14 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1924 Winnetka Weekly Talk LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. 1222 Central Ave., Wilmette, Ill And so when the opportunity presented itself IT at once seized it. I was on my way from Rome to London via Paris. Why not fly from Paris to London? Sure Telephone ........... Winnetka 2000 enough, "Why not?" So instead Telephone ............ Wilmette 1920 of going the land and water route SUBSCRIPTION 52.00 » YEar|] decided to go by Ailes DHS 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 post office at Win- netka, Illinois, as mail matter of the second class, under the act of March SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1924 Depress the Tracks. Give the Business Men Fair Play. Build a New Village Hall. Enforce the Traffic Laws. Build the Truck Road. DEFENSE TEST DAY The term, "Defense Test," may easily be misunderstood. It|V readily suggests the idea that an enemy exists against whom we must defend ourselves. We be- come pugilistic to some degree. But the real purpose of this occasion is to try out the nation's mobilization power, to find out how quickly and in what quan- tities our protective capacity can be put into action. It is well to know in a general way what we could do in case of war, but it is much better to know by a defi- nite demonstration exactly what we are prepared to do. The animating motive is NOT militaristic any more than the motive behind a fire drill is to throw people into a panic. Corinne Roosevelt Robinson expressed the purpose well when she said: "There is nothing ag- gressive, nothing militaristic in an effort to prevent incipient trouble by measures that will make any trouble impossible. ..It is to be a simple demonstration that, should a sudden spark be thrown into our midst from any source, the trained firemen shall spring to their places to avert danger BEFORE it shall have be- come uncontrollable." SCHOOL BEGINS School begins next Monday. Time was when this simple and certain fact struck terror to the heart of the youthful student. It meant the end of vacation joys. No more long delightful days on the old farm, poking the pigs or riding on the hay-rack. The family must pack up and go back to town. What a difference be- tween the woods and pastures and those stuffy class-rooms and screwed-down desks! But those days have passed. Children positively like school. It was only yesterday that I saw several live-blooded boys hang- ing about a grade school as if it really were an attractive spot. One of the boys went into the building and the janitor had to drive him out. I, being well past the grammar school age, was allowed to enter. I went in just as the teachers' meeting was breaking up. What rather surprised me was their youthful appearance and their amazing good looks. Moreover those of more experience were uniformly active and enthusiastic. Nowadays teachers are special- ists--science, music, arithmetic, drawing, dramatics. And if a teacher is a real teacher and also a specialist then it's no wonder that children like to go to school. HIGHFLYING Ever been up in an air-plane? I have had that experience, and having had it I'm done with it. As something past I enjoy it. While it was going on I didn't care for it. I thought that I'd like it. Ever since I had seen the planes skim- ming a few hundred feet above the ground on the Lake Front in Chicago I had had a desire to aviate. How delightful, said I to myself, to soar above the sordid streets and really fly. momentous decision meant buy- ing a ticket for the passage for thirty dollars. The day arrived. In a motor bus with eleven other prospec- tive fliers I sped from the Grand hotel in Paris to the air-field. 1 bought a lunch for $1.25, an out- rageous price. My luggage was loaded onto the plane and I climbed in after it. Soon the pilot started the twin engines. What a roar they made! After warming up sufficiently he threw in thé clutch, and the plane trundled off across the field. And then the wheels left the ground, and I was flying at last! Really FLYING! But I didn't enjoy it. And the higher I rose the less I enjoyed it until I wished I were back again on Mother Earth. No use in wishing. I was headed for the upper air and England, and even could I have reached the pilot and machine from swooping and tipping. Having reached a fair altitude the pilot found it necessary to circle about in order to allow a second plane to pass ahead of him. When he began banking I thought the plane was side-slip- ping and that my journey was suddenly and unpleasantly end- ing. But we soon resumed our course, the plane and I, and the landscape continued to decrease in size and increase in area. I cast many glances downward noted especially the checker- board appearance of northwest- ern France. The rivers were mere silver threads. We rose above the clouds and shot along at about ninety miles an hour. Far below the rippled English Channel looked like molten glass. BUT--I longed for London. And by-and-by the landing- field came in view and we went down, dipping and circling. The trip was over. I had flown! I didn't eat my high priced lunch. CUT THEM DOWN! Ii possible an ordinance ought to be passed limiting the height intersecting streets ought to be regarded as a miscreant; that is, the police should cut down his hedges to the proper limit and he should be forced to pay the costs. Any driver who on nearing a corner has been forced to peer anxiously between branches and leaves or to take a dangerous chance will appreciate the value of having hedges cut down to this humane Timit. One auto collision in the past week was due direct- ly to such obstruction. This trimming down of hedges will not in any way injure their appearance; it will certainly be the means of saving human lives. % ALLEGHENEY D2 7 7 \ Edinger EVANSTON N27 0 0 imum BUY YOUR COAL NOW -- REDUCED PRICES FOR CASH -- WILMETTE Noyes and Colfax 1301 Lake Avenue WHY, ANTHRACITE $16.90 per ton $17.15 per ton $16.90 per ton & Sons 7 2 Established 1907 WINNETKA 722 Elm Street would still Knowing this 1 desire and tried to keep the|screen the approach of autos on mn 22 000uuu:0 myself plain the flight|of hedges at street corners. have continued.| A corner resident who allows swallowed my |his hedges to grow so high as to Evanston 5035 Winnetka 643 I Wilmette 641-642 Cross Word Puzzle Latest Craze in the East--New Feature EVERY WEEK in the Sunday Herald and Examiner A GAME TRY THIS ONE! tralia." For Every Member of the Family "Endeavour River," Sharpens Your Wits-- Stimulates the Intellect-- Helps You Win Success-- known: "21-22--T he conclu- sion." In the 22 square you al ready have the "d" of "En- deavour." Just tantalizing enough to sharpen the wits, and to make it a sport all will enjoy. to work on. RY your wits on this new puzzle. Examiner is going to print every week for your amusement. works, here is the solution of one of the definitions given be- low: "12-84--A stream in Aus- Now almost any geog- raphy or atlas would reveal the fourteen-letter combination which fits in the squares beginning with "12" and ending with "84." another, with one of the letters That leaves two let- ters to be found, and it ought not to take long to f'gure out that the word is "end." are a few abbreviations and a few words that may some digging in this Cross-Word, but most of them ought to be found with little trouble. Sunday The Herald and Exam iner will give you a new puzzle (Copyright, 1924, by the Bell Syndicate. Inc.) It's one of a number The Sunday Herald and To show how it Here's There require Next Here Are the Hints The Solution HORIZONTAL. Takes you on a keen search for words 1-12--A large city of lost to your vocabulary, brings you in contact with the new ones, brushes you up on your geography, until you uncon- sciously prepare yourself to occupy a higher intellectual plane. Europe. 13-15 Having Got Up. 16-18--Pertaining to Ionia. 19-20--A hole in the ground. 21-22--The conclusion. 23-24--An abbreviation for "every other." 25-.30--Members of the Hin- dus' highest caste. 31-32--A diphthong. 33-34--That which aids in solving a mystery. 35-36--A plant used in mak- ing soup. 37-38--A personal pronoun. 39-40--The act of sticking. 41422 Initials of King Vic- 43- Wh 'plural personal pronoun. 45-46--One who holds ideals. 47-48--Railroad. 49-50--Abbreviation for unanimous. 51-52----Always E3.54 Abbreviation 4 for a sacred person. 55-60--A fine, filmy sub- stance or fabric. 61-62--Fifty-one. 63-64--Relatives. 65-66----Fifty-four. 67-69--Pertaining to irony. 70-72--Bring back to life. 73-84--A city of British Co- lumbia. The mental stimulus, the enlargement of your Vocabulary, is a valuable educa- tional factor, giving you greater self- confidence, enabling you to hold your own in any conversation, be a more fluent talker, a better salesman or a more charming companion. Watch for the First Puzzle in VERTICAL. 1-73--The extreme northern point of Asia. 2-38--A bird. 3-20--The egg of a para- sitic insect. 4-14----Steamship. 5-26--A visible expression of grief. 6-15--An article. 7-16--Two. 8-29--M'dday. 9-17--Upon. 10-21--A popu'ar dessert. 11-41--A county cf S-ot'and 12-84--A stream in Aus- tralia. 25-55--Attractively suitable. 27-57--Those who stand by. N 28-58--The doctrine of the Arians. ON 30-60--One who sings. 44-74--Whole. 47-83--To live again. 56-77--First name of author of 4% Kentucky Col- Co 6 0 nHOW 59-50 odd. . LR you se: how 68-76--A point of the com- - - fe interesting it 70-79--Initials of an eastern i Vy inc AY $ ooo NEXT SUNDAYS Vv R Ls RIE{V[I|V|E | | E M pass. 69-78--Iniials of a religious HERALD AND EXAMINER ORDER IT TODAY FROM Winnetka News Co., 811 Elm St., Phone Winnetka 765 =