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26 WILMETTE LIFE May 28, 1926 WILMETTE LIFE. ISSUED II'Rm.&.Y r.tucago omoe: 6 N. Mlchhran Ave. Tel. ltate IIJI Teleplaeae ················· . ···· .. ·· Wllaette LLOYD BOLLIITER. INC. 1222 Central Ave., Wilmette. Ill by 011' IIIA.CB WJDIDK lnf' SUBSCRIPTION PRICE ·····.·····.·Z.OO A YEAR 87 Carrier .......·....· . ··.......... 2Se a moat· All communications must ".>e accompanied by the name and address ot the writer. Articles tor publlcatten must reach the editor by W~neaday noon tv insure appearance tn current Issue. Are there any educational institutions in the Cnited States that are closed from June to September. except for Yery obvious reasons? Our own high school on Winnetka a ,·etntc exp ects about 500 summ er pupil s. As f.or u s, we're looking forward to the day wh en not only youth ~ o f aver~ge sch ool age will st udy during th e warmt~h week s but when also seasoned. not to sa,. hardened. adults will also frequent onr ~eat~ of learning the whole n:ar round. . ~.·--------~ ...... -------------- _ --------- .~ ' r··,. Sttore lffieS BACK YARD BALLADS Tlzr 1 Yrcll I 1mtsc. \f ,. Dad took a little o ld Armour lard pail Et; put on a roof v;ith a shit:glc en .n_a ilEn fixed it ti g ht to a hard p1ecc o f pmc h1 made a \Vren hou ~e. \f y it was fine! He fa stened it tight- r ight under the cave~ \\' here a big- tree s to o d- all covered with lr<n c~. En made the front door so tiny tn small Thd not hin but ,,·re th cou ld get in a-tall! ~ext ~I· .., I _ ,. 1'"' - ,:r. Resolutions ot condolence, cards of thanks, obituary, notices ot entertainments or other affairs where an admittance charge .is published, will be c harged at regular advertising rates. Entered at the post omce at Wllmett~. :::mnots, mall matter ot th e second class, under the a ct or March 3. 1879. u Memorial Day L. 1~ c1hsen·a nc:e of I\'I emorial I )ay shnnld IH' a n i 111 a t C' <i h y t h e s p i r i t w h i ch an i m a ted Lin co 1n \ s.p e e ch at G c tty shu r g. E\'(·ry .\merican citizen and every child whu h ope~ s·,me day to be an ;\merican citizc11 should n·ad this marvel cm~ txpression of real . :\merican patriotism. In it President Linruln tells his fellow countn·mcn the " c n · <.' s s <.: 11 c e o f t h e i r d n t " a s r e e i v c r s u f tlH.: great hlc:-;~ings of fre~· dom and opportunitL 1\. e;tding thi s speech one " ·ill note ho,,· Lincoln rhos<..' as thl' theme not su much the g a 11 a n t dee d s ill1 cl t h e s e1f - s a c r i li c c s f l'niqn soldiers. not su much a glorification oi th(' dead its need for the living to dedicate themseh·es to the preservation uf clemoc ran·. There can J,c no douht that Linculn sa,;· this need a~ · the one sttpreme tm per.atin~ need of the living nation. !l ow ran ,,.e honor the .\merican llll'll and wm1H·n who ha vc 1i vcd and died for inTdom? \\'~· clo not l>elien· that thn· can hear our songs and speeches. r f they arc Ji,·in<r the ·· ~ran· in ~ome hot~H' uf 1:'- beYond · the !>le st . our praist·s and prayers can not i nc r «.: a s e t h t· i r h a p J> i n e s ~ . \ \' c m u s t <: 111 phasize t(l ()tlrseln.'~ and to t~\lr children the fact that this conntn· ,,·ith ih pri,· ilq~T " and problem s i~ in th~· hand~ ..f th<" ]i,·ing-. prc:--ent and future·. 0 Tribute to Lincoln O< ·o · tht l>rt'a.,·t of fht sprin.r;. fht· land , amid cifit'S, .·l111id lant·.,·· a11d thro11yh old 'i.l'Oods. <C"hl'rr lattl,r the' ~·iolds f't't/"d fr(JIII thl' .!/round. sf'nltin . rt thr 51rny dt'hris . A1i1id th,· wass in th,· fil'lds tarlt siclr of the lanes} passin!l tht 1'ndfrss grass, . Passi11_r1 !Itt ytl/m(·-sfltar'd <clzt",af. r<·cry _ r ;rain frnm its shroud in tlzc dark-hro'lC'II jiclds uprisr11. Passin_ll fht· applr-tru hlml's r·f ,,·hitr and pinl· in · tht on·hards. morning a \\'ft' ll ~at on it to ~ in g h1 I! CJp JH'd right in, the nry f, rst thin g ! Tllt·JJ ~ he came out tn looked all a round l·:n pirkt·d up ~tirk.., that lay 011 the ground . . ' ' ) . ... ' c , En lJ1(·~~ til grass en littk :--oft thi11g.., To build a n~·s t-en piec(·s of string! ~l'll laid ~onw egg·s-so tiny en ~ mall Ye could hardl~· ~et t ' l l l - ll<·t h;trdly at all! \'til shl' s··t l·ll th em-al l the da \' Inn).'.', \\'it h Daddy \\'ren :--i11ging outsict"e a sweet song. Fxrtpt \\'lwn ht driq·s a spa rrow a\\'ay () r e \'l' n a r o hi n 1hat h a p p (' n o.; to -.; tray. (arr.rinv a rnrtsr to 'it·h,·rr it shall rtsf in th,· . orrr;·r. .Vi.uht and day ,ioul'/lt'ys n rn[fi11 . CoLlin thai f'asscs throuyh lwzt's and slrNfS. < · . ,. Yhrnu .<tlz day and ni.r ,ht <c·ith the .f}l't'Clf tloud dar/,·rnillr; Ihi' land. · 11'itlz th e /'0111/' of tht· iu!oof'd fla_~,.,.. ,,·ith tht ~· itio· drn/'Nf in l>fad·. 1f'ith thl' shM(' of thr Statts thonul<·ts os (If cratr7't'l'f'd 'i·'OIIu'n standing, ll'ith f'roct'.\Si(lns lone, and ;,·indinl/ and lht flam l> t'uus n( fht ' 11ioht. . . · lf 'itlz the .c ount/e.~.,. torrhrs lit. <('ith thr silt11f stn of fat· ,·s and thr wzhurcd heads. · T(ith . th,· ,,.ailillff drpot. thr arri-:·ino n·]hn. and tht· .tnlllf·rt {att'S, , Hut ,,·htn tilt· hirdit~ are nut of th(' eggs 'l'hl' \\'fen -; both huqk \\'ith win gs c·n \\'ith let:· Fn rarrr thl'lll iond fnllll carlv to latl'! Fl'r da i(,· carh ' >irdi~· "·ill ('at -hi s 0\\' 11 wright ~ \!,· dad h(' "'~t\':o--t'II t('lb all hi :-. in-n:-.Tt; lu ck,· i('r. hi111 that ch ildren aint \\'rrn s ~ Ti cl a i h · ." ' l' l' t a.., much a . , '\'l' \\' l' i g h lfe'd ~un·h· t.r<1 hr<·kt·- \\·ith - .. no thin g to pay~ · - TT . ..\ . \fru.s. lf'ith dir.r;ts tltrnll.r!h lht ni!Jhl. 'il'ifh t/z, · thr'I!St/1/(/ ~·oiNs risi11r1 stroll</ and sn!tnrn 1f.'itl: a!! t!rr . IIIOitrn',ru! -;·nitrs oj thr dir.ot's /'o11r'd ar(llflld the rn jjin . Tlrr din1 -lit rl111rrhts and the sh11ddcrilllJ or,r1ans-, ·hr'rt a111id fhtst' '\'Oil iortrnrr. . lt 'itlr thr to{{inn. tollin ,~,· 1·1'!1.,.·· /'(1'/Vfllal dun .ll . lft'rt', t'n]i'in that sl(lw/y passes, I .oi7·t' .\'(I ll my spri[! of !i!at. " . I Tl 'J You're Wrong, Iris! The ,Engineers Were Old Friends and Wanted to Get Together for a Little Chat! Til(' ~Jan "! ktH·\\· \\'II\ thc Flin ran itttn tllv l;n·igh - the !attn h;trl 13 r:tr~. --------- - TRr c. A SPRINGTIME PRAYER FOR LITTLE TOTS ( ; ncl fit,· a star in /r, ·uz·tn to-nilt' For /iUl t tots in rli111 t!ark r·i f\' s/r, r·fs: I I ·,·,· /r,·urf., und t'llt/t'l. f·1d·\· .1:111il,·s ,,.;,,1nr tlr1' Sll;rshin,· r·urtl\' ·lllt't'fs. I I 'itlr . (;od ol 11,, . ( 'ni<·,·r.\,', t'rllltfrlss i ;Jnat,· and l,·ind, J:nfolrl th~ · tn in your lo <·,·. und ,rlrtl.\'f' tllclr tiny hand . I 1'(1/,· (lrl'i.t'll In -dar ·;,·it lr j,·ntf,'rllt'SS und rity ('ton tlrt' !iltlt t'lrildrt'll n( thr cil\'. .'->·o s!'lclo tn f·irds to f hon ;1/tl\' t<·n-' si1111. Or .rto<,'I'I'S <<aft fra,r/l'rlllt<' .. lin ,tJt'l'inl/ :· '/'!r,- dt "il' nl ."11111 11/ t'r dm,·n. '/'It,· ros,· (} r d us/,· I lu:·t' fli·d .1111 di.W/'Ilt'llriJI_II 'i.('ill,t/.1 l?t'(nrl' t/r,· ri fit·s' rush of thitll/.1'. I I 'hilt' daisr fi,·!r l s. a-sOJ ;r; J.,·it), fuuHm illl/ ht·,·s. Tit,· lau.ulri;, , l/ · sunshint tn~d tht ,,·lrisrai;I.tf lr<',·s: (;nd t!rin/,· tndar of children in t/r ,· sfrt'tls lf 'ith ,,·lrr· JII tlr.\' ;,nndnt'Ss .!· ~ · ldnnr lll c't'IS. Pl, ·u.,·t' 11111 \' th _\; 1;,~,~,,-ls uf' i11 hca-;·c11 lift Ont' .,fur for tirr·d little lots tn -nite. ·- l~ nn·:cc . \ :\ :-.:T Jin :--:Y. \ \' II; l t \\' ( 'til d .\' () u t II i Ill\ ( J! ~: a11d ill't·UII(] until -1 o'<"l<wl< :, \\Tt ·(' k l win~ t·lt-:tJ 't· d up'.".' a <l ;I ['I I rff () 1 \\' 11 fl \\' () ul d in tho· llllll'llill~ \\':lll-hi n:-: ~lll'· · tll· · ~· \\' ·t ·ro· tht ·n ·:t l!o! of tlH ·m. \\"h r. tlwn· \\'l'l't· a numlwt· ~till nn tlH j(JI, wht ·n \\'t· lt.'ft, <tb<,ut ·I :::n · '. , ~I : '\ . L Sumnzer Days T III·:l\E "a:-; a tinH'. and not :-;u lung- ag-o. \\'hen th<.' . !.!·nod old ~UlllllH · r time was ~pent <'Xrlu:-;iu:h· 111 the rountn·. beside ~(lllll' more ()r ~e~~ l<Jn:h· lake. <,11 the ocean's sa1Hh· hearh. In th.at not so distant pa~t the \\·h.olc iamiJ_,. l'lltraincd f<>r the \\'l'll-kn()\\'11 ~tlll111HT rc~urt at Fox lake or Lak(' Ct·JH'\·a the da,· after C()ll1tllC11<.:l'11H'tlt. There the llJng· hllt cia; · ~ "ere pa~scd in eating. :-'\\·imming (ur hathi11g·· J. ro\\·ing. ~ail ing. walking. S(ll· ial l'Xl'tTi~t·~ ui all kinds. and ~lccping. ( >nl' day ":t~ much like an () the r. s <' 111lt r h ~ (1 t hat l ' "l' n the 11 a 111 e of t h c da\· (lj \\·cc k \\·a:-; t uq~· utten. and the claY ui th~· munth nmld Jl(lt . l)l· determined except hY thl' fund parent ne\\'1 _, co111e frutll the cit". l~ut ther e are fc,,· no\\·acla ys ,,·ho make :-ouch a )'rudigal 1.: xpenditurc ().f the Yaluablc ruh· and . \ugu ~t hours . Onh· the idle rich ~ n ci o t h e r p1e a s u r e s c e k e r s ~t r c w i 11 i n g t o imitate the gay butterfly and flutter thus aimle s~ ly from flower to fto,Yer. l\fost worthwhile people seek some useful empluyment to fill up the sumnll'r gap . ~Iany work to increase their income . ~lany go to ~chool. Savin~f. I\ ·F:; arc ~a\'C:d not (lilly at the ktthing l>ead1c~ hut al~o at the ~ ummcr ramp~ f<1r th e unclcrnouri slwd childn·n <1f our cnl\nkd <.:ltH'S. Young li\'(.'~ llla\ ' l>e lust not unh- in .the undert<·,". uf our great lak e lntt just a~ ~urely in the (J\TJ'\\ helming tidv~ (li our great city. ( ) Ill' of t lw 1ll () s t e fl <: c t i n· o i t h c· ~ c r c s c n e agenci{'s i~ :\nkn ~lwrc. llundred ~ of those !,eaten do\\·11 h,- acln·r~e rit,· nmdition~ haH' found in \rdcn :;hurl' ·~~ real ~(lurcc (II rcrreatiY<: po\\Tr. '!'hi" y.car the capacIt,. of .\rdt..' n ~hure mu s t he increa sed t!l t ~i k e i 11 100 more t h a n 11 sua 1. In urdcr to care for the~c 100 more a~ \\Tll as ior the usualnn1nhcr. $50.000 mu~t he raised in Chicag·u and alung the. :\urth 1 ~ ho r e . 1 h i I a n t h r o pi r t'n e 11 a 11 d " ·(>11 1c 11 a r c already busy raising this n eeded molH'Y. .\nYon e who \\'ill \'lStt the Camp thi~ s umn;er and sec the cit,· mothers and chil d r c n e n j o y in g w i t h an ·a lm o s t pat h e t i c j o y the bright sunshine, the fresh air. the g-ood . Life . · c · · food of ,\rden ~horc \\·ill he convinced that lH.' ran contribute to no worthi er cause. ·On a little trip up to llighland l'ark r ecenth· we saw an apparentlY intelligent lady · tearing blossoming hr~~ncbes from " ·hat looked like an apple tree. \~l e also ~a\\' children , accompanied by their elders, picking white trilliums. The trilliums were doomed to an early death, and the apple blossoms would hardly survive the transporting to t'he intelligent lady's home. How Pittsburgh Must Have Changed Since We Knew It! (Clipped fr o m a movie publicity ya rn . ) "[ Y<'nture to t l'l'll(·d ~mr tlwn· ix . not anotlwr girl <·OJIwith tlw R('I'Pen who hn.s JH't·d:w ly :\Ti~s :\.f<,- t :tn·~ t quality of individtm lit~· and eharm . It i :,.; an t hmw suhurhs 0f Pittshurg-h wh l' rt · ~raeiously, c·ompld£'1y, whoh·so nwly , In our ~chool and college d;l\·s the ho,· or girl who \\'ent to school in su.t {uner wa; regarded as unusually ambitious and energetic. Hut it is no longer so. It is the common custom to attend summer s<.:hool. r,c,rmal.' ' lift' is liY<·d and whl'r<·, 1 may add, th e youthful <'Omp)(·xion is ('Ompound<·d (J! tn·s h air, Ntrly hours and all thn.t mak t·S for the :1sy, honE:>st eha.rm, n·minist·l·nt, to me at l<'ast, of -. And all th e tinw w< · thought it was in Wilmettt> that lif· · was lived gradously and so f o rth, the air .··as frt>sher than in othf·r less fortunat e <·ommun itit·s and the drugg-ists sold no other beauty aid than Palm Olive. THE SLAVE.