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42 WILMETTE LIFE December 13, 192Q WILMETTE LIFE 188UED FRIDAY OF EACH WEEK by LLOYD BOLL18TEB INC. 123Z-123i Central Ave .· WUmette. IlL Chicago oftlce: 6 N. Michigan Ave. Tel. State 6328 Telethoae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wllme~w 41tt 8UB8CJUPTION PRICE .............. lt.H A YEAR All communications must be accompanied by the name and address of the writer. Articles for publication must reach the editor by Wednesday noon to 1Jasure appearance in current issue. Resolutions of condolence. cards of thanks, obituaries, notices of entertainments or other affairs where lln admittance charge Is published, wlll be charged at regular advertising rates. If in the teachings of the Bible one virtue is more emphasized than another it is brotherly love, especially as shown in relief. of the needy. 1t On next Sunday afternoon in New Trier Remember would be difficult to lind auditorium will occur one of the most inone group of human teresting meetings of the entire year. It the Needy beings on the face of the is called the Com-J Next Sunday munity Christmas Fes- globe today which does not think that the helping of those in need is both an obligatival, and it deserves Afternoon tion and a privilege. And if there is any one that significant title. time of the year when charity is most fitEvery community in New Trier township is ting that time surely is Christmas time. fully represented in the various musical organizations that wiJI take part. The audiIn Wilmette and Glencoe there · arc soence which in past years has taxed the called Thrift Shops, operated by the Womcapacity of the hall comes not n1erely from an's club in Wilmette and the vVotnan's one village hut from \Vilmette, Kenilworth, Library club in Glencoe, respectively. Resi~l innetka, Glencoe, and pr'etty certainly dents of these villages give to these shops from villages outside the township. Moreclothing, furniture, toys, games, etc., whic11 over, judging from the size. enthusiasm, are sold for very low price s. This form of ancl eager participation of old and young in philanthropy has been found to be very the community singing of holiday hymn s practicable and also very effective. acand carols the occasion is a fe stival in the cotnplishing a number of desirable re sult s. widest meaning of that word. In Winnetka the Relief and Aid society helps the needy. In addition · to the community singing All these organizations mt"tst be supported there \vill also be a program of numbers by the more fortunate members of each presented by the various musical organizacotnmunity. Garments, books, furniture, tions made up of high school boys and girls. etc., must be donated, or the good ,,·ork A double chorus will sing Bach's tremendcannot go on. ous composition. "Blessing, Glory, and Wisdom, and Thanks." The inclusion on the It will always be true that "the gift withprogran1 of so difficult a choral composiout ·the giver is bare," and at no other seation is a symbol not only of the atnbition · son of the year so true as during these comof the leader of the festival, ~1rs. Cotton, ing Christmas holidays. Greater than all but also of the ability of the students Christmas gifts is the Christmas spirit. themselves. What is pretty certain to strike one as The festival will begin at 4 o'clock. If rather significant is the range of the disyou want to get a seat, get there early. tribution of New Trier high school graduSunday afternoon, December 15. ates in American colA Wide leges. We find 241 of Keep your credit good, and you will beneDistribution . the 328 1928 graduates fit not only your creditors but also yourhave gone not to ten or self. lt goes almost without saying that twelve colleges but to eighty-one. ~fore if you pay your bills over these eighty-one colleges are not all in Keep Your with a fair degree of the "older" sections of our country but in Credit Good p r o 111 p t n e s s, your every section from New Hampshire in the creditors will be fullv East to Arizona in the West, and frotn equipped to pay their own creditors with a~1 Florida in the South to Wyoming in the equal degree of promptness. The channels North. of circulation will thus be kept always full Had these graduates not been thus wideand the currents freely flowing. ly distributed something would have been lost. It is good that our boys and girls Good credit redounds reputation of the should come to know and be proud of all debtor. Few things so surely cause peace parts of our republic. After their years in of mind as receipted bills. It is very pleasthese different colleges they will meet and ant to be able to say, a little after the 15th make such an exchange of ideas as will tend of every month, "I owe not any man." to break down barriers separating these Everything else being equal, re\:eipted hill sections. The individuals themselves will be conduce more to dreamless slumber than less provincial than individual Americans counting sheep or drinking warm milk. were only a few years ago. Moreover, a prompt payer can always be sure of a real welcome in any place of busiPerhaps one or two of the New Trier ness where he is knov;n. The salesmen fall class of 1935 will enroll in some great Soviet over orie another in their eagerness to university. Grade Separation will save lift Let,s have immediate action I serve him. At such a time the "to-morrow" payer is usually neglected. Creditors are not only glad to serve prompt payers and very willing to charge items to his account, they even offer to stand as references when his credit is questioned. Few experiences are more irritating, more galling, more destructive of one's respect , than to discover that one's shaky credit ha s become a matter of common kno\': ledge. Failure to pay Smith soon be·comes known to Jone s, Brown, and a hundred others. Credit associations and chambers of commerce perform this useful service. By this means merchants justly protect themselve s. LINES the Greek Letter boys, may we arise to strike A where it may do the most good at this business of fraternity initiations. We have in mind one Bill "Willie" Anderson, hard-working pharmacist's mate at our favorite smoke counter w}J_ o just now bears all the earmarks (and others more deftly concealed) of a terrific man-handling at the instance of the pill rollers' fellowship. Bill was made to do some deepsea fishing at State and Randolph street, and later firmly persuaded to tote his line and ta.ckle somewhere in the vicinity of Gary where he was un ceremoniously dumped upon a cruel and frigid world sans the wherewithall to transport him back to civilization. All this in the wee sma' hours of the morning. If Bill hands you a toothbrush when you call for a cigar, please charge the miscue to his current sta~e of unsuitedness to the task at hand. W (; shall attempt to bear with him in his great distre ss solely in the interest of the perpetuation of the lofty ideals of his newlv-found fraternal alliance. T THE risk of incurring the eternal wrath of SONG I A starSiz immcri lip In its sih.'er glon·Suddellly loses its clasp [1 pon th e scaffold of a midniglzt sky, .-lnd fallsIts fading :;lory S'l(·al/(rwed Hy the blacl~ 11iylzt. II A drcamEcstai!C lVitl! tlwuylzts of the futureSuddenly CIICO!IIltcrs The cruel 1.~·all of disillusion111e1zt, ..Ind crashesTo stifle i11 the trarful blood Of a broken hear!. - THE DREAMER. 0 Shah! Dear Mique: The new Pierce-Arrow of the Shah of Persia is to be of immaculate white striped with gold. All the metal work is to be gold-plated. Gold all over the radiator, lamps, bumpers, and door handles! The upholstery is to be heavy taffeta silk. The emblem of the manufacturers is to be set with chip diamonds. 0 Shah! what a car! \Vhen his royal highness has given it all the use it deserves we hope that we'11 get a chance to buy it in as a used car. What a sensation -we'd create driving to work up Sheridan road in our Persian chariot with the gold gleaming and the diamonds sparkling! -FIL OSSIFER. C !\ote: Caption perpetrated by col)trib.) JOYS OF WINTER Snow am pi/in' in da do'ways, ~Vi11d am whist/in' tlzrough da trees, Wi11dcrs shakin'-rafters quakin'Looks like it am gwine to free=e! Co ff ec pot's a [Jilin' ovc r, BacoH si=.cliJJ' i~z da pan, Mouth's a 'l.(!alerill'-lJuckwhcat's totterin'Golly! Alzm a luck-::,· man!! -RASTUS. Police Bulletin! The fact that the Hanging committee of the North Shore Art league only recently has held a meeting is not to be regarded as an indication that we are soon to enjoy a necktie party in this vicinity. Fit Ossifer, alias Fit the Filosofer, caused us to heave a most sincere sigh of relief last week when he recited his list ·of Christmas unwantables. Another fifteen cents on the credit side of our ledger. We, too, have a few undesirables we'd like to pit against What-a-Man Shires. J · I -MIQUE.