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WINNETKA TALK March 26, 1927 WINNETKA TALK ISSUED SATURDAY OF EACH WEEK y LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. 564 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka, Ill 1222 Central Ave., Wilmette, Ill Chicago office: 6 N. Michigan Ave. Tel. State 6326 Telephone ............. Winnetka 2000 or 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 insure appearance in current issue. Resolutions of condolence, cards of thanks, obituary, notices of entertainments or other affairs where an admittance charge is published, will be charged at regular advertising rates. On Tuesday, April 5, Winnetka citizens will vote for village officers--president, three village trustees, village treasurer, marshal and collector (one Election Person for two offices), police magistrate, three library trus- Dates tees. The polls will be open : from 7 to 5. A park district commissioner is also to be chosen. The High School board election occurs Satur- day, April 9. Winnetka women are planning to poll a 100 percent vote. Dirty politics are effective with a certain class of people. Mudslinging always will be enjoyed by persons of the less intelligent type. "Stinkpot," "rat," and Clean "crook" are convincing argu- ments for morons, and near- P liti v 4 morons. Dirty politics create much pleasurable excitement for dirty people. The sad thing is that the mere calling of names often wins votes. But it may be doubted whether votes won by such methods really do the candidate genuine good in the long run. Clean politics are the source of efficient government. Candidates elected in a cam- paign of clean politics are likely to give good service because a good man is usually not willing to mix up with "dirty" politicians. No man of honor and high intelligence is willing to engage in a crooked game just for the fun of it. Would YOU consent to have your name placed on a ticket if you knew that your name and character would be the target for mud and ancient eggs? Every good citizen, therefore, hopes that in the coming elections the respective problems will be carefully studied and also that the qualifications of the respective candidates will be just as carefully in- spected and weighed; and that each and every official will be elected on his merits. Clarence Wolsted, representing in India the Winnetka Congregational Church re- newed recently his subscription to WiIN- NETKA TaALk. He regretted the fact that he had been obliged to be without the paper for a year. N Anyone who has been away from home for a considerable period will readily appreciate what the lack of regular community news meant to Mr. Wol- sted. And, on the other hand, anyone who has never been an exile in a foreign land can only dimly imagine the exuberant ex- citement of a Winnetkan in India who has just learned that a cafeteria has been opened in his home town. Be sure, therefore, that your favorite community paper follows you wherever you wander. News From Home Psychologists tell us that the elements of personality are (1) physical character- istics, (2) temperament and character, and (3) intelligence and ability. They also tell us that if one wishes to know the quality of these elements in his own personality he must consult the opinions of others. His behavior has an effect upon others, and he judges of this effect by inter- preting their behavior. One's physical characteristics have a marked effect upon others. Sometimes it seems as if other people paid no attention to the other two groups of personality ele- ments, neglected one's temperament, char- acter, intelligence, and ability. This neg- lect is certainly foolish and leads to disas- trous consequences. A young man marries a young woman because of her physical characteristics and very naturally soon tires of living with a beautiful but dumb human being. Divorce soon follows. 'If he had taken one look at the other two groups of elements in her personality, he would have been so disgusted that he never would have uttered the fatal words of proposal. Our injunction to every young man and woman is to consider all the elements of personality. Especially the third--intelli- gence and ability. This group is the most often neglected and yet is at least as im- portant as temperament and character. A stupid and clumsy husband or wife can make home a hell. Personality As president of the Board of Trustees of Winnetka, John S. Miller has given to his fellow citizens ten years of valuable service. He has given these years of service, receiving no compen- sation except whatever may come to a hard working man from his own conscience or from those of his neighbors who appreciate high and persistent devotion to community co-operation. The Winnetka village caucus on March 14 passed a resolution publishing the grati- tude of Winnetka to Mr. Miller. The res- olution memorialized his length of service, his generosity, his tact, consideration, and good judgment. Civic workers of his type are all too few. Men and women and chil- dren living together in so worthy a com- munity as Winnetka do well to praise one who for ten years has had such an impor- tant part not only in conserving but in in- creasing those qualities which have made Winnetka an admirable village. John S. Miller The proposal to drain the Skokie seems to us a good one. The reasons advanced for undertaking this enterprise are con- vincing. The methods ap- Drain peal to us as not only vain. the reasonable but feasible. Skokie The Skokie, as it now is, is a breeding place for the mosquito, worst of our pests. Draining the Skokie will eliminate this pest. The drain- age ditches of Lake County spread sewage over the Skokie, a menace to the health of all adjoining communities. Drain the Sko- kie, and this menace will be done away with. An organized movement is on foot to make this much-needed improvement. Most of the village boards are actively favoring it. If the Sanitary District trus- tees undertake the work and make the plan a reality, all the North Shore neigh- borhoods will be greatly benefited. $ SHORE LINES oN - 2 SPRING SONG And O, they say that it is spring, Because, O, just because it's spring. The earth is laughing, rollicking, There is a smile in everything, Again the grass is coming green And e'en again the robin's song; Free waters from a gurgling stream Dance merrily, merrily along. The morn is new and the day is young. And spring is laughing back at me, The glow of summer's just begun, And O, it's glorious to see That spring is laughing back at me. Life gaily leaps o'er vamped hills With glad and rapid step hi, ho; A syncopated melody, On with the music then, let's go. And, O, they say that it is spring, Because, O, just because it's spring. The earth is laughing, rollicking, There is a smile in everything, --REBECCA ANTHONY. a ---- -- R. LAUER, VILLAGE PRESIDENT OF NORTHBROOK, WILL NOT BE A CANDI- DATE FOR RE-ELECTION THIS SPRING, WRITES OUR WESTERN CORRESPONDENT, OWING TO THE UNPRECEDENTED DE- MANDS OF HIS PRIVATE BUSINESS UPON HIS TIME. IN THE EVENT YOU HAVE NOT SUSPECTED--MR. LAUER IS THE VILLAGE FUNERAL DIRECTOR. HO) --_-- -- --- HARMONY OF SPRING In Springtime bells ringing, Easter's glad beginning, Flowers of love are bringing, Songs of joy are singing; We've no time for sighing, E'en tears betell of crying, Sing of Love, sing of Spring, Till sounds everywhere round about ring, And thousand blessings bring. Sing lads and lassies, Love always confesses, In Spring's fair time; In Spring's lovely time Hide your faint blushes While the brooklet silvery gushes, In Spring's own time! In Spring's blooming time, Why not obeying, Why all this delaying? Spring, oh beautiful Spring, Thy thousand blessings bring. Pauline K. Mueller (Excerpts from Winnetka home- made Indian love lyrics--Yaqui) -- ---- -- ---- You Would Mique: This headline by your alert social news desk: : "Wilmette Women Urged to Join Philanthropy Sewers" Heard about storm sewers, sanitary sewers and just plain sewers, but wotinell are philanthropy sewers? All kinds of new contraptions around election time. --Reeltor. C--O -- The Winnetka Beautiful Dear Mique: A chirp for spring candidates, chirped by the campaign managers: "W" is for Winnetka, A town of perfection Promised to voters Before spring elections. --JOHN., --()-- (--()----)-- Where's Your Precinct? Dear Mique: Marvin E. Nevins, candidate for Village trustee in Glencoe, is, I note, a member of the National Poultry, Butter and Egg association. We girls hereby pledge a block of 500 votes. --Hostess -- -- om ------ We repeat--if you must "write spring songs--we'd be perfectly deeelighted. --MIQUE.