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14 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, MAY, 17, 1924 Winnetka Weekly Talk by LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. 1222 Central Ave. Wilmette, Ill Telephone ........... Winnetka 2000 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 post office at Win- netka, Illinois, as mail matter of the second class, under the act of March 8, 188 SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1924 Depress the Tracks. Give the Business Men Fair Play. Build a New Village Hall. Enforce the Traffic Laws. Build the Truck Road. DUNWANDRIN That's the name of their home in Tryon, North Carolina. Now that they've "done wandering" there they live lives of peaceful 'activity, Mr. and Mrs. Elia Peat- tie, the latter not long ago a literary critic - of considerable fame. What a name for a quiet, restful home! Pr We may as well frankly assert at once that we really don't like the name. It sounds pleasant, it's very clever, and it does appeal to us when we're a little tired. But otherwise we don't care for it. It reminds us too strongly of "Oh to be nothing, nothing!" 'and "I am weary of rowing," and "After life's fitful fever." There is in it too much suggestion of "We've been wandering all our life long, and now we're going to rest." If one is ninety or more he may rest a bit by the wayside, but after all why should any man or woman believe that his qr her life has been an aimless, erratic af- fair? Are all of us who haven't ETE . . "done wandering," groping about in the dark, or, to change the figure, are we just sailing around with no destination in mind? Inasmuch as we believe that living is sailing from one port to another with no need for a final destination, we don't believe that we'll ever be "done wandering," for the simple reason that we haven't been wandering. MRS. EARLE BARBER - One statement made by Super- intendent Washburne concerning the late Mrs. Earle Barber, of Winnetka, is especially memor- able. "Her clear mental vision and remarkable executive ability gave her the power to put into practice the things that were dictated by her heart." A rare and most valuable combination! She could do what she felt. The criticism of the Idealistic philoso- pher, Bronson Alcott, was that he was an embodiment of "stimu- lation without precision." Mrs. Barber was a case of stimulation WITH precision. What a rare combination! Most people are strong on one side and weak on the other. Where can you find a good blend of cool in- telligence and warm emotion? If a man is strongly emotional he is very likely to be muddle- headed and wobbly. If he is re- markably reasonable he is prob- ably a man of the type of Shake- speare's Brutus, logical but fool- ish, fated to be swept aside by another impulsive, but practical, Antony. The great fault of humanity is that these two quali- ties are so rarely conjoined in one and the same person. And when they are inter- mingled in a man or a woman a leader has been given to the world. An interaction of heart and brain produces just those goods that the world needs. When such a person dies society suffers a real loss. SCHOOLS AND PARENTS There are two ways of enlist- ing the interest of parents in schools. One way is to invite them to visit the schools, urge them to come over "almost any time." Scold them if they don't come, and then if they still fail to put in an appearance, lament their lack of interest in that which ought to be their most vital concern. The other way is to set aside a certain date as Parents' Day or Night and arrange a program for that evening, attractive because of its novel and edifying features. To do as New Trier did not long ago: Announce to the parents of the high school pupils that they, the parents, were expected to come to the school building at 7:15 on the evening of Friday, May 9th, and attend their chil- dren's classes, following their children's regular programs. Then at 9:55 meet in the As- sembly: Hall. and there listen to an address by the principal. Which way will work? The second, without doubt. Give somebody a vague, general stand- ing invitation to take dinner at your home. He'll accept in a general way, but both he and you know very well that he'll never come. Nobody was fooled. Both parties knew the value of the in- vitation. But try the second method. Invite a friend to take dinner with you on a certain particular evening, at a specified time. He'll be there. Pin a person down to a definite specified time and you can count on his keeping the en- gagement. We congratulate the author- ities at New Trier High school on their unusual enterprise and uncommon common sense. NIXIES Are you responsible for the existence of any of the nixies? In more familiar language, Do you address letters and packages so carelessly that they cannot reach their proper destination? Do you ever exercise such little foresight as to oniit the name of street, city, or state? Or do you write so scribblingly that two minutes after you've finished you can't decode your own chir- ography? Some day the letter poorly ad- dressed to you and containing one hundred dollars may turn out to be a nixie, and then you'll lie awake night after night worrying about the money that you never received. DO UNTO OTHERS as you would be done by! What's in a name, anyhow? We don't much care whether we say Willow street or Willow road. Once we, ourselves, tried to get a street name changed. We went around one evening calling upon those who lived on the street in question. Before we entered the first home we had high hopes of giving a beautiful name to that hitherto poorly-named thorough- fare. "How easy is will be to convince the property owners concerned!" So ran our thoughts BEFORE entering the first home. But the storm of opposition that there broke upon us changed the whole trend of our subsequent thoughts. The street still bears its original name. In New Zealand, 90 per cent of the citizens vote. In Winnetka at the recent school election 18 votes were cast by a population of over 8000. One would like to know the cause of such a big turn-out in New Zealand. Mrs. Blomfield, who spoke before the Winnetka league on N. Z. not long ago, said that this large vote had much to do with the political and economic success of those islands in the South Pacific, but she didn't tell her hearers how they "got out" that 90 percent. The purchase of a store at Deer- field added the sixth unit to the chain of stores owned and man- aged by R. H. Schell and com- pany. All of us who know Mr. Schell know that this latest move will be a prosperous one. ORTH SHO ES LINE What Is a Railroad? iA RAILROAD may be, primarily, a means of getting somewhere. Yet you have not described a railroad until you have described its personnel. We of the North Shore Line have rec- ognized that while a railroad consists of rails and rolling stock, it is the people we employ that make it pop- ular or unpopular. Our equipment is the best that can be procured -- but in addition, we have that asset that is priceless: employes who have found a way to make every contact with passengers of the North Shore Line a friendly one. For this reason, travelling on the North The Charles A. Coffin Medal awarded to the North Shore Line for distinguished contri- bution to the develop- ment of electrical transportation for the convenience of the public and the benefit of the industry. Fast, frequent trains from the center ot Milwaukee to and through Chicago's Loop to 63rd Street on the South Side serve every intermediate community. Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad Company Winnetka Passenger Station Elm Street Telephone Winnetka 963 i J NRE SS Shore Line is particularly pleasant. | | Flat Rate Prices WORK GUARANTEED Greasing New Piston Pins Carbon and Valve Bearings Taken Up New Rings Reboring RELINING BRAKES "Why not know the cost before you give your order? It is the only sensible and satisfactory way. Call Win- netka 617 for a price on any job--Ilarge or small. Hubbard Woods Garage "Service with a Smile" 1010 North Ave. Phones Winn. 617-1834