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14 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1924 Wiinetka Weekly Talk LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. 1222 Central Ave. Wilmette, IIL Telephone ........... Winnetka 2000 Telephome ............ 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 8, 1879. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1924 Depress the Tracks. Give the Business Men Fair Play. Build a New Village Hall. Enforce the Traffic Laws. Build the Truck Road. AFTER THANKSGIVING Better than saying thanks in a perfunctory way is the feeling of gratitude and the showing of gratitude in action. On Thanks- giving Day citizens gathered in churches and expressed their thankfulness in prayers and hymns, and the pastors preached appropriate sermons. It is quite fitting that such services should be held. If they .were not held is there not "a danger that the essence of the occasion would dis- appear? Gratitude is not a common quality, not by any means so com- mon as it should be. Now and then one hears a brief "Thank you," but it is very brief and fre- quently not thoroughly cordial. We want others to take for granted that we are thankful without our saying so. More of the genuine heartfelt sort of gratitude would benefit both giv- ers and receivers. We need to be &ducated to recognize occasions for returning thanks. We don't really know what we owe to others. Children can't see that they are debtors to their parents, and grown people can't, or don't, see that they owe anything to their ancestors and so-called public servants. Indeed we all know men who regard city and village officials as marks for censure, never for apprecia- tion. We need to be educated to see what has been, and is being, done for us. If our physical surroundings were like those in which the sav- age and half-civilized man are born and live we should be no further along than are these be- nighted individuals. Certainly if we had to depend merely on our instincts and an environment de- void of the products of govern- ment, industry, and art we should be but little better than the horse and dog. But otir predecessors have left behind them institu- tions that have enabled us to scale heights undreamed of by the savage. It would be well for us to em- phasize to ourselves the fact that gratitude is vastly more bene- ficial to those who give it than to those who receive it. WINNETKA'S WAY It's Winnetka's way. When Winnetka finally decides that a thing ought to be done, it does it. An example of this decision of character is the putting through of the Linden avenue and Chest- nut court projects. A year ago Winnetka officials concluded to do this work and to do it in twelve months. It is now done. Congratulations! Let a person who desires to take a lesson in civic enterprise and activity walk from the rail- road station westward on Elm street. Let him study the good effect of the buildings on Linden and on Elm. As he crosses Lin- den he should notice its remark- able, width and general fine ap- pearance. Next we recommend that he walk south on Linden to Chestnut court, an attractive stretch extending west to Chest- nut street. Here with the eye of the mind aided by accomplished changes he can see the village mall with its central parkway and avenue, and driveways from Elm and Oak streets. On Linden he will see the beautiful municipal building, a real fact of the not distant fut- ure. Let him see it all with its spreading chestnut trees and close-clipped lawns and he has learned a lesson that he can ap- ply with advantage to the prob- lems of his own community. TELL THE LEGION One of the worst type of beg- gars is the one who seeks money or 'help under false pretences, the one who lies, aiming to get aid by hiding under the cloak of real worthiness. All beggars work upon the sympathies of a sus- ceptible "public, 'Dut the class mentioned above représent them- selves. as unfortunate friends of humanity. ' *, Since the War the commonest of these low-down beggars have been solicitors posing as ex-sol- diers. They appear at the front or rear door and fasten them- selves on the patriotic sympathies of the lady of the house. They deliver a hard-luck story of hav- ing been gassed and left to die in the trenches. They go on to say that after having been ex- posed to awful. dangers they escaped barely with their lives and now to support a wife and |4 large family have taken to the selling of self-threading needles. These so-called "soldiers" bring discredit on genuine soldiers. People who contribute to the help of the former perhaps won- der why it is that any veterans of the Great War find it neces- sary to act as begging salesmen. It seems a degrading occupation for those who such a short time ago were so worthily engaged. The American Legion is active in the suppression of this abuse of the American uniform. It has published the fact that any dis- abled ex-service man who so de- sires can put.in a legitimate claim for a monthly compensation of $80. The Legion is doing its best to put war sob-stuff out of busi- ness. The real soldier wants only what every man wants--a square deal. 3 The best thing that the house- holder can do for all parties con- cerned is to report offenders to the officers of the local Legion, who will at once take action against them. " HERBERT B. MULFORD We congratulate Wilmette on the election of Herbert B. Mul- ford to the presidency of the school board. In the death of Arthur H. Howard the cause of education in Wilmette suffered a severe loss. A citizen of proved ability and unusual civic spirit was needed to fill the vacancy.|. We doubt whether a bétter per- son could have been found than Mr. Mulford. He served the community well on the Board of FEducation, the executive board of the Sun- day Evening Club, and as presi- dent of the New Trier Orchestral Association. He did not spare himself in his devotion to the work of these important organ- izations. What they have ac- complished is due in large meas- ure to his activities. PF The North Shore owes much to the loyalty, wisdom, enter- prise, and enthusiasm of such citizens as Herbert B. Mulford. THE FIRST SNOW It fell Monday. We hasten to make the admission that some few first flakes may have fallen some days before. But the first real snowfall came last Monday. It came, as it usually does, un- expectedly. The long spell of Indian summer has spoiled us. We had a hope that the mag- nificent fall days would linger on indefinitely. Naturally, then, when the first flakes floated in- to the field of our vision we were disappointed. But it hasn't stayed long. Of course by the time this editorial appears more snow may have fallen Training in Authorship I will conduct an Authorship Class this winter. Subjects to be studied: The novel, the short story, the es- say, and the article. The course comprises fifteen weekly sessions. It is especially adapted as a finishing course for women who have had some training in writ- 3 ing. 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Tel. 1146 WINNETKA 556 Center St. SE = North Shore Merchandise Despatch Over-night service for"shippers between every important point on the North Shore Line. Through service to Sheboygan, Burlington, Watertown and all points on the Milwaukee North- ern R.R.and T.M. E.R. & L. For rates, deliveries, etc., write or telephone local North Shore agent, or Traffic Department: Chicago office, 72 West Adams Street, 'phones State 5723 and Central 8280; Milwaukee office, 403 Security Building, 'phones > TA XH Hee eo TH SHORE LINE NOR Maintaining Right of Way When you travel on the North Shore Line your safety is in good hands. The Maintenance of Way department, for in- stance, is composed of men who thor- oughly know their business. It is the duty of this department to constantly inspect every foot. of North Shore track from Chicago to Milwaukee -- to keep the 100 Ib. rails and rock-ballasted roadbed in first class condition. Classes are held after the day's work on every detail of maintaining tracks. For foreign-born employees, there are classes in language and American citizenship. North Shore section men are literally specialists in their line of work. Safety instruction is given by a Safety Director in a lecture Sass sh yoy. asses Ba car which travels over the line. Chicago NorthShore andMilwaukeeR.R.Co. Winnetka Passenger Station 32 Elm Street Telephone Winnetka 963 SATs hy pam EE Ri SR a i SL CARRE Z2N