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22 WILMETTE LIFE . October 23. 192~ The establishment· of a school for deaf children who live in the villages of the North Shore con1munity i- a bit of progress 1222 ..,entra.l Av .· 'V!lmette, Ill. that is to be highly con1n1ended: A sort of Tt'lt' Jthont> .... . . . . . . . . . . . .........·. ~VIlmette 1920 false pride, a sentimentality for ·w hich the child tnust pay in later years, often causes Sl; IISl"IUI~'I' tO:'\' I"HH ' I<~ . . . . . . . . . . . . $2.00 A YEAR All communications must ·Jc accompanied by the parents of afflicted children to seck to hide nanH· and add J"('S~ <)f th e writer. Articles for public<l.tion ~hould r .··a.e h th e editor by Wednesday the deficiency, to withdraw the child from noon to insurf' nptwara.nce in current issue. nonnal contacts and to bring hin1 to matur· Rf'~olutioJJs of condolence. cards of thanks, ity deprived of the education and the sense ohituar.'·· po 0 tr~·. notices of entertainments or of fellowship \\'ith his kind that he ought ' otht·r affair·"' wht>rf' an admittance charge will be mack or· a collection taken, will be charged at to have. regular advertising rates. Schools for the teaching of the deaf and En tt>n·cl at the post office at Wilmette, 11linois, the mute ought to he available in every prosa::- mail mattPr of tht· second class, und r the act of "!\far·ch 3, 1879. percnts conununity. for the children of the · fortunate arc quite as likely to suffer afflicThe Community Library tion as those of the poor. The people of the north shore have reason to congra tu- . Of all con1mnnitY institutions one of the 111u~t. useful is the community library. It late themselve s upon the establi shment of ) such an institution in this district. ~tancl~ in the front rank ,-<·ith the rhurch and the school. Cheating - Winter The comtnunity library contains books ednrational and entertaining, books of \Vell es\\'ith the coming of the first frosty davs tabli~hed worth and hooks just recently and nights it is the American habit to 'vithpublished. On its shelves are books for dra\\· into the heated hou e. to dose doors n~ferencc and books for reading, the classics and \\'!ndows to the chill and to brgin, thus and the hest seller". On the tables in this early. ~n the season, to cultivate just those admirable institution the villager \vill find concltttOns that make for chronic cold~ and the latest of the best magazines. lung trouble . . _ \t a trifling- cost to the taxpayer thouIt is the OllL' great dra \\'back to the north sand. of volumes are bought and loaned to shore district that there is here that darnp .-uhscribcr~. Every month · ~ees the pur .. .. rawness that is conducive to throat and chase of many ne\v hooks. The most au- lung troubles. Tt is a condition of climate· thoritatiYe of the reviews are consulted. and that \Ye cannot change. It is not removed recommetHied hooks are added to stock on by i~nor~ng it .nor is it made ineffective by hand. defytng tt. The only sensible course is to The library provides suitable children's ackno,vledge it and conduct ourselves achook~. the selection of which demands much cordingly. Proper conditions of ventilation forethought and painstaking discrin1ination. and tetnperature, and sensible clothing for Rooks on special subjects are collected and the out-of-doors will serve in all but the placed in parts of the library m.ost con- exceptional cases of hypersensitiveness to Yenient for student.. . kerp the body in a state of vigor sufficient The public library is an \ndispensable facto thnnv of{ infections and to withstand the . tor in the growth of any cotnn1unity. We rigors of the winter season. believe. however. that it i. \vtthin the power There i~ a widespread tendcnc,· to cnttof the romnnmity to mrr ase manifold thi" l'ize and condemn modern styles i;1 ,votnan's · beneficent influence. dress: hut it must he ackno\vledged that there never has been a generation at all comparable \\·i~h that of today in the matRespect Rights! of phy. ical vigor and general efficiency Th gang· of hoys nntst have thouglrt they ter _ The habit among the young peoin living. were having· a fine tin1e when they deple of today to take enjoyment in the out:;troyed an ~rnan1ental fountain and broke of-doors is one to be encouraged and cnltithe flag pole on the grounds of the West\'ated ln· tho. e of n1ore n1ature vears. The ·.t noreland golf rlnh a few d.ays ago. If not, genera( belief an1ong young parents that ,vhY did thev do it? Four of them were children arc the better for sleeping out-ofrat{ght and ·turned over to the Evanston doors or with all \vindows open, if there are ittvenile authorities. Probably the young no a~cquate facilities for open-air slumber, ~·andals. while planning and carrying out is a promise of a yet n1<)re robust generatheir depredations. experienced a series of tion to follow theirs. But tho se of us · 'vho exciting emotions. pleasantly spired by the ha Ye not the abounding vitality of youth possibility of g-etting caught. . will do 'vell to cultivate, albeit consciously, But how docs it seen1 to them no\v? Have theY learned anv lesson of respect for other even shatnefacedly, a love for fresh air and people's rights?- Will they, 'vhen at liberty independence of the fireside. It is life inagain. he tetnpted to repeat? They should surance which demands a constantly dehe taught hy sotne effective tneans to re- creasing premium, and pays in full \Vithout a funeral. spect others' rights. Plenty of good clean air we have all It seems to us that fathers and older men are larg·ely responsible for the tendency of around us. The winter will come into· spring hoY~ to violate others' rights. Fathers \rith a shorter record of illness and death if often in the hearing of their sons tell with we allo"· free access of that air jnto our great gusto stories of their boyhood pranks. homes. To our tnind October is king of all the of how they took one neighbor's wheelbarro'v and hung it on another neighbor's n1onths. It's very nice in April when birds clothes post. If in place of these stories they are singing and flowers are springing. There \vould give their boys a lesson in the observ- are few days so rare as a day in June. The ance of the rights of others, they would save zero days of January bring their own stim·· themselves and their neighbors much trou- ulating pleasures. But October, cool enough ble round about Hallowe'en. and warm enough to make mere living a Boyhood is the time for the formation of pure delignt; October, the month of hargood habits, one of the foremost being re- vests-that's the best month in the whole spect of the rights of others. calendar! IS!iill ED FIUDAY OF ·.;ACH WEEK by I.J.O\' D HOL"LISTER. INC. WILMETTE LIFE School for the Deaf THIS AND THAT Until We Find a Title ODE TO A BACHELOR A h d·wcll 1lot too lonq, friend · In Bachelors' Hall. Tt s cmtdles are wn1ti1-Jg. The Shadows must fall: Jfa!?c sure, there's a ({Someone." To s·m ooth out ~'ottr brow, As of.d Time lca1..1es it /ttrrowed"Y ou'rc all ')'OUH.rJ 1/0'H'. I " -~MR s. ,\h yr.;! .\ncl ala~! We\·c hccn v.·arned man v a time and oft about taking .unto ourself a mate. before it is too latr. In fact, we scarcely aare go to a wed<ling any more because of the ·w ay all the fair ones of the opposite sex gaze at us and "hake their headc.;, as if to say, 11 He's gettin oldlook hO\'\r hal<l he's gettin-see the wrinkleshe'd better g-et marrir(f soon or thcrr will be no hope for him !" At1d we fear that thry are right! \Yr are a confirmed bachelor. hut \\'\' rdu :r to -.tatt- \\'ho confirmed us! LOOK WHAT WE STARTED! Thl' Fclitorial Staff nf \VTJ . \tt·:T'I'l·: Ln'EGcntlcmen: Tust a frirndlv \H>rrl · of commC'nt 'pon nmr ref t:r~'ncr to "Bachelors" in last wcrk's issueHat s off! To all men who are loyal to a cause tln'r profr c;s , hut let u s . ift down to rock hottom . thi" "tate of Bachelorhood. and sre just wherein it is \\'Orth _ , . of the loyalty of too many of our hest. Look:-- lik <' a glorious sailin~:r yar ht. one might ser from our ~,hores rryost any rlay and po;;c;ihly rnvy. -.o ~mooth :111d perfect in its course . .Tudgin~ from the po-;itions you fill _ a.- units in thi:-; deYer little Editorial Group. you are all healthY. hrain,· and amhitiou.;;, else \'Oll would not ha\'(' attained- success. . Xow w· rr sumeone to say.. "You arr not one hundred per cent Americans." and "poor <;ports." as . wrll. You would re sent it deeph·. wouldn't you ?-T ,,n, not c;aying- it. c;o no apolog~· i.;; forthcom in f.!. T.rt'.; c;uppoc;r a \Var declared on Uncle Sam. ~:n-- t\n·nh· Yrar:-; from now-(and j.;; it at a11 im.prohablr-? ).:_~·ou would all want to he at ,the front. httt prrc ha ncr mo: t of you would he too o ld. will yon haye · anyone -p roduct of your ver~' (I\\ n rffortc;, sacrifirr" and flesh to se nd in vour -.tlad? \\.hrn \\'t' look ahout us. at all thr fine homes, :--plcndicl mrn and women who are childle ss . rcikct upon thr numhrrs of cripplecl and disabled. ju-.t \\-ho ,,·ill fi , g ht ou r future hattlrs. whether of Commerce. CrC'rd or Race, arHl .;;u.;;tain "Old Cion··· in 'the f~tre of all obstacles? .\ itn all. 1farriagc is the grandest. game of liic. iti which none may win without puttintr forth c,·en· a tom of g-ood he can mustrr. and few are noor losrr". Thev arc the onr" we hear about. ju~t hecatt-.e they ·ARE sla ckers, but the game a11 through. boys. is so full of honc:;t struggles and jo~·"· that no able-bodied man can afford, for his own intcn·.;; ts. or for the cause of humanity, to s tav out of it. So think it over, and give "Three Cheer~·· for \'Ottr fello\v harhtlor . " ·ho wrre big t'llotH.!h to n1;ke the break- · CordiallY. · - :\ ~f.\lmn:n \V 0\1.\ ~ Our head how<'d in . hamc at our utter s ingleness, ha\'e not the time, nor space, nor yet the heart. to m .a kc adequate reply to the abovC'. Just this in confession-our single state is more the result of luck than judgment. As to the War, it did much for th - it kept u s out of the pit of matrimony, gave us an education, and left us with a heart too weak for aught save the mildest of amours. \V ere to attempt a reply, we might try to Clllotc ~f ontaigne who said something to the effect that marriage was remindful of a bird cage, the · birds inside oft-times appeared to be longing to get out, whilst those on the outside seemed as anxious to get in. \\'C , we WELL, THEIR PRAYER WAS ANSWERED! According to the Her-aminer, "400 Co-eds promised Coach Stagg to Pray that the Maroons would · Beat the Purple." Someone should have done some wild and fervent Purple praying for Mister "Moon" Baker. T.R.C.