The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-05-02
MAYOR CLEANS HOUSE
WHILE CAMPAIGN RACES.
Political Reporter Finds
Him Optimistic and
Confident
lRr the Politleal Reporterl

0& Tie E0lAEAAdA tAGpDNN6Eb
Leo Mccormack. erstw hile mayor OF
lEast Chicago snd candidate TO sue
coed himself. was enanel.ng the Ice
box in the kitchen of his home at 1lIs
sBeacon street. when the poitlcaI re-
porter called.
Mrs. Mccormack acted IN an advisory
capacity.
This" said Leo. executing a neat
ltroke or the brush. this IS house
cleaning time It comes at a axed date
the same as Christmas and the Fourth
" July In our family. campaign or no
campaign
why Leor This from the Nfissus
sail Fight" the Mister fastened to
explain. Il enjoy It" (What a noble
prevAricationD Just this time every
year Mrs. Mccormack gets critical Of
the wal paper and sees sill sorts OF
germs IN the dark corners. There's.
only one thing to do and that IS tol
take up AL the rugs and take down all
lshe curtains. beat the rugs and papeIi
che walls
7 can always tell when Lao gets.
Flred OF his 1ob," said Mrs. Mccormack.
He starts 20 whistle and the louder.
,ind more gayly the whistle, the more
lie wishes no was out campaigning" !
Good house keepers ara tyrants,'s
declared His Honor.
LECTURE ON BRUSHES
Fathers an old bear" said Miss NC
+ormack. coming into the room. 4
sed his paint brush and he was cross
r.th me-"
Father pleaded suilty TO the iudict-
lent with a besr-Iiks mug.
PUSHES"
This care Of a paint brush Is very
aportant." said Mccormack By way os
1pIanation- 4 don't really do any
aiming any more. but whom 7 do
4ttis Job like this 1 want the brush in
.ood condition. This brush cost sZz5."f
supDeTs ready" announced Mira. Nc.
ormaok. your coats In the hall, Lao"
Mother insists on calling it supper;
lnd father would like 10 40 to the table
-ithout his coat" explained Miss Nc
ormaek. But they're perfectly dearg
md we are really a happy family"
The young lady OF the house anti
-ipated the political reporters bromide
Please don't say It Is s. treat to have
a home-eooked meal7"
Very wall. but It leaves me mute,
That IS perhaps the most brilliant re.
mark IN my conversational repertoirs
and thought It quite original"
j 'As original as saying that father
was home -cooking7 We can hardly b9
Expected to forgive you FOR that It
was a-well, a campaign canard"
AS bad as the way IN which this
Reppa crowd turned club sandwiches
and coffee into sroiled lobster and
chanpagnsT
} Worse"
, 'Lets dont talk about the horrid
untrue things they said about Mr.. Me-
Cormack.- requested Mrs Mccormack
legally.
Your husband doesn't appear TO %
worried about them. Mrs. MoCorcAck."
''Of course he doesn't ike TO hava
things said like that, but the peopls
are for him and he's confident he VIII
be nominated
Three TO one" said ths mayor posi-
lively. ~Ths tactics Of my opponents
can mean only ono thing. They realiza
they are beaten They are desperate.
They are grabbing at gtraws."
That reminds me" said the political
reporter. = had forgotten my missioni
enjoying your hospitality. am sup
posed to interview you. Thought you
might be ready 10 open up on the othet
crowd
y was successful thu last tins BIZ
conducting a gentieman's canpaisn.@
replied the mayor. and I ~ b. suc4
,csssfuI this time IN the same manner.
II it were necessary to resort TO tricks
and abuse TO gain the nomination.
would not seek IL, Say mother that's
che best cake you ever baked"
He always says that" declared Miss
Mccormick. exposing her fathers du-
,plicity. He knows that mother VIII
be battered 20 death and insist that Ia
nave another slice
il, asuaa De rtmembered that scores
people arrive in the Harbor every
ay. Crooks. bootIeegers ana prozti-
-0tes are kent on the move ~ the po-
zee or the various cities, In driving
he undesirables from Chicago chic,
Itzmorris made the work 81 the no.
ice Of East Chicago doublv sirricTl,
hey have been Rocking into Ess
hicago and Indiana Harbor as well
4s the other suburban cities"
But somehow or other the dea,
2rothers who are railing at McCor.
mack from the platform each night
ma through Reppa's organ, are unable
20 md their way TO the city han
y eantifne their glitterfng generaIitfes
All on barren ground FOR the East Chi
ago and Indiana Harbor voter doesn.t
2elIeVe In COLLINS. He's pretty well
satisfied with the way things have
been conducted and he's inclined to be
little sore at the reflection cast m.
On AiIhsef and his family for living in
q town depicted as little hell"
a strange and outstanding fact ~
that there re1orrnara a-,A- - -.