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20 WILMETTE LIFE February 26, 1926 WILMETTE LIFE ISSUED FRID~Y We May Have Both NE after another signs of the passing of the north shore comn1unities from the village to the urban class· take place. When a municipalit~r begins to be pres~ed by questions of garbage disposal, punty and adequacy of \Vater supply, se\vage and garbag-e disposal, its village days are nun1bered. It is graduating into the city class. People tnay retain the qualitie s o f the best in neighborhood life in the village. That depends upon them and upon the earnestness \vith \vhich they strive after tha.t kind of cotntnunity life. Rut tnatters that concern g-overnment. the business of caring for municipal activities , these must he tnet in the spirit of the .tnodern progre ssive city. In our O\vn favored region \\' C have peculiar conditions. VVe tnay, if we \Vtll, retain the best that n1arked our village existence and. at the same titne. enjoy the most desirable features of urban lifr. \Ye n1ay have our cake and cat it. 1222 Central Ave., Wllmett·. Ill Chicago office: 6 N. Michigan Ave. Tel. State 6126 ~lep···· ··..···...··......··....·· Wllaette LLOYD BOLLIITBR, INC. by GJI" BACH WEEK O 1020 87 Carrter .......·.....···.......... 2~c a moath SUBSCRIPTION PRICE ·····.·······2.00 A YEAR ore lilleS GOD'S TEMPLES tlzat pilrs of brick alld sl011e Tl ' ith hcm·c Hly poi11t cd spiresO r altars sm of..·ill .tl i11 tlt t 7c·oods n·ith sacrificial fir es, . llonc arc Co d's abidi119 p!a cr? Or rlwt lit · e'er tal~t' S h N d Of o ut ~. , ·ard shoH' of pit'!.)' Or tal<o; dcliy hl in crccd ? Tt "ho/,T flzt · <·iolct sprill.rJS, O r <.;·inds ,or blasts rcsozmd, Or c.c·ht' rt' th e .~f'aJ-rm ,· falls to earth 1 )o t'S C od ahitlt"-·'tis .holy y rowuf! .Y o ! TlziHI~ J't' '· All communications must :Je accompanied by the na.me and address of the writer. Articles for publtcatien must reach the editor by W~nesday noon to Insure appearance tn current Issue. Resolutions of condolence, cards of thanks, obituary, notices of entertainments or other affairs where an admittance charge ts publtahed, wHl be charged at regular advertising rates. Entered at the post omce at Wllmette, Illtnols, a!:! mail matter of the second class, under the act of March 3, 1879. . ~ Do It in 1926/ . EXCEPTI NG perhaps the cost, \Ve see no Yalid objection to the paving of lOth Street from Chestnut to Sheridan. And if the to\\· n~hip shares this cost it seems as if the itnpro,·etnent should begin as s.oon as \Yeather pern1its. The accruing benefit . to the entire North Shore wi11 he nutnerous and important. \\ hen pa Yed. 1Oth Street will he a very useful entrance into. and exit fron1. \\T iln1ettr.. In cotnbination \Yith \\ ilmettc Avenue, lOth Street \Yill he a very convenient thoroughfare running diag-onally through \Viln1ette. It will intersect practically every n.orth and south street we~t of lOth and almo. t everv east and "·est street in the entire Yillage. Tapping in this way ~o tnany ~treets it \Vill. in11necliately after its paving. he exten~ivch· used. The angle of entrance and exit at lOth and Sheridan is so oblique and the visibility of traffic is so c 1ear as to ma kc one \\'Onder why the proposed in1provr1nent has been delayed so long. \Ye have little doubt that tnanY south-hound cars instead of continuingSheridan to Evanston \\'lll turn dO\Vn lOth and \Vi1mettc into \Viln1cttc's business district. .:\nd not a fe\\· drivers in leaving \ \' i1mette "·i 11 go nut via this tnost con\'enient thoroughfare. Cct thi~ strip pa,·ed for F>26! . .. Self Government of Traffic M L~LTIPLICATION of automobiles up- 11 ' h t·r~ · ·~.,. th, · n i i' ·" dt'7'il lltly s tands, Or rai ··c flzt·i r t' .\' t'.\ in m.,·c , Tt' so /11 !'. .tt rcdf r o< ,·cr that nt/,·s a ho~·~· . Is h oly yro rmd !- infinite law. (r.od's tt' JJiplt'S arc th e lntmal! hearts, on P . Pay Thetn Here Y your taxe . to the township collector at the \\'innetka ~tate Rank. \\.hat has experience shown to he the value of paying taxe~ to the to\Ynship collector instead of to the countv collector in Chicago? · Experience. in the form uf last y ar's report. has shown the f o11owing ~·alues of paying taxes to the' local collector: ( 1) The n1ont'Y collected here \Va. available for use aln1os t itn n1edia tch· after collection. ~ > horr<nYing-. therefo;e, and paying of intere~t was tH.' cessan·. l-Iad the taxes been paid in Chicago the nioney \\'Ottld not have been a vailah,lc until several n1onths after collection. thus 1naking horrO\Ying and intere t-paying neccs. ary. (2) The township \Ya: saved $16,000. \Vhich would have been paid to the countv colle<::tor had the tax hi11s been paid at h{s office. As it was. the 5;16.000 \vent t.::> the tO\\·nship supervL or and thereby furnished funds \vithout a tax levy to finance the operation of township affairs. Save money for your O\Yn township treasury. Pay your taxes to the TO\YKSHIP collector! Incidentally, see that the following items on your bills are correct : ( 1) Your nan1e : (2) your address; (3) the de~cription t>f y(;ur property. on the str ets everv\Yhere has brought a condition that calis for heroic trcatnll'nt in sizeable con1tnunitics. \V c nntst ha,·c order and ~ystem in thr tnanagrtnent of traffic or \\·e shall fetch up on confitsion. and with confu . ion a condition of danger that cannot he endured. . l\Iunicipal governments wrestl ' \\·i1h prohlen1s of parking-. of through street.. of stop sig-ns. of autotnatic ~ig-nals. with all the n1odcn1 expedients for e :ta h1 i~hing· 1Jroper conditions of safety in the streets. Rut their \\·nrk. however carcfulh· done. counts for little t111lcs . there is a ·general disposition to ob serve reg-ulations. Police s uperyision. to he adequate to check up on c\·cry tnotor Ychirlc upon our street.. to detect non-ohscn·ancc of the rcgulatinn ~ . \\"ottld he' far he\·ond the rc~ources of the con1n1unity. - The greater part of tht' burden of ohsen·ancc of such laws r sts upon the individuals \\·ho u se the street~. ('ach of \\'hom is interested in kC'cping- them safe ancl in establishing such orclcrh· 1110\'etnent of traffic a . make s for the ut;nost in efficiency. ...... Th e altars b11rll 1.vithin! "J'h ,· l alx maclt'S oj th e L ord . I r,· in th e S· qt/s of lllt 'll ! If. :\ . .. . ~f i LL " . . Cbnrin g- oYer t il~· p ;q. ;T . . (li a l 'hi r a!..!O YH' \\·., p ;tp cr are impre -; ~cd \Y ith thv Jll ; q.~ni fic r nt thre e- rin g circu s 11 ( 1\\. l>cin g -., ta g e(l in thi..., land o f the free. Tn o ne ritw we ha\'e the Countc :--.; Cathcart farce, in which s~' Cretary oi Labor Jamc . . .l. }) ;1\·i . . take ~ a prominent part, althou g h \\'C are llll a l>l e t o trli at thi s writing wheth e r he i-> the rl ( )\\'11 or th e ringmaster. Tlwn, in the micldk rin g , there i . . th e great ~lis ~ i .. ippi apc -l<.' ,t?,i slation art, with a ca . ., t composed (apparently) entirely oi clo" :h . In the third ring, ladic ~ and gentlemen, \\ l' han· the world' s greatc:-.t donH.::-- tic drama, it"at urin l! th ~.. Stillman s, bilk<l a~ the knock -do\\·n. dra g- uut. n(J holds-barr ed champicm . . (lf the world. in their llt ' \\ l' "t I·icc ~" entitled " .\n .\mazing Tntcrluck.' ' \\T BACHELORS 1f .lz c1f II title .' it is rn!ly th,·rt' t tl tempt , . lnd /, '111/'t t"t do,·s. F or 7,'1' a!! A '!I O <·' it isn't 1 't' ally mtanf . n t l t·ftt'ft~rS .' ·~ . · .~ ., RCT r. and then spring! \\'inter retires: its inhibition . gn·C' \\" ~l\· to nc\\· actiYities eYen·,vhe.rc. (ent \Yith its ces~ation of social activitic" atTords time for taking . tock of the needs of house and fa 111 ily. \Vardrobes and house- fn rnis h ing-s, rencn·a tion s 0 f hoth ar(' planned in these last clays of \vinter in order that the first of the spring days tnay find us ready. Shops arc already prepared \\'ith the spring n1aterials to serve all sorts of needs. Household den1ands becotne ever more apparent as the spring sunshine reveals shabbiness here and there ; draperies or curtains nutst be replaced, a piece of furniture mu t be bought, a rug. Whatever the requiretnent, there i in the local shop something \Vhich at least \varrants consideration. Business houses thrive only on patronage. Growth comes frotn use. Support fron1 the people of the comtnunity tneans better and better faCilities in the local concerns. If you give the tnerchants of the h t 1111e to,vn a chance to supply yonr \vants, you ,\"ill both be benefited. \ M: Spring and New Garb . I lt11f.tth - a curl- a t/i111{'lt, .·1 m n,,n and m ztsir {o,,· .Hakes it 'i't'r.\' sinz/'fc. For all ,,·c waidt ns fmMl.' That snlll r!('ht'rt' tlztrr's a ""t al.·n t' SS In that -;,:all around his lz ,·art: JI is 11 /' to II S f n fi II rf i I Thrn f rnm "haclzrlnr!z no d" he'll f'art. A \Voi.n:Rr:-:F.. · Furtht:r ml'ditation upon the Stillman reunion impeJJ..., us to offer the sugg{'~tion that the ballad \\"riters of the rount ry gl't bu"y on a :ong entitled ··You l~cmem her to Forg 't !" The exclamation point i~ very es~cntia\ do not on:rlook it. · . PERSONAL Dear Twins. \H' are not hanl up for jokes because \\·e reallv have no usc for th"em-as uch. \\·e do, h<n,·c~er. collect anttques, and for that reason we cull your occasional gems for our treasure box. By u it gives spring weather but no· spring poetry onct, as the Katzenjammer kids, or the Pennsylvania Dutch, or someone would say. We have other poetry a 11d we could write about lots things if it were merely a matter of grinding out so many words, but an early March issue of a column without spring poetry is like a movie without a clinch in the fade-out-it's simply unthinkable! Come on you spring poets or we'll break our rule and dash off something ourself. THE SLAVE. .. ,, · ·