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2 WINNETKA TALK November 21, 1925 WINNETKA TALK ISSUED SATURDAY OF EACH WEEK Li LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. 564 Lincoln Ave. Winnetka, Ill 1222 Central Ave.,, Wilmette, Ill Kelephome.... iaves iver evsisncivees in 2000 BA AE DN Wilmette 1920 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE ............ $2.00 A YEAR All communications must be accompanied by the namo and address of the writer. Articles for pub- lication must reach the editor by Thursday noon to insure appearance in current issue. Resolutions of condolence, cards of thanks, obituary, notices of entertainments or other af- fairs where an admittance charge is published, will be charged at regular advertising rates. Fintered at the post office at Winnetka, Illinois, as mail matter of the second class, under the act of March 3, 1879. : Save Life! ARNINGS and commands can do much towards decreasing the num- ber of children injured and killed by autos. Greater strictness on the part of parents, more certain punishment for disobedience, will shorten the list of these casualties. But more, and perhaps more than we think, can be done by a campaign of educa- tion among the children themselves. Pic- tures--black and white, colored, and, espe- cially, moving--with a minimum of reading matter will have more effect than the in- junctions of parents and teachers. Show children a film story of a child maimed or killed by a car, and the lesson of caution is more strongly enforced than by a hundred commands. Make it plain that the Jisaster is due to the child's lack of care, and the majority of children seeing the picture will learn the lesson. The Cook County Citizens' Child Safety Campaign committee--the length of the name may damage the cause--is initiating such a movement as outlined above. Something New AF gucH we are not epicurean in our attitude toward food, still our curiosity was somewhat piqued by the re- cent appearance of a new item on the neigh- borhood bill of fare. When our market- man announced that he was expecting a shipment of reindeer meat from Alaska we at once determined to buy a reindeer steak and surprise our wife and friends. At first it was repugnant even to think of eating any portion, however small, of that animal so dear to the heart of our old friend Santa Claus. We seemed canni- balisticc. = Who knew whether we might not be feasting on some lineal descendant of Donner or Blitzen, those Christmas coursers, made so much of in that most loved of childhood's classics, " "T'was the night before Christmas"? But when we called to mind the fact that "Mary's little lamb" was decidedly attractive when served with mint sauce and that kind-eyed beeves furnished us with nice juicy porterhouse, acceptable even to the most tender hearted of ladies, we lost much of our sentimental distaste. Tomorrow we intend to get that reindeer steak. We shall ask our housekeeper to broil it in Eskimo butter and garnish it with Iceland moss. f Open House at New Trier £ aul open house plan operating at New Trier high school has been produc- tive of far reaching results. That parents have availed themselves of this opportunity to visit the classes of their children is gratifying to those who inaugurated the plan. Nothing is so important nor, in so many instances, so difficult, as the establishment of a mutual confidential relationship be- tween parent and child. It is only too easy in the family for the way of the child and the way of the parent to diverge. Such a trend begun, it cannot be easily changed. Confidence is built upon respect and trust and mutual understanding. This con- fidence is strengthened by the participa- tion of parents in the school life of the child. Such a community of interest leads in- evitably to understanding. Children cannot in the nature of things have a common interest with their parents except in those things that loom large in the child's life. School is the biggest thing in his world. It is the wise parent who shares that experience with his child. Open house day may lack something as a form of entertainment, but as a builder of community interest it has few equals. New Trustees BY the addition of Percy B. Eckhart and John S. Miller to its board of trustees, the National Kindergarten and Ele- mentary College has materially strength- ened its position on the north shore. Mr. Eckhart is not only a lawyer of proved ability but has also given valuable service as treasurer of the Ravinia Park organiza- tion and president of "he North Shore Theatre Guild. Mr. Miller, president of the Winnetka board, has by the generous use of his time, ability, and energy, been largely responsible for the growth of that village. The college will probably move to its north shore location on Sheridan road about the first of next February. The officers of the school will be obliged to add to their al- ready heavy load of responsibilities. New questions of policy will arise. The rela- tion of the college to the university will have to be more clearly defined. The problem of successfully conducting the finances of the school must be faced and solved. ; The college is therefore to be congratu- lated on securing the services of such prominent and capable men. Real missionaries! They came from Caney Creek, Kentucky, to tell us what was going on down there. Those fou: mountain boys, who told their straightfor- ward stories at Horace Mann school some weeks ago, came to us on a mission. They were sent to bring us the good news that the present generation of that old English pioneer stock, lost in the Kentucky moun- tains 200 years ago, was ambitious to be- come truly progressive, truly American. It was surprising to hear this message from boys still in their teens. We believe that the mission was successful. Our interest in this forward movement in Kentucky is more intelligent and more active. Notify the police immediately! If your house has been entered by thieves, tell the police! This prompt information may en- able them to catch the thieves. House rob- bing, evidently by boys, is becoming too common. What can be done? Locks will not prevent housebreaking. The village police force is not big enough to cover thor- oughly the residence neighborhoods. What will help, however, is a more active co- operation between people and police. Shore Lines THIS COLUMN HAS CHANGED HANDS! To all whom it may (or may not) concern: This column has been taken over, lock, stock and bar- rel, by a new conductor. On and after this date we will not be responsible for any jokes, poems, puns or other witticisms which have appeared here in the past. We have changed the name, the policy and, we hope, the appearance, but we still keep disposition. (My goodness! That was awful, wasn't it?) The column is likely to be a hodge- podge of anything and everything and if you want to learn more about it you are welcome to read it--there's no law against that. GIVING THANKS Thankful, am I-- Thankful for joy. Thankful for giving, For loving, and living. Thankful for friends, Whom God ever sends; And thankful for you, Good friends and true. When you're nearby O thankful am I. Thankful am I-- For the blue sky; For sunshine and rain, Hill, valley, and plain. Thankful for Home, Wherever I roam. Thankful all day, In work or play. And when night is nigh, Still thankful am I. AMy-ABILITY. (Want me for a sister, Pollyanna?) Want us for a little brother, Amy? We had thought ourself a pessimist, but upon counting up our blessings at this appropriate season we find that we, also, are thankful for a number of things. We are thankful to be alive; thankful that this column isn't as long as Dick Little's Line O' Type; thankful that we're still a bachelor and likely to remain so; oh, we've many, many things to be thankful for. CARES OF YESTERDAY The little cares that fretted me I lost them yesterday, Among the fields, above the sea, Among the lowing of the herds, The rustling of the trees, Among the singing of the birds The humming of the bees. I cast them all away, The foolish fears ef what might be Among the clover-scented grass, Among the new-mown hay, Among the husking of the corn, Where drowsy poppies nod, Where ill thoughts die and good are horn-- Out in the fields with God. --BRrOWNING. These beautiful fall days make us sentimental, and when we're sentimental we like poetry. And when we like poetry we print some of it--never our own--so we hope you feel the same way we do. A good five cent cigar will be awarded anyone who can guess the identity of the conductor of this column from this, the latest picture of