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24 I WILMETTE LIFE July 9, 1926- WILMETTE LIFE ; 1!22 Central Ave., WUmette. Ul r.aucago otll~e: 6 N. lrfichi«an ATe. Tel. lt&te 1111 J :· 11::leplaeae ········ ~ ········ .· ······· W.._ette ltzo IIIIUED FRIDAY 01" BA.CB Wli:BI( by LLOYD HOLLISTER. IXO. I A Nation Chooses SHORE LINES We Exercise Our Prero1ative After all we are moved to reflect, if we don't who shoul~l? Cal exercises his electric horse so why shouldn't we exercise our prerogative and write something ourself? But to get down to serious business, did you see the well and favorably known Chicago Tribune last Monday morning? That was what called forth this burst of whatcver-you-want-to-call -tt. As for example: PAROLE CHIEF TELLS SMALL HE IS PERSECUTED This headline in aforesaid Trih, for downrighi humor , can only be matched hy another in the sa me sheet which \ras as follows: GIRLS WHO WILL NOT PET BEST LIKED-YMCA Although this is a clean n ewspaper ior a ckan communitv we are forced to defy the powers thal he and stiickcr over tl1at one! The sa d fate of ~athan Stanton oi Da\-cnpmt. Iowa. tcach{'s us, via the :amc old Trib, to beware of s;l\·l ng too much even to our best iriencls. \Vhil c Kath-an was talking to one of hi s a firecracker thrown by a small hoy lit in hi . mouth and exploded. Dcmosthencs, we're sorry, but your room in the Hall of Fame ha s been let to another party! \'ott '11 have to move out. :.Jow that should he enough excrci-;e for cnn the most ,·igorous prerogative. \\'e know it<> enough for our's and we ha\'c no donht hut that it 's enough for you. You You You But 8UBSCRIPTION PRICE ············ tz.OO A YJDA.R 87 Carrier ···.·····················. 21e a aoatla . name and address of the writer. Articles for publleatlen must reach the editor by We!«raeaday noon tv Insure appearance tn current Issue. · Resolutions of condolence. cards of thanksobituary, notices of entertainment· or otiler af~ falrs where an admittance charge Is pubUBhed tvHl be charged at regular advertising rates. ' Entered at the post omce at Wilmette, Illtnols, as mall matter of the aeconcl class under the act or March a. 1879. ' All communications must ')e accompAnied by the . cong-estion in our populou~ centers. \\'here there was one car yesterday there are two today. During the busy hours on pleasant holidays Sheridan Road and ?ther important highways are all but Jammed to a standstill. Let but a ,Ford coupe get stalled on these streets, and traffic in both directions stops and accumulates \vith alarming speed. Our crowded business streets are v.-idenrd, hut almost immediately after they are opened for use, they agaiin become too narrow. Any.one wishing to park downtown in any of our suburbs must either come early to get a good berth or park a block or two away from where he wants to. As the plot thus thickens we wonder what the outcome will be. \Ve do not believe that air vehicles will ever come into general use. Planes are too cranky; they cannot he we]( controlled within restricted areas. Dirigi?les, of even the· baby .variety, are onlY a little more controllable than planes. So what's the solution of .our auto traffic problem? If people would take to walking--but they won't! Cars have come not only to stay hut to increase in number. ~-\nd since people like to go where there's a crowd. we suppose we '11 have to muddle our wa ,. along in the same old waY. 'E VERY minute adds to the at~tomobile The Plot Thickens NGLAND has ,chosen as her national hymn a poem written by Williat_n Blake. The authority for this statement ts an Englishman named John Langdon Davies; who in an article contributed by him to the July Atlantic l\!Ionthly says that ,o ne lasting result of the recent general strike in England "ic;; the adoption as a national hymn of William Blake's poem, 'Jerusalem.' " Obviously he· does not mean that this poem has been adopted by Parliament as the national hymn, b~1t that the rank and file of the nation has chosen it spontaneously and universally. Pnhlic speakers have directly and indirectly-over the radio-recited this poem to theit audiences, and the poem has met \\'ith in tant acr.e})tance as voicinO' the needs and ambitions of the English people in the present crisis. Tn this respect it may be compared to the l\Iarseillaise. Both hymns are national m th~ best sense of the word. The new national hymn of England is truly inspired. Read its ~·ti1-ring lines: And did these feet in ancient tilllr lf"all~ upou li11!Jla11d's ?llOlllltai11s grcc11! .·lnd ·was the Ho/)1 Lamb of God On Eugland's p/casaut pastures sccn.9 And did the counfeltallCt' di<.'illr . Shine forth tl-POit our clouded hills ? .·lud ·was Jerusalem, builded herr .·lnum.<; these dark Sa.ta.nic nzills t Bring Bring Bring Bring me mv bow of buminq , r;old! me 111_\; at-rotC'S of desire! me my spea.r! 0 clouds. unfold! me my chariot of fin'! · 11/t'U/a/ E TO ANOTHER YOU laugh ed at me with haughty smile~; scornfully talked of feminine. wiles: sco ffed at tho se who can't he curedhow I hope that you get yours~ 1'11 pick a girl to make you sq uirm, .'\ nd \vish and pray you wa s a worm; To make you step. and love you lotsTo smooth off hard and foolish spots~ :\nd v~u'll love her, if vou would dare, :\nd ~lrop that dumb <ind childish airYou are· no . trong, all-powerful man T() il'cl no Jove:__you think you can! - Ln,r .\ . I 'l('ill nnf cease frolll fi!tlzf. I\' or shall my S'l('nrd sf rep in m. \' hail(/, Till we hm·c built J crusalcm !11 flngla11d's green a11d f>ltasant lund. Bible Scho 'J l ITE greatest hook in the \H)rld i:-; 1wt reallY a hook hut a collection of book:-;: and one of the most interesting occupations is the studv of this wonderful collection. 'rhe main l>usines..:" of Bible schools is this study. But in spite of the intere:-;ting- nature of this ~ tucly and in spite of the fact that Rible schools oHer this studY in the summer months, as \Yell as othe~ times, people, old and young. remain ignorant of the purpose and subject-matter of these Hihle hooks. We believe that this lack of interest is due to certain traditional waYs of teaching the Bible. \Yhich fortunatrly ·are pas. ing away. ~Te do not belie,·e. for example, that the book of Ezekiel should he taught to children, hut ,,.e do well remember that is used to he cut up into small sections and taught ( ?) to very small children. If summer Bible schools offer intelligent instruction, and \\'e hope they do, then parents ought to be glad to send their children to such schools for the proper instructi on. If every word in the Bible is the direct expression of God's mind then everybody · should know every word in the Bible. If the Bible is the wo~rk of men of pre-eminent endowment and experience then it shou ld he carefully pondered. For our part we believe that a right study of the Bible is something that should be undertaken by aduLts, to many of whom it is a closed book. When business men begin to take the Bible seriously, a new day will have arrived. T \Y c fl'ar that retribution is al)(>llt tn on·rtakt· n -;. Tn Lydia's hearing we \\·axed cyniral r(' gardimt the ladic:-., and now vou sec the rc:-.ult. Xtn·r tht:lc:-.~. we s till mainta.in. Lvdia, that no matter hmr ·fflolish we ma,· he in .. OJ;l<: matt er~. we're not in that regard. :\ithough we \rill admit th ;l! our prt·s<·nt state oi freedom i:-; lll11rc the rt'~ult 1,f .:...:<)("1 luL·k than good sense. From the Winnetka Weekly Talk \\':\:t\TED- High schonl or young woman to can. ior 2 rhilclrcn from 9 to 5 daily. ~ir: Don't vou think \ 'O tt mi~ht find· one? I would sugge st :\ic.lwla. Sen~1. or ~·ven · Oak Park. ::\c ,,Trier might consider the propo:-;ition. -Lrnr.\. generatt.on or so on the North Shore, but such a catastrophe is a raritv with us and. w her~ it comes it can't equ~l for destruct1ve vwlence the cyclones of other areas. \Ve may have hot weather hut we're frigid beside the furnaces of Arizona and Texas. \Ve may be visited at long intervals by sub-zero ~breezes, but our mercury never drops to 40 below as it does in more northerly climes. ~re may not he a lat;d of eternal unshine, but we understand that life in this sort of a land gets monotonous. \Ve haven't the mountains and hills of l\Iontana hut neither has )\fontana our refres,hing stretches of verdant prairie. \Ve wouldn't exchange for . our neighb.orly Lake any number of Colorado canyons. California and Florida grow oranges in abundance, but would you give up a toothsome ear of Golden Bantam sweet corn just ,o ut of the kettle and buttered, salted, and pepperedwould you give up this prospect of immediate happiness for a simple every-day orange? ~\ e mi ss many things on th~ north shore but aren't they worth missing? W Things We Miss E l\fAY .have a tornado once in a Tf they'r e like a little con . in of our's ttSed to he it ,,·ould take something ahnut the size of lllitlOt . unin.' rsity to rare fnr them . Say. h~- the \vay. Lydia. how do you rate makin g the line t\\'ice in nne . tss ne . ' He ts one ,,·ho writes as he thinks; He is one ,rh o \Hites thing. worth \\·hilc: H c is on c " .h o m a k c s u s think. At times seriously. then again ·we smile. He is one who makes us pat!. c :\ s we d r i ft a Ion g wit h t h c tide, To ch,-cll on his bits of truth \\'ith snme nonsense on the si'de. Tn .·craps of his verses he shows His own philosophy; :\ man we can all admire · For his true simplicity. \\'··'(1 lil\t· to :1'1~\\'t·r ronr ldt t·r, \\.ol\'f'l'inl'. !Jut \\'t' ~4 impJ~· ('an't d< ·,·ott· tlw ~p:H·p it ,,·ould n ·quin·. Y"ll h ;t n · tlw <t(l\·: ,nt:H!P o\·!·r u~-\\'t· <'an't say anything t ·xc·t~ Jlt through th<· column. TO H. A. MILLS I"EHSOX .\1, \Ve haYen't even been congratulated on our great subway idea of last week and we arc very much hurt about it. This town seems as backward ahout subways as Chicago. Guess we'll have to plug for one under the North Western track s at Central aH·nue so we don't have to sit for ten t.ninutcs watching an engine sw itchiug freight cars ·Just when we want to cros-s in a hurry. ·THE SLAVE.