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mut r tUc e cd te . Curmt is 11*01 THANK You, MOTHER! j Next Sunday, May 8, has been set aide as, a day for paying homage tO Mother, ini ife man's truest and most understanding friend, in death } his sweetest and Most euduring mmr. fortunate indeed. is the son or.daughter who on, that day, can put an arm around Mother. and give f ervent t hanks for ber tender care,be r un- seffish sacrifices, ber Wise teacbings and inspired guidance. Fortunate, too, the one, who, de- prived of this privilege,, can stand beside a mound beneath which lies the- bit of sacred dust, and thank a long-gone mot her for the life that ber influence made useful. And doubly fortunate- if at that moment tbere cornes nopaug of regret because of neglect or departure from the prin-ý ciples' and precepts which she taught. It is flot easy to put into words ail of those things for which Mother should be thanked. Her services have been so many 'and so important that memory fails to capture them ail, but a more k gifted pen than this writèr's lias madle in the following lines a partial list that sbould not be forgotten, especiaily wben the uext Sabbatb day arrives: "Mother.! The first face we see to renemiber. a naine we can neyer forget-the hoiiest human name ever spoken by the tongue of man. Mother! Who caught the first smile that played on. baby lii lips; who saw the first glearn of intelligencçe that played on the face of babyhood ; whose soothing voice stirred'the first sound waves that broke on the infantile ear; whose eyes were sleepless when sickness was the lot of tender yeàrs; whose baud guidéd our flrst tottering steps; whose wis- kdom nulliified our cbildish ignorance; wbose ex- perience, came to assist the doubtful hesitancy. of Our unskilled lives; whose restraining baud held uin those impulsive moments when the impetu- osity of youth would have carried us beyond the ~,~ limits of reason and made' us do that whicb would. 'Mother! Whose patience was inexhaustible: report, the thought evidently being that a reduc- ttion of personnel wili effect the desired savings. 1Unquestionab1y it will help, but it surely cannot rbe a complete solution. How many people believe that there are 18,- 000,000 out of 130,000,000 people. in this country honestly on the relief rolîs. or entitled to public ssistance. in other ways?.Instances wbich come up frequentl. reveal the fact that there. are numbers of- these supposed indigents wbo ,are fully capable of earning their living without re- course to, charity, and . indicate that a drastic purge of the relief rolls is an immediate- essential. Consolidation and reduction of personnel is but, a. help to the solution of the real, problem, which is to pare the rolls down to; the bone. THE GAiRDEN, MARKET An annual'event of More than passing interest to North Shor -e home gardeners is the Garden, Market, sponsored' by the, Wilmette Garden club, and the E'vening Garden~ Club of Wilumetté; The location is the green just east of the North Western railway station in Wilmette, the date Saturday, May 7. Residents of New Trier villages who are interested in rearranging their gardens or the laying out and planting of new ones will find' at, the market an unusual opportunity for secur- ngsuggestions f rom neighbors whose gardens are outstanding, as well as for the selection of flowers and shrubs that will give an added iii- terest tÔ the home. For thèse organizations num- ber among their members some whose reputatious for preeminent achievements in horticulture are not o'nly national but international. Espedially are these opportunities of benefit to the amateur gardener. who bas only a glimmer of knowledge as to bow bis garden sbould be arranged to secure the best resuits, or What plants or shrutbs should be eniployed to achieve greatest. beauty and a long season of satisfaction. And bow these- experts do love to share the knowledge gained, througb long experience witb. those who do not possess it but long to learu. By ail means go to the Garden Market next Saturday, and do flot besitate to ask questions. You wvill be sure to get the right answers. .Friday is lilac day,' on which all persons for- tunate enough to possess lilacs are expected to share tbem with shut-ins, Tbe fact that the bloomis are scarce this year imposes a double clutv upon those who. have the i in plenty. Share, brother, share-- 1Furniure' manufacturers have turned to the designers of womien's dress fabrics for inspiration in upholstery_ materials, in wbich floral, treat, ment predominates. That's O.K. It insures that our rrew couch will be a ýbed of rosés. Now -the C.I.O. is to organize 'relief workers into a union. How will1 they indul ge their ove r- powering humanitarian impulses when Mr. Lewis, ordersa sit-down strike? And wvhat wvil1 becomfe Of the "celients?" It. now transpires that 'our joseph P. Ken- nedy, ambassador to the Court of St., James,ý may have trouble in enforcing bis edict that American debiutantes shal no longer be presented to royalty in unlimited numbers. Social toplights ini the mother country were quick to see ati opportunity, and now are arrauging presentations at so much per-the "so mucb" reachingashigh. asý 10,000 bucksý So there -you a re, Mr, mhs sador!, That Englishman who Iost $15000 in 'a sttid poker-game need flot corne to us for sympathy. *He lost $ 20,000 té the same pair of gamblers ini a.formner game. Loà'ks like he needs a guardian. *Tvo radical members of con.gress have pre- sunied to reprimand federal judges for their interpretations of radical laws. The mayor of an Indiana town caused a,.raid on a printing plant because the proprietor had printed çirculars which the mnayor did not like, and which he claimed to be libelous. It's great progress we are rnaking on the road to the more abundant life. Mr. Hitler is, returning',-the recent call of Mr. Muissolini, and the fate of Europe is asz .in ini the balance. When, we ask, was, the fate of. Europe.not in th.e balance?ý Since the announcemeut was that 18,000,000 people are obtainiti one way or another froni the govi ing people are coing to the con( "drelitf Problem" bas become a .madle cec in n that the fracket," savir, bor?, Is of birds are lilled every year and starved because of cats roaniing in orning. Wou't you please cooperate in loveiy song-birds and be a good neigh- ,to a. -e Wlhen May arrii-ed, sumimer hin'd., was not far be- Tse PuAeom Rx-PoRmE