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32 WILMETTE LIFB ISSUED FRIDAY OF J:4()H W'REK LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. 1222 Central Ave., Wilmette, Ill. Chicago office: 6 N. :Michigan AvA. Tel. State 6326 Telephone ......·........................ Wilmette 19~U SUBSCRIPTION Pl!ICE .............. 1!.00 A YEAR All communications must be accompanied by the name and address of the writer. Articles for publication must reach the editor by Wednesday noon to insure appearance in current Issue. Resolutions of r.ondolence, cards of thanks, obituary, notices of entertainments or other af'Calrs where an admittance charge Is published, will be charged at rE>gul:tr advertising rates. . ' hy WILMETTE LIFE It is su rprising how many there .are in our north shore town s \vhose pictures are worth y of being exhibited. An uninformed person would think that .\tide of opposition to recitations and lerNorth Shore there were pnly a few, but he would scarcely behtres is rising in all sections of the ronnt ry. Artists lieve that there could be This opposition, direct and nncompn)mi~ing-. enough of these paintings comes mostly from stnto make up an entire showing. The surest Recitations dent publication!'\. \Yc way to convince him of his error would be quote a few excerpts : to have him see the exhibit at Comtnnnity and Lectures "Next to the American habit of believing alm.o st House in \Vinnetka. collected and sponsored c\·erything heard read. the most \'iciou~ by the North Shore> Art League. The ex_ \meriran habit i!'\ the lecture habit." "The hibit closed Thursday, 1fay 5. le cture syste m is probably the \\·or st peda Amon g the paintings are many depicting o·o<rical method C\'er devised for imparting:--. h local scenes, reminding the spectator that· kno\\·lcdge. Cnder the recitation system the the neighboring country is as capable of professor's ingenuity is largely exerted in finding out ,,·hether or not the stu.dent has artistic treatment as foreign country sides learned ·his lesson." "Thc- lecture 1s purely and old world subject.. The beauty of the an ornamc-nt. a recreation (the good lecture. Skokie has been put on canvas by our artisthat is); at ih ,,·orst it is a n1ass uf pre tic neighbors. Artists have also made pic- . digested kn(ndcdge." htres of vie\vs along the Despla ine~. North _ \s a sub stitute for the lecture and the shore children and grown-ups louk nut at recitation we suggest the discussion. Full us from these various exhibit ions of north and free discussion. The principal themes shore paintings. for discussions \\'ill be found in the dailv assignments in the text hook s. The rla~~ hunr is to be used for discussion of these themes :\ \\.ilmette young woman has been and other themes that tnaY ari se. Tht; teach chosen to ~ay farewell for her class to its alma mater. In ·more conventional language . er's function \Yill be that (.>f any other mem ber of the class. except that h.e will call on a young woman of the c1ass tho~c ,,·ho arc to lead the <li~cn~~ion from To Say of '27 has been named valethe front of the room. :; c1 icturia n of her class in the This method has been found ,·ery interestFarewell L·nivcrsitY of Illinois. Thr ing ancl yery prol1table for c\·e ryh()cl\· ctmYouthful ·citizen thus namccf rerned. including the teacher. and thus honored is Jcan Drayer, daughter of :Nlr. and }.Irs. Clarence Drayer, re!'\idenb . of \Vilmette. l\Ir. Drayer ha . been and ~till ~ot ~o many days ag.o a delivery truck is a village trustee. · pushed right through the Central AvTenue The awarding of such an honor as this to aatcs on the west approach to the North any one of our boys and girls is sotpething h Vvestern tracks in \Vilof which the resident s of our north shore mettc and ran smack into villages may justly be proud. The l T nivcrOutrageous! a harmless locomotive . sity of 1llinoi s· is an imn1cnse school, com . The gates ~vere broken, pri ing- .o ver 10,000 students. Therefore the the truck was badly datnaged, but we do not selecting of :\Iiss Drayer as valedictorian know as yet just exactly how g-reat injury has a correspondingly great significance. \\·as don c to the locomotive. Things have come to a sorry ·pa ss when delivery boys get so thoughtless as to deOur young friend, Milton J. Timberlake liberately buck locomotives. In this instance on May 3 ron1ped past the 85th n1ilestone in the engine was doing no harm to anybody. life's free-for-all. A veteran of the Civil It was standing on the crossing, taking a War, wounded in action, \\'ell earned r~st after its long pull from Eighty Five he might easily have reChicago, when this great big Ford truck tired fr.on1 active life at maliciou sly bun1ped it. Years Young any titne within the last t h i r t y years, but he vVhat's the use of having crossing guards didn't. He preferred to keep his tnuscle~ and gates if delivery boys are to be perand mind supple by actively working. Nap· mitted to make these assaults with deadly ping beside the radiator or tninding the weapons? What recourse have railroads baby didn't appeal to this · eighty-five y'ear against such brutal attacks? To dent a loyoungster. comotive seen1s to us a shan1eless act. A And what does he do? He walks around terrier can bite an elephant, but what can town getting subscriptions for the H.ollister the elephant do and still retain his self-repapers. Persuading people to subscribe for spect? ()J" periodicals is for n1any individuals the hardest kind of work. Some would rather saw wood, scrub floors, .or dig ditches than solicit subscription s. But M. ]. likes it and consequently succeeds. Out in Oak Park where our friend has been keeping the sidewalks warm, our juvenile friend tnet a decrepit old gentleman. Says he- Milton-to hin1- the old man, "Subscribe for our paper?" "I'n1 too pld." "H,o w old?" inquires M. J. "Seventy-three." "You're only a kid. I'm eighty-four." Tableau. If we know anything, we know that Master Timberlake will live to be one hundred. u_u_a_a_u_,_,_ ----a-·SHORE LINES MUTTERINGS ABOUT MAY· AND MOVING VANS; ¥ay 6, 1927 e o~-~-~'-'0-~~·-·1-·-a-a_n_CJ_G_Io ~lAY HAS COME, THE MONTH OF FLOWERS THE TREES · HAVE SUDDENLY PUT OUT FRESH GREEN LEAVES, AXD THE VACANT LOTS ARE DOTTED - . HERE AND THERE WITH LAST YEAR'S TIN CANS. A LITTLE TOU(H OF \VINTER ·yg STILL I~ THE AIR, FSPECIALLY \VHEN A BREEZE BLO\\"S FROM OFF THE WELL KNOvVN LAKE. l\OYS AHJ~ PI.AY TXG BASEBALL AKD ~fARBLES, .\ .:\D GIHI.S ARE ~1:\KI~G THE AIR \'OI~Y \\' lTH THEIR ROLLER SKATING . . TI -ll ~ CO\' CRETE HlGH'vVA Y IS JAMMED OX Sl':-\DA Y A FTERNOOXS AND EVENI~GS A C ('IDE!\ T ~ INCREASES \\TfH ~llLLIONS OF AUTOS. THE NUMBER OF ACTO DAILY. THE \VOODS ARE FULL, SO \VE'\rE BEE:\ TOLD, OF SPRJKG BEAUTIES :\.\"D HEPATICAS; :\;\D THE COLLEGE BOYS .\ND GIRLS :\H.E FL'LL OF SPRI~G FEVER TO~tORROW IT MAY RAIK, Bt:T \VE DO~'T THU\K IT REALLY \VILf.; lT LOOKS- QN MAY 3--AS IF THE ).10:\Tll \YOCLD llE QUITE PLEASANT. -HENRY FORD, JI< . +++++++ .. ++++· Now that President Orner haa kindly consented to don the Thompaonian ranchman's chapeau, we may expect him to proceed at once with the ouster of Superintendent Harper and a tour down the Drainage canal. +++++·++++++· Hot Cross Puna Our Punning department l.abored diligently thi s week to revive this rather ancient bit: Question: Why are folk s often surh· before breakfast? :\nswer: S-carly. ·++++++++++++ Another that was regarded as particularly atrocious, and therefore worthy of comment: "An ill-bred person often possesses an undue a mount of crust." (\Vhich provoked many a wry face). ·++++++++++++ Uplift Since the public prints convey the startling information that New York social leaders are contemplating elevation of · domestic toil to the professional strata by establishing a college course to dignify the art of servantry, one is intrigued to learn what degree will supplant the well advertised "K. M." lit· rNluccd to approac·~l the l<:v ·l of that of ot lwr prof, ·:-; ~ional One al:-;o wond ers whetlwr sen·a.nts' h o noraria will folk. ·++++++++++++ · "Our Kenilworth Boy Scouts repre sent the finest type of American youth," comments a loc al enthusiast. · my dears, That ·certainly SJH>aks \Vell for thl' town. But, oh it speaks volumes for Town (ley) (Bob; thE' SC'oqtmaster). ++++++++++++ It is hoped the North Shore Theatre Guild Players, in their appearances in the suburbs, will encnuntcr no detours en route. ++++++++++++ Philup Space, whose lofty duty it is to provide much of the material for the columns immediately adjacent, is gloating over the fact that SHORE LINES fell an inch short of the prescribed space thi s week. Thanks for the information, Doctor, that just fills it. -MIQUE.