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WILMETTE LIFE ·May 24. t929 - Telephone .......... . SUBSCRIPTION PRICE Wilmette 4100 .. . .1!.00 A YE.A R The "hedge" ordinance recently passed by the Wilmette council is a sane safety measure and otie which other communities might very well adopt. Grade Separation will save life. Sane Safety The measure states that Let's have immediate action! Measure hedges, walls, and fences at street and alley intersections in Wilmette should not be more than four feet high for a distance of fifteen Next Thursday, May .10, is Memorial Day, feet from said intersection. It also proor Decoration Day as it used to be called. vides that the lowest branches of trees shall It is the day dedicated to the memory of not be less than seven feet from the ground. those who for their country Memorial "gave the la st full measure The purpose of this law is to prevent acciof devotion." dents which commonly occur at such interDay Almost everv American sections because of obstructed visibility. no,,· living can rec~11 \\'ith ;ividness the Every driver knows that n1ore care is called time some ten years ago when two confor in driving through residence districts tinents were shaken hy that terrific conflict. than in almost any other area. In such disV\ e remember the beginning in 1914, the tricts children ar~ numerous and since they entry of America into the war, the weeks are playing about their homes are not at of h·eart-breaking contests, the welcome all li~ely to put safety first. Abundant armistice, the return of the troops, the vegetation on home grounds prevents even roll of the sick and the dead. careful drivers from guarding again st acciEven if a perso n were disposed to forget dents. A child may run out onto the street tho se awful " ·ee ks. he cannot. Soldiers entirely unexpectedly and as has been the and sailors in the hospitals and on the . treets case many times on the nortl1 shore may remind us that war is no dramatic perform- · he fatally injured. ance to cease entireh· when the curtain The humane motorist will find the lowerfall s. The results arc real and will not ing of hedge s at intersections a very great disappear with this generation. The victors help. ITe can easily sec both ways and can and the Yictim~ are not easilY distinguished. act accordingly. Life is precious and should \\'hat tribute r·a n we· pay? Abraham be safe-guarded in all possible ways. Lincoln, in his immortal addres~. made it plain once for all that the living can.\ village improvement association or one not really dedica tc a tract of ground as a n'presenting a deflnite neighborhood does final resting place for the dead. But we, tnuch to raise the value of the village or the li\'ing-, can on l\Iemorial Day express neighborhood as a place in which to live our g-ratitude for what our soldiers have and bring up a family. Such an organtzadone for us and can dedicate ourselves to tion renders a unique service. It takes the serYicc of our great republic. vacant lots out of the class of eYe-sores and puts them into the class of stnail parks. Beginning on I\fond:J.y, Jun<' 1i, and conIt doe s 1ts share. and not seldom a large tinuing for eight weeks until Friday, share, towards planting, with flo\\·ers and Augu t 9. the 1929 summer session of New shrubs. areas that would otherwise be unTrier high school " ·ill appeal to many of pleasant to look upon. those north shore New Trier boys and girls who Some days ago we received from a friend Summer School for one reason or in Southern California a letter in which another w a n t to said friend congratulated himself on no keep on going- to school during the summer longer being obliged to liYe in north-castvacation. · That summer . chool is popul:1.r ern Illinois where one perspires profusely is evidenced by the probability that iOO will on l\londav and freezes on TuesdaY. How take ad\'antage of the opportunity. · our corre.~ponclent " ·ould have cn;sed had ~Iatn· and varied. arc the groups of stuhe been on the north shore in the flowery dents ·who will sign up for hot-weather month of l\[ay on the daY \Yhen the mercour ses. (1) Those, who because .of illcury droppecl- almost ·60 de~Tee s ! ness or . ome other handicap, have fallen behind their cla:smates and de ·ire to catch up. (2) Those \\·ho \Yant to gain advance . \ 11-da y parking of cars in btL iness, or credits so that next Year the\" maY have in othen,·ise congested districts causes great the schola. tic hank a· halat1ce ·on ":hich they inconYeniencc and annoyance to those who can dra\\" in time of need . (3) Those wh~ would like to park tct;1porarily in spaces " care to take work in some field from which thns ,pre-empted. ~o automobile o"·ner their reg-ular program wnuld exclude them. who driYes to the loca:l tation and there ~ome hoy wh() is taking a classical course takes the train to Chicago is justified in may like to learn how to ew or cook. Or parking his car for the entire day in a sori'1e girl may like to do a little work in ~pace before some tore. Time was when the forge . hop. ( 4) Tho. e who are not such parking incOtl\"enienced no one, but leaving home for the summer and would such a time has passed. All communications mus't be accompanied by the name and address of the writer. Articles for publication must rea~h the editor by Wednesday noon to Insure appearance In current Issue. , Resolutions of condolence, cards of thanks, obituaries, notices of entertainments or other atratrs wherfl an admittance charge Is publlshed, wfll be charged at regular advertising rates. like to use their empty time. (5) And perhaps finally, those grammar ,school graduates who don't want to be too green when they come to high school next fall. .Attendance for eight sumtner weeks will serve to introduce then1 to high school people and customs. Certainly sutnmer school has come to stay. SHORE LINES CALL OF THE TRAILS dictates, when inclined to set out upon . HABIT an evening's drive, that we shall fare forth upon the broad concrete highways of the countryside, telling- us the while that we genuinely enjoy the jaunt. Yet, as a matter of fact', we're not, when · traveling the "beaten track" getting the most out of motoring at this glorious season of the year. \Vhat we're getting at is the simple fact that the real beauties of spring are to be found, rather, along those country roads which skirt, by many a twist and turn, the villages of the north shore. Took just such a journey the other evening and were astounded to learn that one may travel northward-west of our towns-for many miles without the necessity of employing the principal tra~el arteries. True , it is difficult to avoid subdivisions and other eYidence of urban life within a few hour's ride of th e north shore. Yet one feels a bit nearer real country life along those gravel trails. Try it some evening. The roads may not be smooth as boule vards, but, there\ no hurry-and many compensa tions . Now We'll Tell One Clint Couffer, sage of vVilmette, comes forth with a new one relative to his pet canary who, (or \Yhich) Clint avows, is a genuine baseball enthmiast. And here's the low-down: "\\'hen I'm li:;tening in on the Cubs or Sox," says Clint,. "Dick (that's the bird) perches on my shoulder and joins in on the fun. \Vhile Hal Tott en is chattering along this bird keep s up a running line of chirping. but when Hal and the crowd at the park get excited over a Cub rally, Dick warbles and flutters with unrestrained delight. And when Hack \\Tilson strikes out- well, Dick prompt!~· falls off his perch." Nothing Personal, of Course We too, got a chuckle out of .t hat subtitle in a current movie production relative to the trials and tribulations of a young married couple, as follows and to·wit: "If all interfering relatives were laid end to end-wouldn't it be great!" · · Having read in the daily prints nf the appr.oaching conYention of the Guild of ex-Organ Pumpers, we a\vait patiently a pC'rsonal bid, a privilege we demand in consideration of many a fine afternoon devoted to aiding and abetting embryonic. and seemingly untiring organists of tWtJ decades arr1 ' \Vonderful. indeed, the recollection that, but for our breathless pumping, the most skilled of organ ists could . not have played a note. In the cell adjacent to the new Capone abiding place reposes the gent who at the conclusion of the Kaintucky boss race, ven,tured the opinion that Clyde Van Dusen "knew his groceries," · ·)++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++(· + + + + + + i POPPYDAY i : + + + + + + + + + + f ··· · ··· · ··· · ·:· + ! + + + + + + + + i They Gave Gladly ! + + + + i + + + + + + (·++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++·~ -Mique. + + + Will You? i + + + +