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Z6 WILMETTE LIFE May 7, 1926 WILMETTE LIFE mucago office: 6 N. Mlchbtan Ave. Tel. lt&te tiJI Teleplleae ..·..····...·.··· . · , ....·· Wll·ette 1820 8tJBSCBIPTION PRICE ·····.·.··.. f2.00 A YEAR ' BJ' Carrier .......····..····.·.....·· 2r5e a month · ISIIUED FRIDAY OP BACH WEBK b)' LLOYD HOLLIIITE:ft. 'INC. 1222 Central Ave., WUmetht. Ul All communications must ".>e accompanied by the name and address of the writer. Articles for publtcatlen must reach the editor by Wedne·day noon tu insure appearance 1n current Issue. Resolutions ot condolence, carda of thanke, obituary, notices of entertainments or other atfairs where an admittance charge Is publtlhed, wUl be charged at regular adverttaln~ rates. Entered at the J)ost omce at Wllmette, :mnols, maH matter ot the seoond claas, under the act ot March 3, 1879. a~ ity that carries with it the patriotic appeal. For the youth under military age, and for the girl, there are various camps, any one of which will serve the purpose. For the scout, girl or boy, there comes . a chance for camping during the summer, or may come if there is a demand for it. Camp life is simp le , it is natu.r al , it 1s whole~ome , both to body and spirit. SHORE LINES to m e ntion rece ntlY w e dusty) coufincs of .o th e issu es of th e Bvanl'c ame upon a bound ~I.e . 0 { ~ l!O ·Th e Press at that tc,n J 'l'l'SH f o r th e ~ ~·u . . · J . ~ for all th e ' ·ommutim e, se1·vcd as _a n ~ws. 1 ~'\i c f a l· north as Gle nco e. nilies 011 t~ c _nt~.1 t~l sl:o:·xce~· pts from it whi<.:h Wt: \\'l' a r c pru1t J.n g SUI.n c. -·. I i so m e cas'S, alllu~·· · b e l il' \'l' m ny Jn tt· r ·st ,tll<' II ~ ·o u . (\Vilh Apologws to e Jt~· (not U e lviug . a!llung th "u/11U"niurgue" , . };'ort·word . H 1 )I H e lP! Woodruff) George Springe!· h ;~s IH :cu la id up "It! " ' ILliE'l"J'E l'J..:H~(~:\ _\J.S \'1'1'~ .· Ways and Means E \\rANT better government. \\'e believe that more citizens at the J:tol1s will cause better · government. The problem then is how to get more citizens at the poll s. Talking about it wi11 doubtles s increa se th e voting- percentage. Wh eth er th e talk ing he vocal or printed it will persuade some people to cast ballots who .otherwi se " ·o u]d ha VC : tave d at home. Tint th e talking mu st he ke})t up. If it let s u·p even for only a 1itt Ie while. g-round g-ained will he lost. Th e gi\·ing of prizes n f one kind or annth er to organizations whose } lolling- percentag-e is the highe . t will s u cq~c d t o a certain deur ec in hrin cri no- out the \'Otr. Of-fi errs of organization~ de sirou s of gaining such prize ~ and d e featin g competitors ran bring prt.·s!" ttn· t o hear on 1111 willing m enl ~ ~ ~ !. un c i . :\lr s. J. E. Davis has lll'l'11 sil'l.; W Wild Flowers make ~ the wild fl o wer s wild" i~ th e title of a recent cartoon in a Chicagt) paper. 'J'he cartoon sho ws a party of auto touri!"t s ravaging a field of it s flower s. plant. and tree hl o~:-;o m s. :\ wom.an ·arm ed " ·i th a huge trowel is ·scooping up armful s of dai sies t oge ther with long stems and roots. .'\ man 1s digging up great clump s of hlossomit~g plants. Children are tearing- off branche s white with apple blo sso m ~. Such treatment is enough to make any plant wild. ::\Iost of the flower s carried off ln- ~Yeek end rxcursioni~ts die before thev. can be placed in watL·r o r tran splanted . \Yh en the Yandals r earh th ei r hom es th <' plants are masses of wilted st ems and bloom ::;. A.nd the field s that might have ghdcl enecl th e eyes of hundred s for man y da ys are as hare a s the y \\'ere in early spring. The highway polic e ran do much t o cu rb this " ·holrsa le and reckless· des tructi on of fto"·e r s. People see n in the act or see n coming hack 1ro m the rountn· in ca r ~ loa ded with hranche s and hlo~ som~ ra n he :-; toppeel and qtH.'s tioned . Tf they do not g-iYe . ati~fartor:~ C".x planati ons flw\· ~ h o ttld he () h1i g e d t o p a ·" a s u i t a h le fi n e . Pre se n ·t.· th e wild fl<n\·ers! "TTL\ T'S what SJIO('Ii D,4 i: Tht · :-\orth\\' cstt·r n univt·r~it~·· ~~<.LS purchas~~~ . th.e . l J,l . It' 0 f tl1l' <'r ·ut<.l l' a<' llt e hotel ( Jo.v.tns\\'t·Stl'rll " · 1 ·· 11 , , · . " .JII 11111 1 all iiiVo ·~ llllt'llt Whl<' 1 \\I Ill' [( It) tot ·r · · . , , . 1 mad(· But t pr <·V·· a~ ~ag:tc l< o\ 1 ~ a s a 11~ . ,. . . . : 1 j 1 ,u l 1 ~.,,,,. is 1 h·· 1 inw [or ~Wi ll \' S\l l."·r-s~ · Jl s ltl.\ ,. s.o u ! t~ J l 'list· :I ho\\l alol'llt till· \llll\'l ' l·stt.\ 1\l.llll.lllg ·L .: 1. 011 IJvta usl' tha l pr·1·tio11 of the IJuildwg at " " (I ' · 1 . 1'00111 I'~" st· lll ltap]wlls tu <·n Jil:l!tl a Jill J . 14 l~<"J . l 'n·ss, . Ull t> , · J'. 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Co()d rea ~o n s sho\Ying that only a "good" ballot can kno ck out a "had" one may bring to. th e polls a potentially. not act uall::. "g·<H~ d" citizen. \\·e say "not actually." hrr a u ~ c a no n - v o t i n g c i t i z e n i s n o t a c t tt a 1 h· a good citizen. \ \" c h cI i e n · t h a t t h e s r a r e e ff e c t i \' c m ran s of increa sing the Yoting percrntagr. reducin g the power nf ga ngs t er:-;, a nd thus het- . tcring go,·ernment . an lndour ~Jturt . ·· rrt· · rprising Jw<·Jii· · ill \\.iltllt · tt·· :1re going t<· put up :-" : Ill' l·atlling hfiUst ·s and t ' llJOY. a <i.IP till\\ ;lttd lh<·tl. If l·atlling is onn· st:lrtt ·d 1t \\· rJI I'~"" " lol\ Slltol\ lll't""lll·· )H oiJII ]:tr . l'r t·ss , .I llttt ' ~ , 1 ~!111 . · .\:\0'1'111-:H :\COlt' PI. .\VI 'EU \\.til h is J i ll\\' itt !Jl'IIL:I'· ·~~ 11 11 tilt· :-;,.ars tr;u ·t. tof 1:r 1rti i u st s11ll t It .. r \\' i ttll· ·t 1 .; a. St rt ·t:ts an· ],v lllJ.! J:.id ,;ut :tnd ~rad· · ·l. l:urd is lJ ·ing· c l c:l n ' tl, and :· tltll t'lt IJ· ... d· ·d ht '··:II\\\':Jl··l' is l w tll g sta l't t·d ( (I ~ :1,.,. tit· · hlul't's fr"lll , ·;t\·ing 111 . .:-\··xt fall Wt · t·X 1·' t'l I·· St ··· St· \ '< ·l':tl l·Uildillgs tiH· l'C. I 'rt ·ss, Ft·IJI'Ilal' ." '-. 1 !JP .. Rev. F. C. Stiffer hi :-- ten th Year ;L:-; pa~t(lr oi the \\'ilmctt< · l~apti ..; t ch ur ch. Dur i n g h i s pa s tor a tc t h c p r c s c n t S12~ .000 c di f1r c has heen built. .\ lcadC'r in local in terdenominational \\·o rk . Fir:-:t pr c~ ident oi \ Y i lm c tt e Ch n r c lJ I·' c <1 c r a t i () 11. TT o Ids i 111 jJ(Jrtant appointmcnb in :\ortlwrn Hapti "'t Con \ 'l' 11 t ion. l\I o s t men w ork from s t1 n t () ~ t 111 · 1> u t a pa stor's work is ncn'r done. Ever)· tim e \\T han· seen the l\c\·. F. C. he ha ~ h('CI1 guing :--ui11C\\·hen·. nut in a lltlrry, hut 11HJY ing a..: one who ha~ a dellnit c oiJjecti\·e. Th r> ng-h \\T haYl' uften o(f(' n·d him a chair in the editorial sa nctum. he has nn·e r accepted it. lli~ general appearance and man ncr he ~ peak hi ~ vigoruu :-- arti,·ity and per ~i~tent purpo~c. Ca11tp F:SPlTE the fact that ·w int ('.r lingered lo ng in tlw lap of sp ring thi s year the calendar tells u . tmmi . takahl Y that soon it w i 11 he t i 111 e to make <k 11n it <.: p 1a n. for the s11mmer Yacati on . The winter season ha . been one o f strenuon~ actiYitY t o mos t of onr peo ple. \Yh ether tl1e de mand s at·e th ose of hu si11 e s . . o f r clu r a t i o 11 · o r o f ~ o c i a 1 o 1~ r i \' i r work . the re~ult is tllC sa me--a wearin ess of rush and hu stle that giYes to the thought of the sum mer Yaca t ion a glorY that. ~ u rro11nd s no other plan : · · Xothi ,1g :'lT\'t.'S l>l'ttC'r t o ort\et thr condition . with which we liv e our normal lives than the . ummer camp. partirularh· for young people . · Xece~~~u-ily we d~Yelop artificialitie ". That is unaYnidahle in a metropolitan enYironnwnt. and for most of us the atmo sphere of Chicago is ali too near to u :. In the summer ramp we find sur cease from t hcse dcma nels. \\' e grow nearer to nature . S iin pI icity is d isco" c r e ci again. Our values undergo a change. a reorientation take . place. and we lind ourselves at the end of the experif'ncc hetter fortified against the demand s of a season such as that just closing. For young- men. the Citizens' ~filitary Training Camps offer a vacation opportun- BEGTNNTKn D T h, t1, 11 11. · 11~ .. r 1111 s , r 1!: 1:..: , . 1 \ , . i 1111. · t r , · J 11:' ' · 1 · , r, :r s l1.r r"' d 111· ·I'· t lt :t '1 ! .r1 ,., . 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Lord so·t' llt s to lravt· h· ·<·n t J.,. tir s t J-:\·alt st<·ll tJtt · rl'ilattl t .. g·· ·t itt stoc k ;1 1,.. \\' t ' fll t f""' iorr t·:tl l· ·d :-;ui 1 :tit l.<d.; lltllll. \\' ll ich . Wt · 1-.:1t ll\·r . IH·t ·a ntt· Y· · r~· popul ar fr·r a timt·. Th c rt· , .. a:-; II Jt o\' t·tJt· ·ll t :r f11td t·· p :IY t· :-;h .. ri dart l'fl:td at1d tll:tk· · it a l~tJlllt \:t l'll. <;, Ill').;' ·· \\ '. ,.\luir wa s th·· i'I'II PI'it·t <· r flf th, · l ' rri\·<· rsity l:tJ(tl.; ston· and han lllt·d ill] til l' ('h i<·ag·() p :tpi'J' S, .\]I'll ('IIU!d ltu~· 0\'t ·l'· <· .. :tts f i ll' :ii l:i , la,Jj, .s· sho, ·s ,,.,.r, · .~~. $:!.~·11 . $:$ a11 I ~I illld I h· ·~ · arh·t· rl is· ·d latli .. s' pur ·,, wool un<l<· r \\ t·ar :tt $:!. "\ tiJ · ug· gi~t \\'as tin< ·d f11r st ·lhng I iq \lfol '. t \\' (' young It11 ·n \\'\'!'· · li rt··d for riding· bi n c lt ·s <111 tilt- sid<·wall<s :uH I a ~ · oung lad~· f1 ·n n1 tht · lllti\l · t·s ity t'l't·<lt··d quit.· a ~tir ~~~· til· · tll:llllll·t · itt which sh;· dl'fl\'t· dt~\\" 11 ll:t\'is s trr·..t in a dogt: ! l'l. dr:twn ]J_,. :t poll.\ . Tlwr·· W· · n· 1,6!12 students in all d· · parlttH·nts at :\Prthwt·stt · rn unin·n;it~· \' h· · n tltt · l'rt ·ss \\'o ·lt ' flltll·d th< ' lll l~;lcl~ fo1· th1· fall s··tllt·st(·J', hoping, ho\\'t ' \"\' 1' , that llw~· wouldn't l·a.Yc to prov e tht·y w._.re g' t·ntlt>lllt·n of part8 !J ,,. nt1111 i rrg s h o uti 11 g throug-h t lw H t r e l' t s at n1 i <111 i ~dll ; ·JHl turni11g· ov1·r all tht· hor:-;t·-hllt(·ks in town 'l'l11· l't ' t'lllll Hult·tl Tlu-1i '" · 1 · 1\'" Hcing a human mini s ter he i ~ a man among men. \\'e don't kno\\' whether he helieYe!" that a mini ster periorm s a di~tinrt ly higher service than the :t\Trag-e man . If he docs harbor this belief. he doe~n't ~ho\\' it. ] le evidently thinks himseli no better. and 110 worse, than othrr people. H,· all \\·hich \H' m ea n that \\'e wouldn't kno~\· he \\· a~ a minister if "·e hadn't been told. We congratulate him on hi~ ~ul-crs:--e~ and also on the fact that his failure:-; ha\·e 11<·t uh:-.tructcd hi!" progress. \\'c hope that when he begins his twentieth year we may haYC. ' the privilege of adding to this present appreciation. ..... ,... 1111 H:tllowt' ·o:n. TlH: SLA \'E .