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lit Ih« Iakb |St6ijyfi^^^ &*". ;«^- What-People Are Doing inGlencoe returned ?/-■ Miss Emma Power has _ from, a visit in the east. Mr. and Mrs. William Scheskie are the proud parents of a baby daughter, born last week. „/ . .„■.,.. .. ■-, ■.. . . At the annual meeting of the Glen- coe Men's club held last Thursday evening, the following officers were elected: H P. Williams, president; G. W. Tracy, vice-president; G. H. Mor- ris, treasurer;- Albert MacRae, sec- retary; H. B. Boardman, L. G. Mc- Dowell, H. A. Peters, F. E. Scott and Alfred Washington, directors.-^-1-- Miss Ruth Schnur entertained at luncheon Fridayr^^ Authur Jones, Of Connecticut, Hpent last week with his brother, Louis Jones." '...........^y~~-~-~-~^~~~*-~~-~^ .......•---■--■•■ Miss Elizabeth Packer has been en- joying a visit from her sister, Mrs. Everetta VInol, of New„Xorkf _ The Ladies' Aid society of the M. jr~ctrnTCtrmet~yesterday at the^ome of Mrs. John M. Chapman, Winnetka; Caiman Martin is in Mudlavia, Ind., this week with his wife. He is ex- pected home the latter part of the "w^eekr--^----t~- ~--±~~--*---------; THEmUEOF A PROBATION OFFICER In: speaking for the Volunteers of America at the Vaudette theater^ Sun- day evening, Miss Jewell, the Evans- ton probation officer, spoke on the value of and excuse for approbation: officer. She said In part: "Many Imrents^have a"T>ugaboo which they use to frighten their children. Some will say: 'There's a black man around the corner, and I'll send for him if you aren't good/ others, 'I'll send fpr a policeman if you do that again.' For the time this frightens the child, but later he finds out that there is no black man and that the policeman will not carry him off. This results 'm~rhTs^d1sThir"confldence~ in his par- ents, and respect for law as rep- resented to him in the policeman. It has been my experience that the j)K)bation_ officer in Evanston is in many families the bugaboo. The worst threat made often is 'Look out, or I'll send for Miss Jewell.' I am gooT citizen, and not so much with: a desire to punish the offender. The state may fail in its attempt, but if it does, so have the parents, and the state may succeed. - -On this same basis rest the school attendance law, and the child labor law. The state has decreed that chil- dren shall be in school until they are fourteen years old, and that under fourteen they may not leave school to go to work. "Many people will say that proba- tion officers and the newer state laws were not needed in their day. But the fact that the state «T locking after its future citizens asMt-Zs, is only a proof that the world is grow- ing better, for people everywhere are becoming more and more anxious to protect and save the child, knowing ^tfaat-the child ~ornoilay^wlir~br~the" prayer citizen of tomorrow, and that as we train the child today so the state of the future will be." quite sure that this is not the way to use the probation officer, for the child finally Bays to himself, after a great many threats of this kind, 'Miss Jewell never does anything. I'm not going to care.' There is an- other group of parents who call the probation officer in for trivial things. One night while I was eating supper a little colored boy knocked at my door and said, 'Please, Miss Jewell* my ma says little" George is on the corner, and won't go home to supper. Please youjnake him go.' When one uses" the- probation officer for such minor -matters there is nothing left to do when more serious ones arise. - ' One Basal Fact. *--,---- "But the real excuse for a proba- tion officer in any community rests on one great basal fact. On this all the laws concerning the care and growth and co-operation of the socle- ties and the sympathy of the clergy. Mrs. G. B. Reynolds followed by a short •address, stating that she had the names and amounts given and one of the mite "barrels" of the first society and referred to the New Eng- land women with whom necessity be- came a habit and small savings, such as the contents of the mite boxes, re- sulted in large accruments. Mrs. J. A. James, in a delightful and interest- ing manner, made comparison of the small savings in the details of food, dress and amusements of our German and French neighbors, closing - with the beautiful thought that the ac- cumulation of these mites furnish the wealth of the "alabaster box" to "break at His feet." At this time Mrs. Mahin called attention to the wealth of material found--In- the younger women of the church to car- known educators of the United States and previous to his selection as bishop was president of the Methodist Episcopal college at Denver and later general secretary of the educational department of the church. __ His home is at Evanston and he has an office in Chicago. He presided at the conference of the German Methodist church here several years ago.--Elgin News. ry on the work of the Home Mission- ary._ society.__The experiences cited by the members in filling the mite boxes were entertaining and amusing. "Our Village Concert," by Mrs. Harry Nightingale, was extremely humorous. She was perfect in her characteriza- tions, and received a hearty encore. Mrs. Augusta Jones, home missionary secretary of the Rock River confer- ence, gave a few well chosen remarks. Miss Jones, the little Welsh singer, | sang "There Is a Land." A detailed account of the receipts and disburse- ments by Mrs. Baker, the treasurer, was given. Mrs. Mahin read the pathetic poem, "The Mothers' Thought for Her Child at the Cotton Loom," and spoke of the efforts of the so- ciety to better these conditions in the south. The afternoon closed with A NEGRO ORATOR. It was a fine bit of oratory that the Evanston Congregationalism enjoyed Sunday when^rof^Wm. Pickens of the Talladega college, Alabama, de- livered his address. Prof. Pickens is a master with words. He is immense- ly funny; yet he is deeply serious. It is rather unusual to have applause In church. But several times through the address the argument was sot _ cleverly put that the audience »P* N sj plauded him, and when he was throughtheygave him a good round of applause. He told-what negroes had done in America materially, men- tally-and spiritually. Negroes in America possess over a billion dollars in property. They have entered every one of the professions. They make good doctors and good lawyers and good preachers. TAFT FAVORED BY PREP STUDENTS The Section A civics class under Miss Mary Childs held an exciting debate Friday morning at the high school, deciding that President Taft rather than Colonel Roosevelt should be nominated by the national noml- nating convention in June. The victorious affirmatives were Rhys Thackwell, Walsh, Donald Ifleyer and Arthur Van Deusen. The team which upheld the negative was composed of J. White, Antony Tran- kindT" Bryant Tyrall, Robert Sherr. Thackwell and Sherr spoke in rebut- tal for their respective teams. GARAGE AND AUTO DESTROYED BY FIRE tbs^frild TOoTrgjTftr tbntate. ~Wosl people feel that their children belong To themalone, j&ndthey resent any interference from outside. Until they come to understand that the state holds that it has a right under cer- tain conditions to do this, they justly feel that they are being interfered with. This fact that the child be- longs to the^ttate is an excellenM^le^started^s-^io^Tkaownj--but--before--it ^in^iaagf^any=rchiid la ^abandoned--or deserted, for it becomes the duty of the state to see that such a child is cared for and provided for. - "There are at least two classes of cases where it Is the duty of a proba- tion officer, acting for the state, to look after children.--When-a-ehild-te being cruelly abused, mistreated, starved,brougbtjup in vilei MdJnde- cent surrounding, being deprived of education, Or in any way being brought up as an unfit citizen physi- cally or morally, the state law di- rects the probation officer to lay such cases before the proper judge in order that he may decide whether it is for the best good of the child and the state to leave it in such a home. Few people Would fail to ad- mit that no matter what provision the state would make in such a --A~nTe~of~unknown "origin destroyed the automobile and garage of A. S. McLeod, 2516 Central street, EvanstOnT last night. The fire alarm was turned in from box 221, corner pf Hartzell street and McDaniel avenue. The automobile was damaged to the amount of $1,200, while the damage to the garage was $150. How--the fire A GOOD OPPORTUNITY. The book collection of the Evans- ton Historical society is steadily g ing and a number of those engaged in special research have found much of value-4n-4ts ^colleetionsi--One of the great needs of the society at present is a set of^the~iiew~edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, and some public spirited citizen has an opportunity here to benefit both the society and the community.-------------- ---Mcdowell is chosen___ Bishop W, F. McDowell of the Methodist Episcopal church will be orator at the commencement exer- cises of Elgin high school this year. He was selected by Superintendent White--some ^months ago, but there was some difficulty in securing his acceptance and it was not until today that final arrangements were made. Bishop McDowell is one of the best ALL THIS WEEK : USUAL MATINEES. W m. MP Va^ee (Inc.) Presents by pj of Liebleri riEAKOR ROBESON iy Paul Armstrong AUTHOR OF "A Romanes of ins Underworld" Bated on Incidents In Bret ' ----Harte-• Idyl of the came name --r A Romance of California MUST BE HELD RESPONSIBLE. Mr* Charles Frederick Adams of Massachusetts was the speaker at the Current Events class at the Evanston Congregational church yesterday morning. His topic was "The People and the Courts." He goes ex-Presi- dent Roosevelt one betTwThThe^mat- ter of recall--of~ittdges, and Insists that all judges, and especially those of the United States supreme court, should be elected and subject to re- call. He said further that the presi- 1 dent must be held responsible for hh|t acts or conduct in.enforcing any un- constitutional court decrees. The president" is~"our. servant;. not the court's. "All honor," he said, "is due to California for voting the recall- even for judges--without minding the howls and grimaces of our 'mob' despisers, just as Christian, in 'Pil- N. JOHNSON 203 Darrow Avenue Evanston. Illinois •*"~&a i functional headachei, ID and slaw* Aijcejuanablft-- nervousnew, correctly fitt< prices. EstaT ^^ 2d floor, 6l^D*vrl» St., EVANSTON Honra: 9 • 0:80 daily. Toe»„ Than. * Sat. evm., 7 - 8» kept right on hls^ way, without minding the awful -faces* of the fierceJooking_ 'giant* who sat before his cave by the side of the road." Mr. Adams quoted Thomas Jefferson as saying, "It is a very dangerous doc- trine to consider the judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions." Mr. Frank McCulloch pre- sided and asked the distinguished sin- gle taker from Massachusetts some very pointed questions. ine of XSTCOFFEE, COCOA, SPICES and is the fttlie You savain quality when a specialist. in in buy from Lewis C. Downs 919 Chicago Ave. :: Pints 393-394 was noticed the flames had^gainedU a good headway. ' MISSIONARY SOCIETY^ IN MITE BOX LUNCHEON The Woman's Home Missionary so- ciety of the First Methodist church, Evanston, gave their annual mite box luncheon Thursday afternoon in the parlors of the church. Instead of having a. cateress the young women of the church prepared a most excel- lent luncheon, which was served by several of the members of the so- ciety._________ The program was opened with prayer offered by Mrs. Augusta Jones. Mrs. John Mahin, president, intro- duced Mrs. J. R. Peck^ who was at case, the child could hardly bo worse J one time the trcasurer-of the society, and a charter member. Mrs. "Peck, who recently celebrated her ninetieth birthday, insisted on "speaking for herself" when it was suggested that off than at home. r ^ "Again when a boy or girl becomes The best laundries in Evanston would like to see regular inspection- of all laundries established here. ____We__reiiuire_iood inspection and dty^r^uiations^ of weights and ^measures. Isn 't the conservingTjfth^ public health:jw&zm importantt ^^ghtRnoT^ of cleanliness? Tequired^to--niaintain?=a^=certain^standard bad, takes to stealing or other acts which point to a criminal tendency, and when no one, eithpr parents or authorities, ig able to, sjU^the^xhjld from doing these things, it is the duty ^of tfie~prdbatIon^ officer to let the judge decide whether the state does not wish to try to control the child. When such a child is placed by the judge in any school, it Is with the desire to finally, produce a ^Ehe laundrymen^who make-this deman< fish in the matter. Thev realize that the mose^noroi the more business thefe will be for them, and thi the pubjie^the largeif the denjkd for thei] >me tl >icion^ Aw-wen complete public confidence would laundries would weU pronounced above sus result in more work. ;ogethcr- he inspection Ire enlightened The leading ay^wheiT feveiy^laundry here was lees. In the meantimefthe laundrymen whose names are signed to this advertisement wish f> assure the public that every precaution has been taken by them to make their establishments all that the most rigid inspection would require, and they invite the public to call and see for themselves that this isTso. ZZZT - c ---------------- -- another speak t for--her fpr _fear_ahg could not beJheard.__She spoke rem- miscently of the establishing of the work of the Home Missionary organi- zation and the ministers. She refer- redeloqueB^y'to the determmed con- victions and energy of their beloved ex-president, Mrs. Marcy. She. said she was happy in witnessing the ^Nelson Bro$. Laundry Col ^ WasHn^mrLaundty Evanston Hand Laundry ^retwh^Latmdry Mutual Laundry Co. :SS*.'>;?:-fe^