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20 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1923 Winnetka Weekly Talk ISSUED SATURDAY OF EACH WEEK by LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. 1222 Central Ave. Wilmette, Ill Telephone .............. Winnetka 388 Telephone ............. 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 postoffice at Winnet- ka, Illinois, as mail matter of the sec- ond class, under the act of March 3, © 1879 SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1923 INFORMATION AND INTEREST The well-informed person is us- ually interested. The more one knows about a subject the more interested he becomes. On the other hand, ignorance begets in- difference. lf you don't know what it's all about, you're certain to have the "don't care" attitude. The man who has read the books on polar exploration wants to know the details of the latest search for the North Pole. The youth who almost literally de- vours articles on the radio, listens eagerly to lectures on ether- waves and potentiometers. If you wish to arouse interest in a child, inform him. He's almost certain to ask for more. For these reasons we are glad to see that in many communities movements are on foot to dissem- inate information among the citi- zens. The movements take var- ious forms in various communi- ties, but whatever the forms the purposes are identical. We are inclined to believe that in this matter the women are more ac- tive than the men. One of the most active of these agencies is the Winnetka League of Women Voters. The most in- genious of all its plans to acquaint Winnetka voters with the Vil- lage administrative machinery was the symposium held at the Woman's Club on Weddesday af- ternoon, March 28. As we read the program of fourteen items we were amazed at the range of subject matter. No department of village government seems to have been omitted. No matter how thoroughly informed the au- ditors may have been when the symposium began, they knew vastly more when it ended. Hav- ing followed the various speeches and discussions into all their ram- fications, the auditors were in a position to tell many things to their less fortunate fellow-citi- zens of the opposite sex. And, as was said before, this information aroused interest, which in its turn will seek more information. Every community which has thus been aroused will be a better community, and living itself will be more enjoyable. MEN'S SUNDAY MORNING CLASS The thought of men meeting te study the life of Christ brings with it the thought of the twelve men who formed the first Men's Class. This is the twentieth cen- tury, and that the first century. More than two thousand years between, but again a group of men studying the sayings of the carpenter's son. So much vital- ity in the thoughts, words, and deeds of that wonderful leader of men! The members of the Men's Class are taking to themselves the lessons contained in the par- ables of the Rich Fool, The Faith- ful Steward, The Lost Coin, and the Prodigal Son. In these Je- sus emphasized the supreme value of the spiritual life. One wonders just how these stories affected the disciples who heard them. What did they bring to the meetings of that first class of learners? Just what was in their minds as they heard about the woman who lost the coin and finding it rejoiced greatly? Did those men see in the parable any- thing of what our Men's Class see in it? It must have been a tale for simple men, for they were un- tutored laborers. The words of Jesus in that last week must have taken on an intensity borrowed from the occasion. Men who are interested in studying the words of the phil- osophers will be welcomed to this 20th Century Class, meeting in Community House at 9:30 every Sunday morning. EXTENSION OF COMMUNITY HOUSE The issuing of a building per- mit for the construction of an ex- tension to Community House em- phasizes the growth of that or- ganization. $60,000, the stated cost of the addition, cannot indi- cate the significance of that growth, nor can the size, 100 by 146 feet. These figures do, how- ever, tell us that a wonderful philanthropic spirit has outgrown its dwelling-place and is to have more commodious quarters. Anyone who has known even a little of the activities of Com- munity House must have wonder- ed how all of them could take place in that building. Even when the number of available rooms is multiplied by the num- ber of suitable hours, one finds it hard to fit in all the various meetings. Is there any phase of human life, physical, mental, mor- al, spiritual--that has not been exercised in some one or two or more of these weekly gather- ings? Tt is altogether likely that the work will so grow that in a few wears it will be necessary to make another enlargement. A LITTLE THEATER It seems that Oliver Hinsdell of Evanston has gone to New Or- leans and put up a little Theater that is marvelously successful. And the question occurs, why do we let him stay in New Orleans when he might build and conduct a much-needed little Theater somewhere on the north shore? The little Theater in New Or- leans is an artistic gem, and Mr. Hinsdell has evoked much co-op- eration from local artists, busi- ness and social leaders. But why not ask him to return to his home in the North and put up a little play-house, a haunt of the muses, near the shores of Lake Michi- gan? Come back, Mr. Hinsdell! GOLDEN WEDDINGS Any couple that has lived hap- pily together for fifty years has achieved a remarkable success. That two have lived together, ex- length of time is rather unusual, together happily, is, in these days well worth dwelling on. : Indeed, the very thought of be- ing married to one person for so long a time frightens many. A golden wedding is a precious thing. Humanity might well pay a handsome premium to those whose golden wedding is realized. Such individuals show humanity the rich possibilities of married life. ; Sweethearts can point to these connubial veterans and assure themselves that love can live, if not forever, at least for fifty years. These older ones show the younger ones what can be done. Then, too, a golden wedding, like that of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Norton of Winnetka, affords splendid material for students of the effects of environment. If one desires to know what changes man or woman undergoes by liv- ing with one mate for a consider- isted as man and wife for that|: but that they should have lived |: of puppy love and easy divorces, able period, let him study golden- wedded people. He will see a gradual reciprocal adaptation of one to the other. (The adapta- tion must be "reciprocal" in the case of those who live "happily" together for half a century.) The student of environmental effects will see a sort of growing togeth- er, a recreative unification of two who were at first somewhat dis- similar. And this unification will not be a monotonizing of two var- ied tones, but the creation of a new and valuable type, different from any mere individual. In twenty-five years we're go- ing to celebrate in beautiful prose RE-ROOF! RICHARDSON CO. 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