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â- WJ.f-;:ary THE LAKE SHORE NEWS, FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1920 .â- *"•â- ';"' kv~ â- iiS-v"-?^^^^ THE LAKE SHORE NEWS iflfill .. Established -1912 ^llppl'â- -'.â- % with which is combined g^. ^pfll^jIrHB WILMETTE LOCAL NEWS||| Established 1898 fill- |||ffil|l*»rBD FRIDAY; OF ESACH WEEK «^SSfilK;3 by ^ftHlrfce Lake Snore PublUklnr Company te^S0K 1222 Central Ave., Wllmette. 111. .Wllmette 1020 !fps||ipUBSCniPTION ...... $2.00 A YEAH SjlSplM Strictly In advance 'A$mm mm MM All communications must be ac- â-  «ompanied by the name and address of 43 the writer. Articles for publication lp-«l»ouId reach this office by Wednesday ^afternoon to insure appearance in #i#urrent issue. Resolutions of condolence, cards of thanks, obituary peotry, notices of entertainments or other affairs where an admittance charge will be made or a collection taken, will be charged for at regular advertising rates. Bntered at the postoffice at Wllmette, Illinois, as mall matter of the second •lass, under tba act of March 3, 1879. FRIDAY. MARCH 5, 1920 As It Was In The Beginning One does not think of newspaper reporters, or those whose position is t of the official editorial circle, spend- ing much time in perusal of Holy ••/Writ. But Frank J. Davis, one of ^America's great newspaper men, said , that he knew of "no book which ; tserved the newspaper writer so well as the Bible." The Bible is, as no other book is, an exposition of human nature. One finds there a telling example to fit any occasion. For instance: One could ask no better illustration of the innate male opposition to the loosing of woman from the bonds that kept her within the sphere of her own home than the story of that King of. the Persians, in the Bible story call- ed Ahasueris, in history Darius, who summoned his favorite wife to ap- pear before him and she declined the invitation. The king's anger waxed hot, naturally, but not only the king's but his chamberlains were wroth and one and all recommended to him to let it be known throughout the king- dom that because Vashti had refused to obey her lord's commands she had '" been removed from her position as his queen and that royal estate given to one more worthy, to the end "that all the wives shall give to their hus- band's honor, both great and small." What better argument for the good common sense of the principle of ad- vertising than this? Women through- out the kingdom which reached from "India to Ethiopia" should, by learn- ing of the result of the indiscreet ex- ercise of undue independence on the part of the Queen, be encouraged to forego any such notions of their own. Doubtless, it paid to advertise. . The conspicuous quotability of the Bible, as of the plays of Shakespeare, is due to this one fact. Both are so true to human nature, both reflect so accurately the very same traits that men and women possess today, that they are applicable to the conditions of the twentieth century as they were to those of the time in which they were written. They cannot help be- ing a source of inspiration and a very present help to the man of the woman who would bring a message or tell a tale for the common man. An Ea»y Problem A learned medical authority of Lon- don has discovered that a dog can imbibe twice as much alcohol as a man and still maintain the normal use of his legs. It shouldn't have required a great deal of research to establish so sim- ple a fact. A dog has just twice as many legs and quite as much intelli- gence as the human being who per- mits the management of his legs to get beyond him through any self-in- flicted cause. CELEBRATES 75TH BIRTHDAY Eleven children and grandchildren gathered at the home of Mrs. George Barry, 912 Greenleaf avenue, on Feb- ruary 20, the occasion being a cele- bration in honor of Mrs. Barry's seventy-fifth birthday anniversary. Our Days. We ask for long life, but It Is deep life, or grand moments, that signify. Let the measure of our days be gplr> Itual. not mechuniral.â€"Emerson. FEW SEVERE CASES HERE With the exception of a number of mild whooping cough cases and a few isolated cases of scarlet fever, Wil- mette has suffered little this week from contagious diseases, declares Dr. E. E. Moore, Health Commis- sioner.^.,^ â- ;" w-'-Y-xfe i^FIRE BURNS TWO ROOFS %^ Since the $30,000 fire at the Cox building last week, the local fire de- partment has had a rather leisurely week. Two runs on Tuesday were the only one's recorded for the early part of the week. Tuesday morning sparks from the chimney of the Wil- liam F. Rowan home at 248 Wood court, did damage to the roof estim- ated at $20. Later in the day the firemen extinguished a similar blaze at the home of August J. Kuelzow, 611 Greenleaf avenue. Damage about $15. EDITOR CONVALESCING E. W. Weber, editor of The Lake Shore News, who has been critically ill at the Evanston hospital, is con- valescing today at the home of relatives in Milwaukee. He will re- main there about two weeks. .isSSH VILLAGE TRUSTEE RETURNS Village Trustee John R. Cochran of 809 Linden avenue, returned from a business trip to Pittsburgh, where he has been since Sunday. Mrs. Coch- ran accompanied him; â- -• >1|^5i>$Sp|SyS I ANOTHER ROOF FIRE #1 The fire department was called on Wednesday afternoon to the home of Albert W. Dilling, 1047 Linden ave- nue, to put out a small fire on the roof caused by sparks from the chim- ney. Damage about $10. Communication BEAUTIFYING WILMETTE "Why pick on East Railroad ave- nue? " For several blocks along East Railroad avenue, the village has used this territory as a Dumping Ground for surplus ashes, tin-cans, et cetera. This process of filling has raised the roadway several inches and makes a very uneven road to travel over. "At present, while the top coating is wet with frost, there is no dust stirred up by passing vehicles, but as soon as this surface dries out and traffic increases there will be at all times, dirty dust in the air to breathe, and every housewife in this neighborhood who wishes to keep her windows and doors open for ventilation during the coming month, will certainly be obliged to keep her dust cloth and vacuum cleaner busy. "If we would take the time we would, no doubt, be unable to find any ashes dumped on the lake shore, or in the vicinity of Sheridan road, or in front of the homes of anyone connected with the Village Hall; but just dump them on East Railroad avenue. Who will tare? "The property owners in this locality are obliged to pay their pro- portion of the taxes; so, why not help to improve this part of Wil- mette, instead of discouraging it? "We understand the village will put a coating of dirt on this founda- tion which when it dries out will be no cleaner than the ashes, as far as the dust menace is concerned. Dust is dust and the wind will help it scatter so that; everyone will. get his share of it. '^ SlliSlI Â¥M& "To reduce this nuisance the village could treat this road surface with a good oil dressing at intervals, or see whether or not some arrangement could be arrived at to have this part of the avenue paved; but of course the railroad would be obliged to pay their share of the expense; and, no doubt, this company would file an ob- jection; but give them the same treatment and consideration as the small property owner gets. "When an improvement is made the assessment is fixed and the prop- erty owners may object, but he is is assessed his share and he is obliged to pay and has no other resource ex- cept to Court. ; ;* "Why not improve this part 'of Wilmette and help keep up the value of the property? v » "A Victim." f ffl« &u& When It Is PRINTING You Need Telephone Wilmette 1920 THE LAKE SHORE PUBLISHING CO. 1222 CENTRAL AVE. WILMETTE