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32 WINNETKA TALK em ------ August 4, 1928 EE. WINNETKA TALK ISSUED SATURDAY OF EACH WEEK by LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. 564 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka, Ill The-question frequently arises as to how long a man should remain actively engaged in business or in professional work. Some believe that a person ought SHORE LINES SLEEPING LEAVES Chicago office: 6 N. Michigan Ave. Tel. State 6326 4 ffer to retire just as soon as he The sleeping leaves _-- can just as soon as he has Rustle gently over our heads-- : Telephone........... Winnetka 2000 or Wilmette 4300 Retirin g lai a id I Shadows, the Legion of Night, SUBSCRIPTION PRICE.............. $2.00 A YEAR aid aside such an amount Guard us from the quiet glow All communications must be accompanied by the name and address of the writer. Articles for pub- lication must reach the editor by Thursday noon to insure appearance in current issue. Resolutions of condolence, cards of thanks, obitu- aries, notices of entertainments or other affairs where an admittance charge is published, will be charged at regular advertising rates. For many years it was believed that man- ual, or better, muscular, activity had no legitimate place in the scheme of one's of money as will easily sup- port him. Those who hold this belief ap- parently think that work is a curse, that to earn one's bread by the sweat of one's brow is most unpleasant and to be stopped as early in life as possible. = There must be many people in this world who, because they are working in uncongenial occupa- tions or because they are holding their noses too close to the grindstone, are always looking forward to the day when they can Of the silent moon. A faint breeze stirs-- The leaves are parted, And golden bars disband The mystic Legion. The breeze dies, And all again is still-- The moon can only see The sleeping leaves. --Yakumaia. Vacation Reveries At last we have yielded. Years and years of i) education. When we at- retire intermittent urging, sprinkled with numerous i Muscles tended grammar school, 3 dares and threats--and, behold, we went and done by which was not many years At the other extreme are others who it. Yep, actually capitulated last week and em- ! and Brain ago, the curricalun coms want to work at the good old bench, desk, barked on our first extended cross-country motor tained no training in mus- cular skill or development. Not even a course in drawing. Only the head was trained as well as it could be with almost no training of the hands. We studied books and books only. What we lost by such narrow education we have many times realized and still realize. And how we did love to work with our muscles especially with our hand muscles! Every boy and every man knows the pleasures of whittling. A boy, not too young, with a sharp knife, which preferably he himself has sharpened, and with a clear pine stick, is all set for an hour at least of one of the best forms of education. Of course it is understood that he has some- thing to make. As a training in morals, work with the muscles is miles ahead of work with the head. A boy may learn with great ease to repeat the old proverb, Honesty is the best policy, but he won't really believe it until he has tried it out with his muscles. If a boy is not honest with a stick of wood he'll soon find it out and suffer accordingly. And nothing is so efficient an educator as suffer- ing. It might well be contended that the main tion have been bright, illumined ages. The prayer of man to his God has been and will always be, "O Lord, - give us more light!" A town with poorly lighted streets is likely to be a benighted town. At least it , certainly will seem so to those who walk down its streets. What a difference there is between what Sheridan Road in Kenil- worth was before the present system of illumination was installed and what it is now! Deeds of darkness are naturally done in poorly lighted places. If you would have your car fairly safe in a large city, do not ark it in a dark alley. Park it near a right electric light, if the police do not object. For years business have been in the habit of leaving a light burning near a safe after closing hours. This is a protective measure that has worked well. Night has its advantages, but day sees fewer crimes than night. or counter just as long as they can. They have no desire to give up. We know many such men. They either like their work or fear that retiring means stagnation and consequent weakening. Ask such a man when he is going to stop work and he will answer, "Never. Just as long as I am able to work, I shall keep on." Not seldom it happens that a man by hard work accumulates a competence and retires. But after retiring he finds suddenly and too late that he cannot enjoy his leisure. He has never learned how to spend his money so as to bring him pleasure and profit. His working hours have made it impossible for him to learn how to use his leisure. Years before he should have anticipated the day when he would withdraw from active work and have taken steps to learn what to do with the time he should have after retiring. He should have had not only a vocation but also an avocation. In the passing of Congressman Henry R. Rathbone the people of Illinois have lost a valued public servant. That the voters realized his value is A Valued shown by their se- i . lectin him. as Public Servant R Republican nominee for the office that he In a democracy those chosen to represent the real rulers, the people, must not be forgetful of their true function, namely, representation. They are to express the will of the people whom they represent. As soon as they forget this real duty and begin to work for their own individual and private ends they become false trustees, and should be removed. Congressman Rathbone was a true rep- resentative. Not only does his death bring sorrow to his widow and close relatives and friends but also to the state and the nation. We note that several of our friends on the faculties of the North Shore schools will not be with us next year. These separ- ations mean to some sadness and regret, but to many they mean increased oppor- tunities. To all these departing ones our word is, "Farewell!" Fare well wherever you go. tour. Our knowledge of things in general was en- riched to the extent that we'll never more worry about the high cost of tourist living, what with every farm house labeled as a tavern in which mine host is eager to put you up for a dollar or less a night and throw in the breakfast and bath-- or vice versa. Competition in this respect is only slightly less keener than on Maxwell street. And then the filling stations--for Chevvy, of course. Almost numerous enough to serve as mile posts, and with Bar-B-Q attached. That climb up the ledge at Devil's lake made us swear off further philandering with Lady Nico- tine. At least until we had started the descent. The view from the heights may have been breath- taking, but we hadn't enough left to fill the re- quirement. At Devil's lake we encountered also what ap- proximated our cherished dream of connubial bliss. He reclining peacefully in a spacious easy chair, dragging at the old corn cob, with here and there a kindly and solicitous word for the perspir- ing climber, the while his Missus purveys the thirst-quenching beverages from the trail-side emporium, meanwhile not unmindful that supper is cooking on the nearby camp stove. As happy a pair as one would hope to find. What an idea, what an idea! At the gate of a cemetery along the road to Stevens Point we noted this bit of candor ex- pressed on a pi ly placed signboard: "Exit Only." Billboards are not so numerous up that way and the rolling countryside is amazingly beautiful at this season with its deep contrasts of ripening grain against the background of verdure clad 4 difference between civilization and barbar- has filled so satisfactorily. And his selec -FRIL i ism is a difference in the degree of bright- tion came only after a campaign of extra- ) i ness. The ages of ordinary activity and unusually searching He Smokes Camels ! Well Lighted barbarism have been and widespread investigation of qualifica- Dear Mique: At last! We have found out that i dark, benighted ages. tions for the position of congressman-at- there is a place in this world that has a greater 4 Streets The ages of civiliza- large. attraction for your charming presence than the Four Seasons. We have discovered that you spent last week-end at the Dells with a friend from Glencoe. Come on, Mique, be a sport, pass the cigars and name the date. Tell us the name, pretty please. --Contrib. Southern Chivalry Dear Mique: These southerners are a caution. They cheerfully take the count at the gate to get their girls into a dance and then spend the rest of the evening exchanging partners with everybody else. You know--dance three steps, then some guy taps you on the shoulder and you bound off to find some other man's girl. Another three steps and you lose her--and so on till "Home-Sweet-Home." What? Oh, yeh, I was at one of their exchanges. I saw my date exactly six times in the whole evening and then when I left her at the pater's front door, she thanked me for a good time. See where New York is bidding for the machine gun record. Clipped off four Porto Ricans by mistake. One nice thing about Chicago, they darn seldom get the innocent by-standers. You ought to hear 'em cuss Herb down here. Yours for Jeff Davis, he's my man. --Hub of Henderson, Ky. Knew you'd like our Beth. --MIQUE. % 3