Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 6 Sep 1929, p. 26

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26 'WILME.TTE LIFE September 6. 1929 WILMETTE ·LIFE IS U.ED }'RIDAY OF EACII WEEK by I,I~OYD liOLLISTEU INC. 1~3~-1~36 entral A w., Wilmette, Ill. Chicag-o oftke: 6 N. Michigan Ave. Tel. State 6326 I on . improving Sheridan road and also gratified to read what the committee said abont the condition of the road and its futu:·e possibilities. ~Iust of the · s uccessful peoj· )le on this solid old world ,,.< ,uldn't have succeeded half so \\'ell had thev never bi0\\'11 their o\\'n horn. J-1 ad thev Blowing Our ·n e,·er h 1! o u hcr h t thci~· Own Horn ,,·ares or themselves to the attention of the other\\' ise occupied public \Ye very . much doubt whether the\· could 110\\' he clas:-ed as successes. 1f ;; person made th he"'t clothes-pin in the ,,·orld and told nohody about it the best clothes-pin might just ~s we11 ne,·er have been made. ~u \\'(:now hlo\\' our 0\\'11 horn. \\'e r:tll · your attention to the fact that if our IH \\'Smagazinc did not exist Yon ,,·ould not hl' ~n \\'ell oft as , -ouno\\' ar.e .. The scoffer may s;t,that lw \\:ould he better off if all p;1pc::s and · magazines \\'ere burned up in OtH' ~·i gantir lire. But everyone kno\\'S that :-;coffers exag-gerate and fail to tell the truth. They them~ch·es do not really ex pect t(J he taken SL'riously. The scurf~·r must han· a paper in order tn kno\\' ,,·h:1t t() scoff about . SHORE LINES Ttl4'phonf.' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wilmette 4300 SUUl'i(' Rl J>TION PUICE ... . . .. . ... .. . f;2.00 A YEAR All c0nununications must be accompanied by th e name and · address of the writer. 'Articles ·for publication mu~t reach the editor by Wednesday noon ' to lnsure appearance in current issue. Resolutions of condolence, cards of thanks, obituaries, notices of entertainments or other affairs where an admittance charge is published, will be charged at regular :Hh·c,·tising rates. . · ACATTOK DAYS IARE ON THE WANE THAT LABOR DAY IS HISTORY, THE YOl'i\GSTERS ARE PREPARING TO RESl').f E SCHOLASTIC ENDEAVORS AND THE PRE-ACTUM~AL ~fESSAGE IS ~FO;R'l'H CO~ffKC FROM THE XORTHLA~DS WHERE FTL. THE FILOSOFER. ACTHOR OF THE ADJOIK£1\G COLUMI\S. TAKES ON HTS SUM~1ER LAYER OF AVOIRDUPOIS. \VE HF .1\.RD FRO~{ H f~f THIS \VEEK· AXD V XO\\T Grade Separation will save life Let's have immediate action! Lahor Day has come and gone. and \\'ith it the call to return to ciYilizatiun has heC'Il uttered and heard by ·thousands all ovrr thl'se htts\· L'nile<l Returning to · ~Uites. 'I'll~· leisure da\'s Civilization have gone and the lai>~H days han_ · come, and ronH.· tt> :-.ta\· fur matl\·'. matl\' months. \\'ith the - closing- ~f srho;>lhotbe doors ]a~t J t111l' \·acation c:1me. ~rhool labor~. except for suqunl'r pupils. ended abruptly. The cal! of the \\'ild \\'as uttered and hcanl, and thousands ran for the \\'Oods. \\'e are not sorrv that labor da,·s ha\·e come. \\'e knO\\' - seYcral htunan· heings who do not work for a living. Fur so1:1e rea~on or other they have sufficient tq kcq> them and their families pro\·ided ,,·ith thl' necessaries and enough of the luxuries oi life. ~u they don't \HJrk. They just lin·. They usc up time doing almost nothing. \\ ·c 're sotT\' for them. It's gwHi to haYe a juh in , rhu()l. uflicl', or studio. \\·or k i s 11 o t a c 11 r s e . I dk nl' ., s is a curse. \\'e admit easily that manY people ha\·c to \\·ork too hat:d. \\ 'e IW]'.l' that as time goes on the JH1111l>cr (>i "ucl1 pe· .pie will decrease. "1\tll. boys, pull." Lahor day;-; are here . \\' ERE EXPECTED TO BECOME DULY COXCERNED AND EXCITED OVER WHAT HE - IN HIS BEST YEfX OF H MOR TER).fS HIS "TRIL).fPHAL RETURK TO A DELIGHTED NORTH SHOH.E." Arriring ten rlays or so in thr \\'ake of tl.1e Graf · /rppclin. onr contemporary appe~trs destmed to receive a rather coolish \\'l~ lcnn1c tl11s S{'ason. Most < li tL are still suffering from the abnormal hurst ni enthusiasm incident w thL· arri\·al of the monarch oi the air. Fil \Yill be chugging altlng in his rather we1111~ed ~as buggy p_rt·parl'CI to. relate more hrcat,htaking experiences anent l11s ~raYcl along t.'e 11rt1ad higJnyays. B11t then ,,- ~. rc rather. accustomed to that and will listen \nth all posstblc 111tercst. prorided we could possibly he intereste,d \\·hen those Cubs are surg-ing alnng- to a \Vor 1d s rf1ampionship and the Chicag-<~ \\"c..: \\'ill.cnclu.r~w:e llHrs art· :-.till lwn~ ring gract:tully (at tht s wntmg-l p ~· e r h <' ;1 d. Fil specifies thrn· days- September 7, R and 0-duri11..- '"hich \\T ar c expected to he cnnstantl:· 0 11 the ,3Lrt a\\'alting· l1i-. arri,·al. " ·atching- carefully en-n· hi ,,. h\\'a\· kadinrr int o the north shore for the ~ight'nf h·i~ trus t_/ '( ,n·ll. \\'c'd lik e t o nam e :t. J,ut 11lttstn't l chariot. Littk doc..·s Fil knn\\' of the penalty for pr nJ,,n).!cd ahscnrc . ~o compktdy has he beconH.: l ' ~ t ~a 11 g l' d f r t~m t l1c sa 11 c t t1111 . a 11 c t n n 1111. that C i11. 11 e ha..; hrcn . Cll1J~l l · :' 1hl' Typl' -eat im~ Tcrritr ah1 j11~ hi~ dl':--k a~ a C<lnn·ni cnt ~pot f n r hts altn tHtC ill · Through our papc..·r \\'l' keep you in iornh'd to \\'hat is going on in your comtntmih·. \\ 'c tell 11f the births and deaths. the \\'l~ (l rlings and picnics. \\ 'c s:ty nothing ahn11l the di\'()t-rcs. hccattSl' \\'(' n·all\· lwlin·c that ~· tm \\'()ttldn't care t11 !war. about them. l~ut ,,.L. do empha'\ize the gctlltinL·ly · g·o\ld tle\\'S . a:-; \\ ·l, art · cuntinu:t!ly trying t() impn)\'(' hc..·c..·atl:-'c..· \\' l' haH· itlllJHl t)\lt hy c xpcricnc..'e that thuse \\ · h() dt>n't tn· u:-;ualh· do not get alwad. \\'e nut onl~: tr_,. tt imprcn·e. hut we h()pe that yon han· iound out that \\'L really h;tve imprD\'L'<I. lf there is an,· thing ah()ut ns yuu d(>n't likl' he sttrL' 1() t~·il tt:-.. \\ ·e \\·ant tu make this coming ,·l'ar a n : a r (, i \' l' r y 111 a r 1.: e d i lllJl r' )' ·c llll'll t. I 1 k a :--e help th ~ · 'I'IHhl ' \li lb \\'llt' are :-o(lttlld oi l>c><h· :11Hl limb and ran thl'rl'iure g·et around -l'asih· hoth ind(Hlr:-; and uut h:tn· HT\' dim COJ;l't')ltiun:-; of \~· hat others Flou..'ers for JH>t so iurtunate arc depri,·<·d of. \Ye know Shut-Ius t ,,.o, 1m~ hand and \\'i fe. \\ ' ilP arc litcralh· shut in. The husl>and suffered a ~trukl' soml' months ago ~nd sin c c t h ~ll time has not h c en a h 1e to 1ea\' e his apartment. For mo:o~t of his pleasure he depends on his radio and type\\-rit::r. 1 I i:-; wife, hL·cattse of a \\·eak heart. has hcC'n iorhiddcn tt> do \n>rk of an\· kind httt mu-.;t rest most of the d;l\·. '(hose who ha' e been ordered to "res-t" llllht (lf the time know what this means. ~ic~ta s. Cion is short lin:cl. Ti you d on't hdiL\·e it, ju :-t --tay a~,· ay fnr u 11<.' wlwle summ er. OUR KICKERS KLUB 1 I 1n t t1 < ·cl w t hL· airing of Pcca~iunal , pet pc..·cYC' .) Thi s \H·ek::-- di :-. h o i raspherrie~, dear childrt·n. i , ~an· cl l.'xclu~inh · fnr the latest \·er sion of motllring nui~ance ( h;tn you Sl'l'tl him : l ,,·ho. \Yhile at the " ·heel. permits his !tit arm tn dangle a'l<l !lap nn-r the side of thL· car, thus pro\· idin~ a gue:-- . . ing contest for the..· dri,·er in his wake \\ ho i~ k<l to " ·onckr just " -hl'n a1Hl where (if . o) tl1e aforementioned nui~ancc expects to turn. \Yc respectfully refer tl1c..: matter to Sht)re LinC'· . p~y rhiatrist. \\'ht), pnmit us to \'tntttre, is a d - husy gu~· . \\' t· in,·it< · < ' lllllributi!lll~ t.\ tllt' Kidwr~· Kluh. \\'lwn ilwlin t· d tt· <lllltillilatt · s(lmt ·ttJW, Just c ount tt·n, n n<l lt ·t'l it tu us. .-\nyho<h· who ha;-; driYen at least otlCL' on:r -SIH-r.idan road i>et \\·ecn llu\\·ard st red and \\'aukegan knows the difficulties att e 11 d i n g- s u c h a d r i \'L'. /mproviug Cun·c;-; of the si mni e She1·idan Road a 11 d o f t II e s 11 a k \' ~·a riety arc the ·rule. ~traighta\\'a\·s are so u11common as almo-;t to he tH>11 -e;.;_iste11t. The J lttbhard \\'ood~ section is almosl in the cla~s of de~thtrap..;. The l':t\TlllL'Ilt in many places is bumpy and unpka~ant. ~hurt and good, ~hericlan road cunld casil.'· he impn>\'l'd. The one big and sweeping i m provemet~t. uf rour~c. would he mu,·ing all of Shericbn road O\'l'r to the ~hore uf Lake :\Iichig:w. That thi:-; will he arcompli~hed some day no Ollt' ran doul >t. 1t \\' oul d mean the sel v·ing of a mnltitttclc of cxtrenwh- 'difficult prul>lem~. Hut _\ml'rican:-. lo\·. ~· dift1cu1t pro! >lcm ~. The making (1~ thi~ important highway a. -..tat_<' th()!-~>ugllla:·.· i:-; a s~ep in t~1e right chrect H 111. I lw trati1c on thts road ts hv no mean:-. entin·ly local. lt lS a state, i( not national. high \\'ay so far as the residence of many of the autuists gots. It therefore :-oh(Jttld ht a ~tatt' thoroughfare and as such maintained In· the ~tate. .-\11 11<1rth !--.hore residents must haYe hetn gratified to note that the governor's committee recommended that $310,000 be spetJt The Final Lesson Since m05t of our friends are addicted to hrich!;c pla .\ 'ing (\\·hich \\·e are not) it is with a deal ·1f pleasure that \\'C submit the follo\\'ing pas s·· cl along hv a ).Jilwaukce confrere: -She lh1 bridge expert): "l: ncler the same clrcumstanc<:s. !1m\· \rould you have played the hand:·· He (icily): "Cnder an assumed name." The gentleman at our rigl1t suggests as an example of rigid economy: A dead Scotchman. ~~~t(·: f:tork~. ca~e. These t\\'O shut-ins keenly appreciate tl O\\·ers. _\ bloom or t ,,.o means to them life and beautY. The,· them~elYes can neither grow nor gather fio"·er5. If thcv are to ha\'C flowers at all they must dc~pend on more fortunate persons. People in our north shore communities have an abundance of flowers. Sometime8 it seems as if we had a super-abundance Hut ne\'ertheless we haYe })lentv to h (Yive ~ · a\\'ay. I·,,·en as . ummer wanes flower~ continue to bloom. Let us welcome the opportunity to cheer with flowers th< homes of the sick and house-ridden. \Ye Wt>l't' l1ut ugTL't·<l l1dt·rmhwd to abhore all Scotch ttl mal~e an exception in this A Hot Shot Sauntering into friend. Joe's office in the \Vilmette postal establishment one of those partiLu·arly warm days e.arlier this week, we exclaimed :ympathetically: "'~f y goodness, your office is like ' ·n oven." To which Joe replied cheerfully: "A·1d ~ ." vhy not? It's where I make my daily bread." II rj ~ Yes, we have no \:Vorld's Series tickets. -Mique.

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