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July 23, 1926 WILMETTE LIFE During the long vacation fron1 June t.o September read poetry. When busmess ts ISSUED FRIDA 1· OF EACH WEEK rather s 1 a c k and by schools are not in LLO\.D HOLLIS~ER, INC. Read 1222 Central Ave., Wilmette, Ill. regular session deChicago office: G N. Michigan Ave. Tel. State 6326 Poetry vote a half hour Telephone ...........................·... Wilmette 1920 each da v to reading the great poems of the world . .,This injunc~UBSCRJPTION PRICE .............. t!.OO A YEAR tion is addressed especially to north shore All communications must be accompanied by the nrtme and address of the writer. Articles for pub~ eJmrbaniteS who can more easilY than lication must reach the editor by Wednesday noon to most people in the Cnited States tlnd a cool :nsure UJ·pearance in current issue. ~pot every day \\·here the reading nf poetry Resolutions o! condolence, cards of thanks, obituary, can he most enjoyed. notices of entertainments or other affairs where an admittance charge Is published, will be charged at ~lost mett and mat1Y \\·o men do not read regular advertising rates. poetry. They miss 01;e of the greate~t deEntered at the post office at Wilm~tte, Illinois, as mail mntter of the second class, under the act ot lights that living afford s. They miss a Mnrrh ~- 1~7!l . \\"Ording and phrasing that cannot be found in prose. They ·miss a prc~entation of . Tohn De,\'eY is authority for the statethoughts and feeling5 that cannot be met ment that edttcation is life, and Charle~ else\\·here. The averag-e man in .\merica Eliot, former presi - really believes that readers of poems are dent of Harvard, essentiallY effeminate. It would he laugh Education contends that edu- able if it "'w ere not so tragic t o sec such an for Adults c a t i o n "r e a 11 ,. average man \\'hen off hi s guard ~ ho,,·i ng a ~hould rea11v he the genuine relish for the poems of Eddie Cue~t work of the whole life." · and James v\'hitcomh Riley. .\ lit tic more There ~~ no good rea son whv one's schoolappreciation w.o uld lead him to the really ing should cease with his undergraduate or great poems written by Shakr~peare and eYer graduate career. \\'ln· should one's \\"ordsworth. v\ e believe that a cautions text hooks he put .on the ·shelf a week inYcstigation w·oulcl reveal the fact that or two before one receives his diploma? everybody loves poetry. \Vhy should not his text books on economBut a t_ ruc appreciation must he cultivatics. psychology. Greek be placed on the ltv - ed. :\nd when cultt\~ a ted. it will give a ha r should not the man or woman of 30, 40, 50, vest of happiness that few other apprecia60. or even 70 years of age continue the tions \\'ill give. :\ close persi stent followthoughtful reading of medieval history or ing of the Cone formula of little hy little the investigation of fruitful problems in even· daY will be found the most ~a tisphilosophy? fact(;ry i1; hath quality of result and growth The dean of Swarthmore College. Rayof appreciation. mond \\.alter~, advances the the.ory in the Get that collection of poetry kno\\'n a:' ctirrent July Scribner's magazine that "edu::\Iodcrn American P oet ry edited hY Luui~ cation is not an affair of childhood and of Cntermeyer. now in it s· third rcvi ~ed ediyouth alone, but of adult life as well." And tion. ur t.he Ox ford Hook of En gl i~h \' cr~e. he holds that the sun1mer school is a Read a poem or t\vo c\'ery day. "branch of adult education." l\Ir. \\'alters also calls attention to the extension .o f the summer school movetncnt into the sphere \Yhen \\·e \\·e re very ·\'Otlllrr \\'<.' u~ecl tu h of party politics and social p~·oblems. This think that· Fourth of Tuh· wa s not ,,·orth extension he fiinds in England at several <u{ytl;ing as a national points in England and at \Villiam stown in hol ida v un lrss \\"C could Safe and our own conn try. ~alute. the rising sun It will be a grca t day for Chicago and it s Sane with the explosion of suburbs when systematic education is conblank cartridges and tinued throughout the entire life of even a g-iant firecrackers. And the hoY \\· ho~c small minority of its residents. The movcfather g-ave him a dollar to spend on tiretnent to\\·arus this great day will increase \\'Urks of various ~orts was reg-arded as when more of our adults take correspondfortunate . far beyond the average. Every ence and sum1ner school courses. neighborhood was a conglomeration of loud and sudden noises all day long and far into the succeeding night. Incidentally the hoy \Yedne.;;day, August 18. \\'ho didn't get his f1ng~rs badly burned \\'a s \Vilmette Day! treated as a shameful exception. It's to be a holidaY. One of the older heroes of our commun No business as usual. ity was a man of ahont 30, 1 suppose. who Wilmette Festivities from 9 :30 held a giant cracker in his hand. 1it its fuse Day o'clock in the morning with his cigar, let it burn and sputter. ancl until 10 o'clock at then threw it away just in time for it not night. Big parade, parading through the to explode in his hand. The longer he held business and residential districts ,o f Wilit the better for us boys. Once . it exploded n'lette and ending up at Ridge and Lake in his hand and although he didn't get lockavenues, where the further and more enjaw, still he did get a badly burned hand. joyable festivities of the day will occur. Once we fired o,ff our toy pistol too ncar an excitable horse. He ran away. \Ve don't There will be games, including ~ baseball remember what else happeqed to him ...-\ game, contests of all imaginable kinds involving the giving and grateful receiving neighbor's boy had a toy cannon '"hich he loaded heavily, par king the po\\·dcr down of prizes donated by vVilmette business tightly with paper. He then set it off by people~ water sports on the lake front, and lighting a train of powder that led to the a grand dance in th· e evening. touc-h-hole. lt sure 1nade a big bang. If y~u want to know what the grand It was a noisy day. It was a day full of prize is going to be, ask l\Iiss Forberg, secaccidents, minor and tnajor. We're glad that retary of the \Vilmette Chamber of Comthe old-fashioned Fourth of July has gone. merce. W ILME'ITE LIFE SHORE LINES BACK YARD BALLADS Pa's .Garden Pa has a garden-he digs every day En breaks up the chunks of humus en day! Pa c<tlls it "humus," en tells me to look En find what it means in '\ Vehster' s ol' book! He smooth s it clown with En puts in seeds, en sets 'Ncn squats on a hoard en En plants more . eeds, en a big iron · rake, up a stake. make s a new row says "H um , I10.,.. He put:> in some peas, en bi~ lima beanTomato plants too he sets in between; Berts eu carrots en some parsnips, too, F.n · onions fer ma - fer him just a few! Pa says he guesses he'd he a ri ch man lf seeds all grew as seedsmen plan. Fr ii hi s ol' lettuce gre\v curly en g-reen :\ s ones on the packages you oiten have seen! "Tack en his hcan stalk," Pa sa~·s to me. .:Er the ones 1'<1 really jcs' lik e to see! :\s the,· grew thl'n, if they'd jl's' grow no,,· 1 think. I'd trad e yer Grandfa·her\ cow!" "1-:1 1 if he h~Hl peas." said Pa with a laugh. "I'd trade him for them the little ~Ia says :-.he's glad her jelly's all El~e Pa might trade it fer Jona :-.· - n·d calf!" stored ol' gourd! H . A. ~1II.1. ::. You Figure.d Wrong These Last Few Weeks, at Least! . Dear Slct\'l': T han~ alwa n wondered why yr1t1 call yours('! i the Sian. F~nm your more or less illustriou . . rolun1n, I ha ,.l' 1igured out that you could not po:-· sihh· he a sian· to \\"hat i~ the cau~c of most ml'n' .; sla\"-er\', namely. women. Please. please, will )'Cl\1 ·.::1tisfy the curiosity of your~ truly. as well. a-.. ·hat of ot her s II\· answering the hnrnmg- quc stl(·ll and l'Xpla in ing ):Our puzzling pst·udon ym? . \ ' J("TII!d \ . P. ~- Oh. 1 iorgctt-1 abo f1~url.·d ont that ~ nu :tn· not a sLtH' to work! ~ MY WISH To he n hrcr:x that stirs .·1numq thr smold'rin!J rlllf,,·rs oj _\"t~ltr dr,·am. .· lnd funs amhitir111's s/Jark { ' ntil it jlami'S .f11ll T,riyht: its .'frM,'ill.'J _rtlNnn ntcnmrs a f,fa :::ill .f/ firr. Tho! tJ!O'i.l'S h1 litJirt rthrrtal and fr,·r. .·lnd J;IOIIIlfinn ut<mrd hiyhrr. !?urns rltar and s/rniUJ 7,·hcrc all th,· ,,,tlrld mn \' s.·t. - LrTTLE \\'t ·'\. FLAPPERS due apolof!y to Theodosia Carrison l Three flapp er~ on t lw Lake ~hore <lri\'e ~ ,.,; rl one unto the other. "\VIH'ncc r;mw tbat l1li ster nn \"Otlr lip s \"o camouflage can rover?" . "l.'r(\m ta kin rr a i0rhi<l<lcn k is~Rother, such hot her!" t \\' it h Th e thrcr maidt·ns on the Lak e Shore <lriYe ~. :t kr rach t(l nne another, "\\~hence came that stain on fin~er-tips Yn r' I O"(' c;tn alwa,·s co\'cr?" "Fr0n1 handl i n~ of .mv cig·arettc sBothcr, ~uch hothrr !" 'rhrr·e fl apner s on the Lake Shore <lri,·e ~ P;t ke ca c h to one a not her. ,,\\' hence · came tl;osc ~wollen. lifeless eyes Xn T ' aint nor rogue can coYer?" "From dancinrr Charleston till the mornBothrr, such lwther !" Yet soon or late thrse maid.;; shall seck A husband, more than Iover: And each finds out, quite oft too late, The scars they fain would cover. "X akL ,: both souls must come to Love, . Brother, my Brother!" As vou may have guessed, thi'i is Contributor;;' Day! · THE flLAVE.