Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-06-26

1 mud and branches of trees Ever
6 at that this obviously crude city ap
/ pears to have been the beginning 0
( real civilization. Like the Mormon
f in Utah, they practiced a littl'
; polygamy and started something
1t was along the line of the arts anC
sciences They tinkered with mu
sic and worked in metal probably
copper But the people reveled il
wickedness and something happen
! ed-Worse than the Johnstowr
flood They were swept from off the
face of the earth-all except one
family. Mother Earth had to take
a cleansing and all had to be start
ed over again.
About 1,500 years afterward the
descendants of this rescued family
| (under a little different regime)
| started another city What they
| first named it, we know not, but it
was to have a sky-scraper such as
| was never attempted in New York
or Chicago. Either they had better
| building material, or they had learn
to make better use of what they had
at hand,-anyway they "had brick
for stone, and slime they had for
mortar" Furthermore they had d
very vivid imagination of the object
| they had in view, but it was so wild
| and visionary,-even futile, that
something had to be done to re-
strain them The scheme was frus-
| trated in such way that the build
ers left off building and they were
scattered to various parts of the
country Because of this ill-advis-
cd nd tal III n
| ment that followed, the place was
named Babel. About 4.175 years
,, after this they started Chicago.
start to build any sky-scrapers; but
| it did have a marvellous growth. 1t
was dynamic with the spirit Of
growing youth. This was in 1888.
It's residents were confident of its
destiny. so much SO that in four
years, 1887, it was a city. But it
was built largely of wood and spread
| for miles over that fiat marshy
plain. But one night in the fall Of
1871. Mrs O'Leary's COW, instead Of
kicking the bucket, took the lantern
swipe, which resulted in the big
gest confiagration that was ever Wis
! tied on an American city. The ash
es went westward with the wind,
| but the courage and determination
of it's citizenry remained firm and
intact.
Through sub-zero weather build
| ings whose foundations were deep
and whose walls We're of brick and
stone rose rapidly, story upon story,
| in spite of freezing weather. There
was no hating, or setback to prog
ress. And what was the result?
Americas second largest city. And
thus it appears that all down from
! the crude city of Enoch, where peo-
pie multiply even if not civilized.
they naturally gather in clusters
and as civilization advances, clus-
| ters become towns and towns grow
into cities. One man like Alex
ander Selkirk, or Robinson Crusoe
with his Friday, off on an island by
themselves cuts small ngure
That Swiss man, Robinson, with his
wife and three or four boys, under
| similar circumstances did make
| little start. Dear reader, ii you
| think yourself an important person
| age. so much so that the country
could not we'll do without you, just
| enter the door of some vast auditor
ium. or cathedral with not a soul in
| there but yourself, and then let
| someone of your size enter door
on the opposite side, you may then
come into the realization as to how
| vast the room is, and how small
YOU are. Or this may convince you:
Start near the Illinois Central rail-
road depot Chicago, and walk up
1 Stevens
hotel and continue on up to where
the Chicago river once emptied it's
| murky waters into Lake Michigan
| (but now it runs the other Way)
| turn left to Wabash avenue, take
| look at the Merchandise Mart, larg-
| est commercial building in the
| world, then take Grand avenue to
the Navy Pier.
This pier extends out into the
| lake a distance of nearly mile.
! (Street cars to the amusement an
nex.) If it is a gala day there will be
much to see, of interest and enter
tainment. Retrace your steps to
Michigan avenue, and visit the Art
Institute. You are now at the up
per end Of Grant Park. Go south
ward through the park and see the
Buckingham Fountain. 1t is beau
tiful sight when it's full volume OF
water and brilliant color scheme Is
PLAYING. In the distance the stately
marble walls of the Field Museum
loom up before you. To the left the
Shedd Aquarium and the Adler
Planetarium. Perhaps you may
think you know about fish, frogs and
eels? Go to the aquarium and learn
something. Men will look with
wonder, women and children viii
scream their curiosity and delight
It's free. Next the Planetarium ovel
at the waters edge. But remem-
ber! Be sure and get the lecture
hour, there are two daily. and go at
that time. Under it's vast dome
studded with stars, you will think
that you are out in the night under
the starry armament, and as it is IN
motion, you may experience a slight
diZZying sensation. But, oh dear!
your neck, looking upward sc
long, Perhaps it would be well II
you would help your wife clean the
ceiling, or something, to get some
rubber in your neck to make the
necessary adjustments. But don't
fail to see this-'sThe Drama of the
Sky" If this doesn't pay you well
for the 25 cents admission fee, you
can make us up into cork-screws fol-
gratuitous distribution.
Coming out from this large circu'
lar building you have remarkable
view of Chicago's skyline with its
lofty array Of sky-scrapers Moth
ing to mar the panorama unless il
would be huge certain colored rib
bon beer sign. And now for that