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WILMET T _ E Ll FE June 15, 1928 On a .recent election day a North Shore woman on her way to the polls saw coming towards her a young c.olored woman. 188UBD FBIDA Y OF EACH WEEX by The dark-skinned individ'LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. 1232-1236 Central Ave., Wilmette, Ill. Take Pride ual was chuckling visibly CJalcaco oftlce : 6 N. Michigan Ave. Tel. State 6111 and a~tdibly. The older filepioae .. . . ............ . . ...... . .... Wilmette fiM in Voting woman suspected that iUBSCJUPTION PBICB .·.·..··.· . . .. tJ.tO A YBAB the lady of color was All communications must be accompanied by the amused by some error in the costume of D&me and address of the writer. Articles for publication must reach the editor by Wednesday noon to her white sister. She scrutinized her outfit Insure appearance tn current Issue. with unusual care, but found everything as Resolutions of condolence, cards of thanks, obituaries, notices of entertainments or other affairs where it should be. She asked the young woman, an admittance charge Is published, wlll be charged at re(ru1ar advertising rates. who was by this time about to pass her, the cause of her smiles and chuckles. "I noticed Of what use are flowers? As food and that you were much amused about someclothing flowers are of no value. Pork and thing. Pardon my curiosity, but just what cabbage can sustain life more or less effec- · is it that makes you .so happy?" tively. Cotton and wool The colored woman, a little surpri sed by can be worked up into To Make the question, paused a second or two and garments so as to serve then said with very evident pride, · "Ahm Life Happier· the purposes of modesty goin' to vote." and warmth. But who It's refreshing to meet anyone nowadays ever tried to eat or wear flowers and thereby who is so proud to have the chance to vote gained any sati sfaction? that he cannot contain his joy but must Ne,·ertheless a flowerless earth would surely show it to all the world. The average voter be a soher. not to say funereal earth. Grass and is so hardened, so sophisticated, that the trees and buildings give the world a somewhat opportunity to exercise his suffrage right homelike appearance. But without flowers it means little or nothing to him. Were he to lacks gayety. color, fragrance. Even a single be as pleased by the prospect of voting as flower placed in a dull room dispels the duBwas this colored lady, his friends would ness and adds cheer and charm. think him ready for Dunning. The homes of the poor are brightened by It would, however, be good for the whole flowers. A pot of geraniums with their bright country if voters could recover, if only ocred blossoms makes a cottage kitchen more casionally, some of the pride which they attractive than a royal drawing room with no felt when they cast their first ballot. flowers. A cluster of flowers in a sick-room makes illness more tolerable. Into it they Mother's Day has come and gone with its bring life and beauty. injunctions to give mother a token of our It is one of the privileges of North Shore affection and appreciation. Now comes Fathpeople. living in the midst of con1fort and loYeer's Day. Next Sunday we !iness .. to shar th(·ir good fortune with people are to tell dear Dad how tn Chtcago. ln our gardens are multitudes of Dad's Day, n1uch we all love him. \ Ve flowers. Our h me are surrounded with an June 17 are also to give him a nice almost emhar rassing profusion of blooming colored shirt or a box of nt . It is fortunate that we can shrubs and pb L in itialecl handkerchiefs. add to our happiness and at the same time to Father has always had a hard time. From that of others in the city of millions bv sending to these millions flowers. those early days in the hi story of mankind when Eve misled Adam, clear down to the Every morning suburbanites mav be seen present day, Father has led a di stressing liie. carrying to Chicago and leaving at tlie Chicago Bv the sweat of his brow and enormous exPlant and Flower Guild booth in the North penditures of his nervous energy he has supWestern terminal station great bunches of ported the rest of the famil y. l\1other and the flowers. These go to those unfortunates in children have li,·ed so ft liYes und er the shelChicago who have no flower s of their own, tering roof-tree. whose rooms must go bare and unlovelv if no It is eminently fitting that a dav he set aside flowers are brought into them from st{burban as Father's Day. Whether he wants it to hapgardens. or not Father should be remembered in pen Make the lives of the poor and sick happier some special way. \Vhether Ma and the chilby sharing in the giving of fl owers. Take the dren say it in bill fold s ·or pencils it should flowers to Chicago or give them to the trainbe said. Dad suffers in silence . Therefore men, who will see that your gifts reach their the rest of the world should express its love proper destination. for him in easily audible terms- red neckties, if n~ce:-sary. The human race is surelv a funnv race. \ Ve drive cars with horsepo\\:er from~ twenty to At fairly frequent intervals we read of sixty or n1ore and forget what agencies for husband and wife who are celebratin()' their death and destruction such machines can be, golden wedding. In view ·of the weak~ess of unless driven with unusual caution. Also when the wedding bond in the United States and .the Fourth of July comes around we would in view of the increasing lack of seriousness unless restrained bv the less foolish few al~ with which married life is considered 1t low children to play with explosives of v~ry seems to us most fitting that such 'a11 ing degrees of deadliness. All of us ought to achievement as living toge~her for fiftv be glad that we are protected from one anyears sh?uld be observed with most unusual other and· from ourselves, too, bv legal proceremontes. hibitions. ~ WILM'E.T T.E' LIFE SHORE LINES TOM .. ...~ ... The ri sing sun Slowly paints a vivid sky . Above the hills That ·toom thru the mist Of early morn .. .. . . Beauty reigns supreme In the land of the rising sun. But give me The quietitud e of evening vVith silent trees Drawing forth illumined shadows Fror:n t1 he glory of western skies . .. . . . F or my h eart abides In the land of th e setting sun. -\_'akumaia We've Been Flustered, Too On the count~r in our business office there IS a brand new sign reading "Information." A gay and blithesome young thing approached "Stacey" and inquired about placing an ad. Maybe it was the new pink smock that flustered her but she p opped out: "Miss Information, I waDt to place an ad." "We take ads," r eplied Stacey, "but you'll have to look somewhere else for Miss Information." \\h en the gay and blithesome young thing had depart ed Stac ey was heard to remark : "They don't hit all the foul balls in the ball park." -The Old Plug. Ho Hum! Well, well vacation is here again. Cal and the Missus are enroute at this writing, thinkin' abopt fiahin' (and not for votes) Fil, the filosofer, is ar· ranging his major siesta in the northlands of Michigan-Soc. Ed. dreams of her cabin retreat up Wisconsin way-the Big Shot is headed for Minnesota-Elmer T. plans to spend his Fourth of July birthday in Decatur or thereabout-and the Old Plug hopes to commute regularly 'twixt home and the Arlington track in quest of the ever elusive "long shot." And we--well, really, that would be telling. Dunt Esk D ear MiqucIt's simply great that Fil is g oing to tak e a va cation. Do t ell him, plea se, that it is wonde rful down her e. (Ho w did you know I was in Texa ~ . anyv.;ay? ) Since reading the letter in which h e speaks of me a s b eing in my "adoles ce nt y ears," m y grandchildren sav I'm not fit to live with. Do tell him, pl ea se, that it is wonderful do wn h e r e. - Sincerely, P eggy. Tells Us of Pat! Dear Mique: Have been attending a meeting of the KentuckY. Press association her~ and have already learned how to ch?w, hit a n~il head at thutty paces and be a Kentucky Colonel. Have learned that the Mason-Dixon line is the division point between cold bread and hot biscuits and that the historians are all wet-Sampson is the govttrnor of Kentucky and a strong Democrat instead of the guy who grew long hair and upset a temple. This tip for the political fan~: Even the most . confirmed and unvarying of Kentucky Democrats vow that if AI Sm~th rides the donkey in the Presidential Derby, Kentucky will bet dry and Republican. I've got my money on Hoover for the feature race at Kansas City-on . the nose, with Coolidge to place. Playing AI Smith in the Houston Free-For-All-Democrats. -Hub, Elizabethtown, Ky. Aren't We Now·? . ~nd., as further evidence of our gang's versattl.tty 111 the ~atter of selecting vacation grounds, witness, to Wit: Red of Winnetka has gone to Germany, while Ray branched off to Sweden. And as for Jerry, king of the ludlow, why he has his steamer trunk all packed and will join Ray a bit later. Herbert ?-ah, we picked him away last summer'member? ~MIQUE. In these days of traffic jammed streets cyclists don't stand much show. Bicycles will wobble, and cars will exceed the speed limits. We advise cyclists to keep off crowded streets and to carry lights at night. We advise four · wheelers to give two wheelers more than a fair share of the road. Mankind has started many fine forward movements, but none finer, as it seems to us, than the Boy Scout movement. It provides for the boy, at just the time when it is most valuable for him, an education that supplements his formal schooling in a surprisingly effective way.