Evening star., 1923-09-03
CLUBS FL.OUR|SHED
IN 14TH CENTURY
Lubbock, Just Seized by
Communists, Also Home
of Labor Unions.

LueDeck, Just seized by communists
had vaudeville, clubs similar to our
Rotary, Kiwanis and Civitan groups,
labor unions and giant trusts In the
fourteenth century. according to a
bulletin from the Washington head
quarters of the National Geographic
Society.
Once the most aristocratic of the
three German free cities. Lubbock
swung over. in it's 1920 constitution,
to a government wholly responsible
to the people
voters elected a house of bur
eesses of eighty members, and the
burgesses elected a senate of twelve
members in whom was vested sole ex-
ecutive authority. Hence the first act
OF the communist reyolutionaries was
to ouSt the senate.
"Hcad of 72 Cities" Once Title.
Once Lubbock signed herself Head
of the Seventy-two Cities That was
when she was the virtual capital of
the HanseatiC League. The title was
no empty boast. Scotland offended her
in 1412. and Lubbock ordered all trade
with Scotland stopped Bruges be-
sought remission of this order be-
cause she sorely needed Scotch wool.
1t took four years to raise the EN-
largo. A little later mighty Spain
fell under similar ban.
This league, though tyrant trust
accomplished one good which affects
every person who buys at reputable
store today. 1t set a high standard of
trade honesty, especially conspicuous
in contrast to the dissolute nobility of
Lubbock.
"It pioneered the way for fair prices.
accurate labelling of good standard
measures, and other principles which
are accepted as fundamental today
throughout the western world.
In a Lubbock shurchyard lies TIL
Eulenspiegel, or Tyl Owlglass, who
were he alive today would be the
topliner. billed as the seasons SEN
sational sleight-of- hand artist, aero
bat and comedian, just imported from
fourteenth century Chevalier. per-
formed frequently in Lubbock, and
died there in poorhouse.
The candy eater will associate Lue-
beck with marzipan,' confection al
most individual to that city 1t Is
made of sugar, almonds and rose
oil. with some -four, in fat cakes.
ornamonted with bouquets of can
died fruits.
Quaint Lubbock of 1923.
THE dainty confection is character
istic of the quaint little Lubbock of
1923. with its many flower beds. ex-
tending from the station to the squat
double tower. the old city gate.
Little today. in comparison with
it's sister German cities. but consul
of 1858 reported that Hamburg had
1880 dwellings: Leipzig, 3.y4o; Ber-
lin, 5000. and Lubbock. $500.
Among many renowned buildings
the city hall probably was the most
popular with travellers, because or
the excellent food and cool drinks
served in its wine cellar. There
a chimney piece bears this admoni-
ton: Many a man sings loudly when
they bring him his bride; if he knew
what they brought him. he might
we'll weep
"A large boulevard, lined with the
beautifully dignified, we'll preserved.
clean houses of old Lubbock families.
stretches to the sea. At TraVemunde,
a large watering place horse races
were patronized by the old patrician
lovers of horse breeding. Now the
old families, so far as they were not
killed by the war, are silently hght-
ing hunger and slyly doing rare work
which may offer.
Former Trade Sources.
"Formerly Lubbock traded princi-
pally with Sweden. Finland. northern
Russia and Lithuania. During the
war. even when the fighting was
fiercest on the western front, 1t snug
gled in some little foodstuff from the
northern countries. 1t is now. as IN
olden times, carrying on some i'm
port from the north. mainly fish.
Before Prussia put its hands on all
the old Hansa harbors and free cities.
Lubbock paid no import taxes. which
made living cheap. OF course, these
privileges long since expired.
Representatives of the old mer-
chant families, as we'll as the many
artists. musicians and painters have
the quaint manner of the slow north
ern German. They are innately hon
est. thorough and secretive. In the
surrounding country places are nu-
merous settlements of painters. In
the fiat landscape they stand out
pleasantly in the moist atmosphere.
with their low thatched or red tile
roofs All are surrounded by neat
flower gardens.
Home of Many Sailors.
Like all the northern harbor cities,
Lubbock is the home of many sailors.
and they. the most daring of the pop.
ulation, formed the greater part of
the German marine. They started
the revolution in November, 1918, and
they. more even than the industrial
laborer. are inclined quickly to make
an uprising when renewed deprecta-
tion OF the mark deprives them OF
lanother constituent of their now mea.
ger fare. They suffered much be.
cause of the war. They always were
more international than Prussian.
Nowst there are few ships. and they
cannot go to foreign countries. as
they did before the war, to find work.
These elements are the leaven in the
revolutionary populace."