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VIVECENS A OPYTWO DOLLARS A TFLU News ,ateW nmuaE reaeh editor. by Tuesay nemi. Contnrbuuiorg. aoudbear entAors nmeu, requuw tor tel erence and motno eceaaeriy for publicigioi JANXJARY :25, 1940 Ifopes Realized. An this- issue je à.presented the annual syn- posiurn of building and realéestateactivities throughout the New Trier villages and con- tiguous, areas. Its presentation je an un- dertaking of no mean. proportions, ernbod ing, as it does a trernendous arnount of labor in- taking photographe and assern- bling and sorting other materi.als and no littie cost in the makcing of plates and other mechanical processes involved. It je as-, surned as a duty owed to the cornrunity. The symposium constitutes a complete an& asuthentie record of home anid other construction activities for 1939, the in- formation being garnered frorn the offices of building commissioners, and contribuied by prorninent architecte, building contractors,- material concerne, real :estate brokers, decoratore and otherse As je to be expected, horne construction forms the major part of the year's build- ing record.- It could flot be otherwise in, or to meal.estate values. Probably the rnost outstanding and cer- tainly the rnost gratifying aspect of the whole record jes ,the evidence it affords that O many p eople, largeiy in the intermediate income bracket, .have realized their hopes, long entertained, of a home of their own. It je a hope innate In the breaste of al right thinking people,~ and its realization je a matter for incerAe nLyratiutin Ar --l% -- . 4% VV w cl. luu J. l mis ývelcus North Shore and whose ethie integrity are above . reproach, are pre- the past few years and used 'politicaliy, *asked us to define "rugged indîvidualisrn.' rA.fter answering by asking,,"Do you meari *to say you do not know?" and receiving. the *reply, "I think I do but:ar.n fot sure," fol- *lowed by a not-to-be-denied order to "go ahead and explain, we.told her somnething like this': "Rugged individualisrn" is a sort of way of life followed'by certain people who have corne to be known, opprobiously, as "rug- ged individualists." Arnong their chief characteristics were honesty, industry, fru- *gality, and a, determination 'to make their' own way in the world. They believed in paying their debts, in spending lese than they earned and iaying sorniething by for a "rainy da'." Curiously enough, theyls believed in paying taxes, thus supportng, schools and other governrnental services, and supporting the church., They believed in rnorality, decency. and charity.. What of thern are left stili believe in those things. But, the advent of a Great White, Father has depleted their ranks until they are al- rnost as scarce as the dodo. The rernnant of the species, of course, are old fogies of the Ben Franklin type. They still would be willing to hoe their own row or paddle their own canoe-if only they had the chance. They still foolishly think that they should have the right. to get Up in the morning and eat whatever they like for breakfast, depeftdlng upon their own ability: to provide it, without having the rnenu dictated by a bureaucrat, and go to sleep atnight without a priest of mieery hôiding their hands and kissing thern good- night. They believe, too, that if they can run a store or operate a farrn and make a profit., it je not an indication that they are. ekinflints who would steal candy from a baby. They have an idea that the fluid flowing from in those healtlh they look in s "can't take it." revel while who fWE CENTS À COPT To single chaps thia oune lat lUne- Look sharp on Februar-i twentY-nine. If until then iou've kept YQILT heacfr, Yo tiUl mai, be I-won't -be-i eda,. Tuic PR&NTOM REPOtERl The second big laugh of 1940 is provided by the Communists of the U. S. S. R. Without a srnile they pu.lled this one: "Russia will declare war on Finland if she does flot return the guns she stole from us." Actually, wefel.to the,,floor and- rolled over and over. "Declare war."9 Indeed! The Iion-headed and. lion-hearted Senator Wil- liam E.Borab is sinicerely mourned. .Great statesmnan that he was, be %was a stili, greater Atnerican, and his loyalty to hia country Could neyer be doubted.* Re rmade mistakes, of course.. No mnan could be so long in public l1ife and be right ail of the timne. But even when, wrong be was'sincerely wrong, acting, for the. best initerests of bis beloved America: as he be- lieved those interests.to be.. The Senator ican 111 be spared at a timfie wheii so many less loyal péeonages are backing at the foundations of national freedomn and demnocratic principles, for they will be less secure now that. he bas Ieft, the scene. German scieritists report that a 'sun, similar to the one occasionally seen here, explQded in. 'the Miflky Way, scattering the particles of crust every wbich way. Betcba it was a Finn pot- sbooting at a Russian., The ravages of war are almost unbelievrable». The dear old London Sunday Times, forsaking a habit that had becomne a tradition, bas sbunted the want ads off page one and given over the space to war news. And that is some ravage. Two Alabama counties are contending for bonors as guardians of quadruplets born in Wlnston county on January :14, but now in a hos- pital in Jasper counity. Reminding of the hum- orist who said there had been a continuous squabbIe betweeri Iowa and Illinois 'as t o bis birthplace, Iowa contending that be wa's born ini Illinois, and Illinois asserting as vigorouslythat be was born in Iowa. To be so popular must be. a wonderful experience. lndiana's P'aul V. McNutt, who wants to be pres 'ide >nt, says be welcomnes a quiz on bis, in- corne tax. Looking for a comnplimnent, .eh?>' Germany je telling -the Nazis tbat to whip England is going to be a long, tougb job. Eng- land is telling ber people that to whip Germany ie going to be a long, tough job. Inasmuch as they are both probablY riRrht. Whw A,,n'f týa-r_ -SISEC