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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 26 Jan 1933, p. 26

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Grade. Separation'Will Save Lif e It is, oniy a sho rt tiie -ago that 'we ac- quired pur first radio. B3efore that event- fui day, we had, beeîi rather opposed to thern,, had regarded them a s Listening soinewvhat unu ecessary,. if In niot troublesoine. . Ve had heard thcîu in our denti.st's office, delivering con 1glonierations of toues and noises. We heard'pCopIC talkig. buùt we couldn't understand xhat thev sai.d. Then -we had entered homes in w'hich radips -were- going roin -early moring ~to late evening. Naturally we w-cre flot Ilu favor of themi. But now we are positively for them. Froni. the very first timie that we tuned in on our own set we have l)eefl abundant- ly entertained and informed. XXe have chuckled with pleasure during the dia- logue between Ed Wynn atid Grahami. XVc have enioyed thîe symprhony concerts sent We now stt(ly the radiio pýrog-ramis every day so as to be. sure not to mniss anyvthing reallv worth ile. We get up every morning to the stirring strains pf a bugle. So doing, %ve are reallv up for the day. We were stirred bv ail the Christmias and New Year messages. The toliing of Big Ben brougbt a lump into our throats'. Calvin Coolidge -as ceritainIv iîot .a showy man, We d:o .iiot suppose thiat even- asharpuS-ihted man, unacquainted ývith the ex-President would pvick Ste rli ng, hini out from' a cr.owd as a Qalitiî.es ' nian of extra:ordinary quai- luies. 0f the two. Hiarding. and Coolidge, ýthe ~former Iooked. mucli more impressive. But who that knowsý the life of Co1lidge wvould hesitate 'to rate him as a man1 of sterlingr qualîties?. His virtues, like those'of Al)rah.aliiLini- coin, were of ý the. unobtrusive soýrt. .Ile knew his own mind rernarkably Nveli. So wvell ihat in a crisis his conclusions %vere 1clear and concise. His plain and decided "I do fiot ehoosê to -ri" - was the -out- corne of a mind that -%orked logically. Many of his other décisions wvere equalyv terse and final. fle knew just where lieý was when lie reached a conclusion. What a simple life he Iived! The life of an ordinarv nman, especialiv after Ibis years ini Washington. Rising at a set tirne every inorning,. he Nvent about his daily business, nopt 11k-e a E'uropean mon- Hlewas a good and great man. Studv- îîîg his life w~e can. see what it wvas th'at constittuted is. goodness and greatness. .And seeing this we can emulate his example. The results of the scientists been criticised as impracticable. have often To miany There's beauty win!are branchtes' .%wa- Thces r"Jîaliiig ii i tis respte, too. -Irma Keen, Glencoc. Ambling a1oing Randolph street the other evening, wve beheld what appeared tu be any Scotsman boolk- w orm's dreamn of a genuine bargain., In the. window, of a. book store nestled a card bearing, the happy legénd, "One Hundred World's ýBest. Novels- condeised-olv One Dollar." *'And," quqiedI our charming. companion, 'whC would, dare. attempt to select the'omie hundred world's hest novels ? Wc answered-very sagely~ "Areni't the evenings varm this winter?" Babsýon, says ýour,.best in formend -amaàteur. econenmist f riend, predicts. the greatest era of prosperity tItis - dear old ealth libas ever witncssed.* Every succeeding era of depression h as hbeen more depressing. than its predecessors., this amateur.:.(tiot. Babson) insists. There fore,ý lie reasons, by the samie token each. etc. and etc. %vave'of prosperity topls,-ail those that have gonie before., Which k l rather interesting, although as for ourselves. we'd be pcrfectly satisfied wit-h just a bit oif, good old-fashi.oned well-being~- 1call it prosperity. if yoi like. JUST A MOTHER ltasks arc scldom fin ished; l'rn zieer eally throuqh; 7'here's ahc<iys sopnethig le! t undoine, Juist oPle more thhing to do. A!I'lt!e coat >eeds meindin1g, Il/uhit cise is ite re, v3ou say? Ahindred Peit v trivial things 7'liotcrowd mb ecach -day, For I amn jîst a mot her. i ivwre Io FIÇUs#oe iuso; ,Tis à-wceet Io knoîc JFin needed, T'o flec I ha7 'e the p'ower To guiide each lit/le footstep Thrughe)rv golden hou,, *For- I arn just Éa motizer. And î(,eiu nzy drcam i as ended, When I find mn-v children grown, WVhen one by one they disappear And leaive nie all alone; WlV en they no longer zeed nie, 'rhtil .lj.ro i .-.1 r - ýsed a§ an ïssuing our nortn shlore schools th The borrowed first place. That suits us. ing of [at in given Mr. We Mr end -MIQUE.

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