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38 WILMETTE LIFE March 15· .1929 WILMETT.E LIFE ISSUED FRIDAY OF EACH WEEK . bY LLOYD JIOLLISTER, INC. 1232-1236 Central Ave., Wilmette, Ill. Chicago office: 6 N. Michigan Ave. Tel. State 6326 T lepbone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wilmette 41100 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE . . . .... ..... .1!.00 A YEAR All' communications must be accompanied by the name 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 atralrs where an admittance charge is published, wlll be charged at regular advertising rates. he was swearing-ki~ked against the walls, had a regular tantrum. We know creatures supposed t~ have risen above the apes .who act in much the sa~e way when they get into trouble. They rush ~ about, swear, kick things and people who are 'in the way, have regular tantrums. Of course~· the hunian anitnals can explain why they are · so· upset, lay the blame on some one else.· and so on. vVe imagine that apes also can . find excuses for their display of ill temper. ----·------- . SHORE LINES ' ONE ' DAY IN SEVEN Grade Separation will save life. Let,s have immediate action! Every community finds it necessary to give philanthropic support to many movements. Sometimes the need is the relief of people in . distant countries. for inCommunJty stance in the Far East. Chest Plan More oft~n th?se needing help are etther m the community or not far away. In either case the support. usually financiaL is called for at regular inten·als. The customary method employed in the collection of this money is house-to-house visitation and solicitation" seyeral times during the year. \Vhere the work is done thorough!:· not a single household is missed. and often the canvasser makes several calls. This entails an immense amount of work. not ahvays agreeable. upon a certain group of men and women who undertake to collect the needed funds. Time. money, and energy are spent in executing the enterprise. J\fany precious e\·enings are used by public-spirited men and women. vVe wonder in the light of these facts that more. communities do not employ the community chest plan. It has been proved more economical than the old plan. After the quota for each cause has once been determined and the money subscribed the heavy work has been completed. \Ve are not saying that the chest plan 1s easily put through. It ca1ls for much self-sacrificing labor. What we do say is that it is much n1ore economical of time and energy than t~e pre\'ailing method. A German scientist named Koehler recentlv ran a series of experiments with apes to se~ if they could reason. Very high up in the inclosure containing the Apes and apes he fastened a Human Beings banana. In the inclosure were two boxes about 12 feet crway from the banana. One of the apes dragged the bigger of the two boxe. toward the hanana, put it just underneath. gut up on it but did not jump up at the· food. I nsteaJ he got down. seized the other bo~. and pulling it behind him. galloped about the room. making his usual noise. kick~ng against the wall , and showing his uneasiness in e\·ery other poss~ble way. All of a sudden his beha\'ior changed completely. lie pulled the second box up to the other hox. set it on top. clim heel up and standing on the second box got the banana. To many this behaYior pro,·es that apes reason. To us it also proyes that human beings act like apes when they cannot successfully cope with a difficult situation. Before he pulled the second box up to the first the ape beha\'ed in a Yery ill-tempered way. He galloped about the room, made noises-perhaps Now that automobile traffic is in danger of hecon1ing somewhat thick and feve~ish, all of us driyers c;;houlcl repeat in concert the following- rules of the road. All toge. ther, now! Rules of Sa f etv first. the Road \Vatch your step. Look before you leap. 'fake it easy. Don't he a road hog. Treat pedestrians courteoush·. Be sure \'Ott 're right and then go ahead. 1-Ionk rarely. Don't crowd. Put yourself in his place. Politeness pays. Don't hurry or worry. Do unto other~ as You would haYe them do unto you. The opini n widely preYails that n1usicians do little or nothing to earn whatever they are paid. In fact we once knew a man. now dead. who 11aintained that masMusicians and much as singers did the Public nothing but open their mouths and let certain ple;:tsing sounds escape that therefore they should he paid exactly nothing. .\nd why -ihould pianists, who do not work but n1erely play, receiYe cash money for playing? \Ve do not share the ·sentiments of this benighted Philistine. \Ve know what work has gone into the preparation o'f the musician. \\'e know how nmny hours of daily practice haye preceded the one public performance. \\'e therefore belieYe that the recompense should be even ·greater than it is. Aside from merely playing at · concerts and recitals musicians render a public service that is real and invaluable. \Vhat would liYing he without . operas. symphony concerts. instrumental and yocal recitab? Suppose you knew that ne\'er again could ) ou hear a n.aster symphony played by a great orchestra? Might ,·ou not be tempted to think that something of ·worth had left your life? The musician is a nece san· member of our modern society. He contrihtttes to our social and individuai life ,·alues that no othe. person ~·an contribute. \\·e should recognize this fact 1nd then consider ourseh·es yery fortunate in liYing in communities where concerts and rceitals are remarkably frequent. \ Ye are Yen· sure that even· incliYidual who saw and heard The Old 1 -iome teacl as presented hy the Theater (~uild players had the time of his life. People around u , laughed so hard that when thev could he seen in the intermissions the\· looked as if theY were too exhausted e,·e~ to laugh again. · But off thev went again during the next act. The old-time sentiment appeal~d strongly not only to the :llder members of the audience but also to the rounger. · (An Apology for the Woman's Club Member) Sewing on buttons, leaching them twnes, Forcing hot cereal, spinach and pr1tnes, Bandaging sore knees, comfortittg woes Washing th eir ·wool socks, blowing its nose, Mending the linens, answering phone, So·metimes tuith senmzt, sometimes alone, Visiting school rooms, chiding tlzc sinners l~aking the lea11 ones cat all of their dinners, Tect'h to get stmightc1zcd. feet to 11-take dance Teachers for luncheon, costumes · to advanceSuch is her programme from Au.html~ 'till Spring. Plloelms bu.t beckons a11d she's 01'Z- the wing. 011c da'\' a 'lC'crl.·, lr07.vsomc'l.'Cr, shr strikrs, Closes her office and does as she likes. Tuesdav she rises and disclaims all care; Milton- is waiting or ma)'be Voltaire, Bach, or Rasptttin.. Ford, or Millet, 1 \tfan cf tir e Hour, Book of the Da)', Waitillg lo char111 her, this Woman's Club member, Charm he1' and clzum her 'till A1ay, (from September.) Can we b£'gntdge her this wcekfy whirl? 1 ' Ne'l ler! ," we clzorus-~~Herc's to you, old girl! Play as J·ou will, your one das in sevm, 'Tis clnonJIIhi!J iniJII(Ir!als maL·s mMtaf's life hcm.·c11. .. -A. G. L. John H. Hoffman. Jr., north shore coal dealer, has taken his winter's profits on a tour in the Southwcs_!. There is no authority fo r the rumor, howcYer, that "Roffe" started the latest revolution in Mexico, unl ess it \Yas among the senoritas. The swarm of 'oppish "crush" hats that have infested the colleges, high schools, and now even the public schools, are just a shade worse, if possible, than the combination of coon-skin and flapping galoshes, presence of which only the constant fear of incarceration has saved the wearer from violent death. Sometimes we wonder about this Youth Problem. Or, mebbe, we are just getting old. A TOAST a toast to n man callccl IIooJ:e?·; H ere is A mnn 1citll a h eart and a brain; A man tdf h a soul c:n<l c: dsion Of 1rhat th(' wm·lll can attain; A. man 1rho 1.co1·ks for that vision; . .4 1/1(/l! !riiO 8('01'118 H'OI'killf} fm· pelf. MCly he e1.:er be t1·u e to that vision, And f'1.'C?' l)e tnte to himself! -M.P. A. Seben Come Eleben Our good friend Racy Pearson, who excels in a myriad of roles, journalistically speaking, has taken to expertin~ on Trap-shooting-as per the Chicago Golfer and Country Club Review. No, you're wrong, we checked carefully and learned no one has perpetrated a typographi, c al error. Stock Note Says the St. Louis Times: "\1\Then a man swims through the Panama Canal he has sharpshooters to protect him from the sharks. When he battles with the Walt street current he has no such protection." It has been suggested that, since the intrepid Mr. Tunney craves privacy, we elect him Vice President of the United States. One can be absolutely certain that Spring is in the air when the redoubtable Chicago Cubs begin kicking at umpiratical decisions. Riegel, the reverse, appears to have all California that way this Spring. -Mique.