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26 ¥ WILMETTE LlPE ;nformation than upon the information itself. . ISSUED FRIDAY OF J.:ACH WEEK by LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. 1222 Central Ave., Wilmette, Ill. Chicago ot!lce: 6 N. Michigan Ave. Tel. State 6326 Teltpllone ..·.·.··........··.. ~ ...·..·.·· Wllaette ltiV SUBSCRIPTION PBICE .............. 11.00 A · Y.t;A.K AU communications must be accompanied by the name and address of the writer. Artlclea for publication must reach the editor by Wednesday noon to lnaure appearance In current Issue. Resolutions ot ~ondolence, cards of thanks, obituary, notices of entertainments or other atralre where an admittance charge Is published, will be charged at regular advertising rates. 4. Find n1ore difficult tasks to do. 5. Learn t,o speak in public. 6. Learn to play some athletic gan1e. 7. Learn to do one line ·of work particularly well. · 8. Get better acquainted with his instructors. 9. Take fewer courses which are strictly practical. 10. Have an avocation which would bring him into close touch with men. That outdoor recreational activitie s of a public nature are increasing yearly is evidenced by the following figures taken from the 1926 Year Book of the Playground and Public Recreation Association of Playgrounds .A me rica. In 1926, 758 cities spent for public recreation $19,202,123. The tean1s of young men and boys which played league gan1es in baseball, playground ball, football, s.occer, basketball, quoits. volley ball, bowling and miscellaneous games ntunbered 48,000. In 1925 there \Yen:! 37,000 teams, in 1924 only 33,000. The leagues that took part in these game~ totaled 7,216, the players who were in the se leagues 632,350, and the spectators who saw the gatnes, 22,000,(X)(). The total of 790 cities reported organized recreation. There were .only 748 of these cities in 1925. Separate recreation areas to the total of 10.123 are reported for 1926, a gain of 1515 oYer 1925. Tennis courts in 1926 numbered 6,254, a gain oy~r the year before of one c.o urt a day. 4~e ~,. playgrounds to the number of 558 baseball fields were laid · out in outlying city districts to n1ake up for the decrea~e in Yacant city lots. The gain in trained leadership, an important feature of playground tnanagement, has been particularly striking in recent years. In 1921 the cities that had all-year leadership numbered 191. In 1926 the num ber had risen tv .343. Including summer workers, the persons employed on play·g-rounrls in 1926 numbered 17,090 in 758 nttes. In 1926 there were 5,073 employed \\'Orkers enrolled in training classes. In 1921 there were only 1,580. ~Irs. . - ·-·-·-·-·-·-· - -·-·-·-·-··. . -··- --·-·-·-·-·-. May 13, 19Z7 SHORE ..... LINES -·-·-·-~-·-·HAPPINESS IS OURS Recently a North Western limited struck the car which Mr. Odhner of Hubbard \Voods was driving, and the occupant was killed. A day or two previous Chance' a North Shore litnited on the · Skokie branch struck the truck in which Mr. Price of Rogers Park was riding, and the occupant was not even scratched. In b.oth instances the car was struck by a fast train and demolished. Why was one man killed and the other uninjured? We may say that it was by a tnere chance that Mr. Price escaped. But all that such an answer n1eans is that the t\Yo sets of conditions were different. But does such an a?swer really a~swer? -· It simply emphastzes one's convtction that the conditions ~ust have be~n different to produce such dt.f ferent results. Would it not he better to admit ignorance and let it go at that? What ever the solution to the puzzle men tioned above, it is truer now than ever that drivers should take no chances. especially when crossing- railroad track s. HF, ~l TRE YOU CAN CROSS SAFELY! CALAMITY WEIGHS LIGHTLY ENOUGH UPON THE SHOULDERS OF THE EDITOR'IAL GENERALISSIMO. WITNESS: THE LADY AT THE SECOND DESK, NORTH\VEST, IN THE HOSPITAL MINUS ONE APPENDIX; WICKIE, INCARCERATED IN 'TOTHER END OF TOWN DEPRIVED OF HER TONSILS; SOC. ED. SUFFERING FR011 A CODE IN DE HED; EDITORIAL CANINE DOI~G HIS BEST ON THREE FEET; WINDSTORM STOPS THE LIN OS. d? !X* AND A COUPLE OF d? !X"'. ············· Eloquent Thought -\11 week we've been conjuring unsavory .expleth·es to . hurl in the general dir~ction <?f Phtlup Space who perpetrated that facettous Fltvver-Locomotivc editorial last ·week. r ····+·++++++· HARD TO BELIEVE H.l\'C you heard the story of old. dog Tray. Who was built in such an abomtnable way That , despite his whines and his crys and ~owls, They clipped him and scraped and shaped htm for hours. . They roached up his mane and loJ?ped off hts cars In defiance of custom and even hts peers: And after they'd bereft him a section of tail . And corkscrewed the rest to the tune of a wail. Still his legs were too long and his nose too short So they up and turned that darned dog out. -HUB . ' ·++++++++++++ Babe Ruth's cinematic advertisement for a certain well-known brand of eating tobacco, now performing at a prominent Loop movie palace, confirma our conviction that Babe is fine when he's playing ball. Th~ difference between a macadam street that ts full t-. of holes. ranging from irritatinrr l ( epresswns to maddening chuck-holes, and the same street with all the h 0 1 s filled w i t h Resurfacing gravel, bound with tarvia. is all the difference between sorrow and joy. A boulevard which has been converted by wear and frost into an exasperating series of bumps can by resurfacing be put into almost good-as-new condition. There are still streets that are in great need <;>f this reconditioning. Riding on ~hem gives one all the experiences attendtog navigation in a choppy sea, except that instead of the seasickness one gets bruises in sensitive spots. Old brick streets give these disagreeable sensations. And yet ,ve understand !hat even bumpy brick pavetnents can be improved by an application of gravel and tar via. · Even Center street in Winnetka could be temporarily improved by such a trea.t ment. ·++++++++++++ "\\"omen," comments one who lo\'es 'em, "have much in common with an old shoe. Comfortable? :\o. not that. It's the tongue that wears out last." e ·++++++++++++ This thing I've learned: I shall not ever find Great gifts, for only dreams are kind Lifting the load, and I shall ever pay Pain for a smile-nor have that joy one day. You say to smile? I learned that long ago There is no pain, but thinking makes it so. Life's little joys I grasp, only to see ·The greater scheme I've missed. eluding me. Gray empty days march on throughout the years Too drab to even bring a pain that sears. Futile through all this life, there lies the pain We only count as pawns . . for Nature's gain. Currutti .of Hubbard Woods broke a law, a Federal law at that. For doing so Of all teachers experience is the best. At the same time it must be admitted that a teacher who could teach wisdom to us before we needed it would outstrip experience who imThe Best parts wisdom after we need Teacher it. Thomas Arkle Clark, dean of men at the University of Illinois and familiarly known as "Tommy Arkle," says that if he had his college life to live over again he w·o uld : 1. Develop concentration- work harder but not so long. 2. Learn to work while others are around. 3. Put more stress on learning how to get she paid $100 and is now without a place of business, it having been closed up for a year by Breaking Uncle Sam's agents. For the Law the benefit of those who have never read the law in its exact ,original. allow us to quote the main section in its entirety. Here it is: "XVIII. Section 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the nlanufacture, sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof intD, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purpose is hereby pr,ohibited." The Winnetka police department is to be highly commended for its diligence in collecting evidence in this Hubbard Woods case and in pushing it to its legitimate conclusion. The Volstead Act is a law and as such it should be rigorously enforced,. L'ENVOI Great God of men, our invocations rise Seeking to find some answtr from the skies. -B. L. B. ···+++++++++ There Oughta Be a Law The ac'o pe of the celebrated Freedom of Speech u enjoyed in tbia fair land apparently include· the oratory common to public hearin21 on contemplated 'Villa1e improvements. All the auggeationa o&ered at the average 1atherin1 of this character would, if placecl encl to. end, reach from here to there and 1et one juat about aa far. Said sessions serve well to put a fine edge on the sense of hum9r said to be peculiar to all Americans. We are often funniest when trying to· be very serious. . ··-. . . -MIQUE..