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WILME'TTE LIFE September 28. 1928 WILMETTE . LIFE IUDD I'JUDAY 0.1' .ACB w··I LLOYD BOLLI&T·B. llfC. lJSI-1131 Central Ave., Wilmette, Dl. Clalcuo oftlce : C N. Klchlcan Ave. TeL State 1111 b~ · 'l'eleJtll··· · · . ·.·.··.....·..··......... Wll·ets. 4111 811B8CRIPT10lf PBICB ·.·.······ .. ·· UM A. DAB All communications must be accompanied by the name and addreN of the writer.. Articles tor publication muet reach the editor by Wednesday noon to ID8Ure appearance tn eurrent tuue. Reeolutlo~s of condolence, cards or thanks, obltu&rfea, notiCt's of entertainments or other affaire where an admittance charge ts published, will be charced at rt~gular advertising rates. Among the many means of improving organizations, social, political, and business. there are two which stand out prominently. These are the getting and putting Getting Ideas into practice ideas which From Others have been gained in the . . organization itself by datly expen~nce. The other is the using of Ideas whtch have been gained by . observing other organizations. Ideas of the first sorj, dotnestic ideas con1ing from within, come seldom and evet~ then with difficulty. The reason is simple. Members of an organization fail to see faults in their own business or society, or possibilities o~ impr?vetnents, because they lac~ perspecttve. 1 hey stand too close to thetr own probletns and operations. St~ggestions of the second sort, foreign, commg from the outside, may be relied on to be found on detnand. If you want to kno.w in just what particulars your own busmess or your own society n1ay be inlproved, visit other business houses visit other ~ociety meetings. \\'ithout qt;estion you wtll cotne back with Y .o ur pockets bulging with new ideas. ., ~or. this reason it seen1s good to us for Prmctpal C~erk New Trier high school to take a tnp to hurope and for six tnonths st~dy secondary education in Europe. He wtll. come back with _1~1any valuable suggestions that can be utthzed for the furtherance of our own high schooL Now ·that children have returned from their vacations and are once again going to and from school it behooves motorists to use more than ordinary care. The danger of injurChildren ing children, especialJy the and Cars little ones, has with the coming of school days increased tremendously. We are likely to forget that children are extren1ely active and extremely impulsive. · We forget in our driving ·to take these facts into account. All of us know very well that if children are playing on the sidewalk, one or more of them may suddenly dart out onto the street, entirely without warning. VVe tnust therefore think for them. Ab.ove all we must drive slowly through school and home districts. If we see a child on the sidewalk we must expect hin1 to run out onto the st~eet at anv n1otnent. With a foot on the )take we~ must he ready to stop short an sharp. Incidentally \'~/e shou d remind ourselves that when we allow a child under 16 to drive our car with no adult accompanying hin1 we are breaking the law. Those tnembers of our communities \\·ho \Vere born in foreigt1 countries and have hut recently come among us must be taught to speak and write good Education for English and also Foreign Residents taught the duties and privileges o f American citizenship. They may desire to study other subjects like arithmetic and history, but the learning of go.od English and the meaning of citizenship is indispensable. · In Glencoe foreigners are given the opportunity of going to school" two evenings a week. A goodly number, about fifty, a vail themselves of this valuable opportunity. In Winnetka classes for foreigners are conducted in Comn1unity 1-Iouse. In Wilmette classes in English and Atnerican History and Government have been formed for our foreign-horn neighbors. The organizations sponsoring this work deserve the gratitude not only of the students but also of all north shore citizens. owt~ lo.c<~:l postoffice of n~ore use to you as SH ·ORE LINES THE STRAW BALLOT NOTHING COULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE THIS BEAUTIFUL AUTUMN DAY IN THE YEAR OF 19Z8 A. D., WE SURMISE, THAN A BIT OF COMMENT ANENT THE FORTHCOMING CONTEST WHICH IS DESTINED TO NAME OUR NEXT NATIONAL EXECUTIVE. IT IS WITH THIS CIRCU\ISTANCE IN MIND THAT WE HAVE LATELY ENGAGED IN SOME EXPERIMENTS UNIQUE IF NOT SIGNIFICANT. FOR IN: STANCE, WE STROLLED DOWN THE AVENUE THE OTHER EVENING SPORTING A BRAND NEW UHOOVER PIN," BY VIRTUE OF WHICH WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING SOME INTERESTING INFORMATION CONCERNING AL. OUR FOLLOWUP CAMPAIGN OF THE NEXT EVENING, WITH THE SMITH EMBLEM PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED, REAPED A HARVEST OF REPUBLICAN ARGUMENT. ALL OF WHICH HAS CONVINCED t.;S THAT THE RADIO IS TRULY A WONDERFUL ACHIEVEMENT IN THAT IT CAN BE SHUT OFF AT WILL. Clever, eh What? "Gin," the editorial canine, we discover, has been doing some "straw vote" investigating on his own hook (or stub). For at least five days he has completely absented himself from his accustomed haunts, thus strengthening our belief that he must be following friend AI through the western area of our beloved country. We ·shall hope to render more or less authentic account of his findings in a later issue of this equally more or less insignificant pilaster of piffle. Please don't hold your breath: It bor.<fers on the scandalou!\. · Movies and Popcorn Wilmette, we learned at a late hour, has rather decisively endorsed the Sunday· Movie proposition, which, entirely depending upon your slant on the situation, is an evil or benevolent portent on the destiny of the north shore. Personally, we have put in an order for a nice clean bot dawg and popcorn wagon to accompany the inevitable cine- · matic invasion. We may even be inclined to crush a bit of shrubbery, my dears. Moving Right Along For the express benefit of our faithful readers who disclaim residence in Wilmette, may we say that, after all is said and done, we're bound to have a nice wide avenue for traffic right through the north shore. Winnetka and Wilmette are doing famously. Now, how about Kenilworth and Glencoe? "Among Souvenirs" Returning to the subject of \Vilmette 's MoYie ballot , may we expatiate for a moment upon the contributio11s that came pouring in to our sanctum from no less a dignitary than our Friend Eddie, collector of the port of \Vilmette? Matter of fact, we were almost sorry that the Movies won out, because, really now, we wouldn't have been guilty of a like atroCity. Witness. if yon please, exhibit A. preserved under glass for posterity to behold with ever a critical optic or mebbe two. o! It was a blizzard all right. There was a wind, and there was real snow. The combination of these two, as we understand constitutes a blizzard~ And it was early beAn Early But cause it happened on Real Blizzard Tuesday, , September 25. That was only a day or two after the official coming of fall. The snow came without "rarning. We were conversing with a fr'i end in the offices of a school at the corner of Madis.on and Robey street. Suddenly he said, "Snow!" S~re enough there it was, slanting down wtth all the genuineness of a n1idwinter storm. To be sure it didn't last long, only about fifteen tninutes, but while it did last it was a regular blizzard. at~d · There is one sure wav of makino-' b )'Ottr Ou) \Ve hope that whiLe rea'd ing the · I-Iome Environs section in our paper you have htt ~pon son1e ~ne or tnore helpful suggest.wns. The eftorts of the sponsor of this sectiOn to make it indispensable \vill be more than repaid if even one of our readers '~ill only tell us that the use of a suggestion has served to n1ake his life somewhat happier. 1\fen have no beauty problems. WhY n?t? I~ i~ that they are nat'urally attractive or ts tt that they are hopelessly plain? Perhaps the average man thinks he can get a wife just for the asking. an mdtvtdual, and that ts to use it more. The more business you give your local postoffice Use You,. the better fitted it 'vill be Postoffice to serve your needs. Buy stamps, post card~. and envelopes at your local postoffice. Give it your parcel post business, be it large or small. If you want to send money, send it through your 0wn town postoffice. . If you neglect to use the facilities provt~led by yout~ own posto!11ce its receipts wtll decrease and the nattOnal authorities will demand that it decrease its expenditures. And you and y.our neiO'hbors will feel the result in decrease of s~rvice. So help yourself by giving your own local postoffice lots of business. Some have entertained the belief that the second tnember of the Binet-Simon cotnhination, makers of the celebrated intelligence tests, 'vas only a word or part of a word. But Simon is a real n1an a psychologist of high standing, and his adequate name is Dr. T. Simon. What is tnore to the point is that he really was, in person, the guest of Superintendent Washburne only a few days ago. Fair Warning Provided ·w ith a desk and typewriter all his own, Fil, the Filo&afer, has taken a new tack, with the result that the immediate vicinity is soon to be flooded with a veritable cloudburst of up and other lifting material. Will someone please dona~e a used though renovated sweater jacket? Lawdee, folks, ita simply terrible ! They're both Scotch }fystifying indeed is this intermittent corridor conversation between Fil and Augie, our wise cracker de luxe. The only point in common, wr have observed, lies in the fact that one summers in Michigan and t'other claims that land as his birthplace. Must be they purchased from the same lot. It's really rather arduous to compile a column all by one's lonesome, but what're ya gonna do when th.e Cubs don't produce anrl Northwestern shows up With a weak 1ine? As Amos would say-Ow-ah, Ow-ah, Ow-ah ! -MIQUE. t, ··