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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 30 Jul 1931, p. 26

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Et à-%, rr ...... . .A 1 EAU. AUl communications must be accompanled by the name and address of the wrlter. Articles for pub- !IcaUion mnu8t reach the editor by Tuesday noon to mesure appearance in currént Issue. Resolutions of condolence, cards of thanks, obitu- arles, notices of entertainments or other affaIrs where an admittance charge is pubiished, will, be charged at regularadvertising rates. Grade Separation WiII Save Let's Hasten -the Day! Lif e £ ities and suburban regin r radu- ally a(justing theumselves to, the autoino- b lile age, U. S. I)epartmnent of 'Commerce, Et-a ,survevs of city and re- gional1 planning activi- Rteadjustnzent tics, show- . Yet there are stiîl a large numiber -of sizable cities operating without City planning- commissions, and a great an metrol)olitani areas have fàiled to: us-e that excellent w'eapon, the regional planning comminîsion, to mneet the changes ini livin1g habits induced by. the autonmobile.. City Planning is, as old as, the Roman * his but:flot unil recent vy1ears did it be- coule widely used lin this country., Boston was one of the few, early cities that care- fully planned its-street system,, but as the B oston plan %vas created' nearly three centuries befôre the automobile two seri- ous mistakes were made: the streets radi- ate from a hub, and the- streets are too narrow. Detroit, once had a splendid. systemn of wide boulevards, also radiat-' ing from. a hub, but succeeding genera- tions %vhittled off street space and now the niotor city is making plans to spend, $100,000,000 f or travel space that she once had. - The. govern mient surveys show that, 786 municipalities are t-aking . advantage of city planning, a gain of %6 ii two years. Eigbty-three of the niîiety-threec chies witb populations- of' more than 100,000- an~d 174 of: the 294 rarcicr ;.,innoilatni mlelnts as needed wýitlio-ttth e furore that gusw-th Iadc- of foresighit. -IL . I)Ov.Pa-t/aitd Ceîîent Associa tlitn oine desîlires to --et -as vivid an lun- -ression at* possible(f the diffrne bewe people livi1gin twvo different . Te Est nd parts*o- of the .United Th Estan tates..lie can best get the W est. slicban. imIpression by living for.some vears in. -,one part and then qicklv iovin g to the. o ,,er)art. Whatever contrasts exist w~ill ShOtl- up rpri sing vividniess. Iiavi.ng Iived.- for; many vea-ts in and ibout Chicago.%%e, nloto red'to, New Eng-, land and there visited thé various-tow'ts an1d'cotinitrv- districts. The differences1 be-ý twveen Middle:W~est lifeaànd NWew iln life stood oilt proîîuiinentlv.ngan In the first place the differenice in ian- guage 'vas noticeable. The- Easterneir speaks- more slIoNly and.less sharply. The tones of the Westerner are harder. More-' o,-ver, the idiomns of the Easterner noted-by the story: vriter are easily noted by the touis frnithe West. In the. East courtesy- towards -strangers is- much more com mon than in the West. Not only were our questions as to loca- tions and routes answered- willingly, tbey were answered %vitb positive pleasure ini alniost every case.- On- the bighway- we found notorists uniformily courteous an-d considerate.« -New ,E-ngland and Ilios fmay flot be so .different as China and Illinois, -bu, notable, differences, do certainly.'exist.: T he., iotor tourist -is a luçky chap.- By t hat -we do, not 1.nean that, he neyer bas.. bad luck, tliat he is alivays fortunate. Far Mt t' from it. After a day of Motris's' nlost ple:2sai1t going be Luck mnay be forced to spend the night in quarters that are decidedlv depressing. We do -mean,- however, that hie must depend on chanîce perhaps mobre frequently than any other. A/lo, HAUM~Il, M~ost eaery e On1,te lave/y.Ma/ao ar11-0crassingflic te sea. O/d Lapntoarna. and inew Ma/ihii - Luqrywait for 1,011- grectingý an-d leis. If- Karnéhaiiiéha wc rc living J Iweeii 1w Cou/d itot providc lis sie-h lred letter days. ýlut. i feuee rotund the Pali. so. Dobbsy and Jl1ol/y- Anld ot/ter nezccoin.ters wu aIoff teé ciff, A1 Luaiti prepare us;1 lia not think to "sla -ire us Ife'rè rcady fori- e:vhiq l'hat is t/te diff? .So ittru onth /e lava lu ,Ki/aucat 'S/ze iupt/he utoît ai Il aileki ie!coine JJ 'kizx*iki. ede trto play, a Gay utke/c/e. cttpark baked in 'Ti "i/turstoiu's e b rt'tase/llic us uspapers, JlnDo/es Plue-ap p/es lire off ered ils frce, .At/tertons gQiiug to p/ait ai Ouir caers, S.o perfuijue vour f/owvers atnd polis/t yottr séa. H- ooiili.t 'i e're Cta sucet voure embraces, To partake of met, fricuds/tips of -ai of y'our ra 1ces, To. c/iînb to votue leadlands, to dreant tnid youir beautv Adt/te litre of î'our c/trits, forgetting dît/I diity. Just to live for a w/t de,' witde/Iýqht in y~our isle. ThIeit Ïu'é'lI fake to oi.i,-Itntes f rcastt-ed ineinories dite To ouralil too short staî' it Hoitolit. .Soon wze'Il be Zwsit/t voiç, rejoiciig, so no107c l4è1 ltsaY aititt ore tha» ALOHA and, PA U. -Otto- R.Barnett., .The golf bug hias reachcd- fthe virulent stage, Nvhat witli the various service clubs of the:townishipin-, dulging in so-called tournaments or what have you, Winnetka 'Rotarians are. being regaled with tales of golfing prowess coming f rom Lee Adams,, Ping Abel and Abe Feil who dote. upon Our Country club where hilîs, valleys and water abound. So, thrilling are their narratives that the entire club is arranging- to try the course. In Wilmette the. Rotariaiis were indulging in some sport at Nippersink this week, with a dinner tossed ix - XQr good measure.- Wilmette Optiniists have been enjoying their golf- ing events at> regular intervals at'd are thinking Iseriously of challenging the Rotarians or, mayhap the Lions. When lisbing suffers -a juIl, golf dlorishesmr luxuriantly than ever. There is a snglar -similarity. i*n the'stories related by the bugs of either species PIPE DREAM A -buffle dreamt,-aU rainhout huied, Alive tait hi magie pro phesies, 1 blew t if ft'it it/ y sotîl's.breatht,- Anud seiat it driftipig oi. the -breee. IWith pass4-iont e imi patient lbu gilg,. To touich my d?-eanait-d seek- its coi-e, - 1, reaclted to- clas p it,-ipt-a, sîtddeit, The bulbbîe but-st, anid nas nota more. accompanies emergency measures- Automobiles 'need more space. They have. stimulated the -development of sub- urban areas, thereby increasing the need for parks, playgrounds, sewers and so on. Comnmunities. thatgrow witbout the guid- the wvomen wbo cared for this famous h ouse if tbey acconiodated tourists'. Tbey did.. We stepped into the yard and onto the porch- of an adioining dwelling. There w-e were, on the very edge of Salem. flarbor,, greeted by .-à co. breeze that. seemed te us heaven-sent.. Good luck! Meanwhile the gamne is Percent mejtý orncl and, iU~we trust, inoffensive. - Autuinn approaches.. U. C.14. A. atthseryde - 15preictng a great teamn., Meets the upe b MIQUE. loag, our golf expert, insists t5iat- ipercent meclianics and eighty

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