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38 WILMETTE LIFE October 26, 1928 WILMETTE LIFE UIUJDD P&IDAY OP BACH WBB)[ by LLOYD BOLLI8TBB. INC. 1132-1236 Central Ave., Wllmette, Dl. ClatCU'o omce: 8 N. Mlcb.gan Ave. Tel State IIJI Tl!leplloae .. . .·.··...··. . . ···....···· Wilmet" UN IUBfi&CRIPTION PRICE ....···.....·· ti.H 6. .All DAB communications must be accompanied by the name and address ot .t he writer. Articles for publication must reach the editor by Wedneaclay noon to lnaure appearance In current laue. Resolutions of ·condolence, cards of thanks, obituaries, notices of entertainments or other atrafn where an admittance charge ts publtl!lhed, wtll be charged at re~lRr Advertising . rates. It has been suggested. and to us it seems a reasonable sugg-estion. thCJt women v.oters on November 6 postpone their voting until 9 a. m. or after. Give Men Such postponement will First Chance prevent undue congestion at the polls between 7 and 9, the time when most of the n1en voters are accustome'd to cast their ballots. It is safe to say that practically all the men who commute daily to Chicago g.o to the polls on their way to the train. Consequently, women voters. who, as a rule, can go to the polls at any time bet\veen opening and closing hours, would render a real service hy voting between 9 a. m. and the closing time, 5 p. m. On next Wednesday evening, Hallowe'en, little elves and fairi.es will he abroad. Every year on this same evening they sally forth and from sunset to hedH ave a time n1ake then1selves known and felt. Time was Good Time! \vhen they soaped windows; set up and operated tick-tacks. pummeled unwary pedestrians with soot-bags, transferred gates from normal positions to tree tops and lamp posts, wore terrifying masks. In the evening they collected in. various indoor places and dove for apples, ate doughnuts, drank cider, and had a general good time. Just why these imps liked to bother other people, especially those who were most easily bothered, has never been satisfactorily explained. We suspect that they enjoyed being chased, having during the remainder of the year so few real thrills, It seems .odd but the bigger social nuisances they were, the tnore fun they thought they were having. Sometimes their so-called fun ended abruptly with the serious injury or even death of one of their own band. Nowadays n1ost of these little sprites have lost their desire to annoy other people. They have real fun at parties, where they can indulge to their hearts' content in all sorts of hilarious amusement. Nobody 1s bothered. Everybody is the happier. Educators in their desire. to develop in their pupils a.bility to ~arn a lh~ing and to gain those qualities whtch constitute happy individual lives are hkeMaking Good · ly to forget the cultivation of those traits Citizens that make for go.o d citizenship. Of course intelligent individuals will be better citizens than the less discriminating and less thoughtful, but still there are distinctly civic duties that every boy c:nd girl, .every young man and \voman, must be able so to discharge as will help to make our country one that will rec,eive unshaken the storms that will never cease their tremendous, and sometimes terrifying attacks. In many schools the issues of such campaigns as the present are di"cussed by the pupils with a thoroughness and a discernment that some average adults can no~ match. That's very fine. The problem of prohibition is difficult, a problem the very stating of which will tax the most experi·.enced and the most skillful in the use of ideas and words. But it must not be unfamiliar to our school children. When they are voters, the same problem or similar ones will confront them. They must acquire today some measure of the ability they will so much need tomorrow. As simply and concisely expressed by Principal Clerk of our .o wn high school, our schools must co-operate with the home in "helping the pupil to become a good citizen of his city, state, and nation." No driver outside of the in sane asylum intentionally runs .over a dog or any other living ahimal. Not even a hardened wifeheater would, if he could Our Animal prevent it. deliberately crush beneath his wheels Friends a dog, cat. or even a squirrel. But every motorist does at times accidentally run over stnall animals. And everyone not infrequently sees on ·t own roads and country highwaY s the dead bodies of these unfortunate creatures. Even birds fall a prey to the auto. But human pity goes out especially to the dog, man's closest friend an1ong all the dumb beasts. How can this killing be prevented? As we said before, it is not the fault of the motorist. The dog either saunters slowly across the congested highway or makes his sndden appearance befbre the unexpecting driver. Therefore the driver can hardly keep from striking hin1. It seen1s to us that the owner is the one "·ho should keep his dog off the road. ' There is abundant reason for the owner's keeping his dog under control eithe.r ,o n a leash or within hotne grounds. 11anv a collision with its rt:Ys'ulting injuries and deaths has been caused by a driver's trying to a void running .over a stray dog. It's up to the O\vner. Not long ago while in a street car stopping at Madison and Halsted street we saw lying on the sidewalk the b.ody of a man, face turned upward and arms spread out. We saw no sign of life on his face. Dozens passed him but paid little or no attention to him. Perhaps he was ·dead drunk. Perhaps he was in the grip of some sudden stroke. But everybody kept away from him. Was it that they didn't care to be mixed up in something unpleasant? SHORE LINES THE DREAR SEASON I Fleak blades Of shivering grass, Once verda11t, now a pallid brown, Hl ithrr 'Neath the chilling blasts, .·Is death wzlzecdmg strikes them down. II .)~ad heart . vVitlrirt my breast, Once happ:.·, now so full of tears, ~Vitlr ers Seeking soothing rest From passing hours that seem like years. The Piscator THAT MARRIED LOOK .. Please do send your wife around to hear some of our radio programs . . . And we have such lovely emblems for her . . . And we'd just love to count her among our Hoover hostess es ... do tell her she simply must come to headquarters for a vi-.5 it, etc, etc, etc." Thus, the very lovely chairman (.they're all women nowaday), to our companion who accompanied us to the Hubbard \Voods Hoover headquarters. Though we stood side by side scarcely a foot apart, all these remarks were addressed to our friend, with nary a glance for us; until later, at length aware of our presence, we become the object of attention with: "And won't you have a nice Hoover lapel clasp?" What remarkable powers of discernment, we thought. Winnetka's presidential poll, which went overwh.e lmingly to Hoover, resulted just aa we had anticipated, for we knew all the while that the postcards sent into the homes of the community were addressed from the municipal water list. $2.98 Forever Gone · I Our wariness, several days ago, concerning The Old Plug's activity in formulating a syndicate, destined to deplete the available funds at the current hoss race meeting, was completely justified yesterday when the report became current that he had "gone ·south" with the visible as sets if any, of the aforementioned combination. Evide;1ce of the fact that every cloud is accompamed by its silver lining is to be found in the circumstance that The Old Plug applied the proceeds of his speculation to good purpose. That wretched old fedora has been replaced by the soft equivalent of At's Brown Derby. Great Minda, Etc. While it may be a case of telling tales out of school, we refrain with difficulty from letting you in on the secret that ~il'a illustrious effo~a (see adjoining columns) are not always the fru1ts ot his own fertile and expensive intellect. Just now we overheard the printer's devil imparting to Fil the correct information regarding just when the polls would open and close on Election Day. At the Prevailing Odds Having guessed rightly-and at a gain of p~e cisely one iron man-that Illinois would not tnm Indiana by more than six points, we ha~e ~ow qualit-ied a·s a reliable bureau of prognosttcatwn. In fact, we'll guess at most anything for ever so trifling a consideration. Even to the extent that Hoover will be elected and carry Al's home state. Have You Noticed This? If you are driving in down-town \Vilmette and want to take the easiest, m.o st direct route to \iVinnetka and other north suburbs, drive north-east on WitTry Tenth mette avenue to Tenth street and straight north Street on that thoroughfare to Sheridan road. Before Tenth Street was in its present fine concreted condition, it was practically impassable, and n1otorists from Wilmette had to turn east on Chestnut and tnake a wide oblique-angled turn into north-bound Sheridan road traffic. Try Tenth street when either leaving or entering Wilmette. Tenth street is also a direct route between Sheridan road and Ridge road. Prohibition and Prosperity, oddly enough, have come to be the words, mere mention of ~hich send multitudes into ecstacies of unbounded JOYdepending entirely upon who utters them. :When Al's meetings lag a bit, all he needs to do 1s yell "prohibition" and pandemonium reigns supreme; and by the same tok~n, when .H erbert emit~ "pr?sperity," the result is similar. With the sttuatwn reversed the two words fall back into the catagory of quite ordinary enunciations. The well-Ellerized 20th ward promises to be the glowing exception at the November 6 election, since only a very light vote may be expected ~hat with the qualified balloters limited to a sohtary .vote apiece. And so we learn that the laugh-provoking exho~ tation: "vote early and often," has been taken serl· ously in some quarters. -Mique.