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Ne.,m merial ma&& roec ediltor by ?aesay nn. Ceesb<baglia tA. «U b.. norA s mue, requroel ler refererw. ad ot neeesu<rdy for p's blioe ors DECEMBER 28, 1939 Preparing a Zoning Law wilmette's, Village board "is revamping its zoning ordin a4ce. It'has in course Of prprainan amendment to the prese nt measure ýthat will, it» is expected, remove its inequalities;, soften somne of its restric- tions, -and provide for present- day -needs for certain .types of building, construction. In this arduous and difficuit task the board has been engaged for the past two years, and it is flot yet completed. The, time'con- sumed, has flot been too mnuch, nor- even enough. Realizing, from its own experience and that of ther mutnicipalÎties, thaît the courts will not sustain an ordinance that deprives an owner of the right to a reasonable -use of his property, the board has set its hand to the writing of an amendment that will render the 'ordinarnce defendable if it' be attacked. It will not be an ordinance dic- tated by a planning expert alone, nor yet of the Village board and the Zoning com- mission. On the contrary,. so far as it is mend.- Last week Village President Harry . C. Rinne appointed a citizens' advisory corn- mittee on zoning, the duty of which will be to carefully study the Proposed ordinance. in its present,,stage, and collaborate with both the Village board and the Zoning com- mission in its completion. This committee, suggested by WILMETTE .LFE, numbers about* forty, and its personnel is composed of 'utanve we hlave been followi-ng a wrong path; a new hope in the future, a renewed faith in God and the brotherhood of man. If we have been mean and selfish and cruel and ungenerous, it is a good time to make a righiabdut face and take up the way, of a better, happier and mo re perfect ,-life.. We do flot think that the thought has ever been. more1 beautifullîy expressedi than by. Dr. Frèderick Shannon, in -his4poem, "The Land of Beginning Again, " which. we gladly' sub- stitute.for any word s of ours: 1 wish that there. were sarne wonderful1 place Called the Land of -Beginning, Again, ,Where ail our mistakes and -ail our'heartaches, And al of our sel/ish grief, Couldl be drapped, like a shabby coat, at the door, And neyer put on again. 1 wish we could corne on it ail unaware, Like the hunter who finds' a lost trail; I wlish that the one wlzom our blindness had done The .greatst ia,4t&tice of ait, Could be at the gates, Z.ike an old friend that waits For the camrade he's gladdest to hail. We. cauld find ail the things we intended to do Blut forgot, and rernembered-tao late; Little praises unspoken, littie promises broken, And ail of the thousand and one Little duties neglected that might have perfected The day for one less fartunate, It coiuldn't b . ossile nt hi h For what had been hardest we'd knouw hcu been best, And what had seemed loss would be gain; For there Isn't a sting tha: wîl filot take wing When we. frëee it and laugh it away; And I thiink that the laughter is rnost what we're' after, In the Land of Beginning A gain. Sa I wish that there were some wonder fui place Called the Land of Beainniin Aaain- till i:uuuruiaeu lb ls oattaiIn e most im- pressive effects, she gave a contented sigh after the manner of one satistied with a good work weiI done, although wearied in the 'doing, and stiirted sleepily to bed. "Oh, 1 forgot to mark the milk card," she thought, and immediately performed the day's Iast duty by penciling the order for, the usual bottie of milk. Imagine' her surprise next mor 1ning ftAlfnd seven botties -standing in a row at her door. Yes, she was a very sleepy lady. We have always- had a suspicion that.in mak- ing. material man .the Creatorý allowed insuffi- .As though local postma"sters d.id fpot have grief enouÉh handling many thousands of packages and letters' daily- answering al kindsý of ques- tions and directing the work. of extra help, Most- ly iînexperienced, their burdens have been mul- tiPlied in, at least one N'~orth Shore village by villagers Who presisted in putting, their outgoing Mail* in the refuse containers maintained at street corners. ThÈe containers at Wilmette ave- nue and Green Bay road, Wilmet*te, was mis- taken by a nuniber of people for a mail box. .In.the saine village, &t ?el2rth stret and Linden avenue, a man found that his Christmais cards were too large ta go into the mail box. The fact aroused his ire, and he took a punch at the box, then kicked it until he had broken it down. Oh, well, people do funny things under the influence o! the Christmas spirit. By the beard o! the prophet, we shall make no New Year resolutions. Norshould other per- sans who cannot keep promises to themselves as religiously as those made to other people. Page calored advertisement of the Florists' asso- ciation. and, their- fragrance greeted the old olfactory organ, congratulations poured forth like sang frorn the lips ofGrace Moore. It wvas, me said, a Wonderful exam7ple af modern news- paper. mechanîcs, The marvel grew when we. read that 60 pounds af perfumne were required ta give ta the ink the natural ador of the roses. illustrated* Our heart swelled with pride that we are more or less identifed with a profession s0 farward 1ookig, and capable of doing such niarvelus things. And then we cai'nii.i offcial .boardf be as fair a nr men can conci ;ure as the ij ýand in the Is of ense useleâ u t- nv that radio in your id o! it. Otherwise we are Edamn thing or shoot you. .TEE pHANlTOM REPORTER Iou rev: .clasp, penitent. couta. explain. 1