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20 WILMETTE LIFE August 6, 1926 WILMETTE LIFE ISSl:ED FUIDAY Ol' EACll WEEK by LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. 1222 Central AYe., 'Vilmette, Ill. Chicago office: G N . :Michigan Ave. Tel. State 6326 Tel('}lhon(' ................. : . ............ WHrnette 1920 ~UBSCR~PTJOX J~JUCE .............. $2.00 A YEAR All communicn lions must be accom])a.nied by the n'lme and address of th<' writer. Articles for publication must reach the editor by 'Vcdncsday noon to :nsur~:> at·Jwarancc in current issue. Resolutions of condolence, cards of thanks,. obituary, notices of enterta inmcnts or other affairs where an ndmitt anc' charge is published, will be charged at rl'A'Ular advertising rates. Bntert>d at tlw post office n.t Wilmette, Illinols ·. as mail matter of the second clnss, l.mder the act ot :\fa rch ~. 187n. Thi~ poem. called "Preoccupation." " ·as \\·ritten by a young woman, no\\· 23 years of age, named Roberta Teale Dreams and Swartz. Tn it she .presents the idea that God cares Weeds more for \\'Peels than for human dreams. this number then \,·as given either a box of candy or a dollar bill. \:V e risked a quarter and ~Yon nothing. On the grounds there \\'a s another game of the same sort. Everybody "·as participating in these games of chance-me~, \\·omen and ·children. A woman won at th1s seco nd game and ~elected what lo oked like a silver casserole. Fifty or sixty people \\'ere cro,,·cling- into the church building to get the dinner. But \\·e. not -car in g tu eat indoors, thought it better to mo,·e 011. \\.h ich \\·e did, findinga most satisfying dollar dinner "·aiting for us at the Oak~. a cumfurtahle ~nmmer hotel oYerl.oo king <~rand 'l'ra ,·ersc Hay. A strange ml'mury - Sunday. church. cemetery. religion. \\·heel of fortune. ,.._,, , ._, l, ._. ( ,._.,,...._i,._. ( ) ~ {J ._, (} 4 ·=··-··-,,_,,_,,_,,_,,_,,_,,,_,,_,_,,_,,_,_,,_,_,··· . . . . . . . .() . . .( ) . - , ( ) . - , I J . _ , I J . _ , ( ) . . . . . . SHORE LINES I),.-.CI)~()..... C)._,(). . . .CJ.-,()~).-.() . . .(t:t BACK YARD BALLADS The Picnic Out in the back yard, on a bc1;ch Pa made, \\\ : ct 1111r lttnl'h- rig·ht in the shade! !·~ 11 a big ol' :-,pidn came down on a tllrtacl l-:1 1 ~carl'd little CL:oq. !·iv- L'll stud~ on the hrcJd! '\'L'11 ;1 rl'cl - h~.·ad hL' lHJlllldL:d a tree !·: n p~.·ckl'rl at a lwk. \\·here \\'L' rnuld '>l'L' : l·:n a ~quirrd sl't . 1111 a ~tump nf n. limh. l·:n C~.· ,)rgL' thrl'\\' ;1 d·on!. dmut right strai ~· ht at llin 1 ~ .\l a cut bread l'11 nice boiled ham 1·: 11 ~ p rca d c a c h pi l' r r \\' i l h 1'111L' p c a c h j am ! F n ,.o u k 11 0 \\' " . 11 at I had ? .\ 1itt k o 1' c a 1..: e 111 ;; pan l1y its~.·li. 'at 111y nwth~.·r'd hake~ !· :11 annthn icr Ccorg~.· . " ith a ~ltamponl· d top\\ ' it!! a letter "C" 'at my father'(} bought! l·~n a ~quirrd ~~.· t (Ill a ~tump 11i a limb , Fn Cl'orgl' thre\\ a d11ughnut right ~traigllt ;tt h in1 ~ CL'tll'l!i~.· had n1ilk - rn lllt' \c11H111ack. . \11\· <~ne \\lw ha~ a faintly logical mind kno\\'s that the stu·cst " ·;{y of pren. ' nting acridcn ts i~ to l' 1imina te th.e Safety causes of t hcsc acciclen ts. 1i there has heen an autonwhik First collisi(m, di~co\· er the cause of And \\·hen 1 knew that dream \Yas dead. the rullision. take measures to pren~nt the I did ·not grieve at alL n.' r ttJT c 11 r c o f t h a t ca u ~ <· · a 11 d t b c s a 111c a c"God needs that dream for hi~ O\\·n \\·orld." cident \\·ill not recur. I sa id, For C::-\ample. there \\· a~ not long ag·o at "He will with immense preci~ion the c(}rncr of 1\ idg·e a \'1:11\ll. ' and \ \ 'illo"· Con.crntratc on this my vision." ruad in \\'i11netka a collision bet \\·Ce11 t\\·q autos. (Incidental!\· it \\- a~ the fourth acGod ,,·as watchinp- a meacln,,- weed· · oi the ~ort \\·~thin the \nek.) lt \\·a s c.idcnt A long, lank thing from a surface ~re<l claimed that one of th(' c~tuscs uf the cnl:\nd with gigantic tenderness li~ion \\·as tlw high hedge at th. c northeast \Ya ~ "·illing- to let it grow. I gne~s. cunwr of the intersecting streets. _\nother L ·ausc :Hh·anccd \\·as the speed of one uf the At first I shouted, ··r,ocl." I cried, cars. ~till another cau~e was said to he the "~fy valuable dream has died! driving of this car on the \\'rong ~ide ui the He did not e\·en look a~idc. street. So I \H'Ilt nearer. "Cod." I said. One of tltc rau~c:-, ha.s aircady hcen re"I suppose you do not know m:· dream ~~ 1110\T<l. the hedge has been trimmed clown. dead?" The ~econcl allc g·ccl cause. too ·gTca t speed. But God had placed another scedran onh· \Ya s thinking up another ,,·ecd. . be rcmoYcd 1)\· - chano·i11°· :--. ...... the mental attitude of certain dri,·cr~. This change ran he eti'ectcd hy lining those who exceed It was sen·ecl in a Jh~hemia1.1 Catholic the sp('ed limit. hy rea~oning· \\·ith them ur church-this dinn<'r which we attenclccl last by not allu\\·ing ~uch JH: T sons to drive. \\'e ~ttnda,·. \\ 'c hclin-e that it helin·e that. the la:-:t method ought to he A Church \\· a~ hZ.lcl primarily for the pur- more uften employed. ])arents oug·ht t() Dinner po:-:e of raising moiH.'Y for im- hl' much nHire particular about allO\\·ing pnn·ing the church cdilicc. their rhildrl'l1 to drin~ \Y e had hecn for t"·o long \\·eeks looking J.'inalh·. . driYino· on the \\Tonu· ~ide of th<: for\\'ard to this dinner, dreaming .of an ~trL·l't is \\·itlwut duuht a cliA1cult practice ample repa:-:t to he scn·cd under hruacl to deal "·ith. There are times \\-hen a branch ed mapk tree~ on a fresh green lawn. ·dri\Tr mu~t drin· on the \\·rong ~ide. for So. \\·hen the cia,· arrin.'cl ,,.e ~tartcd o1T in · example, when he pa~~e:-; another car. Hul high sp1nts - from our l:tkc~ide cottage. a clri,·er \\·ho at dangerous C<Jrners u ses the headed for the scene of the promised feast. wrung side ought to he S<:\'L'rely dealt with. 1faYing parked our car some hundred It may he ~a iel that all such ollenses a~ we feet f rum the church \,.e hasten e cl toward ha\'e mentioned arc already being dealt the cru\\'cl of ca rs and people. \Vhat met with ~c ,·e rcly; that the people won't sta nd our e\·es Jirst. on the horclcr of a cemetcrv for any g-reater severity .. Hut ~afety for 'direct-ly before the church. ,,·a. a man i~1 life and limh ~ll.~'l' ahYays be pul before a :--mall encl()..;ure ~e lling paddle~. Now, such things as convenience and personal these paddle~ \\'ere unu~twl padd.les, on the comfort. ,\ncl greater se\·erity. it effectuaL broad black uf each were three fig-ures. In mu st he u ~ed. Parent s ought \\'ithout doubt the enclosure wa~ a . rather crude wheel he more thought (ul in permitting their pi\'CJtecl vertically. It was the old time children to drive. wheel of fortune. that u ~ed to be found in One .of the :-;urest \\·ays of decreasing the our amusement parks and st ill to be found number of auto accidents is the detailed in many places in many guises. \Ve've description of the se accidents. A vivid seen them in many moving pictures, but description of an auto collision will. \\·e benever before at a Sunday church dinner. lieve, so impress on the minds of readers The chap behind the counter was selling the horro·rs .o f the \\'hole occurrence that these paddles at ten cents each or three for the readers themselves \vill be more careful. a quarter. \\' hen his stock was all sold he It seems also fairly certain that the ·witspun the wheel, and when it had come to nesses of and . actual partiCipators in one of a standstill called out the lucky number. these accidents will thereafter be unusualThe holder of the paddle on which appeared ly strong believers in SAFETY FIRST. >. . . . t: . . . . t~ ._, ,,~ .l --. c)~ I) ._, U.-, t> 4 ~ ~ Ltt fllll' grap~.·- juil'l' 'at tnothn'd lll:t < k \\.l' h;td in P;t - tht· hn11H' - 1llalk kin' ! 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Tl:t·n a " lwk galax\· ni ch11r(b rl'hounrkd. Cradually d\\'i1~clling.' intn a drab monot1ll!L'. 1 <'Xl1alcd - a triumphant blare nmst thru the air. :\chord, wild - without C:lrL'. Such as n11ly a dl'\·il "tlttlcl darL· Drum nut on l1is xylophone. l.a..;t night as 1 b~ adrl'aming, 1 h~.·ard a de\'il\ refrain. \\.t· sympathi:-~1' "·itlt Y<~ll J)oris, lJHJSt· who long· f111' :illlillllt.:l! \\'c· not mH· of h··gins to lJI<~ nm. l:ut "'" n·<"all :111 old fri··JHl of ourR a C'hkago ]Wiit'P l'l'POrlt'r, who wa~ simihrly afTiid<·d, ctJHl h"\\' ""' us1 ·1l to laugh tn w:tt('h him tPkpltonP in a story, lld\\'t 't'll Sllt't ·Zc·s, wt···pi ng <·opiom: 1 y tlw \\'hi 1 .. ! \\·t, lltt(l j,., tiH· ~oltl··nro<l tht · pint· l'l·lllltry :ll'· · \\'hPll a hottt·r from Littk 1';1~(. ;111(1 ·\·;u·;j!j(,ning· in tlw anrl (lt>lights of Pittsburg-h. Jll'a J']~· as smoky as \\'t' had lt·d her to lw!i('\'(', and t h;, t tlw g·irls wen' parlieular1y lwn uti fu I with "coml)lt>xions lil< e peaches and th<' RJ>arklivst Py('s !" )faylw wt· had hvttt·r dri rt O\'l·r that way on nur vaeation. \\run thiR wt·l'k. SIH' told 111' or tlw lwautit· s f-;Jw said that it was not Speaking of vacations, that reminds us that ours dra,vs nearer and nearer. Mr. Mills thinks that '\\'C should let the contrihutors fill the column from week to week, because it might he stale if set up heforehand. However. \VC have another thought . Its a little surprise and we'll tell you about it later. -THE SLAVE.