24 WILMETTE LIFE January 29, 1926 WILMETTE LIFE ISS liED F R I DAY by OF EACH WEEK 1222 Central Ave., Wllmetttt. 111 Clucago office: 6 N. Michigan Ave. Tel. State 6326 Telephone ···..··.·..·..·..···....·· Wilmette 1920 LLOYD HOLLISTER. INC. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE ..............2.00 A YEAR Hy Carrier .......................... 25c n month All communications must je accompanied by the and address of the writer. Articles for publtcatu;m must reach the editor by Wednesday noon to insure app earance ln current issue. nam~ Resolutions of condolence, cards of thanks obituary, notices of entertainments or other at~ fa.irs where an admittance charge is published, w1ll be charged at regular advertising rates. Entered at the post office at Wilmette, Illinois as mail matter of the second class, under the act of March 3, 1879. Health Contagion I-IlCAGO'S Departtnent of ll ealth i ~ to he congratulated upon its \YeeklY Bulletin issued on Dec. 8. under the cdito~ ship of Ilcnnan 1\. Bundesen, l\I. D .. comtni , sioner of health. It is entitled, "I-Iealth Contagion," and contains son1e excellent ad\'ice, which n1any could profit bY heeding. "Let's talk good health," it sta~ts off bY urging on the outside /sheet, continuitv;, "That is the best way to start good healn1 contagion. Let's stop the dreary tales oi sickness and nntitnely death and pread cultures of the genn of g-ood health . . . 'J'o a con~iderahle extent your health is wl1at you think it to be. J oflv yourself :.1to _aYing each day. 'I'n1 certainly feeling fine t~) day.'" .\nd the other three ~beet do not belie the introduction just quoted, .. for in large type at the head .of the n1ain article arc these \Yords: "Yes, Sir! That's ( )ur l nh: J(eeping \Yell People \Yell and -:\Lal..:in~· IIralth Contagious." The reading tnattc 1· under this caption urges that it i about time that \Ye abandon the alutation, "Ilow are you feeling today?" frotn the standpoint that, first and ~last, it has probably done a great deal of hann in rctnindinc'· people to think of their ill . "Isn't it nntch better to sngge:t the health idea rather than the disease idea?" it a. ks, and a fe\Y lines further on it says that "we are approaching an epidetnic- of health." Just a few tnore sentin1en ts tnay be gleaned fron1 this patnphlet to advantao·e. ·f or it is really full of good things. For ~1 stance. who would \Yan t anvt hin <r better than this: "The trouble \\·iti1. '1 ~n,· are you?' is that at titnes it ma\·~ carry the ~1a rmf ul suggestion that in some persons tt encourag-es a tendency to self-analysis . \Vhen one begins to 'feel his feeling ' ~,·ep a health:· person may be led into ·a chain of thought regarding sickness, and the search for a sick spot is often the causl' of fruitless \YOrry and wretcheclne . s . . . . The truth of the matter is that tnuch o i our ill health i~ tnental, and occasionally it i s mere 1y an n nco n sci o us 1> i d for at tent i.o n and sympathy." Of course. interblendecl \\·ith these estitnabk piecrs of advice ar~ thers hasecl upon tnediral beliefs, but not '"ithstanding this fact the g-eneral tone of the whole is conduciYe to dissipating· tnany a popular fallacy. ' · ::\ote: The above editorial. · appearina in the Chri:tian Science ~lonitor, is her~ reprinted at the reque t of tnany of our readers. C taught to observe such rule s of caution a::-; will tnake then1 safe upon the stree ts will require tnore teaching than they can receive in the school peri od. .:\dtnonition n1ust be constant. and. to tnake it so,, th~ hon1e ll1ttst contribute it , part to the training. ResponsibilitY for the automobile accident is seldom all ot;e sided. Except in the rase of the int oxica ted driver there is far more than likel y to be son1e extenuating circumtance, partially or \\·holly, to cxc .!se the man at the wheel of the car " ·hich Jigure...; in a tragedy .o f the . treet or highwa~ · . Often the blan1c rests entirely upon tlh' pedestrian. for ,,-e ,,·ith our too acneral habit of cutting corners. nf . tepping int11 the street with the tnincl filled with other ma ttcrs than the traffic, court trouble. I 'laying in the streets or droppinc~· ,,·ith o ut \\"arning fron1 the hack of truck o1· . other ear accounts for the accident to the child in n1o st in tances. ~ ohody ckl iherately run s d0\\'11 a child. There ~is ah,·ay:; something that obscures the Yision. excej>t a~ \\·e have said. in the ca~c ui the dri,·er who is intoxicated. Constant \\· atchfn1nc~-.. and caution ()n the part of children is tlll' prier uf their safety. To bring a child to a habit that results in constant \\·atchful 1H.':-;~ and c a 1.1 t i u n i ~ a f nil tin H' j o h. ~cit h c r mother nor teacher can d() it al()tl(' . ~ Sore LffieS BEG YOU R PARDON typographical error appeared in 1! .· line last \\'l'ck and \\T ,,·i s h t ~) apologize for tl 1· ~alii<.'. ln the poem at the top oi the column tl· "·ore! 'poppie< \\"as COJIYCrted intu 'puppie-.' In· "(111.· in..,pire<l per so n. Of rour:-.l' \\T read proof ·on ; ! . line \\"IH'll it .1ppcared around the l:ditorial dl'J· :lr' 1Jll'llt in the form of a pe1 gc pr()ni, hut \H' ar~ ·n · ~up JHl _ ed to he murh of a pronf - rc·ader in at· n l 'llt. and expect to find the typography periert i· thl' tinw it appears in <1 page proof. \\'r hop (' tL. · !.ad,· Cr;1~· \Ynn't J,c :--0 angry a.., ncn··r ') '-t'lld . :1tH 't hl'r poem. :~criou;-; GEMS FROM THE NEWS! \\·a m t llt· channl·l Or made a hole in on<:. T h c " .inn in~ n i the t c nn is r r n \\' n. 1:-. a thing -,he h;l"ll't done . ~Ill· lll'HT ....:.]w"s J1(Jt the athletic typt·, \lore of the clinging Yinl·. l:ut a rh<1mpion in a way. \\"ith hl'r .\11 -. \nwri r: l11 linf'. ;-: 1 ·: \\' T HIE R ;-: 1 ·: \\" :-:. Worthy of Notice \\'() feature · of our north hore chool r' ~ystem are \\'orthy of ...;pecial notice. I heY of 'l - arc cxam1>lcs of the effL·ctin<r ~ closer relation het \\Tl'll gTade sch< ,oJs and hig·h school and het\\·e.en g-rade :--rhoo] . . and parents. The c1 er the bond lwt\veen grade schools and high ~rhool the better ior cause of education in 1'\cw Trier to\\·nship. The tnorc int1n1ate the bond het ween grade ~chool and parents the hC't ter f(lr both hon1e and school. The practice that ).fr. Clerk i()llo\\·:-- ui Yisiting the various grade . choob in thL· to\\·nship cannot be too highly comtnended. II is discus~i.ons, \vith th~ graduates, of high school subject and n1ethod b o-ives the tu . 1ents an tntroduction to the \vork that the,· < intend to take up in the fall. This it;trodnction hridg s a gap that otherwise might cause loss of titne and an a\\·k,vardne ss that \nmld pre n .·n t the student. from en t l' ring· at once into high . c1 H)<, 1 1i f c. The Yaluc of ffecting a closer connec t ion het\\·cen parents and :--chool i:-. . o obviou...; that it needs no ~1111>ha. izinrr. The ") ~ 1 . a rent- Leacher assoctattotL. " ·hn . e pecul tar function it is to unite pat·ent and school. arc doing a tine work in thi s field. f' · · T lluhl1\·: "()i rour~l' , m,· ck:tr. it'._ c·11 h a ;c,u~l1 iclva (1i minl· hut d() , .t·11 thi;1k there i-., "11rh a po""ildc thin~ ;t-. a typngraphiral t·rror in your rt·riJ·· ior t hi:- pic?" ).ti . . tn·-. ... ( in . . trurtin~ nv\\ "Xo\\" hcl\\ do ~·ou aclcln· ...... onct;" ~ u t lt:r- " Y nu i· lord ... hip." lt~ltkr tit·· ], ;lr ".\nd his ladv?" "Your ladysl{ip." ":\ n<l an ad mira!?" "Fr ~ ·o ur tlag:-hip?" - . ~I:w THIER \r\\' -... PERSONAL lt \\a-. \t:ry kind nf you, \Y nlYnine. t11 \\'rite :> :o-uch a nirc letter :-. :) ..,onn after the appcaranc(· <>' your r vrcnt poem " ·ith its hca,·e n-in ... pirl"d titl 1 Yo 11 i 11 k r c :- t u.., . . t r a 11 g e 1y,- w c ·d h a t l' to ~ e c ~ on go ha('k to an~ place like ).lirhigan. \\"e unckr :-.tand thn· ... nH·kt· Camel" and - n - tlw rc'-t oi it-u p t h c r e. - \ \' e h a n· he (' n cl r i n .' 11 t () t h (' -,am e t h i 11 L. lat<:ly ()llr:-l·ln·..,, -.,o \\T UlHkrstand how you tt· t ·l. BACH ELORS 1 ·· l·uchtlors paid cxlm /U.rt " For sujlf'nrting a11 ()Tel .1Taids' lumzc f don't thin/,· they'd /urr _ \', f?ut IJitit"f~f.\· 'll'illlfd lliUrry.\"o f,ll,fltr so ·~·ifdh· lht'\"d ro1t11 1. · \rr:-; ~ :\ "1'"' \lot · ..: . MORE BACHELOR S . ln .q linn in l.ifc's ri;:·c'r, ( 'upid drops his li11c. OH thr ho of,· h1· jast1'IIS Some [tnld-di!/!lt'r fi!lt'. Racltclnrs, silly [tsht's, soon dart rtf' Tlzc11 (zc pulls and fries them \Yiln1~· tte people are naturally proud oi the .achJl'YCnlcnts uf \Yallace ~fu hlberg. I Ie ts one of the three senior. in the · l·. schoo.l of connnercc ha \'ing the highest sta ndmg. IT e has held protnin ent position s ()11 college journals. and ha. takei1 leadinrr roles in dra1natic and tnusical perforn1ance;. I I e secn1s to he tnade of the stuff that ~·oes into the n1anufacture of our best citJ zens. T. af,t~; ·~ . Ta the fire of ln<'t'. PnnH·::\n: C n t Rl 11 . The Parents Share P ARE):TS certainly should be included in a campaign de igned to cut the toll of auto deaths. Children who are to be :\Iany \\?iltnettans \vill on the evening <,f Lin~coln's Birthday hear the performance of Sheridan's "Duenna" by the N. S. Theater Guild. On this occasion the Guild turns from play to operetta. We understand that the ~cenery is to he unusually elaborate and that tnany \Yell kno,vn local stngmg actors are to take part. \Ye expect d to find a number of queries ah(lut the 'puppies' mistake in our mail thi~ \\"eek. hut, though we heard of much comment, none reached us directly. What did reach us was seYral scathing cl nunciations of bachelors. We seem to have laid ourselves open to much criticism hv admitting that we belong to that miserable clas;. \\'hat gives us the big kick ·is that while women will not admit that a man is anything more than a despicable brute, a hopeless sav.age. a poor prune, or an absolute oil-can, they still seem indignant when one of us does not want to marrv them. And. besides, how does anyone know, speaking nf our own case, that we could possibly find a girl who would have us? THE HLAVE.