Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 6 Apr 1928, p. 40

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Easter means little or aot · to any exNESTUNG SMM little lleGrl to flalltr, · Wltm yOtW tired Ulittgs ,., foltktl, Wlam yovr Efl'tfl. stmg is nttltd ANti rtlirt for the night; You nestle both togetlaer, Malt tmd fetntJie of OM fttJihtr In ym.r ,.,,, fro· cold au tlaill So mug o·tl tight. Who U10tlld bt tile ltmtsome s/lirit, ListeniKg to the sleety twitter Of a doznt do6ing fiiiJits 1 cept the · true Christian.· Unless one is a Christian in spirit Easter means merely the flaunting of Spring styles. The great event of Easter Day for church goers who ate Christians in name . o nly is the Easter ·.whatDoa parade, an opportunity Easter Mean? for the display of new garments by both sexes. To · other non-Christians Easter wlllbe . . . . . . at means fto,vers, especially Easter lilies. To the true Christian Easter means imThere are probably quite a few car ownmortality, eternal life. On a day in the ers on the North Shore who will soon be · middle of the first century, in a land known wanting to take a little tour. May we as the Holy Land, the Son of God rose recommend tD such a one a drive that we from the dead. On his rising from the recently enjoyed? It is an interesting one. dead \depends the true Christian's hope of Go south on Waukegan living after death. Had he not risen, the Litde Road to Touhy Road. Christian's hope of everlasting life \vould Drive west on Touhy be vain. · Mto Tour through Park Ridge, cross If Easter is not a celebration of the rising the River Rnad, and conof Christ from the grave, if it is a mere tinue to the end of Touhv \vhere it unites name for one of the Sundays of the year, with Higgins Road. Foll~w Higgins Road then it is no more significant than any other to the pleasant Fox River to\vn of Dundee. church holiday. But to the true Christian Climb the hill in Dundee and turn left on who believes that it is an anniversary of tbe road at the top of the hill. Follow this the greatest event in the \vorld's history, highway, the Fox ~jver Road, south to Elman's victory over death. then it is a day gin. Keep on traveling south through St. to be welcomed with the best that man has Charles, Geneva, and Aurora. From the to offer. last of these to\\·ns take the curving rolling road southeast to Joliet. This stretch :\ couple of thousand years ago when afiords genuine pleasure to the lover of Rome was mistress of the civilized \Yorld nriety and far-stretching landscape. but \Vas a bit jealous of a certain city in To leave Joliet take . Route 4 north. A Northern Africa, ·Cato, that staunch old few miles north of Joliet you \viii get an Roman used to declare over and over interesting, if not inspiring, picture of mills · again. "Carthage must be ' and river· vallev. Route 4 will lead vou for destroyed!" In and out of It Must Be 24 miles through rather pleasing farm seasoy{ he reiterated this rountry. Turn north onto the highway Destroyed! slogan. Lest the Romans leading through La Grange and continue forf!et. he hammered a"·ay north on it clear up to Touhy Road. Turn on this g-reatest. as he saw· it. of all public east and ,·ou "·ill find vourself on familiar needs. Carthage must be destroyed! ground once more. Our mosquito elimination officials. ever You can cover this tour easily in a Satsince theY began their war on the mosquito, urday afternoon. ha,·e emphasized a similar determination. The mosquito must be d~stroyed! ~ot the \\~'e kno"· of no more inspiring sight than tiniest e~g must be atlQwed to lh·e. Xot a group of boys looking int.o the future. the weakest of the wigg-lers must breathe One gets such a sight if seated on a platthe life-sustaining air. The mosquito must form before an audience of bo,-s who are he destroyed! listening eagerly to a stimulatfng speaker \~·ith the appointment, of \Yilliam Eddiscussing the problems ward - a~ superintendent of the Xorth Youth and , and possibilities of the ~h o re .\hatement District the attack on future. Seeing such an the mo,ouito has assumed deadly propordae Future audience of forward-looktion~. He is the man to fig-ht the mosQuito ing youth one appreciates t n a fini,h. to free the Xorth Shore from the rneaning of those early words of Longthi s pestiferous insect. fellow. "The thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts." The inter-communitY hig-h"·ay wilt be Doubtless girls think about the days and finished some day. }.feanwhile portions of years to come, but what they are thinking it are ~etting finished. The stretch be- . is such a mystery to us tha·t we give ttp tween \Vinnetka Avenue and Oak Avenue even trying to imagine. There is. howeYer. in \\"innetka {!ives an adequate idea something in the posture and looks of amof how useful the whole highway will be bitious boys that appeals intelligibly to us. when completed. Doubtless th~ rea -ons The expectant gleam in their eyes seems to for delav on other sections are sufficient. say, "\\"e don't kno"· what's coming, but but there are many just like us "·ho would "·e bet it's lots of fun!~' like to ~~~ these missing sections in working or<it: . \\:Oat aroused our enthusiasm iust at this time is a ohoto . on the cover Glencoe ·ews of .larch 31. It is a photo of the \\" e have had dealings recently with a Junior Police of G!encoe. \\·e gazed at this young man who is not only blind but so completely paralyzed as never to he able pic~ure over and over a~ain. each time seeto take an upright position. \. et even ing somethinJ;r new and stimulating in the expressions of the ten boys. They're not though he must always be confined to his hed he has taken up the study of psychology much different from ordinan· boYs. but in in order that he mav better fit himself to their faces and postures is ·an i~resi ' tible write short stories. ·.\nd some people with mixture of haopii1ess and seriousness. complete physical equipment find life hard! Just boys--but the hope of America ! I hote ROt :you.! There's a thOtUand birdies 'Wtliting, And a thoustmd mort a-mating, And a nest is alWtJys bviltAt least for two. -HENRY F. Srow. Pat Two oa the N_,. \Vith the big Primary derby just a f.ew days in the offing, and everyone duly exerc1sed and anxious over the result, we make bold to announce another interesting race which has nothing whatever to do with small men or tall but, rather, with the daily matinee jaunt of our very own Doris and Mary, whom the aood Saunterer of Evanston Review fame likes to call comma chaser and mergenthaler, respectively (as well as respectfully). · Doris aad Mary, let it he luaowa, haYe 'beeD readiaa pieces ahout the &irl ~. aDd ..... thu aet upoa the tuk of p-abhiq olf a hit of the lime6aht for theJDHiyes. TMir traiaiaa. tarf ia the broad espuue of the fo~Wt ........,... It woa't he loq aow 'fore they qaalify for tlae "Wieaer den,." if aot at Cla111"Ciai0 Dowaa. ·· But, You Are Helpiq Dear lfique-\Ve Jove your column, whether vou write it alone, or have assistance. Sorry not to be able to help but am neither a pod nor a wit. However. I can thank you, and tell you that SpoRE LixEs is the very first thing I read in the whole paper. Sincerely, Peggy. Chr,.aalia I IJa~·c br·rst tiJt cerements That lrcld "'J' si11girrg soul two ')'tars, .4Jtd now am dmte u.;tJJ brou.m despair, Remcmbrarrces of )"Ott, and tears. Tire thought o/ ~·l~u. your JUWI.l", regret, Lie moulderi·tg aloJJe hereafter, For 1l0u' at last l"i.·e formd tire u·aj' T o liqht and gait':_~· and laughter. -R. L. P. He'· Simply Furieua my dear: Can't you see that Fil, the filos3fer is go!ng to be just terribly distraught when he learn s that YOU hurdle his two broad columns each week tn get at SHoRE LIXES? Please. if you will. just give him a little break by reading at least one short editorial before you close the magazine. Pe~gy. · Beats all . how theae youac fellera anticipate the Eaater aeaaoa. Here comes Hub iato the aaactum sis -wlaole daya ahead of sclaeclule clad m Spriac aceaery that woalcl make the piaeapple ellploaioaa aouad like the drop of a pia in billow of clouda. Miclaael, tlae Brave .. ~[ichael Abraham of Geneva, K. Y .." reads a late news bu11etin. "is on his waY to SYria to claim a promised bride he has ne,:er see~. The bride-to-be is the daughter oi a life-long friend." And. after all, at second thought, what of it? a gamble at best. we venture. It's ~------~------------' Hear! Hear! of The Pace That Sla,.. Our delicately constituted Soc. Ed. collapsed utterly when a fair correspondent sent along this n3te pinned to an item oi news 'tother day : ··~fr5. sent this in early so as to get the best possible space for it. The bazaars (that's the story) are so far off that she thought the article wouldn't be noticed unless gh·en prominent position. too small next Tqesday. Whaten·r, you do, kind neighbor~. don·t pick 'em -lllque.

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