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24 WILMETTE LIFE ··'-···"' · 1881JED FBIDAY OF EACH WREK by LLOYD HOLLISTER, tNC. 1222 Central Ave., Wilmette, Ill. Chicago oftlce: 6 N. Mlchlcan Avft. Tel. State 63Z6 Tiliplloae .··.·.·.......···..·.··.·.··.·· Wilmette lht SUBSCBIPTION PBICB .....···.·.··. tiM A. Y.t;A.K -All communications must be accompanied by the name and address of the writer. Articles for publication must reach the editor by Wednesday noon to lnaure appearance in current Issue. Resolutions of ,..ondolence, ·cards of thanks, obituary, nott~es of entert~lnmenta or other atrairs where an admittance charge Ia published, will be charged at regular advertlstnc rates. WILMETTE LIFE This is not a story about a fly that slipped into the marmalade nor yet about the small boy caught pilfering in the pantry. It tells all about the hard, hard time we had in getCaught in ting by car from Michigan the Jam City to Chicago by ·way of' the Dune~ Highway on ~Iemorial Day. \Ve left Michigan City about three in the afternoon in high spirits and with happy hopes of reaching our home by at least dinner time. But as we rolled tnerrily along '"e were joined by one car after another until we became only one in an endless procession. Soon the pr,ocession stopped. Just why '"e never knew, because the seat of trouble was somewhere near the head ·of the line. if you know what we mean. ~aturally we expected to be soon on our way again. But we '"ere disappointed. And also 1nany .others. The sun · continued sinking in the crimson west, and we continued to stay right in that one spot~ 'The sun sank out of sight and still we stayed. V\' e couldn't go ahead, we couldn't go back, we couldn't take any other road-there wasn't any-and '"e ~ couldn't very weil abandon the car. l"ltitnately we resumed our westward journey, but advanced only by dots and d~sh~s, the dashes being irritatingly short \\· e Jerked through Gary and those ha~ smelling -adjacent settlements. To shorten a long s.tor:J: of a tiresome trip we reached our .destmatwn at half past midnight. Never agam shall 've travel on a popular highway on a holiday! Our fl~g should he displayed properly. \\'hen dtsplayed over the n1iddle of the street. it should be suspended vertically, with the union,. or blue field. Flag to the NORTH: in an east and west street, or to the Etiquette EAST in a n,orth and south street. When d i s p l a y e d against a wall or a building, the union shuuld be uppermost and to the observer's ~Ef:T. When displayed from a staff proJectmg from a window, the union should he nearest the point of the staff. June 14 has been set apart by state law as Flag Day in Illinois. On that Clay the Flag should be displayed in and bef.ore homes and publ.ic buildings. On that day the~e should be at appointed places exerctses calculated to increase respect for the Flag and for the country which the Flag represents. The Flag also should he displayed on lhe main administration building of eYen· public institution: also on ,o r before~ everY ~chuul. public or private, on every scho~l day. Jt should be displayed before every polling place. The Flag should nev('r he used for advertising purposes. The Flag represents the living country and it is itself considered a living thing. II · . -lllillt~l·l·l·J·· '··' · · With schools going full blast in the sum- · .lll'lilltl-. SHORE LINES tner months and many people taking their vacations in the winter and spring, there · ·-·-·-·-·-·- -··-·-·-·-· I -~-·-. THE CITY HICK is growing need f,or consideration of the problem of CAUGHT NAPPING IN ONE OF OUR RARE "Camp at how to make summering at MOMENTS OF EXTREME GENEROSITY WE Home" home tolerable and even WERE PREVAILED UPON ONLY RECENTLY enjoyabl~, especially to the TO ATTEND A BANQUET AND PERFORMyounger generation. Even though north ANCE GIVEN UNDER SOME AUSPICES OR shore summers are n,ot so torrid as inland 0 T H E R IN ONE OF STREETERVILLE'S summers, and just now it doesn't seem as WIDELY HERALDED RENDEZVOUS OF ENif the mercury could ever stay for . a little TERTAINMENT DESIGNED TO SOOTHE THE while above 60, still we ought to plan to JUMPING NERVES OF THE OVER-EXERTED make full use of our surprising advantage. s. NOBLEMEN OF THE CITY'S MARTS OF Superintendent Nygaard of the Kenil- TRADE. ALL DETAILS ASIDE, WE ARE NOW THOROUGHLY CONVINCED THAT worth schools is planning "can1p at home" THE MOVIES ARE PLENTY GOOD ENOUGH moven!ent for the young folks of his con1FOR US. ONE CAN AT LEAST SLUMBER _ tnunity that will contain many suggestions IN PEACE WITHIN THE SHADOWY CONfor leaders in other cotnmunities. The lake FINES OF THE AVERAGE CINEMA. and the beach, in his plans, will be ·the scene -JEREMIAH. of the greatest summer activity. Swim++++++++++ tning, canoeing and water sports easily outYou're Not Alone rival any other forn1s of summer play. Ang ~liqucthere is much fun to be had in games ol ~1 inc eagle eye has glimpsed some real news · various ki. n ds on the beach itself. in the Chicago dailie!'. The disg-runtled ~mre Moreover, the country west offers many rcgenerates of both partics· threaten to con~oli opportunities for excursions of every kind. date and form a wet party unless the reaction Hiking is delightful for the young of all aries float an ackno\\"ledgcd wet plank. Of course ages. Camping out, if mosf1ttitoes are extheY are late. \V c haYr hren holding them ior cluded, has its own peculiar joys. And tenye;r~. hut, still 1 am rather resentful oyer the nis and golf help to dispel dull care. fa-ct that said dailie:-- didn't specify the time t ) r Here's hoping that y.ou'll have a fine sumplace at which this party is to he held. mer at home! -THE LO~ G SHOT . +++++++·++ We Hadn't Noticed · The Wilmette Chamber of Cmnmerce is Dear Mique: Do you know anything about golf doing well in urging the paving qf \rVilor golfers? Do ~ know anything about-oh mette's section of the through highway fro 111 1\ticCormick boule- well, we had in mind a fellow by the name of vard to Gr'e en Bav road in Volstead? He's the fellow who put a lot of teeth Get Busy Glencoe. Presidetl't Orner's in a law, but the teeth fell out. But even if they insistence on the need of did drop out, he's not forgotten because I see widening and paving lVIain street this sum- by some literature at the golf club that "we expect the members to show due respect for the mer, if Wihnette is to get the proffered assistance of the County, is very timely. Volstead act." · How unnecessary to insert that clause in the :\I ( reover, not only will \Vilmette be beneneatly typ~ literature. Doesn't everybody retited by the improvetnent but both truck spect the Volstead act? Haven't they plugged a and passenger traffic all up and clown the Cork in the famous old Nineteenth hole? Haven't north ~hore will be materially quickened. they? Haven't they? Haven't they? This 52 foot . concrete highway through Ain't we got a tough old world? vVilmette, 40 feet of which will be paid for - THE OLD PU. .' C . ++++++++++ by Cook county, ought to he begun at Dnce. The Duches!' Shall Hear of This Highway engineers ought now to he \\·or kHerr .... Ill. ing out the problems preliminary to the acIn the year of Anna Dominoc~. 1927. tual digging and paving. Other road \\·ork ~liqut'. to be done in Wilmette is held up, pending D0\\"11 in Egypt, where Birg-cr and Shelton mtx it so frequent and thick that t1 ;~ y make then~ the w,o rk on Main street. lVIain street at Ciceronian tea. parties look like a mere case. o.t. - present is a disgrace to · the north shore misidentified slumber, we let the "Talk Hcavtcs and reflects no credit on \\Tilmette. :--aY their fill-and then eradicate them. Seems like Philup Space and the Old Plug have be~n. Let's start the actual work at once! a \Ve've played baseball and tennis but never have we played golf. And yet we're yery fond of the game frotn a reader's point of view. We love the foreign flavor, Celtic tang, of brassie and midGolf the iron, even though "·e couldn't pick either one out from a bunch in a g-olf bag. l t's pleasant to hear one who knows, call out to a player who i:, chasing a ,,·andering ball, "What's the matter, Jim? Can't you keep in the fairway?" Some day we shall perhaps pla)· nine hull's on some inexpensive links and learn more about greens and caddies and foozling. But until that time we shall limit our golfing to reading Ray Pearson's stories about how \\'est moreland got its name. \Vhich reminds us that there are few sights so pleas-:itlg as the wide stretch of a \\'ell trimmed course. cloin · plenty of sa yin' lately-oh, I bet~ a \~·atchm of them, but I come from Egypt, v.·htch. tn c~st· you don't know it, ain't got no associations wt.th old king Phario. It's south of the B. and Q. ratlroad and in Illinois. will-T don't To <·onw dirPetly to th(> point-gun ))Oint, if you likt> snmt> of these goin's-or In your <"Oiumn. ~ot hy a jug full, don't-and I don't mean swt:t-t cider. To h(' run down in character, veracity, moralH and ud(·r~tandings by a hanger-on of the golf rourH(' H (thC' Old Plug) and that embryonic attempt at mild philosophy ( Philup Space) is like taking a hath in Halt watl'r after a. lost argument with a limited train on the ~kol<it·. And I don't mean ink bottle! To bC' stwd1k : T didn't write nothing on no races. Furthermore, T don't know nothing about horses or bnrbers (seC' isHut·s of :\lay 20 and 27) and, last but not !l-ast, T don't rare to be elassifted as "remarkable" and n·nuHlH·d unon aH waH did in the issue of 1\Iay 20. T'rn doing a littiP hit of in\'(>Htigation on my ownr h<H'l', ::\liqw· and I'm here and now promiRing you that tht ·rt· will lw sonw darned intf'resting disclosures ff' l' tlw futur·t· or tht· past, nrt·sent and indet(·rminat,· 0f th· · dt·H llodur P . ~. and the Old Nag. -HUB. ++++++++++ Xote of 'l'hnnks \\·,. art· indebt('d for tht· abovt· YHI'it·d shadC'R of l houg-ht and near-thought, ·xpress0d undt'r as nr.ril'd t"irC'umstanees, to various of tht> shining lights who f'ast their effulgence in the Yidnity of the sanetum sandorum. -MIQl'F..