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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 27 Apr 1928, p. 32

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LIFE DIVBD I'&ID..I.Y OP B..I.CB WBB:E LLOYD Boltt&TBa. JllfC. USI-1111 Central Ave., Wilmette, m. Cldcaao ollce: I N. Klchlpn Ave. TeL State 1111 Miiae ................ .. ........... Willai&te , _ ltii&CIUftiOB' PIUCB .·.·····.·..·· tiM ..1. DAB lu communlcatlona muat be accompanied by the ume ancl aclclreaa of the writer. Articles for publication muat reach tbe editor by Wedneeclay noon to IDnre appearance In current lane. . Reaolutlona of condolence, cardll of tha.nb, obltuarlee, notices of entertainment. or other daln where an admittance cbarp Ia publlabed, will be charged at regular advertlalnlr ratea. shout for. sheer delight, and the shadings were unexpectedly masterful. The small boy that beat the tympani called forth our wonderment almost every time he took part ,in the tremendous ensemble. How did he learn to do it so accurately and so easily? Among the trombonists, strange to say, was one lone girl. How did she ever come to be interested in trombone playing? We couldn't identify any of our own high school instrumentalists. We could only feel proud that they were participating in this 20th century miracle. I WOULD SEE SPRING God, unulterablt s/Wing. More poig1aan1 welcome Each return of blossoms bring. H clp tluJt 1 may beller kMW The glory of the hills Alltl woods below. 1 would not ask For brighter scnaes tlaan these; · Such rich bestowal of verdure ushering, Grant only power to feel The beauty in each growing thing. To see in bird, in flower, in sky Tl~t wistful loveliness, unspoken. sll}'; · To see in face of friet~d, indeed, Return of humon comradeship we need. To . 'lee · in spring wlucl1 glorifies the cart/· Tile miracle of song and fi(J'U!er ita each rebirth. Not more, 0 God I ask of Thee; Give 111e br1t heart and mimi to knoW, And eyes that I nzay see. Ot~cc mort, 0 me Edgar Guest, intimately known as Eddie. has written verses which he names "Philosophy." Like all his other verses they run along easily from start to finish, making no heavy demand on the reader's power of comprehenEddie Guest \ sion, and usually ex~ressing e v e r y-d a y on philo · soph'Y s o I u t i o n s of life's problems. It may be said without fear of contradiction that no versifier in the Middle West to-day is so popular as he, nor does any writer in the same territory make so strong an appeal to the hearts and heads of average men. This position he holds. is largely due to the fact that he speaks the language and share~ the thoughts and feelings of most of . h1s fellow men. In this piece of Philosophy he calls the reader's attention to the fact thatOld Socrates had much to say, He loved to play with words, He'd prove in a most solemn way That halves are more than thirds. And searching the unchanging truth He sat and talked away his youth. He talked away his middle-age, And died a poisoned wise old sage. And he continues in this strain for a couple of st:tnzas further, the up-shot being about a:; follows : Tho words may have a sweeter ~ound, · Whene'er I hear the hammers pound I know with every blow that rings That men are busy doing things. Very apparently Eddie does not care much for philosophizing. And just as apparently he cares very much for doingdriving nails, sowing seeds, building roads. We suppose that his dislike of talking and his liking of doing rests on the fact that the results of talking are not easily visible while the results of doing are visible even to a child or a man with only one eye. If Eddie is correct then even Eddie's own verses are worth nothing except what he gets for them in dollars and cents. But why take Eddie seriously? Have you ever seen an orchestra made up of over 300 high school girls and boys play Wagner's Rienzi overture or Dvorak's New World Symphony? Play not like novices but like professionals? If you haven't, you won't have the opportunNational High ity for many years. School Orchestra Perhaps you'll never have it, for it is not at all likely that the National High School Orchestra will ever again play in Chicago. We were thrilled by their wonderful performance in the Chicago Auditorium on the evening of April 17. Frederick Stock conducted the orchestra in the playing of t e Dvorak Symphony. The precision of dac attacb· was of the kind to make one One of the most inspiring anq unusual reports is that of the Winnetka Music club. Turn to it in this issue and read it carefully. It reveals several surprtstng features and interesting information. In the first plalce it -Rebecca Anthony. discloses the fact that Inspiring Well, Mebhe, ia EYi-.atoa the president of the . and Unusual "WOMAN SHOPLIFTER CONCEALS $225 club was visited by an COAT UNDER SKIRT." EV. REVIEW. idea, a vision beautiful NOW WALTER HER LOVELACE. YOU MIGHT and lofty and practicable. She had a vis- FOOL US ABOUT SOME THINGS, BUT YOU ion of a possibility that since that time has CAN'T PUT THYS ONE OVER. WHERE YOU BEEN LATELY? YOU . RIDE THE "L"' materialized into the marvelous artist-reTRAINS AND STROLL DAVIS STREET AND cital series. We have been able to hear EVEN THAT DOESN'T CONVINCE YOU. and see almost in .o ur own homes such CONCEAL THE FACTS IF YOU MUST, WALsupreme mustctans as Casals, Schipa, · TER. BUT DON'T LET THE LADY SHOPSpalding, Martinelli, Novaes, and Johnson. LIFTER CONCEAL A COAT UNDER HER SKIRT. IT CAN'T BE DONE EVEN IN EVWe have heard many of the world's great- INGSTON. est vocal and instrumental compositions. R. C. P. C'f Wilmette. Moreover, as if to prove that the artisB.t, WJa,. Be Meek? tic and e~onomic can be combined, this reDear Mique: Judging by the way things are port states that the guarantors have never going now, when the time comes for the meek to been obliged to contribute a single penny inherit the earth, taxes will be so high that they cits. Why? The will not want it. towards meeting defi" -Simplicity. answer is sin1ple. The concerts have brought in a surplus. If you don't think M,.Sbdf that fact worthy of note, read the history Since I have come to Wilmette of other anlbitious attempts. . I've writ' a score of verse, And when I say, "Please pick the best." Finally on the last evening of this year's You say they all are we:>rse. series practically everyone in the audience signed up for subscriptions to next year's That's funny, now when I read them To give myself that very test, recitals. Isn't that surprising? I read them, and can't quite decide ; "What other suburban community can I think they all are "best." boast of such a club and such recitals? -F. J. Nayr. -------------------- ,.- Are you taking part in the Village Cleanup? It's a fine undertaking, enlisting the ·. activities of everyone without exception. The oldest veteran and the y.oungest child can \vork side by side in the good work of cleaning up the Help YoUT Village . village. Everybody's business to Clean UP! should be pick' ing up t h e s ·e brisk spring days, nature's cleanup days. That pile of ashes in the basement should be shoveled into capable receptacles and placed where the collectors can easily get them. Papers thaf during the winter have been allowed t.o accumulate under the shrubs should new be put into fire-baskets and burned in safe places. Dead leaves ought not to be allowed to disfigure the lawns and corners. They too should be consumed by fire. On Clean-up Days the village will send around town special trucks for taking away what you no longer care for. This will give you an exceptionally fine chance to clean out the medicine cabinet and the basement. Place all this rubbish-empty bottles, tin cans, etc.,-io containers. Put the containers in the parkway. The village will do the rest. Help your village to clean up and -.hus be~me. ·beautiful once ~ore. . Heh, hela!! Dear Mique: Hasn't Fil the Filosofer some splendid thoughts? At your suggestion I've been reading his editorials and enjoyed them immensely. -Peggy. P. S. Please, Mique, don·t let him know I ever read his columns, because I've changed my mind about him. Just read his last note to you. So some people "like sugar in their vegetable soup" do the~:? Splendid thoughts, indeed ! Bah ! ! ! · -Peg. The Domiaatiq Se:~: The Wonien of Rotary, having recently been invited to be guests at the Chicago club took advantage of their generous, not to mention solicitous husbands by dispatching the following startling notice to prospective guests somewhat as follows: "We want to make this epistle ttrletlJ' confidential to be sure it gets noised about! The Masterly Males nn the Program Committee of the Chicago Rotary Club have turned over their Tuesday luncheon, April 24th, to us and have asked us to put on a Feministor as they have dubbed It-a Self-Expression Day. "Accordingly, we have already eliminated every specimen of the fictitious "Stronger Sex" from the program an~ will proceed to show that we could not be bluffed. Every place on the Tuesday luncheon program usually taken by Homo Sapiens (please do not abbreviate) will be taken care of by Mere Woman. It Is to be Our Day! He had his "ShowU¥, !" We shall have a "Show-Down." . We have secured Irs. Harriet TaJ"lor 1Jptoa, Republican National Committeewoman from Ohio, who is coming to deflate the self-conscious superiority of the other sex. She will talk-and ably too-on the subject "Fro· tile CaTe to tile Ballot-Box." It will be a laugh-on the men-from Start to Finish. "What we request you to do Is to drug or drag your husband to this luncheon so we may operate on him. "Please, therefore, flU out the enclosed writ of habeu corpus and retum to us Immediately, and . mark the date on your engagement pad." Thla oontrlb bualnea Is plckln' ··" P . again. More, '· and ever more! ; · · :':' KIQUB. ·

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