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.10 WILMETTE LIFE June 1, 1928 WILMETrE LIFE 188VBD F&ID.A.Y OF BACH WBBI LLOYD BOLLISTEB. INC. . 1232-1236 Central Ave., Wllmette, Ill. Otcaco omce : I N. Klchlga.n Ave. TeL State 1111 . bJ' Tilijioae .. .. ..·.··.....· .... .... .... . Wilmette flit i11118CaiPTIO!f PmCB ·····..·.. . . .. PM A TEA.B All communicatlou must be accompanied by the D&me 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, obituaries. notices of entertainments or other atrairs where an admittance charge Is pubUshed, wlll be charged at regular advertising rates. Louis L. Emmerson'~ renlY to the late Jetter sent him bY the \\;il;11ette · \~oter~' .-\dYison· C"mmit ec i ~ ~o stra ight and · clear that we think Emmerson's \\'C are \\'holly ju~ti tied in reprinting it _ in Straight Reply uur editorial colnmn~· . I i eYC:rY hra nch of government lin~d up u, the letter and .-pirit 0f this n:ply . . \merica \\'unld he a real democracy. Head \\'hat he \\TOte. ~~I haYe your letter asking me to ~tate my position relatiY e to the 'diYorce of politics from crime.' t "I should think n~y \\'hole private and public career "·uuld be ~ufficient guarantee of my attitude. I ha,·e never been aligned with the criminal element in politics or elsewhere ancl certainh- haYe no intention of being aligned " ·i th ·that elemei1t now. ~Iy campaign for the Republican nomination for govern r "·a:' made on a platform of good government. ~o goYernment i · a good goYernment unlc 5~ it protects the decent, law abiding citizen in hi~ hcime and at his busines s and as:;ures him the right to have hi· ballot cast " ·ithout interference and hone ·th· counted when cast. X either is it good gon~rnment if the criminal clement in our soc ietY ha:-' anY domination of or influence with· tho~e ci1arged with its administration. "I pledged the people that if nominated and elected I \\' ould give them an administration free frum graft. extravagance or mismanagement. I promised to administer the government hone~tly. fearle~sly and efficiently. "The. e \\'ere my pledge" before the primary and they are my pledge:' now. Xever in my life haYe I betrayed a public trust. Louis L. Emmerson." l\1any, if not tnost, of to-day's troubles will be gone tomorrow. \\'hat teacher is there who ha ~ not gone to bed "·ondeting how she \\'as going to deal with that troublesome boY in her class. and has gone ~0 school the next daY tO find that the boy was not so bad as she had expected? And has it never happened that a hu~iness n1an worrying over some hill demanding payment tomorro\\' has received in the mornmg's mail a nice fat check? Of course the unexpected doesn't always happen. The clouds don't alway roll away. But relief does very often· cotne. often enough to justify us in not worrying when we have done the very best we can. Teachers coming to our North Shore communities often find it next to impossible to learn of boarding places that are desirable and at the same time fairly inexpensive. They can be greatly assisted in their search by dweiiers in the communities who have roqms to rent and are willing to. charge rates within the modest incoTQes of Had y'o u been in ~vanston o~ a recent FridaY or Saturday, JUSt precedmg P.oppy DaY ~You might have seen parked at the ·' · curb a queer-looking vehicle .. It bore a distant Are They re se m hlance to a small Deserving? ark. and in fact was · callefl 1)\· it ~ O\\'ners "the first ark si nce the flood.'~' It ,,·a s coYered \\'ith multitude s of queer trophies_. mostly license plate~ from eYery state in the l 7nion. The apparent O\\·ner~ of this outlandish motor Yehicle were t\\'O men dres:-'ed in a ~or t of undre~s arm. Y uniform. Roth ,,·ert using crutches. ha~· ing apparently been crippled in fighting- for their count1~y. _\ s \\'e ,,·ere passing. one of the men sa id in. an und ertone. "Budd,·. " ·ill You h elp a couple of disabled soldiers?" \\·e took the card that h e offered and on it read: "\rood citizens r e m ember the l)(J\·s . The sa le of this card " ·ill help one o.f these di~abled veterans of the \\'orld war ,,·h o is desen·ing. \\'e thank yon." On the reYerse sid e ,,·as a picture of the "ark." ~ ·e said nothing and gave nothing to the man. ::\1 a Yl>e the- t \\'u ~,·ere n~terans, but we doubt· it. 'fhe,· seemed more like two beggars \\·ho ,,·ere. taking adYantage of the ~ympathy for cripp1cd soldiers and of a wiJlingness to help disabled Yeteran s. \\re understand that so me such men were beg-ain!! on the street s of \\'innetka some Years h ~> ago and ,,·ere deJHinnced hy the local Legion as impo. tor . It would he a pity if such men as these should weak en o ur gratitude to the meP who made such sacrifices for us only a few Years ago. \Y e trust that \\'e shall· remain ~ntelJigent enough to · discriminate het\reen the rascal in solrlier 's clothing and the real \'eteran. - SH .O RE LINES FLOWERS F/M.('CI'S- Tircr bloom nn my rigltt. Thr\· bloom on my left. The\· bJoo Ill iII Ilz l' Ill Cad Oi.('S. Tlrr\· escort 1111' i l'II CII I stroll Tlu·;myh the yro11drw· n.f sile11t forests-·· Flm.t·crsThn ivclromc lilt' thrnu!fh garden ya tes , · Tht·v nrNI 111 c H'ht' ll I lra··rrse t.·alleys, Tit c)· .tJI'C<'t lilt' <l'htn I ·clamber hillsFlo<l'Crs-.·111 s11rls oj fln'il'CI'SJ:-;·ar jlm.l·cr urnn th e flail/: . Ill u'rc Ill_\' constant t'OIIlf£llliOIIS. Ill. fltt t on<': · Th,· thart·st flo'i.l'<·r I knm{'- ~ .I f/o;,·N that ;l·aits o'er yonda lzills·n,<' S<l'l'CII'.\1 oj olf F/ni.l't'/'.1', -\'AKC~L\1.\. Laugh, Clown! This is the pathetic story nf a clown who did not succeed. At the age of fiye he ran away from home \rith a featherbed under one ann and a baked ham under tlw other. and })(lined a passing circus. By the time he had reached the age oi discretion he had played in 1.000 towns, and they say he laughed on the ayerage of four laughs a minute. ~e was a riot. a sensation. a whizz. but no big circuses would take him on. "·hen he que stioned them, they evaded his eyes, murmuring excuses. So he kept on in the small circuses. laughing iniectiously through life. But cYcrv once in a while he would stop in the middle of a laugh and wonder why he could not quite reach the top of the circus ladder. If it chanced to be during OJ\..: of his acts, the audience \\'ould go off into gales of laughter at his ludicrous expression. Finally, when he reached the age of 89 years, and was reclining contentedly on his death bed. the secret was revealed to him, and as its truth flashed before him he laughed loud and long. He \Yas the only clown in existence who did not han~ a heartache to conceal. - WICKn:. Fil(ler) Again the envious individual whose name appears at the base of this column of poetry, politics, and persiflage · f eels inspired to take a tilt at our wise habit of vacating now and then. He ought to know, using his brain now and then, that mental industry is of all work the moat taxing, require· ing a rest of two days regularly out of every seven, and six weeks, at least, during the sultry summer. A comparison of whatever Mique himself produces for this column with the two entirely original pillara of wisdom and wit adjoining it on the west will convince any fair·minded reader that having unusual intelligence what we need most is recreation and plenty of reat. -FIL, THE FILOSOF£!~. 1f the perso ns with ,,·hom \H' are must familiar may se rn: as criteria \\'e must conclude that there are many person s 111 :\orth ~hore Yillages " ·ho not only do not Use Your use our communitY Local Library libraries hut " ·ho ar~ not eYen acouaintecl \\'i~h the size, equipment. and ra.nge these same libraries. Tho:-'e adults and children \\'ho are regular users of village books kno\\' pretty we 11 '"hat the libraries can do for them. of ::\!any boys do practically all their reading in books from public librarie". TheY have few books at home other than school books. ·' Scott and SteYenson and Verne w.o uld ha Ye no chance to tell their \Yonderfully thrilling . torie~ to these boys, were there not in the neighborhood a building filled \Yith books bY . these authors and others only a little less intere ting. For fift,· Years books ha Ye been to us a treasure.-house of delight. \\"e remember one large book telling of the experien.c s of David Livingstone, the _ -\frican missionarY. f n the volume were pictures .of lions at;d huffalos. One picture that we shall never forget showed the missionary lying helpless under the huge forepa\vs of a gigantic lion. \Vith what a mingling of horrors ancl fascination d.i d \\·e gaze upon that frightful sight! But to return to our village libraries. Become a borrower. Plan to take on your \'acation ten books for the entire sum.mer .Maybe you will want to take along with . you the biography of Livingstone. The Gold Digger (Apologies to Lord Byron) Thi.s modern maid is a coquette At~d joy.s to see a lover tremble, And if .she love, or if she hate Alike she knows how to dissemble. Her heart can both be bought or sold How e'er it beats, it beats most queerly; And as it always bends to gold 0 love you lmtg 'twill cost ymt dearlv. r ..:...H. F. S. New Order of Things An Iowa· judge, one is informed in recent new~ dispatches, has recently ruled that "back seat" driving is not sufficient ground for divorce. Strangely enough, the plaintiff in the case was a woman. Our good friend "Moon" Baker is credited with the following, (in the courae of a discussion on the proapecta for a Chicago aubway): "It ~ould seem quite impoaaible to build a subway in Chacago since all the room ia taken by the underworld." rid~ teachers. And if they did buUd a subway, . who'd dare to in it? -}UQUE.