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12 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1925 Winnetka Weekly Talk ISSUED SATURDAY OF EACH WEEK by LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. 1222 Central Ave. Wilmette, IIL Yelephomne...........ovivs Winnetka 2000 Yelephone........... os Wilmette 1920 $2.00 A YEAR 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 ofher 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 second class, under the act of March 3. 1879 SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1925 Depress the Tracks. Give the Business Men Fair Play. Build a New Village Hall. Enforce the Traffic Laws. Build the Truck Road MAKING IT REAL Did you ever hear of a Ritual of Graduation? It's the kind of graduation ex- ercises they have at Skokie School. The word "Ritual" might lead you to think there was some- thing ecclesiastical about the events that go to make up this "Ritual." But there wasn't. In fact there was mere of the theater present than the church. It was really a dramatization of the old- style graduation exercises. The graduates were all present. They sang and danced and talked and were given diplomas. Recall the traditional com- mencement? The graduation class, boys and girls seated stiffly on the stage or front seats? The speech, full of good, but unde- sired, advice ; vague and platitud- inous? The handing out of blue- ribboned diplomas? Mama and Papa and Aunt Rosie? A long and hot and rather irrelevant af- fair? But at Skokie the other. eve- ning the children themselves did almost everything. They gave a realistic representation of the various school activities, exhibit- ing in a convincing way the re- sults of their years of primary education. They presented sam- ple discussions of economic and scientific problems. They sang and played, as on regular school days. The central idea of the occasion can best be presented in their own words: "As the episodes follow one upon the other, we hope to make manifest to you the spirit which has animated us in our lives at Skokie. We are trying to create for ourselves a picture which we can carry with us into life. It must be a picture which is real, with the reality of idealism. We hope that the memory of it may help us to hold to our ideals. We also trust that we may at the same time convey to vou, our parents and friends, some reali- zation of the underlying purposes of our school life." ~The most impressive episode in the entire program was the turning of all the children on the stage toward the great silver doors at the rear of the stage, through which the graduates were to pass, symbolizing their entrance into the "World Out- side." At the portals stood Father Time, stern but kindly guardian. ' It seems to us that the children will remember the "Ritual," and In years to come its effects will show themselves in a deeper un- derstanding of life's problems and A more sensitive appreciation of life's values. A MISTAKE Among our friends are two men who are often misunder- stood. One is crippled ; the other is blind. Many people think that these two are to be pitied, and thus thinking they proceed to do a vast amount of pitying. Tt takes the form of feeling so sorry for them, of wanting to do some- thing for them. No doubt these well-intentioned, but misunder- r . . not a presidential term. a pleasant glow of self-righteous- ness along with their pitying. Neither of these iriends wants pity. Both heartily hate it. They don't want it any more than a man with nearsighted eyes wants it. These two men have unusual abilities. Morally and mentally they are alert and independent, quite competent to fight their own way in the so-called strug- gle for existence. THIRD TERM TALK The New York Times recent- ly devoted part of its front page to "A third term for Coolidge," says Arthur Brisbane in his "To- day" column in the Chicago Her- ald and Examiner. Discussing the subject, Mr. Brisbane says: "There can't be any Coolidge third term discussion until] after the President shall have been re- elected in 1928. He has been elected only once thus far. If, as is probable, he should be re- elected in 1928, that would be his second term and the right time to begin talking of a third term. "When Washington was presi- dent and an aggresive editor was accusing him of royal ambition, a desire to be king, the people worried about too long tenure of office. Having got rid of an Eag- lish king, they didn't want an American King called President in place of King George. Wash- ington answered that sufficient- ly when he refused to be elected more than twice. "Thus far President Coolidge has been elected once. And, any- how, the United States is not worrying about a successor to King George just now, but wants stable, consistent, efficient gov- ernment especially now in the midst of, various crises, financial and others, following the war. "Mr. Coolidge's accidental brief tenure of office following President Harding's death was He sat in the President's chair when the president died, but did not become President on his own account, not in the sense in which Wash- ington understood the presidency, until he was elected in Novem- ber, 1924. "Third term talk will be post- poned by sensible people until about 1930. Meanwhile, there is plenty of work for the people to do without worrying about dis- tant issues. If the President c.r- ries the nation successfully through his first elected term, without serious mistakes or set- backs, he will have rendered a great service to the United States and the people of his party, not being idiots, will ask him to take charge for four years more. Time enough after that to talk about a third term." EMIGRANTS It's surprising how many emi- grants there are! Go to almost any of the big ports--New York, Boston, Montreal--and you'll see hordes of American emigrants. Most of them are well dressed, and almost all of them seem happy at the prospect of leaving their native land. : Judging from their looks and language they come from all parts of the United States. You'll see Californians there, most of them young and vigor- ous; Kansans, browned by the prairie sun; New Yorkers, tired and somewhat overdone. All oc- cupations are represented. Mingling on dock and deck are lawyers, doctors, teachers, busi- ness men, ministers. They are migrating to the shores from which their ances- tors or themselves parted some years before. It is not really a new land which they are seek- ing. They are revisiting those scenes which somehow have be- come a part of them, returning to the family homestead. The tide of migration is still moving outwards. In late Au- gust it will begin to turn, and thousands of immigrants will re- enter the New World, short on standing, people often experience 2h and long on experience. I THIS AND THAT Until We Find a Title TO GRACE Dark as the raven's wing Dusky, yet softest skin; Pleasure your glances bring, Manliest hearts to win. Rave of your blondes divine, Sing of titian-haired fiends; They bring to my heart no sign, As do the deadly darksome queens! --Tag Campus CRITIC. Yep. We were guilty of perpetrating the above in our younger collidge days --but since then we must needs admit that a blonde or two has made us pret nigh slip and one red-head--well, let's not discuss them at all. WORLD'S WORST WEBERISM! Commenting upon the latest gang- land shooting, Walley Paulsen, ed. of the North Shore page of the Chieve- post, opined "that it was hard to tell who was Genna be next." % Oh--Oh! Walter how could you? WE'RE ALL FOR IT! Noting the suggestion coming from Dr. Lulu Hunt Peters of London that a tax be put upon fat people accord- ing to their gross poundage and while being willing to bet our whole pile that Doc Lulu is one of those slim straight-up-and-down propositions, we wish to say that we are all for her idea. Yuh see, despite all the eating, etc., we do, we just naturally get slimmer and slimmer and most likely instead of having to pay a tax we'd be able to collect a bonus for our extremely non- fat condition. YOU SAID IT, EDDIE! "Love may be joy, or it may be sorrow, Who of us can foretell? But after all, what would heaven be If there wasn't any hell?" (Reprinted frem a volume of poems called--'To Harriette, from Eddie." "Iddie" being Mr. Edward Dooley, last vear of Dartmouth and a famous quar- terback.) THEY'RE BIGGER AND-- Much, much smarter on the North Shore! Which is just a comparison between the Michigan and the North Shore mosquitoes. Yes. They do have the pesky lil brutes over in the Wol- verine state, as we discovered when we wese- over there for the 'th, but they do not--not by a jugful--compare with our own monster mosquitoes! But Doc, We Haint Seen A Bustle This Spring! Noting Doc Evans warning to the girls against the wearing of starched petticoats-and- starched lingerie we conuldn't help wondering where the pore dear Doc has been all these years! It's kneesy to be seen that the pore M.D. has lost his eyesight--starched petticoats, indeed! x IRA DELKEY Ira Delkey lives on the Lincoln High- way; He ra'ses peonies for the Chicago murket. Last vear he sold one hundred dozen to Chicago florists. He stands about five foot seven in his boots; His head is partly bald, and entirely. [ met him first four years ago, and he said he liked Haeckel; So I bouaht one of Haeckel's bocks and sent it to him. I stopped at his place not long ago And found him ploughing in lus aarden. His knee bothered him quite a littl:; He said he hurt it years ago, And for vears he hadn't been troubled by it; But now that he was gett'ng on in years. It was hindering him in his work. He was just as independent and free In his mind os ever. Said he didn't Like people that were slaves to another's ideas. They weren't of much account, peoplz Like that. He liked to make his own ideas, And it was a pleasure to meet free people. [ told him they suited me too; I didn't care for people Who borrowed their opinions From others. Then I h~d to go; And Ira Delkey said, "See you again Some time." I hope so. --P. B. K. his face, "Man's Jaw Broken Laughing Over A Joke" As we noted in a recent headline. So we wish to hereby announce that we are in no way responsible for any such accidents as may occur from reading T & T. And we can not in anywise be held legally liable for any damages on that account. She': The Confectionery Kid! Miss Cherry Barr, Prospect ave., SE, has returned from Camp Wohelo, Mon- tague, Mich. (Clipped from Society Notes in Grand Rapids Herald) ALL OVER Well now that the fire-cracker-less Fourth--safe and sane, e'c.--is all over and only a few hundred were killed or wounded--we can settle down to the nice long all summer grind. the PaoL & PIPER CHILDREN'S SHOE SPECIALISTS 1608 Chicago Ave. £VANSTON, ILLINOIS July Special Women's Imported Sport Hose $3.00 to $3.50 Values $1.65 --T. R. C. 15€0 No. Michi. VACATION POINTS an vig NJOY your vacation from the mo- ment you leave home! Travel the clean, quick comfortable way -- on the North Shore Line. Fast North Shore trains to Milwaukee; convenient connec- tions there with rail and boat lines to Wisconsin and Michigan vacation points. There's a train when you i 0 one on the North Shore Line! smoke, no soot, no cinders. Waukesha Beach Y} Nagawicka Lake Pewaukee Lake Oconomowoc Nashota Lakes Nehmabin Lakes Silver Lake Delafield Take North Shore Line to Milwaukee--step into T.M. E.R. & L. trains outside the door of our Milwaukee terminal, for above points. Through tickets. Heights Hamlin Lake Sheboygan our Milwaukee terminal Lake Geneva Silver Lake Twin Lakes Powers Lake Genoa Junction Pell Lake North Shove Line trains to Kenosha; luxurious North Shore Line Motor Coachesfromthere. Throughtickets. Crystal Lake Elkhart Lake Cedar Lake Port Washington North Shore Line to Milwaukee; connections outside the door of Milwaukee Northern trains for above points. Through tickets. Manistee Portage Lake Onekama | Best way to go! North Shore Line to Milwau- kee; Pere Marquette Line steamers from there; arrive Michigan next morning. Through with tickets. Antioch Lake Villa Loon Lake Channel Lake Fox Lake resorts Bang's Lake McHenry North Shore Line trains to Wauke- an; luxurious North Shore Line otor Coaches from there to above points. Through tickets. Check your baggage through to your point of desti- nation. For schedules, and other information, inquire at North Shore ticket office, or at Traffic Department, 79 West Monroe Street, Chicago-- Phone Randolph 6226 or Central 8280. Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad Company Winnetka Passenger Station Elm Street Telephone Winnetka 963 A. A