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MAR CH 9, 1939ý A Progressive Step, The board of education offNew Trier High school is to be com.imended for its action. ini establishing night classes in response to a growing. demand on the part of those not enrolled in the.day, classes. At present these classes, which are open to the public, aduits as well as youth,. at -a nominal tuition fee' include four Subjects,, English, stenography, French and typewrit- ing. Other subjects which will be assured as soon as a few more registrants are secured, include home economics, bookkeeping, art The value of these courses, which will ex- tend over a period of twelve weeks, the classes convening for two hours on each Wednesday evening, can scarcely be coin- puted. A great many graduates of the s chool who cannot go on to higher institu- tions of learning, or even to attend business college, will find in them an opportunitv tn Icouragement to believe that their ei mhent is a progressive step in line- needs of the community. lInfant Welf are Society, Mrs. H. E. Christiansen, PU man for the Wilmette Center chair- Inf ant ta Bonte, 718 Forest avenue. In 11938 their contribution t4o, thecause of Infant Welfare in Chicago"was $5,100 through the Wilmette Community chest, 1,447 articles of wearing apparel- for the babies and 525, hours of volunteer: work- in Alicé H. Wood statio 1n, wvhich they help support. The Coast Guard Speaks Officials of the:United States Coast Guard station at Wilmette has sounded a. warning against the dangerous practice of persons, especially, boys and girls, of walking on the lake front icebergs along the North Shore beaches., It is a timely warning' which should be heeded byall who value their &afeity and, t*eir jjs.. It seems incredulous that this warning should be necessary year after year, as the season comies when the ice ý begins to disintegrate, and fissures are formed which, if one slips into them, are likely to lead to dangerous situations if not loss of life. But venturesome spirits are always ready to take the risk, depending upon the safe ap- pearance of the, ice and- without knowledge lisIL- observation gives tbern accurate knowledge the 'upon which to base advice to the publie., Parents would do well to cooperate with them by instrùcting children to keep off tbe ice. Needicas Hazards Utôpia bas been found ini British Guiana and Venezuela.. We always saîd it was useless, to look for it in this country., "wyer freed in sw indle caseonecnai ity;," read a Monday headline. Good old tech- qnicàlity. The la'wyer's first weapon and bis last refuge., A lady called the other day to ask "Wlire is Wilmette CoinmunityHouse?" Tliàt is wbhat we would like.to, know. The Piresident has returnet! to Washington, Mahatma Gandhi bas completed another fast. The Loyalists assert that the Spanishwar will.go on. The w.Orld is fast-becoming* normal. Talk about. the beartlessness of a big -city! A Chicago police station ýfed three tiny kittens wiha medicine dropper yIen the rnother reý ma ned away too long looking for new living quarters, and-another section of the metropolis has been greatly concerned hecause another kit- ten bat! been up a tree for tbree days. People are humnan after ail. "One hundret! million dollars for war. llow rnuch for peace?" writes. a North Shore lady. Well, approximately forty billion dollars to date, and! we haven't had much peace at that. Dwigbt H. Green, Republican candidate for mayor of Chicago, reminds us 'of Henry Ar- strong, the champion boxer. Neitber believes in giving bis opponent a moment in which to catch bis breatb. How did prehistoric woman spend ber idle bhours? According to the current number of "Fieldl Museum News," she did fancy work, crocheting, and embroidering. Some of tbem mothers that cônie to the society o h can use1 End of the column and the day. THE PHANTOM REPORTER for the