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·wiLMETTE LIFE December 21, .19~ WILMETTE 1881J'.D PJUD.6.Y OP LiFE .ACB . w·BK bJ LLOm BOLLIAT8a. DC. lJII-1111 Central Ave.. Wilmette. Dl. Clatcuro oftloe: I N. Michigan Ave. TeL Bt&te 111· Telepio·· .. · . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .........·. Woae&&e iiii IUBMCBIPTIOlf PBICB.... . . . . . . . ·. liM l YBAB All communlcatlona muet be accc)mpanled by the name and addrea of the writer. Articles for public-ation muet reach the editor bJ Wednellday noon to lneure appearance In current laue. . Reeolutlone of condolence, cards of tbanb, obituaries. nottcee of entertalnmentl!l or other attain ·where an Admittance charge Is published. wtll be cbllrged at rfl~lar advertising rates. Some proplr. usuallv YOt11H!. think that one vea r ts a long- tim<'. Ot hrrs. ·u c; na 11 ~' older. think it a ven· short time. 'Vhen one is waitin.Q" for a t~rrly acqu~intanre and has Not Very nothing to do. the minute Long! h~nd creeps around the dial. nut \\'hen 011(' is ah . orbed in :-ome ~rtivitY. the minute hand rovers the dial \\'ith alarming- speed. Robert King-en·. serret~r\' of the Chicag-o Regional P1at.mit1g- as~oriat.ion. s~ id reccnth·. "It won't he vcrv long- now. T mean 15 ~r 16 Years, "·hen m1c ma~· drive sonth from Evanston on an outer (Irive." 'v\'e venture to assert that manY of hi~ hearer. ~ must ha\Te heen surprised to-learn ?'lfr. King-ery's conception of a not very long time. They probably think of 15 or 16 years as quite a long time. In fact on the north shore great changes occur in even f1ve or six years. If a north shore resident were to return to his home after an absence of fiyc years he would scarcely recognize certain- districts which he had known well before his absence. In the last few years enough building has been going on west of our north shore towns to confuse people who (' v away for only the summer months. To a child sixteen years is a very long time; and it would be something of a shock for a sweet young thing of sixteen to realize that it wouldn't be very long now, only 16 years, when she would be a nice old lady · At home Christmas joys are greater than anywhere else. At home Christmas candles burn more brightly, Christmas candies are more delicious, Christmas presents are more_ How to Make wonderful , than in any Them Happy other place. We have attended many S.unday School Christmas entertainments and have had as much fun as the next fellow awaiting Santa's arrival and the distribution of gifts. But on Christmas no other place is a match for the home. Do the children in the variou s institutions in and about Chicag-o. children in the so-called "Homes." enjoy Chri~tmas as much as children in real famih· home~? Vvc cannot hc I i eve that t h eY d(,, I s t h cr e 11 o '"a" () f hring-ing re~ 1 holi(by happinc~s to t hcs-clittle ward~ of th state? Yes. there is a way . (:nod people in \ \ 'i1 mette d i ~co \'erecl it L\\·cnty ~·ears ago . F,·en· Chri~tmas daY thc~e kind Chri:-;tian folk~· invit(' orphan~ iiYin~- in the orphanage at Lake n1uff to (Olll e ckn,-n to \Vilmette on Christmas morning and .::.pend the h1essecl daY \\·ith them. in onr Ja..;t -,,·,'ek paper~ than an" prcrious editions! Our high-water mark~ :\ little modest gloating- over this gratifying fact wi11. we trust. not he fonnd dista steful. Over the This reaching- of a topTop! notr h record mc~ns a great deal to us " · ho ~e pleasant and exar.ting- work it is t o get out these com Ill umty news magazine s. \ Ve enjoy · the \\'nrk. In fact. there i" nothing-. when we're feeling fine, that "·e'd rather do than get ont a newspaper. But it's real work. Some of ns work not only all day hut. on occasion. a large share of the night. So to us a hundred page issue is a most ple~sing sight. \Ve kno\v that all our friends. including our readers. and our advertisers. who . of c·ourse, are al~o among our readers. are happy with us in our achievement. \Ve thank our friends in advance for their cong-ra tn1a tions. \\'e have g-one over the top. hut there are other tops to be gone OYer. \Ve live and \\'Ork in a progressive area. Everybody on the north shore does things. Each year will see all of us far beyond our present position. 111 SHORE liNES THE GOOD KING WENCESLAS Good King Wenceslas looked out - On the Feast of Stephen When the snow lay round about, Deep, and crisp, and e~en. Brightly shone the moon that night, Though the frost was cruel, When a poor man came . in sight, Gathering winter's fuel. "Hither, page, and stand by me, If thou know' st it, telling, .Yonder peasant, who is he? where and what his dwelling?" "Sire, he lives a good league hence, Underneath the mountain; Ri~ht against the forest fence, . " By Saint Agnes ' f oun t azn. "Bring me flesh. and bring me wine, . Bring me pine-logs hither; Thou and I will see him dine When we bear them thither." Pnfie and monarch, forth they went, Forth they went together; Through the rude wind's wild lament, And the bitter weather. "'Sire, the night is darker now, And the wind grows stronger; Fails my heart, I know not how, I can go no l onger." "Mark my footsteps, my good page, Tread thou in them boldly; . Thou shalt find the winter's rage Freeze thy blood less coldly." In his master's steps he trod Where the snow lay dinted; Heat was in the very sod Which the saint had printed. There/ore, Christian men, he sure, Wealth or rank possessint, He who now will bless the poor, Shall yourselves find hl{!ssing. -Traditional ~[ore pa , !..!.l"-' ~f 32. On the north shore is an organization just as important in its field, and just as active. as the Boy Scouts. 1Iure is heard about the latter organization probNorth Shore ably because it is older. . and perhaps be<;ause of G1.rl Scouts the innate diffidence of the more rettnng sex. But be all that as it may, there is in every north shore town an active troop of Girl Scouts. Its general purpose and aims are n1uch the same as those of their brother ScoutsdcYelopment of physical, mental.-and spiritual health by the most efficient method;-. The ~e methods arc mu~tly di~ciplinary. less emphasis being placed on book \\'Ork than on actual exercise of the powers of the indiYidual. The Girl Scouts have a summer camp at Juniper Knoll, \Vi consin. E \·c ry year the Girl Scouts of . \mc~ica meet in national convention. at \\'hich tunc their honorary president, l\Irs. Herbert 1 iooYer, occupies the chair. It i especially fitting- that the \\'ife of our president-elect should have been eletted to this position and thi~ 1Jond bet\\'een an organization of future women citizen , should have been established, because it is certain that as 'time goes on '1\'0men voter will play an increasing part' in the governing of our country. ·· 'Tis the week before Christmas and \\'hat Speaking of "Good Fellows"---the good King W encesg1 fts to get for wife. relatives. friends, and las might well hav~ bee n th ~ daddy of 'em all! other~. we haven't the dimmest idea. We Headlin e in Evanston ReYiew - - "\Vilmette Gardeners presume th::tt there Rpend EYening With Husbandf'." \Vhlch calls for the are manv others, es- customary: interesting, if true. The Week pecially -of the less Hinting by Implication, No Doubt Before Christmas tender sex, who find Dear Mique: I don't know if this is a warning, tl ,emselves in our a threat or a promise, but I wish to broadcast the fact that there will be NO MISTLETOE in my dilemma. vVhich is as follows. If we give house this vear. I interviewed Hizonor Santa no gifts this year, \\·e shall deserve none Claus recentiy in the interest of SHORE LINES, next year. That's a prospect we do not and regretfully report that he is not particularly partial to li'l noozpaper gurrls. In fact, he emphatcare to contemplate. icallv denounced me and the rest o' my kind for \\'e. this time including you, should J)y circulating' the report that he will arrive with hi s this date not only have our lists n1ade out reindeers. as in previous years. "Reindeers!" he hut should have done considerable of our snorted so dgorously that his long white whiskers blew down one whole subdivision in Glencoe, "How shopping. The stores are full of one thing come I should hr an old fogey? Didn't Charlie or another suitable for young and old, Lindbergh, htmself, in person, convert me to the masculine and fcm in inc. \\ 7 here'er we walk, new mode of travel-by airplane? It's noiseless, \\'e see store windows glittering with jewthough. so tell the youngsters to go to sleep as usual on Christmas Eve." Then he chuckled, and elry and alive with all species of toy the people in Pago Pago trembled, thinking it was animals. thunder. But he remembered me and scowled, As for us, not including you this tin1e, we "Next time you put me in the old-fashioned class, don't much care just what we find in our · I'll COMPLETELY forget about you. "Humphm! · Geecee," I thought, as I dashed away, "I t'ink he Christmas morning sock. We have plenty was kind o' annoyed!" -Wickie. of ties, two pairs of suspenders, and an abundance of shirts and collars. Merry Christmas! -MIQUE.