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WILMETTE LIFE August 31, 1928 ·WILMETTE LlFE 188DD I'UD:.A. Y 0.11' ·.A.CB WB.][ b7 ' . LLOYD BOLLI8TBB, DC. 1132-1136 Central Ave., Wilmette, DL Cldcaco oftlce : 6 N. Mlchla'an Ave. TeL State 1111 'l'elttlloae · . . . .·.·...····. . ..··.·...·· WU.fl&e OM 117B8CBIPTION PBICB ····..·..·..·· tiM A. Tll.l.B AU communlcatlona must be accompanied by the and addreu of the writer. Articles for pubUcatlon must reach the editor by W ednud&y noon to ID8Un appearance In current liiiiUe. Resolutions of condolence, cards of thanks, obituaries, notices of entertainments or other aJfaln where an admittance charge Ia published, will be charged at ~Jar adverthJing rates. aame l\1any people ·feel that the word, service, has been overdone in connection with business. To many it has seemed that the serv· ice. r e n d e r e d by business men has· Business and not been entirely the Community free fro m selfishness, entirely rlevoid of motives of possible profit.. The service that a loving mother renders her children is pure, unalloyed by any thought of the advantage she may reap. But we must all admit that the ordinary business man is not The appointment of Dr. · E~ton V. Tubbs in it for lov~ purely and simply. to the position .of Director of Curriculum Nevertheless, the well-intentioned busiof the Chicago public schools is a notable ness n1an does render a most valuable servappointment. Dr. Tubbs ice to his community. Truly he gives nothA Notable will be head of a newlving away, but at the same time he does created department -a~d give his customers a square deal. They A ppointment · will have as his assistneed what he has and he sells it to them at . ants four supervisors. a fair profit. The community could not H ts . wor~ '~r ill be highly important. being function satisfactorily without the grocer, the furntshmgto teachers in the Chicarro the druggist, the hardware man, the lnerscl~ools v~luable data regardingmethods chant, and a dozen others. of,mstructton and curricula of various sorts. T.o say that the business man comes into _fhere is not the slightest doubt but that a community solely for his own selfish ad- · thts ne\v department can render indisvantage is not to tell the whole truth. What pensable service to the schools of Chicarro is his profit is not the customer's loss but service. that '"·ill ~timulate and improve th~ really the customer's profit also. We make educating .of Ch1cago children. We cona .plea for a higher appreciation of the busigratulate both Dr. Tubbs and the great ness man's place in the community. We school . system of which he becomes such contend that the attitude that many people · an important part. hold toward the business is not consistent with the spirit that will make America a We have seen only two movies this sumtrue democracy. mer. and those two were awful. We won't The business man is an important memname these awful films, because you might ber of the community. be influenced to sample them for vour. <::elves: <?ood movies are highly desi~able. The series of small books issued by the May the1r number increase! American Library association known as TOOTJNC. OUR OWN HORN Reading with a Purpose is one that no forT am the Hnmr url'l'kl,·ward looking person should fail to read Tiu littlr old Patrr · and carefully stuqy. If one had had little Thnt wrlcomrd wm education and desired to go ahead while Whrn ~·nu ·wrr; bornfollowing his regular vocation, he could do Watchrd ~·ott grow up, :\1arr)'. bccomr a paretrt, no better than buy all these little books and Thru a .o rmzd/larenfpersistently pursue the reading therein A l'lm,·.r rrcording yoo,. recommended. Good acts a11d .mccr.rse.r; The more we read of conditions in Chicago the more satisfied we are to be living outside. We have not failed to notice, however, that many of those active in separatin~ crime and politics do not have their homes in Chicago. No matter how much we enjoy suburban life we cannot dodge the re"ponsibility of helping in this great work of purifying our government. The movement on the part of the North Shore Real Estate hoard to reduce the number of signs on North Shore property is a welcome one. Sig-ns are not beautiful. Tt is not their function to please the eye. A certain number of them are useful. but the number can certainly be reduced. Sut>/lrrssi1w "our e-uil J>rrds, cm-~dn~1i11o '\'Ottr M'i.lifnrtrmrs mrd f~ilurrs. Rl'ioici1l.Q whnr ~·nu rcjoicrd. And .n·mf'ntlri:iiug iu Your 'times of sorrow. Rrad\1 fn boost ~·ott i1r a"" H nnnrnlJ!e cnt(lrprisr. while Slnw In rncmtraor f'roircts , Of a douhtfttl chnrnrtrr. Y Qftr friend and helptr, But rar£'1)' af'Prrciatcd flf a fntr 1·nlur h1· thosr Je4" n.~t hr1trfittrd h. 1· m" rfforts. P"nn [J,. r-:·rn·mu· ·withi~ "'l' FirM of circttlafimr· Whrthrr tht.'3' be pnid subscribers ().. nnf,, tlrose who horro·w lA'kr the "poor" of the Scriptures! .'ihnll ahmw be with '\'Oit. I am tlrr H o1ne JV eekl);. September means school. And schoo~ nowadays means better equipment for life. Time was when the coming of September meant the coming of something · unpleasant, School Days the g,oing of the good Are Het1e o 1 d vacation ' d a v s. Shakespeare's idea "' of the school boy as a youthful criminal dragging hin1self to a kind of jail lived for several hundred years, but is today we be· lieve fairly obsolete. The last of August sees many school officials back at their jobs. These early birds are the registrars. deans and such other unfortunates. Their more fortunate colleagues, the teachers, can delay their return to the school building another week or two. But no good thing would be good if it had no ending. Plays must end. The final curtain must fall. Of course it must. Imagine a play that never ended! Who would want to see it? Vacations are pleasant, but so are working davs. Too much fun is simply too much. · So brace up, boys and girls. Welcome the opening of school. S'HOR'E LINES Doom! Old giatrt oaks may fall and die, And nations wrecked by eMthquake lie; f111pcrial empires, giant metl, They disappear bid rise again. · The oak ·is gmte, the acorn lives! Who takes awa)', He also gives I Tlze maid and yottth with vigor loom And jostle age for elbow room. As says the sapling to the tree "Y ott some da)' u~ll make room for me!" So, son to sire; "Of wisdom's dearth We're apt to tire-get off the earth!" -H. F. S. We're Duly Impressed Mique, the moat important peraon on our editorial pay-roll wiahea that he mitht have caught just one fleeting glimpae of our Fil as the latter was aetting out on hia Canadian tour. If Mique's wiah had been gratified he would have aeen an ordinary looking man, five feet, eight and three-quarter· high, and weighing about one-fiftyeight. He would have aeen lower extremities modeatly clad in long khaki panta topped by a ahirt of the aame neutral tint. On the feet he would have had the unuaual pleasure of ·~ing two reddiah tennia ahoea and on the head an old gray cap. Not much to look at. But if Mique had had the good fortune to engage thia plain-looking individual in conaervation what a converaational treat he would have had. Lincoln wasn't much to look at. But what a brain! -Fif, the Filoaofer. MADE TO ORDER may be expected when the Wilmette citizenry warms to the argument over that pr·oposed incinerating plant to be balloted upon in a few weeks. -Job Lots. A sizzling battl~ Overwhelmingly Democratic Dear Mique: My assignment to take a straw vote of \Visconsin and Michigan for Shore Lines is a fluke. Through Wisconsin found farmers prosperous. Tourists are eating up all their products at high prices. Election does not interest them. Way ahead of the times in Wisconsin. Sunday Tribune arrives Thursday previous, so they know what is going to happen three days ahead. At Mackinac Island, Mich., news of Hoover's and Smith's acceptances not yet received. Thirty years behind the times here. Still have horses, livery stable smells, chromos and rag carpets. They have a fort built by the British in 1780 and cannon of 1840 to defend the island. Don't know the war is over. Grand hotel is modern-too modern. Will spend a day there and send picture postals of hotel to friends. Then get a room elsewhere. Want a place where I can laugh with and talk to the help on equal terms while in my heart I pity all people who have to work. There are 10,000 here though the city has a native population of five hundred, three hundred of whom stay all winter. The island is wooded and entirely surrounded by water-soft water. In winter is becomes hard enough to ride over to St. Ignace. Hear · you could get a jinrikisha here for fifty cents. Learned later this is not a drink. It is a wicker seat propelled from behind by a darky on a bicycle. \Vould have ridden to sound him politically, but sooner be caught playing tiddledewinks in midafternoon. Wilt report on Southern Michigan later. ~Hoyt King, Mackinac Island, Mich. P. S. The fishermen throughout the lake region a_re no~ wet. They will vote the Prohibition party ticket m a body. They say neither major party has promised them relief. -H.K. .\Yi.th M~. Y~llow,tey's brigade hovering in the vtctm.ty, fnend Augte hustles over with the timely warnmg that we transfer ownership of "Gin" the. editorial. canine, lest we be apprehended fo; havmg forbtdden stuff in our possession. But don't let him get into the job printing department, or · they'll make it "C";ordon Gin". -Mique. -Contributed. -