24 WILME1.TE LIFE November 6, WILMETTE LIFE ISSUED FRIDAY OF EACH WEEK LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. 1222 Central Ave., Wilmette, Ill. Teleplleae ·.·...........·...·.....·. Wilmette 1820 by SUBSCRIPTION PRICE ...·........·2.00 A YEAR All communications must )e accompanied by the name and address of the writer. Ar~icles for pub.lfcation should reach the editor by Wednesday l)oon to insure appearance in current Issue. Resolutions of condolence, cards of thanks, obituary, poetry, notices of entertatnmenb or other affairs where an admittance charge wUl be made ·or a collection taken, will be charged at regular advertist~g rates. Entered at the post office at Wilmette, Illlnols, as man matter of the second class, under the act of March 3, 1879. · \vriting, we have delegated t? the teach~r. Recreation has gone hand tn hand wtth \vork out of the home into the school, and \Yith them those interests which should serve as a ·bond of sympathy and understanding bet\veen parent and c~ild. In the educational system whtc.h \Ve have built up it is the path of least re.st~tance for parents to submit the whole t~atntng ?f the child to the person who prestdes over the school-room for which he grades. · It \vould indeed be a loss, irreparable to both parents and children, to begin at t\vo -years that divorcen1ent of hon1e influence and educational trairiin o- \Vhich no\v begins at six. There is stili a place for n1other~ in th e lives of babies. THIS AND THAT Until We Find a Title YOUTH ETERNAL I lil~e growiHg old In this new-fashioned way, IVh e1-t Grmtdmas are told JJy the things that they say. lVhol a comnwn at tire Ga rbs the dame a11d the girl!?otlt filled with You.th's fire That has kittdlcd tlze world. Child Safety _per automobile has decreased even though the though scant, i to be found ESIDENTS of Ne,,· Trier township C 0:\1FORT. in the . tatetnent of the Secretary of R have everv reason t o feel . ati faction State that the number of accidents in tl;e record the high school has tnade Health Instruction I I like growing old TVhilc there's Youth aple11ty; .·l11d thcrt·'s time· to grow oldF,,r I'm only t·ccntJ! We .re All For It! We're Right With You , Bu \. D~.:ar T. R .- The ~orth Short.: people ·lw111 · b ·pankl'd- the idea of not :, upporting you! (It t' of mv frit·mb ha s become ~o unhappy ov ·r Y"ll ga llat-lt efforb to \\'rite the \\'hole column that !:.; ha-. cumpdkd me to ru:-.h up . my noble :->t~·vt , <..'()r()ll<t F"ur <111d <kclarl' my:-.clt your champttl ' \\'hat \H' nn·d i:-. a l'un \Ycek and a Poem \V l't 1 Han~ the :-taff arti:-.t print se veral thou~and beau tii ul emhu:-.:-<:d tag:- \\·ith the picture of a Pun ( I' it. Station a tc\\. hundred of your charmit :. readers along the corner:, and stations in the ?\ortlH:rn town:-. Everyone will want a tag, :\:\ ll (hL·r(· i-; th · in-TRIC -a te part ) in onkr to ~L·t·ttr 1 one the\· merch· han· t<l \f A'KE A Pu:\ ~ \\ 1 don· t w ;l11 t you ; mom· Y. a h "o lu t t' I y i n.T , iIll' x h a u . . t il> k :-llptdy.· ;1nd all th-at. you kllCl\\" . Think (_,i th t contribution:-. ior \·our augu-.t culyum! lt : ' appron·d, yCtu cou-ld L'\TI1 < ~ffL·r. prizL·" i or t h1·· t collecting thL· mo!::>t tag:-.,- tor 111:-.tance: 1st prizL' : :\ ~plendid \·ic\\' ~i L ;~ke \1 ichig:.u 2nd prii't': H.e~cned ~pa -~· 111 tl11-. column 1 11 " o ne \Yeek. 3rc..l prize~ FREE sub:,cripti(t!l to thi:-. papv · BoobY : One agate-type hOtHir:thle menti o- . · on receipt of .."10.00 in . tamp < and thvn- hut You ~ee what a \VO\V (li an idt· ', that i-.. For I;oem \\\·ek one merely 'iUh:-.titutt "poem-." ior "pun:-"! You \Yill. then be a~>le t 1 1 make up at lea~t .en· ral year~ column 111 ad vanrt·. on YOl'R PC:\~T~C EARLY! - T1n: 'I'HIRTEE'\Tn Bt ~~··\,t:t-: 1· 1 , nutnber of accident s steadily n1ounts. There is a suggestion of a g-ro\ving caution on the part of drh·e rs. of care for .the safety of others upon the hig}n,·ay. and of concern for their O\vn \velfare. The reckless driver, except \\·ith the Yery young. has fe\v friends. That there i~ roon1 still for considerable itnprovetnent of the situation is terribly obYious. One need only read the daily press to be assured that there is still too little caution and too tnuch indifference to the public safety. It is a tnistake. however, to regard the driYer as alway-. to blame in the case of accident. Ver): often the pedestrian con1·· pletely disregards the requirements of · safety. In the case of accident to children, tnore often than not the arivcr tnust be held hlatneless. But that does not rest11re a child tnaitned. or killed. nor does it remove frotn the driver the a\vful consciousness that he has heen the instntn1ent, though tttl\Yitting. of bringing- sorro\v and suffering upon others. Efforts such as that being n1ade in the Citizens' Child Safety tnoven1ent should be furthered by eyery possible co-operation on the part of parents, teachers. and traffic men in the community. Education of children in the practices that tnake for safety, impressing upon then1. as \veil as upon those "·ho drive, the need for constant caution, is the only \Yay to bring about a tnaterial tn1..>. proYetnen~ of the situation. th~t in health in~truction. It i. son1ething of which \Ve may 'veil be proud. . . Today there i less and le s. pattence wtth con eli tions that n1ake for the lowered cfficiencv and the decreased joy in living that arc part of bad living condition . lVIor~ at1(l more young people are being impressed with the value of sound bodies and sound minds as equipment for the business of liv ing. Children are not properly trained unless they are taught the principles upon which good health rest and brought to that attitude of n1ind that makes it a tnoral ob-ligation to rare for the body in such a way as to bring it to its highest state of efficiency and to observe those cotnmunitv restrictions that are designed to protect the public health. Students \Vho go out from New Trier enter life equipped \vith thi . protection again. t the handicap of ill health resultant f rotn failure to observe those fundamental rules that are taught them a . a part of their school \Vork. ) a 1 1 · o l·H Protectors School for Infants T HAT children \Yill be placed in the public . cho_ol at the age of t\vo years is predicted by Dr. Bird T. Rald,vin, head of the Bureau of Child Research, operated under the auspice of the University of Io\va. It is a prophecy \vhich tnost people \vould be sorrv to have ful fi 11ed. Tl;e An1en'-an home has been one of the chief stone. in the foundation of the structure of Atnerican li fc. It is a . upport to our institutions which we . hould protect against the tnani fold influences seeking to undermine it. 1\Iost important among the factors that are changing the spirit of young Atnerica today is the \\'eakening of home influence upon our boys and girls, the gro\ving laxity in that hotne training which is the essential in sound character building. Our tendency has been to give n1ore and more of th<' traintng of children into the hands of the \Vomen \Yho direct their early education. ~forals and n1anner~, a _ \vell as reading and flrctnen and policetnen protect us against loss of life and property. Were it not for them. enemies of society, in the shape of burglars, holdup men, and tnoral perverts would rush in upon tlS from Chicag-o and other cro\vded centers and rapidly dcpopulat all our north shore towns. . . \nd fires starting in one district \Youlcl sweep away unchecked aln1ost every home. Thc:;e tnen. guardians of peace and property. by their activities and even by their very presence "keep things straight" for us . They patrol our streets and are on the lookout for trouble of every sort. \ Ve expect them to face danger and death. .:\ncl they do. It is no uncommon thing for a policen1an or fireman to risk his life in his endeavor to save the life and propertY of a fello\v citizen. " For .such ~ crvice as this they cannot be paid. . :\Ioney is no recompense for self sacrifice. The loss of a good hu band and father i~ irreparable. But we CAN sho\v a proper appreciation of their contributions to our peace and happines . \Y e can cooperate with thetn. When they sugge::,t · that \Ve leave a light in our home. \Vhen \\·e arc absent at night we can use the sugge tion. When they call our attention to the need of having lights lighted on our parked cars, ·we can easily remetnber to do this sitnple thing. Once in a \vhile let us think about our policemen and firePlen. AMY-ABILITY . SAYS: fl 'flt'll \'Oll'r(' /trfiH[I 01.('[11/ly [1fll111, I'll tl'!i i'Oil ·i:hat to do. J itS! t n· ·, o clzccr some ()/her h1'0 rf. . lnd it· f.l·i!l rhccr ~·ours too. WELL! WHAT IF THEY DO? \\'v noll' that our friend. Paul Corby, the chit·; .. \\'l' hm·" tli the Dail\' :\orth\\'c-.tt·rn editorial gallt.:. i" :; all J~ct up o\·er the idea of "co-ed~" smokingForgit it. \1 i~ter Gorhy! Don't fuss over such minor details. Go a iter some real problem. lik e. ··\fore ~~en l· or a Grca tcr ::\' orthwc~tern." For aiter tlH' s moke of hattie ha s cleared away. them ro-ednas a-. want s to s moke will smoke and they won't git firecl-:-unlcs~ th('y git caught-whi~h i..,n·t likt·ly. Hdore you graduate. young felll'r. You'll learn hetter'n to trv to tell co-eds what they ~\·ill or will not do. · Of cour..;e \\'(' could tell a verv sad and very moral talc ahout one Youthful -rreshman maiden who tried to exhibit he.r smoking- ability on common ~tandard journalistic Camels and sure madt;ll. t;xhihition oi IH·r:-('li, hut - Wl' promi-.ed 11t'\ 1··· to t<.-11 this talc. DECREE ·GRANTED Call the next case! \Ve noted recently that a woman was sucing her hu<;hand hecau:-.e he refused to learn the Charle:->ton and fott:ed her to live in St. ,Louis. Extreme and repeated cruelty, hc~·ond the hadow of a reasonahlt> doubt! SAD WORDS \Ye simply love to write some of this column our elf this week but honest dear readers we"re too gosh awful bu. y-between taking care of a rip-snortin' cold and "<loin' the Arizona Charle~ ton" with a right sma rt cough-and numerou s other duties too numerous to mention. Better luck ne '<t week. -T. R. C.-