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14 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1925 Winnetka Weekly Talk ISSUED SATURDAY OF EACH WEEK ¢ : by LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. 1222 Central Ave., Wilmette, Ill. Telephone..............; Winnetka 2000 Melephome......: ev: ... J. 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 3 collection taken, will be charged at regular advertising rates. Entered at the post office at Win- netka, Illinofg, as mail matter of the second class, under the act of March SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1925 Depress the Tracks. Give the Business Men Fair Play. Enforce the Traffic Laws. Build the Truck Road BRING IT BACK! Who took the fine radio, gift of a Winnetka citizen, from the room of the Winnetka Post of the American Legion in Commu- nity House? It has disappeared. Somebody has stolen it. The members of the Post have been deprived of a means of entertainment and general profit. All they have left is a loud speaker, unpleasant re- minder of what's been taken away! This disregard for the property of others, to put it mildly, is al- together too common. Articles of value intended for public, or partly public, use are often appro- priated by individuals, not usually classed as feeble minded. All kinds of institutions suffer at the hands of these vandals -- hotels, public libraries, churches, mu- seums, railroad stations, commu- nity institutions. Most of the offenders are boys from 15 to 20 years of age. They do not, and perhaps cannot, see clearly the consequences of their vicious actions. How these youthful thieves can be corrected is hard to say. A term in jail im- proves some. A heart to heart talk helps others. Some are hopeless. But if thefts, such as this one at Community House, are to be decreased in number, definite action of some sort must be taken. Whoever you are that took the Legion's radio, BRING IT BACK! OFFICER CUMMINGS Winnetkans should be grateful to Patrolman Cummings for his prompt and courageous capture of the negro ex-convict on Tues- day evening, August 4. Both the recognition and capture of the criminal deserve sincere commen- dation, inasmuch as the man was carrying concealed weapons and was obviously a dangerous char- acter. It is rather useless to speculate on what this negro might have done had he not been discovered and arrested. We might reason- ably believe that after nightfall he would have broken into some unguarded home or perhaps have held up some unfortunate pedes- trian, or in a moment of anger have shot one of his victims, What he might have done is by no means so important as that he was prevented from doing what- ever he had in mind to do. For the citizens of Winnetka we express gratitude to Cum- mings for his intelligent and prompt action. It is such action that will preserve the security of life and property on the North Shore. SUMMER READING Summer reading seems just as popular as winter reading. The summer hammock is as produc- tive of the desire to read as the winter fireside. The long winter evenings are no more inviting to the lover of books than the long summer days. The statements made above are borne out by the reports of vil- lage librarians. The average num- ber of books taken out every day from the Wilmette public library 200. Many of these books taken out are so-called "vacation books," the borrowers by special agree- ment being allowed to take them {away with them on their vaca- tions. This summer the number of books on evolution and religion has been remarkably large, due to the Dayton trial primarily. Travel books go strong every summer. In Winnetka during January 3,767 books were read. In Winnet- ka during July 4,210 books were read; 443 more than in January. January is a typical winter month; July a 'typical summer month, As might be expected the most popular summer books are from the departments of fiction and travel. We also have good reason for believing that the north shore suburbanites are heavier readers all the year round than the res- idents of other suburbs and towns of equal size. Batavia, Illinois, a much larger town than Wilmette, reads 100 books a day, as against Wilmette's 400. Incidentally it wouldn't be bad if fiction were read a little less and more serious literature a little more. THE LAKE'S THERE! Do you of the north shore ap- preciate the all-around resort in which you live? Enjoy the lake, its cooling breezes, beautiful shores, inviting beaches? Are you one of those citizens who forgets that he lives on the shores of a great lake, until some outsider from Kansas, Oklahoma, or Texas comes along and calls attention to its generous beau- ties? Our attention was called to this point by the statement of an Ev- anston woman, for many years residing within three blocks of the lake shore, that she had never been down to the lake. Sounds impossible, but it's true. We sincerely hope that on the north shore such cases as the above are few and far apart. Not to enjoy these unbuyable natural beauties that lie almost at our very door steps seems almost criminal. Why go to Michigan just to sce the other shore of the lake? Our side is equally beautiful. But 'tis an ancient and wise saying: "Other pastures ever look greener than our own." TAKE A TEACHER! Tell your superintendent of schools that you will lodge and board a teacher. Tell him that you are willing to provide a room and two meals a day for one of his teachers. Perhaps you can take two. That will be twice as good. Many of the teachers come from their homes in other parts of the country. These homes are often so far away that the teach- ers cannot afford to visit them even during the Christmas holi- days. Many of the teachers are girls who have never before been away from home. Naturally they are often very lonely. 'They miss the social gatherings which they used to attend in their home towns. Imagine the daily life of one of these strangers in our midst. She rises at an early hour in her room. She goes for her breakfast to some restaurant. She goes to school and until perhaps five o'clock is engaged in teaching. Then she goes to her room to rest a little before dinner, which she probably takes in the same public and unsociable restaurant. To her room again where she marks papers and prepares until her work is finished: Then to bed. Ditto the next day. But suppose she lived in your home, ate meals with the family. Instead of room existence she would be having genuine home life. Eating meals with people has from time immemorial brought them into pleasant and usually profitable relations. And if you help them they too will be a real help to you. So, lodge and board a teacher. Phone your superintendent to-day. is 400 ; from the Winnetka library, THIS AND THAT Until We Find a Title MEMORIES Cups . . . only fools keep them,-- Old, they are, like memories OF you . . I had forgotten this shelf of cups Each holds a liquor once tasted Joyously . . . . your easy laugh . . . . your lips . . . Your arms . . Your eyes . . You .:.:: Bah! I shall give them To the Old Junk Man Tomorrow . . . --Cr1ss-Cross. We're Waiting To Verify! "Believe It Or Not, Cubs Take Two In One Day" ; We read recently, but it can't be true! We Deny The Allegation and Defy The Alligator! Sir:- You must have been a Sunday School Superintendent, judging from your patronizing hip, hip, hooray com- ments to Contribs. Listen here, Sonny, --be human! If you can't, turn in your mediocre titled column to some grammar school, and go back to your dolls and pretty blocks. It annoys me to have to bother with criticizing you-- I do it as unaccountably as I stopped my Gray Goose yesterday to steer a foolish young airedale across the street. You can't expect your Contribs to toe the mark of interesting originality un- less you set the example. --THE THIRTEENTH BUCCANEER. And Buckie, old thing, even the above caption is far from original--it should be in quotes--as it is a favorite ultimatum of Col. Waters, the Tunnel sage, when he considers himself to have been insulted. To be truly original is far from human--and if we are any- thing we are human. : However, with your splendid help we should be able to make this column so brilliant as to make Dick's Little Line look like a 1919 used Ford! IMPOSSIBLE ; According to a paragrapher in a Detroit paper: "Fashion has accom- plished the remarkable feat of making the girl who is all curves look as if she had none whatever." THAT'S AWFUL GLAD! "Mabel's So Glad She Looked as if She'd Adenoids" According to a Chitrib headline over a recent interview of Mae Tinee's. ODE TO ELIZABETH Our old Ford, she works fer Pa, An' she's the goodest car ever you saw ! She comes to our house every day And runs to the office, two blocks away, An' my Ma, she ist laughs When Dad he steps on the gas,-- Ain't it the beatenist car ever ran, Rattley, battley, bangedy can! S -- Sis. Yes, Sis, had the faithful "Lizabeth" been known to the loveable Riley he would undoubtedly have immortalized her even as he did "Lil Orphant Annie." OPTIMIST LEAGUE Our own Pollyanna Editorial chief recently came out flat-footed for the movement favoring an Optimist League. We are all for him and it! And we should like to suggest the following ticket of worthy optimists when the election of officers is under considera- tion : For, President, Our own good "Doctor Phil" Kohlsaat, Vice-president, "Doc™ Crane; Secretary, the original "Pollyanna, Herself, in Person"; Treasurer, "Eddie" Guest. And among other real dyed-in-the- wool optimists who should be consid- ered for honors are the following: The man or woman who thinks that any person with money enough to hire a smart lawyer will ever HANG by the neck in Cook county; Little Miss Muffet: Any person who thinks that the crime situation in Chicago is NOT serious; Any one who still believes in the ancient worn-out saw that, "T'wo can live as cheaply as one." (Let him read the current ads for feminine clothing or the annals of the Court of Domes- tic Relations.) ; The young man or woman who en- ters into a career of journalism with his eyes open and in his or her right mind, and expects some day to make a living ; Any man who takes a job as a Chi- cago "copper" without taking out in- surance; And the watchman at the North Western crossing at Central street, Wilmette. Anyone who can remain a smiling optimist and watch that cross- ing is sure the champion among opti- mists. Frank BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE GO ACROSS TO SEE! "Why," queries our astute editorial writer, "go to Michigan just to see the other shore of the lake?" --T. R. C. AWNINGS Attractively Practical Economically Priced H. N. BLASIUS CO. 14 Prouty Annex Winnetka, Ill. Phone 1125 Orders Filled Within 10 Days Supreme -- air, land and water ACKARD motors drove the giant Navy dirigible Shenandoah on its record-breaking flight of 8100 miles. 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