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WINNETKA TALK October 2, 1926 WINNETKA TALK ISSUED SATURDAY OF EACH WEEK by LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. 564 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka, Ill 1222 Central Ave., Wilmette, Ill Chicago office: 6 N. Michigan Ave. Tel. tate 6326 POlCPhONG f+ «ccs nis rrirrssissrscsvrncas Winnetka 2000 BEICDROROE «cv vs « c «cuss sr iissiovvsnveis Wilmette 1920 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE .........cu00. $2.00 A YEAR All communications must be accompanied by the name and address of the writer. Articles for pub- lication must reach the editor by Thursday noon to insure appearance in current issue. Resolutions of condolence, cards of thanks, obituary, tices of entertainments or other affairs where an admittance charge is published, will be charged at regular advertising rates. Entered at the post office at Winnetka, Illinois, as mail matter of the second class, under the act of March 3, 1879. Meet your best friends at the First Con- gregational Church of Wilmette at Lake and Wilmette avenues next Sunday evening, October 3. Sunday Why? That's the date of Evening the opening meeting of Wil- Club mette Sunday Evening Club, and Bishop Hughes of Wil- mette and the United States will be the speaker. If you have ever heard the Bish- op you'll want to hear him again. If you have never heard him, you'll have a delight- ful time next Sunday. The Club and its very efficient president, W. Frank McClure, can take great and un- usual credit to themselves for their eleven years of beneficial work. It has been a work of real community benefit. Of that there can not be the slightest doubt, for the pro- grams provided have not been unusually en- tertaining, but also genuinely worthy. Per- haps the most remarkable feature in the club's work has been the continual main- tenance of a very high level of value throughout all these years. No matter on what Sunday evening one might attend a meeting of the Club, he could be practically certain of being interested and improved. The building of a large assembly hall in Wilmette for the meetings of the Club and kindred occasions would be a fitting recog- nition in this, the twelfth year of the Club's life, of the arduous and patriotic work of President McClure and his associates. Rally Days are at hand, when live wide awake churches drum up renewed interest in the various branches of their work, especially in the Rally Days Sunday School. During the summer, attendance has been rather slack, and the warm weather has wilted initiative and en- thusiasm. Recognizing these facts enter- prising church leaders know that the new year must start with an unusual burst of speed if the church and school services are to attract and hold the attention of the com- munity. Any body of church people that thinks it can begin a banner year without some sort of rally will see its mistake when attendance at its meetings begin to fall off and their young people begin to go else- where. Rally Day exercises in the Sunday School must be bright and snappy. Children and young people love activity, enter with vigor and program that promises to be excep- tionally lively. We have observed that youth loves something doing, does not par- ticipate eagerly in humdrum work, no mat- ter how important that work may be. "Rally round the flag!" is a call not only to soldiers and patriots but also to mem- bers of all progressive organizations. ~ ability and civic interest. $562,751,466! That was our nation's fire loss in 1925, according to the National Board of Fire Underwriters, the country's au- Prevent thority on the subject. : This loss, exceeding half a Fires! billion dollars annually, is what keeps insurance rates high. These destructive fires--one dwelling house burns in our country every four minutes day and night !--are what make it necessary for the taxpayers to maintain fire depart- ments. The national fire loss is a national problem. For that reason, President Coolidge has set apart the week of Octo- ber 3-9 for public instruction as to the cause of fires and means of preventing them. Be careful with matches, cigars and cigarets. Keep chimneys clean so that they don't throw burning embers upon roofs. If you use gasoline for cleaning, use it outdoors. Confine sparks to the fireplace by means of a metal screen. Make sure that all electric wire connections are well insulated and tight. Keep your oil burn- ing plant in perfect running order. Look up in your telephone book the number of your fire department, and fix it in your memory so that you can make a hurry-up call. Prevent fires! To George W. Maher north shore resi- dents owe a debt far over and above the debt paid for his professional work. This debt, which cannot be paid in dollars and cents, is due him for the beauty and com- fort his planning has added to the entire north shore. From Evanston to Glencoe his planning, materialized into buildings and village lay- outs, has given a quality to the north shore which has been of incalcuable benefit. The Patten gymnasium, the Dryden and Patten homes in Evanston, the entire vil- lage of Kenilworth, and many homes fur- ther north will stand as monuments to his As architect and village planner Mr. Maher has left his visible imprint. For many generations this imprint will remain to remind the coming citizens of the north shore of a man who made beautiful homes for beautiful sur- roundings. George W. Maher Time was when children coming home from school looked in at the open door of the blacksmith shop. But what entertain- ment can they now get on their homeward way? We have no answer that fits every case. Many drop in at the movies. Most, we believe, go straight home, and after ar- riving, get a few messages off the air. Some day, however, the radio will follow the blacksmith shop. Then what? It used to be thought that competition was the life of trade. But nowadays, co- operation is at least equally important. There may be in business an underlying current of competition, but the word most often emphasized in speeches before cham- bers of commerce and similar trade organi- zations is co-operation. It is now plainly ap- parent that it is better to work with than against. Dakota. > ol SHORE LINES 2 »* WHEN YOU ARE KIND The cloudy days to me seem fair When you are kind! If rains descend with wintry blare I do not mind? I think of wondrous things you've done-- Your precious love I've almost won-- The clouds are breaking! See the sun! When you are kind! When Fortune turns away her. face I do not mind, Tho Fate, grim visaged, takes her place If you be kind! I laugh aloud with heartfelt glee-- My very soul is gay and free Because of ever loving thee, When you are kind! When life for me at last is done I will not mind, If still 1 hold that love I won When you were kind! If at the bier you'll stand by me, Through silent eyes I yet will see That wondrous love you gave so free, When you are kind! --H. A. MiLLs-- With Dick Little building an ark and the skies still grey we suppose the football games will be cancelled and water polo contests substituted. Just gne more week of rain and we will begin to sprout ns He Surely Must Be From New Trier To the Slave: If you dare set EMMY on my trail there'll be a bloody battle and I don't mean Maybe!!! I'm all dated up for the next three weeks. --Davy Jones, Esq. (The Other Column Conductor) WE SET BACK THE CLOCKS We set back the clocks And are happy once more. This daylight-saving time Has sure proved a bore. 'Tis true that the golfer An hour more could steal From tired, sleepy children-- For them, I appeal. And also for mothers Who breakfast must get For laboring fathers That worry and fret! The time before midnight When rest is most sweet We snatch from the morning-- Ah, hopeless defeat! Pray, leave to the people This trading of time-- A measure for war days But now out of prime. --LaApy Gray Dear Slave: I followed your advice and took my Northwest- ern coed date a box of candy. It was very sweet of me, it seems, but she didn't eat candy for fear of gaining weight. Also she was out for a team. So little sister got it. Also, she simply couldn't be out late. So we went to a movie and then to Du Breuill's. I tried to talk to her about this thing and that, including Wilfred Cross, the French attitude toward debt settlement, the Aimee Me- Pherson case, "Show Boat," the latest shows in Chicago, the present political situation, the Dempsey fight, "The Big Parade" and finally, in desperation, the nebular hypothesis. She had never heard of any of them! Then I gave up tryin a start a conversation and she spent the rest of the evening asking me if I knew John Jones, who ie a Beta Gamma at Illinois, or Jim Smith, who is a Delta Xi at Chicago, or--on and on indefinitely through the four hundred. I didn't know any of them so odds are eyen--she's got about the same opinion of me that I have of her! --THE JOKER Well, the business now at hand is to go down to the stadium and watch the Wildcats trim South THE SLAVE.