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Io publbUiIO, vU b- s, watè sadwl 4"D)efender of woodswtrsn wl life." That phrase indicates ivery point- edly the purpose of > the Izaak Walton Izak Wltos..League of Amierica. IX«Jk W ttOO4-Nit also presents plain-ý Legu one . of the fore- Lodg"Most duties of every tuember of this unusually active organ-ý ization. woods, waters, and wild life. Chief amnong these hostile forces are human beings. Mauy-people are either indifferent to the preservation and development of our nat- urai resources and hence do nothiug to protect them. Many other people rutb- lessly destroy our splendid trees in an ,unintelligent scramble for wealtb. Witb equal recklessness they root up great insters of wild flowers, flowers. which cheniicals. And many a group of an- mals has been driven into extinction by thoughtless hunters. The Izaak Walton league bas done and is doing uiuch to checkl this attack and to overcome this destructive indifference. In addition 'ta this. def!ensive work thse League enthusiasticallY' advocates a great- et atudy 'in aur scisools and homes of, natural history.- In our colleges almost mnight easiy have been preventeil. ra.»in other cars in the face of oncoming traffc bas often resulted'i injury and deatb. Lack of ordinary courtesy, as shown in unwillingness to yield one's right of way, bas sometimes meant serious injury. Lack of consideration for pedestrians is. anotlher form of' this. discourtesy. *Almost ail auto accidents, are, avoidable., We inust admit that some few auto acci- dents are unavoidable. Tbese. latter might be called acts' of God. Almost ail auto accidents, are, ho 1wever, *cts of man and therefo.re avoidable. î. H4ave you ever driven a car tbrough the fog? If you bave,. you. will agree with us tbat tbere are,- few more disagreeable rivlog-In experiences. 1 f Y . 4~SvngI~ haven't, we advise you the Fog to forego the exper 'ience. One $tmday afternoon not long ago we left Milwaukee bound in our good used car for the north shore -and bomne. We bad. gone only a short distance when darkness overtook us. It. was no ordinary darkness but the particu»- larly undesirable darkness caused mostly, by fog. Like nsost fogs. this one was nof of uni- forrn detisity, but now thinner and now tbicker. Wbeil it was thinner, we got aiong at pretty, fair speed and with no special strain. But when it becanie thick- er, the going became almost impossible. Unable to see the edge of the road we wandered froni side to side, sometimes driving'on the soft muddy shoulder of the road. At frequent intervals a car going in thse opposite direction would suddenly loom up beforeus. We escaped collision -only by a rapid returu to our own, stripl' of thse bigbway. Numberle.ss times we almost decided to stop and, put up, at some nearby farni- Defuusce in thse face <of dstrny. A new-fledged hoPe lbas cone 1 us, and we S/sai li g#rpse, the dream.s tisat yon have always knoufn. Porote is e çorroup-4he defeat-. T/ediuillusiosment of other Years.. Aïn ou'we.do sot sëeetise latest tears. O, drearns-of-youth, ail-gloos and fleet, We see tise promise of tise w ,utfdlgh Ttburus, so bravely . nyohar >art 18gl -,CA&TafiNx PAlm V(Tzi. (Reprinted f'romn the january .1931 issu e :of .rhe Rotarian. by special permission. of the author.) MIDNIGHT MUSINGS 0FOU& NIGHT EDITOR Persons who have night jobs might justàs Well cheer up, and,. in fact, make bold, to becomie a littie conceited. Think of the orchestra leaders- Paul Whiteman, for instance--who begin their work after sunset. Think of the honor of getting up. late in thée day and eating breakfast. or -what-. have-yôu at. thé samne hour that'Ben Bernie, the old, maestro, ýis taking nourishanent. We notce that New York atready bas two peewee theaters-or miniature picture palaces, as we might terni these capsule amusement centers. With movies on the '"bigger and better" trend, it may be difficuit to squeeze some of the films ito these littie shows. We can. just imagine some of the miniature motion picture palaces bulging with such movies as "Big Boy," "Big House,»" 4Big Trail" and "Big Money." "Every dog has his day," reads an old adage. This is being borne out in Hollywood where Rin-Tin-Tin stars ini melodrama and many cher dogs are being trained as nsirth producers. Gin, the type-eating terrier of the sanctum, may have to be closely guârded. Some niovie scout may lure the talented canine to Hollywood to write continuity for the~ ali-dog comnedies that are be- coming the rage. Winnetka's brave firemen suffered a double., joit from that bla ze at Community House thse other day. About the time the flames were licking 4p a large .chunk:'of the community center, a clçrk in the local p.çst officewas srigafe thousahd invitations to the annual Firemen's.Bail. The good people of thse village received thse news of thse fire and thse bids to the dance at about the saine time next morning. The Point is that accident has been caused atic citizens must naabe it safe. ey the familiar red stop- ýpe have disregarded the Tise multitude of colored ligbts draped the sarne time have dis- last Cbristmas on. living ôutdoor firs and >wni safety and that- of balsams arouses the suspicion that some: ~iy eupl delber.elypeople have wandered far from the simplic' " db eopleh lb resly ity and significance of th e iinal Christ-, ou death by cckltss4 e on-em and one for the s flot bage Last lines are frequetly a. nightmare to cbl- umn conductors (so-caled),9 but as, for us, well, this is aiways a simple way, out.