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an Airport? WINNETKA TALK July 14, 1928 rs ----_-- WINNETKA TALK ISSUED SATURDAY OF EACH WEEK y LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. 564 Lincoln Ave. Winnetka, IIL Chicago office: 6 N. Michigan Ave. Tel. State 6326 Telephone........... Winnetka 2000 or Wilmette 4300 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. lutions of condol cards of thanks, obitu- aries, notices of entertainments or other affairs where an admittance charge is published, will be charged at regular advertising rates. We have no intention of saying anything about that periodical called College Hu- mor, although we might say that we never met in our college life any of the humor which glitters on the pages of this magazine. Our intention is to shy a few rocks at that brand of humor, not confined to college, which prompts students to steal signs and the like, their purpose being the decorating of their rooms and fraternity houses. In our college days it was considered cute to have displayed in fraternity houses such signs as "Double teams not allowed to Drink at this Fountain" and "Private Property. Keep Out." The greater the quantity of these signs and the "quainter" they were, the prouder the lads whose rooms were adorned by them. We do not believe that the motive for ap- propriating these signs was, or is, a malici- ous one. It also happens sometimes that a common thief's motive is not malicious. It may even be that he steals merely to pay the doctor bill. The college boys see the sign, and then they merely take it, their minds occupied entirely with the thought of how well this sign will look in their rooms. That the sign really belongs to somebody else and that they are stealing it probably doesn't present itself. Youth is largely a troublesome time, and adolescence takes little pleasure in contem- plating sunsets. Youth demands something doing and that doing attended with noise. Don't blame youth. College Humor Winnetka has gained an enviable reputa- tion as a model community, and rightly so. We have been and are today blessed with leaders of foresight and How About vision. We anticipate our problems and carry them to effective solu- tion before most com- munities become awakened to similar sit- 'uations and requirements. And that brings us to the question: How about a municipal airport? Don't laugh. You remember well how utterly unprepared all communities were for the unforseen development of motor traffic. Many still labor under the arduous task of readjustment to meet the ever in- creasing demand for more adequate traffic ways and parking facilities. May we not expect a similar development of air traffic within the next few years? Then what of our facilities? Winnetka will need an air- port. The time to think seriously about such a proposition is the present. There are precious few open spaces left within the confines of our village. Land values are constantly on the upward trend. Let us prepare now for the airport that will be a vital necessity in the not far distant future. Having done more than merely watch carpenters build a house we have dis- covered how essential it is that not only the boards and the house itself but also Always Be the carpenter should On the Square pe always on the square. Up here on the banks of a small lake in Northern Michigan the carpenters begin the making of a little cabin by laying in parallel rows several 2 by 6 beams. These beams must be strictly level, exactly at right angles with a line from the beam itself to the center of the earth. Each beam must be precisely on the square. If these beams are not on the square the whole cabin will lean one way or the other, and nothing will fit exactly. The carpenter himself must be on the square. He must be scrupulously honest. If he is not so exact as he should be, later when he comes to set a door or window the lack of squareness will show itself in the door not swinging as it should or the window not working smoothly. Every stick used in the building of the cabin in- sists that the carpenter be thoroughly honest. That's why a course in manual training or in working in materials of any kind is an excellent training in morality. You may tell a boy a thousand times that he ought to be honest, but he may not once SEE why he should be. But let him try to make some- thing dishonestly and the poor working of the thing will prove to him, if he is not a fool, the value of honesty. We know of no makers of things-- masons, carpenters, engineers, cooks, dress- makers--who are dishonest. There may be some, but if a person is not on the square with metal, wood, and cloth, his lack of squareness will sooner or later show itself. And now Scout Leaders are handing some ideas to parents. Teachers long ago started the idea of suggesting to parents how to treat children. We may expect that busi- ness men will be soon telling parents how to bring up children. Don't think that we regard these out- siders as impertinent, as interfering with affairs which are out of their province. We do not so regard them. The more help par- ents can get from any source the better for the children and for the whole country. Here are a few suggestions from Scout leaders which parents will do well to con- sider and put into practice. "Help your son by practicing the eighth Scout law--a Scout is cheerful. Surely everybody ought to be cheerful most of the time. "Do not take the part of the boy when he is in the wrong and is criticising his leaders unjustly." Some fathers and moth- ers listen with a believing and sympathiz- ing mind to all their children's tales of woe. A little wise incredulity is often essential. "The Scout uniform is an emblem, sym- bolic of Scout ideals. Help your son to keep it clean and neat." We have known of some fathers so out of touch with their sons as to be almost incapable of sympa- thetic imagination. Perhaps they can re- form. "Encourage your son in scouting ad- vancement." Such encouragement may be just what your son needs to lift him to a higher level of character development. Scout Ideas for Parents SHORE LINES "MEDITATION" When sitting alone and thinking Of life that has passed you by, Do you ever wonder the meaning Of what you are thinking and why? I have longed for a life that 1s different. Now I find that I am down deep in sin. But when my last day has departed, Ill take what is coming from him. --"Bud" Dear Mique-- a At last in the land of beaten biscuit and baked h am, Audubon, the guy who started all of the anti- slingshot movement and got the kids to naming their bird clubs after him, started his campaign here. Natives took up his work after he died and now the birds are so "uppity" that you can't walk across the street without seeing three robins chas- ing a sparrow-hawk. : Best one I've heard yet is on the blue bird that ran across a half-starved chick and fed him regu- larly for six weeks. No kidding, a man showed me the chicken. ; ; Pat? Oh, one of Kentucky's two editresses is now in Louisville giving the city a thrill. Just a vacation and then the Evening Journal will return to normalcy and the Fair Kentuckian will rule on Hub of Henderson, Ky. Vacation Notes Nothing could be more reassuring on one of these particularly humid days than Ed's postcard message from the Chat Front His refer- ence to Quebec's "wines and beer" has about won us over to the Brown Derby brigade. Try to figure out why Fil the Filosofer goes way up to Sutton's Bay, Mich., to draw lessons from carpenters and other tradesmen--note adjoin- ing columns--when the north shore is in the midst of a building boom. D. K. has just returned from a fishing trip down at his Hoosier summer retreat. His argument with the finny tribe was without incident, except on the day he threw the anchor overboard without taking the precaution to tie the other end of the rope to the boat. Which is only slightly less thrilling than the incident concerning Postmaster Joe's well-baited hook which was cast into the depths minus the line. Almost any lapse seems to be pardonable when our staid citizens fare forth with rod and reel. The Jest Let them bring their garlands And roses without end; Let them wail their sorrow, Who have lost a friend. But I, who lost a lover, Sit within the shade And seek to comprehend The jest your grave has made. --Wickie The Horrible Exception Effectiveness of astral prognostication suffered a severe jolt as a result of this conversation over- heard in a North Shore line station the other day: Fair passenger: "Yes, I am thoroughly convinced of the unfailing astral influence over forthcoming events. Now, for instance, I have a cousin who has actually predicted many events by this method, including the most propitious season for impend- ing operations," etc. ; Station agent: "Well, I wouldn't be surprised. I see by the papers that the stars predict Hoover will be elected." F. p. (rather belligerently) : "They're crazy, any- body knows he hasn't a chance." The Divil He Will! Dear Mique--There can be no doubt but that Anton Angel, Hubbard Wood's newest food distributor, will carry a complete line of angel food cake. Adios, for at least a fortnight. --MIQUE. hl -- ho oy