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2-4 WILMETTE LIFE WILMETTE LIFE ISSUED FRIDAY OF EACH WBBK by ),LOYD HOLLISTER, tNCJ. 1%22 Central Ave., Wilmette, Ill. Chicago offtce: G N. Michigan Ave. Tel. State 6326 ttUBSCRJPTION PRICE ··········· . ·. P.tO A YEAR 'elephone ......·............··.·...··... Wllmette lt!t All communications must be accompanied by the name and address of the writer. Articles for publication must reach the editor by Wednesday noon to tnsure alopearance in current Issue. Resolutions of condolt>nce, cards of thanks, obituary, . notices of entertainments or other a.tratrs where an A.dmlttance charge Is published, w111 be charged at regular advertising rates. Entere"d at the post office at WIJmette, Illinois.' as man matter vf the st>cond class, under the act ot March 3, 1879. -================--======c===========~ fane, met repeatedly. Clubs, from Rotary to Bridge, met every now and then. More property was s,old, bought, and itnproved during 1926 than during any previous year that we can recall. And an extraordinary amount of building took place, the costs running up into the high m.illions. That our comtnunities are growing materially no one can ·doubt. Sports of all kinds flouri shed on our well known shore during the preceding twelve months. Hockey, baseball, tennis , . golfthey all were very lively in '26. The rest of the time was occupied hy eating, s l~eping, and working. Sheridan Road is open again through Glencoe. Northbound motori st s on pa ss in g through Winnetka on Sheridan may on reaching Tower Road continue Open north on Sheridan through thr Hubbard Hill se ction, when Again weather conditions permit, or turn we st ,o n Tower Road t o Green Bay Road. Then on reaching Sco tt Avenue they mn st turn east and so regain Sheridan; th ence continue north on Sheri dan as far as they desire. Thi s opening of Sheridan through Clencoe is a valuable improvement. Traffic will now be di vided between Green Bay Roa d and Sheridan. Gr een Bay Road is narr.o\\· a nd windin g and not w ell paved. Sherid an is much broader, straighter and bette r paved. Th e mot ori st, therefore, will do \\' ell t o avoid taking Green Bay through Glen coe and Highland Park. Th e \ Vinnetka authorities are doin g· ·wel1 in shutting off Hubbard Hill during th e snowy month s. lVIany a motori st ha s learn ed to hi s sorrow that even after a slight sno\\'fall thi s hill cann ot be climbed without chains. The best winter route between the corner of Tower Road and Sheridan and the corn er of Scott Avenue and Sheridan is Tower Road-Green Bay Road. ·----·----------·-.:. THE STRENUOUS HOLIDAY SEASON KO\V A MATTER OF HISTORY, THE OUTLOOK FOR A B.IT OF LABOR IN 1927 PROVIDES AN UNUSUALLY REFRESHING RELIEF (::;O' S YOUR OLD CHRISTMAS ' N ECKTIE). ··---------·.----......H. . . SHORE LINES January 7, 1921' Our offi ce boy rush ed in all br.cathlcss the oth c.r da y to in form us that th e Village theatre wa s put- ting "side curtain s" on it s entrance. W c called up, learn ed th e prope r term was " p a rqu~ , an.d th en procee ded t o chid e th e o. b. concernmg hts frivol ous usc of Amer icanesc as it is spoke. Having heard of and carefully observed "Gin," the type-eating terrier of uncertain ingredients, I searched about for one to match. Here it is: --·1 a . h' . " ' cause "Student at Purdue CAJ 11 dog "T ng, as a puppy be was auch a problem. He waa bought as a apaniel but turned out to be an "unknown"; so Trig is it. No copyright on "Aigy (bra)" to name a rival of unknown strains. I MY WORK Let me but do my work from day to day. In field or forest . at the desk or loom . Tn roaring market -place or tranquil room : Let n1e but find it in my heart to say . When vaqrant wishes beckon me astray . "This is my work : my blessing. not my doom ; "Of all who live, I am the one by whom "This work can best be done in the right way." Then shall I see it not too great , nor small . To suit my spirit and to prove my powers ; Then shall I cheerful greet the laboring hours, And cheerful turn . when the long shadows fall At eoentide , to .play and 'love and rest , Because I know for me my work is best . I C. E. D. Welcome 1,000 Times ~ll<.jl ' fo: : In lw hal f o f t lw nunH: f (I U ~ r":lflo · r ~ ot \·our a u g u st a nd 1·n l i g- ht ening- <:0!11mn, a ll " w Ill· · t t· l ha nk ,·o u fo r Y·H ll' l itr ~·,. ::'\f· W Yt·ar ·~ g-l'· ·di n g·s of : :~s t ,n:t ·lc So kind l!f yo u . Yo ur ~ - - !lilt· (If tI ll· 1ll ··Usa n d ~. Wlt'Ki l: :-;hort y, the barber t app lying cdcbra ted brand oi ton ic to bar rt·n dome oi prom inent mortit' ian). 'Th is stuff wo uld make hair gTO \ \ on a dOLir krwh." Vict im in ad joining chair: " But tha t would lH eas. ' · co mpa red to t he j()h yuu \e got now." A Gentleman You've no doubt heard of the husband, who, being haled into court, was charged with the inhu · man cruelty of not having spoken to his wife in four years. "Your honor, said he in explanation, "I was too much of a gentleman to interrupt her." - HENRY VAN DYK E. (from Mu sic and Other Poem , Sc ribn er's, 191~: l ·I I A review of the pa st year on .our area o f Stealing pennies from a blind beggar i" the North Shore presents a cr.oss secti on one of the few mean act s that is wor se than of life. Most noticeable of all the event s stealing colored lights from an outdoor that went to make up this lifr Christmas tree. Decorated trees of this deaths. It sounds s.o me · sort are a distinct community asset, adding 19 2 6 \Vere what paradoxical to include to the enjoyment of all who have the good deaths in life, but such an in - fortune to see them. Any vandal who roh s clusion is customary and justifiable. Judg- the se trees of their ornament s harm s not ing fron1 the frequency with which item s one but many people. vVe trust that the of this sort appear in the daily and weekly boys who took the colored lamps from the press we are all concerned with knowing . tree ,o f J. D. Stinson, 1601 Spencer avenue, what celebrities have passed away during Wilmette, will r~g-ret their act and return the year. the lamps. The normal number of babies wa s born It's getting so now that almost every in 1926. The decrea se in the population wa s backyard is a skating rink. Although yours matched by this increase. Unwilling infanb truly has not cut the double -dutch for a were added to n1any families on the North Shore, thereby providing material for the generation ,o r so, still he' s convinced that nurseries, schools, colleges, and in fact for it's a sport ~nly second to swimn1ing for al1-round fun and exercise. It's as close to all human institutions. Weddings occurred in great profusion, i1ot flying as the unaided human being will ever get. There's a volume more of poctr\' in only in June but even in the fall and winter. skating than in dancin'g , and a whole library Our socie.ty editors were kept busy anmore of g~ood health. So let the rinks inn,ouncing the happy dates and the details crease. of the costumes of the brides and maids. As usual the groom s \\"'re the traditional Some desperado advertised in a recent black and white and cut small but essential EvANSTON REV1EW for a double-barreled figures at the churches. shotgun and a victrola. He also specified 1 .. Meetings headed the list f.or quantity. that they should be in good condition. All There were dozens of meetings every week he nuw needs is a rec,ord of Chopin's day and hundreds on Sunday, to say nothing Funeral March. Putting this in operation much ,o£ the private meetings on the street on the victrola, and adjusting the shotgun · corners and in the parks and parlors of suitably, he can pull the string and pass on Jane and Henry. Schools, religious and pro- very artistically. Yea· and No out In p olite soC' i£·ty C hri s tm ab nig·ht wiH·n· "< iin " and th1· soci Pty edltor W(' r f' <l tt ing th e ho nors. Gin w:ts \'ery politf'-as p o l!t ~ a s th . s. P. Do I r f'ea ll MiquP c·J :dming c redit f or (lin's bt·autiful l)t·ha\·ior , wlw n <iin is ~o mueh in 1 h· · l>(·et r co m~a ny ~1iqu p-"' a s r,f th e s OC'. Nl. - .T enny \\· n ·n Twisted Humor Some one ha s placed on Shorr Lin es' :-. pin<lle th e note about J ohn Pretzel of Glencoe wh o is thinking seriously of taking a course in emhalm ing ; with th e comment: Evidenth· attracted to bier. · 365 of Them Y (·S, th oRc ll < ·t s on la st Wt' l·k's t 'O\"t ·r of ".IL:\IETTr: Lrn~ wer e d e sig-nr·rl t· spt·t·ia lly hy Bill, tht · C'ompo s in~ room for e man, fot· Xt '\\' Yt·ar's morning JH·rusal. No Predictions For at least one week the north shore waa an ideal winter resort. Travelers from the aouthland report an abundance of anow moat everywhere down there during .the holidays while we stay-athomes were reveling in delightful springtime. p ft was so balmy, in fact, that one of our neigh bors hitched up hi s Flivver and spent the New Year holiday at hi s northwoods lodge. \Vp hroke all our r E- solutions by n egh·1' ting to adl~" rt· to our r!'solutlon to make some r P!':olutions. -:\UQt:E