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oi Rk nd on ---- ROE 20 tty nen Ar .netka, Illinois, as mail matter of the | heed Tain coe Miss = Winnetka Weekly Talk LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. 1222 Central Ave. Wilmette, IIL Telephone ........... Winnetka 2000 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 post office at Win- second class, under the~act of March 3, 1879. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1925 Depress the Tracks. Give the Business Men Fair Play. Build a New Village Hall. Enforce the Traffic Laws. Build the Truck Road. THE BIRTHPLACE OF BURNS Though Scotland boasts a thousand names Of patriot, king, and peer, The noblest, grandest of them all Was loved and cradled here. Here lived the gentle peasant-prince, The loving cotter-king, Compared with whom the greatest lord Is but a titled thing. "Tis but a cot roofed in with straw, A hovel made of clay; One door shuts out the snow and storm. One window greets the day. And yet I stand within this room, And hold all thrones in scorn, For here, beneath this lowly thatch Love's sweetest bard was born. Within this hallowed hut I feel Like one who clasps a shrine, When the glad lips at last have touched The something deemed divine. And here the world through all the years, As long as day returns, The tribute of its, love and, tears Will pay to Robert Burns. " --RoBERT INGERSOLL a or - wool DOES IT PAY? Does it pay to go to college? What is the value in cold cash money of a college education? During his life how much more than a high school graduate does a college graduate earn? $72,000! How do we know? We'll tell you. We got this information from statistics and charts recently compiled and published by Ever- ett W. Lord, dean of the College of Business Administration, Bos- ton University. His statistics were based on reports of the Massachusetts Department of La- bor and Industry and on statis- tics of earnings of students and graduates of the College of Busi- ness Administration, Boston Uni- versity, the latter figures com- pared with, and to some extent adjusted by, similar reports from other institutions. He found that the college grad- uate earns $72,000 more than the average high school graduate. We see no reason to doubt his scientific accuracy. As a result of his investiga- tions Dean Lord found that the high school graduate in his work- ing life from the age of 18 to 60 earns a total of $78,000. The col- lege graduate, from 22 to 60, earns $150,000, which if our sub- traction is as good as it used to be, is $72,000 more than $78,000. The college graduate earns al- most twice as much as the high school graduate. While we believe that the value of education is really to be meas- ured in terms of a satisfying life, rather than in dollars and cents, still we also see the advantage of estimating this value in money. COMMUNITY CHEST The plan recently adopted in Wilmette, of simplifying the ad- ministration of village benev- olences by placing all charitable contributions in a general fund and thence distributing it, is a plan that might well be adopted by all North Shore communities. WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 14. 1925 inates most of the complexity and confusion attendant on the old in- dividual method. It does away with the many solicitations oc- curring in the form of door step appeals and tag days. It does away with all the irregularities involved in the old method. And the "community chest" plan ef- fects a more equitable distribu- tion of the various sums con- tributed. No doubt it will place a heavy burden on the various commit- tees appointed to put it into effect. but there can always be found in every progressive community able and civic-minded men and women to work for the common good. SHOVELIN' COAL "Seems like I ain't been doin' nothin' else but shovelin' coal all my life. Every mornin' before I go to work I put on six or eight great big heapin' shovelfuls, and then when I come home at night I put on half a dozen more, and then when bedtime comes I put on a lot more. "Every day a coupla dozen shovelfuls! Every week over a 150! Every year, while the fur- nace is goin', just about 5,000 shovelfuls of good hard coal that costs me about 15 a ton. Seems I ain't doin' much else but puttin' on and puttin' on. 1 get so tired that sometimes I'd like goin' to Cali- fornia or some place where they don't have to put on coal. "Then sometimes when I put on coal I get so doggone tired that when I try to throw some in I hit the edge of the fire-pot and spill the darn stuff all over the floor, beside givin' me such a jolt that I get plum disgusted! But what's the use! You have to keep puttin' on coal! "Every year I use about 13 tons, one ton right after another. In 30 years I got bills for more than 450 tons. They musta cost 'me more than $5,000, just about 'as many as shovelfuls every year. low that said that if winter's here spring's comin'. I wish it'd hurry. I know what'll happen. Just when I think we can get along without a fire in the furnace and let it go out, my wife'll say, 'It's awful cold! We've just gotta to have a fire!'" It's real treat to hear a man who like Captain MacMillan not only knows what he's talking about but also knows how to say it. There are many men who have had thrilling experiences but who can't tell them thrilling- ly. There are also many men who make interesting speeches but have had almost no experi- ences. But take us to hear the man who can qualify in both fields. School auditoriums are indes- pensable for the forming in chil- dren of habits of neighborhood, community, civic, and national co-operation. By actively taking part in school assemblies, on floor and platform, pupils gradually gain ability and assurance. More- over, and this is of most impor- tance, boys and girls in dramatic performances of historical 'occur- rences get these events impressed upon their minds unforgetably. Did you know that the best way of finding out how enjoyable living can be is to hear as much good music as you can? If you don't believe it, try it. Try it as persistently as you would try a new medicine, recommended to you by a doctor in whom you had great confidence. Listen daily to good music, well presented, ard your love of living will increase. Remove the rubbish from your attics and basements. Don't let worthless and combustible mate- rial accumulate. Fifteen thousand persons are burned to death every year in the United States, 93 per cent of whom are women and children. You will help to reduce this appalling amount by reduc- ing the amount of such fire-foods ~The plan, put into effect, elim- as waste paper and greasy rags. "Of alt the potes-THike-that fel PACKARD SIX EIGHT Ja order that those interested might ident of the Packard Motor ~ Car Company addressed to the bn Bh Le pleasure in publishing this letter. PACKARD MOTOR CAR COMPANY DETROIT.MICHIGAN 7 Or riCE OF THE SRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGES AM.L January 5, 1925. TO STOCKHOLDERS OF THE . PACKARD MOTOR CAR COMPANY: Newspapers are carrying the story of a radical reduction which the Company has announced in the prices of all enclosed models of the Packard Six car. The prices of the Eight models are not reduced. The announced reductions vary from $640 for the Six coupe to $840 for the seven- passenger Six sedan. i Following are the new prices at Detroit: ; 5-pass. Sedan $2585 7-pass. Sedan Limousine... $2885 7-pass-Sedan.........ccrcscnee 2785 4-pass. Coupe en 2585 5-pass. Sedan Limousine... 2785 5-pass. Coupe 2685 This price revision makes the Packard Six in its various models easily the outstanding automobile value of the year. This is particularly true because at the new prices the cars are exactly as they were; there is no change in design, material or workmanship. While price reductions are nothing new to the automobile industry, no company building a high-grade car and appealing to an exacting clientele has ever before made so far-reaching a price revision in its product. As a stockholder in the Company you will naturally ask why this drastic move, and can the Company market its high-grade cars profitably at so low a price? The answer is--we are prepared to do it. The Six has been on the market four years, during which it has been so far refined and perfected that we believe the appearance and fundamentals of the car will be unchanged for a considerable time; that is to say, the car has been standardized. And while doubtless we shall from time to time make minor and detail improvements, we do not anticipate any necessity for substantial structural changes for a long time to come. We are, therefore, in ideal position to devote our attention and our facilities to turning this perfected car out in quantities at the lowest price consistent with Packard quality. And the price revisions are a step in our program to this end. Production will be conservatively expanded to take care of the increased sales. The Company has never been stronger financially, or better prepared, in organization and facilities, for a constructive move such as this. We enclose copy of our report for the last quarter ending November 30th last. We show net earnings of $1,872,753--one of the best quarters in the history of the Company. We have no unsold stock of goods on hand and our inventories were never in better condition. Very cordially, --N President. PACKARD MOTOR CAR COMPANY OF CHICAGO EVANSTON BRANCH 1735 E. Railroad Ave. Phone Greenleaf 1200 information which the the Company we take One of the Most Important Letters In Automobile History pn Justa Chat at Twilight | SRdL evening after 8:30, long distance tele- phone rates (for "station-to-station" calls) are about 50 per cent lower. At midnight a still further reduction becomes effective and until phones more plant must be built--at costs greater than the cost of the average of our present plant. To do this we must obtain 4:30 A.M. night calls are com- pleted at about one-fourth the day "station-to-station" rates." O meet the de- mand fornewtele: This service makes it possible to call distant friends or relatives or your home if you are out of town, at a very small cost. capital and to attract this wemust pay satis- Sfactory returns. This we cannot do with- out adequate rates. Just give the long distance oper- ator the number of the telephone wanted and say you will talk to anyone who answers. ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY BELL SYSTEM Universal Service One System - One Policy - * Minimum reduced rate is 25 cents ~ ay