CHUCKMAN'S PLACES - HYDE PARK CHICAGO - PHOTO - CHICAGO - 1321 E HYDE PARK BLVD - ALLEY IS ON RIGHT - OUR APARTMENT BUILDING WAS A COUPLE OF DOORS RIGHT OF ALLEY AT 1311 - MRS BEAU'S HOUSE IS NEXT ON THE LEFT - MRS BEAU IS ONE OF THE HAPPIEST MEMORIES OF MY VERY YOUNG YEARS - A KINDLY LADY WHO MADE AN AGREEMENT WITH ME AND MY FRIEND GEORGEANN TO COME EVERY THREE WEEKS TO WASH WINDOWS - SHE PAID US BUT MOST IMPORTANT WAS THE DELIGHTFUL LUNCHEON SHE SERVED US IN THE BACKYARD EACH TIME - AFTERWARD WE WERE OFTEN FREE TO PLAY IN THE BASEMENT WITH ALL THE GAMES AND TOYS STILL THERE FROM HER GROWN-UP CHILDREN - WE MET HER ONE DAY WHILE CLIMBING GARAGE ROOFS IN THE ALLEY (A FAVORITE PASTIME) - WE LOOKED OVER INTO HER LOVELY YARD AND SHE ASKED US LITERALLY TO DROP IN - A LOVELY WOMAN AND A CHILD'S FANTASY - GOD BLESS HER - BUILT IN 1891