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nt lèuee e, carda of thanks. obitu-, ameute or other affaire W. la published, wivll ýb. i3lng ràtes. IGrade Separation Will Sève Litée Let#sHasten the Day! In those days of our early historywhen mien had ilot yet been able t'o save the timie and energy necessary to organize s p e c i a 1 administrative lit AnPla g en cie s,-.hey, were Emegnc obliged to do the. work b . o dieth.enîiselves. Tlîey hiad no bois of law to enforce atid sno police tQ enfp)rce themn. Whien a fire sprang up and eidangered property, the householder and his neighibors did what they could to put it out. Whatever formiai schooling the eidren received wvas boughit by individual parents. Nowadavs children ýare bonui nto very higl l eveloped societies. Police and lire departmnents are paid for froin public fuinds. LikeNise sclhools are no longer supported bypaymients froni privaeiiidasbt by pavinents froin the pub)lic treasiurv. These ch anges have not been entirely productive of good resits. As the g ap, h a s widenie d between the private indi.- vidual and thie public institution. the, imIdi-ý viduial liaàs lost isterest* iii. the expieridmgi of the iiîev, lie lias be.én obliged to coui- trihuite to tlîe u1pport ,of. tlis and that puiblic in1stituitioni. It miust lie confessed that miost propertS' owners reg.ard the pay- ing of taxes as a îîecessary nuisance, a .kind of impl)Ositioni. but a chronicle of past happenings theit -we cannot think highly of it. But if it has a bearing on present life then we cari ..scarcely study it too diligently. tl-is good for.,US to.know who live d on1 th o.rth shor e in early days:. A fuller account. than Weè have yet gained of the: daily life of the Indians would add mnucli to the richness of our own lives. W~e va nt tokow m ore about. the early white mani. the lionieers. the explorers, the inessengers of the church. L.et us, learn nmore about thliose w-ho caine before us. It begins to look as if that throughi high- wvay from Evanston north throughff north shoretowvns to the upper limits of Gle.ncoe Tha Troul. mright be completed T-ha Thrugh belote th, Century of HighwayProgress drawvs to its Highwayclose. We hear that there is throughout the village of Glencoe a »ve-ry strong- conviction thatý work on the Glencoe portion of the road, shouki behe-. gun without f uriher delay. *Wilmette bas, only a short Section to finish. Kenilworth has entirely finished its contribution. Winnetka bas pnlv a brie f space on its southern limits to pave. So -%ven Glencoe actually begins w,,ork, on its stretch, the through highmray wvill begil to- look like a 100% reality.. It seemis.certain thiat the comîpletinig of these missing links is the only process .necessary to induce the great miajOritvý of Sheridan road drivers to tak-e the wider. srnoother, straighter highwýa,-., Jncidentally x-ve b elI 1.\otld be benefited b-, tional .and state route over to the es of thei ie v e, that. traffic %i-tchlilg the na- off Sheridan road iortlî shore towvns. 1.5 to R.olutlons of col adei.a, nticesofet whre an admlttaii charged at regulari Fý more than 75 3years ago. bas been pulled do-wni to provide space for the erection of the Illinois Telephone corn- pany's handsome building. lui those. Civil. war davs, t rees, Indians, and no dpubt, %volves o'ccupied the land. no% mnainlv oc.cupied bypeople, building-s The entire north shore w-as grati fied by the re-opening of the Glencoe sehools after thtunpleasant. vacant.period., It's a long. pull in a..stormy sea, bult we'll get there yet. And the gentleman wvho perpetrates the adjoin-. ing columuis continues to worUy about aIl the lighting on McCormick boulevard, what with the general effort (elsewhere) at retrenchmrent in expenditures. Strange, too, since that brilliant illumination dots show up the justly celebrated (yea, whoopee) bridle, patli to such splenidid àdvantage. Have vou bogght that Tax Warrant(s)?P -MIQUE. ~Simpy as OreatluMig, a wcor1a s nonor WOTU As lif e'; isdifferent gits (o ail men borne; Dumb for hi»useif miless it were to God, Bu-t for lis bare foot soldiers eloque ni, Tram ping the snou'to coral w/zhere they trod, Held by lis mwe iii hollow-eyed content; MIodest, yet firm as ,Vature's self; unblaiiid SÇat' by the Meti his nobler temtpershatied; Not honored then or now because .he wooed T/se popular voice, but that. he. stili wtithstood; 'Broad-minded,,hig/ser-soilled, there is but onse Wj"ho was ail that and' ours and ail mens- Was.hiiugtoil. -James Russell Lowell Singulari> appropriate, so it seemns to.us, is the above dignified and' cloquent tribute to. George WVashington f rom the pen. of one of Anîerica's great poets. Singularly, appropriate, we feelI, not only because, February miarks the natal date of. the First President, but because the natýion, this -year. %vill Pause to observe the 1i-centennial of his birti. A FORTUNATE MONTH Next Monday cornes February, A fortunate month, full of happenlings, Somne happy happenings. soi-e not so happy. The. Second is Ground Hog Day;. This year withoilt meaning, Because winter hasnit corne yet. (we hope). The Tenth is the First Day of Lent, Ash Wedniesday, Beginning of a season of fasting and prayer. On the Twelfilî Honest Abe wvas boni, And that wvas a. happy day *for the Slaves and America. The )Fourteenth i s St. VaT>lentitie's Day, 1bcloved by loyers.ý Aud. on the Tfweiity-Secoidý,,200 years -ago, George WT-ashir.gton was Iborn, WVhat a happy day that ivas! Twentvrnne ays -iii this February, Ani extra dayv for- the girls to rnake as .mutchi of as Ihev can! -Fil Ossifcr. A WINTER SUNRISE .Çtuise ame eilcd oiie morning With dim grev skies above, T'he toes as softly blended As the brca.çt of, a dove. IVhile..qt;ccd beiieaîh, a I>za7s lie 0fsilver tissue Iay', Tf'iti, frosted grasses woz'en lit imystical arra.v. 117'he'n gradu(ai v. f ai ni shaIduw 0f sheli j'ink came to play, Like ig/stest touches tinfing T/uit.sypphony of gray. .-ind theiz il sermed thse artist Paiiscd while lte faint toues dried,