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4 Wednesday, May 1W4 SOUTHTOWN ECONOMIST Auocittiom I'M 19)9 1941 for Strvitf in Community. Published Every Sunday Morning and Wednesday Afternoon at 728-34 West 65th Street, Southtown, Chicago (21). 111. Phone ENglewood 4-1400 Wm. McDonnell.

Editor Southtown Economist published for and the news of Auburn Park, Gresham. Braincrd, Walden. Lonfwood Manor. Tracy. Washington Heights.

Beverly Hills. Morgan Park, Evergreen Mt. Greenwood. Blue Island, worth. Park.

Oak Lawn. Chicago Ridge. South Park Manor, Englewood. Normal Park. Hamilton Park.

Park Manor. Ogden Mill. Garfield district. Sherman park district. Englewood on the Hill, Marquette Manor.

Marquette Park, West Lawn and Chicago Lawn. The SeMthtewa IceMMlit HaMorai Speed building of Englewood Shewing Circle and parking Eetain Midway Airport in Southtown and build expressways to it. Provide fast and easy loeal transportation service between Southtown and Evergreen Park, Oak Lawn and adjoining suburbs. ftevise building codes so new and improved materials and methods of construction can be made Available to prospective home owners. The Water Famine EVERLY Hills, Morgan Park and adjoining suburbs are again in the throes of a water famine.

The situation is not new. It has been happening each Summer for aeveral years. Not only is every householder inconvenienced, but the entire area is at such times in constant danger of fire of catastrophic proportions. Pressure during the day is" so low and feeble that fire apparatus would be of no use in combatting flames. This is utterly inexcusable.

Chicago is blessed with an inexhaustible supply of fresh water. Unlike New York, San Francisco and many other large cities which have to bring their fresh water from long distances, Chicago's supply is at' its front door. All that is needed to make it available in limitless quantity is sufficient mains and pumping facilities. These have not been provided. City officials say additional facilities are planned.

But extra mains and pumps on the drawing boards do not provide relief. In View of the dire seriousness of the situation, with its threat of loss of life and property and its effect on the health, safety and comfort of hundreds of thousands, the City Council should at once meet in special session and without delay appropriate whatever millions are necessary to provide whatever is needed to eliminate the danger. Residents of the area--in fact all Chicago --are victims of another untenable situation. Chicago is required by state law to provide water, without profit to the city, to any individual, village or town located within the Sanitary Distict. The original intent of the'law undoubtedly was sound because few villages could afford the enormous cost of mains from the lake to their locality.

But census figures disclose that the suburbs are growing enormously in population. Industries and other large water users are more and more moving into them. Consequently the demands of the suburbs and outlying areas is at the expense of Chicago. As they increase their use, the pressure in Chicago decreases. The Sanitary District should now be required to provide these communities with water.

It receives its taxes from Chicago and the suburbs and as its name implies it is the logical agency to relieve Chicago from this burden. In the meantime, it is imperative that everybody observe city ordinances limiting sprinkling to the hours of from to 7 a.m.; 2 to 4 p.m. and from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. Lawns and gardens will suffer, but a repetition of the Chicago Fire will be averted. Misrepresentative Government I IS becoming increasingly clear that the crowd which pulled the international strings in Washington during the Truman administration is also pulling the strings in the Eisenhower adminstration.

They want to keep the United States embroiled in war, regardless of the utter absence of a reason for our becoming involved. They want, and do succeed in having, billions of the American taxpayers' money given away to any foreign nation that will accept it. They have the various governmental agencies interfere in the affairs of other peoples throughout the world, and they cause a quick crackdown on anybody of influence who dares demand a return to government of, by and for the United States. They are aided and abetted by a large group of so-called columnists and so-called radio-television news commentators. Their outpouring is slanted in favor of internationalism and much of it is rank misrepresentation, knowingly perpetrated and deliberately i to influence public opinion in behalf of the "cause." If proof were needed, it is provided by a comparison of what one hears direct from the McCarthy hearings and what one hears or reads later in the day from such columnists and commentators about what transpired at the hearing.

The slanting is so clearly apparent that it is understand how or why radio-television stations countenance such abuse of their Or are some of- them and the newspapers also part of the general conspiracy? The public is a patient mass. It tolerates to the extreme. But it does ultimately become aroused and when it it strikes hard and that day is approaching, even The PASSING SHOW Toil Appreciation Week Our street is swept and whistle-clean; On cither side the grass is green. How long 'twill gaily stay that way, No man should be so bold to say. All honor to the man with cart, Who makes of cleaning streets an- art, And fills my heart with Springtime cheer.

How-sad he comes but once a year! C. L. W. --PS-THIS IS A'feENTIMENT, PERHAPS, we would all express as we view the results of Spring refurbishing everything on the urban scene. The street cleaners have swept, away the debris from the curb sides.

Property owners mending and painting fences, and making repairs which improve the appearance of their holdings. Gardens are tidily planted, and weeds haven't come yet in profusion to spoil the art. Lawns are green and fresh. The scene does definitely give the viewer a lift. But maybe it need not be only an annual elation.

It could be a continuing and habitual one. But then the job cannot be left alone to the street cleaner. It mtist be the task of every individual. Each must do his small part through all the seasons to keep the scene as neat as in the Springtime. Litter on the streets can best be prevented by not carelessly throwing paper and rubbish there in the first place.

Each must become a street cleaner, in a sense. The task which looks so hopeless in its entirety becomes more simple and easy through cooperation of- individuals in tackling it. The 'community clean in the Spring can be kept a community clean for seasons following. It is worth trying. --PS-Landscaping If ever again we hear the word "landscaping," You'll find through the nearest exit we're escaping, For we've done our first job, and we hope it's the last.

While digging holes for bushes, found a toy mast; Plus a railroad spike, broken china, and glass, too. Judging by tree roots, that's where the "lost forest" grew. Parts of brick, stone, and huge pieces of old cement Were found, too large for a pick-ax even to dent, And so we attached our car chains and pulled With brute force, amidst great confusion, with a shout, "Oh, be careful! No, no, this way! Now, pull that way!" You should have heard what my husband had to say, While he toiled, and sweat trickled down his neck. Thank goodness, he held part of his temper in check! As he dug all those holes in the unyielding earth, To at least a dozen new tools his mind gave birth. At last, the task was finished, but so were we! It's wiser to hire a landscaper, we decree! MARCY MARTEN.

TO TIDY A LANDSCAPE OFTEN takes a bit of doing, and can result in sore muscles and a temper in the same condition. But it is like other labor. Seasoned with a little imagination, and' curiosity, it can become more pleasant and less taxing. It is one thing to dig a hole into which to place a bush, and another to open a secret in the soil. The unimaginative mind is intent only on the actual digging on getting it done in the shortest possible time and with a minimum of effort.

Any obstruction to that single purpose is an irritant. There is not much joy in such labor. The imaginative mind admires a pebble resting on the soil, even before the spade strikes into it. There are other stones and pebbles in the soil, some of them curiously formed. Thoughts begin to dwell on the origin of all "rock at the dawn of time how bits of it are carried from place to place the wonder locked in even the most ordinary stone.

The broken china if it might tell its story! The bits of glass come alive again as the sunlight strikes them. How did these things get here? What hands handled them once, or fashioned them? To whom were they at one time dear? The planting holes and trenches are done even before one is aware, lost in musings. Aching muscles, however, measure the toil accomplished. --PS-Exploration When earth was new, and man had all of space to roarn, He found adventures strange not distant from his home. The race, now populous and migrant in ways, Ringed the sphere, and robbed the distance of its maze.

Next came swift craft of land and sea and chartless sky, And mystic wave sped words that brought instant reply, Until the universe was dense and cluttered grown, Where none might find a spot secluded or unknown. And some, despairing of the earth's entirety, Have stormed the gates of death and sought eternity. NINA FULTON --PS- MODERN LIFE, IN SOME ways, becomes more complex daily. In other ways, it grows more simple. Travelers don't have to remember now to throw a tooth brush into the suitcase.

The market has a new tooth brush, which a person uses and throws away. It has a plastic handle with nylon bristles coated with a dentifrice, and it comes sealed in an airtight container. Primarily, it is for hotel guests and travelers on airlines ana railroads. Disposable items seem on the increase. The problem be eventually, one of space in which to dispose of the disposables.

--PS- DO YOUR HAVE THE blues? It's probably all just a bad dream. That is the opinion of one psychoanalyst who believes that morning depression is intimately associated with dreams. It makes no difference whether the dream is forgotten or remembered after you get up. Usually the dream is one in which your ego, or self- esteem, has been under attack. This is carried into the waking state.

It may take minutes or hours to re-establish your psychological equilibrium. There may be a great deal of truth in the theory. However, our own indigo moods in the morning do not stem from dteams in which the ego has been under attack. Our ogo generally has a wonderful time in the dreams. It lives in a mansion, and owns, npt one, but several shining motor cars.

It has a staff of servants to serve its every whim. Nothing is lacking. And then the rattling alarm of the clock on the bedside table nhatters the dream. That is the beginning of morning depression, and our ego knuckles down for the day. M.

WEDDING BELLS Mark the Years Mr. and Mrs. Jtudolph Oamperl. S. Wolcett will celebrate their silver wedding anniversary Saturday.

A mass of thanksgiving will be offered for them at 10 a.m. church, W. 50th and S. Laflin sts. Their attendants will be members of the original bridal party.

They are Mrs. Gamperl's Brother, Charles Thicr, who gave her away; Mrs. Mary Schnautz of Park- Falls, her sister, who was maid of honor; another brother, Tony Thier of Butternut, best man; Tony Friesl of Stevensville, Mich; Mrs. Johanna Hehn, 6338 S. Campbell Mrs.

Betty Rehling, 5716 S. Washtenaw Joseph Halifax, 9345 S. Ridgeway Evergreen and the flower girls, in St. Augustine Mrs. Florence Baker, 9812 S.

54th Oak Lawn, and Mrs. Adeline Lowe of Cassopolis, Mich. All the out-of-towners formerly lived in Southtown. All will be attendants at- the mass Saturday. Mrs.

Gamperl is the former Anne Thier, born in East Louis. Her husband is a native of Austria. They are the parents of three sons, Donald, recently married to the former Madeline Serone, Robert and Richard, and daughter, Carol. Also attending the anniversary will be Mrs. Gamperl's three sisters and three brothers.

They are Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thier and family, Sill S. Justine Mr. and Mrs.

Anton Thier and family; Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Domagalski and family, 5941 S. Bishop Mr. and Mrs.

and family; Mr. and Mrs. Roe Chessare and family, Thier of the Bishop st. address. 8419 S.

Seeley and Louis The reception will be held for 250 guests at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Ringbauer hall, 5159 S. Ashland ave. Mr. and MM.

Charles M. Skala. 6409 S. Green celebrated their golden wedding recently. Their sons and daughter gathered at theirjiome and presented them with gifts.

They are Mrs. Mary Frenzl, 5138 S. Luna Charles Skala, 7220 S. Seeley Joseph Skala, 5105 S. Massasoit Louis Skala, 4924 S.

Laramie and Anthony Skala, 6538 S. Emerald ave. Mr. and Mrs. Skala were the parents of nine children, three of whom died at an early age, and their son, John, passed away in April, 1946.

There are 28 grandchildren and 12 great- grandchildren who also helped them celebrate. The celebrants were born and married in Czechoslovakia. They came to the United States in 1907 with their daughter. All the other children jvere born- in Chicago. Mrs.

Skala is 75 years old and her husband is 73 years of age. He was a tailor before working as a janitor, from which employment he now is retired. Your Health Setting Up Orderly Life Can Ease That Tension Illinois State Medical Society. In some persons, hurry implies I to complete a project, whether a lack of orderliness and a sensible routine. The person who over for five more min- sleep, leaps out of bed, turns utes' gulps a cup of coffee and dashes for transportation to work, starts --and usually finishes--the day in a tension that over the years will result in '-frayed" nerves and irritability of disposition.

The word "routine" conveys the idea of steady patterns which, to some individuals, mean monotony, because That is unfortunate, sensible routine offers a rhythmic mode of living that it means getting out one more letter, making one more telephone call, emergency, are coordinating well, the strain will not be too noticeable. But the person who day in and day or meeting If body and mind out his refuses to activities inject rhythm in will show the obviates "strain and tension. strain. Nervous tension can be avoided by learning to relax. Industry recognizes more and more that good output does not come from employees doing monotonous work.

Today, such work- are given rest periods to Hurry produces excitement of break the if only for Ijervals. day's program will help reduce the need to hurry. Arising in the morning in sufficient time to dress and the body that creates of mind. Frequently this" bute is called "pep," but erroneously so, because this latter eat leisurely is the first step. quality stems from a healthy body and' mind and a zest for living and accomplishment.

OnJ Spacing and timing are imporl- the other hand, the fatigue brought about by hurrying constantly encourages depressed and morbid thoughts. The human body is a machine, with a mechanical ratio of units of fuel to energy output. The more' effort one puts out, the more fuel is burned up. The faster an engine is driven, the greater amount of gasoline is consumed. Frequently speed is necessary, calling for a little extra effort ENTERTAINMENT for the FAMILY many institutions entertainment and Chicago has which offer fine educational features free to the public.

There if no admission charge to any of the events listed below: Art Institute of Chicago, Michigan ave. and Adams 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.

Chicago Historical Society, Clark st. and North 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Teachers, students and children to the age of 12 admitted free at all times.

Chicago Natural History Museum, Roosevelt rd. and Lake Shore 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.. Children to 12 years of age admitted free at all times. Museum of Science and Industry, 57th and south Lake Shore is open every day of the year and there is never an admission charge.

Hours are from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays and until 7 p.m. on Sundays and holidays. Adler Planetarium, Northerly Island: 11 a.m.

and 3 p.m. every day except Sunday, 11 a.m., 3 p.m. an4 P.m. Tuesdays and Fridays, 2 and 3:30 p.m.-only on Sundays. Paul G.

Dallwig, the "layman Lecturer," will present "The Romantic Story of the Diamond" at Chicago Natural History Museum at 2 p.m. Sunday. In his dramatization Mr. a i tells the stories of intrigue, greed and murder that make up the colorful history behind the successive pwnership of the world's most famous diamonds. On Sunday afternoon, June 6, the Music Center Accordionaders will present a concert in the, Hamilton park fieldhouse, W.

72nd st. ang S. Normal blvd. irii addition to group numbers of light, familiar music, individual solos also will be played. This concert, which will begin at p.m., is one of a series being sponsored by Chicago Park District in the interest of the community.

ant in setting up a working schedule, shopping for the family dinner or transcribing dictation of the day before. Calm thinking and rhythmic action will accomplish more, than rushing about. Aside the health aspect, the cosmetic and i a impression will be smoother. Hurry is not conducive to poise or to efficiency. Stop crowding your activities.

Too much of this while you are young will lessen your chances of growing old gracefully, not to mention the possibility of the many conditions that may result from tension: heart afflictions, high blood pressure, "nervous indigestion" and just plain bad disposition! Think it over and when you start to hurry--take it easy instead. A somewhat hopeful note in the treatment of dermatitis from contact with ivy or poison oak--through the use of hydrocortisone, a hormone drug-was sounded by doctors recently. Hydrocortisone in tablet or ointment form was given to 47 persons suffering from poison ivy reactions with "much improvement" resulting in 36 cases, the doctors wrote in the (April 17) Journal of the American Medical Association. The doctors stated that they found hydrocortisone 66 to 100 per cent more effective in such cases than other hormone drugs which have been used, and that treatment with hydrocortisone should begin as soon as possible after contact with the plants. MID-WEEK PUBLIC FORUM WOBD OF APPBECIATION EDITOR On behalf of the Third District Juniors, I.F.W.C., I would like to thank you and your paper for the wonderful cooperation we have received and consideration you have given to club and district publicity.

Through your efforts the Juniors came through with many preca honors at the recent I.F.W.C. convention. My first year as district press chairman was very enjoyable and brought me a great deal ot pleasure. I hope next year can be as fruitful. If at any time the press department of the Third District Juniors can be of service to you, please do not fail to call on Again I want to say, thank you, and wish you and your paper continued success and happiness.

BETTY FROST, PRESS FOREIGN-MINDED EDITOR: In reference to part ot one of your of recent publication, I have a few words. The part I mean reads like this: ''Whether you like him or not, Sen. Joseph McCarthy says Washington is as foreign to the States as any capital across the seas. It certainly does not subscribe to America first!" After the first World War a movement was started to have the capital of the U.S.A. moved farther west, but our foreign minded congressmen soon put a stop to that.

Out press is mostly foreign-minded, it seems. CHARLES W. TODD YOU ARE MOST WELCOME EDITOR! Thank you for helping the Columbus Manor Women's club win in the Third district of the Illinois Federation of Women's clubs press contest. We tied for second place in class and without your in publicity we would not have been'able to do it. MRS.

CLAYTON C. WHEATON EDITOR: HAPPY TO DO IT The officers and members of the Garden Club of the South Shore wish to thank you for the fine publicity you have given us during the past year. ALICE BUROHARDT PUBLICITY CHAIRMAN KIWANIS CLUB THANKS ECONOMIST EDITOR: On behalf of the Englewood Kiwanis Club I wish to thank- the Southtown Economist for its excellent reporting of the hews of the meetings of the club and our program of activities. The advance publicity in the Economist was a major contribution to the success of our recent Pancake Day and to the welfare of handicapped and under-privileged children of the 'area for which the event was ARTHUR L. HIMMEL RBPLY TO MISS FERGUSON EDITOR: In answering the article written by Miss Ferguson regarding the adoption methods of The Cradle I would like to ask how many persons can decide whether or not a couple would make good parents by talking to them a few minutes and not even have a case worker call at the home of the prospective foster parents.

We would have been very happy to have a case worker visit us as we think we are an average couple who feel we are capable of being good parents and able to raise a child in a happy, healthy atmosphere. I agree with her that the future of the child to definitely the most'important thing to be considered, however, don't you feel that a couple who want a baby so desperately, in most cases, want one for the sole purpose of loving it and they will do everything in their power for the ood of the child? What I want to put across is ic fact that I know there are people who should never be parents. We read about these cases in the newspaper every day. But I do believe that everyone who is really sincere in wanting to adopt a baby should have a chance to prove themselves by having some representative of the agency call on them, see their home, talk with them and get to know them better--then decide, if you are the one to judge whether or not they should have a baby. It doesn't seem as though the people in Hollywood Jiave any trouble at all.

Some of have as many as four adopted children and can come here any time they please and take a baby home with them. The children might have all the material things in life, but do they have the normal family life that should be every privilege? MRS. PALMER SPALDINO GLAD to DO IT EDITOR: On behalf of the Morgan Park Junior Woman's club and myself, personally, may I thank you for the very generous cooperation the Southtown Economist has given us in relation to the printing of our club news. It is a source of encouragement to us who serve as publicity chairmen to know that newspapers such as yours are interested in the activities of the women's clubs of this community. Please accept our sincere thanks in helping make this past year a successful one newswise.

MISS LEONA LINDHOLM A HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION EDITOR: Mr. Chairman, a poijjt of order, please, Is passing strange, or let us say it is an unusual coincidence, that Secretary of the Army Stevens asked for a leave of absence owing to a stomach' disorder and Mr. Welch, counsel for Mr. Stevens, also absented himself because of a stomach disorder. As unwell on the very same day, isn't it logical to Assume that this White House gag was a prearranged plan, with the high brass, during the interim? BARNEY HAGENAUER Books at Public Libraries time is just around the -corner.

What would be nicer than to take an armful of books for those leisurely hours ahead? "The btioks you want as long as you want them from May 1 to October 1" is the vacation loan privilege offered by the Chicago Public library and all of, its branches. One may return partj of the vacation loan and out more. not" necessary to return them all at one time, just as long as the loan is cleared not later than October 1. The only restrictions on the type of books that may be taken on a vacation loan are books published in the last two years, travel guidebooks, popular books and rental books. Turning from a toilsome Winter to a lighter vein, September Tide, by Daphne DuMaurier, would 'be a good start on vacation reading.

This is a modern comedy of manners, a play. An English widow takes in her newly daughter and her artist husband who is a generation older than his bride, only to find that he has fallen in love with his new mother-in-law and she with him. The situation is finally cleared up when the artist discovers that his young tomboy wife really adores -both her mother and husband. There are many poems one has had a desire to read. In the new edition of Collected Poems of Robert Service are his outstanding poems one should have read, as Spell of the Yukon, Rhymes of a Rolling; Stone, Rhymes of Red Cross Man and many others.

This will make enjoyable a i during the Summer months. Biography always makes one lose himself in the happiness and trials of another. Immigrant's Return, by Angelo M' Pellegrini, is an autobiographical account of emigration to the United States from Casablanca, Italy, as' a young boy in 1913, of growing up in the Northwest and the whole process of becoming an American, then his experiences and life as he returned to Italy as a college professor. Voyage to by J. C.

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VINCINNI AVINUI HUDSON Mill Off ttrmn, i ert Louis Stevenson. A vivid word portrait is painted of the man and his career. There are many fiction books to absorb one's interest. Gentian Hill, by Elizabeth. Goudge, makes good Summer reading.

This is a story of a shipwrecked little girl who was adopted by a farm couple, the hero- of the story is an orphan who deserted the English navy. They were childhood sweethearts and after the battle of Trafalgar the tangled are straightened out. Of course, vacation time never complete without a humorous story. Lumberyard and Mrs. Barrie, by Mildred Savage, Is hilarious tall story of a man's wife who managed to pull her husband's' lumber business out red, describing how it was done.

These books are available at any of the Southtown libraries. They are: Auburn Park, 749 W. 79th Chicago Lawn, 6234 S. Kedzie Hamilton Park, 7200 S. Normal Hirara Kelly, 6151 S.

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