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30 WILMETTE LIFE January 17, 1930 ' ·WILMETTE LIFE ISSUED FRIDAY OF EACH WEEK LLOYD HOLbliSTER INC. 1232-1236 Central Ave., Wilmette, Ill. . Chlca~ro office: 6 N. Michigan Ave. Tel. State 6326 Telephone ..... . . . ... ... .... .:. . · .......... Wllmette fiOt SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. . ........... .· t.tO 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 condolence. cards of thanks, obituaries notices of entertainments or other atfairs where an admittance charge Is publlsh~d. will be charged at regular advertising rates. Grade Separation will save life Let's have immediate action! Slush, slush! Sloppy slush! Wet feet, snuffles, cold in the head, pneumonia-a vicious series! The beautiful snow loses its. beauty all too soon and be Doing Your comes a nuisance on street and sidewalk. Motorists Share? and pedestrians impatiently endure it, unable to get rid of it. But something can be and is done about it. Village plows drawn by horse or tractor do much to keep walks and main highway s clear. The work takes time and mone\'. And the snow cannot all be hauled awa;·. In busines~ neigh horhoorls mo st walks are promptly cleaned. But in residential sections the walks often remain so h eaped with snow and slop that for days and even weeks men, women. and children are obliged to pick their way through the wat er and slush, getting soa ked to the skin in spite of rubbers and galoshes. So they keep on slipping and sliding and not mfrequently falling. If each householder \\'uttld make it hi s regular business to keep his \\·alks free from snow the disagreeable rondttions just n1entioned \\'Ould be remarkably decreased. .-\nd if owners of yacan t property would follow suit there \\·onld he little room for complaint. A correspondent writes to us: "r do not know of any owner of a corner lot in our town who ·clears a wa v the windro\\' of snow left after the snt;w-plows have heen around, but leave them for the women and children to get over as· best they may." Are you doing your share to keep the walks clear? \'/hen the throne gets rickct \. and co1lapses there comes to view the power behind the throne. Phrases like "the ;nd the sovereign people" and "of Beh " the people, by the people. Throne and for the people" seem to many merely empty phrases with little or no truth in them. It is a sad commentary on the American peo- · ple that even the words. "republic." and "democracy" seem to ~o many only highly flavored brands of apple-sauce. But it is certainlY true that behinrl the apparent throne in ti1e lrnited States stands the real power. the American people. The peculiar thing is that almost never do the American people know that they constitute the power behind the throne. They comr to believe it on]v when the nominal rulers -presidents, go~ernors, aldermen, trustees -do their work so badly that the responsibility is thrown back on the people themselves. This situation is most clearly seen in Chi- cago at the present m~ment. Who is finally and really responsible for the nearbankrupt condition in that · city today? The people of Chicago. Who will be required to pay the bills after all the talking, WE'RE FUNNY THAT WAY wrangling, and figuring are over? The UMAN nature, that indefinable somet~ing one people of Chicago. Who will be obliged to encounters in the varied and . intere.stt~g. conreconstruct a ' better future? The people tacts with fellow beings, taken b.oth. as t~dtvtduals of Chicago. and in the bulk, is indeed fascmatmg, tf not at It's an ill wind indeed that blows nobody times almost exasperating. Take, for examJ?le, the matter of public gatherings. Monday evenmg any good. If the failures of those whom of this week, the Wilmette Chamber of Commerce we choose to serve us cause us to realize sponsored a citizens' meeting at the Howard scho~l that we are responsible, why, then these auditorium in that village. Every taxpayer . m failures may do us good. If we are not New Trier was invited to attend and have a v01ce in the matter of "solving" the current tax muddle. our brothers' keepers .... .. d many say that Wow what a response ! A hall seating a few we are not, we are at least our own keep- hund;ed souls was called upon. to house a ~o'l!ple ers. \Ve cannot forever successfully dodge thousand more or less exerctsed New Trtentes that r~sponsihility. It's a cold fact that '~~.re bent upon determining the why and wherefore of higher taxes and kindred ills. are self-governing and that we cannot with ~ow, dearly beloved, we've attended scores of impunity delegate the government of ourexquisite concerts and recitals on the ~orth .shore selves entirely or even largely to other s. and heaven knows how many exceedmgly m_ter1\Iany real citizens recognize this fact. esting lecture s, etc., but, with sc.at.tered exceptton.s :\Iany organizations, like our various civic so few as to be virtually neghgtble, we haven t observed the necessity for calling out the police leagues recognize this fact and try to live . resen-es to handle the angry overflow. up to it . The Cnited States will be made But last Monday night-well that was something safe for democracY and will be headed for else again. There was an oppor~~nity for the as succe ssful a g-r~wth as that of many of customarily gentle and composed cthzenry to pop our g-reat business org-anizations when the off a bit of accumulated steam and how they took of the rare opportunity l A good hot majority of our people really believe that advantage Wilmette political caucus or an argument over the ours is a go\·ernmcnt by the people. "flats" menace falls into the category of men~ SHORE LINES H sp iritualistic seances in comparison. Christmas Day ha s come and gone, but the need\· are still with us. We cannot he blind ·to that olwious fact. The goodwill mcs ~age of Christmas Remember . should be materialized the Needy! throug-hout the rem ~unmg 364 days of the long year. .\nd it is doubtless true that the afterChristmas slump make s liie hard for many a working man and w ot~1an. fn the days leading up to the holiday s therr were gro\Ying- enthusiasm and increa sing opportunity for extra work. ~torrs needed ext ra salespeople. But on December 2o the tirle set in the oppo. ite direction. Zero and near-zero \\·cat her ha \'<' added to the trouhle s of the poor. Fuel :1nd clothing must he had. Philanthropic agencies call for help. Thrift shop~ a~k for clothing and articles that can he sold at low cost or gi,·en to the poor . Remember the needy! Experience for \'Ourself the truth of the Scriptural ~tate ment. "Tt i!" more blessed to give· than to receive." One thing that no north shore chilo or adult can count on with any degree of assurance is the weather. .-\lmost any kind of weather can confidently and reasonably he expected-60 degrees , 30 degrees, snow, rain. fog. freeze. thaw. Every kind-except sunshine. North shore property owners have for many n1onths been tax-conscious. This condition will continue for several more months. They can be pretty certain of one thing, and that is that the various boards of trustees will do their part to make the tax as moderate as possible. Some dav, some time, a concert by the Little Symphony ·orchestra may overtax the capaci~y of the Xew Trier High school auditorium, but such a phenomen on will never come to pass until such a performance can be billed in .the same show with an argument on the tax situation. We're funny folk, sometimes. We have our \\'ay s of satisfying that yen for tossing pineapples hut usually have sense enough not to encroach upon the prerogatives of the boys · who hail from the Valley district. No Hand-Me-Down than a little' significance may be attached to the joy expressed hy a tiny Wilmette girl who asserted that a new coat was the most highly prized among her rec ent Christmas gifts, "because it was new." Xow if you've never been a youngster with a flock of older brothers or sisters, as the case may be , you simply cannot appreciate what utter joy this little one has experienced. ~[ore Somebody Is Always, etc. One is almost constrained to forego that \Yellplanned winter vacation in Florida after a brief session with the gentlemen who share in the task of providing the "proper" wardrobe. Among other things, it is apparent that one simply doesn't belong down there unless overburdened with a thousand and one items of choicest apparel. And we ain 't even going to any Palni Beaches unles s. the cops'll let us just pass through and ha\'e a squint at the ultra -ultras and the platinum-linecl box fighters. Indications that the winter will probably remain comparatively mild, may be found in the fact that Railroad Jack has set up his collapsible mansion along Sheridan road in "No Man's Land." Or perhaps he intends to steal the ground hog's. :,tuff in forecasting an early Spring. Those failing this season. to bring rare gifts for their friends upon the return from sunnv Florida can blame all such omtsstons upon the prevalence of the Mediterranean fly. Being snowbound in the highlands of Southern C~lifornia (as per news dispatches) would compnse a mere romp for the average denizen of the Chicago area. And where's the guy who said the recent Big Drift would probably last all winter? Three weeks more and: Hello Sunshine! If we spent more time on improving our habits and· less on protecting our reputation and on making sure that other p~ople knew our remarkable virtues, we should find our reputation so much improved that we shouldn't have to worry about it. MIQUE.