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VIV CEITSA CP? TWO DOLLARS A TMA News miauritd muat r«McAeditor by ?uosduay non. C.msributiona should b..,augmhora ome, reguir.d tor relcroenacqwnd no neoenarilyjarpublication. JANUARY 4,: 1940 eore.4bi>utchristma The spirit of Christmas is just about the finest influence that cornes into our lives. There is nothing that so mellows the, heart, stirs charitable instincts and loosenis pursestrings' like it does. That is why it. has been, and is, the, greatest force' in the wqhole .realm of civilization. It is the Christmas spirit that prompts generous giving of gifts;' that makes us kindý to fellow ý men; that urges to good deeds'; that creates .the impulse to forgive those who have trespassed against us; that dtives out uw*ind thoughtsr; thaf i'e" minds us that we are our brother's keeper. In short, it is the Christmas spirit that makes us-for a week or so-the sort of people we ought to be. But- Why does it forsake our hearts s0 speed-, ily? Why should its influence become ex- hausted withmn the space of a couple of weeks and allow us to faîl right baclc into the old ways, the old thoughts and the old can keep it aIl the year - if we wi No Tax-Free Mant A recent nation-wide poli indicates that about 25 per cent of the people of this coun- try are unaware' that they pay taxes. Be- cause they have no real estate or taxable personal property, they think they are tax reality being heav ng tax-fr i taxed. The club's weekly entertainments will con- tinue to be held in the New Trier Jligh School gymnasjum. The expansion, is due to a'request by Ev- anston leaders of cultural. activities to be permitted, to participat e in the support' of the, New Trier group. The fact is highly gratifying to those who have been identi- fied with'the club since its inception twenty-, six years ago. 0W Age Assistance. The. state administration is reported to be searching for. some 'method whereby sorne kind of a special tax may be. levied against properties in the new Illinois oul fields. As has become the -custmin rnieeent years when additional tax levies are con- templated, sorne- reason~ therefor that will stir the 'charitable emotions of legislators and citizens and act as an opiate upon their common sense and sound judgment was also sought. And it was found. This time it is to provide funds for old age as- sistance, that 'more and bigger pensions may be paid. No one can have any quar- rel with old age assistance, especiallv if means of' support. The fact is that the state is now getting sufficient funds from tax sources to carry on every legitimate activity of-governrnent, without going to the lengths of huntmrg about for opportunities for some special kind of tax. Taxpayers have about reached' the limit of endurance, and the cry is for the state administration to embark upon a course of real, not phony, economy, by tlÛ;nk, d, thus Playing keno ini Np Man's, Land (or is it ie fact. Wilmette?) has its drawbacks. Keno is an' are in nncet orto game,' but-becomnes dangerous if ued s caoufagefor-othere igiWhich the stakes are more attractive.' POOR OLD SHAKESPEARE A' Boston newspaper published in the. year 1770 attributes the following lines to Shakespeare. T17ey show that even in that early day politicians and. tax col lectorg were pestering. the people: almostbeyond, endurance: "Be taxt or not be *tat-that is the questionf, Whetlier 'tis nobler inýour minda to suifer The sleights and cur&ning of deceitful statesmnen Or to pet ition 'gainatilie gai taxres Ani by opposing, end' them? . T'o live, to, act, pert hance to be ail slaves, Aye, there's the rub," Tbat fella in Winnetka who sent in a solution of Our recent horse race -intelligence test andý wounded'our feelings deeply by referring to us as "it," bas submnitted the following, which he boastfully labels ".An intelligence test to end intelligence tests to end'intelligence tests.". In other words, the ne'plus' ultra, or supreme, achievement in intelligence tests. His anony- mous signature is "M. H.,"' and. persons attempt- ing to solve his I.Q. problern are also ' required to solve the myste'y of- his name. As a clieW the information is proffered that it sounds like a co-ed dormitory. But here is bis brain-teasing brainchild: Tbere were six young people named Agimnot, Beasley, Caople, Dudge, Emmicb and Friesl-and.' These are their flrst, or given, names. Tbree of 'them are male and tbrqpe are au contraire. Tbey own, not necessarily in order, eacb one pet: a. goat, an emnu, a stoat, a white mouse, a collie and a cat. The ahimais (and again tbe order means naught), were' named Regent, Argent, tellb.ian4u tri (fflie SKlk Now-wbich one owns wbicb pet of *which- name and follows wbich spot-if: 1. Agimot and Dudge share an apartment. 2. Caoiple was well known at Henley. 3. Argent's owner lived in Australia. 4. Dudge's pet disappeared wbile. Dudge was at St. Moritz. 5. Beasley went swimming every year on Christmas Day, but will not tbis year. oniia.:tournamnent, -I l, litbeaK "Y u 'tend to your own busi- éssp You cheap old elevator runner, you!" Give the Golden Rule a chance. TH£E PHATM RPOTE ME CENTS À COPT