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22 WILMETTE LIF town to try our speed, skiJJ, and WILMETTE LIFE f endurance on the surface so (Formerly Tbe Lake Shore Newa) with E;::p~~·~~d c~!!~lned TB& WILilBTTB LOCAL KBWS I I Establlahe4 lUI IUIJ&D ,RIDAY b~r . WJC&K IIIACB LLOYD HOLLISTER. DIC. UIJ Central Ave., Wllme~tte, Dl. ...._._ · · · · · · · · · · · wu..e«e IJVIISCIUP'I'IOlf lat ta.et A. YJDAR All commuiMcatlon muat be accomp&Diecl 'by the name and addreu of the writer. Artlclea for publication ahould reacll the editor by Wednesday noon to laaure appearance In current IHue. Re.olutlona of condolence carda of tb&nka, obituary, poetry, notlcea of entertainment· or other atralra where aa admittance char·· will be made or a collection taken, will be charged at r . .ular adverttalng ratea. Entered at the poet oft\ce at Wll· mette, Illinois, aa mall matter of the aecond clue, under the act ot :March I, liTt. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26. 1924 Separate the Grades. 8flforce the Traffic Laws. Bwild the Through Traffic Road. Widen the Business Thoroughfares kindly provided for us by Mother Nature. Or with hands crossed, a couple would swing down the river with a rhythm that seemed to us the height of human attainment. We envied the hoy that could cut the figure 8 so easily and gracefully. We ourselves had learned to cut the doubledutch with a fair degree of proficiency and even skated backwards several strokes. What appealed to us most, however, was We will clean your Rugs, Draperies, Suits and Gowns a long skate down the river. It in time for New Years, if you will Telephone ·us at once. seemed miles to us, but was probable only a mile or so. Since reaching years of discrePhones tion we have promised our friends to give t_hem an exllibition. of fanWilmette Wiaaetka cy skatmg. but every ttme we have thought of going, and the All that is needed to make any place and we time have have got seemedc -o~t~n~m~u~n~i~ty[_~aJg~r~ow~in~gi:~co~m~m~u~-~~~~~~~~~~!~!!!!~~~~~~~~~~~~ cold ~ propitious, feet, figuratively and literally. Brighten the Home for the Holidaya }727 WRITE TO HIM The columns of Wilmette Life contained, some time ag.o, a letter written by L. J. Mitten, a teacher of manual training in the Wilmette schools. The letter was written bv him in Veter~n's Hospital in Montana where he is trying to get over the effects of being gassed in the late war. He's not getting well very rapidly but nevertheless his letter is full of cheer and hope. In addition to the slowness of his recovery he has had other trials. A hospital at the best is a dull and lonesome place especially for one who has been active. The delight which a letter from home gives to our Montana exile shows that he has felt this dullness and loneliness. Then, to.o, in Montana the mercury often drops to thirty below. Last winter Mr. Mitten had to leave his bed and go to the bathroom to warm up. Probably there are in this country hundreds of men, women, and even children who are making the best of their unfortunate conditions. We know very well that we couldn't do what they're doing. Their cheer puts us to shame. Write to Mr. Mitten at U. S. Veterans' Hospital, No. 72, Helena, Montana. DECEMBER 21 First day of winter and shortest day of the year. The former of these two facts is disheartening to those who don't like winter. The thought that on the 21st the chilly days have just begun, that three months must elapse before these unpleasant days draw to a close -this discourages those that dread bleak winter. But the fact that the initial day of winter:. _is ..the shortest day of · the year is very comforting. Subsequent days are longer. The sun gets up a little earlier every morning, until so.on the lazy old fellow will be getting up as early as we do. . When we cease arising in the dark and dress by the light of the sun, then we shall know that spring is coming. prefer Chica&o SOlvay Coke lf it happens that the lady of the house has to fix the furnace fire, she finds it an easy task with Chicago Solvay Coke. This fuel is light, easy to handle, uniform in size, and clean. There are no unwieldy lumps and few ashes to bother with. CO-OPERATION Excluding the family but counting as a society every other gr.oup of several individuals co-operating for a common purpose how many societies are there in the villages from Wilmette to Glencoe? Count in this list every club, church, improvement association, school, etc., and what's the total? We believe that it mounts into the hundreds. Why do people combine? Is this combining tendency merely instinctive? Such combining does not increase the number of individuals. It does not increase the physical strength of individuals. The ceal reason seems to be that it is partly instinctive and partly intelligent. Humans, it is true, like other animals want to be together, but in addition they have found that certain good results can be produced by a group that cannot be produced by individuals. The joint action of several individuals can effect benefits that all the same · individuals working separately cannot effect. It is a fallacy of logic to conclude that a group can accomplish only the sum of what the members singly can accomplish. It is the same error that leads one to believe that a jury is no wiser than the sum of the "wisdoms" of its members. The truth is that the very combination itself gives an increase of power. Co-operation itself is a real force. , NEW TRIER MUSIC ·We were at the Christmas Concert . given at the high school on Sunday afternoon, December 14. We heard the singing of the Hallelujah Chorus by an immense chorus of young people and the numbers played by the high school orchestra and also the solos sung by the young men and women. We were not surprised at their singing and playing such difficult compositions, used as we are to ~uch .. accomplishments. Nothing that they may do in the way of the performance of difficult musical feats can surprise us. But the Hallelujah Chorus is really hard to sing and play. Its tempo allows for little thinking. You have to watch your step all the time, and yet you can't watch your step. Sounds f.oolish, but you know what we mean. And every singer must come in exactly at the right fraction of ·a m~ ment. We left the hall with the belief that nothing is too hard for pupils who have an expert teacher. A woman appreciates the cleanliness of Chicago Solvay Coke because it is free from smoke and soot. She likes itfor besides being clean, less care is required to keep a steady and uniform heat. She appreciates the economy of Chicago Solvay Coke-a two-fold economy because, while higher in heating efficiency than hard coal, the cost is 2t>% less. You'll like this better fuel. Buy ft and learn how easy it is to heat the house comfortably. If there is one single question about Chicago Solvay Coke and its successful use in your heatingequipment-letyourdealer answer i~ Telephone your dealer, and one of his service men will look over your plant, recommend the proper size fuel and tell you how to regulate your fire for best results. Then order Chicago Solvay Coke from him, using the full name and giving him the proper size. ·C HI CAGO Now that the skating season is present, or at any rate seems CHILDREN, BE CAREFUL to be at this writing: we feel A children's Safety Drawing moved to say a few things about Book is being distributed gratis skating and especially about our among the younger children of experiences in this field of boy- the north shore with the purpose hood happiness. As the mercury of decreasing the number .of drops and the summer heat is ex- avoidable accidents caused by traded from the water, causing children playing in the streets. It to harden, our thoughts turn The book contains colored and to the days when we used to · black-and-white pictures showing damp our skates on good old little boys and girls who are on thick-soled shoes, buc~e the the verge of being more or less stnps round our ankles, and cut seriously injured. The black-and-white pictures a few capers on the nice smooth ice. can be very prettily colored by The town of our boyhood was children. This work of coloring situated on a sizable stream, will impress on the child mind whick, enry winter, froze over not merely or primarily the postolic:Uy from bank tD bank. It sibility of being hurt by playing was the delight of us boys of the j in the street but will impress the SKATING . olvqColr.e Buy it, Burll it You'll LUce it HOFFMAN BROTHERS Phone 131