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12 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1925 Winnetka Weekly Talk ISSUED SATURDAY OF EACH WEEK by LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. 1222 Central Ave., Wilmette, Ill Telephone......... com Winnetka 2000 Teleplione. .... crs»: 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 second class, under the act of March 3, 1879. SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1925 Depress the Tracks. Give the Business Men Fair Play. Enforce the Traffic Laws. Build the Truck Road PATHS A path runs across my lawn. It leads from my door to my neighbor's; His children use it; He and T use it. It's made of many footsteps From my house to his, From his house to mine. Almost any time of day The children use the path; And I'm glad they do. That path means friendliness; It means I have a neighbor. Some people might think It spoiled my lawn By running across it. It makes it more beautiful, Because it means neighborliness, And the best things in life. If there were no paths Between lonely homes, There "would be no community spirit, And no patriotism, PREVENT ACCIDENTS It's better not to get into trou- ble than to get out if it. It's better to prevent disease than to cure it. A sensible way to decrease the number of automobile acci- dents is make them impossible or nearly impossible. We sug- gest several ways. First of all, trim down vour corner shrubbery to a height that will allow drivers to see up and down the intersecting street. With the corner shrubbery at its present height the careful driver is obliged to come almost to a full stop at every street cross- ing. Not long ago we saw a hedge that was cut down along one street to a safe height but along the intersecting street it was so high as to entirely hide all approaching cars. TRIM YOUR HEDGES! Second, cut back all sharp cor- ners, such as that one at the north corner of Chestnut and Sheridan in Wilmette. The cut- ting back of sharp corners in Winnetka has made turning at these corners much easier and safer than it was before. Third, and last, just before you turn out from the curb look around and make sure that no car 1s approaching. Drivers in regular traffic cannot be expect- ed to be on the lookout for cars backing out from the curb. Not only should the one backing out look out for approaching cars: he should also move out slowly. GARDEN EXHIBIT Winnetka is justly proud of the beautiful gardens which grace the city's homes. We are proud, too, of the choice of the Commu- nity House Gymnasium as the scene of the National Gardeners' Association Exhibit that is to be held here on the twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth of this month. Tt is a compliment to our home gar- deners that is appreciated, the great nation that it is in the world today. Provision of prizes for exhibits children is a particularly happy idea. To encourage the love of growing things in the child is to lay the foundations of an interest in both the home and the community that will later flower in a finer quality of citi- zenship than is developed without that interest and love. Competi- tion spurs on to effort and af- fords incentive to work. The striving for the offered prize will give purpose to the children of the community who have be- gun to be interested in gardens, will lend them a greater concern for next season's flowers and ad- vance them far along the long road that leads to success with flowers. The community as a whole owes it to its gardeners to give such support to the Garden Ex- hibit as will evince both their ap- preciation of the value of the local gardens to the village and their realization of the honor that the National Gardeners' Associa- tion has done Winnetka in select- ing our Community House Gym- nasium to house the annual ex- hibits of the work of the hands of our flower lovers and growers. BE FAIR You must have wondered, if you are one of those who, at the beginning of the month has in his checking account $100 or more and after paying his bills has $10 or less--you must have wondered how the bank could afford to sup- ply you freely with check books, monthly reports, and also the nec- essary clerical service. Surely your small balance has not been of sufficient value to the bank to meet these costs! You will then see nothing un- fair in the new step the New Trier Township banks have taken in charging a "uniform monthly fee of $1 against such accounts as fail to show an average balance of $100." It's a reasonable charge, and as such can not be objected to by reasonable people. Chicago banks have for many years charged this carrying fee. To determine your average, monthly balance, add your 30; daily balances and divide the sum by 30. For example, if for fifteen days of the month you have a bal- ance of $200 you will have a monthly balance of $100. You will pay no carrying fee. Nor will you if you carry throughout the month a balance in your sav- ings account of $200 or more. If you realize, as we do, that in carrying small checking accounts and charging nothing for the sta- tionery and service the bank has been giving you something for al- most nothing, you will regard the monthly charge for small ac- counts as perfectly fair. IT MUST GO The mosquito must go! It would be a disgrace to the north shore, a blot on its excellent rep- utation, if it did not go and stay gone. Those in charge of the work of elimination have succeeeded in preventing the breeding of this, the most disagreeable of our local pests. Up to the present only a few of mosquitoes have ap- peared about our homes. But these few have reminded us of the summer of 1924 and its mis- eries. Those of us not engaged direct- ly in the anti-mosquito campaign can, however, be of service. We can see to it that our own private premises are free from standing water in rain 'troughs, cans, and roof depressions. Did you notice that in one of our recent heavy rains, the water, instead of fol- by lowing its expected course, spilled more because it is so thoroughly | over the edge' of the trough? earned. A love of flowers is a saving grace, indeed, and a love of gar- dening one of the safeguards of our American home life. No- body whose joy is the beautify- ing of the home garden is unap- preciative of that spirit of home loving that makes of America the Why? Because the trough is partly filled with dead leaves. Take them out! Moreover, if a company of mosquitoes calls upon you, notify the authorities at the village hall. This is something you can do much better than exterminators themselves. THIS AND THAT Until We Find a Title THIS AND THAT T stands for Trio, the Life, Talk, and News. H is for Humor in all of our views. I is for Interest in townspeople and things. S stands for Scope, from cabbages to kings. A is for Ardor, burning like fire. 3 N stands for Novel, antidote for "tire. D is for Delight; to give it, our de- sire. T is for Truth, first in all places. H stands for Hale and Hearty, char- acter aces. A is for Ambition--we'd like to be the best. T tells us to Try, and we'll stand the test! --J. L. D. Many thanx--again you have saved our life, J. L. D. "T'was the usual blue Tuesday and we sat without a thought in what should be our head--as usual-- and wondering how we'd ever get out the old col., when Jack, the bank boy, rushes madly in with--""Oh, joy, some contribs!" And we just love to welcome back to our fold any of our family of N. U. contribs. Even the Purple Knight has failed us of late--sez as how he's too busy out in the cruel world. And our old comrade the Indian who is runnnin' the Acorns col. at N. U. this summer has promised and promised us some of his poetry in return for all the prose we've been writin' fer him every week. In fact we've already made Acorns more often and under more names than any student at the school. Some- how it still seems much easier for us to get out copy for that old col. More at-home-like. But the old crook has never come across--we're gonna steal one of his poems pret soon if he don't! RESPECT FOR THE LAWR! "Girl and Man Rob Deputy and Then Return His Star" We read recently in the Chitrib. Who says there isn't a wholesome re- spect for the law in Cook County? Moonshine and Monkeyshines We've read so much moonshine about the monkeyshines of "Grape- Juice" Bryan, "Suspenders" Darrow, and the rest down at Dayton, Tennes- see that we feel that our brother col- cons have said enough. As we said last week, the issue is a serious one of national import--one which endangers the future of our country and our constitutional rights. Hence, we have tried our best not to make fun of the Scopes case. However, we may expect a new state law prohibiting the publication of hu- mor columns (so-called) most any day! And speed that day--for then people who never before in their serious sober lives ever dreamed of reading a column will fight to buy papers containing the verbotin col. from their favorite "col- umn-leggers"! And in the immortal words of George M. Cohan or was it Bill Shakespeare, "Won't that be hot?" THE ETERNAL FEMININE COMEBACK You can praise me in your T and T, You can beg me on your knees, But 'til the inclination pricks me, No good will it do to tease. Tonight, ne'erless, when I get home, I'll see what I can do. O'er thoughts and such-like I shall roam, . And perhaps I'll produce one for you. --J. L. D. BUT NO! IT'S TOO DARING! It has been respectfully suggested to us, repeatedly of late, that we put on a Humorous, or Funny edition of our col. By members of our own staff here in this office, too. Not entirely with- out mzlice, either, we suspect. All right, although it is a very dangerous ex- periment, we'll attempt it, IF--and this is the catch, each and every member of our editorial staff will come across with a contrib. It's a dare! And following that, if we escape death and dodge any and all north shore sawed-off shot guns, we'll write a whole col. all by our ownself, short- ly afterwards--just to prove that we can do it! IN OUR FOOT-STEPS We wish to be the first to congratu- late our neighbor the Evington News- Insect upon having seen the light and following in our foot-steps to the ex- tent of an editorial column of com- ment and perhaps--eventually--con- tribs--called "Up and Down The Town." We wish our fellow columnist-- JacQuasS--whoever he may "e--the very best of luck, many contribs, and much success! Which does NOT mean that we shall not welcome the opportunity to razz him and his col. on any and all possible occasions. You have, at least, reader, Jac-old-boy! one constant --T. R. C. Announcement! Let me tell you about the opportunities for profit offered to you by GEO. PF. NIXON & COMPANY North Shore Area Developers We have money making properties at Stations all along the NEW NORTH SHORE ELECTRIC "HIGH SPEED" LINE now being built. I will be glad to furnish you with full information on any of these properties. HARRY HANSEN 506 Fifth Street, Wilmette Phone Wil. 3314 Former Manager of A. S. 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