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SAil communications must be accompanted by the tiare and address of the writer, Articles for pub- lication must reach the editor by Tuesday noon tÉ> Inure appearance ln current Issue. Resolutions of condolence, cards of thanks, obitu- aries, notices of entertainrnents <or other :affairs Where an admittance charge is published, will be charged at regular. advýertising; rates. Grade Separation WiIl SaVe> Lif e Let's. Hasten the, Day!f In Evanston, a north shore town pr.ovid- ing, social and plivsical -surroundings of more than average value, over 300 chul- dren under 17 years of age Juvénile have been arrested for tak-r Criminais ing part in crime. during the, first haîf, of the year 1931. What, were. these crimes, these breakings of thée rules -laid down'f or. the protection of.hunian beinigs?,,The police record shows thern to be petty larceny, malicious mnischi'ef, bicycle thefts, and similar misdemieanors. 300.children! What an alarmning s.tate of affairs! It would be of value:tô ,know whether in other north shore toWns, there are in proportion to the- population as many juvenil e crinîinals. Assuming that there are not so niany , jist: why are theré not so nii-nN? If our assuipiltioni is corre ct, to what condition is the smialler iiber due ? is it due to a difference ini heredity--? Is it due to a difference in environmiient? It is hard to escape the conclusion thiat if there are relatively fe% juvenile cri- inals in northi shore villages it is, becaus.e of the good training given to thle'ciidreni' in the homne and in the school". North'shore r esidents who experience(l in the Iast..days of June the-serious conse- quiences of the flooding of basemients with dirty sewer wvater were doubtlcss pleased by the relativelY smiall volume of Nvater that fellinii the early August stormi. But what is of even greater cause for pleasure is the kniowledge that Sanitary district *Mrs. Carleton MW. Washburne of Win- netka, telling of the thrilling experience ini the Orient of herself and party, have al- most learned what it is to--meet Gandhi, to hobnob with royalty, to catch entirely too-close a glimpse ýof. death in the.,desert. liad his way, dogs wouilc at onice be re- mioved from the north shore. In fact, there wvouId be nio cogs anywvhere ini the world except on farnis. Perhiaps he wvould- nlot object to their being kept in toxvns of they wvere confineil to cages. But this idea is hiàhly impracticable. We suppose that. there are on, the north shbore several other people wxýho woulId like' to hiave..all .dogs exterminated, done.away, .with "entirely., Sorn'e dogs do .chase cars *addistress the drivers by thus appar- entlylattempting suicide.. Some dogs do destroy-shrubs,'flowers, and the like. But elen Mr. Ring -will. have' to admit that s.onme dogs are not destructive, not givën tochasing cars., It. may be fairly assumed that* people keep dogs because they 'want to. They are fo nd of dogs. They like to- have them arouiid. So they put up with their limhita- tiQns a.nd miake no objections to payin.g ani ainnual license. It is surprising what people will do simply because they like to: SmiiaIl children are not an unm-ixed.bless- ing, anid yet.just',notice how manv there are of thernl. -Iusbands- make a lot of, trouble, but maniy women tolerate themn. If .%e nmust have a substitute -for 409s, wNhat's the matter with 'cats? Cats-don't, chase cars. They don't require licenses or mutzzles. Usually they are quieter than dogs. MIr. Ring suggests ducks, but we cannot take this suggestion seriously. M'\ary had a Ïittie lanib, but even hle got ito trouble by following her to school. Let's have dogs,. but týIet» lus also keep themi froni bothering other people. The first man. we met said,"Ij ust caught five-pound bass." Si w,"Wonderful!"' The next mian wre met said, "XVént fishig this morning. Landed a '20-pound white- fislh.", Said we, "Splendid !"ý The third man, who had recently gone fishing in ]Florida, re- niarked, "Caughit.a Jew'ish off the dock last Frîday. Weighed 1500 pouinds." XVe were too exhiausted to make any comments. There are exceptions to the rul, bût at any rate it is a rule, that if a man does one thing supremely weIl, even if hie liv ein the wildernessthe world N%,illbeat a pathway. to his door. Last days of Ravinija opera. Waning base bali season. Schiool days juist around the corner. Fil Ossifer packing up for the return to civiliza- tion and reacquaintance with daily toil. Fallinig leaves. Late suî-nrncrý bloomns. Sliorteniing days.. Tang. of autumn ini the early rnorninPg air. I.ast stand of Mr. Heat Wave. Ditto flies. And skceters. Hoorây! .Or, too bad. Depending on the -viewpoint. After contenp lating with' sorne serîio usiiess Our f riend Jack-,1loag's golf columhs we ýare inclined to the belief that most golf ers' alibis this> season will bcar significaiit refèrence to the, "floating" baIl. And. whiIe.lingering on the subject_ of golf, what of the golf widows' piglit when the niglht i -hlunina- tion nof courses becomnes the rule rather than the exception ? Bal Robinson, %who divides his tinie between im- portant duties at *the Minmette State batik-and cavorting with the Wilrnette basebail teain, was bit on 'the head in a recenit auto accident and lost twenity pounds. (Not ail, to be sure, in the :cere- braI region.) .Winnetka Rotarians are arranging a late summer picniic for their families at Deer Grove, schieduled for a few days before the opening of school. Sort cf finial fling for the youingsters, declares Art Gedge, major domo of the W\ýinnietka Rotary club. ,ieprtge ni Gin, the type-eating terrier, indicates at: the, tender agze Of two months, that hé ilitends to folîow, in, the fooytsteps of his, more or less illustrious'tutor (po relation). -Only the other day he took French leave f rom, his, domnicile in Glencoe, necessitating a Classified advertisement 'to, coax bul back.to his frantic master-and mistress. Speaking of classifled advertising, the Editor and Publisher passes along this one culled f rom the* Albany (N. Y.) Knickerbocker Press:; 'Tlu guy that bit the fellow in1 Fifth avenuei Troy, will lie be kind enough to cali at .376 River street, Troy, and arrange for a fight? Jack Conners,. better knuwii as Kid Collins, the North Carolina -With the scarcity of fiat buil'dings on the north shore. we 'wonder j ust how one goes about the business of assumning a comfortable pose atop our* gabled dwelîings. At that, the. stores miglit renlt space at s0 much per hour, (no. extra charge for the' idea)., MIQUE.