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12 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1921 [ : : Excusing Young People From Failure! studies, be given another chance. |is a tendency to talk a lot and not do | ceed in life unless they meet the re- Winnetka Weekly Talk College authorities complain of the| This will be asked in many cases anything. Students get the idea that quirements of their work. To slip ISSUED SATURDAY OF EACH WEEK | many parents who come to their in-| where the boys have wilfully neglect- i they can slip along somehow, and through a school or college easily by stitutions, and demand that boys who | ed their work. that threats of expulsion will never | gives them the idea that the tests of LAKE SHORE PUBLISHING COMPANY | had utterly fallen down in their| In dealing with young people, thére | be carried out. They will never suc-|life can be met with equal negligence. 1222 Central Ave. Wilmette, Ill 556 Center Street, Winnetka, Ill. Telephone ............... Wilmette 1920 LAA ALLL LL AA ALLAAH LL PL AA AA A LA EE AA AA AA AY Telephone ............. Winnetka 388 gn N = ~~" WESTERN UNDERTAKING C0. |: | a -------------------------------------------- ee -------------- e------------ i ] N All communications must be ac- ® 1 : \ EI Sh ; G / Hh reac i i : L} NY Se Ba ay FUNERAL DIRECTORS ; ran P erda~--~ PN current issue. : ' \ - Ee i N winks, obituary "poetry, hotices of ; You may hear it in your own livi by wi ; thanks, obituary poetry, notices : y wn iving room y wire- \ rts e her aff h 1 Sn pian: hares. wils Be MONS bE WE STRIVE TO PLEASE : less telephone as loud as the ordinary Victrola. Sets ¥ \ a collection taken, will be charged for H : ; ; ; i N at regular advertising rates. 2 ? : : are easy to operate and instruction will be given as - N FATE = Our constant desire when called is to render the most 1 long as needed. The possibilities for pleasure are ! N finois. as mail reales nthe i unlimited. Beside the voices of our own Chi i Don ander the aot of March 3, 1878 EFFICIENT and COMPLETE SERVICE i eee voices, of our own Chicago} : Opera Company you may attend a piano recital in 5 N SAT SAV : , iN SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1921 and to supply FINE FUNERAL FURNISHINGS at the : Pittsburgh, a prize fight or go to Church Sunday ) \ =; = o very LOWEST COST. . : evenings. It is also possible to hear music from : N ristmeas cis : New York and Uew Jersey. i \ An enormous amount o money nas LADY ATTENDANT 1 : 3 : ' \ always been spent on Christmas toys i An ita Christmas gift for your home--for further : \ for the children, and it is the natural ; : details or demonstration call Highland Park 237. : N : No charge for distance 1 HN expression of love for the little ones : ! \ and enjoyment of their happiness. - : ! : : 3 iN But sometimes the simple toy gives H k UNSER i gh more real satisfaction than the costly ° ° 1 FRANCIS L, 4! OOLLE Y i \ 1 N one. MANAGER - 388 Central Avenue 1 N . - | | N Many mechanical toys used to be 1022 Davis St. Phone Evanston 98 1 HIGHLAND PARK, ILL HN . . ] sold that were poorly made. They Evanston, IIL ; Phone Wilmette 280 i : \ were elaborate 'and handsome, and 8 nnn a ' he the children would look at them LITRE. EEE open mouthed for a few days, until = they refused to work. A toy of that 72) ZH ZA S kind does not help a child to develop. Children should be taught to pre- i : serve their toys, but if they are so \ made that they go to pieces in a few N\ days, the youngster has no incentive AUILDING \ to care for them. NOW os" \ Toys are very useful when they \ give a child the opportunity to en- \ gage in some healthful sport, or game \ that develops his initiative, or when \ they encourage him to do something \ with his hands. A set of building \ blocks, for instance, leads him to USC LTDOCK]| \ exercise skill and imagination. Sub- U S \ stantial and well made toys that lead % N a child to do things for himself, can \ be a factor in promoting his develop- \ ment. The FIR PRO O F WA LLB OARD \ ing Work Out of Christ \ sing Wor ky 3 Wp Sheetrock walls and \ Christmas Is a very beau ceilings a easily and \ day, embodying perhaps the sweet- op] i. F N\ est and loveliest sentiments of which |. quickly erected. Yor \ the human race is capable. Yet some Sheetrock can be sawed \ people make the Christmas period and nailed like lumber. \ Set worry and overstrain. ero Made from rock, Sheet- \ 1ere are some women w hav long lists of friends, and they feel rock walls are Respro \ that all these people must be remem- non-warping an _non- \ bered for this holiday. Some of buckling, and are resistant \ them will select and send off remem- alike to heat, cold and \ ay brances to a hundred or more people. sound, \ Many of these gifts are just Christ- N mas cards, yet they devote a good Let us show you Sheetrock \ ace} of thought fo eaeh card, so as to \ \ be sure that the sentiment is appro \ \ i priate. NN N\ Noble as the feeling of Christmas \ \ is, any good thing can be overdone. N N\ Some people who are worrying and \ \ fretting about their list of presents, \ : \ have failed to catch the real spirit of N \ the occasion. \ : =BUl LDING \ Crippled Children \ Headquarters quar ers S \ Dr. Adolph Lorenz, the famous \ N Austrian surgeon, declares that there \ \ are in the United States 10 to 15 \ \ times more people needing operations \ = \ as the result of infantile paralysis, \ wr el \ than in any other country of the \ ors : \ world. He is astounded by the adult \ : \ cripples who had dragged around \ ; N paralyzed limbs nearly all their lives \ \ without effort to get them cured. \ u al 00 S um er N\ Many parents of such children lack \ \ the money for costly treatment. Yet \ \ many surgeons gladly perform oper- N \ ations without charge for poor people. \ om an \ Fr What is needed is well endowed hos- \ \ ¢ pitals for a lot of these sufferers. \ \ The terrible epidemics of infant \ z . \ paralysis have left an army of \ S tt d L d A \ maimed young people, and they need \ CO an in en venues \ re help from some generous source. \ \ People who have ever visited a \ \ school for crippled children and have \ HUBBA \ watched the determination with \ \ which they play ball and try in all N\ 2 5 \ possible ways to overcome their ter- N\ Tele hones: Winnetka 451-452 \ rible handicap, will believe that these \ Pp . \ young folks are worthy of a better 3 -- chance. . 7 mmiiiddd: D5