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hots WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1925 Winnetka Weekly Talk ' ISSUED SATURDAY OF EACH WEEK by LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. 1222 Central Ave. Wilmette, Ill. ffelephone. .............. Winnetka 2000 idfelephome............... 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 { mecond class, under the act of March 3, 1879. SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1925 Depress the Tracks. Give the Business Men Fair Play. ' Build a New Village Hall. Enforce the Traffic Laws. Build the Truck Road QUIET WORK One lesson, Nature, let me learn of thee, One lesson which in every wind is blown, One lesson of two duties kept at one Though the loud world proclaim their enmity-- Of toil unsever'd from tranquillity! Of labor, that in lasting fruit outgrows ar noisier schemes, accomplish'd in repose, Too great for haste, too high for rivalry! Ves, while on earth a thousand discords ring, Man's fitful uproar mingling with his toil, Still do thy sleepless ministers move on, Their glorious tasks in silence perfecting; Still working, blaming still our vain turmoil, Laborers that shall not fail, when man is gone. --MATTHEW ARNOLD CRIMINAL "A small child, suffering with a severe cold and having all the early symptoms of measles was not only permitted to attend school, but according to the health officer, Dr. Schneider, was actual- ly taken to school by its father, who assured the teacher that the youngster was quite well and need not miss classes." Forty cases of measles are 'traceable to this act, called "crim- "inal" by Dr. Schneider. 'When shall we all be intelligent 'enough to cooperate, at least, with the scientific experts who are working hard to keep our icommunities healthful? When shall we feel strongly enough about disobedience of health laws to punish offenders in this respect as surely and severely as we do many other cases of criminal neg- lect that do not cause a fraction of the harm that this present neg- lect has actually done? Forty cases of measles trace- able to one person's neglect! Con- sider the inconvenience, the ex- pense, the suffering, mental and physical, involved! Let us all work with our own officers. If one of our children has the slightest cold let us keep him at home until he recovers completely. Let us work, not against our own representatives but WIT THEM! LEVITATORS If a fat man or a tired woman will attach to his or her shoulders a balloon of adequate lifting power the aforesaid unfortunate individ- val will find the load of fat or fatigue so lightened as to be 'practically nil. We recommended such a helpful device some months ago, but nobody having taken up the suggestion, we take this oc- casion to repeat it with varia- 'tions. We are the more moved to do this, having recently seen in Mil- waukee a dog wearing one of these levitators. The animal in question was a fairly plump cock- er spaniel. The balloon was of the ordinary toy variety with the string tied to the dog's collar. Believe me or not, but the re- lief afforded the spaniel by this friendly lift was sufficient to en- able him to move forward with almost no effort. Pavlowa her- self could not have traversed space in a more sylphlike fash- 'on, nor have exhibited to the gaz- ing world a more carefree coun- tenance. As we have said, the lifting power of the balloon was just enough to prevent the happy animal from sagging, but not enough to cause him to tip toe along. Now that the anhedonic days of spring are nearing, we long to see some one, burdened with adipose tissue or dull despair, get the benefit of this simple machine. He may be a business man. He lingers on the train platform, after alighting from the Suburban Homecomer, to slip the harness over his shoulders and adjust it comfortably. Then off he steps, or shall I say dances, light as thistledown, and skims home- ward. At the door he meets his wife, whom he properly salutes, and then floats up the stairs to his room where he removes his shoes and the levitator. Shall we take your order for one of a light blue hue, guaranteed to reduce your weight to an agreeable min- imum? REAL LIKING Of course you know that the St. Gaudens statue of Lincoln "in Lincoln Park is a great work of art. You KNOW it is, but do you sincerely believe it? Have you a realizing sense of its surpassing value? Has its worth really come home to you? Do you really like it? We have a friend who at long intervals visits the Art Institute, saunters through the various rooms, looks more or less atten- tively at the pictures, sees one that impresses him more than others, hunts the name in the catalog, looks at it again, yawns, and passes on. Having spent an hour or so in this fashion he is done. Now, does he really like these pictures as sincerely as he likes a movie? He does not. He looks at them from a sense of duty. He gets a very slight pleasure from his tour of the galleries but is mostly bored and fatigued. Re- freshed and recreated by his ex- perience he certainly is not. He hasn't the mildest notion of the enjoyment that a real apprecia- tor gets from studying paintings and sculptures. His appreciation is on the movie basis. A course of study under the real appreciator might so develop 'ur friend's tastes that he would reaily like fine paintings. ANHEDONIA It's serious but not incurable. It comes between late winter and early spring, when the set- ting of our main luminary is get- ting noticeably tardy. When in the very early morning the note 'of some returning bird comes to the ear of the wakeful sleeper. When the rising temperature is drawing the frost from the frigid earth. It attacks the young and middle-aged, and even old folks at home, though in milder form. Those between 16 and 60 are es- pecially susceptible. Dwellers in suburbs get it sooner and in severer degree than urbanites and real rustics. Being translated, it is loss of appetite for living. You may know that one has caught it by his listlessness, his general air of drowsiness. In fact it is not unlike the sleeping sickness, ex- cept that the latter is more fatal. The anhedonia patient hates to get up in the morning and hates likewise to go to bed. He hates to make out his income-tax schedule and spends much of his time gazing out into the empty spaces. There is no specific cure fot this malady. With the coming of spring and the passage of April days the sickness itself passes. It is superseded by hedonia, which is a grand thing. The 1913 dollar is worth 38 cents more than the 1925 March dollar. Which being translated means that in 1913 the dollar could buy 38 cents more in com- modity values than it can today. In still other words prices have in twelve years gone up 38 cents. THIS AND THAT Until We Find a Title FIXING THE DATE or SIVINTEENTH O° MARCH Oh the Hanrehans And the Flanegans They both had a cheerful way;-- Two whole days they spent In warm argument As to when was St. Patrick's Day. Oh their aim was good ;-- Made of black thorn wood How the sweet shillalighs sang! On both shin and crown Merry blows came down And the field with music rang. But good Father Flynn Sure he called it sin Thus to celebrate Saint's day; And he made a truce By this clever ruse In a mathematical way. "Twas the sivinth, ve say, And the tinth, all day, Whin the good saint he was born! Whist! Ye both have truth! For it was in sooth Jist the sivinteenth day in the morn!" So the Flanegans And the Hanrehans Ceased to give each other more drubs;-- For all others--They On St. Patrick's Day Had best hang on to their clubs! --BARDOFF WE WELCOME CONTRIES WITH OPEN ARMS! YOU'RE DEAD RIGHT! It is now "Insufficient Sweetie," ac- cording to a lady jazzmaniac we heard 'tother night at Mikvikers. Closer scrutiny of both voice and contour brought the conclusion that we had lamped the subject of yet another blue- blowing masterpiece eclept, '"'Insufferable Sweetie." --THE Rac PICKER And, believe you me yes, dear Picker of all the insufferable sweetie"s we've ever met the "insufficient sweetie" is the most insufferable and the most common- est what is. And we should know--er else we had our education at ole N. U. all for nothing--which aint true--it cost us dear. Evidently the Cynic is Not A. P. A. New Salem, Ohio, bhoas:s Henry Ford's press agent, is a 100 per cent Ford Town. The mayor hought a Ford some time ago, asserts the p. a. and soon every household in the community had a car. Still he asserts it is a 100 per cent Ford town. --CynNIcC Or maybe he has ridden in a flivver? Riding rough roads in one of "Hank's" w. k. "rolls-roughs" doggoned nigh made a cynic out of us, one otherwise beautiful Sabbath day. DOES ONE? WE GIVE UP! In re our alleged wise remark calling attention to the item in The N. T. News regarding the new sousaphone, T'emper- mental Tommie, our demon reporter, in- sists that "one gazes upon a sousaphone and does not listen to one when one at- tends a band concert." Perhaps one does? We refuse to quibble! A Four Letter Word--Meaning "The Old Stuff" Friend of mine just back from a browsing expedition in Kurope: He started homeward with 12 containers of the precious goods. One-quart--er way back, he had six. At Sandy Hook his zinc-lined valise showed complete depre- ciation. He's the second guy that's told us how he started out to bring us some back. He, like the other, is looking for it just as have we been since b. p. --SUNNYBROOK Yea Sunnybrook--and we sure get a kick out of your name--your {riend's story sounds like the oldfashioned gen-u- wine hundred percent--B-U-N-K. When you see him again give him the bird as Lord Whatsisname would say and sing that popular song beginning "Oh it may be true but it sounds like a fish story to me." WE ARE DAMNED With faint praise! A student at Northwestern but also a resident of the north shore and a reader of T&T as well as the Acorns, (humor) column of the N. U. Daily, said unto to us thusly: "I read your column and do you know it is better than Acorns!" If this be praise, then come on gentle readers and bring forth your mighty hammers! "Faint Heart Ne'er Won" A Slapped Face! S. Y. T--If you dare to kiss me 1 shall call father! (Noise of osculation--can't be ex- pressed in type) S. Y. T--SWEET DADDY! No. We did not steal this from either the N. T. News or the N. U. daily--even though it is typical of hi school or college humor! tPA Cs [PEACETUL | UR service gives an impression of J peace and under- rrr standing, thus re- 'g: lieving the bereaved of all worriment and responsibility. 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