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W I L M'E T T E L I F E ·August Zl, 1926 O·· · ··-·-···-·- .. _a_r_r_a_a_a_·· O WILMETTE LIFE IIIVBD~ PldDA.'( OP B.ACH WBBI J.LOTD HOLLISTBa, IKC. 1111 Centl'al Ave., Wilmette, Dl. Cbtcaao ollce: S N~ llllchlCan Ave. Tel. State 63!6 by N41tMae ·.··..................·.... ~ .·· Wllaette lilt .tJIIICIUI"l"OB' PJUCB .·.....·..·... tiM .A YBA.B All C08am·alca.Uona mu·t be accompanied by the name an4 adclrMa of the writer. ArtlclM tor pubUcatlon mut reach the editor by W ednellday noon to :nM~N a"pe&l'al\C)e In current laue. · lte8ohltlou of condolence, cards ot tha.nb, obltu&l7, nottcee of entertatnmenta or other aftall'll where ali Admittance cbara'e Is published, wtll be claarce4 at replar advertlBiq rates. Enterea at the poet offtce at Wilmette, Illinois, as malt matter of the second clua, under the act ot MArch 3. 1879. From the days of Adam down to the present days of Eve and her daughters, people have learned to do by doing. Adam himself never Home would have learned to t.ill Building· the soil and thus force it to yield him and his family a livin~ had he not a.ctually stirred up the ground, planted the seed, and cultivated his little field. S.o far as we know, nobodv before Adam knew how to raise grain and fruits. But he learned by doing. Doubtless also Eve learned dressmaking in the same way. If one desires to learn home building, let him actually build a home. A less expensive way, though ·not so profitable from an educational point of view, would be to observe a more skilled builder. By simply \\·atching, and thinking as he watches, he \viii understand :why first of all a solid foundation must be laid. He will perhaps understand why the foundation must be strictly level. He will next see the sills and floor joists laid upon the foundation. He can then imagine ·the rest of the structure growing up from these substructures. If he is to ·have a fireplace-and what is home without a fireplace ?-he will note that its foundation is laid at the same time that the principal foundation is laid. The joists laid, the next step is the putting into place of the vertical beams, the studding. Now the house is indeed going up. Boards are then nailed on the studding. Then comes the roof, and if it is a ridge roof the observer will become aware of many problen1s. The beams that form the roof must be sa wed accurately so that the two sides of the roof will lie in two even planes like cards leaning against one another. The watcher will note the sidewise strain that these two roof parts place upon the sidewalls and will understand why tie beams must run across under the roof fron1 one plane to the other. · Were one to see .only as much as this of the building of a home he would learn enough to entitle him to some ·sort of a graduation diploma. · the number of deaths. The fact is that the killer is usually the driver. The person behind the wheel is almost always the sole individual responsible f,or the killing of innocent childten. Moveover, to narrow down the analysis, it is the desire in the mind of the driver to · move rapidly that really causes most of the accid.ents. It is safe to say that if people did not care to drive rapidly, to burn up the r.oad, 4,500 children would not have been killed in 1925. The question is then, Why do people desire to drive fast? It can't always be because they need to get somewhere. In fact the need for getting somewhere in a short time does not usually exist. In earlier days, before the coming of the auto, people kept their engagements just as .pr.omptly as they do now. People drive fast just because they like to drive fast. They love speed for its own sake. Adolescent boys like to drive fast. They love speed. They can't very well help loving it. If they could travel 500 miles an hour they would. The very velocity itself thrills youth. Men and women who are still childish also love speed. We believ~ it's because they want to get away from something, usually the dullness of their · own everyday lives. Whiskey increases this love of speed. The answer is that such persons should not be allowed to drive cars. If they were not allowed to drive, fewer children would be killed. Moreover, if all of us would form the habit of liking slower and fuller living our children "·ould not die such untimely deaths. ---~ SHORE LlNES +··-·-~-a-a·r-·-~~'·· · ·a_a_a_·-···+ THE ROSE LEAVES A's the leaves and petals fall Listcu for m)' Spirit,s call! Safe/)' in some fragrant urn Lrt their perfume sweet f)' btt.r"! E7.'CI").' petal is a pra).·er Softh. S'l£'eefl)· uttered tlu·1·c! E7.'cr)· leaf a thought of tfrer! Herr-in death-eternally! · Likr tire bee tlrat seeks tire flo'wcrs Tlrrough the bright and sumr)' lrottrs. Lrads himself with houe:~:ed sweet. H omr·ward uoi11gs to his retreatLet m'\' Soul .~till soa.r aud mount. Dri11ki;rg sweetness at tl&y formt I Let tire ills of life betideIn tlry Lo'l'C I'm .sanctified! -H. A. MILLS. We don't know what the Line wilt look like· when we get through with it this we~ k ~s we can't think of anything but our vacatton. We leave Saturday and won't have anything to do with the tine for the next two weeks. THE PAPER BOY Our Paper Boy is such a mite! see him in the early light Just trudging along. He grasps it tightThis paper-cart-with all his might : And then I . feel-welt, sort of sadI realty want to help the lad. The handle of his cart and he Are iust the ·same height, I · can see: I wi~h that I might know his heart And if he dreads this early start. But as ht> nears our drive I hear His whistled tune so full of cheerIt makes a smiTe tight up my face And starts the day with better grace. . If in Life's route, my tittle lad. Man, unaided, cannot move about in the air, his entire body off terra firma. Airplaning is as near as he can get to floating unSwimming supported 1 · n t h e atr. -MISS A!,\;0:\T~{Ot'~. In dreams he can fly s.omewha:t like a bird. But for a number What a Variety of Disasters this Group of sufficient reasons he no sooner leaves Wishes Ua! the earth, than . if unaided, he returns at Der e Slave. once, and quickly. to mother earth. No Me and Lydia and Elfrieda hope ·vou choke! ::__ Ptr.- tEr.. doubt it - would be great fun to compete with the birds and butterflies. OUR OWN JINGLET But, thanks to our Maker, we can alVacation, tnost, if not quite, ftoat in water. We are :Elation: not restricted to living on earth. We can Stagnationswim! We might have been· made with a "Damnation !" specific gravity n1uch greater than we now have; for instance, we tnight have been Because of the absence of the staff artist we n1ade as heavy as iron. Then we could not will ha,·e to do without pictures for this classic possibly swim, except by a miracle. . little prophecy of ours. What a joy it is, especially on warmish days, to swim! T,o bathe, to swim, just to Listen. and you shall hear the great s'urprise! be in the water-what wonderful fun it is! \\· e ha,·e secured, to run the column in our abA tnorning summer dip in a clear, clean sence, none other than Jane Arnt- <u!d Lydia. lake is on a warm morning an invaluable lane Arnt is a prominent contributor to · Riquarius' . refresher. It is not pleasant, we a.dmit, to Pillar to Post. in the Chicago Evening post, and :l lso contributes occasionally to Dick Little's Line get out of a comfortable bed, pull on a o· Type in the Tribune. She also uses other bathing suit a s~ze too small, and proceed names tha1~ Jane Arnt, so you never know how · Four thousand fiv~ hundred .childr.en were more or less gingerly t,o .the water's edge. tll<l nv contributions she may have in the same day. lied in automobile accidents during the Nor is the descent into the cool water a Lydia is one of our earliest and most faithful conyear 1925. pure delight. But after these preliminaries tributors and ic: well known to all rPaders of Shorf' Lines. They have received permission to T.o say that these children are over, the remainder is unalloyed plea- do· whate,·er they want with the rolumn for the were killed by automobil~--;· is sure. To stand in the water, feet planted next two weeks and we're sure it witt be more Killed! .distinctly. unfair to the au_to~ on smoo,Jl,~solid sand, and then launch out in~erestjng than ·ever befor.e ... i ; ..... · mobile itself. Of course no vigorously into a dozen lusty strokesIn the meantime, take care of yourselves tilt ~e .1eally beli~ves that the car itself kills 'Yhere is the~e an. .e~erci~~ . more ~.njoyaple we return. For the next two ·weeks we will not JP>Pie, but just the sam~ a mo~e exact _ and -~~ -~~e ..s~.~~. ttme .~o_re bene~c.ta~? ... . b~.? . ..... -·:·· :.. :;._ ·=T~ .( . ·c-::.-:-..:~.:~. -=·hfft~-wrrlim~~. 8te::uint·~f·---t-be : fa:et~itt-· belp t&-'red-uee·;::·.: · ·· ~~t .. lS {o~-an· amplHbiaill · . You whistle when the roads are bad And bring flOOd wilt to all you do, A future bright I see for you. There's many places needing men That do not whine-who mean to win: \Vho hridges build when roads are hadGod bless you. whistling· Paper Lad! ··