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¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ WILMETTE LIFE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1924 ION YEAR BOGEY SCOUTED forth Shore Banker Fore- sees Year of Prosperity By F. J. SCHEIDENHELM filmette Civic Leader and President [State Bank and Trust Company, Evanston.) Usually, at the dawn of a Presiden- il year, business is not quite sure of pelf. The chances of the election, and the attitude of Congress after the :tion, are so fraught with possibilities it business men are instinctively re- ctant to risk decisive action, either in Mails of operation, or broad matters policy. They do not feel quite sure here they stand. There is a radical group in Congress fhich seems determined to embarrass national administration. There are great parties eagerly seeking for >me advantage which they may capital- at the polls. And if our own do- mestic difficulties were of no importance Whatsoever, the European situation Duld still be an unsettling factor. Roger Babson, statistician, is hint- Sg at growing unemployment, and there very many who will share his fears, is easy enough to view the future ough dark glasses. But, despite all these factors, such as Judge Gary of the Steel Cor- ^ration, Erskine, . president of . Stude- ker, Irving Fisher of Yale, the Eco- lics Department of Harvard, and such :ial authorities , as Barron of the fall Street Journal--unite in promising year of rising prices and booming siness--and they ought to know. They |int, with reason, to record production oil and automobiles, to activity in lilding construction,. to. the .volume. of iil sales and freight ear loadings, and the enormously increased buying jwer of the farmers, who constitute far the most important group in our itional life. Their judgment can not at command respect and their fore- ists make for confidence. Under the circumstances, the safest ositioh would seem to be one com- lining caution and confidence. There fill be business, as always, for those ttio can deserve it on a truly competi- Ive basis. Efficiency in production and sales, care in credit extension and Elections, economy in personal as in business life--these are essential to pros- erity this year as every year. Consider- ig the Nation's strong business situa- ion at this time, they may well enable to hold our own despite the immi- nence of the election. The fact of the matter is that, al- bough very few people take matters government sariously enfeugh, there very many of us who take politics 30 seriously, and are too ready to sense lisaster just around the corner. We urget that, although there have been dozen elections in the last twenty-five ears the value of our manufacturers is quadrupled, and so has that of our irm products, that production of pig and coal has trebled, and that of ztroleum is ten times greater. Today, with only 6 per cent of the jtorld's population, we are producing 24 r cent of its wheat, 75 per cent of corn, 67 per cent of its cotton, and per cent of .its coal and iron. Pessimism in regard to America's fu- ire is out of the question in the light [i these facts, and confidence is instinc- It must be tempered with pru- dence, of course, but that is always the The prudent thing1 is to work hard id play safe. Nineteen twenty-four nil be just as good a year as we can ike it. It will be our fault if it is it a profitable and prosperous one. KIDDIES DIDNT MIND THE SUB-ZERO SPELL At the time of this writing the skat- ing rinks have again been converted into lake-lets due to the gradual rise of temperature since the passing of last week's zero wave, but, the kiddies certainly had a whirr of pleasure on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, partic- ularly on the newly flooded rink at the North Western railway station park on Central avenue. Village firemen, after permission to use the park was received from the railroad officials, began flooding the enclosure on Friday. The business of flooding continued until the great number of fire alarms on Friday night, Saturday and Sunday necessitated abandonment of work there. Hundreds of children enjoyed the rink on Sunday and Monday and Earl Orner let them use the station waiting room as a shelter. Mission Society Observes . 41th Birthday, January 17 The Woman's Home Missionary so- ciety of the Wilmette Parish Methodist church will hold a luncheon Thursday afternoon, January 17, in observance of the fortieth anniversary of the found- ing of that movement in the United States. The luncheon will be served at 1 o'clock in the church parlors. On Friday, January 18, members of the society will attend the sessions of the semi-annual meeting of the North- ern district organization of the society to be held at the Broadway Methodist church, Chicago. Village Attorney Attends Law Sessions at Detroit Frederic B. Crossley, 600 Washing- ton avenue, Wilmette Village attorney and secretary of the Northwestern University School of Law, will be in Detroit this week-end in attendance upon the annual meeting of the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology. A large delegation of Northwestern University faculty members will at- tend the sessions. ROOFING over the Old Shingles ESTIMATES FREE NORTH SHORE ROOF CRAFTERS «-« Incorporated 3201 342 Emerson St. Park Are. Evanston Glencoe Phone 7026 Phone 166 UNDERTAKER 1124 Central Ave. Phone Wilmette 654 Wilmette Big Cash Awards Every Week If You Can Figure Out-- 1*233 jnvite North Shore To Medill Lecture Course Jane Addams of Hull House, Dr. Edwin E. Slosson, Robert Morse Lovett, Robert Bridges and other per- k>ns equally authoritative in their lelds will participate in a new course >f lectures to be given on the Evans- Ion campus of Medill School of Journalism of Northwestern univer- sity during the second semester which ¦opens next month. "Problems of Con- temporary Thought' comprises a (course being given during the current (semester to the evening classes of : Medill school in Chicago and so many (have been turned away because of [lack of room that Director Harring- ton organized the Evanston course for full-time students and north shore people in general. The course was organized last fall afford part-time journalism stu- dents an inside view of the world ^t large and is accomp i hed not on y }y the lectures but by round-tab es topics of science, art. philo o >hy knd sociology. Among th experts fho have participated in he cours" Chicago up to this time are Profes- rs W. Lee Lewis. Forest R. Moul- n, Arthur I. Kendall, Delton T. loward, Joseph Jastrow, Fay-Cooper kole, Ferdinard Schevill and Herbert Phill rick. The Evanston course HH he open to all schools on the Jmpus and to others interested fjn topics. No Tiresome Waiting! No Tedious Delays! Start Next HERE'S THE IDEA I N the Sunday Herald and Examiner of January 13 (next Sunday) will be printed the first of a series of "Spark Plug Puzzles." The puzzle consists of a picture of "Spark Plug," drawn entirely in figures--numerals which, added together, give a sum which is the answer to the puzzle. A new puzzle, with new sets of figures, will be published each week for 12 weeks. Big cash prizes will be awarded each week. Bigger Grand Prizes will be awarded at the end of the series of 12 tests. The contest is open to everybody, without restriction, (except employees or attaches of Hearst publications). Start Next Sunday. 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