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charged a: rëgulair aavertiing rates. Grade Separation WilSoi», Lif e. Let'a Hasten the Day! Outdoor sports corne into their .own. on the north shore: ith the arrivai of warm- er months. G1lf, tennis, basebali, quoits, and swiinning. flourish, in the Outdoor haif .year beginning with. Sports -a We supppse that golf asa recreation and. test.. of skill for men and wornen bas corne to stay. Great sums of. monev have, been well spent on golf grounds and %Club b ouses. Befpre golIf came,. there was 11 02 suitable -sport for grown people, but it's coming bas'made 111e morte than ever really w.orth living for~ hundreds. Tennis is a nost engaging gam-e, though somewbat to strenuous for those wbo may not be elassified as able-bodied. But we knowN of a man over 60 who> plays a fast gaine of tennis anid experiences ý none but good effects. It dernands a sharp eye, higb-toned mnuscles.. and excellent co-or- dination. As a garne to look at, basebali seemis to us deliglitful. There are: feW things wýe'd rather (Io than look at a contest between first class professional teanis. This ex- perience cornes tô us rarely, but wben it does cpmne, lîow w'e -do grab it!1 Quoits, wvhichbeing translated is barn- yard golf, is aý nice easy garne. ,It, requires littie space and equiprneént. Wt cali for sorne dree of skill. It. is. not a sportî or those iwho 'despise -dirtV hands. When condition s are fairi v favorable, swîmring is real fun. It i1.oevr o to lie confulsed with hathing or beacling. We have known a nuiiber of people Nvho on its suminier work. Ilere is a great op- portunity to test the value of ail these fine, sayings about the value of unselfisbness. Arden Shpre ýs engaged in the noble en- terprise of giving to, mothers,,and. children* some of our readers to get a new and perhaps more helpful siant on the current bard tirnes -we take the lib- ertv of quoting part of it. "like the de pression. , No more pros- l)erity for me. '.' have had more fun, since the'depres- sion,started than, I ever lhad in Mny life; 1 had forgoten bow tp live, what it meant to, have réal friends, ivhat it ivas, like to- eat common, every-day food. Fact is, J-1 ivas getting just a littie bigh-hat. "I like the dépression.: I have tinie to v%isit rny'friends, to make new ones. "Tfwô years ago ivhen I went to a neighboring town., I always stayed at a hotel. No,Olv 1 go home with my friends, stav ail night, and enjov home 1cooking. 'I have even spent, the w'eek-end witb someé of the boys W:ho, have. be en kind enough to inviteéi.ç Itsgreat, to dropý into a store and fee that you can spend an hour or two just, visiting and not feel thiat vou are wasting Nvaluable time. "Tbree years ago I ordered my clothesý frorn a merchant tailor-t-wo and three suifs, at a t ime. -Al My clothes wvere go.od. ones.: 1,was always dress.gd ip. Buît now, 1 haven't bought a suit in t-wo vears. I arn righty proud of mv Suntdav%-go-to-, meeting clothes. Wben 1 arn dressed uip. 1 arn dressed up, and I doti't m-ear i navbe. "J like the depression." . For inanyv weeks hundreds of nui loyers in CChicago and on the north shore lTô6ked forward irnpatiently to the open- ing night of the 24tb FestivalNot Shore Music Fes- First. Night tival. For. a1 while it ..eeiiied,:as if the, eco- nornic clouds night cause those in 'charge: to cancel the 1932 series, but hope and Courage carried the day. When we entered the hall sonierninutés- in advance of those who had bought re- served seats 1vre were again thrilled hv the size of the interior and the floral dec- u.LHin LLI mustDeiive as we do mat the first night concert wvas a masterpi ece' justifying even ini itself the carrying on of 'wbat bas become the culrnination of the year's musical activities. Sornetimes from depths of as/tes gray A iste bursts fort/i from hidden ember; My sorrow wakes t/he selfs.ane way W/te» lilacs bloom amd I remember. -Burt McLaughlin Hall, Winsetko. -Our friend, Sandy, just, approaching, the sixth milestone in hiis joyous career, who has gained con siderable distinction in the west Cherry street neighborh ood in \Vinnetka, as a connoisseur el re1,tiles-sniakes to you-proved to be, an ac- commiodaîing feller theother. day. It seems that Tommy Cbester's decorators were, givingSan.dy's abode a pretty thorough going over, mucli to teconsternation of the balance of the househoid but to the utter delight of iriend Sandy. Witbin a f ew (lays he had painstakingly daubed whatever odds and ends, in the iieighborhood that appeared in need.of fresh coats. Drab things 'about the hotîse anid ardl soon Ïook on a Veritable riot of -color ai1d Sanidy ivas daily winning bis way into the confidence of the workmen who, perched aloft on ladders, Nwere concentrating upon the eaves and windows. Soon Sandy ivas speaking enthuùsiastically and tluently: concerniiig lis powssinsnake-catch- 'Snakes," said one of the painters in a tone that bespoke contempt for Sandy's dlaims as an, expert. "Why, listen. l'in the champion -snakre- catcher.of the >world.' I catch 'em and eat *eni! I cat a Couple of. rattlesnakes for breakfast every morning,. lunch on blue racers' and have a boa constrictor -steak for dinnier." "What a. man1", quoth Saiidy to bimself in ie(]- itating upon this uncomiplinienîary reflection uPon. his own t powers. Sadaperd ita i- Ten minutes-later Sn. perdmt lz- able garter snake, freshly snared and now sius-, pended submnissivelv ini its master's firm grasp. "Here's your lunich;" yelled Sandy from the hottom of the ladder, to the top* of wbich tlte erstwhile boastful painter mai clung desperately. *Sandy was c omplete master of the situation for, baîf an bour while fellow workrnen searched thie neighblorho)od. for.- smelling. saîts. And N'hi le, we7re joiingj with: Sandy ini the, "élong, long tbioughts" of youth, cones, the infor- niation that the sling-shot, which. in our earlier days was, the exclusive property of innocent boyhood, bas been added t6 the arsenal of the racketeer for purposts of shatterîig 'plate glass windows. Which recails to mid, that last Christnias. lime. a n - is v ear s june orïues wflo took advantage cor tbc Leap Ycar prerogative. To date. we bave received no invitations to off.r. condolences to tbc 1932 variety. of blilsbiing b ridegroom. Nor are we hoping.. -Mique.