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gcd on i rt Give Thanks us from our earliest years, our own lives more successful. b WINNETKA TALK November 19, 1927 WINNETKA TALK ISSUED SATURDAY OF EACH WEEK by LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. 564 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka, IIL 1222 Central Ave., Wilmette, Ill. Chicago office: 6 N. Michigan Ave. Tel. State 6326 Telephone ............ Winnetka 2000 or Wilmette 1920 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE ............ ..52.00 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. In every one of our north shore com- munities there are men and women who give unstintedly of their time and energy as public servants in Our Public their respective towns. Aran "le They serve as trustees Spirited Citizens Y in various capacities, as : members of civic com- mittees, and as members of numerous special purpose groups, such as preparing plans for national holidays and for com- memoration exercises. ; One who has never held offices such as these can have no conception of the amount of time and energy given freely and fully by those who fill these offices. Village trustees meet regularly and also meet in committees. Library boards, especially in times of rebuilding, hold protracted meet- ings. Committees planning for holiday cele- brations are often obliged to keep busy well on into the night. Many of these public servants, moreover, working without pay, continue in the service year after year. There may be a very few who are com- pensated for their efforts by the pleasure they get out of occupying positions in the public eye; but there are perhaps none of these in our communities. Many doubtless like the sort of work they're doing. But there are many for whom the work is al- most pure sacrifice of personal private in- terests. Those of us who do no civic work should at least co-operate heartily with these men and women. We can also express audibly our appreciation of what they do for us. Next Thursday is Thanksgiving Day, the one day in the year set aside especially for giving thanks to the Creator and sustainer ; of all things. The hymn most appropriate to the day is the Doxology, the to God hymn of praise to the : Father of all mankind. To many children the day will seem no more than a day of feasting, a day of turkey, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce and mince pie. They look forward to it as some older people look forward to a banquet, a time when they can stuff themselves clear up to the chin with wonderful eats. Would it not be well for all, young and old alike, to cultivate a spirit of gratitude towards that greater power who controls the stars in their courses, bringing round the seasons in their regular order, and or- daining seed time and harvest? It is good for us to be grateful to our parents for the loving care they have showered upon : Not so much that it will benefit them as that it makes It is good also that men should praise God. ~ When on next Thursday families meet around the bountiful board, let the father read the President's Thanksgiving Procla- nation and then one of the majestic Psalms ing. =x Credit in a community, large or small, is a delicate and valuable thing. Like the very air we breathe it is easily disturbed, and like the air it keeps social life alive. We are now speaking of credit in the larger sense, con- fidence and mutual un- derstanding between individuals. When people credit one another, believe in one an- other's good intentions, then all goes well. But when suspicions arise, belief in one an- other dies out, and hostility arises. Business credit is also a delicate and valuable thing. When the business man be- lieves that I will pay in the near future for what IT now buy; when he puts his trust in me and depends on my promises, then he and I get along very nicely. But when I fail to pay within the agreed period, then he has cause to cease to believe in me. His trust in me, his dependence on my promises, weakens, and he and I do not get along so well. Every young man should learn at the very outset of contact with others the value, the necessity, of keeping his business credit sound. If he cannot pay his bill when it comes due he should get in touch with his creditor at once and come to some understanding. If he does not do this, he will find to his sorrow how hard it is to buy things without credit. Keep Your Credit Sound "Reading time: 20 minutes, 50 seconds." Thus is headed a story in a popular weekly picture magazine. You are thereby in- formed that it will . take you, an average- Reading by the speed reader, a little Stop Watch less than 21 minutes to get from the be- ginning to the end of the said narrative. If dinner is not to be ready for half an hour you can safely begin, knowing that you will have more than nine minutes to spare for washing your face and putting on a clean collar. What an improvement this is! Last year, and all the years before, when we had no means of knowing in advance how long it would take us to read a piece of literature we started with trembling uncer- tainty, fearing that our precious time would be exhausted before we had finished. Many a good opportunity we have let slip, un- aware that we had plenty of time in which to complete a delightful yarn. Thinking our time too short, we lost the golden chance. It is a convenience, we suppose, but it troubles us a little to have the truth forced upon us by this "20 minutes, 50 seconds" that life is short and horribly crowded, especially in the city. If you have not as yet ridden on the new North Western cars, you have before you what struck us as a pleasant surprise. We rode in one for the first time this morning. We found it surprisingly large, surprisingly comfortable, and also, it must be said, sur- prisingly hot. They, judging from our ex- perience with this one car, run with unusual smoothness, the jerk at starting and the jar at stopping both being absent. It is a curious fact that the number of girls registering at New Trier High school this fall exceeds the number of boys regis- tering. The first time it ever happened! The exact numbers are 797 boys and 843 | girls SHORE LINES THANKSGIVING Thankful for my blessings and possessions, However great or small they chance to be, Always trusting, knowing and believing, Not doubting God's great magnanimity; Knowing that the future holds its treasures, Supplementing truth in place of fear, Giving life a hearty, buoyant gladness, Interchanging words of love and cheer. Verily, I offer my Thanksgiving In simple, unaffected way, Never could I rest 'till I had given God my humble thanks on this great day. --Orivia KINGSLEY. LL LE LLL LET Nor Would We Dear Mique: I've just been reading what Ruth Elder said when she heard her loving sisters over in Frogland called her "a Parisian midinette." When Ruth found out that a "midinette" means a small salaried shop girl, she was burned up, which is what she should be, because, hasn't she turned down a sack full of cocoanuts that Flo Ziegfield was ready to shake off the tree for her? "Small salaried," says she, and the damper is wide open. "Why the dirty bums." That shows, I claim, that Ruth "knows her bums." But tell me, Mique, what's going to hap- pen when the lady language reformers hear what Ruthie said? Maybe they'll ostracize her. Well, she should worry. What would you say if a Frog took picks on you after youd been over there dodging them pellets the Huns were pop- ping at you like birdshot? "Dirty bums" is pretty good language for a lady, but you couldn't print what I'd say. --TaE Op Pruc. LLL XXXL LLL Inseparable as MNX : Dear Mr. M.: This happened in the line of busi- ness--Miss Pretzel waltzes up with a photograph and says sweetly: "Please see that this pix is credited." So T looks for the photog's name and it is Casebeer. Roll your own. --BiInco. LLL LLL LE Irresistible, M'dear Dear Mique-- Once upon a time, A fellow, Named the Slave, Ran a column In the WINNETKA TALK. He was a nice man, Because he printed once, A poem of mine. Are you as nice? --JANE, Romance {To R.C.R1.R. RR N.and R. V.) I. Ronawp Most reserved And most genteel, And in his presence One doth feel Respect and awe and love. II. Ron Most boyish, With a smile of jov, A merrie wit as well. One who would hide his grief In quips, Most gay for him to tell. ITI. Ramon Most pure! With manly beauty, With lambent dark brown eyes, A saint on earth With art his soul; In whom great music lies. IV. Ruporrr Most fiery! Most glorious! And yet so pure of soul, His art, alone, his love. He suited every mood, For each of them was his. And one did feel He had protection From above, That he was called Before his youth had fled. --Kay Jang Eiri, LX TLL ELLE TS Skin the Seal! : At the risk of being accused of adhering toa religiously to the tenets of a fast receding genera- tion, we make bold to agree with Coach Dick Hanley that something should be done about rounding up the new type of fur-hearing animalg that infest the college football stadium. =MIQUE, Ma po