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mûO DbLLARS A 1YEAM New mpaerid ua i relw editor by Tuesday non. Contributiom ssho&Uldbear autA or, hne, requiredý lor relerme n d not necomsarilfor. puibUaon. NOVEMBER 16,ý 19391 "General Aph y" This is the-season when the local police ar e suffering fromn continuai headaches be- cause of the prevalence oft.house burgiaries. The, approach of *inter always *marks in- creased.activity on the part of burgiars, and North Shore suburbs, are no more im- mune from their. visits than are ether sub- urbs or even Chicago. In fact, the North Shore is especially attractive, 'for burg- lars prefer te work where there is some- thing worthwhile to steal, where pickings. ar'e good and conditions favorable., Heavily wooded and abounding in shrubbery, our homes, set far apart anid well back from the street, effer alluring targets. . In such conditions Chicago criminals can make frequent forays in these villages and 'wthin a few minutes find safe refuge in the big city, lest among the millions who live there. The parole board continues to turn its "mistakes" loose upon. the public, anid theyprornptly return te their old hab- its, be they burglary or other 'forms of thievery. 1The police assert that the burglar's great- est aid is found 'in the general apathy of the public. Villagers get the impression that they are living in the country and that. therefore tiieir homes are safe from intru- sien, Even the simplest precautions against burglary are neglected. Living in fancied security, they fail te. realize that they are just as liable to a visit by burglars as someene. in another suburb. Some fine day, .when they return home and find their rooms ransacked their dreams will be shattered. iFirst let it be known that. the cornplinant is net a jitterbug. If lie las nerves they are under perfect centrol. It takes .a lot to rutle his.temper, but invasion cf anybody's personal rights, including' his,Ôwn, brings .mental if net vocal protest. Te be specific, lie objects strenuously te buying a -high-priced ticket 1te a football gamne, and thený have some person. (sar- castic empliasis) 'sit down near him and turri on the portable radio te get. football breadcasts from New York, California or other points., He asserts that such'prceed- ings interfere. with 'his., enjoyment, of t heé game in which hie is interested. Another. thing, he avews,. to which hie takes, exception, is the habit of portable ownmers cf carrying their radies into train coaches and turning them on at peak vol- ume when he is trying te read an interest- ing book. We think his points well taken.- Why the Change? Ever since the first Thanksgiving Day in the new world, in 1621, the date fer this annual acknowledgement te Divine Provi- dence for botli temperal and spiritual bless- ings had been kieked up and down the cal- endar until 1864, wlien President Abraham 'Lincoln issued a proclamation fixing the date as the last' Thursday in, Nevember, since which time it has been observed. Presiclent George Washington had set the fourth Thursday in November as Tlianks- giving Day, an'd in 1863 'President Lincoln also set the 'feurth Tliursday, changing it te, the last Thursday the following yèar. It lias remained the hast Thursday until this year, Wlien Presidential proclamation again. changed it te one week earlier. During the peried et its observance. Thanksgiving Day has been celebratecl as earhy in the year as May and a~s late as December. For seventy-five years it has Armistice Day observance seems te, have suffered from a drenching of cold water cast upon it by the fracas .across the Atlantic. Leav- ing the comfort of home te, participate i- the exercises, we were disappointed when ail that. took place was a salute flred by.-a detail ef cadets, for et course we could net help much in that. Perhaps armistices are as: futile. as the wars .they are supposed te terinaàte.. "&G. O. P. leaders plan intensive battle in 1940,". read a...Menday headline.' Couldn't they mfake it a little 'more than :n tense? "One lump, or two?" queried the smiling club-, lady as, she poised the, silver tongs, In dainty fingers above the immaculately set tea table in the jury room., "Three, if I mnay be se. bold as to, raise, the ante," replied the gentleman,, in time-honored jury room -parlance. "You see, I like it sweet." Again the query, "One lump or two?-~ was put by the clublady, whose turn it was to pour, until the eleven other jurors had been served. Glistening as it was in spetless ien, brilliaxit,,glassware tihe thfimest o Havi- land china and rare sterling 'silver, the. tea table nevertheless presented a strange and eut-el. place appearance. The feet of the guests sunk net into luxurlous Oriental rugs, the windows were barren et silken hangings, and the chairs upon which the company sat-had neyer boasted et upholstery-or if they had, it had long since disappeared. It was tea time in the jury room, an innovation introduced by lady jurors enjey- ngthe'.Juicy fruits et complete emancipatien from the domination et brutal man, and 'revel- ing in the possession et new-found liberty. The last hurdie lad-bee'~n--4,idled, and they had the legal right te sit on juries. And the introduction ef some approed social customs might help te raise the quality et jurors-such, for instance,' as the serving et tea and waters, or tea and ladyfingers, or whatever it is they serve with tea in such circumstances. It would brighten up the gloomy old jury room and refresh the inner man, or womnan, as the case might be. The ac- tion was suited te the word (pardon the para- phrase>,' and trom well supplied pantries et im- posing homes in our very best neighborho.ods ,.came the costly array et dishware' and cutleryt te grace a tea table in a reom where neý tea table had ever befere been seen. Ail ef which is O.K. with us. tut a word et warning te the lad~y jurers: Don't faint if perchance some rude,' ~uu lannav ~ sngi buglar ocur.Great White Father will net hear the voice But suspicions must be cemmunicated tô of i red chldren. the police at once, net 'after a lapse et heurs or even days, if the information is te be et, "It:must net happen again" cannet be tee 'value. 'ofte n repea .ted. The Scots are rebelling against the prohibition, of kilts as arniy uniform.' What? With winter coming on? The slaughter et the hunters, is on. THE PHAx.Tom RgePO. FIVE CENTS A COY