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· 34 WILMETTE LIFE November 9, 1928 November Sunday.touring in our. own and adjacent counties will refresh both body and soul of the human animal who for six bJ' LLOYD BO~T·~ Dr~ days has been pur1111-1111 Central AYe.. WllmeU..., Dl. ~ oftlce: I N. Klchtpn Aft. Tel. 8tate IUt by his daily Our Countryside sued dozens of duties. IQU;fi............................... ltdiie&&e .... · In Autumn And even thou~h ltiiACatPTIOlf PUCB ...·..····..·· lUI A UAa the day is Sunday, All commuDicatlona muat be aooompanled bJ' the and the tourist is accompanied on his little aame &D4 add~ ot the writer. Artlcl· tor publlaattoa IIIUt naeh the eclltor bJ' Wedn8114&J' noon to tour by plenty of others wh~ als.o want to .._,. .......,...ce In etll'l'ellt t.ue. ...,lutlo· ot concloleDce, card8 ot thanb, obttuget away from home for a while, still there ut... notlcell ot entert&IDmenta or other aftaln w1lere will be room on the concrete for temperate aa a4mlttanee eharce 111 publfahecl, will be ehaqecl at ,_,.Jar a4Yertlatn~r rate&. drivers, and the forest preserves are numerous and of fair size. Besides if all conThe American people have chosen Herbert cerned mind their own business, as they. Hoover to lead them through the next four usually do, their presence will add to the years. By his actions and words he convinced pleasures of the day. We found it so. them that he was the man for Last Sunday we motored out along Our New the supreme _position of pr~siTouhy and Higgins Roads to the rather · dent. Dunng a campatgn old-fashioned Fox River town of Dundee, President arousing perha_ ps more intellipausing on the way in a Forest Preserve gent interest than any previto dispose in our car of a satisfying lunchous one, his character and ability were miThe flies, though uninvited, sauntered 1nto croscopically inspected, and he was found our lunch-room by dozens. These little fully up to the exacting requirements. · pests were of the sticking, biting variety. The pre-election battle is over. The dust We left that spot as soon as possible. Next of the conflict is settling. What are the duties time we intend to cover our open windo\vs of .the rank-and-file citizens? Their principal with netting of some cheap sort. duty is to carry on their daily activities steadily Leaving the flies, we rolled on westward. and thoughtfully. Having cast their votes on The gorgeous fall garments of the tree had November 6. they should now go about their faded somewhat, but there was still enough tasks with the · intention of standing by the color left to make pictures that were full man who is to be not merelv in name but in of vital appeal. In fact as the foliage takes fact their national governor: on the hues of old tapestry its attractiveness increases. No more modern street can be found than Returning, we took the northern route newly-concreted Main Street in Wilmette. past Barrington, and past farms, old and Embodying as it does all the best features remodeled. Some Sunday we'll see what in solid road building, it Roselle looks like. A Thoroughly affords an excellent means D4fii'M S._eet of speedy and safe traffic. Mod"".. "' Its exceptional oreadth There are few improvements that would en-52 feet-and uniform hance the appearance of our north shore towns smoothness put it easily in the class of best so much as the placing of all wires in understreets. Such an ample breadth makes it not ground conduits. N.o one only a highly val~ble thoroughfare but also Underground ever believed that wires gives it dignity and sightliness. Its smoothstrung along on poles conness makes it unusually agreeable to drivers Wires tributed one atom of of autos and trucks, who heretofore had the beauty to the landscape. roughest of timeS jolting between \Vilmette Everyone has always regarded them at the A venue and Central. best as necessary nuisances. When the entire stretch of the through Nobody ever made the slightest attempt to . highway, of which improved Main Street is make poles and wires any less figly things than a part, is completed between McCormick they apparently must be. Some poles are Boulevard and the northern limits of Glencoe, painted a sort of sickly green, but this has and when McCormick Boulevard is well conlittle or nothing to do with their looks. The nected with Chicago roads, we shall have a paint metely helps to lengthen their lives. direct inter-community highway that will greatWhat a difference if all wires were placed ly relieve Sheridan Road and consequently reunderground, never to be seen except by reduce the number of accidents on that overpair men! We trust that at some not far crowded boulevard. distant date the Public Service company and any other organization engaged in a similar Our ingenious head-line writer represents business will decide to bury these useful but Professor Ludwig · Mueller, exchange profeshomely things. sor at Northwestern, as implying that N. U. co-eds are "queer but capaWhere'er we go on the north shore we ble." Now, if we know the Queer But modern see streets torn up and paving or repairing young lady, and we're in pr.ogress. What especially concerns us Capable doubtful as to whether we do, to find out just why this particular fall is she would rather be classed there is so much of this kind of activity anywhere else than amon~ the queer. She going on. What is there about this time wonld not object to being called distinguished, ~ of this year that it should be attended by but to be labeled odd or queer really hurts. so n1uch street work. In simple language, A queer girl wears queer clothes, uses queer why so tnuch road work this fall? language, and arts queerly. In short a queer girl is a mild lunatic. · She is half crazy. She wears hats that were in the fashion last year. Now is the time of year for touring. She uses language that .was approved in 1927. Drive to the west or south in Illinois, to She acts six months behind the times. the north into Wisconsin. G.o round the We advise our head-line writer that young foot of the Lake up into Michigan. Whereladies don't care how incapable they are if ever you go you wil1 see nature gorgeously only they shall not be thought queer. Being arrayed. Solomon in all his glory is out of called capable doesn't make up one little bit the competition. If you \vait, y.ou may for being called queer. have to return in a blizzard. WILMETTE LIFE JUDD :J'&IDAY 0:1' aACB' wa·K I SHORE LINES IN RETROSPECF And the 11ext day it rained. The sun shone brightly, just as it always does on a Republican Day. If it had rained it would ha~e been a Democratic ·Day. But it didn't rain rain, it rained votes . Even in Californy where they say it never rains. Herbie must have thought it was a snow storm. Even in Californy where they say it never snows. But why pick on Californy Wasn't At snowed under every'Yhere. It's a wonder he wasn't frozen Because wasn't he wet anyway. But how about Dear Old Broadway? There won't be even a dry eye In the Roarin' Forties. But they'll have to have their roa'r. They've got that coming to 'em. And the roarers will have to be lubricated. They've got that coming to 'em, too. Even the . Republicans admit that. It was a great haul~ while it lasted. Herbie said thi§. and At said that. Some of the voters said things That won't be printed here. But now that the excitement is all over Maybe we'll hear people talking About ~omething that "ain't" politics. Anyhow politics is politics. Herbie says he's glad he's president And At wires his congratulations. At smiles and says it's 0. K. Herbie smiles and says it's 0. K., too. That's the ways of politics. And the voters will say the "raddio" got a great workout. And they'll get ready for four years hence When a return match will be staged. (Contributed by a Wet Republican) SMILE AN' PLAY DE GAME He· y dah Sam, what's on yo' mind! 'Round de conah you will find Heaps o' folks worse off dan you; Say you all am fee/in' blt4e! Well smile an' play de game. Sometimes de road am dark an' gray, An' nothin' seems to come yo' way, But if )'ou'll do yo' level best De good kind La1pd will do de rest, So smile an' play de game. · Some clouds am black, some clouds am blue, But sho's yo' born I's tellin' you De swt was made fo' ebery one; Shake off de blues, stop lookin' glum,· l1ts' smile a1t' play de game. It's pretty fine, dis uame o' life, Heaps o' joy an' heaps o' strife; Heaps o' won·ies old at£' new, But happiness? that's up to you, So smile an' PlaJJ de game. -Olivia Kingsley IT'S A HARD WORLD Ad in North Shore newspaper :-':Young couple living with her parents wish to find a suitable residence." Au Re,·olr Dear )1ique: November 8, (aboard Portland Limited) Goodbye. Deny for me that I leave to :-tvoid Crowe's next and last Grand Jury on chargP of conspiring to cause more than a 100 percent vot~ in \Vilmette. ·wire me if Homer Galpin is home or not. -Hoyt King In all the confusion over Hoover's landside victory we haven't discovered where "Dingbat" Oberta ran. Did he or didn't he? . . It is a strange world. . Firat we were all fussed up by that six-day bike race at the Broadway Armory and then along come. election to aet us steamed up. Now with election over there comee another six-day bike race to rob us of more sleep. It'a a tough world. Good bye Cal ; Hello Herbie. MIQUE.