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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 13 Jul 1933, p. 22

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2su1uioms f cndl.o.,céd. f UMke, obitu- &rles, notice» of entetailmente or other ltffire. where an admIttano. charge la pulehel, wlU b* eIalTed t regular. advertimilng-rates, Grade Séparation Will Save% Lif ef I ~LetaHatten the DagI In the Mlay 18 issue. of \VIL M ETTE LI.FE treappeared a resurné .1byMiss. Anne L. Whitnîack, librarian, WeNeed a New Library ofthe history of the Wilmette -pub)lic lh- brary for the past twventy years. Sta- tistics were given showing' the steady and, at tirnes phe- nomnalgrowth 'of the ibrary and'the ever broadening scope of its service to the community. 0f these figures none were more impressive than those shoving thtthe.. aduit circulation alone for the year ending with Aprilý, 1933 was 106,735, an increase of, 68 percent in two years. The ibrary loaned a total of 150,949 to aduits and children in 1933. A careful scrutiny of the above figures, ivith the attendant realization of the re-- niarkabie use to vh ich the library is being put by the citizens of Wilniiette, gives risc to the question whether an iinstitu7 tion filling so. important and valuabie a niche in the educational and cultural if e of the village is fttingly.arid adequately housed, or if it has not long, since out-, grown its limited quarters. Bujît thirty years ago.., the 'present building met all the needsof the village as it then existed, fromi the standpoints of size, arrangement and convenience. But- the library has flot been exempt from the when public funds for such purposes are said to be available and construction cost s are at the lowest level likely to prevail for many years to come, is the logical time for such iniproveinent. letes, know wbat your children will nmost enjoy at the fair grounds. Well deflned JrQgramns are (>utliflcd and evervthing i)rovided for conifort and supreme enjoy- ment. Plans' are now i)eing forniulated by the. A unior Fair Tours spon sors to. have WiI- mette> and. Glencoe Childreii's Days w hen it is hoped to. take large groups of chul- dreil, principally from the, playgrounds, on slecIlIy conducted tours that: wilI be entertaining and.at the saine time eduica- tional. It- is hoped that simiflar arrange- ments înav be. made soon to include Ken- iiworth and -Wininetka children in 1cia group tours. Fortunately these Juniior* Fair Tours may l)e enjoved at extremely modest cost. The fact that the "New Deal. or what- ever it may be, has brought definite in- dications of a return to better times, by Stil ~*no means denotes that acngwe are out of the eco-, the ProbleM: nomnic ,'doldrums. As a matter of fact we stili have our vexatious unemp loyinent prob- iAems to face and, by the sanie token, thé> business of feeding, clothing and shelter- ing those unfortunates who cannot earn their own living. Sunimer days have only slightly allevi- ated the burden and responsibilitv l)laced upon those. who have something to give to those helpless neighbors. Every week we hear the cail of the community agency to relieve unemploy- ment, pleading for jobs for the jobless-. anv kind of'-work, temporary or perma- nent-that will help these people to mai n-_ tain their self-respect~ by becoming. inde- pendent, at least partially, of the relief agency; assist them, as it were, in work- wit me icnue points oi cricket, tnougn we once observed sucb a game in Canada. Nevertheless, we expect to be aniong those present when the Winnetka Cricket club britigs on t.hose British experts early in September. Bettercorne along!, Hou,'*te bird-men corne and go. UP a-day. and ohf, so hiah- TilnY lads and lasses f1l. -"Sing Song" NEWSMEN MAXE NEWS MIQUE is iamenting the fact that no camera- man was ýpresent the other day to record for posterity the. most picturesque try ever made for' a fly bail on the north shore. MIQUIES fnephew was at bat. Crack I The hall soared into the air., MIQUE,, in the field, started runnitig. to- ward >the horizon, hoping to catch the sphere by reacbing up andyanking it down after the mnanner of a football player snatching a forwa rd pass. But alas! MIQUE stubbed bis toe' and lost his balance whlle the bail salled on - out of meach. Longcr and longer becamfe, MIQUE'S strides ami his momentumi carrled hlm' toward the, horizon... down, . . . down . . . down. Words are Inadéquate to, describe tht. slow fafling, forward, but at length MIQUE decided hie was In no position to run, no hle Just let himiself slde-on his chest-over the Éground. Lueckily hie. stopped before lhe went over the horlzon's, rü». SWas MIQUE'S nephew worrted ýabout ail this? 'Yep, he was- afraid MIQUE might catch thé, ball. Paul, our quiet reporter who is also quite a reporter, writes that bis vacation traveis have taken him to Sait Lake City. He resisted týemp- tation, and refrained .fronj say-n fh i ebd .gone in a Marmon to see the Mormons. Any-, way, it wouidn't have been accurate, because lie didn't tra vel in a Marmon.. And best of ail, hé didn't pull that gag of Greeley's, "Go West,> young man, go west." That's news. THE "GREEN" HAT (A household hint for villagers)-Americans should congratulate tbemn- selves that tbey aren't Dutch and don't have to entertain guests who park their shoes -on the veranda. The fact that they aren't r.çsponsible for keeping guests' footwear on file, should give Americans.time to dévote their finest energies to keeping hatracks in a good iight.,so that their guests won't become confused. Trivial hint, you say? B ut Watt till you read: of j. B Green of W'in.- netka. Was Mr. Green's face red! Mr. Green, wbo had just compieted a vis it in a Wrilmette residence,. groped for'his b at, wbile> saying, "Goodbye, folks . . . had a good time." But Mr. Green had grasped at the wrông straw. 'You've the wrong bat," the young man of the boeuse reminded him. Mr. Green murnnired reen we )ut al right, right .Just goes to show bow little we realize oie struggles, on the Soe Uv

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