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WILMETTE LIFE. FRIDAY. FE BRUARY 29, ·i924 .---------------, ~ ~ith THE _ PUB_ LIC . fORU .M 1 t _ . THE AMERICAN LEGION: In replying to your reque t .for suggestions that might help the Legion to formulate a program for the · work it is undertaking, my first thought is the wish that its members might study the lives o f Washington, Lincoln and Wilson an~ spend a part at least of each o! their anniversaries in contemplation of their attributes. They were the incarnation of WlSelfishness, rectitude, nobility, courage, perserverance and faith. · I weuld also like to see the members of the Legion preach, to the utmost of thei r abi lity, loyalty to the United States. Not a half hearted loyalty, a self-pleasing loyalty, a loyalty that ceases when the United States becomes involved in war with another country, but a loyalty that means a willingness to sacrifice every interest you have and life itself if your country calls upon you to do so. Any ali en who comes here who is not Settings and Acting Win Ensatisfied with that kind of loyalty and thusiastic Plaudits stubbornly refuses to obey our laws, ought to be deported. I would like to see the American Legion keep alive the spirit of unselfBy S. T. ishness you displayed so nobly during A most delightful program was orethe world war. Unselfishness is t he ~ented on Saturday evening, February greatest of all virtues. Some time ago a house in the Village 23,- at the Wilmette Woman's club caught on fire and around it gathered under the auspices of the Wilmette the people of the neighborhood all ex- Operatic and Dramatic society. cited. At an upper story window the Mr.. L. E. Ashley, in charge of laces of two children appeared. Hu- ~tage . furni shings, and Chester Lawmanity called out for someone to go to rence. of s taie se ttings, deserve high the rescue. All at once a young man rraise for the appropriaten ess and stepped out from the crowd, sprang up ~ implicity of each set, giving the the ladder and whi le the serpents of fire proper environment for the players. were hissing around his brave form he Mrs. W. E . Beazley, the stage dicarried those chi ldren down the ladder. rector, took the part of Mrs. SimThe crowd stood hushed when he was mons in "That Brute Simmons," and doing his grand action but when he de- her acting showed the unmistakable livered the last one to the bystanders polish of professional experience. and he fell exhausted to the ground, the The keen appreciation of the parts air was rent with cheers. When the world was in the throes o f assigned to each player in the three casts. each one of whom seemed to a great disaster, when cruelty and revenge, like a blind Sampson were rack- truly feel the character presented, if!g and straining at the very pillars of testified to her stage direction. civi lization, you answered the call of "The Uninvited Guest" presented a humanity and went to the rescue. By delightfu l bit of .humor. The ner vous your valor and self-sacrifice you saved bridegroom was well played hy Ewart the lives of thousands and ended the tor- Cook. ·The bride, Miss Katherine ments of a great war. And when · you Shaw. the best man, Dkk Shanahan. came marching home, a grateful people and Mrs. McNaughton, as the maid applauded. They were proud that Amer- of honor, ea1:h did ample justice to ica had the breed of such noble blood. their roles. The three bridesmaids. H a ving started on this road and hav- Mrs. Roy Be~·t and the Mi~ses Doring gone to the rescue, let us not turn othy Rose and Edith Whitehill, were our backs on what we, as a nation have charming. No less did we enjoy the done, but continue on in the good work. colored rpa id. M r'~. Grant. whose huge To those who fought in the world war bouquet and weddiniZ jingle made a we cannot say "Keep out o£ Europe and great hit ~ Miss McCreadv was a stay out." Of the fifty thousand sol- dignified "Aunt Sarah." ·and ·Mr. Chaldiers who lie dead in France we cannot linor a.p irascible old bachelor. say, "Never again," any more than we _ In the., second play, ,"That Brute can say to the young man who saved' the S1mmons, the two mens parts were children, " ever again." Let the spirit of America be a willing- very well played by Ed \Vinzel, as ness to do for others. Let us strive for "<:;irr>m~:>n s, " and Warren Shaw a s "Bob a universa l dom inion of right. The two For d." Gilbert and Sulli\·an's "Trial by million soldiers who went to France and the two million who were prepared to Jury." under the direction of \Vilgo, could build up an instrument for the liam E. Beazley. wa s the third offercontrol of public opinion so formidable ing and was a great success. The that no nation would dare to go against SJ.,ontaneity, joy and humor of the it, an instrument that would not only participants gave the audience much curb selfishness among nations but greed enjoyment. 'The pompous Usher playamong our own pC?>ple. If you do this ed by Mr. George Rose. could not have I believe, the time will come when lib~ hccn better. nor could there have been crty, law and love, like the rings of a prettier hride than Mrs. William Saturn, will surround the world. Hamilton ,, The amorous Judge, playD. M. MICKEY, ed by Chester Lawrence, was very Wilmette, Ill. ~ood. a s was Mr. Leaf's fickle defendant . The attracti\'e bridesmaids Wilm ette Life, were plaved hy Mrs. Brown and th<.' Gentl em en: 11 isses Challillor. Port and \Vhitehill. lt was with regret that I read the Ewart Cook cl id well ;rs the sym!ettcr of Mr. R E. Rick s en in your pa the tic cou n ~cl, as dill :Mayland Chaltssue of February 22 relative to utility linor as Foreman of the enthusiastic rates. I am sure Mr. Rick se n would jury. not have written th e lett e r had he ] ud gi ng by the hearty lau!{htcr of been in full po. session of the fact s. the audien ce throug-hout all three Th e Public Service company of J?lays, the evening proved a most enNort hern Illinois takes great pride in Joyah le one for those of the c om its gas rates in Wilmette. They are munity wh o were present and who very mueh lower than any on th e not only got more than their money's north ~ ~.l~re or around Chicago in worth 'i n seeing a really good per c_ommun~tt es no t s upplied by the Pub- formance , but b y their attendance ltc Servtce company. I beli l've they helped to swell the New Trier High ~omp~re favor ab ly with any gas rates School Band fund. 111 c1ttcs correspondingly situated and supplied with manufactured gas in the Shop-lifters Operate in United tates. ' The same is practically true of the Village, Police Warning electric rat e.. It mu st be remembered Chicago Shop-lifters-nattily clad t hat in \Vilmette the company pays young men ranging in age from 16 to a municipal compensation of 3% under 20 years-are frequenting north shore its franchise. When this deduction is ~to re~ and shops, according to Supermade it will be found that the Wil- mtendent of Police Dcnmjln. · mette rates arc not excessive. There \Yilm e tt~ shop-keep~rs are urged hy wa a reduction made of lc per kilo- MaJOr Denman to notify the police at watt hour for the monthly maximum the first intimation of the presence of demand effective in Augu t, 1923, and the suspected thieves. a further similar reduction of lc on "Wt: wotlld rather answer 50 false J anuary lst of this year and, in view alarms ," Major Denman said on comof these two red uctions, it was very menting on the situation, "than see d isappointing to have the rate subject one shop-lifter get away." b rought up so soon after the reduc If you arc suspicious of shop-lifters t ion. just call Wilmette 1600, at once. ' I am very glad to discu s this, hec ause personally I take muc h pride Scoub Are that the company is able to provide KenUworth t he plentiful service that it does at Ready for WUmette Boys auch low rates in this community in The scouts of Troop 1 of Keni lworth apit e of the fact that there is neces- Boy Scouts are looking forward to their aariJy a hig h investment due to the sched uled meet with one of the W ilfact t hat W ilmette is a residential city mette troops Friday, March 7,. at Kenil- t.ro onlv ~ few customer' to the b.lock in contr-ast with the em ire ly -di ssimilar' condition cxi!Oting in Chic ago. ~nd other thickly populated commu mttes. Th'e company is e'nd ea\·oring to give · th~ very best se rvice po>sihl_c aJ1d has inaug urated the plan of ha \'lllg' a '()ersonal repre sentative call on a 11 · customer s to explain ' the company's se rv ice in th~ case of any misund erstand · ings or differences. Th_e good ~ill '?f its .customers and cordtal relattons ts essential to the success of any busine ss. ] oh n S. Reesman, Superintendent, District C, Public Service Company · ·of . Northern. Illinois_. worth. The ,meet will take itt only scout.ng activities, and the Kl'nilworth boys plan to devote Saturday aiternoon. of th is week to practicing in the vanous events. The boys are also greatly intereste~ in ~Seeing March 3 arrive since thts means that everyone of them will be advanced to a higher rating as. Scouts. At least, all will advance a step m scouting or will be dismissed from the troop, since there is no place in it for drones. "Our municipal governments have made possihk the reclamation o~. such property by insuri ng the protectton of zoning and huilding ordinance.s. Jack'iOn avcn ue is the fir st s~reet m Glencoe to be brought back mto. the asset column of natu rally beauttfu.l la':ld available for homes and paymg tts share of taxes. · The opening 'o f t he new office (If" Gilbert D. Johnson and Bro., who are ~ 0 have charge of the sale of the prop. erty marks the last step in this portion ' of a movement whicb should be of wide interest. M unit;ipal credit goes up and local taxes go down as more land is brought back to a taxpaying basis." ·------------------------------·----------------·-··· 8 room Colonial situated on easterly end of lot wit_h · t om to build another home. Grounds beauttsu ffi cten ro · $25 00) T , . erms. fully landscaped. Lot 60x200. East stde. Reclaimed Property at Glencoe Now for Sale "Glencoe's tax rate dropped from $12.32 to $11.46 this year." writes a member of Gilbert- D. John son and Bro., realtors. "There is a connection between this fact and the announcement of the opening of our new offices in Glencoe. "If it may be said that a village has a back yard, the southwest section of Glencoe might have been so designat·d not many years ago. The con-lition was largely due to subdivisions of 25 foot lots which were made at bout the time of the World's Fair. Resulting development was naturally ·tndesirable, and the Village lost tax income as a result of the lack of proper improvements on the property. No taxes were paid on some of the 'ots for forty years. OPERETIAS IN GENUINE HIT 7 room Stucco English Cottage; 2 baths, sun parlm:, garage attached. $20,<XX>. ---- 6 room Shingle Colonial; 2 baths, hot water heat; sun parlor and sleeping porch. 75x137. $2l,<XX>. Terms. WALTER P. SMITH & CO, 332 PARK AVE. GLENCOE, ILL. Phone Glencoe 410 An noun Company p~nd abo ' tr uction :he comin Superintel m:ction w repo rts to company. program man exp~ pro priatiol ;t muunt $ 1he Evanl "(n th eludes the 'crvicc t1 \\'nrth, G Fntc~ t , a through Jll'Ct. a I --------··---------------~ ------····--------------·· \\'urk wa' ~lr . Rcesr .,j 1his \\'( ~J..okiL' v~ north liml to a new \\'il~ To the Citizens of New Trier Township Notice is hereby given that a Pub lic Meeting w ill be held on Monday evening, March 3, at the V illage Hall , Wilmette, for t h e purpose of nominating a township ticket for the Annual Townsh ip election to be held on T uesday, April 1. · T he following offices are to be fi lled: Township Supervisor, Township Clerk, Townsh ip Collector, Township Highway Commissioner, One Constable (to fill vacancy). The meeting will be called to order at 8 P. M. crec; 1 ·: \'anstt.n . I< >UppJy tr.i>utlon 1 II)', reducl 12.000 vol t·' other l{ idgc, an " The i ~ main bel\1 lion and largely by, enabled t 111 a relat "The c Clark St increased transform elJuipment "A new approxima ing the ye Some ol to be carr man are : 1. The tion buildi mt outd wh.ch wi HARRY FOWLER, Chairman. SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS Are Now Due and Payable After March 15 all billa must be paid at the County Treasurer'1 office in Chicago. Boy JANE POLSON SPiARIN T..cla· of Siaaiar ".Mrs. Speori,. lias trai1t4d th;.,, siJtgtrs to a rt""lrkably good style of si11gi·g"-Music New , Chicaco. 1159 Wilmette Ave., Glover-Brown BJda. Wilmette Foe appointments tc:lepbone Wilmine 2m Pay at the Village Hall and s~ve TIME, MONEY ·and WORRY E. H. KERR, Villa;e Collector