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32 . WILMETTE LIFE WILMETTE LIFE ISSUED FRIDAY 0}~ EACH WEEK by LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. 1222 Central Ave., Wilmette, Ill. Chicago office: 6 N. Michigan Ave. Tel. State 6326 Telephone ··..··..·..·....·......·....... Wilmette 192:0 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE .............. $2.00 A )'.t.:Alt AJI communications must be accompanied by th~ name and address of the writer. Articles for publication must reach the editor by Wednesday noon to 'nsure appearance in current issue. ' Resolutions of ~ondolence, cards of thanks, obituary, nottces of entertainments or other affairs where an admittance charge is published, will be charged at regular advertising rates. Think of it- a chocolate candy bar 165 miles long! That's how much a single shipment of a popular chocolate confection would make if placed end to 165 Miles end. 165 miles! Never did we in .o ur wildest dreams Long! imagine such unending delight. No fairy tale. telling of hou ses made of candy, ever dared picture !' ttch an eternal stick. \Vhich !juggcsts to us th e fact that the · old fashioned type of fairy story is rapidlY becoming obsolete. The wonders of modcr;1 scie nce and industry arc beating mythology at it s .own game. What is there in the child's fairy story to rival the miracles of radio? What king of ancient times ever possessed a pile to r.i val the gold heaps of Rockefeller and Ford? . ~et us then )vrite stor'ies that are at once wildly marvelous and true. Let us present facts in attractive garb. Let us tnake O\'er Santa Claus into some sort of form or pcr~on that will en1body scientific reality and at the same tim e catch and hold the child's fancy. You and I would not think much of a light "'h~ use keeper vvho took no steps to hav e hi s lights visible at night and especially on stormy nights. We'd Be think that such nights ·were just the titnes when his light Visible! ought to be most visible. And what should we think of the North Western railway management if they did not take the greatest possible pains tu have their signal lights most visible .on the darkest, stormiest nights? Our own police authorities are guiltv of just this negligence. Our traffic p~lice ~tand at street intersections regulating- the moven1ents of cars. And on rainy ni()'ht s b \\'hat do they wear? Black raincoats! which make them as easily visible at such times as a lighthou se without light . Every.one knows that raincovered windshields arc rather opaque. How then can traffic police expect their signals to be easily seen at night during a rainstorm? \Ye s uggest to our chiefs of police that our crossing police wear \VHITE slickers on rainy nights or that a spotlight be so directed as to make our controllers of traffic unmi :takably visible. remedy. Frequently th~y are. ~.ade the mark of bitter and prejudtced cnhctsm, and at titnes of open hostility. But they keep right on in spit.e of exhausting wor~ an,d attacks, rendenng service that is as truly patriotic as anr, _rend.ered by captain or colonel. When a proJect ts on foot like the building of a village hall, the · unpaid leader and his helpers see it through to a finish. Let us work with them, offering suggestion and service ungrudgingly and in a friendly spirit. When called on for assistance, let u s respond quickly and g~n~rous ly , emulating their attitude and acttvtty. . .,__,_._____._~--~-.:.-a· . SHORE LINES THE RETURN April 8, 1927 0 She has returned, the prodigal. Once more Her green footprints turn homeward to your door . There are violets in her laughter and a petal of blur sky · ' Is t.1n gled in her gypsy hair. The March winds . rid ing high, Have swept aside her flimsy ra~s and ldt her bc.Hlt\ ' bare. The whiteness of th e fleecy clouds is on her breast Jnd thigh. Fling wide your icc -bound door . 0 World : \('\.! April sta ndin~ lhcrc. FLORENCE BEAR D. ·++++++++++++ ADD-THE VILLAGE BEAUTIFUL 'v \iVhen we were young, we th ought that older pe.o ple were quite different from younger people. \V e thought they didn't · care to have much to do with callow Youth. Merely a So we mad e 1ittle or Misunderstanding no attempt to get into their good graces. \Vhen we met these individuals on the street we ne vcr, with few t·xccpt i.ons. though of speak ing to them. Our idea ,,·as that they didn't know who we \rere and didn't care to know. But now that we arc in the class of the older people we sec our tnistakc. O ld er people DO care to have young people speak to them. It's very pleasant for men past forty to be on friendly speaking terms with boys of .fourteen. tnore or less. In fact , when these two groups are not congenial. things are distinctly not as they should he. It's not uncommon to hear people wishing that they hacl the time and moncv to t ra vc I. They'd 1 ike to see the wonders of Europe or take a trip to Alaska. What a l~nt theY haven't the \\·here withal! -Too had! Boy Did 11 ere's a chap in \ \'ilmctte ,,·ho pnts all these would-be travelers to shame. IIi~ namr · is T larry Keator, and in stead of spendi ng hi~ time wishing, benioaning the fact that he didn't have the cash, he h~1s earned enough tu en able him to make a trip to Alaska. And we learn that he ha s clone it by making hirdh ou::;es. Yon can do almo:-:.t anything you ,,·ant to. if you \\'ant to really and 1ruly. You dun 'L ha\' C to make bird house~. There arc n)any . other ways of earning nwn ey. Don't spend your valuable time in futile \\'ishing~ I i you really want to spend a ~nmmer in Enrope, get busy and ear n th<' nen·...;...;;1n· muneY. One of the prime benefits of the re cent stret·i idt'ning program in \Vilm ctt ~ . wh~ch finds tW( i wick strips of smooth concrete flankmg the mugh and rugged hrick ways, appt:ars to be that t_hf' motoring public employs the new pavement tur tran·ling purposes thus permitting the. gra-.. ~ tl · pct'p up between the bricks to form a ntce ct:nt<'r 1 ~ar kway . ++++++++++++· Gin," the editorial canine, familiarly dubbed the type -eating canine, arises to announce 'that the recent report of his death was grossly exaggerated. 44 trtl ·'Gin" met his doom, gave out the followin~ (,j ficia l bulktit1 anent the accident: ".:.Jo. no. mccstcr, he not your dog . You'rv cl · ·~· he shorta tail. thisa dog he longa tail." The genial Sit:ilian who mind s the Korth \\'t t gates at which point the canim: mi~takl·n t1·' ++++++++++++· But, What Preceded the Doxology? Dear M iqueStuck is right! And stuck irom six in th(' eYening until ten. Four solid hours, and no hop( after the first two CJr three futil e triab to pull ourscl\'cs out. \Ve- thc Principal and the J>roft·~ sor with the car-had hccn ferried acrn~s from Stc. Genevieve, an ofd French to\\'11 011 the ~I i~ so uri side of the Mi s~ issippi river, to a tempClrar::landing place on the Illinois si de. \\'c had ht.·t·n told that the hean· rain s hacl made th e lH·ItiJlll~ on the Illinois :-.icie almost impa ssa ble. but ,.,.t figured that if we kept on g(1ing, and kept t b <·nginc dry, all would be well. And all .was well ~111til \\T \H'r<.' on tht · "n:..: 1 of climbing to higher ancl drier ground. Pn ,·ir,tt~ to that we had pulled thr(lugh ~trdchc~ that " t n more like hog wallows than roads and ru, lwri through muddy pools that rmc up over thl' rtJtl ning board. Ju st a..; W l: \\'(.'l't' about to ri~t· tc· bett er things, the Principal \'C'Cred to the :--idt· 111 the road where the mud was ~oftest and clcl'l 'l'"t. fn sank the left side of the car, and thcrl.· \\ t.· stopped. and s tayed. The Prof c~sor waded th rou)...' h the liquid nltld to a farml'r'..; barn se\·cral hundred krt a\Yay. After working for the aforesaid hour~ in the mud and Egyptian darkness wc- FanlH· ·. Principal, Professor and two hor:;cs- jimmied tht· car up and onto le ss unstable road\\'av. The Pr Cl fcss'o r sang the first phrase of the Dox ology and \\'C' climb ed to the happ~· highlands. -F!L Tl !E F!LOSOTT. R. ++++++++++++· Political Votes When and if this is read Winnetka and Glencoe will have duly chosen their respective village administrators and Wilmette will be well on its way in its very own political carnival. All of which has nothing whatever to do with the fact that next Tuesday marks the occasion of the first flash of our annual pass to Cubs' park. \\'e rec ently completed an 800 mile auto tour of central and so uthwe ster n rllinoi s. Our general impression is that it'~ a very flat ~ tatl' and that corn is · almost the only crop. \Ye 've ~ee n acres and acres Impression of rich black land. k\-el as Every community, served by men and a table top, and millions of women in public office without pay, owes ,,·ithcred corn ·s taiks. to these sa me n1en and won1en a debt of These corn lands were not beautiful, but gratitude which it can best they were bountiful and apparently profit discharge by intelligent able. \\'e had some rea son to doubt their Without co-operation. These public being prof1table, because a bank director Pay se rvants attend board and \ informed u s that the farmers in the corn committee. tneetings regubelt would do w ell to raise m.o re hogs and less corn. He found it difficult to persuade larly and often at no little sacrifice of .their private interests. They tnake long and the farmers to tnake this chai1ge, their conpainstaking, and not seldom, disagreeable servatisn1 binding them to what they and their fathers had ahY~lys done : inYestigations of conditions that demand a A General ++++++++++++' Needed-More Playground Space ~liquc: Discussion concerning the proposal to rurrl' t't the mor e wretched of \.Vilmcttc st rcets ha s rm phasized the fact that her highways arc partictt larly desirable playgronncl s for the 'chilclrl'tl an.d :-~ houlcl, by reason of that fact, he retained in thl·tr · present speed-prevent ion state. -r- ], HU GH H. And in Chicago the\· haYe "off the st reet" t luh" . ~n douht the kiddit ·s ha\' l ' a tlt'lig-lltful tinw l'tl<tlltill ;.: tlw hills and dnlC' on thost· nnttqu1· thorou ghfal'!'s. wi_tl~ r c·fl'l·to the situation in <..'hka~·o, it will i.H' or 1111! · 1'1 ·:-t tn note that thf' 1>eaC'hE>s al't· blooming- a. fortnight ' 11 ;Hl\·anr ·t· thi!" spring. l ·llt'l' ~pc· aking furth er ++++++++++++· or politics, parti<"ulnrly - 1I_I_QC1·: .