The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-01
THE EDITORS OBSERVATIONS
(By John L. Thompson

Bates bouncing baby boy, someone
remarked that he was making boys t.
run his shop Mrs. Rosa Corbin is con
Quoting her rooming house and board
ling. She has eighteen regular board
ers, doing well. Mrs. Rebecca Corbis
formerly Mrs. Raikes) of Des Moines
is living here. She wishes to be re-
membered to her old Des Moines frieds
where she lived for thirty-five years
Mrs. D. s. johnson will still chronicle
the news for the reliable Bystander
Mrs. Maggie Sage is still here doing
well. Mrs. s. Washington has been sicl
for several months D. L. Holmes il
one Of the successful young men. He il
teaming for the city making big money
He owns some fine horses. Mr.. E. Greeh
is still running the restaurant and pooI
hall, doing well. Mr.. Eugene Green is
our ever reliable expressman doing =
big business. Mr.. I. A. Trembo is still
conducting his soft drink and pool hall
He is a fine fellow to meet. Mr.. u. M
Shortridge is doing well. Mr.. WILLIAM
Towles has bought house on 4l5 West
Ninth street. Mr.. H. Harper on Bridge
avenue is doing well. He owns wef1
kept home. Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Shepard
on Grand avenue is doing well. He
works for the Railway company. They
own q very beautiful modern we'll kept
home. J. I. Ingram is also doing we'll
Mr.. and Mrs. U. Ballard are doing we'll
They own nice home. H. B. Smith
also owns good property. His several
lots are covered with grape vines and
thew are loaded with fne grapes, sew
eral thousand pounds. Mr.. A. Coonce
at SO West Tenth street also has lots
Of grapes in his vineyard this is Dig
crop year through Iowa. Mrs. G. Rob. A1
inson has bought a house at LIS East'
ern ave. Mr.. and Mrs. H. Buck Oh
Scott street are still here, doing welt
Mr. and Mrs. William Turner are doing
nicely. also is F. Baker. Mr.. H. Howard
has bought nice large house at 1923
Judson street and is enjoying happiness
with his family. Chicago, Chicago, oh,
YOU little city on the pond, says one
writer but we had rather put Il Chicago
the world . metropolis ON the lake. We
want to write briefly about this won.
.derful city while some Of the lnsparln g
things that we saw is fresh upon onI
memory. Breaths there a soul who ever
goes to Chicago but what they come
away with new vision of hope and
surprises for here you can see and meet
hundreds and thousands Of people of
every civilized country upon the race OF
the globe. Every known tongue and
eyery known language live side by side
in this great metropolitan city. We
have here little more than loo,ooO
Negroes in nearly every avenue ana IN
all kinds of business known to the
American Yankee. Some are rich some
are poor, some are educated and CUT
tured and some ignorant and almost
uncivilized, some are succeeding and
some are failing, some are good and
some are bad. In fact there are here
inst like the human race in all other ma
tionalities. The colored business az
rectory reveals the fact that Chicago
has at present about 235 pollcemah,
three members of the state legislature
one member of the city council, almost
one regiment of colored soldiers In
Khaki now with about 100 colored COM
missioned officers. There are 4SO cot
ored clerks employed as clerks IN the
post Office, $50 mail carriers, elghtS-
four colored churches, one I. M. y. A.,
one Y. w. c. A., and one hospltal, lS5
barber shops and several hundred res
+anrants and lunch rooms, twenty-five e
LAWYERS. thirty-four physicians, foue.
taen dentists, six undertakers, several
hair dressing parlors, hundreds OF pool
halls and soft drink parlors, three
banks. ten real estate firms, twenty gro.
cerv stores, fourteen drug stores one
daily paper, two magazines, hve WeeAiy
newspapers, two good baseball teams,
+hree hotels, five colored bands, several
:, and laundries 1t IS said
that more than 5000 railroad portefs
live here with several shoe stores,
.aanav and many other stores that space
I'LL not at this time permit me TO
ennmerate them. The first thlng .hat
struck me was the big colored carnival
comnany was holding carnival on Ine
oad Fells track Of Grand on IhlrtS-
seventh and State streets, given one
.naar for the benefit of the Odd ret
lows lodge building fund. they mad
old merry go-rounds, the whip, SWIM g
o ond the air swing, woman's booths and
lottery drawing by numbers OF enlck
ens geese, ducks, flour, sugar ana na'n
and meal and various other amuse-
.an+s The next real surprise 20 us "as
=. .n s,,cb roval and enthusiastic re-
ao,,+ions that both white anu oo,oi NJ