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----4...... ... ...... 515 55 SUBCRJPTKoÈ PU1 ......... 02.64A EA]a AUcommnunications muet be accompanied by the liction muet reacb the editor by Tuoaday noon to lnue appearanoe ln current Issue. Resohations of àondoleiice, carda of thanks, obitu- * arlea, notices of' entertalnments or other ,affaira j where an admittance charge la publlshed, will be. Scharged at regular, advertlsIng rates. G rade 'Sepaation Will Save Life G Let'a Hasten the Day! I. Virtuallv al self-supp)orting aduits want to, do the best they catif or. those aduits. who for onereason or another are flot self-sup- IIH porting. What is the The'"Ho mless b est thing to dû for the Transint" nan who cornes to the back door begging for f ood and clothing, asking f or alms of any kind? lt's bard to tuait down the poor fel- lôw who cornes up to you on the street and miumbles somnething about being hungry, and *out of work. But is it best to give bim nmoney ? The ýdirector of the Clearing Houtse f or the Unemiployed in Chicago answers these questions in unînistakable ternis: "People ~jwho give f ood or money to such persons are directly stimulating begging. Thev are ~Jdefeating the purpose for which agencies for the care of these men are established... tance to organîzed. relief agencies dealing with homneless and transient mnen bv sup-. porting these agencies and referring al panhandlers and, hpuse-to-h.iouse, beggars to these agenicie." Our dutv is clear: (1)- Support these re-. lief agencies; (2), Send b)eggars, to these ageincies; don't give beggars f ood or ioney. The W*el-knôwn bard clusively provei that clepression can. be rather quickly banished. Many people have, fomued the habit of regarding natural events like ramn and sunsbine as flot open to criti- caam.- At least have leared to take without coMplaint natural events.as they core. So, mpay it nlot be best to adopt this news- Lights a rnild, but .gay, glow over the festive occasion. Unfortunately tbey were the cause of manv more or less ,,serious ires, and the introduction of- electric Christmas Iights was hailed ýwith joy. by the' owniers of curtains and other inflammable niaterials. Today liot only indoor trees but living outdoor trees are festoon-ed with colored lights. Small :and larget evergreens are heavily draped. with, long strings of in- candescent bulbs.: Even, windows and (loorways are outlined in red,, green, and blué. An evening's. drive'along Sberidan road fromf Evanston, to Highland Park through Wilmette, Kenilworth,, Winnietka, and Glencoe become s- during the ho lidays a tour through fairyland.* This display en- genders rivalry, and the number, and startlinig naturte pf tbe holiday «Iights bave groivn from one year to anpther. Is there not some danger that in the vividness of the illumination and in the excitement of giving and receiving, the vital significance of Christmnas Day may ble dimuned or entirely obscured? XVe (I0 not view.witb alarmi the fact-'thatý the wife of Glencoe Attorney Marshall cele- brated her husband's birthday with a sur- "We View Prise Party. Fine! But 1 ie having by direct expéri- Wit/s A larm"' ence becorne acquainted with the general character <of the pictures in that rather well-known periodical, "B-I-y-b-o,", we are forced to view ivith alarm' the news that the guesfs at the above pairty "were in costumesbase on illustrations" in said magazine. After reading this interesting riews we tried'to recali one important character in this entertaining publication who was clad in con- %-entional fashion. XVe couldn't. 0f course south of will be when finished clear from 1Evanston thr1ough Glencoe! Now is the time for. aIl good menù to ex- change Christmas ties, hauidkerchiefs, and socks. . By RaIph Waldo PukinbI.w-'* (Copyrigbted in ail countries, .including No Nfan's Land. Picture rights reserved.) »Oiàur doorsiep lies a Skees-icks; Fatiier Tine just left hini there; le's a bright-eyed, husky yotingster, Thon ph sans draperies, sans hair. Afilie, get soine extra blankets, WocI 'for coifort, f1i4 for looks; Bungdie S'kec--ickiiiice.apid sntuggy lit the coziest, of iooks., 'Li.f'beth, pet thse #milk and fixiêt's,' He's as husgry as a drake; Put. it on the stove and warmil i Lest il inakes his tummy ache. F1era. bring the bibs and tuïckers, He's a Inessy, f ussy cuiss, Spilling dinnter oit his garmments, MIakinig such a bloontn i uss. Violai stcp a bit more ively, Find a wash cloth and a tow'l; Fi.r the Water nice and warn-Iike, Souse hiii inon, imb the-,bowl. Virpi; fa, pet soiendouiny booties, Tokctoo, in bIte to match; Brin g a dainty,,silken jacket, A-nd a- cap t/sot cannot, scratch. Soineone stop his pesky squallintg, He's bec» .going an hour or more; ifno other meaits uill stop hins, Orr, you'il have to zvall t/se floor. W'alk ustil yout're zvorn ansd zeary, While thse midnight candies. buris; li he stili insists oit yeiling, Edidie *Kerr u'il do a turiti Zibble, vou're elected chauffeur Of osir Skec:icks' twtin-six cab;, 1V/edl hint gentiy, keep a-poing, -ln(1 ignore al bock-seat gab; HIave Chief Hentri clear the. roadway Keep a firmn hand oi t/se t/srot le. Osborn, brinp alossg t/se grstel; 1-ev there, Dubbs! Youl hold .t/se bottle. He-c's a job for Harry Miller, Teav/sing Skeezicks /sow to walk;ý He's a boy, so you may also I-Havie to teach hi>» hou, to talk. News item: bis lawn on the Th~is D-dDrao Art Gedge of Winnetka, who lost his dog, wvrites flot. to put that ad in the paper, 'cause be's since found his dqog- Nolet's get together and settie this tax ques- £ t-' nîowed But