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14 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1923 Winnetka Weekly Talk ISSUED SATURDAY OF EACH WEEK 24 LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. 1222 Central Ave. Wilmette, Ill Melephone' .........5.... Winnetka 388 Telephone ............. Wilmette 1920 SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 A YEAR All communications must be accom- panied by the name and address of the writer. Articles for publication should reach the editor by Thursday noon to insure appearance in current issue. Resolutions of condolence, cards of thanks, obituary, poetry, notices of en- tertainments or other affairs where an admittance charge will be made or a collection taken, will be charged at regular advertising rates. Entered at the postoffice at Winnet- ka, Illinois, as mail matter of the sec- ond class, under the act of March 3, 1879. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1923 THE BACKBONE OF AMERICA There is a home on the Oregon coast, facing the Pacific ocean. It is a small frame dwelling, plain and unpretentious. Back of it stretches virgin forest-- And in the front yard is a tall flag pole-- ~ And on that flag pole the Stars and Stripes; the American Flag at half mast-- Proclaiming to the world that here is a home in which there is love of country; patriotism; rever- ence for our president who died in the public service doing his duties. Back in the foothills of the Cas- cades there is a log house of a set- tler who, with his wife and their children, is hewing out of the forest a home. And this humble homesteader has set up close to their cabin in the clearing a flag pole from which floats the flag at half mast. President Coolidge, when he was officially notified at Northampton, Mass.,! of his nomination as the candidate of his party for the office of Vice President, used the follow- ing words of acceptance July 27, 1920: "We have been taking counsel together concerning the welfare of America. We have spent much time discussing the affairs of gov- ernment yet most of the great con- course of people around me hold no public office, expect to hold no public office. Still in Solemn truth they are the government, they are America. We shall search in vain in legislative halls, executive man- sions, and the chambers of the judiciary for the greatness of our country. We shall behold there but a reflection, not a reality; suc- cessful in proportion to its accu- racy. In a free republic a great government is the product of a great people. They will look to themselves rather than government for success. The destiny, the great- "ness of America lies around the hearthstone. If thrift and indus- try are taught there, and the ex- ample of self sacrifice oft appears, if honor abide there, and high ideals, if there the building of fortune be subordinate to the building of char- acter. America will live in security, rejoicing in an abundant prosperity and good government at home, and in peace, confidence and respect abroad. If these virtues be absent there is no power that can supply these blessings. Look well then to the hearthstone, therein all hope for America lies." Mr. Coolidge was visualizing the kind of homes represented by the two mentioned above, where the Stars and Stripes floated at half mast ; humble homes, but filled with simple faith and love and respect and honor--homes representing the common people of this great coun- try; the people who are the gov- ernment. So long as our government rests there, no power can shake it. "At night returning, every labor sped, He sits him down, the monarch of a shed; : Smiles by his cheerful fire, and round surveys His children's looks, that brighten at the blaze; While his loved partner, boast- ful of her hoard, Displays her cleanly platter on the board."--Goldsmith. Industrial News Bureau, The Manufacturer. A BIG DIFFERENCE When you and 1 were young, Maggie, we were glad when school | was over and sorry when vacation was over. As May and June crept along towards happy July we tried to spur them on by counting the days remaining. But the counting did no good; it only slowed up the passage of the tardy months. We didn't like to go to school in those days of long, long ago. Of course there was a little fun on the way to and from school, and even in school itself. The fun, however, had no relation to lessons or recita- tions. But now--how changed! The approach of September is welcomed by many. Indeed, we hazard thel belief that the modern school boy gets a little tired of the long vaca- tion and actually looks forward with happy expectation to school's re- opening. Why shouldn't there be a big dif- ference between their attitude and ours? Then the idea seemed to be, "Drill, drill, drill! The more they dislike school, the better it will be for them. Don't let them talk with each other." Why, we remember a school tyrant who called to his office every day each child that had on the previous day done any com- municating! "Communicating" meant talking, whispering, note- writing, or deaf-and-dumb language. No wonder we didn't love school! Nowadays the children do all sorts of interesting things. They work with their hands, dance, talk, act on a stage, sing, make pottery, draw, paint, swim, run, jump--in fact everything we didn't do. The modern motto is, the more they like school, the better it will be for them. "PITY THE POOR PRODUCER!" Last Friday, we bought from a man at our office door a dozen ears of Golden Bantam corn for twenty cents. They were fresh, tender, sweet, and of most de- licious flavor. On the same day our better half bought a dozen of the same edible for twenty-five cents. These, too, were most palatable. ; On the following Monday, only two days later, we paid for a dozen ears of inferior Golden Bantam thirty-five cents! Com- pare the prices--twenty cents and thirty-five cents! The second almost twice the first. We paid the higher price on a well-known county highway skirting the north shore. Moreover the corn was by no means so good as the less expensive dozen. At the same highway farm the same highwayman offered us eggs at ten cents a dozen above the cur- rent market price. When one considers that the people on the county roads sell these goods directly from their gardens, that they are under no expense for transportation, one must come to the conclusion that somebody's getting stung! And that somebody else is making an overabundance of hay while the sun shines. Such high pricers as these in- jure everybody concerned--the honest farmer, the dependent buyer, and their foolish selves. Friends on the auto highways! Come down on your prices! Be reasonable! Be sensible! Be just! ANOTHER INDIANA POET You can talk all you want to about Eddie Guest and Algernon Swinburne, but for downright "all by yourself" flavor, commend us to "Slim" Grant, Did you read "Just Dreamin' ", that came out in this paper a week ago? "Slim" wrote those verses. Read the first stanza: "Tent and camp-fire, and my old dog, Pipe between my teeth, back against a log; Leaves a-rustlin' overhead, Moon a-siftin' through; Too durn nice to go to bed And not much wantin' to." Read it out loud. Doesn't the run of the world get you? Can't you see that seasoned old duffer sit-' tin' there, just dreamin'? Real stuff ! Pure Milk Rigid inspections by our own as well as county inspectors make certain that the dairy farms-- the source of supply--meet all requirements. All BOWMAN"S MILK is in- spected at the country bottling stations and also tested at our Chicago Laboratory. Nothing is left undone to assure the purity and richness of your BOW- MAN'S MILK. Bowman ' DAIRY COMPANY IT] in, La Week-End Tours b y North Shore Motor Coach The North Shore Motor Coach route runs through an enchanting lake country. In the first stage of the trip you pass the rich rolling farmlands of Southern Wis- consin just west of Kenosha, in sight of numerous small lakes. The first big lake Twin Lakes, an idyllic, tree-embowered sheet of blue, with cottages and hotels all around it. Then Powers Lake, which lures thousands of resorters to its banks each summer, for fishing, swimming and other water sports. And at the end of the journey, beautiful Lake Geneva, not only famous as a summer resort for the wealth of outdoor sports it offers, but of extraordinary interest to the tourist for the old-world beauty of its surroundings, dotted with the magnificent summer homes of Chicago and Milwaukee people. Don't let the summer pass without tak- ing a trip by North Shore Motor Coach. Take North Shore Train at Winnetka to Kenosha, where connection is made with fast motor coaches for Lake Geneva. Winnetka Passenger Station Telephone 963 Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee R. R. Co.