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14 Winnetka Weekly Talk y LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. 1222 Central Ave. Wilmette, Ill Telephone .............. Winnetka 388 Telephone 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- ona class, under the act of March 3, 1879. SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1924 Depress the Tracks. Give the Business Men Fair Play. Build a New Village Hall. Enforce the Traffic Laws. Build the Truck Road. PUT YOURSELF IN HIS PLACE The celebrated novelist, Char- les Reade, wrote an influential novel entitled "Put yourself in his place." In it he made a mod- ern application of the Golden Rule. It's a most interesting story, so well told that the moral won't annoy you. "What brought the title of this book to our mind was the item in a recent copy of WILMETTE LIFE telling of a dinner to be given at the First Congregational Church at which the men were to act as waiters. Since the world began, almost, this privilege has been given to women. In fact, this custom of women serving has been so deeply ingrained by long unbroken usage that in many countries such as Germany and Turkey the thought of men, men of standing, waiting on women at dinner is positively repugnant, utterly impossible! But Amer- icans, especially in"Wilmette, are little for precedent. We'd like to see the idea tried out in other places. It should be a valuable experiment were the men to stay at home, say one day a week, and do the house- work, cook the meals, wash the clothes, and take care of the chil- dren. The women would go down-town to the office and transact the day's business. At first, no doubt, both home and office would suffer, but when were beginnings ever perfect? Fach sex would understand the other better, and that would cer- tainly be fine! "Then, too, why shouldn't the church janitor, once in a while, preside at a church meeting? Otherwise, how will he and others ever find out his potential executive abilities? Surely, if he is fit for something better you wouldn't want him to be a janitor all his life! Society needs more leaders. See to it that the mediocre bank-president is given a chance to try out as a motor-man. He may be cracker-jack in that ca- pacity. Put a pair of overalls on the teacher. The iworld will be minus one¢-poor teacher and ahead one good garage mechanic. We are against the prévailing practice of having the shoe- maker stick to his last. That idea originated in China, spread to England, and never should have been allowed to come te America. LAST LEAVES Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote a delightfully natural and some- what pathetic poem which he cilled The Last. Lgal In it he) tells of the old fathers of the commiumity, clinging for a while like withered oak leaves to the boughiand then, at intervals, flut- tering! to the ground to join the millioris gone before. Some day, he says, he too, perhaps, will be one of these "last leaves," almost ready to leave the parent stem. And, true enough, he was one bf the last to go, dying at the good old age of eighty-five. Three of the oldest settlers on the North Shore passed away WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1924 The oldest, George Diettrich, was ninety-five. Mr. May came to Wilmette in 1852. Mr. Diettrich came to Glencoe in his early childhood, somewhere about 1835. For us these men are links be- tween the present age of elec- tricity and the aboriginal Indian. These "forefathers of the hamlet" recall the days when the North Shore was a primeval wilderness and when the howling of real wolves chilled the lonely hearts of the pioneer. The "last leaves" are falling. INDIAN HILL IMPROVE- MENT "ASSOCIATION One of the most active and in- fluential organizations on the North Shore is the Indian Hill Improvement association. Though holding its first meeting only a few years ago, it has now a membership of 300, which is re- markable when one considers not only its youth but also the re- stricted territory on which it can draw for members. Not the least important of its activities are its social undertak- ings. By this means men and women living in the Indian Hill section of Winnetka have been brought closer together in the spirit of co-operation and fellow- ship. Neighbors have become friends. People who stood off from one another now draw nearer. The use of first names is not infrequent. Members of the association have worked together for com- mon benefits. The train service at Indian Hill has been improved by joint endeavor. 'A good-sized park has been laid out fronting the two railroads. Many other improvements have been secured. At present the association is engaged in 'making investigations preliminary to the securing of further improvements in the train service of the North Western and the North Shore lines. THE LITTLE THEATRE OF COMMUNITY HOUSE Six moving-picture shows are now being given in Winnetka every week, two matinees and four evening shows, three on Tuesday and three on Friday. They are being given in the fine new hall of the addition to Com- munity House. Children and grown people are having unusual opportunity not only to see first- 'lass films but also to be enter- "ained by singers and others. Adults will find the evening erformances more enjoyable wow that the children will be ex- 'luded unless they come with "slder people and sit with -them. The new hall is proof against hire, béing built with brick walls and cement floor. The moving- picture booth, also, is thoroughly qre-proof. Opportunities - for rapid 'exit are ample. AT ELM AND LINDEN The new $80,000 business block vhich Gonsalves and Middleton 're 'planning to build at Elm and "inden will -beran important ele- nent in the materialization of the 'renter Winnetka idea. With 'rden Avenue widened to the resent frontage of Rapp's groc- rv, the Mall extending from " irden to Chestnut, and this bus'- ees block and other néw build 'nos erected, there is_no reason hy Winnetka chould not have the finest business center of all Chicago: suburbs. beautiful . and contribution to Evéry structure is a building adds to the resources of the city or the village in which it stands. Winnetka's | Masonic temple, dedicated ~ recently," ~not~ only has inherent worth, intrinsic merit, but it also adds to the value of Winnetka as a whole. It gives dignity and strength to the entire community. Moreover this structure is a only a little while ago--Anthony May, Joseph Bauer, and George Diettrich. The 'youngest of the trio, Joseph Bauer, was seventy. pledge, in a way, to the citizens of Winnetka and of the north shore that future buildings will be of similar worth. F.0.B. DETROIT TTT LL Il Starter and Demountable Rims $85.00 Extra Why You Should Order Your Ford Car Now 123,607 Actual retail deliveries in December, ing a new high record Considering that, as spring ap- proaches, retail buying will become more active, there will be a greater demand for Ford Cars this spring establish- than ever before. for winter buying. Therefore, the only way you can be sure of obtaining delivery this coming spring or summer is to place your order immediately. If you do not wish to pay cash for your car you can arrange for a small payment down and easy terms on Or you can buy on the Ford Weekly Purchase Plan. the balance. 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