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Naesm enddmuae reaeh dit.r 6y Tueaq non. Contribution& sA<uld bear .uthoe's nme, requred las rel erence and mot necessardfy for publication. JANUARY 11, 1940 Register!P It wouid scarcely be expected that voters in enlightened communiies such a s the New Trier villages wouid need' to be. im- portuned to re>gister, and thus become quaiified to vote at coming elections. -eut just the same'there aire hundreds and p>rob- ably thousands of ctzn here who would be unable to vote were an election to be hel d today. This reflects not only upon the public interest of the communities, but up- on the quality of their, citizenship. Because the first requisite of a good citizen is that he take part in governmént. This is a year of important elections. A new President is to be chosen. A new gov- ernor will be elected. Members of the 77th congress are to be selected. Other state, and eounty officiais are to be elected. No voter can escape responsibility for the kind of officiais these elections will produce, flot even by staying away from the poils and thereby demonstrating that he is flot appre- for the unit candidates. It is a bard and fast proposition. Either he heips to eiectý good officiais or he helps to eiect bad ones. According to the permanent registration, law, persons must quaiify by. registration or they cannot vote. If they have aiready.: registered and have moved since regis-, tration, they must re-register. This is true even if they moved oniy te the flext door in It is the conceinsus the country over that relief agencies are being imposed upon. 4mme assert that a purge of the roils would discovered three huskyý men of the family at home, evidentiy much pleased to receive the fruit. It is flot charged that these men were ioaflng, from choice.- Perhaps. they were unable to find. empicyment., But the im- p ression upon the ,benefactor was- that, if they.had nothig elseto do they might at least caîl for the do~nations. Imprýessed so niuch, in fact, that she. deterrnined right, teeand then that she would. nèver de- liver another orange to that house. Chambers of Commerce Chambers of Commerce .are .ordinalrily organized and conducted in the interests of local business concerns, the proprietors,,Of which formr the active membership.ý The objective, of course, is to further their own welfare through the united efforts of ail of the members. But, it is pieasing to note, ail of.the efforts of 'these organizations, especiaily ini New Trier villages, are not selfish. IHere a wider view of responsibility has been taken, and many are thé community affairs which owe 'their success to the backing of the local- Chamber. This is as it shouid be, because anything which serves te enhance the vil- lage as a place of residence cannot heip being of benefit to its commercial interests. An ail for one andi one .for al program can- flot fai to bring desirable results. Having gone se far to improve conditions and provide entertainment for people with- in the confines of the village, why shouid the Chamber flot take the next logicai step and inform people beyond its boundaries of the acivantages which it has to offer those who may be in search of a suburban home? A Better Record It is gratifying beyond words to note that the automobile slaughter during the New whiie themseives driving withe care, keep a sharp eye on other and thus prevent their na mes from e ing in next morning's casuaity list. Cornes the' informnation that Keniiworth bas not bcd a traffic fatality ini seventeen years. It bas been mighty succes4ful ini keeping it a secret. Unity, is a great thing;-for the newspapers. Especiàliiy if it be the namne of a girl who gives the papers something to -write about. Here is the answer. to the intelligence test sent ini by that fella: in WInnetkà who persists in cailing us "it," and pubiished in this colum>.n iast week. We were terribiy shocked, upon read. ifg that Agimot and Dudge were sharing an apartrnent. But the feila sàys it's ail right. Tbey, are married. Pers8On Srex Sport Pet Pet's Name Agimot Maie Hunts « Stoat Plangent Beaàsley Maie Swims Emnu Argent Coapie Maie Rows -Dog Regent Dudge ýFem.ale Skis - Mouse ýGent Emmicb Female Tennises Cat Ptingent Friesland Female Arches Goat Tangent Séems to be ail right, except names of the pets of Eminol and Friesland~. That goat oov- tainly should have been christened "Pungent." A contemporary coiumnist ciosed'.the oid year with, as we see it, the best joke of '1939. It was this: "1940, 1940, 1940 (pay no attention to us, we're just practicing before we start writmng, checks), 1940, 1940, 1940." Huh! A coiumn con- ductor writing checks? .What, for, we'd like ta know! We think he had seen better days, happier and more prosperous days. His clothes, though o.Id and frayed, stili iooked neat and dlean, and were of fine quaiity and make. His face, clean shavet'i but wrinkled after perhaps seventy-five years of iife's battie, showed intelligence, and there were in its lines no hint of'the vagabond or the bum. Hue as a few steps in advance of us as we approached the entrance to a North Shore building. At the door he.hesitated, cast his ,eyes furtiveiy about, then searched the shrubbery on either'side of the walk. Stooping, he picked. up severai butts of haif-smoked cigars. which had been tossed into the bushes, put themn into his pocket, and proceeded on bis way. To see casuais searching the gutters for such refuse is not unusuai. But it was shocking~ to see this man. in appearance. not unlike hundreds of aver- age Northi Shore villagers, stooping to the prac- tice to satisfy the demands of My Lady Nicotine. extreme Wonder wby wonien wear abbreviated skirts ~xtrrne and then spend 90 per cent ,of their tinie, while drivers seated, in trying to pull the thinga down so appear. their knees 1won't show? THE PirANTom itEPOR m êwm -