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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 20 Feb 1931, p. 30

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Tbere are tworadically..opposed ways of getting votes. One way is to cali your opporient names, the filthier-the better. Was !Searcb the dictionary Ways etand vour own mùemo- Gettingý Votes. ry for the most in- sulting .epithets ,that. you can, find and plaster themn on your r-ival. If bis personal appearance resembles, tbat of an ugly or loathsome beast, label your rival with the.name ofi that particu- -lar beast. The other way is to, discuss the issues of tbe campaign intelligently and thor- oughly and to pledge yourself to a defi- nite line of actio n. The candidate who uses this second metbod wilI flot indulge in the calling of names or in the reviling of his- competitor. He will flot caîl the other man a moron or an idiot. If be finds fault with the other man be will confine bimself to a deçent. criticism of those traits that really impair bis candidacy. North shore citizens lnay welI congratu-. late themselves that tbey -do not have to decide between mud-slinging candidates. In belping north shore voters to a reason- able decision, no speaker feels it neces- sary to descend to low and of ten. ir- relevant personalities. We may ju.stifiably feel pleased that we are st illi susceptible to appeals to reason. Chicago cannot gracefully take ber. place among the great cities of tbe world until its citizens feel sincerely ashamed of un- civilized and clownrigbt dirty ways of get- fallible men. and women..We, like 1cbil- dren, must have tbose to whom we can look up. Tbe man, Washington, may be dead, but his soul goes marcbing on be- fore us. We-,ineaning you and I-can pay mnost of our debfts. Don't, take ýus to mean: tbat w e havre paid tfbhm. That would, be ýto stretch the trutb' too far. Cant 1Pay What we mean is tbat Tits eb mst Of our debts areý of such a nature that they cati be paid. But a number of our.biggest and most significant' debts* are flnot of the P)ayable sort.- On the evening of February. 16 we bad the immense pleasure of hearing a recital by "Spain' forcmost. pianist,"I. Jose Iturbi. And we're flot exaggerating wben' we say "immense pleasure," for if there is in the haven't beard of bim. His program was coruprehenisive, emnbracing compositions by Mozart, Brahms, Schumiann, Liszt, Cbopin, Debussy, Bach, and the modemns. He sh owed unusual power of ilterpreétati on and shading, and 'the technical skill ble employed in the Brahm.s' number was l)ositivcly uncanny. .This opportunity of bearing witbin a short distance from our homes sucb mas- fers of musical art as Iturbi, puts us un- der a debt that the small admiission fee cannot cancel. 1lere is a debt that we can- not pay ini fll. And we therefore shall con-' tinue to be debtors to the Winnetka Music club ini genieral and to Mrs. Roland Whit- man in particular. Doubtless the rnMost effectivre attempt% to' discbrge this unique debt-wou.d b to subscribeý now, for- the 1931-32 recitals. At tbe advanced age of 88, Milton J. Timberlake came to 'the end of bis earth- ly days. Some few years ago we used to school, Winmette, is one of the authors of a con- tinued story revealing our terre strial globe in its activities some. cons hence. That reminds us of a 'certain English author, also of a jules Verne turn of mind. Well,, soine day.it may be, "%H. G. Wells,.I' like to, have you meet G. 'Wells," or vice versa--who can telil? WE REPEAT, ROOSTERS ARE. GAME BIRDS': Some tinie ago, we wrote of the bravery of north shore roosters that crow into the dawnà even when they are do omed for soup. And we're stili convinced that roosters are game birds- in fact,- We're moreI positive than ever. The other 'night, we went into a -restaurant and. ordered "roast chicken,' but surely .'twas a rooster in disguise. For we chewed and chewed,. but the bird remained its o'vn sweet muscular self. Those fowls just won't give up, even after they are cooked. For further proof of their gamne-, nless, c. -f. one sore jaw. A few:more meals like that, we'll be able te chew almpost. as well as Gin, the type-eating terrier. 1300D NEWS FOR THE, MEN: Reports from the National Association of Retail 'Clothi ers and Furnishers, homt eenla i oel Sher- man, indicate (1) that bare kneces:will fnot be the vogue for, men, and (2) that suspenders are stili holding Up. Although wýe cari give the above information, *we're sorry ý to. state. that, although we start workin g after the. sun goes down, we're ne auithority on night clothing. Guess.w' bte disobey the rules of the theater 'after that last remnark-and run, not walk, to the nearest eit. A. HOPEFUL NOTE: Lest our me ditations on roosters Iead our readers to think that we always ponder'tough subjects, may we turri our thoughts emore was at peý the words of an n8arub I. JAIN o ul8Ur8 J8Sri,4. rhough unlike tbe life of Lincoln in so umany respects tbe ife of Washington re- wmbled Lincoln's in certain striking par-. tiolars. Both men were tail and muscu- hr; botb pas sed most of t1hir e.arly life Ip~ he pcniar; Pobfrjived- in critical, With election days in the near distance we sbould ail resolve io vote every time we 'get the opporturiity. We can't al serve as village -trustees, but we can, aid- we ought tQ vote. ALVUI Me viewpoïnt of one who has been long- sufcring and kind, though frequently caught tmadway between opposing forces in the annual, Wilmette.clection canter. Be§ides we might get away on a vacation if the vil1ageisg will confine. thcmselves to peaceful Pursuits. -MIQUE.,

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