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· WILMETTE LIFE JUDD I'&IDAY OW BACH WBB)[ WI-LMETTE LI·F E Having done more than merely wat~h carpenters build a house we have discovered how essential it is that not only the boards and . the house itself but also Always Be · the carpenter should On the Square be always on the square. Up here· on the banks of a -small lake in Northern Michigan the carpenters begin the making of a ·little cabin by laying in parallel rows several 2 by 6 beams. These beams must be strictly level, exactly at right angles with a line fr.om · the beam itself to the center of the earth. Each beam must be precisely on the square. If these beams are not on the square the whole cabin will lean one way ·or ·the other, and nothing will fit exactly. The carpenter himself must be on the square. He must be scrupulously honest. If he is not s,o exact as he should be, later when he comes to set a door or window the lack of squareness will show itself in the door not swinging as it should or the window not working smoothly. Every stick used in the building .of the cabin insists that the carpenter be thoroughly honest. That's why a course in manual training or in working in materials of any kind .is an excellent training in morality. You may tell a boy a thousand times that he oug-ht to be honest, but he may not once SEE why he should be. But let him try to make something dishonestly and the poor working of the thing will prove to him, if he is not a fool, the value of honesty. We know of no makers of thingsmasons, carpenters, engineers, cooks, dress- . n1akers-who are dishonest. There · may be some, but if a person is not .on the square with metal, wood, and · cloth, his lack of squareness will sooner or later show itself. And now Scout Leaders are handing some ideas to parents. Teachers long ago started the idea of suggesting to parents how to treat children. We may expect that busiScout Ideas ness men will be soon for Parents telling parents how to bring up children. Don't think that we regard these outsiders as impertinent, as interfering with affairs which are out of their province. We do not so regard them. The more help parents can get from any source the better for the children and for the whole country. Here are a few suggestions from Scout leaders which parents will do well to consider and put into practice. "Help your son by practicing the eighth Scout law-a Scout is cheerful. Surely everybody ought to be cheerful most of the time. "D.o not take the part of the boy wh~_!1 he is in the wrong and is criticising his leaders unjustly." Some fathers and mothers listen with a believing and sympathizinl! mind to all their children's tales of woe. A little wise incredulity is often essential. uThe Sc.out uniform is an emblem, symbolic .of Scout ideals. Help your son to keep it clean and neat." We have known of some fathers so out of touch with their sons as to be almost incapable of sympathetic imagination. Perhaps they can reform. uEncourage your son in scouting advancement." Such encouragement may be just what your son needs to lift him to a higher level of character development. July 13, 1928 ' S,H ORE LINES "MEDITATION" When sitting alone and th4nking Of life that has Pt¥sed ~'OU by, Do you ever wonder the meamng Of ~hat you are thinkinq a~ why? LLOYD BOLLI8TBB, llfC. 1JU-U36 Central Ave.· Wilmette. Dl: Clalcaco oftlce: 6 N. :Michigan Ave. TeL State IIJI by filiiieae ... ............. .. ........... WII.Jilette iltl iUBSC&IPTIOlf PBICB ·········· .. .. PM A. YIIA.B All eommunlcatlons mu·t be accompanied b)P the D&llle and addreas of the writer. Articles for pubUcatlon must reach the editor by Wednelday noon to luun a.ppearance In current I11!18Ue. ReeoluUons of condolence, cards of thanks, obltuarlea, notices of entertainments or other a1fa.ln where an admittance charge ls publlshed, wlll be charged at regular advertising rates. I have longed for a life that is differe!lt . . Now I find that I am dtJtt'n deep m sm. But u1hen my last day has departed, I'll take what is coming from him. . -"Bud" Dear Mique. . At last in the land of beaten btscUJt and baked ham. . ll f h · Audubon, the guy who started a_ o t e al!hslingshot movement and got the ktd~ to nam!ng their bird clubs after him, started hts ca.mpatgn here. Natives took up his work after he dted and now the birds are so 41 Uppity:' that you c~n't walk across the street without seemg three robms chasing a sparrow-hawk. . Best one I've heard yet is on the blue ~trd that ran across a half-starved c~ick_ and fed htm retzularly for six weeks. No ktddmg, a man showed me the chicken. . . Pat? Oh, one of Kentucky'~ two ed_Itresses ts now in Louisville giving the ctty a thnll,. Just a vacation and then the Evening J ourn~l wtll. return to normalcy and the Fair Kentucktan wlll rule again. Hub of Henderson, Ky. · Vacation Notes Nothing could be more reusuring on one of these particularly humid clays than Ed's ~ostc:ard message from the Chat~u Frontenac. Hu reference to Quebec's "wines and ~r" has about won us over to the Brown Derby bngade. · l We have no intention of saying anything about that periodical called College Humor, although we might say that we never met in our college life any of the humor which glitters on College the pages of this magazine. Humor Our intention is to shy a few rocks at that brand of humor, not confined to college, which prompts students to steal signs and the like, their purpose being the decorating of their rooms and fraternity houses. In our co1lege days it was considered cute to have displayed in fraternity houses such signs as '" Double teams not allo\\red to Drink at this F,o untain" and "Private Property. Keep Out." The greater the quantity of these signs and the "quainter" they were, the prouder the lads whose rooms were adorned by them. We do not believe that the motive for appropriating these signs was, or is, a malicious one. It also happens sometimes that a common thief's motive is not malicious. It may even be that he steals merely to pay the doctor bill. The college boys see the sign, and then they merely take it. their minds occupied entirely with the thought of how well this sign will look in their rooms. That the sign really belongs to somebody else and that they are stealing it probably doesn't present itself. Youth is largely a troublesome time, and adolescence takes little pleasure in contemplating sunsets. Youth demands something doing and that doing attended with noise. Don't blame youth. On September 25 Wilmette voters will be asked to express then1selves at the polling places concerning the proposition to operate motion picture theaters in this village on Sunday after noon. There has been much That Sunday talk about town of a Movie Ballot torrid and perhaps none too pleasant campaign preceding this special election. Such, we feel, need and should not be. Wilmette voters are intelligent. They will vote on September 25 just about as they feel today concerning the Sunday n1ovie proposition. It is unnecessary to "enlighten" them further on this moot question. Let's have no unpleasantr'ies! Let the voters decide the issue on its face value! Wilmette Post of the American Legion is sponsoring a very fine J?rum and Bugle Corps. It is a public-spirited and wholly unselfish enterprise. The Drum and Bugle corps, which made its initial public appearance on ~femorial Day, belongs to the entire community-available for any and all civic occasions. The corps needs funds with which to supply its metnbers with uniforms. Generous citizens and organizations have been helping, but more funds are needed. Thirty-five dollars will buy a. uniform. T to figure out why Fil the Filosofer goes wa:Yup to Sutton's Bay, Mich., to draw les.s~ns from carpenters and other tradesme~-.note adJ<;nning columns--when the north shore 1s m the mtdst of a building boom. D. K. has just returned from a ~shing trip do~ at his Hoosier summer retreat. Has arpment WJth the finny tribe was without incident, except on . the day he threw the anchor overboard Without taking the precaution to tie the other end of . · the rope to the boat.. Which is o'!ly slightly leas thrilling than the incadent concemang Poatmuter Joe's well-baited hoo,k which was cast into the depths minus the, line. Almost any lapse seems to ~e pardonable when our staid citizens fare forth wtth rod and reel. The Jest Let them brittg · their garlands And, roses without end; Let them 'WOril their sorrow, Who ha·ve lost a friend. But I, who lost a lover, Sit within the shade And seek to comprehend The jest )'Ottr grm.1e has made. -Wickie The Horrible Exception Effectiveness of astral prognostication suffered a severe jolt as a result of this conversation over~ hrard in a North Shore line station the other day: Fair passenger: "Yes, t am thoroughly convinced of the unfaiJing astral influence over forthcoming events. Now, for instance, I have a cousin who has actuaJ.Iy predicted many events by this method, inCluding the most propitious season for impending operations," etc. Station agent: "vVell, I wouldn't be surprised. I see by the papers that the stars predict Hoover will be elected." F . p. (rather belligerently): "They're crazy, anyhody knows he hasn't a chance." The Divil He Will! Dear :Mique-There can be no doubt but that An.ton Angel, Hubbard Wood's newest food distributor, will carry a complete line of angel food cake. Adios, tor at least a fortnight. · -MIQUE.