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i { i If i 1 il meee > : RLU AB Ts vg, a Re EC ot EN TT TT m------ WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1923 With Our Own Poets (Continued from page 27) TO MY LITTLE SON Why do I love you so, my son, Though born of him most dear to me The love I bear thee doth outrun What I had dreamt that love might be. And as each day I gaze on you, And love to think you're his and mine, I find my dreams are coming true, In you is all that's good and fine. These dreams I made when still a child At night, when sleep came softly in With fairy fingers, soft and mild, Her dream-net round and to spin. round These dreams were all most wondrous fair Of what I'd do when I was old. I lived in castles in the air And had rich gifts more rare than gold. These gifts were what I longed for most, And to a trusting, child-like mind Without conceit, without false boast, They seemed in reach--easy to find. I did not ask to win much gold, To be a queen or rule a land; 'My wish was not so very bold, Nor changing like the sifting sand. I wished to have a joyous heart, To be above the petty cares, Yet not to live from all apart, To sympathize with how each fares. To be so strong and good and wise That round about a light would shine. That spark from God that in each lies "T'would truly be in me divine. But as I older grew and grew And found myself of earthly mould, So many faults I found to rue, I found my dreams were cold. growing My little son you came to me, The sweetest gift that God could give, In you I found what I would be, In you my fondest dreams will live. --Frances Hearne Brown. THE SKOKIE Lying o'er there by the sunset Straggles along a sogcy moor, Stretching wide and ' ng and wet, Lies this lowland at our door. Catching red and gold at evening, Sending rays like strings of lyre, Bursting faith with radiant beaming Like a glorious, burning fire. Whip-poor-wills grown mute with shy- ness Seek this barren, treeless waste Where fussy pussey-willows in dryness Die, if the water they cannot taste. Moor and mist that intermingle With the cool and damp of nightfall, With the sunset's blood red tingle And the whip-poor-will's far away call. Springtime passeth in this hollow, Bogs become both parched and dry, Later blooms, and bird notes follow As the summer makes it dry. Meadow larks strains, Vieing with the sunset's glow Swinging across the golden grain That thrives on this moorland low. singing low, throated Autumn lends her radiant splendor, Delaying color and song birds too, Ribboned sunsets peaceful grandeur Like benedictions on. the dew. Winter comes with cold winds' Filling bogs with ice and snow. Songs of birds and sunshine past, Driven away by winds that blow. blasts, Wild ducks flying to open waters, Leaves the Skokie cheerless and alone, Great white sheets of frozen moorland Can no longer be their home. Skokie splendor thus arrested, Makes a stretch of waste most drear, But the golden ribboned sunsets, Linger with a radiant cheer. --~Geraldine Geer Fitz Gerald. STEVENSON A blue, blue sky, and a deep, deep sea That unruffled by the storm, shall be, And as the trees that bend before the blast Straighten when the storm has pass'd-- So Stevenson trod Life's pain worn path Tortured by his demon's ceaseless wrath, "Til led by Him to Heaven's shining door Where love, and peace shall rule, for evermore ! --Katherine Mary Bersac. I'D LIKE TO GO A-SAILING I'd like to go a-sailing Upon a silver sea, To pick a peck of lollypops From off a trissel tree! I wish I had a golden boat, With sails of bright sky blue; I'd sail and sail a- searching For the shinging sands of Shoo. My ship would leave 'a foaming trail. A-stretching far away; I'd head her toward the sun-down, And the rosy rim of day. Brady & Riddle Will Do Your Carpenter Repairs Cheaply and Promptly Estimates Furnished Phone Winnetka 381 i Re Golf Stockings. Leather Purses. Handkerchiefs. Leather Gloves. Silk Underwear. Dutch Dolls. Scarfs. Silk Blouses. Sweaters. Buckles. 958 Linden Ave. RRRRRRVRRRRRRRDVVRVRRR [Ae Te Ae ete de te 4 Silk and Wool Stockings. Novelties Children's Bathrobes. Lace Collar and Cuff Sets. Linen Collar and Cuff Sets. Brushed Wool Suits for Children. Hats and Scarf Sets for Children. Children's Sweaters. AVENUE SHOP Hubbard Woods 2B%%% saad Tel. Winn. 79 JRRRRRRRRRRANRRLRRRRVRRRRR And fish would fly, and fish would leap, And golden fish they'd be; They'd race before and chase behind, And sport all day with me. And winds would wail and winds would © Woo, And wildly rush along; We'd skim as swift as. swallows, And sing a sailor's song. I'd like to go a-sailing Upon a silver sea, To pick a peck of lollypops From off a trissel tree! --Olive Beaupre Miller. FOOTPRINTS In yon garden there she stepped Round late petals softly crept, And as she planted bulbs so rare She made footprints there. Fall winds came and leaves all dry Fluttered down in berth to lie, In all the spots, And covered all her footprints there. The frost stole through the leaves all spread, And {froze the ground within the bed: And while I know the bulbs are there I could see impressed her footprints fair. Spring has come and bulbs have burst Into youthful beauty and gayest mirth, But to me such beauty can't compare With her footprints softened there. --Charles L. Byron. THE HUMAN QUESTION MARK: MY GRANDIDTON Where does the sun go, Muner, When it drops clear out of sight, And who takes care of the birdies, When they go to sleep at night? Does each star in the heavens, And the moon that shines so bright, both rough and fair, Stick fast in the sky, where God is, We watched him as he fell asleep, Just to make our evenings light? That busy brain, you know, must rest, While we, with noses deep in books, Prepared to meet tomorrow's test. --Minnie R. Lasier. Or do all the little children Who live on this big, big earth And all the muners and daddys Prepared to meet tomorrow's test. NEW FLORIST SHOP The = Stachel Florist Shop started business at 962 Linden avenue, Hub- bard Woods, last Saturday. The shop is affiliated with green houses in Glen- coe and is prepared to offer a com- plete line of cut flowers, potted plants, vases. Deliveries are to be made throughout the north shore, it is an- nounced. WINDOW SHADES Northwestern Shade and Awning Co. 14 Prouty Annex, Winnetka, Ill. Phone Winnetka 1125 New Work a Specialty Cood night, pretty stars and moc Good night, little birdies, too, I'll pray to God for babe and me, I'll pray, a little, for you. Come and see me soon again, Tomorrow night, if you can, Birdies and stars, and you, big moon With your funny face of a man. 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