Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 11 Jul 1930, p. 28

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voanéuuay Ilon to1 i f thanku, obitu- other affaire whsre will be chlargéd at Grade- Se parution will save lif e Let's have immediate action! When we were childrenwe were taught that "Little drops of water, littie grains of sand, make the mighty* ocean and' the «"Littie Drops spacions land.'~" p- cions" doesn't s e e ni. of Wter" quite right, but the rihtword escapes us. Little' things count., No one can. donbt that. Our biggest enemies are the smnallest things --germs. As ,ve gro,%vt older ive develop an increasing fear of microbes, bacilli, and' ail their tribe. Let the doctor tell us that in our blood there are strep- tococci and we shiverýin apprehension of what's about tohappeîî to us. -XVe suppose that part of our fearof gens is due tô- the fact that we çan't sec thern or touch theni. .Mosquitoes aren't vér\' big. but lîow we' do hate them! Onîe smnall active niosquito can keep a husky mari awake ail inighit and arouse in him more profanity than a -whole herd of elephants. That being the case -we wonder ýwhy everybody on the niorth shore .doesn't do ail he can easily do by getting rid of every drop of standing water on biis premises. Whcn lhe knows that a million of two of these poisonous pests can be bred ïn an - old, tomato can of standing Nwater, .why doesn't this thoughtful rman pour the water ont of the can? S ince little things cot'înt,1 we should be thankful for. small favors. Since life is made up alnîost entirely of littie thîings, w Then there's Ravinia -with its concerts and grand opera, neither of theim equalled elsewNhere. Plenty of people vould go miles to hiear" Martinelli. Are there mnosqitos this year at Ravinia? Yotu cap find themi astmmer resorts. If yotîre interested iii aviation directlýv or in-directly drive out to. Sky Har 'bor or the Curt.iss-Reynolds .a.irport.' What vaca- .tion places have. airports so conveniently locatedP Spread the north. shore population, over a larger area, decrease the nunîber of work- ing hours, and you'1 have right next to you a' fine summer. resort. W\,ay up hiere, 400. mile s, fr om Chicago,, ive sec what.we seldomn sec in that big con- gestion of, people, namely, horses. We ,ometimes see one draw- Ne Tme, ng alan rtiquate )1buggY New Ways with high thin m-h.eeks Jogging along at. about four or five miles per hour it seenis like somnething just ont of the ark. Buti t'sf use fuI! As the 01(1 horse and buggy app roach a town. past thern will flash an! auto at Such speed that the horse and buggy are stand-: ing still. Jncidentally it's a very good auto that can go snioqthly in high at four or five miles per. And in very- recent years, heavier-than-' air vehicles performi. apparent miracles. The H4unter brothers have at Sky Harbor brok- en the world's endurance r ecord. And* in the îîot dlistant future even this new reizor(l ,vil1 prob)ably be smashed. As for aviation hle.ighit records the skv is the limit, and the.re jsn't any sky. Anpd as-fo'r *v'elocitv a. few% more iniprovement-s in the airplane. anid 500 miles an hour will be a fact. With two fanions airports near our north shore totNvns our children will be on the roa(l to losing. aIl appreciation of Darius Greeni and his flying machine, so familiar Tiiere isi the sumrmer. There are pienty of trees on the north shore, and flowers, and water, rd to and fresh air., For a A Wor o s maîî payment vou can Stay-at-homes bathe or swim comifort- ably and conveniently in Lake Michigan,'and many people at, suni-. uxmer resorts bave»tnerahand such au hinmselt, "My one vote won't malce any difference, anyhow." But 4t's -the comn- binati on of littie votes thàt elects a Lin- coin or a Roosevelt. The very essence of a successful demnocracy is the active recogniý- tion by every citizen of the value of indi- viduial, vytes. i/jo gentlemen -niaîntained a dignitieci, yea, even elo- quent silence. Efforts are being made to eliminate the disturb- ing putt, putt, from our north shore outboard mo- tor boats. *Many of us have been engaged in an effort to mninimiîze the saine-sort of thing in our, golf games. ~-Mi. I the inevitable silver: ioving cup as the cov.ete'd award. Having obiserved miany such corner lot play contrivances ini Florida last season, we are now inclinied to be rather envious of the putting course magnates, 1 since we failed. uttcrly to foresee the Possibilities of a tidy fortune. There is consolation, however, in the f act,,that' the courses are rapidly replacing the old-fashioned. corner lot, long since an object of grief to, the local improvement associations. Even the dis-, carded tin cans. have at last been. convýerted into a source of inicomne, while broken bits of sewer pipe provide splendid hazards for those who take- their glorified croquet seriously. What, we like most ab)out these puttîng courses, though, is the astonislin g generosity of the "box office" departments. It is, quite apparent that the Scots, who are said to control the 'Golf Trust, have not as yet gone in for the sport in, its 'Twas OnIy A Dreamu Mique: The society editor;ý after writing, a thousand, and one 'Junie,.we ddings lias a nighitmare of what she might- have said, about, somebody's wed-Iing., Follow closely; Miss Society Page and Mr; Special Edition took, a hig'h flier in romance yesterday whien the young ,nmali from Make-.up, IlL, and the younig lady from the north shore wrote "30" to their romance. The bride wore pink and green calico and a veil'of innocence. She carried .a shower of bene stream- ers and six point head roses. The groonm wore liied trousers and bold faced cut-away. .Shie dashed and dotted down the aisie acconi- panied by Miss Captioi Who copy reaà the cere- miony attired ini snagged hose'and paper cuffs, b er charming smock having a motif of printer's i1k.. :Mrs. Cut Line carried a corsage of fresh carrots .>and a white kid, Cook book ,with a, pencil marking the passage on lamb chops and green,.peaàs.- The wedding march was played on i:the linotypes with an, undertone, of presses. . Ani obligato was played on the stitcher with telephone belîs pealing. out the signal for the beginning, of the service.. Over ail drifted the delicate perfunie of stereo-, type metal burning paper mache mats.... for 'twas Monday mornmng.. -Beth.

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