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= I 2 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1923 Winnetka Weekly Talk LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. 1222 Central Ave. Wilmette, Ill HE Winnetka 388 Wilmette 1920 $2.00 A YEAR Telephone Telephone SUBSCRIPTION 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- i | Ka, Illinois, as mail matter of the sec- Sad. class, under the act of March 3, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1923 Depress the Tracks. Give the Business Men Fair Play. Build a New Village Hall. Enforce the Traffic Laws. Build the Truck Road. WORK! DON'T WISH! The wiser one grows, more he works and the less he wishes. When he was a child he acted like a child: he wished. When he became a man he put away childish things and acted like a man; he worked. Most children take an almost pathetic delight in reading fairy stories. For hours at a time they pore over the pages of some won- derful fairy tale. They neglect meals and sleep, not to mention study. They are almost literally held captive by the miraculous doings of Jack the Giant Killer or the thrilling experiences of The Sleeping Princess. The lives of children, awake and asleep, are one long continuous tissue of wishes. ~~ But as the child grows and ex- - periences, the truth is forced up- on him that wishes won't get him anywhere. Wishes, he grad- nally learns, are merely castles in Spain: they're no good for daily use. He does find, however, that wishes can be made over into pretty good plans. But don't think that all this happens at once. By no means! It 1s only gradually that the - growing human being comes to ~ like work. In his adolescent years he hates it liberally. Sometimes, sad to say, he never develops in- to a lover of work. Such people remain childish. Our exhortation to young peo- ple, to those standing on the ~ threshold, is that they learn to like to work. STOP! We gave them the right to work side by side with us men in business. We gave them the right to vote. We let them smoke cigarets. We even gave them the privilege of wearing knickers. But when they invade "the smok- ing car they've gone just a little too far! We appeal to our brothers of the more gentlemanly sex. Shall women be allowed to occupy seats in the smoking-car, that enclosure dedicated to manly uses? 'The one place on the whole train where a man is fairly certain of finding a seat--and keeping it? Where he may loll in comfort without fear of the stern rebuke of feminine eyes? The invasion has begun. We! ourselves have seen evidence of it. the It was last Saturday morn- ing. We were safely tucked away in the corner of a front seat of the smoker, enjoying the smoke wreaths floating up and down the aisle. The train paused to take on passengers at Davis street. And just here it happened! Two women entered the smoker at the rear, unseen by the con- ductor, and brazenly strode up the aisle to a seat at the very front. We men looked at one another in amazement. What's the idea? Don't they know it's a smoker? Ah, here comes the conductor! He'll put them where they belong. He remarks po- litely, "Smoking car, ladies." And what do they do? Get up and go? No, sir! The bolder of the two females smiles and replies," Oh, we don't mind!" Can you imagine such consummate nerve? To come in- to the men's car, occupy a whole seat, and then to say, "Oh, we 12? don't mind! Men, he-men, and others! Let's put a stop to this invasion of pur one remaining refuge. Let's pe- tition the railroad authorities to nail over the entrance to their smoking cars large signs, read- ing: WOMEN! KEEP OUT! A GENEROUS GIFT Every Christmas each grown person and child in Winnetka is offered a unique gift. It would be almost impossible to set any definite value on this gift. In fact it has different value for each person who accepts it. To many it is worth fully ten dollars, if not much more. And doubt- less some would pay fifty cents for it if it weren't free. But the unique quality in this Christmas gift is that it is given to the en- tire community. The individuals who put this present into the community stocking are the Community Drama "club, made up of Win- netka citizens. Kach year they expend money, time, and energy in the preparation of two per- formances of a Christmas play to which every individual, young and old, shall be freely admitted. Giving like this is such a show- ing-forth of Christmas good- will as sets an ideal for nations as well as individuals. This year the play will be, as it was two years ago, "Why the Chimes Rang." The perform- ance for the children will be giv- en on Saturday afternoon, De- cember 22, at two o'clock; adults may see the play on Sunday eve- ning, December 23, at eight. Both presentations will take place in Community House. CAN YOU SWIM? Swimming is a great sport. The boy or girl who cannot swim is missing one of the most enjoy- able, and one of the most valu- able, activities that the human being can engage in. What a de- light it is to dive into a clear. clean, almost unresisting medium, to cut into the water with scarcely a ripple, to shoot swiftly down toward the bottom that seems coming up to meet you! Then to turn upwards and Bi effort rise again to the} familiar air. Who but the swim- mer can approach the exultation of the sea-gull winging its way through measureless space? Like the bird the swimmer cleaves his BY It is a curious astigmatism in the habit of self-sacrifice. of the whole year. "God so loved the world that He gave." LELAND HOBART DANFORTH (Church of the Holy Comforter, Kenilworth) those who give are not happy, but are rather joy-killers; where- as, the only real joyousness is to be found in homes where each lives for the other and all for God. The selfish person thinks that joy lies in the absence of pain and sacrifice; whereas real joy lies in the triumph over pain and "Peace on Earth," which is the message of Christ at this Christmas tide, is the peace that follows victory over self. It is not the peace which comes from taking an anzsthetic, nor the peace of listless stagnation. joy of giving as the result of self-sacrifice, and it is the finest joy of selfish people to think that The joy of Christmas is the way through a friendly element; like the bird he expends his en- ergy for the sheer fun of using it. The joys of life are multiplied a hundredfold for the human animal who can swim. "DON'T BE FOOLISH!" Our own Chief Peterson says that during the month of Novem- ber, 211 buildings were found open, and many of these were private homes! How can the police keep burglars out of your home when, by leaving doors un- locked, citizens invite these usu- ally unwelcome guests to come in? Are you one of those whose homes were found open? If you were, do not blame the police if, failing to correct this bad habit, you receive injuries to both body and property. You have only yourself to blame, Here is only another instance of our foolish failure to work ROOFING over the Old Shingles ESTIMATES FREE ORTH SHOR ROOF CRAFTERS Incorporated 3201 342 Emerson St. Park Ave. Evanston Glencoe Phone 7026 Phone 166 ! with our own public servants.' Let's assume a share of their re- sponsibilities, and thereby make house-breaking more difficult and therefore less frequent. GOSSIP Don't give any money to uni- formed "peddlers." The Legion tells us that these fellows are sim- ply commercializing the uniform. Send them to one of the agencies whose legitimate business it is to help the unfortunate ex-service man. Were you one of the thousand that took tea in the mess-room at New Trier on Sunday evening, December 16? It was a very pleasant interlude between the two halves of the program pre- sented in the Assembly hall. All in all it was an unforgettable afternoon. Sih aq] io corded you undue costs. HI ji IC oft 2 : ii! PA dA \ fd RAN 0 4 - 7, Hi A 4 Whatever the Circumstances the same courtesy--the same helpful service in managing all perplexing details--are-ac- desire an unlimited expendi- ture or whether circumstances suggest that you refrain from © J coed Z UNDERTAKER whether you 1124 Central Ave. Phone Wilmette 654 Wilmette < NORTH 3k HORE y-- 4-- =) ENE 2% (@K Mis = > Es NT Love RANSPOR oe Jy m won the first CHAS. A. COFFIN MEDAL at the Convention of the American Electric Railway Association, October 11, 1923, Atlantic City, N. J. Because of economies in operation, viewed as a measure of the extent to which the company has taken advantage of new devel- opments, in operating and maintenance prac- tices and equipment, originating with others. "The company is on the lookout for every possible economy, as evidenced by the fact that a tour of the country was nade during the year by a group of its men to find new ideas from other companies which might be applied to their property." From Report of Committee on Award CHICAGO NORTH SHORE and MILWAUKEE RAILROAD COMPANY ~ CHICAGO NORTH SHORE | MILWAUKEE RAILROAD COMPANY The North Shore Line BENEFIT 7 ILE ap RN / ADIRTO y < / It was not Christ who was the kill-joy, but rather human selfishness, which is deadly to self. God is love, and so He gave; as you love, so will you give. Let good fellowship pre- vail--it is Christmas. 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