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34 WILMETTE LIFE July 5, 1929 WILMETTE ·LIFE ISSUED FRIDAY OF EACH WEEK by ' LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. 1232-1236 Central Ave., Wilmette, Ill. Chicago otnce: 6 N. Michigan Ave. Tel. State 63!6 Telepbone . .. .... ·.. Wilmette 4100 8UBSCJUPTION PRICE ....... l!.ftO A YE~R need of just such patriot.s., citizens. who tnay not be ·called upon to dte .for tl~etr country hut who should be willing to dte and more than " ·illing--sorry that they have not more to give. \\' e cannot too often emphasize the splendid work that ha:; he en and i bei11g done hY the 1-ladle,· 'Correspondence School for · · · the blind at \Yinn etka. Hadley School It i. eminently worth . d while to help peo1?le I or th e Bltn .1 I f acn It 1e:'l 'nt 1 norma tu form such habit:-; as will he o-f mo st usc to them in later life. \\.ithout such habit s ·adults could not adjust effectiYely to the demands made upon them hy the modern world. nut to help prople who lark 'one of 1he )most l~ecded 0~ all fa.ntltie:-. to form ha!)i~ that \nll make 1t lH>ss thlc for them to ad_1ust with even moderate efficiency t o the .demand s of their sn rroun dings i.s .ccrta 1111 Y high 1 y comnH'IHlahle. :\ nd that 1s JUSt ,,.hat the lladln· sehoul has clune and ,,·ill contintte to do. .\ !>lind person lark~ cye-:-.ig-ht. I cannot he denied th:1t he " .<,tllcl he better off if he could se<:. ~ome blind people clcn~· this. \Ye once kne\Y a blind g-irl who '"as not in the slig-hte~t degree c()n~cious of her lack. OhYioush·. h 0 ,,·en:r. ~he \\"<~tlld haYc been mc·r<.? eA1cic;1t had :'he l;ccn ahle tu :-;cc. The flad}ey schut~ ! lw ib Yaried training- cours<:s m~tkes up in ~l high cleg-He fc,r this lack. .\ st uch· of the report:' of tbis schuul " ·ill n.·,·cal tl;e fact that many TTa<ll ey pupils haH. ' been so impru,·cd by their studying that the,· han. · become not nH. ' reh· ~elf-supporti 11 g· ·h ut ahlc t(J help. nthers. L· SHORE LINES ' BY THE SEA Oft rnu. 1('/ro lut'<'C not lo-;·cd tlz c glorious sea, .\"or. lis/rued fro m snmt snlitar. \' short, Th,· sn 1111 d nf breaking n·avc. the wind'4,...uproar, /Icard 11nt the music a11d. _t;rar<'C litany Of cloistacd chnrus flf the mirJllty sea.; fla7.'l' not <t(·ith wistful c:yc· a·atrhrd o'er wrd o'er The sih·rr 7.('inycd SI'Uflltlls clt'!l'i't and soar [·nft·aring u/Jn7't' th e 7l'll7'cs' nrnr111ity. Oh. come H·ith me, bt·fort' llllntltt'r dtty l .117't'ifs its cltrlaincd .r;lorics of the morn; Timt hurries Ollil'ard; 7l'l' arc S'il't'fl awa}'Shri7·cfltd In lla1rfJhf o11r thouyhts. srarct' arc the:: born ; It "hifr this dt'<'f' carlcllrt' Iii.· <· a srm_q sublime, .)'Jut!/ llt '7'tT rcrtSt', 11 nr kilo<,' th e /ouch of Timr. - Br Laura Rathbon e. f rnm "On \\.ing ~ of Sotlg." All communications must be accompanied by the name and address or the writer. Articles for pubUcatlon 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 affairs where an admJttance charge ts published, will be charged at regular advertising rates. Grade Separation will save life Let's have immediate action! . \ there sti ll exists any adult so hcnig-h!ecl as to doubt thr tremendous value of h1gh schonl edncat ion let him rl'ad and reread the passage qnotccl heImportance of low. High Schoo/ ":\licldleadokscence." 's a y s Dr . Frederick Eln·. i11 The Xatioq's. ~rlwols for Feb nta~, .. 1'>20. "is the ag-e of great derision~ . The ·dcq>~.:st derisions.of li fe arc confronted at thi s era. :1nd permanent choices arc made which dcten1line the future. and aflcct l'\·cry featurc 11f the rapidly rong·ealing personalih·. "~inc-tenths of (lllr \·nuths settle at this stage tlwir life attittl~l<·,· in re gard to rcligiou~ beliefs and practice s. Ideal s ;)re llL' \'Cr so pure. lofty. unn·mp_ riscd. and imperatin:. "The most enduring as \\'ell as the de epest frietHbhips an· · formed. intclligcnrc reach es it s rlim:t~. and f()r all normal inrliYidua b the mating inst ind ,,·it h it s :-;crond an· and :t s S< ·ria ted pIH'n t~I11L' lla hegins t t1 d omit~at<: the mind and will. It is ahon· all others the era \\'h en the main f,·atnrl' of pers(Jnalit_, .. the li felong habits uf thnught and action are determined. " .\ I o 11 !..:. \' · i t 11 a II t h <' :-' l' () t h l' r d e c i s i n 11 ~ a tin:d ch1;icc oi \'( ·cation is made. and the liit> ca,·eer moti,·e hcconH.'S the imp ell ing force." rr What of This, Watson? Jll'HJL\RD \YOODS IS OL'T C'C:\NI~G FOR 1 L .\::\ .-\LLEGF.D E).llS~ .\1\Y . OF THE '· RED ::\ .\POLEO::\' ' \\"HO 0::\ 1 ~ :\IC.IIT LAST \\' EEK CC'l' THE ROPE 0::\ THE P .-\1\K FLAGPOLE, 1-\:::\0TTED 0:\E E::\D .\XD R.\::\ THE HE:\IP .\LOFT TO THE PCLLEY, THL'S FRCSTR .\T- I::\G THE DILIGEXT EFFORTS OF THE H. \\'. :\[ ERCI-L\::\T~· \ "OLl. :\TEER CO:\ r .\1ITTEI ~ TO PEPFOR:\( ITS CCST0:\1:\RY FLAG -HOI 'Tl~G CERE:\10:\'IES :\ T DA \\'::\ THE FOLLO\\'I::\G :\IOH.XI::\G. .IT \\".-\S 0::\LY :\FTER TilE ~fOS'l' SCRC'I'- I:\' 121::\G IXY ESTIC.\TIOX TI-l:\ T THE H . \ \'. :\f. \ ·. C. :\RRIYED :\T Tl.IE R :\THER REL'CCT .\:\T CO::\CLCSIO:\' THAT \\'llOE\'ER CCT Tl!E ROPE DID XOT LIKE THE FL\G ANY TOO \\'ELL. IF SCCII IS THE C:\SI·:, IT HAS BEE::\ DECIDED. THE Tn 177() Captain ~ath:1n llak \\·as han ged a . a spY. ll is last \\'ords . thou .~·h known t o e\·en· s.r hotd -child. arc so full of sig niflcanr(' . that theY ra nnot he reLosiu~ One's peat<:d t;>(l often. Ther e seems to he so me dnuht Life ;1:-' to exacth· " ·hat \\' or ds h ~· uttered. · hut the ~e n ten lT tlH lst oftt-11 attr::ntted tn him is the mo.; t Cl·ncise: "1 onl_, r<' g-rl't that T ha ve hut one life to lu .;e for m,· rmmtn·." Captain JTale wa s a patriot of the hig-hest type . I-Iis patriotism wa s not of the sudden. spasm odic kind . Tt gre"· steadily . con . ist t: nth·. intelligen t~\·. .\ sa teacher he inculcat ed ·love nf coun.tn· intn his pupil s. \rhen Ceneral \Ya shingt;m < :xpres se d the urgent need [>f some one " ·ho " ·mtlcl en~cr the British camp as a spy a.nd ~ather 111 formatiun that would he invaluahlc to the American cause. I Iale oficred hit11 self. 1 Talc knew very well the popular odium attachrd to the epithet. " spy." hut he al ~o knew that to he a common spy for the sake of his countrY wa s thoroug-hh· honorable. The-re . t of hi s story {s familiar. J-Iow he entered the Briti sh <..:amp in the garb of a teacher. gathered the needed information, wa s taken bv a hand of Brit ish soldiers. and finally hang-ed- all thi s should he common· knowledge. Our country ~today stands in 1n the d cat h of \ Yi11 iam .\. 0 tis of \Yin F :\C ES E\. E:\'TL".-\ L :\ PPREIIE:\SIO::\. I~ . netka the north shnre has lost one " ·ho con\\. lliCH E\"E:\T. OCR IXFOH:\IA:t\T ASSL'RES tributed generously and . ign iflcant Iy. not c:-;. "lT \\"ILL BE J CST TOO BAD FnR lii~I." only to the wclfan ·~ Citizen William of ~his own home' town, but also tu the Whoopee, A La Kenilworth A. Otis welfare of the entire llav ing anparcntly takt:n a "cue.:" from one of north shore and of the city of Chicago. (ltlr late st so ng hits. 1--:enil\\'orth comes forth \\·ith lle wa~ an architect of artistic taste and thL· amwunc.~ment that all bathers at that muni cifar vision. The struct ures " ·hose prans were pality's beach will hL· n ·q uir ed to "button up.' ' Kencreated and dcYcloped in his heart and brain ilworth t:n:n goes so far a~ to {ur n ish th e buttons can he found not onh· on the nort h shore and then sends forth the ~nco ura gi ng . new s that and in Chicago. hut en'n as far a\\·ay as "no s~rict regulati0n s kl\·e been out lined for thi s ., Cnlfport, l\I ississippi. l f you 'nndd see his monument. look abo ut you. He wa s a persistent and remarkahl.v well" :\f a rriagc in 19.?8 Revealed at Recent Bridge Tea in formed adYocate of track depress ion. in Citv"-rf'ad ~. an astonishing heauline. Which \\'h en this g rea ti y-nt<·cled " ·urk of grade suggc;ts the thought th at the same information se parati on is completed ancl its history \\'ritcan he readily ob tained in any old divorce court: ten, the name of \Yilliam :\ . Otis will appear frequentli on it s pages. In the ope ning "Boots, Boots, Boots" Years of the 20th century he accumulated Joseph E. Shantz, Wilmette's postmaster, was ;nd imparted in lecture fo rm much valuabl e reported missing early this week. Police later mater~al hearin g directly ·on this problem. found the intrepid P. M. mired in a west Wilmette No doubt he 'vas one of the orig-inators of subdivision attempting to establish a delivery route track depre ssion for vVinnetka. promised the frontiersmen some weeks ago. Th.irty-four of hi s allotted 73 years. or . almost half of hi s life. were lived in \VinS' H--1 to Be Poor netka. Those who havf; seen him walking Ca ual surny of 1firalago, latest contribution up th e hill side from his home across from bv "Xo Man's Land" toward entertaining the dear the village common and greeting quietly p~1hlic, strengthens the conviction that we 'll and in a friendly manner his fellow townsprobably continue to confine our terpsichorean activities to the back half ·of friend Sam's notorious men at the North \\'estern station will lunch emporium. All of which is not in any sense notice his absence and feel a glow of sympaa reflection upon Miralago. thy for the wife and children. ~ea~on. GCIL'r\' P.\RTY '· . , \Vhat a difference one letter makes! Take away one little "s" from "Love's caress," and ;·ou are confronted with "Love's cares." Too -bad! ~fay we suggest that \Vilmette's much despised ..' garbage burner be established across the road from our casement window on a plot .now occupied by \Vilmctte's rather dubious replica of the leaning tower of Piza? -Mique.