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22x WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1923 Winnetka Weekly Talk ISSUED SATURDAY OF EACH WEEIK by LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. 1222 Central Ave. Wilmette, Ill. MelepRONEe .u....1icoevt02 Winnetka 38S 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 'hanks, obituary, poetry, notices of en- tertainments or other affairs where an admittance charge will be made or 3 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, MAY 26, 1923 OBSERVE THE RULES We regret to state that this spring a few residents of Win- netka have been attempting to assist non-resident friends of theirs to obtain by unfair means the privilege of playing on the Skokie Playfield Golf Course. The method employed is for the non-resident to allege that he is a resident and for his resident ' friend to back this by a state- ment that the non-resident is rooming or lodging in his house. 'Perhaps those engaged in this practice have not fully realized the character of their acts. Rel- atively speaking there is only a small monetary gain or loss in- volved, but such conduct certainly violates valuable principles of private and public honesty and square dealing. The regulations with regard to the Skokie Playfield Golf Course have been worked out with the greatest care and with the sole idea of giving to the public of Winnetka primarily and then to the public generally the greatest possible good out of the course. A man is unfair to other Win- netka residents and also to him- self, who through a false sense of friendship seeks to evade these rules and set them at naught. We believe that thoseswho have been thus seeking to aid their friends will on careful reconsid- eration agree that the best inter- ests of Winnetka can be fostered only by seeing to. it that they themselves and alffothers observe strictly all such community rules. In the opening paragraph of this editorial the word, "attempt- ing," was used advisedly, because the officials in charge of the Playfield Course were well aware of these efforts and did not grant to. these non-residents the priv- ileges of playing. At the risk of unnecessary repetition we again urge all Win- netkans to believe sincerely that such regulations are not arbitrary but were made for the benefit of the citizens of Winnetka. Help the officials to enforce them! STIMULATION WITHOUT 1 PRECISION! Stimulation without precision! That's the criticism passed on the beliefs and preachings of the New England group of philoso- phers headed by Ralph Waldo Emerson. It's a very suggestive phrase -- "stimulation without precision." The philosophy of this group was of the transcendental sort, the central idea of which was, trust your feelings not your rea- son. If you want to get at the heart of things, use your heart not your head. By a kind of in- spiration you will arrive at the truth of things, hidden to the cold intellect. It's the way you find out the odor of the jasmine flow- er. You can't figure out what it will be; logic won't help you. Smell it! Then you'll know. One of the most peculiar men in this remarkable company was Bronson Alcott. He held that manuring the soil was a corrupt- ing and unjust method of forcing Nature. He made a very nice distinction between the good vegetables and the bad ones like potatoes and radishes that grow downward into the earth. He told people that they must not eat this baser sort. He also held it wrong to kill the canker worms that fed on the apple trees. They had as much right to the apples as man had. When you turn to the funda- mental principles that support Alcott's odd views you find them rather general and vague; they may justly be said to be stimulat- ing but not precise. It is refreshing to find that this criticism cannot be passed on our modern preaching. It has taken on a precision that fits the needs of modern life. WONDERFUL Two events, at least, seem won- derful to us! The playing of Schubert's "Unfinished Symphony" by the New Trier Symphony Or- chestra and the singing of Cole- ridge Taylor's "Hiawatha's Wed- ding Feast" by the girls and boys of this same school. The "Unfinished Symphony" is difficult in rhythm and harmony, but our young friends under Mrs. Cotton's direction played it to the great delight and edification of the audience. Judging from the youth of the players, they couldn't have been playing many years; yet they played with an assurance, and ac- curacy, and an interpretive power that a much older and more sea- soned orchestra might well be proud of. The same singing. can be said of the We (the person that's writing) have sung this choral work and know its exceedingly in- tricate nature. And our results were not especially musical. But many of these young ones, scarcely looking at their notes, apparently made not a single error. Honor to Mrs. Cotton and. New Trier! POLICEMAN AND POET When we read some days ago that a Winnetka "copper" had writ- ten a poem by that name, we hoped that we'd soon see it. We wanted to know what poetry there was in the daily walk of a guardian of the peace. What voices call to him from the fleecy clouds and azure lakes? Does he sing his inventions to himself as Burns did How in- teresting it would be, how ro- mantic, to hear on some starlit mid- night a 'rich baritone voice singing something like "The stars have a thousand eyes, The day but one!" +' We have no romance in our North Shore towns. Life is one thing after another. Motor col lision on Sheridan road; the Day- light Change of time; a train put on or taken off schedule--that's about all we get. - But a real live poet patroling our streets and singing as he patrols-- can you beat it? THE MACLEISH MEMORIAL ___'LIBRARY The heroic conduct of Lieuten- ant Kenneth MacLeish in the late war has brought not only to him and his parents a real and abiding honor, but also to his friends and fellow townsmen. Any citizen of Glencoe visiting Washington and seeing the MacLeish Memorial Library will surely feel a glow of pride in realizing the fact that it was a Glencoe boy who was thus signally honored. As this collection of books on aeronautics and kindred sciences grows a moment more enduring than bronze will be rising to the memory of a brave and loyal American soldier. TRUCK ROADS Let us have truck roads through our north shore towns and villages built especially for heavy trucks and from which these vehicles shall not depart except for near-by de- livery. Ride through any of your towns and you will find streets pock- marked with hard deep chuck-holes, largely caused by the rapid traffic of heavy loaded trucks. Let us confine the Colossus of Roads to an Interurban Truck Road, direct and practically indes- tructible. RAISE IN WAGES Remember that time long ago when the boss called you into his office and instead of bawling you out told you that he'd raised your pay $5 a week? "What a grand and glorious feeling!" That day both man and nature were truly beautiful. When you reached home you had your mother guess what had happened. She knew it was something fine, but none of her guesses touched the wonderful fact. Then you told her in your modest way. How she enjoyed it with you! You went through almost these same experiences one bright day after you were married. Your wife and you de- cided to put the extra money in the bank. We hope that this can be done with the raise in wages that has been given to the Winnetka police and firemen. * VANDALS It was a horrible sight! The highway robbers seized upon the beauty of the countryside and tore her limb from limb. Into their car they piled. great clusters of blossoms, leaving ugly gashes and bleeding wounds on the lovely tree! Then off they sped--the Vandals leaving the little tree to recover as best she could. Just now the woods in the For- est Preserve and elsewhere adjoin- ing the north shore are putting forth their generous abundance of bloom and fragrance. And, as usual, narrow minded men and women tear off, and carry away wholesale, laden branches. 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