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24 WILMETTE LIFE August 23, 1929 WILMETTE LIFE ISSUED FRIDAY OF EACH WEEK by J.LO\"D HOLLISTER INC. 1232-1236 Central Ave. , Wilmette, Ill. Chicago office: 6 N. Michigan Ave. Tel. State 6326 .. . ,. . . . . . . Wilmette 4300 Sl'HSCRIPTION PUH' E . . . . . . . . . S!.OO A YEAR treats a citizen as if that citizen were a criminal. He tries · to help his fellow-citizens. He watches . your house in your absence. He protects your children on their wav to school. ' He is especially instructed to act as your servant, not as your boss. Co-operate with your police force. Help them to be of use to you . Jehn Dewey in his most important l~oo k, "Experience and Nature," says that "man is more preoccupied with enhancing life than with hare living." He Having a calls attention to the fact that the "body is Good Time de c k e d before it is clothed. \Vhile homes are still hovels. tem ples and palaces are embellished. Luxuries prevail oYer nece ~s ities except when nece ssities can he festalh· celebrated." ~o there seems tc; he a rca 1 need for frolic and festivity. Parties and .picnics are Yery direct me<u{s of getting the fun out of life tin~ \\'Call so much and so ju~tif1ahly desire. :\1 o...;t people work. it see m:-; to u s, not ~or the fun of \\'Orking, hut for the money \Yhtch can he aftcn,·ards ~pe nt for getting fun out of 1i ,·in g. \\'c \roulcln't sav that man i~ "entitled" to haYe a good .ti;nc at fairly frequent in'ten·;tls hut rather that he will naturall~ "g·et" a goud time at \\'hatever cost. Some g:et this go(Hl time in \\·ays that might he called un\\-lHlksome. Others get it tn ha rmle~s. or c\·en prolita hle, '"a ys. 1f we arc sure of anYthing \\'C are \·cry sure that children of all ages need g·oocl time s. One of the hest features of the Sunda ,. school. ancl most appreciated hy all the m(·m bers of the school. is the picnic. Perhaps the attract iYcn ess of the picnic gro\\·s less a s one gTO\\'S older. That's tCJ o bad. P"ople shouldn't grow old. Community pit.·nics abo seem very popular. The general reflection the daY after is well expressed in home 1\' \.erma;1: \Vas fucr cine gute Zeit n1nss Icl{ gchaht haben! SHORE LINES Aboard A SEA VOYAGE S. . S. Levtathan All ('onununlcations must be accompanied by the name and address of the writer. Articl es for publicatio n must r each the editor by Wednesday noon to insure appearance in current issue. Resolutions of condolence, cards of thank~ , obltuarit>s, notiN'S of entertainments or other affairs where an ndmittanct' charge i~ published, will be charged at r ('gul ar ad\'f'l'ti~ing ratf's. Grade Separation will save life Lef s have immediate action! I THE "Leviathan" is one of the three greatest I I ships in the world. Built in G~rmany be!ore the war as the flagship of the Hamburg-~mencan lin ,; she was confiscated in 1917 along w~th other Ge~~an ships lying in American P?rts, dtd transart duty during the war, and has smce been oper.~ted by the United States Shipping. board unt.tl her recent sale to the United States hnes. She ts 960 feet O\'(~ r all. with a displacement of 65.00~ tons and a carrying capacity of 3,000 people (a::, a rransport she carri ~ d 14,000 troops). J.,·in·! bc:-;idr her pier in the North River, the LeYiathan received a constant stream of passengers, sightseers, pickpockets, and chanters of far ewell, from late in th e aftc\noon of July 27 to almo:;t 2 o'clock the fotlowmg mormng. One by one. the tugs ca me up the riyer out ~f the dep.ths of l\fanhattan's darkness. nuzzled agamst her stele, and nosed her oYer into the current of the retreating tide. '"hi ch '"as to help her .out to sea. As sh'c slipped past the Battery, the lt g.hts. from ~{an ~ hattan' s slotted towers seemed to shme a hraY e .. H .tll ·----lt i:-; ~ancly arg-ued in a recent editorial in ;t Chicag-o paper that if the "plague of a ntomobile arciden t ~" ,,·ere rcga rcled as "\\'orthy of study as Prevention of tnherr11losi s and t\·phoid fcyer" t 1{ e Auto Accidents tntmlwr of such acridt·nt:-- \\'<lltld he suh~ tantialh· redtKecl. Tf the srit·ntillc sta tistician \\Tn: to examine a gr{';tt lllllllhcr of account~ of th(' se accidents, C<·tnpare the ~e acro11nh. dra\\. gcneralizatio'ls. 1hesc generalization~ put into practice · "·<mId r crt a inly I> c e fl ert i n · in pre\' en tin g antotn<tllill' accidents. The writer ui the aho\·c -tnentioned edito ria: t'lllpha~izl'~ th~ fact that the execution of onli11ann:s hy the police is directed aln w...; t e n t i r e 1 y a t t h e i m pro \'(' m c n t o f t r a fl1 r con d it i n 11 ~ a 11 d o nl y i1H.' icl <'11 t ;1 ll y a t t h c promotion of safl't\'. ;\ttcntion is also called to the \'Cry imp;)rtant truth that "yiolating an ordinance aimed at protecting- life is comp;trahlc to mnnslattghter." One cause of the frequency of su<:h Yiolating- is the almost uniYcrsa] ignorance of the real ca tt~t's of a utomohi le accidrn ts. \\"e heartily agTee \\·ith this erlitorial \\'rit('r that a must careful sL·icntil1c stuch· should he made of such accidents. Th.e real causes \\'Ottld prohahly he found to he f t'\Y in num her. 'l'hrn the law-makers. \\'otking- on the basis of this ~cientific study, could enact suitable la\\·s which the poliZ·e - and judges could rigidly enforce with the just expectation of fe\\'er automobile accidents. \\"e kno\\' that there arc many people on the north ~hare whose attitude towards th <..· local police is not what it should he. Thev think of the Cooperate With policemen as the }' out· Police small hov does, men who \\·ili "bawl vou nu(' at the slighte : t ·opportunity. \Vatch a ~mall ho:· imitate a policeman. and what will ,·ou ~ee and hear? \\'ill \'Ott see the kid -p.(ll iceman help !'umehody, ~peak kindly to ~tlllH'une. tell somebodY what his pri,·ikges arc as member of the community? x(Jl at all! The lt<·y trying- to art ]ike a cop orders people around. tell~ them exactlY where they get otT. struts about like a ·peacock. This idea uf a policeman persists in many pe:·...;on :-; eY<:n after they ha \'e gTown up. The pulice. they think. are hard boiled. They'll make things uncomfortable if they get any chance at all. \\'e in~ist that this idea i: all \\'rang. It is exceptional when a north shore policeman \ 'l))'<lg'L' ." Firw "' t ·ath~->1' (·<·ntinlll'cl ffll' the fir:-t ~W<l. d~t~> t~J.<·.I~ Tu · ~<h y t Jw Sl':l lw<·:t nw roug-lwr nml J)ct:-<:-<t ~1gt Is \\ <I 1 un squall:-. 1 .·t ., ; · frnm the <leek hy intprmittpnt r < ~~·: .~1\~l'!"<l:l:·. a d<·nst· fog- blottN1 out sl<y and ,~·at< · r: Tiw ship'~ ~:reat whistle sourH~ Nl on<'P a m1nu.~<~ hlll th 1·rl· w:t:-: nn h·t<lown 111 spPe<l. It~' ·" · 1 ·· ., fr)O' tl1"' t tlw 'l'itanic crashed 'TJ mt' 11 111 S\H' 1 n n . r: .111 in·lwrg- :tn<1 w<·nt (Jnwn with 1,.,()0 ~ouls. 11!'; ~ti!Pil11'1' the Jwrg·s are . un_u~ually thick in . ti~C' nor.th. Atlnnti<'. in fad. our :-hrp 1s tak1ng- ~ long-e r 1 ou t e .f._t l tr 1 til<· south <d' it~ n~gular tra<'k. ll1 ord (' r to a' old tlwm. Om·t·, n<·ar n<Hlll, Wl· <'ame to n. d ad stop fro!' m ·1·1· : 1 11:'\lf nn holll'. lt il' thoug-ht that a notlwr :-hip has h\'t ·lt h ·an1 throug-h the foJ?:, or P rh :qw tlw tlw pi']Jo of <·lit' ' wn signn1 · g-iw·n lJ:H;k frc1m ~c,mc· vVe lt>n l:n lat c·r that th.1· 1111 , 11 nt;tin:-·ic1 1 · nf noatil1g i<"P. halt wa~ m:t<1P hlcau~f' of nn operatwn fo~ nJ.)JWnlllf'it i!' C1 t1 :\Tr;-;;. Frc·cl Britten, wife of the Jllmm s c·ung-r·,·ssm[t n . Anwng- tltt' p:t~Sl'l1g't·r~ W<' n oti<'e Gen. H en ri Courallll, tlw Fn·nrl1 h t> ro of th e Argonn e. A sm~l), g- r·ay-1Jf':tn1t' ll, alc·rl figure: !l~compa11ied by t'~o m111tarv ni<lt'S-ch' -<':tmp, a C'1\'tlran sE>cretary. l n ul A. ('lJ:qH11 all, uwnt>r of the United StatE'S lin e~. is a l~n nn hna rd. }1(' i~ ::;ma ll, shr!:'wd looking. <'nhl, quwtlyc1n · ~st·c1. Fc·w JWr1ple know him. H(' hNtg)lt the "Lf",.L.tthan" the otlwr day with ten oth<·r· shtps fc1r $1,;,ooO,iiOn. WI' have n<·ticC'd a very gentle roll t lw ship, but tlw st'a hn!'; been ~n <'alm ns to malH· it alm11st neg ligihl t:·. \Vt> oftt>n rep('at the oft-n·peatPd asst' rtion that "one hardly r ealizes onE> i~ on a boat." SonJt· sr·Ul!'; athirr-;t for nd\"f'nture bE'moan th (' fa('t that tlw ~Pn <:on of storms and buffeting wav<'s i~ over. :"\<·"· on Tlntrsclay, WP awokf' abruptly for th e very g-o11c1 l'··:tsr·n th:1t "'<' hav r httmJWd our lwa(l :1gninst tlw w:1ll. \Ve drt>s!'l drunkenly and make our wny to thl' flt ···k . Th(' ::;ky i~ full of wind and thf'I'e is n long, grf'a~~· gr'f')' ~well running, lifting the shin as it hf'aps up undt'rneath and dropping her again with a sickening swoop as it fall~ away in swirls of foam. For :t\\'hiJ,. it if.: fun . \\'p havt> never felt anything quite lik t> this. \\·e ~f'e othf'r~ grow pale and weary-lookingand snrT··JHlc·r limnlv in d e<'k chairs, but we TPmain tldt'l'mindllv lwalth,:. A hout thrPe o'clock, WE' find it sr·nH·\\·ha t t{nnt·Cf's~ arv to Jc,ok at th f' n<'t>an. \V<· eon<·t>ntr:t !t· r,n n c·loucl . ·TIH' doucl ri~ f'S and fall~. A fat 1-:'t·nt lt ·ma n lur~~ hC's hy with a sound like a prospective stod<yanl~ dl'lim moaning in its sleep. Soon we .ioin thr· fat gC'ntlt>man at tht> rail, quite whOlE'h Nll'tt·<lly, f t>E' lin~ in nur lwarts nn intC'nSE' sympathy for all fat gentlemt>n, for all other gentlemen, and a ~· n·at hntre<l of th e sea. Thus ot, first tastl' of "m:1l clC' mt'r." u, Fr<·ll1 tlw first, \·arious contrivances ha,·e been put too-ether crnclch· and le ss crudely with the aim . of hettcrin(l· the life of the · Cltlto tounst. ~ '" . I he average auto tounst Automobile \\'ants to travel as cheaply as is con~istcnt "·ith modHotels crate convenience and comfort. TTe \\'ants to he able to sleep with hi . family in or heside his car, thus reducing his hotel hill very perceptibly. These ant0mobile hotels are of b\·o general kind~. One is a tent which can he pitched beside the car. The other is the rar itself. so arranged within that the travelers. preferably not more than two. can ha Ye all· the comforts of a lower Pullman berth. The simplest arrang-ement of this kind is to have the hack of the front seat so hinged at its bottom that it can be swung down and thus connect ·\\·ith the hack seat. 1 f the car is not too short the three cu"hions. thus lined up. form a fairly decent hed for t\\·o. \Ye passed the night in one of these "lntomubile hotels not long ago . . \Ve say "pa~sed the nig-ht" rather than slept, hecanse a couple of mosquitoes intended also to occupy the car and their activities kept us :1\Yake. l\1oreover. certain irregularities in ~he seats made themselves felt. These portable hotels have one advantage, other that·l economic, over the ordinary sort. Thev can be located in choice spots,· for examt;le, a ours was, on a bluff overlooking a pleasant body of water. ~ ~ F l'idny wt- :Ht> lw tt ... r and laugh about our w ea i\Townl'(l f'VC'ning Wf' sight land Jwss of :Vt·Stl·nl:t ~·. f or th(· fir:-:t tinw in six rla ys. Tlw SC'a i~ calmer, tlw ~ky is hhtf'. nn<l in tlw light of thE' !';UnsE-t S<'Ol'f'S of spag-ull:-: g-atlwr in th e ship's wake. We pass the Rc·illy island~ aJH1 ~ight L;ll1cl'R End. tht> tip of Eng- · Ia nd, far to the north. Throug-h thf' bino('ulars thE' low <'on~t looms largE-r and stN·per; we see n lig-hthnu~t' a ncl whitf' dwellings on the top of the <'liff. This was t!w sunst>t into which tlw great English ~P:t (logs, nal!'igh, Drakl', (}rpnville set sail for A nwrit-n; this "·as tht>ir la!';t sig-ht of the homE> land. \Yiwtlwr r,,. not f:ritish blood runs in our YPins, we (·:tn S<":tl ('<·ly lwlp l>t·ing- thrill<' d , at the tbought. Xn\\' \\'t · :ll'l' in f.iouthhamJ)ton, havinJ?; :-t(·anl('cl into th e· h:tl'llllt' past th(' T~lf' of \ ,\ right and Cow<'s, wht>re WI ' st·f' th e prf' ttiest Y:ll'ht raf'e in our C'xpc·riPnce. The tu'g·K h:tY<' us ag·a in, ;-tl1(] soon we ::;hall br s:lfelv mnort·fl to our pier. Our lwarts are filled with high hopt ·!-i of :l<lvrnturc:> as \\'(' fa('e tl1i!'l England which shall hC' 0tll'~. ,J. Robert C'ochran, .Tr., Winnetka. - ( Xot(': .T. nnhE'l't f'oc·hran, .Tr., of \Vinnf'tl<a in <'omp:my with Rob f' rt S. Fitzgerald, n1e two studE-nts ~HI\\' (·ngng-ed on n tour of Em·opp by biC'yC'If'. A bO\'e 1s th£· first nf a s£'ries of h·tters Mr. f'ochran is to writP (·On<·t·rning hi~ <>X]Jeriences abroad. Watch for the others:) -MIQUE.