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Chkq. lOffCeS - tor6-1018 WILLOUGHBIY Towvt Tele>Iae CENsTRAL 3 35 5 SUBSCRPrîON: $z PER YEAR SINGLE COPIES Ç CEwrs. Ail c ommunicstions asd contributtons intended for ptibl- ention'must ýbear the naine .ndý addresi of the author, fnt necessarily for. pulication, but ýfor aur files. Such materal muet reach 'the edtor b>' Tuesday, noan ta be in timfe for thé current juBile. A CHALLENGE There is a challenge-a definite, commandîng. imperative challenge- to thé civic spirit,-the community pride, the generosity, the. humanitar- ian instincts of every Wilmetf e mail and- woman. ini the efforts now being mnade -to raise funds for Wilmette Commu nity Chest. It is a challenge that calîs Ioudly for an answer and will not be silenced unfil, through your action, provision is made for the support of participating charities. Tt is a challenge fo your sensé of fairness, your loyaltyý to the village and your neigbbors, to youir spirit of gratitude that the beavy hand of ad- versity has ~been laid tapon y6u more ligiat1y thanj upon others, for whose welfare no one can escape responsibility. Tt is a challenge f0 whafever of self -interest you may have, in that if permits vou to give many times whjle giving once. Citizenis of« Wilmette should get firmly fixed, in. their minds that the Community Chest is a COM-. munify enterprise. and, like any other public movement, can and will succeed only as: it at- tracts f0 ifs support a great preponderance of the people. If you fail to realize that you are a decid- ing factor in ifs tccess-or if yrou fail to accept. the responsibility that ia clearly 3ours-soccess cannot bç,achieved. It ls, then, essential that the united and concerted effort of the entire citizen- ship of Wilmef te be immediafely placed behind this, our own charitable institution., trough whicb our own people are served. Let if nof be said thaf Wilmette is cold to the suff erings of the unfortun---7 ate. The Commfiunify Chest must bé whole heartedly supported because 'it performs a double service- f0 the one who givýes as- wel as to -the one wh.o receives, It offers a channel thrbugh whièh your giving is coflceftfrted into one gift-nine solicita- tions reduced to one-thus eliminating repeated approaches. provides for the refiring of one-haif the mem- bers each year, their places fo be filied by a citi- zens' committee composed of one member ap- pointed by tach of eighf leading civic organiza.. tions. Thus the convention is kept free of cliques fiat might ofherwise -inferfere wif h the proper can be reposed. V.ýn,- Present officials feel that they have ren- déreil their full duty as nublie servants, most of 0-1fr havinv, served for four vears, The respon- c;i;t~of the convention i-,. therefore. to im- prpI; lnoon other qualifie.d citizenq that thev. too. .ti~ nder an ohlio'ation f0 Prive of their time and *1t for a limited period in order- that flic husnýièe . of th-- Village mav be carried' on b v ,otnvetemt liands., 'fl'at there i-. no dearth of the ýfinest kind of tal- ent for the offices of Villarre :nre4~dent alid trus- tees. Park board. Library board. Board. of Educa- tion. and other local governimental unlits, is. wel known to every person familiar with the citizen- shh <-of the village. Such citizens wilI be ap- P-oached in the very near future by the conven- tion with, the request that t 1hev now- do for others wvhat. others have been doing for them. .The request should flot be, viewed as aný attempt f0 "611l the ticket." but as an honor*coming from as fine a body of neighbors as can be fouind an- wbere. and a privilege that can be accorded f0 but a few each year. More than this, if should be' v;ewed Ps a sacred. civic duty which every-loyal *citizen should be willing and anxious to perform. Home rule can be had onlv by the sacrifice of, *time and labor on the part of th-ose who enjoy its benefif s. A danger ilooms that this privilege mav be, taken from Wilmetf e and. other suburbanl towns. It therefore behooves every man and woman wiflî an ouftanding capacify for public service f0 respond to the requests of tbe harmon% convention and do bis part toward safeguarding'. the interests of bimself and neigbbors. CHRISTMAS SEALS the annual sale of Christ mas Seals is nom- un- der way, not only on the north shore, but in every City, town and bamiet tbroughout the country,. This is a form of charity that is witbin tbe means of even the mosf humble citizen, which . probably explains wbiv it comes nearer to being universal than any other. For the benefit of tho.se who are unfarniliar wvitb the history of the Christmas Seal, it is mentioned thaf the idea originated with one Einar Holboell, a clerk in the post office at Copenhagen, Denmark. While watching the huge, flood of est ot au Christmas beal sales. A 3 per cent sales fax for Illinois seems a cer- tainfy. How long will the politicians be satisfied with 3 per cenit? Atnerica's, refrigeration troubles, àt least, are over. Admirai. Byrd has discovered a cake of ice larger than the state of Texas. Now, if he'll find a coal pile larger than Texas and a dozen other states, perhaps that trouble niay be ended also. A waterfall, re.cently discovered ini Britisl . Guiana- bas been named for. the new ducbess of Kent-Marina Falls. Weil, she did, didn't she? Another body was founid lying. beside tbe road in South Chicago MondaY. Bodies beside the road' are becoming thicker than clover blossoms in june.' Those. magicians assembled iii- solem-n conclave in Chicago recenfly, in wbicb the arts of biack- magic, were explainied and. dem.onsfrate.d, hd without, their kniowledge,- an interested wvitness in the. per- s'on of *Uptoll-Call-Me-jim" FarleY, the well known posf- master general. jim proved to be an apt and versatile pupil, tboughi the magicians did not know fbey were educating hi~He stood in dire need of somne art. black. or otherwise, that wouldenable hini to jug- FIc gle figures and. make thena 'look like-something fbey ain't. When 'he1 saw a mia ste r magician take an emipfy bat and extract 'fromi it 500 yards of ribbon, a Nwhite rabbît and a boff le of booze,. Jim grabbed the idea, knowing a good idea when he sees one. The freasury departmnenf, without having consulted the' chairman of the democrafic national coin- mittee, had inadverfently issueci a stafenient that. the postmaster general had spent $52,00,000 more than he had faken in -through the various post- offices. That looked bad, and the p. g. wanted very mucb to ýshow a surplus. So he, got a . nice,- shiny silk bat, put the $52,00,000 déficit into it, d.id a. little. hocus pocus- wifh thé 'figures, and smilingly extracted, a $12,00,000 surplus. Show*- ing that he 'is an A No. 1 national committee chairman, even f bough he may not be se, good as a postmaster general. "~omen invited fo discussion on better bous- ing," reads a lieadline. That is one discu.ssion for wbich ample terminal facilifies should be pro- vided. Gloria Vanderbilt, the poor little rich girl, ap- pears to be the vicfim of a dumb arrangement. From Monday to Friday she is to live wif h her aunt, and Safurdays and Sundays with.her mother. Looks like thatis too many moving days even for a rich little girl. Tue PHANTrom REPORTERt