Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-06-24
tCHICACC--AND
CHICACOANS
By Clifford &. MitchelD


And the Worlds Fair! But not
for me. I'm In no hurry TO see the
Fair. The last Fair cured me. Yes.
l saw it--and II took me nearly
seven years to pay that debt. May
be I'll see the one here but I'm in
no hurry-at all.
III not attempt to describe Chi
Cages "hot-spots" or it's nite-life.
/ haven't seen or tasted OF it
although perhaps could write
descriptively OF II just from draw
ms on past experiences for In my
day I've seen 'em all from San
Franciscos old barbary coast to
resorts on the Prado and the Mexi-
car in gay old Havana and in all
the cities between these points.
That was in the days OF my youth
and I'm no longer young.
But ! have seen Chicago
ticularly the Black Belt, | seem
10 have an engagement with the
milk man every morning. That is
IA is the first one | meet on leav-
Ing home in the morning. Years Of
getting up at five in the morning
have left a habit that is hard to
break, so ! get up and in the
fresh cool OF the morning | see
Chicago
And what see makes me won
der at the contrasts to be found
In the Windy city. In block after
block, house after house. store
after store. are disreputable APP
pearing places empty windows
out windows boarded or timed
up dirty, and run down every
thing TO make genuine cye-sore.
Streets are dirty. pavements and
ridewalks badly In need of repairs,
and alleys that are filthy. Yet on
each corner are scores of poor
wretched hungry looking men
without work when there is work
to be done all around them A good
promoter could harness the idle
labor with the powers that be
the politicians the real estate
owners and the capitalists and
III nothing else could be done. the
cheap labor could tear down those
eye-sores. repair the streets and
sidewalks. and give the alleys a
thorough cleaning for once. Yet.
in the papers ! see no protests on
these conditions but many protests
against the inability OF those with
money being unable To spend 1t
freely as and where they wish.
In the districts where the empty
and rundown buildings are not
positive eye-sore so many signs
are to be seen in the windows that
on first-glance | thought the signs
had been left up since the Hard
ng for President" political cam
paign. No one needs TO worry
| about finding place to stay n
| Chicago-for nearly every othel
house have Rooms TO Let sign
m the windows -,
Strolling around AT leisure Il
the early morning hours we see
here and there expensive LOOKING
cars at the curb OF home but
the home itself looks NEEDY" be-
side the costly car. A good paint
lob on the home as well as the car
might improve conditions. In many
less expensive cars. early I'm the
morning are TO be seen gents
sleeping II off.
As stroll around workers com
mence to go to their work Some
look az though they were ready to
give up the ghost while here and
there we see one who appears hap
py and gaily walks along the
street singing aloud to their
hearts content. Children come out
to play In the street bony, hung
~ and dirty but happy poor
kids. they don't know what it's all
about. And they play in the street
for all the available ground is oc-
cupied with tumble-down build
Ings that are empty and useless.
Poor kids,
All OF tho above see and
more. But this is Chicago like
IT, love its people. And I'm hap
py! Next week at this time I'll
tell you more about Chicago and
Chicagoans.