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WILMETTE LIFE April 12, 1929 WILMETTE LIFE ISSUED FRIDAY OF EACH WEEK ' by LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. 1232-1236 Central Ave., Wilmette, Ill. Chlcaao omce: 6 N. Michigan Ave. Tel. State 63!6 'l'elepbone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wilmette 4100 BUBSCRIPTION PRICE .. . . . .. . .. . . .. St.OO A YE.A.R Our journey ended at Berea, a small college town about fifty miles southeast of Lexington. Now we found out the cause of spring's lateness. She had been linger~ng in this happy little college town. Flowers were blooming on all sides-daffodils, violets, tulips. Trees were in early leaf. Shrubs of the blossoming kind were thick with blooms. There seems to be some basis for believing that our real estate taxes will be doubled. If last year we paid $300 this year we shall have to pay $600. will Taxes Be If this surmise turns Doubled? out to be a reality, the consequences will be intolerable. Many owners already now burdened with heavy interest hills will not be able to carry their present holdings but will be forced to sell then1 at a heart-breaking sacrifice. Only one ray of sunshine filters through the dark clouds. This terrific increase, if it materializes, may make us all pay more effective attention to the need of economv in both · public and private affairs. \Vith the rapid increase of airplanes and air routes necessarilv comes an increase in landing fqcilities, incl~ding beacons. fields, and hangars. Only a few New Occasions, years ago such facilities New Duties would not have been thought necessary. In fact. any one who sugg-ested the making of provision for regular and frequent traffic between large American cities would haYe heen thought visionary. But air traffic is growing. Chic::tgo is coming to be the greatest air center in the world. Indeed it looks as if in two or three vears she would really lead the ,,. orlcl as a center for airplane transportation. /\ Yiation is already one of the foremost engineering vocations. · One of the latest "sky harbors" is the one which will soon materialize some three miles west of Glencoe, to comprise a modernistic clubhouse and an up-to-date stable for planes. SHORE LINES 'TIS THE SEASON YOU, TOO, NO DOUBT, WERE CAUGHT LUGGING A HEAVY COAT THROUGH LAST WEEK'S TORRID SPELL, ON.L Y TO FIND YOURSELF WITHOUT SUCH PROTECTION WHEN THE WEATHER MAN PULLED THE "COLDER" LEVER EARLY ON MONDAY. WHICH RECALLS TO MIND THAT THE SHARP UPWARD TREND OF THE THERMOMETER HAS BROUGHT OUT THE CUSTOMARY SPRING PROCESSION OF BOOK AGENTS, THE MORE OBNOXIOus · TYPES OF PUBLICITY SEEKERS AND WHAT NOT. WHAT APPEARS MOST STRANGE, HOWEVER, IS THE · SCARCITY OF SPRING POETS. AND, TO MAKE MATTERS W~RSE, WICKIE'S DOCTOR HAS PRESCRIBED ABSOLUTE REST. TRULY, THE UNKINDEST BLOW OF ALL: News Item All communications must be accompanied by the Dame and addre$S of the writer. Articles for pubUcatlon mutlllt reach the editor by Wednesday noon to lnt111ure appearance In current Issue. Resolutions of condolence, cards of thanks, obituaries, notlcee of entertainment· or other aftalrs where an admittance charge Is published, will be charged at regular advertising rates. Grade Separation will save life. Let,s have immediate action! Most autoists as well as pedestrians will admit that busy street intersections are real menaces to life and limb. People on foot and cars going and coming in Believe 5everal directions constitute in Signs? a hazard that should not be lightly considered. In fact, so serious is this danger that in some cities they ~ave not only stop-and-go lights, but also warnmg bells and even special signals to indicate to pedestrians when they should cross. On the north shore stop-and-go lights ar~ fairly frequent, and scarcely a month goes by that does not see the installation of new lights. Therefore the driv~r n1ust be careful lest he o~erlook a stop-and-go signal, thereby laying htmself open to a fine or a lecture on law observance. We would call special attention to the new signs on l\fain Street, \Viln1ette, and also to the fact that the \\' ilmette authorities are enforcing with considerable vigor the observance of these signals. The width of this splendid concrete highway-52 feet-tempts the happy and unwary driver to step on 'er with unusual enthusiasm. But beware of earning a ticket from the police. Incidentallv, but none the less seriouslv. we urge the W{lmette authorities to build ~afetv islands on the busy ~lain Street intersec~ tions. And wire them for red lights. Pedestrians, especially children and the old and feeble, need son1e such asvlum half wav across this broad expanse. ~ ~ 'I I·' North shore folk representing varied stations in life rubbed elbows last Monday evening at the Legion entertainment in the Hippodrome where we were treated to a festival of fisticuffs (A. A. U. rules) with Evanston's aldermanic At Smith as the presiding genius. Features were the performances of the Wilmette and Evanston drum and bugle corpses (as per announcement) no, not in the ring - not to mention a '5iege . of syncopation by Schneider's P. ]. Huerter post band. The evening wa·,; topped off with a gratis (if you were lucky) lesson in "Hi Li," which, if you haven't heard, is a sort of glorified version of hand ball in which the contestants slap the elusive spheroid with a hollowed out. half a gourd, the ultimate object being to distinguish a flock of gents with very Spanish monickers and '3hirts such as adorn the current species of school boy. A delightful time was had by all. As noted in our preamble, Wickie, who doubles as poet and all-round critic of thinl{s dramatic and musical, is "vacationing" for a spell as per doctor's orders. She was brought home in a state of semicollapse after witnessing a north shore dramatic production. It was just too good, reference being to the aforementioned d. p. Dis Is Ein Spring Song, Yah? I luffs to llrar drr lrcdle bird Vat chm-tlrs i11 dcr mon1. It's so sveet 1.10f }'OH effer lzeara, It cheers vcn I'm forlorn. It bobs dcr b1'CIIIclzcs do'H'n wzd 11P Each 111.0rning like dcr buddrrcltp Vrn blows der bree:=e. Outsidr I sec Dot bird vat alTus chirps mit glee. U11d den at 11ight-oh vat a joy! To got to bed dum-d11m. Oy 3'0)'! Vat fun to sleep mit lots of snores U11d vakc to here der bird outdoors. -Glenna from Glencoe The Wail of a Flat Tire The gentleman who builds anew every week this .pillar of paltry palaver saw fit a fortnight ago to vent his envy and malice on that kindly soul whose substantial editorials occupy most of the page at which you are now looking. Just because this same kindly soul had and enjoyed the opportunity of touring down into Kentucky · with his other half, this column constructor referred in a most covetous way to the accidental fact that some people have more frequent vacations than others. He also hoped that the absent one would have a , flat tire ! Well, will some people never learn that creative brain work is more exhau·.;ting than mere hack work and demands longer and more frequent rest? And that envy is not an admirable trait? Let it be known that we did not acquire a flat tire 3:nd also that we are the grandfather of two husky grandsons. As for Mique he'll never have a grandson, a granddaughter, or even a flat tire. -Fit, the Filosofer. 1 ' All autoists will admit that there is greater likelihood of accidents happening in cities and towns than on open country roads. There being fewer buildings in Need for More sparsely populated areas Caution than in those more thickly populated, drivOn \Yednesday, the 27th of l\farrh. we started ers can see more easilv in all directions out on onr quest of spring. She was due to whereas in cities and tow~s drivers can seldon~ arrive on or about l\'larch 21, but 11othing see up and down a thoroughfare until they having been heard of her on to the intersection. In Quest the north shore we figured come There is great need, therefore, that in popuof Spring that it would be a good idea lous areas dri,·ers should slow up at interto step southward and meet sections and cross with unusual caution. Over her con~ing. and oyer it happens that a driver desiring to \yednesday evening found us in Lafayette, get on rapidly shoots across an intersection lndtana. where we (which includes wife car at top speed, having paid no attention to what and self) spent the night. No sign of sprin~ . might be happening at the intersection. yet. On Thursday morning we started out One of the greatest hazards on town streets bright and early, heading toward Louisville. is the wandering bicyclist. Often after dark On the way we got our first evidence that. ~e car~ies no light. And very often especially spring was in the neighborhood. We saw a t f he ts a youngster, he wobbles in a most forsythia in full golden bloom. alarming way. From that time ~n we knew that our tardy Let's be more thoughtful of one another. young friend was certainly not far ahead. We were greeted by an abundance of flowering We have no such fearsome things as prairie shrubs and trees-red-bud, peach, plum, spirea. fires, but we do have at just about this time Laughing daffodils met us at every 'turn of the of the year field fires which come close enough <Wightful Kentucky road. As we sped on to to our homes not only to destroy the shrubbery Lexb.~on we found that many of the trees but even to menace the sa£ ety of the buildings. w~re ~ring their first tender green. The Most of these fires burn themselves out withwtllow es~iallv charmed us with its streamers )Ut doing any damage, but they are not pleasant of green clt.ion. sights to one who lives near them. r ..... r The Windy City Reads a Chicago headline: "Seek Funda for Air Expanaion." -------- All appointments for Tuesday, the Sixteenth Day of April, Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-Nine, hereby cancelled, the occasion being the obsequies of another of our maternal ancestors. -Mique