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· WILMETTE LIFE WILMETTE LIFE We sometimes wonder whether we or ,a ny of our friends will live one hundred years. A man of fifty gets a certain mild satisfaction in thinking to . ! of the possibility of his 1828 1928 living fifty more years. His experience is somewhat as follows: Here I am fifty years old. Children of ten or twenty regatd . me as old, ready to topple over into the grave. They say of me, There is that old man, Mr. E., with gray hair and a mouth full of false teeth. He can't last much longer. We'll soon see the end of him. And then the poor old man, just crossing the half-century line, consoles himself with the thought, I may live to be one hundred. I have as many more years to live as I have already used up. I have still plenty of chances to en joy myself. vVhat put us into this introverted frame of mind was the reading of the life and death of \f rs. Frances Winne, who recently passed her lOOth milestone. She was born in January, 1828, the year which saw the passing of Franz Schubert, the famous composer of songs and symphonies. She was born during the administration of John Quincy Adams, sixth president of the United States. Four great wars 'vere waged in her lifetime-Mexican, Civil, Spanish-American, European. The population grew in these hundred years from nine million to over one . hundred million. What great changes shall we and our children witness if we live beyond the century mark? "The Scouts of today are the hope of tomorrow." So reads the Scout poster reminding all who read it that what our youth becomes that will An1erica be. These sigThe Hope of nificant words warn us Tomorrow that the ~present generation will pass away and that the country's work will be taken up by our sons and daughters. Our sons and daughters must therefore be so educated. so nurtured, that they will not only be able to carry on our work profita}:>ly but also \vill be able to plan for sttll greater progress. Their bodies must be kept healthy, their minds must be so stimulated as to grow into ever broader and higher efficiency, and their characters built up into a rich, resourceful maturity. We know of no program so well calculated as that of the Scouts to develop our youth into what the future of our country demands. This eminently worthwhile organization deserves and can well use all the financial support that can be given to it. .\ local druggist says in his ad, "Buv a stamp and we'll ·thank you for your vi~it." That's a great relief to us. ·Hitherto ,ve have been a little slow about asking a drug clerk to sell us a one-cent stamp. Hereafter we shall not hesitate to ask small fa\'Ors of storekeepers. .I t may be, however. that this aforesaid druggist is an exception. \Vith the closer approach of \vinter we are thankful that we have not now to carry the responsibility of feeding a furnace. We did it for about twenty years and though we rather liked it, still we are not sorry to have handed the shovel to some one else. November 23, 1928 Nd .. ·············· .................... liiicilriioif ·ucm ................ A. y u . . . . . &1MI ~ of the wrtta". a.aa..o ..,. : · -·-· ·n» WmBAY...o· uca ···· SHORE LINES Three Cheen for N. T. H. S.l On Thanksgiving D~y the ·undefeated N. T. H. S. football team will meet the undefeated E. T. H. S. football team. The two master teams will fight this critical battle on the New Trier grounds. The in- · vaders from Evanston will do all in their power to return home victorious. Obviously the better team will win, but we hope to be excused if we favor our own warriors .. GALOSHES UU-UH Central AYe., ~ DL !(. Jllaldpa A.ft. Tel. . . . . . ... LLOYD aOLidiDJI., DC. - llclatloa mut nacla tilt tdltor b,- We4Dellla7' llOOil to IMaN apptU'&DOt In eurreat IMue. ltelloluUoaa ot ooll4olenoe, eardl of t1au1a1. o11ltaUiet, notloet of tnttrtalnmentll or other daln wllere u admlttanee ~ Ia pabllabed, wtll be claarp4 at ncular ac!·ertl.tDI' rat· All OGIIIIII1IIIIaatloaa mut bt aaoompualtd b,- tile Artlot.. for Jlllb- Next Thursday is the day set aside as a day of thanksgiving to God for the blessings he has bestowed upon the American people during the year. They are ca11ed upon to sing Sing the the doxology, the hymn of Doxology praise to the giver of all good things. ~ We have many thing-s to be thankful for. We live in a land of peace arid plenty. Prosperity is more widespread in the lTnited States than in any other country on the globe. we· are on friendly relations with every other nation. Our .land is a land of opportunity-opportuntty for every inhabitant. The principal means of individual development-education-is extended freely to every child and youth under the stars and stripes. The right to happiness of every American is not only acknowledged by ou"r leaders but the means of realizing this happiness are sought out and utilized. We should give thanks for those of our civic officials, and there are thousan~s of them, who actively believe that public office is an opportunity to serve. They discharge their duties efficiently and generously. North shore residents have abundant evidence of this gratifying fact. We give thanks also for those publicspirited men and women who are vigilant in their warfare against graft and inefficiency in public offices. Without such help it would be only a short time before the underworld would get the upper hand in our congested centers of population. We are thankful to those who render us this great social service. "Praise God from whom all blessings flow r' Business men along newly-paved Main Street have co-operated in a commendable manner with the village adn1inistration in its improvement of this very in1portant thorCitJiC oughfare. In order to operation widen the street it was necessary to destrov a part of the sidewalks. In almost every ~ase the property owners have already replaced these destroyed portions, in some instances putting in new levels to suit the new grades. It is co-operation . in such matters that makes a community progressive. The first galoshes of the season Came tripping down Otlr way, They look like apples on a splinter. And half a ton they 1.veigh. All Jwil, thrice brave, bold creature, Who dares tire day to woo With such a clopping, clinking, clumping M agnifullious shoe! -Wickie, C. W. C.* *Chief Word Coiner Our Amazing History Mique-The overland trip to the West Coast is one unbroken chain of hardships-on board train for three days and three night with nothing to rat but food (quoting Ben King) and only one bath room and one barber, take him or shave yourself. Haggard and worn I arrived at a settlement on the Coast and hired a hack driver to cover the town. Upon learning I was from Chicago, on my first trip, the old fellow cheerfully volunteered to inform me of local history, saying: "This is the place where Senor Balboa-or was it Senor Ponce de Leon? -no it was Bal-we call him that-just Bal-Bal and party discovered the ocean, and Bal hollers out: 'Ah! Pacificos,' meaning pacifist. It was a quiet summer day and the old Pacific ocean was fooling them, but the name stuck. He spied old Chief Seattle sitting way up on top of a fir log whittling out a little totem pole for his papoose, and Bat cups his hands and hollers up to him: 'Buen Manana, chief, parley voo Es· panol?' meaning 'howdy chief, you speak Spanish?' The chief said 'no.' Then this wily Furriner, taking a<lvantage of the chief not knowing Spanish, buys of him the very ground under the log he was sitting on and names the place Seattle, and puts up a gas station. I can show jt to you out Bellingham road. Later the Japs and Hindus came over and t9ok the place and held it until the World war. But when they refused to be neutrals, the American marines sailed the Isthmus of Panama, occupied the town, civilized it, and still hold it." It is a wonderful city and I was glad to have its history first hand. It was Seattle and there is a gas station. -Hoyt King. Reverse English Learned educators recently attended a conference on "parental education," held at Atlantic City, N. J. Which prompts the sweet young thing at the adjoining desk to wonder whether McManus of "Brin:-ing Up Father" fame found a place on the program. Look Out, King Alphonse! co . Safety islands should ·be placed in the middle of busy eros ings over 30 feet wide. Whenever we are obliged to negotiate one of these extra wide stretches we feel somewhat lost and n1iles away from the other side, especially if cars are whizzing past us on both sides and still others rush'ing down upon us from the near di tance. Safety islands on each of the intersections of , 52 feet wide Main street with Central and Wilmette Avenues would be boons to pedestrians. . Friend Hoyt, one of the most outspoken of antiRill Thompsonites, had best watch his paces on those M unchausenish travels along the West Coast, lest the illustrious "America First" advocate take serious exception to such astounding versions of American history. And A Lawyer for Each Inspector We haven't heard aa yet juat what is Hoyt's reaction to that ne~ly exposed Sanitary District payroll. He will agree, however, that the vocation of "inspector" covers a multitude of cogs in our mystifying political machinery. Sounds Logical , At second thought, Atlantic City would seem to be an appropriate locale in which to spread the gospel 9f parental education. -Mique.