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14 WILMETTE LIFE FRIDAY OCTOBER 3 1 1924 the work unravelled. And again like the knitter the best thing he can do is to pick up his work and go on. "Regular routine" is not an especially inspiring phrase, but in this world it is the best method of doing the world's work and getting ahead. A n d w hen he has faced this fact and adjusted to it he will find it the only sure source of full and abiding hap· pmess. WJLM E T TE LIFE Cll'ormerl)' The Lake Shore New·) Do Your Patriotic Duty on November 4--Be Sure to TBB wlthE~~f~~·h,~ c~~~lnecl w·~:~el'~~t.L !QIIWI t811JICD II'RIDAY b:ll' BACH WEICK LLOYD HOLLISTER. INC. 1J2J Cf!ntral Ave., Wilmette, Ill. ....... , . _ · ·· · · ·· · ·· · ava8CIUPTJON ·2.M WU..ette 1. . A YBAR All communication must be accompanted by the name and address of the writer. Article· for publication should reach th11 editor by Wednesday noon to lneure appearance In current Issue. Be sure to procure, mark and. -.,.,.~t in ballot bos the amall ballot like this Specimen. Road Improvement Ballot. Shall an Act ot the General Assembly ot Illinois entitled, 'An Act In relation to the construction by the State of Illlnole, of durable hard-surfaced roads upon public highways of the State along desIgnated routel!, and the prov-Ision of means for the payment of the cost -thereof by an Issue ot bonds of the State ot Illinois,' which. In substance provides for the construction by the State acting through Its Department of Public Works and Buildings, subject to the Governor's approval, ot a State-wide system of hard roads, on routes described; tor control and maintenance, and tor conditional compensation tor roads already paved; gives such department full power to execute euch Act; authorizes State to contract a debt for such purpose and to Issu-e $100,000,000 of eerlal bonds, bearing Interest at not to exceed four per cent; appropriates said sum to said department; levies a tax sutl\clent to pay said Interest as It shall accrue, and to pay orr said bonds within 30 years from Issuance, but provides that such payments may be made from other sourcee of revenue and requires mone)·s In the Motor Vehicle Law 'Road Fund' to be first used for such payments (subject to Hs u-se tor payments of principal and interest ot prior State road bonds) and such direct tax to be omitted In any year In which sutl\clent money from other sources of revenue has been appropl"lated to meet euch payment for such year; provides tor publication and for submission to the People; makes the provisions for payment of such lntereet and bonds Irrepealable; and pledges faith of State to the making of such payments; go Into tull force and effect? Hard Road Vote "YES" State Bond Issue For the Election,- November 4th Paid by Auto Fees No Direct Tax There are two sorts .of editors -the city editor an~ ~he ~ub~r ban editor. The dtstmgUtshmg difference between them is this Entered at the poet omce at Wlllllette, IlJlnole, ae mall matter or the -the city editor writes about eecond cla111, under the act of March questions of national and interI, 18'71. national importance; the suburFRIDAY, OCTOBER 31 , 1924 ban editor doesn't. The city editor writes about Coolidge and Separate the Grades. Davis, and als.o about the labor Enforce the Traffic Laws. Build the Through Traffic Road. party in England. The suburban editor doesn't write about Widen the Business Thoroughfares these things. We in the suburbs are expected PICK YOUR MAN to deal only with matters that are In the good old days when our dealt with in the news columns dad was young, he used to refer of our papers .· We may talk a " ·ith much disdain to such persons little about Dawes if he visits a!' did not stick firmly to the grand our town for any reason or even old party of their fathers and for no reason. But we must not grandfathers. through thick and hint at his fitness for the vicethin. in all kinds of \\"Cather, in presidency. We could, if we national. state. county, city, town might, say some illuminating and ,-jJJage elections, as "mugthings concerning La Follette, " ·umps" or "fence-"·alkers." might recall portions of an inRut "the "·orld do move" even teresting speech we once heard in politics, and now even dad is him deliver. But that is not our living and enjoying office in a legitimate business. citv where all elections are nonWe have our hands full enough pa;tisan. Old ·party lines and fences are not what they used to of .o ur own proper business withbe. Even in our presidential elec- out reaching outside our own tions during the last decade, the field. We think it our business tendenn· has heen, more and to help along good causes as more. to vote for, to select the much as we can. We are thankbest man. the man with the ful for the opportunity of acting ' strongest personality. regardless as the agent of our community in expressing gratitude t.o public of party affiliations. benefactors. Now and then we In local elections, such as c.oun- publish a good poem. We do our ty, township and village, where best to prevent injury of any the party does not stand for, or kind being done to our fellow mean as much as it does nation- citizens. ally, there is even less excuse fQr We ask our readers for suggessticking too closely to old party tions as to how we may extend Jines. the sphere of our usefulness. If In this forthcoming election we improve it makes no differshow yourself to be modern and ence whether we are city editors up to the minute in things pol- or suburban editors. itical. Scan with intelligence the list of candidates. Study their INDIAN SUMMER respective qualifications, hear as If this isn't Indian Summer it many of them speak as you can. And, go to the polls on Novem- ought to be. Which reminds us ber 4, prepared to vote for the of a remark made by a college man or woman who is, in you.r professor who was conducting a mind, the best qualified, regard- class ln the wr\t\ng oi original less of party, or lack of party poetry. His daughter happened to be a member of this class. affiliation. The terms "mugwump" and She wrote a group of verses Some"fence-walker" are obsolete, ar- dealing with the Alps. chaic relics of the dark ages of where in the poem she spoke of political history. One need never Alpine violets. One of her fellow fear them as epithets in this en- students criticised her for doing this, saying that there were no lightened era. Pick your man. Be sure you're Alpine cio1ets. Her father's comright. Then go ahead and elect ment ,o n this criticism was curious. "No Alpine violets?" said Jtim with your sacred ballot! he ; "We11 all the worse for the Alps." And in this simple manREGULARITY ner he disposed of the criticism For you and me the key t,o and the critic. progress is regularity. this professor's FoJlowing Fifteen minutes practice on the method we are led to say that if · piano every day for a month will this isn't Indian Summer then produce far better results than all the worse for this time of twelve hours all on the same day. year. Because the temperature ' It's the regular repetition over a i~> jllst right ; the amount ot tong pertoo that really counts. moisture in the· air is just right; Mr. Coue of France did a great the amount of sunlight is just deal £or striving humanity when right; and the color of the trees he emphasized that "'Every day" and sky is just right. Conseidea. He pounded into people's quently we feel just right. heads the value of regularity. The heavy-hearted poet ca11s It's surprising how much can these the "melancholy days; the He's be done by a little every day. A saddest of the year." little reading, exercising, singing, thinking of the burial of the smiling, eating, sleeping, think- flowers. Naturally he feels sad. ing, helping-all of these 365 But he would have felt better if days in the year will keep a per- he had dwelt on the fact that it son growing up to his last day. i!. much more natural for ftowers Of course there's no objection to to shrink and dry up after they his doing more than a little on have bloomed than it is for them suitable occasions; the point is to continue blooming. that he must do at least a little These are beautiful days, but EVERY day. it may be that when these words An interruption of this pro- are printed the weather may gram will set one back a start- have changed considerably. ling distance. He will lose more Winter may already have paid us than he can make up in 'a much a remarkably early calJ. That long-er time than that occupied will be all right. We don't exby the interruption. He wnt feel pect, or even want, Indian Sumlike one who having knit a gar- mer to stay, even though she's ment comes in one day aud finds a charming guest. Reeolutlone of condolence card· ot tbankl, obituary, poetry, notices of entertainment· or other affairs where an admittance charge will be made or a collection taken, will be charged at re·ular advert·lslng ratee. EDITORS YESX Illinois collected this year to October 13th ' $11,424,720 in auto . license fees. or approximately $3,500,(X)() more than enough to make the average yearly payment of principal and interest on both the old $60,(X)(),000 bond issue and the proposed $100,000.000 hond issue. NO Unle11 you own a car, thia great road ayatem will not coat you one cent. If you own a car, the license fees will he due annually whether the bond issue carries or not, because these fees haYe already been fixed by law. The proposed law insures that these fees will continue to be used for the construction and maintenance of State Roads. These roada will be hard surfaced, will last a lifetime, and will be maintained by auto feea at low reasonable coat. , The SIOO,OOO,OOO bond i11ue will inaure the completion of the 9,800 mile State highway system, which will carry 95 percent of State's highway traffic. · MAKE ILLINOIS FIRST IN GOOD ROADS lt 't'll clnr. Tlw ' :\n 1t Failure to Vote is a Vote Against This gas and oiling station is just across ' io · r~ tgr. r/1 "" the street from our garage, and is under our management. hr11 1 ~' rhild a in~ l·u ht r ch SPECIAL FALL INSPECTION Now is the time to have your car inspected and the necessary adjustments made to place it in the proper condition to encounter the difficult driving conditions incidental .~o cold weather. The cost of our Fall In~pection is only $6.00 and for that amount we will take care of the following operations: S I 7 I I Reface uul Adjuat Diatributor Poiatl Set Spark Ti·la· C...a Spark Plu·· aad Set Gap· a.-, c..t.r.lor aad Ga. S:r·tem MJ-t c-ltaretor Claoke m<~rka Better drive in at once and let us look your car over. A small sum invested at this time wi11 save you considerable trouble and expense later on. HUBBARD WOODS GARAGE 1010 Tow· Road WINNETKA, IWNOIS t~SerrJia JYith A Smile., PHONES: WINNETKA 617-1834