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14 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1925 Winnetka Weekly Talk ISSUED SATURDAY OF EACH WEEK by LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. 1222 Central Ave. Wilmette, Ill felephone. ............., 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- netka, Illinois, as mail matter of the S3cond class, under the act of March y h SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1925 Depress the Tracks. Give the Business Men Fair Play. Build a New Village Hall. Enforce the Traffic Laws. Build the Truck Road ODE We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams. Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams; World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams ; Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world for ever, it seems. With wonderful deathless ditties We build up the world's great cities, And out of a fabulous story We fashion an empire's glory; One man with a dream, at pleasure, Shall go forth and conquer a crown; And three with a new song's measure * Can trample an empire down. We, in the ages lying In the buried past of the earth, Built Nineveh with our sighing, And Babel itself with our mirth; And o'erthrew them with prophesying To the old of the new world's worthy For each age is a dream that is dying, Or one that is coming to birth. --ARTHUR O'SHAUGHNESSY (1844-1881) BROTHERHOOD The quick and generous relief sent to the tornado stricken dis- trict by the other sections of Illi- ois is one of those many evid- ences that human beings have a 'feeling for one another's losses. Sometimes it seems as if there were few good Samaritans in the world, as if most people passed by on the other side. But when we read of what Chicago and its suburbs have sent to southern Illinois, hope revives. Two carloads of household goods were sent from the north shore and distributed to families at Crossville. In these lads were furniture, cooking utensils, and clothing. It is a matter of justifiable pride to recall the words of the First National bank president of Crossville: "No other territory throughout the area of devasta- tion was so generously and com- . pletely supplied." OBEY THE LAWS Attorney General Sargent, in his recent address to the Daugh- ters of the American Revolution, said, "The country is safe, soci- ety is safe, when the law is obeyed." In emphasizing obedience in- stead of enforcement the attorney general preached a valuable ser- mon to those respectable citizens who do not obey the Eighteenth Amendment, to those citizens who publicly exhort others to obey the law but who themselves privately violate it. . The harm done by this. hypo- crisy is not so much to the older! people as to the younger people, to the children who are forming habits that will later be 'their adult characters. If they grow up in an atmosphere thick with disregard for law, what will be 'their attitude and practice when they become citizens? Assured ly it will be contempt for. those laws that do not happen to suit 'them. And no country can long endure where deceit and insin-| cerity become common. We have heard an otherwise intelligent father, when out with his family for a pleasure drive, instruct his son to watch out for the motor cop. This father can be sure that the son will improve on this instruction and later will join the ranks of the scofflaws. If we don't like our laws, let us agitate for their repeal, or amendment, and meanwhile OBEY THEM. DON'T PITY THEM! Help the blind to help them- selves. They do not want sympathy. Don't pity them. They want a little help to tide them over a hard time, a time of re-adjust- ment. When they are allowed to do what they can very well do, :when a certain prejudice, unfair and often cruel in its results, is overcome, the blind can pay their own way. Give money to the Hadley Cor- respondence School in Winnetka, the only school of its kind in the whole world. It provides 580 courses for 321 students, accord- ing to a count made this last January. Its income last year | was $7,468; its cost of operation, $8,149; its deficit, $680. Eighty-two thousand blind peo- ple in the United States are be- yond school age. They cannot at- tend the public schools. Many of them are not financially able to pay the high price of individual instruction. Those of them who want to learn more have just as keen an appetite for more educa- tion as their sighted brothers and sisters. Think of how much these correspondence courses must mean to them. Help the blind to realize their visions ! THE VIKING SHIP It's an exciting project, that of Mr. Kinney and his Adventure Is- landers, to build a viking ship, 36 feet long, brilliantly painted, fitted out with one immense square sail and to be manned by 18 oarsmen. When the craft is finished and launched and sails away to the North what a gallant and inspir- ing sight she will be! Bound as we usually are to cold print and mediocre illustrations for our conceptions of olden times we older. people are unfortunate. We get fantastic,"tinreal notions of our hardy, adventurous fore- fathers. We see them in the movies now and then, but in spite of movement and costume they are far away from the real men. Our appreciation of history is for the greater part indirect hence vague and inaccurate. We cannot get to the heart of the 1past; we cannot get a realizing sense of its virtues and vices. But this viking ship--the plan- ning, building, and sailing of it-- will come close to giving these fortunate boys a sense of the brave old Norsemen that will be exceptionally vivid and lasting. KEEP ON LIVING Nineteen thousand human beings killed in auto accidents in the United States in 1924 and 450,000 injured. What's the an- swer? Fducation. "Do not cross tracks in front of moving trains." 'That's a les- son in how to live to a good old age. Stop, look, listen, and THINK. That's the text of the sermon on safety. We recommend especi- ally the last..word -- THINK. Thinking requires concentration on the problem in hand. Think- ing is most likely to suggest the best thing to do under certain con- ditions. When you are about to cross an intersection, the approach to which is hidden, stop and think. Or go slowly forward looking to both right and left. Then move on. Regard every other driver as a fool and act accordingly, We have the bad habit of put- ting the blame on somebody else. Who ever thinks himself in the wrong? The one who does make this confession is so rare as al- most to be a freak. We can al- ways defend ourselves to our- selves. We always know just why we did a certain thing. We don't welcome adverse criticism. We say we welcome it, but when it is handed to us we are irri- tated. At such times we should remember that when the maid leaves the door open the cat's in fault. ; : and] THIS AND THAT Until We Find a Title "SOMEBCDY'S MOTHER" (In honor of Mother's Day) 'Twas "Somebody's Mother" who gave up her son, For God and her country--to be killed by a Hun In the great World War. Did she ask for pay--or quietly say, "I am proud to have given my only boy. He was my pride, my comfort, my joy." She was "Somebody's Mother." "Twas "Somebody's Mother," whose own life was spent, In doing hard labor and saving each cent For her children's joy. Did she ask for pay--or unflinchingly say, "I'm sorry I could not do more for the dears!" And raising her sweet face, smiled through her tears. She was "Somebody's Mother." "Tis "Somebody's Mother" I think of to-day, A little old lady with hair now turned gray Caused by sorrow and care-- Does she ask for pay--or so silently pray, my years have been spent "mid sorrow and joy-- God grant me one wish--make a MAN of my boy." She is "Somebody's Mother." --LrrrLe Miss MuUrren" "Tho But We're Off Red-Heads for Life Dear TR. Ck When R. H. L. comes back and gives us his Line again, after his prolonged Honeymoon Tour, it will be time for you to go and enjoy the same. How about the "lady friend" with the auburn hair? There may be a "little spark of Yove still burning." Who knows? --MAaNx HATER. And so you, Man Hater, must come | along and put the ole curse of matri- mony upon our poor head! How often that curse has been put upon us. But never fear, we have been vaccinated and although we've been exposed to Kappas, Thetas, Chios, Alpha Phis, independent co-eds, members and non-members of the I. W. K. K.,, E. T. hi school maid- ens, gay and girlish reporters, sob sis- fters, and even society editors, we are and intend ever to remain heart whole and harness free. As to red-heads they are indeed a tender subject with us--why bring up dead memories--and we are not hold- ing our breath until a certain brick-topped lady returns our frat pin--we are now wearing our pin inside our vest pocket-- safety first! - DEAR MOTHER OF MINE : (A Tribute) Dear Mother of Mine, I miss you so, My poor heart is aching This you must know. My life is so lonely, I can not feel gay, Or happy without you On this, "Mother's Day." I miss your sweet smile, Your kind gentle voice, But God took you from me, For I had no choice. Neé'er can I forget you, For the love which you gave To me--so unselfish-- Now helps me be brave. Always with me in spirit In whatever I do, So faithful and loyal-- Ewer so helpful and true. May this be my tribute To you, Mother dear, One day to remember You--each coming year. --LirrLe Miss MuUFrET. "TENSION PROOF READERS! Dear T. R. C= You seem to be very sensitive as to the wiles of the poet. Ahem, more so than your EDITOR---the placement of poems in your column, your care of punctuation shows more - thought. Hell hath ONE. fury worse than the woman scorned; and that is a poet who finds, when his poem is published, so much as one comma, one tittle, nay. so much as one FLY-SPECK, changed." Sincerely, --SCRUTINOR. SAY--LISTEN--BOBS! Is the most beautiful bob-haired maiden in the Sucker State to be found on the North Shore? We'll say so! 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