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WILMETTE LIFE May 14, 1926 WILMETTE LifE ISIUBD FRm.&.Y OP EACH WIDBK LLOYD BOLLJSTE~ DC. by UU Central Ave., Wilmette. Ill nlltcago omce: I N. Klcbh~·an Ave. Tel. ltate 1121 'l'elep···e ····.············ - ····..·· w .....ette trm '11JBSCRIPTION PRICE ···········.·2.00 A. YIDA.R 87 Carrier ......···..·····.··....... 2Se a ·-tb All communications must ".>e accompanied· by the name and address ot the writer. Articles for publtcatlen must reach the editor by We<tneaday noon tv Insure appearance 1n current Issue. Resolutions of condolence, cards of thanks, obituary, notices of entertainments or other affairs where an admittance charge Is published, will be charged at regular advertising rates. as mall matter ot the second class, under the act vi Entered at the post omce at Wilmette, !lllnols, March 3. 1879. ================-~==-=~=======~=~ ---- ENGLAND IN MAY And after April, when May follows, And the whitcthroat huilds. and all the . wallows l Hark. where my hlossom'd pear-tree in · the hedge Leans to the field and scatter . on tl1e do\'cr Blossom:; and drwdrop s-at the bent spray's edgeThat'" the wise thrush . : he sings each song twice O\"t' r, Lest you should think he ne\'cr c0uld recapture Thr first fine careless rapture! And though the fields look rough with hoary dew, All will he g;n- whetJ noontide wake . anrw The hutttrcup~. thr lit'tlc children's dower. - Rom:R'r BRO\·n ;y :\l:. celling her three sister towns, still we believe that. special gratitude should be sho,vn those who are bending every effort to the raising of the voting percentage to a much higher point. Indeed there is little. g.ood reason apart from sickness and certam unavoidable detentions why' the good government community should not poll a 100 per cent vote. The only power that can kill a ba~ vote is a good Yote . A vote is a vote, and m our democracy the saint's vote is of no more value tha~n the sinner's. But if the sinner votes and the saint does not, then certainly the sinner will make life bad for the saint. The !(politician" has practical t:casons ~or voting. His 11 man," if elected will g-et hnn a profitable office or s.ome other advantage of real cash value~· The "good citizen" can look fonvarcl to no such cash reward. Hut all the same he will get a reward for votin<r and it will br a bi~t ~· ..., material reward. Jt will come in the form of better govern ment. And better government means better roads, better schools, better mail sen·ice. better public institution . . · Sttore lllleS BLESSED BE DRUDGERY i. ~ !Ucsscd be drudgery! Goi· ng to 7.tJork narl\' each 11t01'11i11q, No time to shirk! /Ur sscd be drudqery! Kurpi11!J 11s clean; ;1fi1uls r v er busy, Tho11ghts 11eva mean! Hlcsscd be drudgery! Tasks pressinq thic!.·; No time for cm ·y-N o time to kick .1 RInsed be drmf.quy! -~ · Patience in pa.in; No tim e for ·worry, N othi11g to gain! Rlcsscd be drud,cJ CI".\' .' Spe11di11g with rare ; More Room for . Play Clean-up Week week beginning l\1ay 15 is to he Clean-up \Veek in '\Vilmette and Glencoe. The entire month of ::\lay is Clean-up M.o nth in \Yinnetka. All the old stuff that ha~ hccn accumulating in each and every home during- thi~ recent long and cold winter is to he swept and carried clown stairs until finally it becomes one of a large heterogeneous heap in the basement. There some \\·orthy organization is to call for it and dclin·r it to those in need. In somewhat the same manner the home grounds are to he rid of all refuse, and the afore~aid reh!se is to he placed by the house }~older on the parkway, \\·hence wagons arc to transport it to till' far nfi dumping grounds. This orga 11 ized co-opera t iYe i111JHO\'l'Illl'll t will he of much benefit tu the commttnih·. Empty lots that han? hcen eye sores fc>r many months will \\·hen cleaned up add to the gu()d look~ of tlw entire Yillagc. Tt i~ a comn1on and intellig-ible practice for citizen~ to dump ashes. la\\'11 clippings. tin cans. ancl bottles onto nl'ighhuring lots. ~ow i~ the time for these same citizens to gather up this rubbish ancl pile it up where the Yillagc can easily and quickly pick it up; f<'ll1(J\"C it frum the sight uf members of the rommunit,· and ()i ~trangcrs in our midst. .\t the ~alllL' t1me ()\lr ci,·ir mind<.:d rcal t u r s Ill i.g l1 t l'l' 111 o \·c ·t hc i r s i g-1 b f r u m t r e ~ s and nail tht'!l1 on lcs:-- beautiful hut more ~uitahk :--upporb. .\ sign u11 a tree is as much unt (If 1dan: as ~ign~ un (Jtlr lleautiful 1due ~k , .. T HE h I 'I is. an inevitable result of gro\\"th. in. a Rlcsscd /1c drud.l/t'r_r ! communitv that n1orc and more arttf1ctal 0 ld ar; r at last means n1ust be employed to provide for Cnmcih in pracc. children the recreational facilities that their ~f'cll jillrd the past! health and social development demand. - ~r.pn · ~~::. Boys in the modern city or progressive suburb cannot learn their lessons of teatn · A Stranger Cornea and Is Not a Stranger work and fair play ,o n the diamond laid out 0. I haYe been wJiting ior you! on the village commons . Vacant lot play Lon g ago 1 ltarned tn fa :-- hinn grounds are available in only scattered and lm a g<·:-; of yo n. \ . a g uv. they wn c not ah,·ays de sirable places. A definite plan For ho\\' w· ~ J to kn o w the tall \Vhimsical sadn cs:; n i vom Ynicc? must he devised to provide suitable place ~ Or g ur s:; that an old, ii re d p e a r ~· for play and means provided for such super( ·o ul d s it so gr a c cf ttll y in e y c s ? Yision as the artificial .character of the play Or shap e. ~ n lon g a t.:o . th(' r c,o l g-rounds and 1he nnn1bers of those who an· \\'incline s-; of ynur lip -., ' elig-ible to usc them rhakc necessary. \"uu ha\'e cn t;lt' . . . <t ttd tl U \\' Children mu st have recreation if they arc ).! ~' i ma g cs a r r r k a r in y n u. to grow in health and character. They ~mu~t . ~tr o ng a nd cr y~ tallc:d . lik e man y . . a nd-; ha,·e the di scipline of play, as well as the ~lippi·n g thrn m~· ('aL;n fi t lg~· r " \\.ith a g raH 111!' a nin .~ . healing in the joy that come s fr om it. ~ o cnmmunitv can he a suitable pbce for fam ih· life if ·there is no thought taken of th e We Thought He Was One Person Everyone Knew! piay opportunities to he pro\·idcd for the Dcrc ~laY~': hnys and girls. h tlw ).Lt n in th t· Cr vt·n ll a t a pLt, , a l>oo k , :t m;tn . !·I' a thr r a t? Our Korth Shore town s lla\·c acquired - l.Yf\1 .\ . that urban character that makes the playground a necessity. \\T do well to ke ep J. _ ,·dia, you r- n - \\Tll - intHKc tl\'.(· i ~ IH,s itin·h· eYLT in mind the requircmrnt of the chil -· rdre .. ll ing! On e tt l i ~ ht -., u . . pl'l·t ymt o i h('in g :t rln' n fnr recreation. for it is just as im - C()-(' d or ~ o mt · -. urh " ·<'11 - info rnwd l' t·r .. o n. \\' ll\ purtant as the hcilit ies for the;r education don't ·_ ,·ou a -., k San ta ('lath next Chri ~ tma s 111 ;\ n '· nth c r 1in e. j . IT S01.·inq a littlr lf'lzn; H'r aflia's f air! · . ... .., · I ... · · SPRING WEATHER Don't Be Fooled! F Congratulations! F:\" I L \ \ "()]\'!'II is to hL· congratulated on hein .!. !· a\\'ardcd the ]zaak \\"alt on flag. Thi~ acti\·e to\\·n wa~ rcprcsen ted at the primary polls hy a larger percentage of its Yoters than an\· of the other towns of \Vilmettc. \\'innetka. and \,lencoc. The contc. t wa~ rather close. Kenil\\'orth . making a show ing of 47.1 per cent and \\'innetka, second, a showing of 44 per cent. The average for the · four towns was 42.3 per cent. · While Kenilworth is to be praised for ex- K OR the pa st fc" · \\'C<:ks a man rcpre ~vnt it1g· him~cl f- as an "eye dorU1r" ha..; been c;LJn·assing t1H· territory \\·L· s t <1f the 1\idgc and selling glasses. The an·rage pers()n need not lH' tulcl that IJ<.· should not l>uy glasses without lirst sub mitting himself tu a thorough examination. 1\'ddlcrs \\·ho go from door to door arc not equipped to make such a thorough c~amin ation. Their \rarcs arc the cheapest that can he bought. and often real injury is done. l·sually this "eye doctor" has no permanent address. and if the patient later objects tu his glasses he can have no come-back. Furthermore it i~ unJa,yful to sell glasses "t\\.'t\· from one's office without h o·iyincr areceipt sho\\'ing the name, addre'-'S, and li cense number of the solicitor. Ii s uch a receipt is not given, · notify the police or your loctl optometrist immediately so that prum1Jt action may be taken. t ( · (lit in the stilh· ni g ht T hear T he :-. \H'<' t F o t:d\ .lrJ\\ h· r n · :\ s hoy fr en' rall s nn ~i rl ·f; c t1' :\nd soft ,,·ord s gcntl _v :-i glt. B11t m e, nn my rrstlc s" pillo\\" , T t n:-s ;-tnd turn ;,nd moan: \\'h~- is it this rla rn spring \\' <':tt hrr Brings ln\'C' to the hea r t ni thl' Young ? Thr sp:urows spluttt' r at daybr eak: Thr squirrrls rlwttc' r :tt dJ\\'11: i\ t nonn the Young Things in t hr offi rr Sigh and puff and groan . J\t night as sharln\\'s arr falling Thr rrrntlr Fnrd moans its crYThr hov frcn' calls on girl frrn' And soft wonts gentl~· sigh. -'ELFRrr.nA tl ~ ~ Y;)tl haH surely heard the lall· . . t onr about the Scotchman who orderrd h;,m ::~nd rfl'g:-; in a rrstaur~· nt. haven't vott? Nn? \Vrll, it seems that t h r Srotrhman instructed thr \\'a iter to have his '.,.n, and eggs fried in Lux so that they "vouldn't sh rink l THE SLAVE. ~·