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co de, mm ------------ om AEST TEU TT SF 14 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1924 Winnetka Weekly Talk LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. 1222 Central Ave., Wilmette, Ill Telephone Reeves eines. Winnetka 2000 Telephome ............ Wilmette 1920 SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 A YEAR ', All communications must be accom- panied by the name and address of the iwriter. 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- jtertainments or other affairs where lan admittance charge will be made or |a collection taken, will be charged at 'regular advertising rates. : A : » ii Entered 'at the post office at Win- Inetka, Illinois, as mail matter of the {second class; under the act of- March is, 1879. J 'SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1924 { 'Depress the Tracks. Give the Business Men Fair Play. 'Build a New Village Hall. Enforce the Traffic Laws. Build the Truck Road. Bi TO SLEEP A flock of sheep that leisurely pass by, 'One after one; the sound of rain, and bees A fags 45 Murmuring; the fall of rivers, winds, ; OO Smooth fields, white sheets of water, and. pure sky; ~ I have thought of all by turns, and ye do lie (Sleepless! and soon. the, small - birds' melodies ok : = : Must hear, first uttered from my or- chard trees; . ; 'And the first cuckoo's melancholy cry. Even thus last night, and two nights more, 1 lay, - And could not win thee, Sleep! by any stealth. So do not let me wear to-night away; Without thee what is all the morning's wealth? Come, blessed barrier between day and ay, Dear mother of fresh thoughts and joy- ous health! --Wordsworth FIRE PREVENTION Big fires can be prevented by a little care. : From October 5 to 11 think especially of how you can prevent a fire from occurring and burn- ing up all you care most for. Are all the wires in your house well insulated? Is there any rubbish in your basement, like loose papers and greasy rags, that would furnish good kindling for a fire? Have you seen the fire chief about that new oil-burning plant that you intend to install? 'Where do you keep matches? Where children and rats can easily get at them? When you start a fire in the field do you take care of it? ! Do you ever stop to think how dry the wood is in the walls and partitions of your home? And how easily all this dry wood could catch fire and how quickly it would rush from cellar to attic? And it wouldn't be out of place to ask you if your house is ade- iquately insured. If it burned down tonight, could you rebuild it with the insurance money ? THINK HOW TO PREVENT A FIRE. THEN DO WHAT YOU OUGHT TO DO! HURRAH! We're back again on the good old one-time basis. Once more, thanks to the revolving earth, train-time and home-time are the same. 7:47 is no longer 6:47, and for seven months at least we won't have to worry as to wheth- er when we go to meet some one at the station we'll be there an hour ahead of time, an hour be- hind, or exactly on time. We don't object to driving on the right hand side of the street or to eating soup quietly. They're reasonable requests. But we do dislike being forced to do unrea- sonable things, like living on a two-time schedule. They call it "Daylight Saving." Tt doesn't really SAVE time. It fools peo- ple into thinking that they are saving time. If a factory wants to save daylight for its employees why doesn't it put thé working day an hour ahead? Begin work at 7 instead of 8 and knock off at 5 instead of 6. Make a law re- quiring the factory to change its hours. But the one-time schedule is -|The voter's name may not be rec- {are unknown to the judges. here now. So let's all be happy. REGISTER! Register on Saturday, October 4, or on Tuesday, October 14. To be allowed to vote at the fall elections one must have been registered as a qualified voter. There are three ways of being thus registered. 1. The election judges make a more--or less--complete list of voters, consulting their own memories or previous poll books and registers. 2. The voter, on election day, may make out an "affidavit of non-registered voter" together with .a supporting affidavit of a householder. 3. Register in person on Oc- tober 4 or 14. The first way is unreliable. orded. Many judges in the past have overlooked this very im- portant duty. Many new voters The second method causes in- convenience to the voter, the judges, and the householder in- volved. The third way is the best. It is sure and simple. So, no matter who you are, REGISTER ON OCTOBER 4 OR 14. EDNA FERBER In Edna Ferber's latest novel, "So. Big," occurs! the following itteresting sentence: "In fhe| roadster again they slid smoothly out along the drive, along Sheri- | dan road, swung sharply around the cemetery curve into FEvans- ton, past the smug middle-class suburban neatness of Wilmette and Winnetka." "......smug middle-class sub- urban neatness of Wilmette and Winnetka!"» Edna calls us "smug" and "middle-class." That nettles us a bit. We don't ob- ject to being called suburban and neat, although the latter adjec- tive suggests primness and per- haps fussiness. But "smug" and "middle-class!" Wow! Are we middle-class? are, who are high-class? Forest? Chicago? ton." Is" Fdna If we Lake Maybe Bos- middle-class or high-class? Are college gradu- ates low, middle, or high? Which of the three principal presidential candidates is beyond the pale? And how about Kenil- worth and Glencoe? But what really riles us most is to be called "smug." Is it be- cause we have well-kept lawns and clean-looking grounds that E. F. fastens on us this mean epi- thet? Does she honestly believe that we belong to the holier- than-thou set? Where did she get the idea that we're more self- satisfied, more tight and tidy, than the average run of humans? We must believe that Miss Ferber is writing from the point of sour urbans, who being shut within the walls of cities, sniff at those outside the walls in the comparative quiet and peace of the suburbs. : SELF CONTROL Some years ago a writer in Harpers' Weekly made the fol- lowing sad commentary on man- kind: "For the mass of mankind therefore the price of better things is too severe, for that price can be summed up in one word--self control." Better things are to be had, but the price to most people seems too high. The majority of men do not want to control them- selves to the extent demanded for the getting of better things. They are like those invalids who know that a change of climate will do them good but refuse to make the effort. Is it possible to so bring up the youth of America that they will not regard the price of bet- ter things as too severe? We believe that it is possible. Two things must be done. 1st, What- ever native tenacity the child has inherited must be developed by approcriate exercise. 2nd, The child must by some means ac- quire a set of high ideals. If these two things are accomplish- ed more of the future citizens of America will be ready to pay the price of better things. | If one wants to get a real taste ino of the old world he need not cross French Quebec. the ocean. He need not face the sec a country and people supris- possibility of a digestive upset. ingly unlike those that he has left He need not even come within behind in the States. sight of the ocean. Let him go fortunate he will see a fair that is spoken and printed. farther than Quebec, There he will ond old! quite old-world in its character. The people and streets will seem old, European in general If he is|appearance and in the language "Clean as the Sun's Heat" Except under the same conditions that other fuels will burn them out. This occurs with any fuel when you neglect to remove the ashes. Burning out Grates is the result of the operaton of your plant and is not a fault in any fuel. CALL LAWNDALE 7025 And our Service Man will explain this to you FOR SALE BY E. C. Weissenberg Winnetka Coal & Lumber Co. ....... Edinger & Sons Winnetka 12 SHANE at, STON Winnetka 734 Winnetka 643 A Progressive Transportation System -- "the committee finds that on this railroad there have been carried to fruition most of the things that have been talked about for years as the remedies for various troubles. 'On this railroad the remedies have not only been talked about; they have been executed." NORTH SH LINE ORE So said 'the American Electric Railway Association when it awarded the Coffin Medal for excellence to the North Shore Linéjfand, indeed, this ability to adopt improvements rather than to debate upon them is characteristic of the public'sconfidence. 'North Shore Line, and one of the strongest holds upon the Operating"in an age when the most amazing mechanical advances have been made, the North Shore Line takes a very real pride in incorporating every tested improvement into its own service. It is alert for the latest -- if it is the best. The North Shore Line is distinctly a progressive transportation system, tuned to the age and territory in which it is operating. From the center of Milwaukee to and through Chicago's Loop, fast, frequent trains serve every North Shore community ~ Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad Company Winnetka Passenger Station Elm Street Telephone Winnetka 963 North Shore Merchandise Despatch Service Over-night service for shippers between every important point on the North Shore Line. Merchandise received up to 6 p. m. delivered the next morning. Through service to Sheboygan, Burlington, Watertown and all points on the Milwaukee Northern R.R. and T.M.E.R. & L. For rates, deliveries, etc., write or telephone local North Shore agent, or Traffic Department: Chicago office, 72 West Adams Street, 'phones State 5723 and Central 8280; Milwaukee office, 403 Security Building, 'phones Grand 990 and Grand 2762. Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad Company