be paid
out by these Offices this particular
year.
In the above the county surveyor
and the municipal judges have not
been included. The surveyor is a fee
Office. The eleven judges will receive
$4,000 year each, but they are usu.
ally considered of little practical
value in the building up of a political
organization, except indirectly.
Getting back to the list above, it
must be explained that all of these
jobs cannot be changed regardless of
the way the election goes in Novem-
Der. There is a board in charge of
the sanitary district, the assessing
and reviewing Of taxes. The sanitary
board has nine members, and only
three are to be elected. II the Re-
publicans should win all three places
they would have a majority of one
on the board. The board of assessors
has five members, and only two are
to be elected. The board of review
has three members, and only one is
to be elected.
A president OF the drainage board
is one Of the three memberships to
be filled. His salary will be $500 a
year. The other trustees get $4,000
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-09
PULLS" RUN courts
Poor Man or Litigant Without
Gang Influence Has No Chance
for Justice in Chicago.

IAN honest litigant comes into court
by the front door,"
This legend Is printed on large
placard which occupies conspicuous
place In the chambers of Judge John
Stelk Of the punishment and replevin
branch of the Municipal Court.
II had that sign made and placed
1t there because I got weary of re.
ceiving many persons who call on me
every day just before court convenes,
offering various reasons for taking
some action In cases which were to
appear before me-" said Judge Stelk.
For time 1t seemed as though
every case that came up was brought
to my attention In that form. tried
to be diplomatic, but 1t didn't work,
SO have put the sign there where all
who come may see 1t.
II am trying to devise some way Of
conveying the same message to per-
sons who insist on calling me over
the telephone under the same circum.
stances. II would save me the trou-
bio Of telling people who ought to
know better than to call me that q
Judge with conscience and self.respect
tries all his cases In open court"
Tom N. Donnelly would make q
good Mayor. He is popular with every.
body.
Frank J. Hogan has made q great
record - attorney for the Fire Do.
partment. He 10 always looking after
the interest Of the people.
When you need envelopes phone
Heco. Superior TOO. You can't fail
to be satisfied.
William II. Dever has made a splen.
did record on the Superior bench and
has the confidence and respect of the
people.
Louis Jolissaint. Of 1855 Wells street.
has built up great business with his
JcIbcy bIuhu ShCCbCs uc CuccSc 10
so good that 1t recommends itself
wherever tried.
~
Connie Hayes, the well known man
ager of the Atlas Laundry, at 1882
Wrightwood avenue, is very popular
Democrat, who is often talked OF for
public Office by his friends.
~S
Thomas F. Keeley is in the front
rank of every movement for the bet.
terment OF Chicago and the brighten
Ing OF its future.
~
G. A. Schillinger, the popular head
of the Elks' building committee. Is
doing great work In paving the way
for a grand new Elks' building on
Washington street.
~
For fine beer, bottled or draught,
call up the Home Brewery, Telephone
Humboldt 9310.-Adv.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-09
Ward Organizations.

ward.
HEADQUARTERS, 772 s. State St.;
president, John J. Coughlin, II N.
La Sale St.; secretary, Ike Roder.
lex, III Il. Goth st.
2-Headquarters, 203 z. 37th St.; tel.
Douglas 2469; meets every Tues.
day; president, Edw. Stenson, 3415
Michigan Ave; secretary, Otto
Woerter, SOS z. 35th st.
3-Headquarters, Indiana Theater
Bldg, 210 E. 43d st.
4--Headquarters, Young's Hall. 3Oth
and Wallace Sts.; meets first
Thursday; president. John F. Boil
ton, 1854 Union Ave; secretary,
James j. Kropacek, 3135 Normal
Ave.
5-Headquarters, Kahn's Hall, 35th
and Wood sts. meets second
Thursday; president. Henry Nc.
Nerney, 1914 S. Paulina ST.; secre.
tary. Matthew NJ. Bunyan, 3426
Union Ave.
7-Headquarters, Calumet X. OF C..
Hall, 6202 Cottage Grove Ave-;
president, James NJ. Whalen, CAST
Langley Ave; secretary, Elmer J..
Witty, 6424 Langley Ave.
S-Headquarters, 9215 Commercial
Ave; president, John p. Byrnes,
7457 Bond Ave; secretary, Gus
tave Stelnwig, 1870 Anthony Ave.
s-Headquarters, DeIIaan's Hall, 9442
Cottage Grove Ave; tel. Burnside
1888; president, Catrines DeHaan,
1894 Cottage Grove Ave; secre-
tary, Donald T.. Whittenburg,
1925 Cottage Grove Ave.
HEADQUARTERS, 2152 w. 18th St.;
tel. Seeley 1910; president, Mi.
chael ]. Browne, 1916 Washburne
Ave; secretary, Fred w. Rausch,
l741 w. 18th.
l2-Headquarters, 1924 S. Kedzie
Ave. tel. Lawndale 10S; presi-
dent, Otto Kerner, 242G S. Clifton
Park Ave; secretary, Joseph /.
Noyak, 2401 S. Trumbull Ave.
HEADQUARTERS, $3.50 w. Madison
ST.; phone Kedzie 423; president,
James C. Denvir, 3S4S Congress
St; secretary, John C. Morris,
1886 w. Adams St.
HEADQUARTERS, Conway's Hall,
Lake ST. and Western Ave; meets
second and fourth Tuesdays;
president, James B, Shiel, 1928
Grand Ave; secretary, Edward J..
Kelly, 3345 Park Ave.
l5-Headquarters, 2705 Iowa St.;
president, Edward J. Kaindl, 1900
w, Chicago Ave; secretary, Nor
ris Geyirtz, $50 N, Francisco Ave.
lG-Headquarters, 14G2 w. North
Ave; meets every Friday; presi.
dent, Joseph Petlak, 1910 w.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-09
DEMOCRATIC
Committeeman

Democratic national Committeeman
for lllinois-Charles Boeschenstein.
Edwardsville.
Democratic State Committee.
Chairman-Arthur w. Charles. Car.
mi.
Vice Chairman-Douglas Pattison,
Freeport; Terence +. Moran, Chicago;
Ed, NJ. Spiller, Marion.
Secretary-Isaac B. Craig, Nation.
Treasurer-Ernest Hoover, Taylor.
Vile.
overwhelmingly ]. Kane.
East st. Louis.
Democratic County Committee.
James NJ. Daley, chairman.
William p. Feeney, secretary.
Managing Committee Of the Democrat.
lie Party Of Cook County.
Chairman-James NJ. Daley.
Vice Chairmen-Joseph Rushkewicz,
Frank F. Roeder. Anton ]. Cermak.
James NJ. Whalen. Frank II. McCul-
loch.
Chairman of Executive Committee
Henry Stuckart.
Secretary-William p. Feeney.
Assistant Secretary-John F. Quin.
Ian.
Financial Secretary-Jacob Lind.
heimer.
Treasurer-Fred w. Block.
Sergeant'at-Arms-John ]. Leonard
First Ward-Michael Kenna.
Second Ward-William J. Graham.
Third Ward-Thomas d. Nash.
Fourth Ward-James NJ. Daley.
Fifth Ward-Patrick ]. Carr.
Sixth Ward-John p. Gibbons.
Seventh Ward-James NJ. Whalen.
Eighth Ward-John II. Mack.
Ninth Ward-John ]. Leonard.
Tenth Ward-Joseph w. Cermak.
Eleventh Ward-A. ]. SABBATH.
Twelfth Ward-Anton ]. Cermak.
Thirteenth Ward-Martin ]. O'Brien
Fourteenth Ward-Patrick A. Nash.
Fifteenth Ward-Thomas P. Keane.
Sixteenth Ward-Stanley II. Kunz.
Seventeenth Ward-Joseph Rushke.
wicz.
Eighteenth Ward-Bernard ]. Gro
gan.
sNlAfLFfAlu W dll-- JOllH iONtlss
Twentieth Ward-Dennis j. Egan.
Twenty.frst Ward-John F. O'Mal.
ley,
Twenty.second Ward-Rudolph l..
Schapp.
Twenty.third Ward-Joseph l.. Gill
Twenty-fourth Ward-Frank f. Roe.
der.
Twenty-hfth Ward-Harry r. Glib.
bons.
Twenty.sixth Ward-Henry A. Zen.
der,
Twenty,seventh Ward-Neil Murley.
Twenty-elghth Ward-Frank Pas.
chen,
TWenty.ninth Ward-Emmett Whea.
Ian,
Thirtieth Ward--James F. Hetfer.
nan.
Thlrty-hrst Ward-Michael X. sherl.
dan.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-09


Literski, 1917 Dickson st.
| 17-Headquarters, 9S6 Milwaukee
Ave-; tel Monroe 6S72; president.
Walter Smith, 1861 Austin Ave.;
secretary, Teofil Weyna, 1920 Mil.
waukee Ave.
1S-Headquarters, 1862 w. Madison
ST.; tel. Monroe $3.50; president,
James G. Gavin, 32G s. Racine
Ave-; secretary, John Vanderburg,
1913 s. Sangamon st.
19-Headquarters northwest corner
. Blue Island Ave. and Taylor St.:
I president, Thos. J. Johnson, 1866
, w. Congress St. secretary, John
j. Falvey, AS Lyle St.
2O-Headquarters. Club House, 1923 w.
18th St.: tel. Canal G169: meets
second and fourth Thursdays;
president, Peter +. Smith, 1908 s.
Union Ave-; secretary, Barth. =.
Collins, 926 w. 10th st.
21-Headquarters, Thomas jefferson
Club, 1103 N. Dearborn St.; tel.
Superior 491 meets every second
Friday president, Joseph p. Ma.
honey, 1446 N. La Sale St.; secre.
tary. Raymond A. Dougherty, 1903
N. Dearborn st.
22---Headquarters, 1894 I.arrabee ST.:
tel. Lincoln 2745; daily meetings
at TIC w. North Ave-; president,
Rudolph l.. Schapp, TAG Hudson
Ave-; phone Lincoln 1857; secre.
tary, Math. J. Wagner.
23-Headquarters, Lower Lincoln
Turner Hall, Sheffield and Diver.
sey AYES; tel. Lincoln 1906; presi.
dent, Jas. Fl. Poage, SIC Belmont
Ave.; secretary, Bernard Jung,
1871 Mohawk st.
24--Headquarters, 1904 Barry Ave-;
tel. Lake View 1904; president,
Frank A. Stadler, zoos Lincoln
Ave-; secretary, Gustav Seedorf,
1884 N. Oakley Ave.
25-Headquarters, 54O1 Broadway:
phone Edgewater 494; president,
John s. Hummer, 1885 Beacon St.;
| secretary, John p. Dougherty,
| 631O Magnolia Ave.
26-Headquarters. 3943 Lincoln Ave;
tel Grace S7O4; meets every Fri.
day; president, Chas. A. Williams,
351G Jansen Ave.; secretary,
Chas. w. Peters, 3649 N. Hermit.
| tage Ave.
carbohydrates, Grace Hall, 1901
Bernard St, corner Grace, Elston
and Bernard; phone Irving sos;
meets last Friday; president,
Hans Blase, 5017 Pensacola Ave. !:
secretary, Geo. J. Gercken, 1910
N. LeClaire Ave.
2s-Headquarters. 1867 Milwaukee
Ave-; phone Armitage GAIL.
29-Headquarters, 1910 w. Garfield
Blvd; tel. Drover 1852; president,
Frank J. Ryan; secretary, John II.
Cook.
So-Headquarters, McNallys Hall,
4G47 s. Halsted ST.; president,
Martin J. McNally, 4G47 s. Halsted
ST.: secretary, L. ]. Kean, 531 w.
45th st.
31-Headquarters, 5G0s s. Halsted st.;
meets first Friday president,
Frank ]. Corr. 524 w. Goth St.;
secretary. Chas. sener, $3.50 s. Pc.
oria st.
32-Headquarters. suites 10 and IL,
Anderson Bldg, 6S5G 8. Halsted
| St.
33-Headquarters Hodnett's Hall,
Armitage and Crawford AYES;
phone Belmont 6991. r-sss s7r.s.sras.
S4-Headquarters. 1856 Ogden Ave-;
tel. Lawndale 634; president,
Harry M. Christie. 1S49 8. Lawn.
dale Ave-; secretary, Dennis e.
Duffy. 2123 s. Lawndale Ave.
35--Headquarters, 4039-41 w. Madison
ST.: tel. Garfield 1882: meets first
and third Thursdays; president.
r. w. Larkin. ABB Jackson Blvd;
secretary, John 8. Clark. Keeler
and North AYES.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-12-09

]. ]. Sheehan, of 1899 North State
street. would make a good alderman
for the 21st ward In the opinion OF his
many friends.
The American Taxi & Auto Co.'s
phones are Lincoln 4008 and Calumet
279s. Call them up II you want good
service.
Business men who phone Heco, Su.
perior TOO. for envelopes, always get
what they want.
Robert T.. Mckee, president of the
Atlas Linen Supply Company, 1857
Sheffield avenue, is one of the most
popular men In Chicago among all
classes of business men. The big
concern OF which he is the head is
noted for it's thorough and good work.
s. Carl Whistler, the popular secre-
tary of the Akron Tire & Vulcanizing
Company, at 932 w. Jackson boule-
ward. reports a steady demand and
Increasing business for this great tire
company. The Mohawk Quality"
tires, sold by this concern. have
high reputation and have given great
and genuine satisfaction to all who
have used them. They are open all
night, at 932 Jackson boulevard. and
guarantee quick service.
Patrick Nolan. the veteran engt
neer. rendered services to the public
schools which Will be long remem-
bered.
William Cullen Burns Is making q
great success at the Bar.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-12-23
1T WON'T PHAZE HIRAM.

Col George Harvey. of the singed cats of down
election The fact that Hiram Johnson carried Cali
forna by 100000 says George while Hughes failed to
carry by 5000 will hardly be forgotten when the
trium plant California shall Washington
association with honorable men,"
Doubtless, honorable men, like Reed Smoot and
Boise Penrose, will snub Hiram socially and other
wise But they and Col Harvey should be advised
a gentleman of strong peculiarities For
thing, require association with anybody
honorable otherwise in order to have good time
any self-styed honorable in the that
imagnes that Hiram is going to after them, will
be awfulIy fooled. early plenty.
1t is early in the campaign of 1920 for any element
o try to Hiram among the 'undesirabes" Much
depends upon his senate during the
four years. by California because he does
progressive things the people regardless party
this policy it quite likely that his
carrying California by 100000, regardless of Hughes
failure to carry by anything, will quite sub
stantial recommendation.
Hirams great progressive simply declared that
it wouldn't buy a gold brick. of
association certain honorable senators because of
this he can find association with honorable
tors from Ohio Kansas Nebraska and other boob"
by the big business purveyors. And then he may or
ganize a little association of his own which is quite
possible.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-12-23

the shrine and on the 10Th of Kislev,
exactly three years after it had
been profaned by the Greek cult, the
temple. amid rejoicing and thanks
giving. was rededicated to the wor-
ship of the one God. Hence the
name of Channukah. or feast of
dedication The joyous celebration
lasted eight days. evidently after the
manner of the dedication OF the
original temple under King Solomon.
Legend. however, has q different
explanation. According 10 it the
eight-day celebration grew out Of
the fact. that. when the perpetual
lamp was 10 be relit. only a small
cruise OF the sacred Ok was 10 be
found. an amount sufficient seem
ingly for only one day. But mir
aculously it lasted for eight days
until the new supply was obtained
Ii is thus that tradition explains the
second name OF the festival as the
..Feasts OF Lights" Irrespective of
literal facts the legepI enshrines "a
great truth. viz. that the pure light
OF religion finds supplies OF spiritual
energy 10 feed il To new came even