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ae sail w= 4 2 a 3 g ] 4 4] 7 5 1 WINNETKA TALK Becember 11, 1926 WINNETKA TALK ISSUED SATURDAY OF EACH WEEK y LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. 564 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka, Ill 1222 Central Ave.,, Wilmette, Ill Chicago oflice: 6 N. Michigan Ave. Tel. State 6326 XeleDRONe ....c. ions vn ev rressabnevarurins Winnetka 2000 POICPROME « . c..oenrew: servis ve vradviche Wilmette 1920 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE .............. $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 msure 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. Aladin When I was a beggarly boy, And lived in a cellar damp, I had not a friend nor a toy, But I had Aladdin's lamp; When I could not sleep for cold, I had fire enough in my brain, And builded, with roofs of gold, My beautiful castles in Spain. Since then I have toiled day and night, I have money and power good store, But I'd give all my lamps of silver bright, For the one that is mine no more; Take, Fortune, whatever you choose-- You gave, and may snatch again; I have nothing 'twould pain me to lose, For I own no more castles in Spain! --J. R. LoweLL Conservation of public health is conser- vation of private health. Let disease get a strangle hold on the neighborhoods where the poor live, and it will in Christmas no long time reach out into more fortunate circles. Seals History is crowded with in- ¥ stances of the spreading of plagues from alley to boulevard. Therefore even on such low ground as prudence and intelligent selfishness, public health activi- ties are to be enthusiastically desired and generously supported. . The great white plague must not be al- lowed to spread. Every measure that seems likely to prevent its inroads must be taken. But these measures cannot be ap- plied adequately unless more money than is now in public treasuries is provided. To meet this crying need in part Christmas Seals are sold. To promote this sale, to get more peo- ple to buy them, various advertising methods are employed. The most common is the placing of them on the backs of let- ters and on parcels at Christmas time. ig Christmas Seals and save health and ife The formation of the North Shore Council of the Boy Scouts of America and the selec- tion of a North Shore executive are moves of great importance in the North Shore activities of this organi- g zation. They mark a Council transition from the local individual stage to the district stage. Whatever advantages are gained in unions of this sort, and there are many, will come to the Boy Scout move- ment. _ Business in America has learned the ac- tual profit in dollars that accrues from pool- ing of interests and efforts. The energy lost in friction between different individual business concerns is saved when these con- cerns combine and work for common ends. The same will hold true of social groups like the Boy Scouts. The work of the Wil- mette group will fit into and harmonize with that of the Glencoe and Highland Park groups. And not only will the component organi- zations of the Council work together more efficiently and harmoniously but the indi- vidual Scouts themselves will be strength- ened by the feeling of being in such a large and well knit organization. There will de- velop a justifiable pride that will be pro- ductive of a growth that could not other- wise be attained. : We believe that the new North Shore Council is but the beginning of an even bigger and more beneficial life for our Boy Scouts. The people that keep the stores in your community are your neighbors. It's as true that you need them as that they need you.. Why, many a woman Your does all her shopping only . a few blocks from her Neighbors home. We don't mean simply that she orders all her groceries and other table and kitchen supplies of the neighboring grocer and marketman. More than that, she buys all her books at the community bookstore ; all her drygoods at that fine store not far from the depot; all her household hardware necessities at the local emporium. Moreover, we know a wise woman, and there must be many others, who saved her- self strength, time, yes, and money, too, by purchasing every single one of her Christ- mas gifts at stores within a radius of only a few blocks from her home. The result was that she had them all wrapped up and ready to send two weeks ahead of the ultimate day. And the money she spent in her home town will help to improve these stores. In succeeding years this thoughtful housewife will find that the stock in these stores has become larger and more varied. The own- ers will be in a position (since it is prob- able that there are other prudent people in town) to give larger bonuses to their sales people at Christmas time. So every- body concerned will be benefited. Remember your neighbors! Before more boys are injured or killed something ought to be done to control the use of bicycles on motor highways. Little boys put themselves in serious danger by cycling along a busy concrete thorough- fare, wobbling in a way to alarm the stead- iest of drivers. Were a gigantic truck shooting along at 30 miles an hour to strike one of these little chaps the inevitable re- sult would be a distressing accident if not fatal. We see no way out of this bad sit- uation except to forbid the use of bicycles on these main auto thoroughfares. Know how the English decide which of two debating teams has won? They get the verdict of the audience before and after the debate; and the decision is given to the team which has won the most converts. We call it a pretty fair way. Shouldn't the team that convinces the most people be ad- judged the winning team? Results count! ' ore Lines | This is the season of the year when most of us are delighted to become enmeshed in the milling throngs that converge at the market places every shopping day with the common pur- pose in view of purchasing something suitable for him or her, them or they, as the case may be. Christmas shopping, if compulsory, would con- stitute a tremendous burden, indeed; but since it is an entirely voluntary venture we engage in it with the glorious determination of a well schooled. football squad. And a Good Kicker At that, it would be fine if each of us could have as nice interference as those Northwestern backfield men have enjoyed in the past few months, and were equipped with the hockey goal tender's garb. Most of us take along a few yards of gift listings and are surprised to discover that, with the myriad of articles on the store counters and shelves, they never seem to contain just what we were looking for. That, perhaps, is the reason so many mere men must be content with loud speaking neckwear. A tie is always a safe recourse when father has been inadvertently overlooked until the last drag- ging moments of a hectic buying expedition. When caught in the maelstrom of holiday shop- pers the other day while engaged on a business errand in the Loor we were convinced that any football coach might find a wealth of plunging material without going to the outlying prep schools. No squad of mere men, be they ever so determined and rude, could ever hope to pierce the wall of femininity that stretches its impervious cordon about the store counters at this season of the year. Many of the stores and shops are said to have in templation the installation of "stop and go" signals at the aisle intersections. Everyone seems to be doing the Christmas shop- ping early. We venture the guess they'll also be doing it late. Then We Can Exchange On the first trip one merely gets on the fringe of the crowd, when one approaches timidly, like a fair maiden venturing upon her initial plunge of the season in the surf. The next time those a bit braver than their fellows may manage, without great bodily harm, to get near enough to do some window shopping. About the middle of January most of us have an opportunity to see just what we would like to have purchased had we pos- sessed the courage and determination to pene- trate the very heart of the teeming centers of trade. "Gin," the type-eating terrier, also familiarly characterized the "editorial canine," entered into the spirit of the holiday season last week and engaged upon a tour of inspection of the St. Augustine's church bazaar. He pronounced the affair a complete success, finding the appointments of the cuisine quite up to the standard to which he is accustomed in his casual inspection of the culinary art as practiced in our best regulated households. A Glencoe woman is said to be on the verge of instituting suit, charging slander, against the Glencoe Bowling league for repeatedly placing her husband's name on the players' list entitled the "Hall of Illfame." Being a golf enthusiast she couldn't understand why one should regard with scorn a season's average of 88. Dear lady, be not dismayed, most bowlers are fine golfers, at the game of bowling. Tis the time o' year when we kids begin counting , the days "gainst "the night before Christmas, when--' --MIQUE