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30 WILMETTE LIFE wILMETIE LIFE ISSUED FRIDAY OF EACH WEEK by LLOYD HOLLIS'l'ER, INC. 1222 Central Ave., Wilmette, Ill. Chicago office: 6 N. Michigan Ave. Tel. State 6326 Telephone ............................... Wilmette ttzu SUBSCRIPTION PRICE ..... . ........ 11.00 A YEAR All communications must be accompanied by the name and address of the writer. Articles for publication must reach the editor by Wednesday noon to Insure appearance in current issue. Resolutions of condolence, cards of thanks, obituary, notices of entertainments or other aft.'airs where an admittance charge Is published, wlll be charged at regular ad\'ertlsing rates. If you are burning the dry grass in a field near your home, watch it carefully and when it has done its work put it out. And be absolutely certain that you Put It put it all out! If you don't put it all out, it may start up again Out in the night and with the help of a good stiff breeze gro"· into a blaze that may set fire to your home. ·And that will mean distressing loss of property and life. Up in the north woods campers often learn to their great sorrow that a fire is not dead even when not a spark can be found. We remember very vividly a fire of 'this sort. We had cooked ,o ur evening meal over an open fire. We had extinguished the fire completely, as we thought. We went to bed and soon were sound asleep. At midnight or thereabouts we were aroused by a strange sound and a most unusual odor. Tumbling .out we made our stun1bling way to the door of the tent and there saw· an alarming sight. The fire had revived and was roaring its way towards the. cookshack. I-Iastily grabbing up a pail we filled it at the lake about fifty feet away and after what seemed innumerable fillings and pourings, and incidental stubbings of our toes on invisible roots, got the fire under c.ontrol. Then we got a spade and thorough ly covered the blackened area with sand. And stayed awake the rest of the night. When you are sure that the fire is out, put it out again. Then you will have done your best. be a stimulating experience. In addition to these two bodies ,of singers, Dean Lutkin's A Capella choir will participate. Those who set orchestral music above all other fo.rms will be inspired by numbers fr.om the· spleqdid Chicag<? Symphony Orchestra directed by Stock. The festival will contribute its quota to · the general effect, and Mischa Levitski, pianist, als.o will appear. All these elements go to make up the North Shore . Festival, an i_ nstitution successful from its very inception, bringing inspiration to thousands of people, old and young. \\'eaker physically, no doubt , but more active in politics, much more ·active , than the more muscular sex. And if you don't b~lieve it, consider the acThe tivity of the League of Women Voter s, local and Weaker Sex state. Wa s there ever a . band .of 1nen, organized for the purpose of rendering the voting of individual men more intelligent, so active the year round and especially at election time as the League of Women Voters? If alertness and study .and seriousness count for anything in political contest s, and these qualities certainly do, then men must see to it that their wives and sisters do not gain an undue influence. But perhaps the ladies' ren1arkable sense of proportion will prevent the near approach of this day of "undue influence." · A careful reading even in our own north shore papers, will reveal the immense intere st taken in suffrage by women. They take the matter seriously, which is 1nore than can be said f.o r most men. The League holds frequent meetings, sometimes inviting men to profit by their programs. Members are constantly being added by the 11elp of very effective n1ethods. League lnembers know before the day of voting the issues involved and the qualifications of th e candidates. H~w many men do? Members .o f the League know . the date s of coming elections; they know \vhere the polling places are and when they open and close. They know how to mark their ballots. They do not sign their ballots, which we were told a certain man had done since he cast his first vote, thereby causing every 1one of his ballots to be thrown into the waste ·b asket. No, League members don't do such foolish things. \Vhen the League forms a Men's. Auxiliary. perhaps ~ome of us tnen will join. ·-·-·-·-·-·-··-·-··-·-. -· SHORE LINES ·a_ta_a_ -o9 1 _ Ma·r ch 18, 1927 -··-·-a-~-a-o_a_ + SPRING When Springtime beckons once again t<? me To come with her beneath the buddmg tree , And welcome back the lovely birds and flowers, I marvel at the grandeur that is ours: And as I view each tiny growing thing, I think how wonderful indeed is Spring. When Springtime brings again her sunny smile. To warm our hearts, and linger for awhile , When meadowlarks' and robins' notes resoun·d, And migratory birds are northward bound : \Vhen flowers come peeping up beneath the sod , I think how wonderful indeed is God. ....................,..,.--OLIVIA .....,.. THE SOLUTION KINGSL EY. Hamencggs, by the simple methud uv extermina tion bed succeeded ole King Awfulfiop to th e thr~ne . But however clever hed been hiz "coup d 'etat " he suddent discovered that bein hi d~ololl y and c~rryin out the wurk thet hiz predece sso r heel s ucceeded in dodgin wuz two 'entirely separate and different things. There wuz awl uv the different faction s in awl uv the north shore towns a hollerin their hed s off fer r~presentation in the Ego- counciL Not only, but al so. everyone and everybody wuz a clamorin· fer mor e pay and less wurk. To state it mild!.YHameneggs wuz in a duc.e. of a quandry. ·· Now to g ive them organized youdlers repre se n tation would be as disastrous as playing bare hand ed with the imperial guilotine . The ole King Awfulfiop hed been rather uncar eful about the way '1e spent the contents uv the roy al trea sury and thet same institooshun wuz a s empty a s an apartment buildin in September. To tell HO\V thct treasury got anaemic and to di sclaim re sponsibility fer it s vacancy w o uld be t e w itl\'it(· a fe stival with royal executer over the late necessitated abdication uv ole King Awfultl o p . Such a thing wuz not to be considered. Hameneggs paced the fl oor; he ma ss aged th e place where hiz hair aught 'a wu z ; fin a lly in sh eer des peration he grabbed up a copy uv th e "Thr ee Masted Windjammer." He s tood a s if tran s fixed -before hiz startled eyes g larcrl these ominpo rt a n t Wt!rds· Wilmette to Annex . "No Man's Land" \\.ith a s nort , Hameneggs threw thet paper thru the window and , g rabbin hiz be st crown. b o lt ed thru the door. A s hort time later an aged beggar shuffled rapidly out thru the castle gates and sped awa v toward the North Shore electric. A~ fur a s hez been establi shed since. awl ttY th e north s hore slept sound thet nite; not. a whi s p(·r grated 'pon the sensitive ears-tranied to li sten fer htc rattle of Ciceronian machine gun s. But the next mornin! Law what a rumpus! At about six bells the fire siern in Wilmette snorted and screamed like a thing possessed. The towans-people and country people, throughout ,awl of the north shore gathered in frightened groups and , gestulatin widly, talked in whispers. Down in Chicago, awl uv the stalwart boys in blue departed fer point s unknown; in Springfield Gov. Len Small turned out the Home Guard and prepared fer a siege. NO MAN'S LAND HAD DISAPPEARED! From side to side, charges and counter charge s were thrown like hedge apples; the hue and crv uv fal se evidence rose from every place like steam frum a boilin kittle. An then sumone discovered the missin property, tucked away as it were, in a pawn shop at the northwest corner uv Vernon and Park avenues, Glencoe. Fifty thousand grand it took to get thet thing out uv hock and whut the pawn-broker stood fer wuz sumthin scandiferous, he wuz cussed up wun side and burnished off on the other. Hiz demands were preposterous-un h eard uv. Nevertheless they paid the bill. A short time later representation wuz given to awl constituants in the Ego-council and the treasury wuz proclaimed to be full to fiowin over. Hamencggs chuckled to hi sself and gave the stuf fed Awfulflop an extra kick a :-~ he climbed onto hiz haw se thet afternoon . ~ The entire North Shore has sufficient n :ason to be proud of the great music fest1val given every year in Evanston. It is not a local a,ffair, supported by a single community, ·but Music is looked f.orward to, atFestival tended, and en joyed by residents of all that large and favored suburban area known as the North Shore. In fact, steam, electricity, and gas bring to the festival people from Chicago and from as far north as Lake Bluff. This year during the week beginning Monday, May 23, there will be a series of wonderful programs presented in Patten Gymnasium. The outstanding features will be the appearance of world-renowned vocal soloists-Austral, Loriflg, and Lewis, sopranos; Doe and Braslau, altos; Johnson and Althouse, tenors; Stevens and Tibbett, baritones. Surely a notable company. A thoroughly trained chorus of 600 will present Mendelssohn's "Elijah" and Wil- . Iiams' "Sea Symphony"; the latter likely to arouse great enthusiasm, judging from the present high reputation of its composer; an Englishman who has produced choral pieces f){ unusual beauty and breadth. Als.o on the week's program will be a Children's chorus of 1,500, to see and hear which will Enter.'n&' ( MAIN . S TREET WILMETTE tJnd Le~a/ Tec~ ProtestS, De/a~ nlcol/tkJs havehi1 lf) ................ ·-DEMIGOG. You're Very Puany Hello Mique: the work~ PiJVIiJt Ro~qw-oy- h/s Could you .ake tM .. Sorry you weraa't i -H~· · ContributlnnM ar,· ,. IM -,- -ho, hum. H yuu nau "'rlh det'elightecl tu Ul't· It- ' ·. hum. -Elmer D. B eck er. ...·...,··l ...... u,.. tamer?" , Ill. w, Wilmette . ·I om nt this season JtrlnJ{ 1·o{·try we'll be -MIQUE.