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MFMBER OF CHIICAGO SUBURBAN QUALITIfGT 1016-1l8 Willoughiby Tower, Chicago. Central 3355 FIVE CENTS A COPY TWO DOLL.ARS A YEAII NVews material rmisst reacli editor by Tuesday, noon. Contributions skhould bear aut hor's naine, required for reférence and, not necessily for pubication. AUGUST 3, 1939 CottrtesyJVeek At the suggestion of Charles M, Hayes, president of, the, Chicago Motor club,, this bas been designated "courtesy week,"' dur- ing which motorists 'are expected ,to be more polite than perhaps is their usual custom, and traffic.policemen are expected to forego caustic remarks about "going to a fire?" Everything is gping to be so nice and pleasant that a noticeable drop in the number of accidents is anticipated. If you are a ,motQrist * ndfi l to give hand signais when you contempiate making a turn or coming to a, stop; if you weave in and out of. traMei; if you drive in the center lane and thus hog the road; if you pass other cars on, hilîs or curves, or if you poke along at so slow a pace that you hold Up other drivers who krlow how to step on it, a polite officer will probabiy motion you to the side of the road and give you a lecture on the error ofyour ways. The campaign is basèd upon the assump- tion that a courteous driver is a safe driver, but the job in hand seerns to be to make an unsafe driver courteous. Can it be done? Final resuits of the campaign, which, is state-wide, can answer. Its success is Most' -devoutly to be.desired. 9 9ý Under conditions which bave ordinarily obtained in past years, confliet between the executive and legisiative branches of the day's end to eat a bite and get ready to go some other place--in a hurry. R The pace gives us no time to cuitivate our ,neighbors uniess, perchance, they move n 1the samne social circle ini which we, go 4.'round and 'round.. It affords little time -for -physical relaxation or mind improvement.. If it. doesn't leave, no time at ail for civie, reiigious and chaitable, dut'e of the com miunity, we, think. it does. It atleast pro- vides an alibi for .neglecting those, duties, which every citizen, .whether he recognizes the fact or -no t, owes to th e town in which. hie lives. We are in a hurry, too, for many things whichwe thiink we need, but really only. want. . In'such a hurry, in fact, that we can- not wait to earn the money -with whic 1h to pay for theml and, anticipate income to go into debt-further into debt. Too much speed! Thinking of Winter? This is August. And it's bot. Pèrhaps it is not pleasant to think of winter, with the thermometer hovering around the 90 mark, but summer is the time to prepare your home against the cold and rainy period ahead. Don't forget that men' s overcoat and ladies' fur. garment sales are now in progress. If your bouse needs a new roof, don't wait until bad weather deiays its application, or leaks ruin decorations and piaster. Check over the heating plant. Furnaces and chimneys shouid be given a thorough dlean- ing and necessary repairs made by some- one. who knows how. Wood beams extend- ing into chimney walls have started many a fire. And adequate fire stops are ail-4im- portant. Check over exposed electric wiring-dark days bring mnaximum demànd for light and heavy use of. electric heating appliances. His face lu still a deep crimson, .deep crimson being, if anything, redder than red, and lasting longer. Hi l a popular North Shore business man, and the incident we are about to relate pro- vided the, most 'embarrasng moment of his active, and eventini .hlie. Embarrassing, is nlot exactly theword, but at the moment we cannai* think. of its superlative. The story runs like this, and how we do hate to tel it: The b. m. wasr- turning on a, recent trip from Chicago via: the North- Shore electric line, which was crowded to the roof with suburbanites. The nearest the b. m.ý got; té a seat was the strap above, from w*hich haniging position he. looked doWn upon wholly oc- cupiéd ones. As the strain of tra vel becamne more acute, and his strap-àrm "«went ta sleep"l be- cause o! obstructed, circulation, he waxed angry and angrier, and his indignation at haVing to hang on a strap rose _to greater and greater heights. Presently, remnemberinig that he is, an American citizen, and thbat the constitution guar- antees the right of free speech. he expostulated vocally, addressîng his vitriolic remarks :té a fellow-sufferer at his elbow, althougb they were audible ta all in that part of the car. It was a shame and a crime against humanity .f or the company to take money for a seat and then hand a man a strap, he asserted. And why don't they put on more cars? he aslced, with an ex- pression that simply dared anybody ta answer. and then answered it himself: "To save money, that's why. I[oney ta pay outrageaus salaries ta high functionaries who neyer earn themn." The addressee acquiesced. without heat, by a nod of the head. "Take the general manager." the b. m. rushed on. "H1e gets $60.000 a year. and for what? Just ta provide straps for good paving customers ta hang on. Why should he get $60,000 a year? Is he worth $60,000 a, year?" A quiet- mannered gentleman standing close by injected himself. into the one-sided conversation by say- ing that he did not believe the general mwanager gets $60,000 ayear. "Oh, yes he does," the 1b. m. replied. "It was publîshed in the paper flot sa. long ago." "Well," responded the q. m. g.,.641 don't think he does. in spite o! what the paper'. may have said about it. In fact. 1 arn in posi- tion ta know something about it, and I feel pret- ty sure' the g. m. doesn't get anything like $60,- 000 a year." With that he offered the b. m. his card. which bore the engraved riame of the, general -manager. Sequel: The twolentered into. a friendly conversation that lasted until desti- nation was reached. it ia fast putting the .resient on the de- fensive. Éest about it ail is that it is an American opposition which cornes as a natural consequence o! attaclcs upon the established*form of government. Admiral William D. Leahy, preparing to re- tire, says that the American navy lu the best îin the worid. Let's bope we don't have to proVe Mr. Disgusted, husband o!fh(rs. Disgusted and father of ail the limte Disgusteds, continues to fIood the forum departments o! newspapers with complairits about this, that and the other thing. And durig such hot weather, too.