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E nust readi the *editôr by 'Tuesday noon to beWain, ie forI thç current issue. A GooD NEIGHBOR * Announcemnent, by: the Wilmette Park. District board that, the facilities of the beautiful natural amphitheatre, or "b)owl,"ý now unider constructiç'I in> Washington Park-will 1b e av ailable 'to other north shore villages. is a splerrdid exhibition of neighlborly spirit*,that .canntitot be -too highly coin- mended.. It is fervently hoped that the generotis offer will be accepted, and that M-any outdoorý events promoted in other communities bvi e. .staged in the. "bowli. Anticipating a need of the public before the Public itself is even aware of the need, is, the mark of good.officîais. t denotes foresight, the ability to look beyond the presetand envision conditions .oftjie future. This the Park board lias done. The need for a community houise, whiere inidoor events and programns could be held have lonlg beeni dis- cussed and in some commnunities attàinied. But. it %vas left to the Park board to discover the iieed for an amphitheatre wliere. programis of a nature requiring an outdoor settinig, with ample space and large seating capacity, niit. be conducted. BIest with a niatural location. of great beauity and stifficient are a, the board lias simiply takeni ad- vantage of the means at haiid to provide that which had not beretofore beeni thougbit of as .a The "bowl" will be available, it is said, for the observance of national holidays, for scbool pro- grams, patriotic meetings, pageants, 'Boy and Girl Scout affairs, and such other occasions as enlist the interest and attendance of large numnbers of people. And that it will not be restricted to Wilmette programs, but will be offered to ot-her, communities. as well, is the. finest thing about the whole project. What the board will do about a permanent band ihel or ndipr structure is not at this time known. *"t issn't a miracle at ail. For the past 15 years I have been following the advice of a professor of the University of 1,llinois. I dissolve two pounds of iron usulphate in a gallon of water and then The death last week of Senator Joseph T. Robinson, who had rounided out a long life of coin- mendable public service, and was supposed to be sltdfor appointmnent. to the Supreme cotirt,, broughtregret to many who -recognized bis eèxtra- -ordinary qualities for. governimental .Ieadetship. The greatest regret of alI isthat his, life's end came in the mldst of, a great fight for à principle of governmenit in which bis closest friends assert he had, no héart,* but which4he, carried on in a spirit of loyalty to President :Rooseveit. t will forever -detract from bis reputation, for to espouje. and accept leadership in promoting. legislation which one. does niot beiee to, be for the. best interests of the country. and its people' does.flot' denote the statesman but .the poiia subservient' willing to sacrifice. everything for. personzl aggrandizement. t is said that Senator Rob)insoni',s personality and popularity held many Senators in line for. the court packing hill who otherwise would -not give it support. T41is is no more to the credit of those Senators, than is Senator Robinlson 's support of the measuire on tbe ground of loyalty to the President a credit to him' That kind of legislatïng brings no honor to representatives of the people, and should not. t is Senator Robinson's niisfortune that years of service should be clouded by support of a mneas- ure xvhich he recognized as* dangerous to the future welfare of his country. Lf there is one thing that bas been firm-ly imi- pressed uipon the minds of Amiericans during the past few vears, it is the lack of statesmansbip Hlow YOUNG WE ARE!; Perhaps no finer exhibition of the demiocratic spirit of, the Ameri-an people was ever giveu than the ovation tendered an humble colored employee of the national House of Representa- tives last week. t was an ovation spontaneous, ringing with sincerity and unrestrained. Its recipient was Harry Parker, who for 61 years had .served the House in a lowly capacity but with loyalty, fldelity and uniform cheerfulness ut inuuepenieunce, serving notice upon. the worli that America was and wrould remain a free and independent nation, had beeti consummated. Thtis within the lifetime of three Parkers has oecu rred the attainment of national freedomi and the first. attempt of a national administration to destroy it. How very youing we, are,, after ail. Williami C. Bailey, 84 years old, lias reachizd Chicago .f rom U.nderhill, Vermont, niaking the journey on1 a bicycle. t. is positively asserted that Mr. Bailey is lot a WPA worker. Marconi, fatiier «of, wireless, (lie(l ýTtisdav ni Rome at age 63. The loss is the World's. Marconi made up for. a goodly number of Mussolinis. That most contemptible of humansiý masqua rad-,: ing as civili7ed beings, the dog poisoner, bas been getting ini bis dispicable work on the, north' shore, and somne valued pets have hecome. victinis. ,\Vehold no l)rief for vicious. dangerou$ or barking dogs, but. asscrt that.they are gentlemen comn- pared, With the heartless man or .Oman who would liquidate them bIv means of poison, xvhich miust l)e throivn on, the property o-f the.ir .owncrs o7 on~ the street, wfrere iW as flkely to be picked up by an innocent child as l)y the offending dog,;. In fact, that v.ery thing hap- penied in a California city rece.ntly, and the childt die(l before medical aid couild be'secured. Vihen a srnall boy we were the victim of one of these fiends. Our pooch was as worthless a,; an-,, but there was a camiaraderie. between us that elcvated imii to a sectûre. position in our affections. WCe watched himi die in agony after eating poisonied meat thrown into the yard, and right there murder entered otir heart. We wanted to see that poisoner die in as great agony as did our pet. And even now, though the snows of rnany winters' have fallen upon Our head, shouild we meet the mani who poisoned "Curly" it would not be exactly healthy for himn. But there is another angle t(: the do- question. People who keep dogs sbould show r espect for the rights of others. To permit a (log to run at large if *viciouis, or to bark inces- santly day and night to the annoyance of neigh- bors. and danger tci those with impaired. hèalth or shattered nerves, is as justly open to condemnna- tion. as an overt act against the dlog. There is a fair way to handle the .dog problem. its use is entirely in the hands. of dog owriers. Shiouldt *Canada produces the latest Bluebeard 'in the person. of one George Roediger, whose twenty-one wives have mysteriously disappeared. *Seems like "L«t ain't gon.na rainno, mo'." THz PH.ANT0m R4PORTER.