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18 WILMET T E 1.. I F E July 30, 1926 WILMETTE LIFE ISSUED FRIDAY OF EACH WEEK by LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. 1222 Central Ave., Wilmette, Ill. Chicago office: G N. Michigan Ave. Tel. State 6326 Tt>lephont> ....................·........·. Wilmette lt!O ,..l B~CRII,TION ·PRICE .............. f!.OO A YEAR A II communications must be accompanied by the n-.me and address of the writer. Articles for pub· liration must r each the ed itor by Wednesday noon to 'nl'ure a t·Pearance in current issue. · ing of the McCormick link. The through highway \vill be of incalculable value to the villages, but it is likely to prove an a.nn,o~ ing probletn until the north shore lmk ts completed. There.fore our plea is for action on the part of the village officials and intelligent interest on the part of every resident of the north shore. With proper cooperation we may yet complete the highway in time to a \·oid many se rious problems. ,._..,._,,,._,.,._,,,...,.,._.o.-.c~c·· ···-..-·------·------._-·:· . SHORE LINES 'Erz a little ol' squirrel sets out i1~ our tree On a little short stump where a lnnb used to he. He can set right up on one end en eat, A-holdin · some bread with his little front feet! He's got pretty tame. 'cause Pa treats hif!l ri g.ht En gives him fresh water and crumbs ev ry m g ht . He's only a baby en doesn't run farHe ain't 'fi sticated a s older ones arc! One day my Pa stood out on our walk. A-holdin · a pail. to hear my M a talkF.n this little squire!, 4uick as a wink Ran down the tree to get him a drink! He En Ma En reached right out en held to the brim drinked his fill-en Pa watchin' him! she said, "Oh, ain't that cute"! Pa said. "You often can tame a ·wile! brute BACK YARD BALLADS The Little 01' Squirrel 'Rt-solutions of condolence, cards of thanks, obituary, !1/)ficcR of entf'rtainments or other affairs where an ~·omittance charge is publlshed, will be charged at r·'e·n I ar advf'rtising rates. 11111 il Entf'red at the post office at Wilmette, Illlnois, as mnttf'r of thf' st>cond class, under the act ot !\T'lrC'h :l. 1879. Recently it was announced by sanita~y di~trict engineers that the new million dol!ar 1-fcCormick bottleWhen Do Yard '"ill he opened to traffic September 15. We Pave? The highway extends from \Vest Devon avenue in Chicago to \Yest Railroad avenue. Evanston, and is some six miles long. Part of it has been in use fur some time hut it has not been <l\·ailahle to throug-h traffic. E,·er since construction heg-;111 on the highway north shore comnntnitie~ have planned to build ~ection~ throug-h their territories to .complete a ruute through to the nurth boundary uf Cuok count.r. part uf tht: ro~t to he paid hy the state. The hig-ln\·a:· ,n,uld run along the west side of the Chi cag·o ancl \'(1r th \\'estern railroad right-ofway and would furm an important interYillag-c traftir artery. as well as shortening the tr~n·e ling time between Chicago and the count\· line on the north 1)\· an estimated t h i r t y- m i nu t e ~ . · It i ~ e s t i m at c d 1h a t 10. 000 cars " ·ill u se the 11ew ~IcCurmick boulevard even· dav. A large part of thc~e will pass tl~roug~h north shore ,·illagcs, either north or south huund . .\nd " ·hen the high\\·ay is .o pened thi-. fall there ,,·on't h~ one dirert through traffic route for them to folio,,- through the villages: this after talking and planning for t\\ o ,·ears! :\ 11 t h i ~ h u g c \' n lum e o i t r a fti c '\' i l1 ha \' e to struggle throug-h the north shore vil lages l>y circuitous routes. oYer streets which arc in some rases exceed in g ly humpy. ::\1 utorisb are going to have to cross the railroad twice if th ey attempt to u se Sheridan road or t.rern Bay r.o ad part of the \\'ay. They arc going to get lo st and wander through all the highways and lJy\\·ays of the \'arious communities. interfering to a certain extent "·ith loca l traffic. And if \\'ilmette, Kenilworth, \Vinnetka and Clencoe were read,- to start construction on their sections of the through highway today. it rouldn 't he completed by the time ~frCorm ic k houleva rd is opened-nor by Chri. tma~. either. \\·e opine. \\'hat\ - to l)e dune about it? The first thing is to ge·t action-we can't wait another two years to begin construction. We seek to string- no one to the yard-arm for the delay becau~e we appreciate the difficultie that the officials of the various commun1t1es have encountered, and '"e know that they ha\~e been working on the pr.oblem steadily all this time. · But we believe that neither they nor the body of citizens at large have realized the need for this through highway and the vital problems which ,~~,-·ill come w id1 the open- A \Yinnetka carpenter, aged 50. ran around the front end of an electric train and attempted to board it after Good it had started. He fell het\\· e~n the t\\'O cars. l fi s right Habits leg was so badly mangled that it had to he cut off. For perhaps t\\·enty or more ,- car~ this man "·ill more or les~ actively ~eg-ret the l os~ of this valuable memher. How cou ld this accident have been avoided? \Yell. it is ven· certain that if thi:' man had not run around thi s train and not attempted to get on. the car after it had started. the accident \Yould not have occurred. People are plainly warned ag-ainst runnmg- around the front end uf trains. But perhaps there were urg-ent reasons for his getti ng this particular train. These reasons. · however, \\' ere not s.o urg-ent a~ the reasons for 1\01' running around. The :\merican people have formed the habit of hurrying. and by hurrying ,,-e i mply ·taking needless chances. We n1ove fast when there is no sufficient ly good reason for speed. \\' c ought to form · the habit of 1110\'ing fast only when there is very good rca~n11 for ·speed. Such a ha hit can he formecl. \\'atch an expert ball player. lle does not hurrv. But he certainly moves fa~t \\·hen ther'e is very good reason for so doing. } le make s no false moves, and hurrying· i~ a series of false tnove s. li(H\. can YOU avoid such an accident as cost this man ~l good right leg? The ans \\·cr is s imple: Hy not running around the f r.ont end of a train and trying to board it \Y hen it is moving. l(eep yourse If from acting thus once, and the second time the stopping will be easier. Read \\'illiam Tames' celebrated chapter on I Iabit. Then imt his s uggestion s into pr~tctice when next you arc in the position of this carpe1iter before he started running. Form the habit of n.ot acting on ttl~ reasoning impulse. You \vill live a happier, longer 1 if e. R,· kindness alone- hut not a wild wife"! F;1 h~ dropped his pail en run fer hi s life Pretendin' he's scared. en raiserl hi :-; han' To \\·ard off a blow. er a big fryin' pan! But \fa she laughed-she knnwed he' in fun Fn IW\'er thrO\\'S nothin' to make Pa n1n . 'he 1!an.' Pa a kiss er t\\·o-mayhe more l'm ~ure she did- I peeked through the door! Pa Fn He Fn he's VNHl to squirrels at"l hirds little boYs. too-e n ).fa-lt~Y won~. ! hur" nH: tcw s and \fa nice things lat~ghs " ·he;1 we're plea~ed. en hum" t·n :-.ing:' ~ ~ o nw cia,. 1'11 t· rm,· en hr a hig man 1-'n cl" g;HHI thin ~·s . r s m~· Pa ran, Ftt danre around with a funn~· hig \\·hirl. Fn fn·d all thC' hircl:' en water tl1r squirrel! - H . A. \f1r.1. ~. Wh·d Would You Suggest, Gentle Reader? Dt·ar ~1<1\· e. Fctt· :-.orne day-. past T han be r n not icing in thr " ·i nd0\\'S Cli a tl (ipular haberdashery in the Yil hue a displ;,,· nf ~tentlrmen's lin ge rie \\-hich fairly driH"- nw \·: ilrl. Yes. T -.aid 'lingerie' purposely. br the· nit·t't' 1 \\'i sh to mention particularly i:' a pa k pinkish p·armcnt " ·itlt daint~- . l;l\·<' nd r r -.tripe:-.. A~sutninv that it ha s rnmr to the pnint "hen· a 111;1n ,,·nuld .. ctually wrar such a thing. "'h < t! ,,·nud hC' the proper coursr to take if one h;p ·t ~t'tted t(l nlJ..,,Trr it in the men's lorkrr at the ! · c , 1f lu h. f (l r <"a 111 pIe ? T w nul d be in fa r or n f ~hontitH! (Ill :-.i,!. dlt. but perhap s you can think of "~'111 1 ' more drast ic lllt<t :> urc which might he :1p-pli('d . <· - T lit·: of /e'/1 }oKt·: R. THOUGHTS OF AN IDLE HOUR lil.·r·n vnu In a flrm·£"r. !.aura . . 1 .d iut . cnnl flnrc·rr. !.aura, 1/'i!h \'o ur for,· .tltt piquant hlnssn/11, l ·'t~u.· rlr liftiJt" its nrs fn tltr suJI. · . l 11rl thnst' twx I fashio11 infn hl·in drors nf de·· ;, ·. 1-'i·c·slt . t'l"\'s'al rlrar in lh tir dcrths: }'nur ht~uds info pnfr. /n ·;·('/y f,utfs. rtStlt' SS (,·itlJ tflr· ,,·ind. - ] .\Qn~:-: The Pulice Chiefs of the north shore Yillages ha Ye asked the mother~ to co-operate \vith thetn in safeguardSave ing the life and limbs of little children. a Life Parents are asked to protect their d1 ildren by impressing upon them the importance ,o f crossing streets only at crossings, and then only ·w ith caution. A very extensive report has just recently been con1pleted and it was noted that about sixty per cent of accidents were attributed to the crossing of streets in the center of the block. Use precaution when crossing and save a life. TITLE??? folh. just wish to tell Tlw qra twr exnerience that befell '\'hil st at our \\Tilmcttc hcach, 1'1w day was hot, the v.:ater cold. Tlw nn:~n T swam out strong and hotel. T'nti l the sand-hanks reached. Then stood and waved to friends ashore. The 11n~e. the ca11 from the rast once morr. T s\\'am out far. when a strangr impr11ation. Tlwn made me dive beneath the \\·ave s, .'\ nd there a scene now met my gazeC:.nhJJlrrged, T coulrl not utter an exclamation! T>in k g-rasses waved clream'ly to and fro. Green lilies and blue miseltoe, Hlack pansies and a gay sunflower. A rrroup of carp stood on their tails. /1.11 greedily munching greasy snails, Hot-dogs. for their luncheon-hour. 1 1-.tcn. -DORIS t L. Now that the time for our vacation hegins to approach, what shall we do with Shore Lines for the two weeks we'll be gone? Shalt we discontinue it, let the contributors fill it for two weeks. or vrrite it ourselves before we leave? THE SLAVE . ·