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WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1924 Winnetka Weekly Talk LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. 1222 Central Ave., Wilmette, Ill Telephone ........... Winnetka 2000 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 post office at Win- netka, Illinois, as mail matter of the geoond class, under the act of March y= 1879, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1924 Depress the Tracks. Give the Business Men Fair Play. Build a New Village Hall. Enforce the Traffic Laws. Build the Truck Road. SKATING Now that the skating season is present, or at any rate seems to be at this writing, we feel moved to say a few things about skating and especially about our experiences in this field of boy- hood happiness. As the mercury drops and the summer heat is ex- tracted from the water, causing it to harden, our thoughts turn to the days when we used to clamp our skates on good old thick-soled shoes, buckle the straps round our ankles, and cut a few capers on the nice smooth ice, The town of our boyhood was situated on a sizable stream, which, every winter, froze over solidly from bank to bank. It was the delight of us boys of the town to try our speed, skill, and endurance on the surface so kindly provided for us by Mother Nature. Or with hands crossed, a couple would swing down the river with a rhythm that seemed to us the height of human at- tainment. We envied the boy that could cut the figure 8 so easily and gracefully. We ourselves had learned to cut the double- dutch with a fair degree of pro- ficiency and even skated back- wards several strokes. What ap- pealed to us most, however, was a long skate down the river. It seemed miles to us, but was prob- able only a mile or so. _ Since reaching years of discre- tion we have promised our friends to give them an exhibition of fan- cy skating, but every time we have thought of going, and the place and time have seemed propitious, we have got cold feet, figuratively and literally. : SAVING President Coolidge preaches and practises economy. In his message to Congress and in his speeches he stresses the great need of decreasing the nation's expense account. As an individual he spends little, setting a good example to other Americans by traveling in an ordinary Pullman. He evidently believes that one way of making money is not to spend it. Many people complain of the high cost of living. Every day there is a picture in some Chicago paper referring more or less ex- plicitly to the size of the family bills. Conversations frequently touch upon the same burning topic. A frequent cause of mis- understanding between husband and wife and between father and son is this universal one of ex- penditure. But food would not cost so much if people were satisfied with simpler and better meals. The human machine doesn't need much so long as what it gets is nourishing Simple food can be tasteful. To satisfy his abnormal appetite the ordinary individual abuses his digestive system and consequently the remainder of his body by stuffing down his throat two or three times as much as he needs. It is not so easy to save on clothes. It is hard to find good- looking well-made clothes that sell for low prices. One does not meet often a man who looks his best in a ready-made suit. Yet dollar neck-ties that are stylish and durable can be had. And shoes costing in the neighbor- hood of five dollars will contribute to respectable appearance. So the high cost of living de- pends largely on the liver. If an individual will be content with real happiness and less luxury he can at least cut down living ex- penses materially and can per- haps save money. If he will imitate the President in spending less money for non-essentials he can probably accumulate an at- tractive savings account. One who desires to save can study to real advantage Poor Richard's Almanac. CANEY CREEK The gifts sent by New Trier high school to the mountain chil- dren at Caney Creek, Kentucky, will bless both senders and re- ceivers. A person with even a weak imagination can easily pic- ture the happiness of these un- fortunate children while watch- ing the opening of these 18 boxes of Christmas gifts. And no grown person can exaggerate the joys of the individual re- cipients of the various good things. Put yourself in the place of the girl or boy to whom will be given one or more of the 500 books! The New Trier students who contributed to this Caney Creek holiday shipment will also ex- perience a glow of righteous joy in thinking of what they have had the privilege of doing. Theirs will be a real lasting joy, not merely the transient pleasure of self-indulgence. Having provided 18 boxes of gifts and 500 books, New Trier schoolmen will also see to it that $250 is raised to pay for a year's education of one child at the Caney Creek settlement. All this is a manifestation of the true Christmas spirit. NEW AND BETTER New and better ways of teach- ing and learning language and music. These subjects used to be taught by the part-to-whole method. Now they are taught by the whole-to-part method. We were taught to read print by first learning the individual let- ters and then combining them in- to syllables and words. Now our children are taught to read print by first learning whole sentences and getting the letters later. When we began to learn to play the piano by note we first marked on the white keys of the piano the names of those keys-- C, D, E, etc. Then we marked on the printed sheet of music the names of those notes. The next step was to strike on the piano the keys corresponding to the printed notes. Having practiced on this eye-hand combination for a while we erased the names from keys and printed music. Exer- cises for speed brought us to our present proficiency. But our children--how differ- ently they are taught! What we got last -- playing of whole phrases--they get first. They play a piece in their first lesson and master the individual dif- ficulties afterwards. We believe that the newer way is better, OYSTERS AND TYPHOID Granted that an oyster is in- fected with a sickness something give that disease to a human being? If the oyster in its raw state will allow itself to be eaten by a human being it can thus pass on the disease. But will everyone who eats a raw typhus infected oyster get typhoid fever? And--the supposition is distress- ing--if one were to swallow a disease germ of any sort would he surely get the disease in which that particular germ is normally found? The answer to both ques- tions is, No. Which brings up the ques- like typhoid fever, how can it|% tion, How is the cause of any- thing discovered? Can one dis- cover the cause by simply look- ing closely, by mere inspection? Experts in this field answer, No. The method of finding the cause seems to be as follows: Analyze into its elements the sit- uation containing the thing whose cause is to be found. Take out the element which is thought to be the cause. If the thing dis- appears, then the element which has been taken out is the cause. Put the element back. If the thing returns, it is more certain than ever that the element is the cause. This may seem a round- about way, but there is no other. There is no direct way. The in- vestigation must be gone about |borealis; that raw typhus-infect- ed oysters cause typhoid fever. Fat these oysters and typhoid follows. Moral: Be cautious about eat- ing raw oysters. indirectly. In this way it was decided that the moon causes the tides; that cold causes contraction of metals; that sunspots cause the aurora ESTABLISHED 1854 C. H. JORDAN & COMPANY FUNERAL DIRECTORS FOR 69 YEARS Davis Street, Evanston, Ill. Phone University 449 164 N. Michigan Ave. Phones Randolph 1346-1347 Can you think of a Gift more sensible or more desirable for the Home than fine riental Rugs We have selected and set aside a goodly number of small, medium and large size rugs which we, as experienced Oriental Rug men, would choose personally for our friends. 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