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WILMETTE LIFE February 18, 1927 WILMETTE LIFE ISSUED FRIDAT OP BACH WBBK by LLOYD BOLLISTBB, IN"· 1222 Central Ave., Wilmette, IlL Chicago oftlce: 6 N. Michigan Ave. Tel. State ti326 IIUB8CBJPTION PRICE .····.·...·.·. U.ll A. YBA.B Jelepllone ···.·...·.·...·..·.···.·.·····. Wilmette ltlt All communications must be accompanted l;)y the name and address of the writer. Articles for puhltcatlon must reach the editor by Wednesday noon to !nsure a11pearance tn current Issue. Resolutions of condolence, cards of thankll, obituary, notices of entertainments or other cl.ftalrs where an R.dmlttance eha.rce Ia published, wm be charged at regular advertising rates. Enterect at the post otftee at Wtlmette, DUnots, as mall matter uf the second class, under the act or &'arch 3. 18'79. Three days ago a large gang of streptococci settled themselves upon our tonsils and there grew into large and thriving colonies. There they drove their stakes and remained, one Three colony on the left, the other on Days the · right of the passageway leading to our interior. At ·first we did not know that these nasty little f.oreigners were there. · In fact we didn't know they were at all, least of all in our own private mouth. We suspect that they took advantage of of us whe'n we were off our guard. When we had been half doped by the had air in the editorial rooms. In fact we fell asleep one afternoon onlv to he a waked hv the rough voices of the editor-in-chief.~ We have good reason for thinking that it \vas then that the cocci ftrst entrenched thenlse 1ves. If we only could have seen them coming! \Vel]. first they built up these tw.o colonies and ahnost at the same time beg-an sending to every part of our body little poison scouts. l\Iaybe these little rascals were really responsible for our falling asleep in the editorial sanctun1. At any rate we began to feel worse as the day wore on nnt il at dinner time we didn't care if we ever ate again. And th<:'n the home guards began to fight the invaders. \Vhat a fight that \\·as! \Ve were so excited that our temperature went up to 103. \V e knew \l\'e couldn't he of any real service ; so we went to sleep. They fought all that night, the cocci and our bra vc bovs. \lVhen the doctor called next morning.~ he exclaimed as he examined our throat, "Aha! a Yerv bad case .of tonsilitis !" And proceeded to~ assist the defense by swabbing- our two tonsils ~vith some liquid he called "he11-firc." It was. On a card announcing an organ concert in a north shore town appears' the sentence: "The great music of the .Organ inspire.d the ancient saytng of the phtlosopher, 'The violin is ~layed in T he Hell, but the .organ ts played Violin in Heaven.'" What inspired the ancient philosopher was certain.ly a bitte~ a.nd ineradicable prejudice agatnst the vwltn. We don't know the name of this old fellow, but we do know that the writer of this card now lying before us did not do well to cit~ this passage in support .of the value of organ n1usic. Suppose a north shore father should suggest . to his young daughter that she take up lessons on the v.iolin. She would turn upon him in righteous anger and slay him with, "The violin is played in Hell!" An insurance agent does not run down a rival company. And yet if he does adopt this foolish course he would have more solid ground to stand on than the writer of this card. Insurance companies do differ \videly in policy values, but there is no such distinction between the relative values of the organ and of the violin. There have been as many good and great violinists a:; urganists. There is no inherent reason why the air waves coming from one instrument should he more desirable than those coming from another. Surely the difference in size and complexity does not cause difference in " ·orth. Perhaps the associations of the organ make it a holier instrument than the Yi.olin. Rut this card \\'as not intended solely for people who would he influenced by such associations. If the organ is played in If ca Yen, so is the violin. According to report s from the Christmas headquarters in Chicago the "rorld record fur per rapita sale of Christmas Seals is helcl ln· one of our own n or t h s h o r c A World's sch()ol s- t he Jnseph Scars Record of Kenilworth. Thi ~ is not m c r c h · a state r c cord. or C\'en a national. hut a \\· <~rld · rccord! \Vc congra t ula tc Joscph Scars school on having achicYcd this signal honor. It meant plenty, of clo\\'nright hard work, hut the success of the school sho\\·s the stamina of the pupils. Th rec cheers for Joseph Scar. ! ~eals +-·-D-D--~--------a-a-·0 SHORE LINES HOME Tremulous I stand Upon the threshold of my new home, A home and yet not that. Those stiff walls do not know me, Those silent walls Which do not smile, Which do not grieve. No pulse to quicken life, No warmth, no glow From lingering memories Of reminiscent long ago. But time; allow a little while To soften it with years; Laughter will mould the sternness down, Grief mellow it with tears. When baby days Are chronicled upon the walls, And baby footsteps traced across the floor; When little finger marks have been washed off Till there is no more paint upon the door, Then you may call it home. When day on day You have gone weary there, As to a sanctuary of divine portend; Lived there and loved And hoped and prayed, As fading daylight lingers to its end, Then you may call it home. -R.A. We were on th~ verge of calling upon our offi · cial sob sister to regale herself and us with a detailed discourse anent the indisposition of our esteemed apace-filler to the left when 'that worthy popped up unexpectedly, most completely purged of the parasitical atreptococci of tonailitia fame, and prepared to pursue his accustomed ways. ,##############~ You're In . Oere ~[iquc: \\'i ll thi s one let me in? Two lit t It · r· , ,on s r,n ;1 l·r i dl!· ~ · a-~·:i tl in ' p ··ir t ·l' lu1J11' S h :wl\ ;·nd f n1·th a - fl ittin ' Ont · Ja r. :.: ' · kn11t from a plank a-mi ssin ' I 'a ir -: t- d in· l t~s t : ~lrt ·· - L U \.lB E R J ,\ C I-' . Thl' un;u~n o un c cd return 'of th e gcntlr phil o-ophcr - yd ;-~ g;\ i n, to our left-ne cess itated ..,omt· fa .; t t hinkin g·, sinc e " ·e· ,,·rn· ju~t then in th l' \\·a,· of expending a g enerou s porti on for a joyo u-; nosegay. An innate quick wittc<lnc. s, hnwen-r. hurriL·d to our rescue, directing us to conv er t nur fl oral contribution into a Valent in(' i1 > r a ck sen·ing. thou gh wear~·. flapper. The JH,x ni ~ "· eet '· erstwhile intended for the shufflin g· shel>a , ""a" thu s ~aYcd for home con sumption. ################ It Is Often So !-\;t'llrd ;~ y ,. ,·,· n i r:l!·. l·', · llt· ,,:,·r ~· :-. . :\l r :t n t! .\lr \llgu s t !-\inH·n . who r .·s id· · at ~.111 !-\~tu t lt l'r"" fl ····t ;,,.1111 ·. \\· ·· l't · t Itt · \ il'l im s r·f a w II tll :tllll O'! I s trrt ,r is· ·. '1'11· ro ('t ': t s ion was ti lt · t W1 ·11 t ~·- fift It \\:t·dd !n g :t 1111 1\'t· r :-:· r~ · · thi s lllftS( \\'tll'(l t :'-· (' IIIJpflo. Fr· ·111 T .. tn':-; P·<t rl< (Jn !{id ~ · · \\ · ~ · l'ldY ·#############411#. No, YCiU Tell Him \i\Te passed that whole day and the succeeding night asleep, con1ing to consciousness only when it seen1ed best to assist the home guards fr.om the outside. That done \Ve in1mediately went to sleep again. We didn't kno\V that sleeping was so easy. Then can1e Sunday and with it the beginning of the defeat of the cocci. The fight kept up, but the excitetnent of the fray decreased. In the afternoon two of our friends called and left us a valentine. We read a few lines in the Sunday paper, listened to several strains of wholesome music produced by our fellow partner, and to celebrate our ultimate recovery, drank half a glassful of pineapple juice. The object of this editorial is to induce employers to provide fresh comfortable air for their employes and themselves. There may he a few . social organizations that accomplish such good results as are attained hY the local Parent-Teache·r associations, b{lt it is difficult to remember their names. The P. T. A.'s of the north shore have made friendly co-operation between school and home so natural a relation that it seems as if this relation had always existeel. But to prove this relation is ~f recent origin our older readers need only recall conditions as they existed 20 or 30 years ago, when parents knew little or nothing about their children's school environn1ent. The in1provetnents in our county high\vays make driving easier and to a great degree pleasanter. Rut unless we wander off the beaten road now and then we shall miss the homelier joys that are incident to traveling on the byways. The mere fact" that you have the r.oad all to yourself supplies a zest that compensates for the occasional bun1p. Dear 1IiqucYou arc the medium through \\'hirh th e p tt lie expre ss es its opinion s, especially tho se cl o~c--t to it s heart. \Vhen Trustee DcBcrard called it pure foil :. to repair our rough and ruggccl roadways. d id ht forg-et that the newly annexed part of the \\'l·-t side's roads arc detrimental to this otiH'l"\\'l' t' prai:-;c-worthy village? And that the cost 01 th icoulcl never be paid by or through the munirip:tl expense items? Please tell him, Mique, that he must an s\\'l · truthfully because we are going to cclchrat t \Vashington's Birthday soon, and we wouldn 't \vant him to have any misgivings. -BOLD BETTY . '################ If anfl wlwn tht> c;f'orgp Host- housPhold in (ih·w ···· numlwrs four JH'rsons. might not the group be tertn· d t lH- "Four Hoses?" "Antique" Item -PAT. Truth Will Out Thus comments our friend the genial druggi~ 1 concerning one of those balmy spring days in February: 11 Well, every day like this brings us that much nearer to July." ###~~##. . .~~. . . . Aside to Bill the Incomparable Comp: If it's ;, cold day, lift next above and stick in snow story. -MIQUE.