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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 8 Aug 1919, p. 2

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2 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1919 Winnetka Weekly Talk ISSUED FRIDAY OF EACH WEEK - by The Lake Shore Publishing Company 1222 Central Ave., Wilmette, Ill. Business Telephone ....Wilmette 1921 Editorial Telephone ....Wilmette 1920 Winnetka Office Telephone Winn. 388 SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 A YEAR Strictly in advance Address all communications to the Winnetka Weekly Talk, Wilmette, Ill. Anonymous communications will be passed. to the waste basket. The same applies to rejected manuscript unless return postage is enclosed. for publication should reach this office by Tuesday afternoon to insure appear- ance in current issue. Resolutions of condolence, cards of thanks, obituary poetry, notices of entertainments or other affairs where an admittance charge will be made or a collection taken, will be charged for at regular advertising rates. Entered in the postoffice at Winnetka, Illinois, as mail matter of the second class, under the act of March 3, 1879. FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1919 Sentimentality In Government There is no very good place for sentimentality, principally because it lacks anything to encourage belief in the sincerity of those who indulge in it. About the worst place for this misapplication of emotion and affec- tation is in the officials of the gov- ernment of a country that is dealing with other people who are not so in- " dulging themselves. No one can consider all that has been said and done in the matter of Articles | of the voting public to go home to can come only through pressure from try out the sentiment of their constituents. A measure of patience is necessary and an honest desire of the author- ities to solve the riddle of finding the end of the circle that has been de- scribed by the policy that has pre- vailed of passing on the increase in cost of everything, adding a little by way of good measure in each step of the progress of all materials from the hand of the producer to the hand of the consumer. Given these two virtues on the part of the whole peo- ple the tanled that we woven will be readily resolved. Lack- ing the desire to co-operate on the part of the producer, the distributor, web have land all who are needlessly contribut- the adjustment of the relations of | America with the countries that were associated with us in seeing that a lot of the talk has arisen out of a sentimental notion of our position. We have talked ideal- ism and unselfishness until we are a little intoxicated with the sound of our own sweet words and have come to think that we are a nation set apart, destined to reform mankind. The American was wont to be a war without person of sound common sense, prac- | tical and using good judgment. We seldom donned our rose-tinted spec- tacles, never except when we wished to deceive ourselves a little, knowing all the time just what we were doing. But we are in danger or losing those qualifications that brought to be one of the great powers of the have us world, that have made America stand | for honesty, achievement and gressiveness all over the world. There are times and occasions for sentiment, even pro- | sentimenttality, but | when the nation is seeking a way to | durable and just peace, when we are trying to establish our relations with | a world that we cannot know very well, trying to look into the future and to guess the secrets there hid, is not one of the times. We need to employ every bit of sound common | sense, to speak in the clearest pos- sible terms, to tell the truth to our- selves, to each other and to the rest of the world. It is folly to look to high-sounding phrases for guidance, wicked to refuse to recognize the truth and to tell it. Getting Down To Business There is satisfaction in the fact that the recess which Congress voted for itself has been foregone in order that important legislation may be taken care of. Whatever suggests that the members of the federal law- making body are going to devote themselves to the solution of those difficult questions that are besetting the country is encouraging.It presents a possibility that there will be found relief from the hard conditions under which the great mass of the people | of all the world have lived during the war and since the coming of that measure of peace that now exists. A further ray of promise that something is to be done is beginning to appear with the decision of the government to dispose of the food supplies that have been left in the stores of the war department. This lends weight to the evident intention of the president and Congress to ad- mit that there must be found a way through the economic conditions that exist, in the willingness of Congress to stick at the job of providing for | the readjustment that we must have, despite the intensity of the heat in Washington and the natural desire of | men whose interests lie in the hands 84 ing the to general distress, there must be compulsion, and compulsion PAINTS Of all kinds in large and small cans WALL PAPERS, PAINTING & DECORATING Floor Finishing a Specialty RASMESEN'S PAINT STORE FREE PAINT INFORMATION FREE the government. It is useless to talk of other method. that pressure were to be applied and the patience of the consuming public rewarded. Correction In last week's Talk it was acci- dentally stated that the increase in Winnetka's population between six and twenty-one during 'the past year, was two per cent. As a matter of fact, the actual increase was twenty- seven per cent. SUBSCRIBE NOW N. J. FELLOWS REGISTERED OPTICIAN Eyes Tested. Frames Fitted Lenses Duplicated Frames Repaired Phone Winnetka 85 Room 3 Prouty Bldg. We close at 12:20 on Saturdays LLLLLLT SAL LIL TILL L FLL S LLL LL SSIS ISIS SLASHES SS FS FSIS A LAS SSSI SLA IIIS ISIS ASA SIS AISI IIIS SII IA FIFI IIS ISAT II and SAVINGS BANK CHECKS BY MAIL are the safest of all ways of re- mitting money. If lost or de- stroyed, payment can be stop- ped and new checks drawn. And checks are indisputable receipts for monzy paid. ment by checks gives a man a higher standing who pay in actual Finally pay- much than those cur- rency. Formerly BANK OF M. K. MEYER [Established 1894 CAPITAL $35,000.00 | your clothes. while." Phone Winnetka 150 L | and want you to know us That the best way for you to become agreeably acquainted with usis to let us clean, repair and press One trial will convince you that our mutual business acquaintanceship will be "worth DveHouse INCORPORATED 4 Carlton Building, Winnetka, Illinois Be Pe 2d 2 2 7 For e rT ETT cn Fs = a | | k | { ray We want to know you | H I fi fl i ¥ § ¥ i | | li | | | { | | R| | ! | | i B. Nazarian Bros., Props. It looks now as if | t = } The Cemetery Beautiful LANTED amidst nature's own beauty, man has created a beautiful park ceme- tery. The sunken gardens, the winding paths, and the imposing chapel makes this spot a vision of beauty. It is indeed a fit- ting final resting place for our beloved ones. MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY and ANNEX Gross Point Road and Harrison St., Vs Mils West of Evanston We want you to visit this cemetery. You will find it interesting and attractive. You should reserve for yourself a family lot--all iots in Memorial Park are sold with full perpetual care guaranteed. Suitable. easy payments--no interest. Don't miss this opportunity. YOU ARE INVITED to call or write to the main office, 703 Mar vuette Bldg. and make appointment to have one of our representa- tives call for you in an automobile to take you to and from the cemetery. No obligation. Investigate NOW 1 Central Cemetery Company 703 Marquette Building, Dept. B861 Chicago Our perpetual eare funds are on deposit with the Trust ida of the Central Trust of Illinois. &l Painting and Decorating CHAS. R. BAKKEMO Residence Telephone Winnetka 630 915 ASH STREET, WINNETKA = Quality and Service--First Price--Later We will not accept an order i: we cannot give quality and service. ; Our price represents a legitimate profit to us--not a cent more. WINNETKA MARKET ~ | 734 Elm Street PETERS PROPRIETOR Telephone Winnetka 920--821 a nd FOR SALE North Shore Property From Evanston to Glencoe Vacant and Improved HILL & STONE REAL ESTATE OPERATORS WILMETTE : 404 LINDEN AVENUE Tel. Wilmette 1644 WINNETKA 524 LINDEN STREET Tel. Winnetka 1544 Hn Less Carbon No Friction ATH FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR MOTOR The Best Friend Your Motor Ever Had WINNETKA MOTOR COMPANY RUN TTTTT More Mileage Reduce Repair Bills Tm Forget the Strikes and Riots Just a Moment-- You have needed your automobile more than ever before during the street car tieup. As you appreciate the larger uses of your car, you also realize the importance of keep- ing down the maintenance expense as much as possible One of the most important items is your tire expense. YOU CAN CUT THIS IN HALF or do even better if you will send your worn tires to us to be renewed, rebuilt and reconstructed by our Live-Rubber, DRI-KURE process. Guaranteed for 3500 miles Buy your new tires and tubes here also and you will save money EVANSTON TIRE TREADING CO. "The Tire Merchants of the North Shor." Phone Evanston 6537. 1613-1615 Sherman Ave., Evanston OPPOSITE CITY HALL

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