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July 8. 1927 26 WILMETTE LIFE v W ILMETI'E LIFE ISSUED ' FRID.A Y OF R .\ CH WEEK by LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. 1222 Central Ave., Wllmette, Ill. Cblcago offlce : 6 N. Michigan Ave. Tel. State 6326 Telephone ............................... Wilmette l81U SUBSCRIPTION PRICE .............. S!.OO A YEA.K All communications must be accompanied by the name and address of the writer. Articles tor publication must reach the editor by Wednesday noon to Insure appearance In curr.ent Issue. Resolutions of ~ondolence, cards of thanks, obituary, notices of entertainments or other atralrs where an admittance charge Is published, wlll be charged at regular advertising rates. Jc; the game of golf moving to,\·ard the ~aturation point-to the point where there no longer will be the urgent demand for courses on " ·hich to More Means play the ancient and honorable game of More Health St. Andrew? That question is o f t e n asked where golfers gather. They ask it but they do not attempt to ans"·er it. Thev point to t?e ever-increasing number of g~ff clubs-prtvate and public-as evidence that , there still is a strong den1and for "playg:ounds for grown up boys." Golf has pro. vtded the "playgrounds" and the "grown up boys" are providing the clientele that tnake s the sport the hig thing it is todaY. · Golf has grown, grown in - leaps and hounds. In twenty-five years it ha s grown forn~ a healthy sport infant to Goliath proportions. No longer is golf considered as · "exercise" for those who had much time on their hands or who had passed the age of the so-called "violent exerci ses." It is true there is no age limit in golf-any healthy tnan may trample the links for enjoyn1ent or in competition. He has his choice about that. But the chances are he'll indulge in competition, regardless of hi s age. One north shore golfer who twenty years ag,o "·as a se mi-finalist in the national amateur championship, only the other day \Yhile playing at hi s home club turned in a score which won for hitn the first prize. 1Iaybe in another quarter century h e'll be out there again-fighting for another a\Yarcl. There are t "·o considerations to account for the popularity of golf. One of these, and it must be considered paramount, is the benefit that the game brings. the o utdoor life. t.he exercise in the open with plenty of ~unshine, etc., all "guaranteed" to pron1ote good health. The other is the spirit of competition. Th~ older players are enticed by hoth; the younger by the latter. That is enough to make golf what it is today. Golf is everybody's game. It belong s to the women a s well as the men and year by year the convert colony grows larger. There is no rea son why it should stop growing. If it did we would not have in America todaY uur health, our prized possession. "' There is nothing ahead to indicate a point uf saturation for the gan1e. \Ve say this after reading that no less than a dozen new golf clubs were opened in the Chicago district (several of them on the north shore) Jast week. The tnore, the healthier, as well as the more, the n1errier. Golf One of the tnost needed and most used summer recreation agents in any community is the summer playground. Children of all ages who either . cannot or do not go Summ'er away for the long va~ Playgrounds cation need a playground rea sonably near their hon1es where they can refresh themselves after work in school or office or shop. The boys and perhaps some uf the girls like to indulge in playground ball. The girls enjoy "kick" hall. Both sexes can participate in numerous other games. \Y e American s play to,o littl e. Thousands see professional baseball and college football, but looking at a game cannot by any stretch be called "playing" a game. ~o one can play while remaining on the side line s. So it comes to pass that we r eally play very little , but we lopk and yell a great deal. We miss the fun and rejuvenation that comes from actually playing the game. Summer is the season for play and if a boy or girl cannot play while working, and has no opportunity for play after work hours, the most valuable portion of living is mi ssed. It seems to u s a fine thing that our nort hore villages have prcn·ided summer playgrounds. t -a . -~--·-·-·-· ·-··--·---__.. SHORE LINES ,._........,~,.... tO -a ·._......-.. ·..-.c· ~~,_..,_,.,.....,_.a- ·0 't I spo nds to the oldfashioned name of To~Yh. H is mostly Irish terrier but one or more ? ts an· cestors must have been Airdale. But hts courage is entirely Celtic. . . Toby is a most cotn~aniot~able do~.. Gm 'Ytll run around town inspectmg vtllage affatrs, askmg' no human companion. But f'oby loves hu.man . t He will go nowhere wtthout human fnend. socte y. 'd' 'th his mis He asks nothing better t 1 1an n mg wt . · \\~tress. He goes wild when. offered such a tnp . e have never seen Gin go wtld. . Toby is a wonderful watchdog. The shght~st sou nd of a strange voke or footfall calls from htm immediately a sharp bark, followed by a threatening growl. . Toby apreciates whatever is ~lone for hun . .\n.d his appreciation is of no ordmary sort. It ~s voluminous and vehement. When pl~asanth' excited he bounds about like a most hvely rubber ball. . · f When Toby scrutinizes a friend ~tth ht.s so t brown eyes the little terrier seems ht~her 111 tbl' evolutionary scale than the average canme. -FIL, THE FILOSOfER . E know a dog ~hat rivals the editorial ~~' W that canine who diets upon type metal ai tf tt 1 were bones. The dog that we know" so w~, re~ ADD ODIOUS COMPARISONS ++++++++++ Thumbs Down! Dear Mr. Mique: I'm coming out from u,nder cover to hand you this one. I saw a fellow a (a boy friend's) head and it looked ki~da fun.ny so .1 giggled. He caught me at it and betng a btl sen·!· tive remarked that I should not make fun o_f hta head aa it waa the only one he had, to whtch. I answered faat just like this: "Why, Babe, you sa1d you were going to get a-head." If, alter this I must be shot at break of day, please nant my last request and let me select the spot.-Em. The \\'el fare of our several village:' depends on the condition of th e village equipm en t. \\rith poor run-down street cleaning machines. fire engine -. collection trucks. etc.. the inhabViUage itants of a town cannot liv e in ++++++++++++ Upkeep peace and sec urit,·. Well, What's the Mystery? . The sec u.r ing of an unusualh· Dear Mique: That Fungo Hitting mug ain't efficient tire engine should be a matter of so smart. Let him ·write his line, but I'll show pride to each citizen. In fact he should be him I'm versatile hv stepping into a new charactrr . happier to know of such improvement s than I'm not a one subjc{:t guy eith~r li~e he. i~. Cha_nce.c. arc he couldn't write anythmg mtelhg1ble 1f 1t to be conscious .o f improven1ent in his own wasn't about golf and he needs an anchor to holcl private personal property, for a civic im him down on that. provement means benefit not only to htn1Now get me on this, I'm an observing gent and se lf hut also to all hi~ fello"" citizens. what I observe I absorb-that is, if it isn't too had to swallow. But while I was -doing my ohThere are a fc\\· residents of a village " ·hu serving stuff on Sunda)· morning I came acros :; a resent the expending of public funds for imcouple of things that'd ::.ivc .S herlock. ~olme:' proved fire fighting apparatus. They feel plenty of employment. ~·trst,. I was ndmg on that the administration is not so thriftv as Sheridan road near the btg hndge. At the curb it ought to hl'. :\Ioncy ought· to he s<:ved. I spotted a lady's hat. A block farthc~ sou.th in the middle of the road I sees a lady s sltpper. Taxes. ought to be lower . The old eq uip~~ vsterious-What? I gets all excited and tells a ment 1s good enough. It ha s done good sercop because I think maybe they's been some sort \' ice and \\'ill st ill be adequate. · fJf a tragedy. The cop looks at me kinda sorrownut such a line of thinking i.· ill advised. fully and says, "Say, young fellow, don't worry If th e hou se and fatnily of one of these about that, the lady had enough to get home nn, or on enough to get home, anyway." luke -,,·ar m individuals were threatened by I'm stilt a bit mystified when I humps intn lire, wouldn't he be happy to know that a another myster y. I steps into the L terminal tire engine of maximum efficiency were on about 11 o'clock, just in time to see one of our cops step up to a g-ent who's been standing in the way to save his house and family? the station since 5 o'clock in the morning. The Let us then not only make n.o objection cop says "Was you waiting for your wife?" beto the economical buying of new civic equipcause he probably sometime had an appointment tnent but on the contrary take a justifiable with his own wife. "No," answered the waiter with a glassy stare, pride in these improvements. Having had experience with poorly inflated tires, we feel that we are in good position to urge not only ourselves but others to keep tires well pumped up. Underinflation n1eans the w,o rking back and forth of casing fabric; and this means weakening of casing walls. So we tell ourselves as well as others "Keep your tires full." Hub tells us on his Theater page that he has a pair of "howling shoulders." This news arouses our sympathy and also our congratulations. Why congratulations? Because Hub is getting sotnething that is usually tnonopolized by people who go away for a vacation. And Hub got his sunburn right down on our north shore beaches. .. I been waiting here for a train to take me to Diversey, hut they're not running today," Mique, it looks like somebody was going to get bawled out when Mr. Insult finds out that his em ployes have removed Dh·e rsey from his line. -THE OLD PLUC. ++++++++++++ Dear Mique: "The day feet of another eighth grade history idol have been entertainingly exposed by Eugene . O'~eill." Book page last week. Blessings on thee, eighth grade idol , Feet of Clay you've tried to hide'll, Be exposed by the "literary" While Mencken satellites make merry. -THE STORMY PETREL. P########o####o###o Good citizens, that is tiorth shore citizens, will not use more water than strictly necessary during the three hours frotn 4 to 7 while any hot dry spell is on. It is obvious that much use of water Lo,vers the pressure and thus constitutes a menace in case of fire. Among those who, we trust, were thoroughly routed last week were the gentlemen who wheeled a certain brand of home-heating apparatus about the north shore right at the peak of the sweltering period. MIQUE.