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14 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1924 Winnetka Weekly Talk y LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. 1222 Central Ave. Wilmette, IIL. Telephone .............. Winnetka 388 Telephone ............. Wilmette 1920 SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 A YEAR All communications must be accom- panied by the name and address of the writer. Articles for publication should reach the editor by Thursday noon to insure appearance in current issue. Resolutions of condolence, cards of thanks, obituary, poetry, notices of en- tertainments or other affairs where an admittance charge will be made or a collection taken, will be charged at regular advertising rates. Entered at the postoffice at Winnet- ka, Illinois, as mail matter of the sec- ond class, under the act of March 3, 1879. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1924 Depress the Tracks. Give the Business Men Fair Play. Build a New Village Hall. Enforce the Traffic Laws. Build the Truck Road. pi all WOODROW WILSON He led his country through the most destructive war the world has ever endured. With patri- otic enthusiasm and sharp vision he worked out a plan for uni- versal peace that will inspire the counsels of the world for long years to come. He devoted him- self without reserve to the pro- gress of universal democracy. Who will not say that Wood- row Wilson died not alone for his country but for suffering humanity everywhere? He spent himself in striving toward that ideal. He has helped us to carry on better the great fight against the powers that break down civili- zation. Let us address ourselves to that tremendous enterprise. I, di LE SCIENCE AND RELIGION The Glencoe Union church is planning to engage an educational expert to assist it in its work of religious instruction. We take it for granted that this expert will he scientific, that is, that he will be well acquainted with the liter- ature and methods of science, and will practice scientific principles. There is no real conflict be- tween science and - religion. A scientific man can be religious, and a religious man can be scien- tific. Both men are engaged in the same business--the living of a good life. As a recent writer in the Atlantic Monthly put it, each man is trying to discover, not explain, the facts of life. It will be interesting, perhaps exciting, to watch this partner- ship in actual operation. If the expert believes with Psychologist Pillsbury of Ann Arbor that all knowledge comes originally from sensation, how will he, the expert, explain the reception of the Ten Commandments from God on Mt. Sinai? Will the expert agree with A. K. Rogers, author of The Theory of Ethics, that a good aim is one that the individual ap- proves of on subsequent reflec- tion? The old hit-or-miss methods of the 19th century Sunday School have passed on--mostly. The belief that anybody over sixteen can teach a class is obsolete. The day of the expert in religious education is here. THE MELLON PLAN The Mellon Tax Reduction Plan is popular. We were not fully convinced of this fact un- til we witnessed the unanimous applause with which, at a large movie theater, 5,000 people greet- ed a film explaining the Plan. The applause was as spontaneous and abundant as that which used to greet the picture of the Ameri- can soldier. Of course it is true that everv- one, except those who sell, de- lights in the lowering of expenses of any kind. And doubtless there are rome who would wel- come the immediate reduction to zero of all taxation. Secretary Mellon has no such persons in mind. He has in mind the average censible American, carryiro urduly heavy tax bur- dens. Hie Plan propocec ro giv- ing of oifte hut 2 reaconable re- duction all along the line. That's why North Shore tax- payers want to see Congress pass the bill embodying the Mellon Tax Reduction Plan. That's why a section of this paper will be de- voted next week to a setting- forth of the Plan and to an ap- peal that North Shore men and women actively foster the pas- sage of this bill. PLAYING THE PIANO So much has been said in gen- eral about the value of being able to play the piano that we asked a friend of ours just what use he had made of his ability to play at sight on the piano music of moderate difficulty. This friend is now in his middle fifties and since he was twenty has been able to play about as well as he does now. We asked him to tell in simple, honest, and frank lan- guage what his piano playing did for him. And here's his answer. "I can't play by ear. I play only by sight. I have a poor technic, never having practiced scales and exercises systematical- ly. But for twenty years I've played hymns at home and in Sunday School; and almost all the moderately difficult pieces in existence. Also I've played ac- companiments to songs of all sorts. I never perform in public, modesty not being my reason, but rather inability. "In the very first place I like to play. It pleases me to sit down before a little waltz by Brahms and play it, avoiding dif- ficulties by going around them. I like the sounds I make. I sup- pose, also, that I like the physical exercise. There are few things that I like more than "reading" pieces in an album of fairly clas- sical selections. I play them at all times of the day but usually after breakfast and dinner. "I never, as said before, play solos ; so I don't know that pleas- ure. I used to like to pound the piano in Sunday School on 'On- ward, Christian Soldiers' and others of similar spirit. But that was before I got a wife. She's toned me down considerably. "Doubtless, my piano playing accounts largely for my love of the compositions of Brahms and Bach. Once in a long while I try a little jazz, but I soon tire of it, just as I do of radio and phon- ograph music. I don't care much for grand opera, but I don't be- lieve my piano playing has had anything to do with that par- ticular dislike. "So here we are. My piano playing has enabled me to use much time very pleasantly. It has been of some use to others. It has developed in me an ap- preciation of good music. It has, once in a while, helped me to wipe out the effects of a few troubles. 1 haven't put these benefits into logical shape, but I've answered your question." WHO'S NOT WHO So full are the North Shore towns of prominent people that it is a great deal easier to say Who's not Who on the North Shore than Who's Who. Almost every other home contains a rail- road president or a famous writer or a well-known cartoonist or a great singer or a captain of in- dustry or a--but the list is end- less. The man on the train be- side whom you are sitting may easily be a lawyer of national im- portance. The woman across the aisle is probably a noted com- poser. If we should, each week, make a full report to our readers of all the honors that have come to their fellow-citizens during the week we would have no room lef: for less exciting news like fires robberies, and parties. That's why we make no attempt to keep strictly' up to date lon: the-e honorific doings. Tt would Ir like trying to tell your wife all her charming qualities, omitting none. Our reticence is, therefore, not modesty. Not at all. If the editer of a metropolitan daily writes us a little note praising our; paper we do not hesitate to mention the fact in some such language as this: "The editor of The Chicago Daily News, Henry Justin Smith, by the way a cit- izen of Wilmette, dropped us a line the other day to say that our paper was a good example of community journalism!" People come to the North Shore for health and happiness and not to be talked about -- much. MEN'S SUNDAY CLASSES Discuss and learn. Thoughtful discussion of prob- lems is the surest means of achieving growth. This truth was discovered in. prehistoric times, doubtless, and has been acted upon ever since. Savages sat around the council-fire and talked about their troubles. Ancient peoples parleyed over their difficulties. Individuals everywhere and always have dis- cussed live issues and been en- lightened. Men's Sunday classes in all our north shore towns formally and informally speak about and talk over: topics, of interest. Questions of all kinds are taken up, but perhaps most attention is given to those growing out of Bible accounts and teachings. Men who have recently come into any of these towns will find that one of the best ways of get- ting into the life of the com- munity is through attendance upon these classes. Taking part in debates and discussions is re- markably effective in breaking down barriers of every kind. beautifully landscaped. Terms. 332 PARK AVE. An 8 room Stucco Colonial situated on easterly end of lot with sufficent room to build another home. Grounds 120x200 East side. WALTER P. SMITH & CO. Real Estate Phone Glencoe 410 $33,000.00. GLENCOE, ILL. ATTENTION the problem. 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