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14 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1924 Winnetka Weekly Talk by LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. 1222 Central Ave. Wilmette, Ill. Pelephone ............ Winnetka 2000 Telephone ....50 0.0000 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 SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1924 Depress the Tracks. Give the Business Men Fair Play. Build a New Village Hall. Enforce the Traffic Laws. Build the Truck Road. LES SILHOUETTES The sea is flecked with bars of grey, The dull dead wind is out of tune, And like a withered leaf the moon Is blown across the stormy bay. Etched clear upon the pallid sand Lies the black boat: a sailor boy Clambers aboard in careless joy With laughing face and gleaming hand. And overhead the curlews cry, Where through the dusky upland grass The young brown-throated reapers pass, Like silhouettes against the sky. --Oscar Wilde. BOOKS AND IGNORANCE Books vanquish ignorance. By the thoughtful reading of good books a youth can give himself a remarkably valuable education. A bookman is usually a well-edu- cated man. The boys and girls of New Trier High school recently sent to Caney Creek, Kentucky, 942 books. They sent them in re- sponse to a call from the com- munity center in CanesnCreek for aid in a war against. he ignor- ance and poverty Faong the whites in that Kentucky region. Suppose you. were at ashore on a desert island. At first all your time and energy is spent in providing for the immediate needs of your body. But after these are satisfied you will in- evitably want to read. But you have nothing to read, no maga- zines, n6 books. So you are thrown back on direct observation of natural objects, and on mem- ory and thinking. For a little while you find it pleasant to be thus forced back on your own resources. But 'soon you long for the al- most shuman companionship of books. You would even give a portion of your life for the Bible, a one-volume Shakespeare, or the unabridged dictionary. You hunger and thirst for reading matter. One day you find on the beach a single leaf from a book of poems. Tt is a godsend. Think of Caney Creek people as they will receive and read these 942 books. GARDENERS The far-famed beauty of the north shore is the result large- ly of .work done by gardeners. The flourishing condition of shrubs, flowers, and lawns is due to the skill and constant care of gardeners. Just here it may be well to say that we are including under | the term, "gardeners," such craftsmen as landscape gar- deners, foresters, and men work- ing in private gardens. All these workers by their cooperation create and preserve the beauty of the nearer landscape. No small credit for the excep- tional beauty of north shore home surroundings is due to the North Shore Horticultural society, an organization made up of north shore gardeners. It is a remark- ably useful society, inasmuch as it is the medium of the exchange of ideas regarding better horti- cultural methods. Like every other cooperative organization it stimulates its members to dis- cover and think out improved ways of working. It stirs up among its members a spirit of beneficent rivalry. Employers of gardeners will find it profitable to themselves as well as to their men to so ar- range hours and work that their gardeners may not only join this society but also attend regularly and thus get the full benefit of active participation in its activ- ities. The society meets at Com- munity House in Winnetka. REALLY IDEAL The feature that makes the Skokie graduation exercises uni- que is that they are ideally real and really ideal. . There is in them a combination of the ideal and the real that we have never met elsewhere. We have seen numberless commencements and almost as many dramatic perfor- mances; but never except at Skokie have we seen a dramatic commencement. On the stage the graduates sang the songs and conducted the discussions just as if they were actually taking part in school ex- ercises and recitations. Of course their uniformly blue costumes were a bit unconventional, and the lighting was not the usual class-room illumination, but these were mere details. They ran about and played games just as they usually did in the regular gymnasium. And when the gates opened and they passed through, they receiv- ed their diplomas (only they were called "passports") as all graduates actually do. As an attempt to dramatize the real, or realize the dramatic it was a great success. "SCHOOL'S OVER!" School's over, and vacation days are here! Now we can go fishing up in the Wisconsin brooks or go over to Michigan and loaf around. What good times we used to have in those July and August days up at that wonderful Wis- consin lake! The very air itself was full of magic. All winter and spring the lake and woods had been waiting for us. And now here we were at.last. Days like those won't come again for the simple reason that the golden days of youth never return. A GOOD INVESTMENT For a young man living on a limited income, we know of no other investment that is on the whole so profitable as the buying of shares in a solid, progressive building and loan association. The association must be both well established and growing. Let him put his money regularly into such an institution as this and in a relatively short: time he will have a nice little pile with which to buy a home or finance a busi- ness. : Suppose a young man of 20 be- gins to buy shares in a good building and loan association. He pays in $10 a month for 1114 years. Then let us suppose that he stops paying. What will he have when he is 33? He has paid in about $1,380. At 33 he will have to his credit $2,000. If he leaves this $2,000 in the associa- tion it will automatically double itself every 1114 years, so that when our young man is 66 years of age he will have for his own use the tidy sum of $16,000! which at 6 per cent will pay him $20 a week. And he has put in only $2,000. He must make sure that the association is in the hands of capable and trustworthy men. Having satisfied himself on that score he may go ahead and buy shares, confident that he can make no better investment. UP TO DATE! An eight year old lad was rid. ing with his uncle down one 6f our Winnetka streets. As they passed a certain home where formerly lived a= woman well- known for her philanthropic ac- tivities, the uncle remarked, "Why, she was president of our lecal W. C. T. U. for many, many years?' «The boy at once "spoke Up WC. TT. 17.2 - What's that? A new radio station?" ---- LINE RTH SHORE. > Vacationists! Here's Best Way to Reach Wisconsin and No. Michigan OING to Wisconsin or Northern Michigan this summer? Take the North Shore Line--your vacation will start as you board the train. This is the clean, convenient, enjoyable route to vacation lands. Direct connections in Milwaukee with the T. M. E. R. & L. R. R. for Oconomowoc, Nashota Lakes, Nehmabin Lakes, Silver Lake, Delafield, Waukesha Beach, Nagawicka Lake and Pewaukee Lake. Also direct connections with Milwaukee Northern R. R. for Port Washington, Sheboygan, Elkhart Lake, Cedar Lake, Crystal Lake and intermediate points. Schedules of both roads connect with North Shore Line trains. Step from your North Shore train in Milwaukee into aT. M. E. R. & L. or Milwaukee Northern train outside the door. Connections are made in Milwaukee with Pere Marquette Steamers for Ludington, Manistee, Hamlin Lake, Por- tage Lake and Onekema. Leave here in af- ternoon; take night steamer from Milwaukee, arriving in Michigan next morning. Fast trains leave for Milwaukee over the North Shore Line, at frequent intervals. You may buy a "through" ticket at the North Shore ticket office, and check your baggage, to your point of destination. For schedules, fares or other information, inquire at North Shore ticket office. Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad Company Winnetka Passenger Station Elm Street Telephone Winnetka 963 MOTOR COACH TOURS The North Shore Line is operating a series of delightful motor coach tours throughout the summer. Big, new, comfortable de luxe coaches--outings of unsurpassed scenic beauty through lake and resort regions of Northern Illi- nois and Wisconsin, including the famous Wisconsin Dells. 3.day trip--455 miles, including hotels, meals and boat trips, $37. TH SH LINE 5-day trip-- 738 miles, including hotels and meals, $65. ORE 7-day trip -- 959 miles, including hotels, meals and boat trips, $89. 1-day trip -- 180 miles to Lake Geneva and return, including boat trip, $7.50. Illustrated folders with full particulars at any North Shore Line station, or apply F. W. Shappert, Trafic Mgr., Rm. 822, 72 W. Adams St., Chicago. Telephone State 5723 or Central 8280, ET us renovate its appearance by a thorough and painstaking washing, cleansing, drying and polishing that will make it look like a new car. We have a system in doing this kind of work, contributing the most effective work in the shortest time at a most reasonable price. WITH A SMILE" OLA 8 ¢