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Shore News VOL. V, NO. 20. Phone Wilmette 1640. WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1914. Room 2. Brown Building. PRICE FIVE CEN UIIPU lyTCDCCT TO CIVE CARD PARTY AT IIIUUII iniLIILUI WOMAN'S CLUB APRIL 18 IN TOWNSHIP Brilliant Function Is Planned as Benefit at Local Institu- tion Next Month. uiiuirn Tri i p ItLW OF EXHiBilii CARDEN CONTEST PRIZES!I iniinn uril T TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON UlJUUn III CII I E 0 NEW TRIER MERCHANTS TO ENTERTAIN CLERKS Co mmittee in Charge of "Beau- tiful Wilmette" Plan to Give Details Next W^kv The finance committee of the Wll- mette Woman's club announce a card party to be held at the club house Thursday, April 16. The proceeds will be devoted to the building of the dob. Tickets will be sold at fifty cents. The following ladies are in charge of the party: Mrs. Charles Sanford Clarke, chairman; Mrs. E. Jackson Casse and Mrs. Frank J. Baker In J u O T : C E R AG£â€"1S^CH^****8* ofth* P^esj and Mrs^harles A. Wanner and Mrs. Louis Bruch in Candidates for Various Begin to Solicit Votes and Spirited Contest Is f^JExpeoted April 7v At Last Moment It Is Discovered That Vacancy Exists and E. P. Dunshee aril'K^iR. Corbett Be- come Candidates. 1â€"â€" Former Lake Forest Academy Language Professor Marvels at the Splendid Gymnastic X^Stefc o£ the Pupilsr A. committee composed of J. B. Whtdden, 1240 Gregory avenue, Mrs. J. R. Harper* U® park avenue, and W. !>. Matthews, 1521 Lake avenue, was named at the last1 meeting of the WilmetteCivie~ improvement "are so< iatiou to arrange details for the garden contest*-Which will be con- ducted under the .auspices of that organization here this summer.' The details^ probaiBjiT-^-wUi __be. announced. Qet^Tpgether Luncheon Is Ar- ranged for April 15 by Pro- gressive Business Men. WILMETTE NO A -^et-together"â€"luncheon will ;bo f&*-tr"~~~~zt ^_ Til n n a ih k m «C* f .i T. â- â-  â-  â- Â«Â«'•-#»• » j given by members of the New Trier J olgn OT the I imeS Seen in j Commercial association With jflieit^washlB^lectioiiL in New Trier les3 than two weeks distant. interest increases daily in the chances of the candidates on the two tickets for election. It is expected that be cause of the contest, bet ween the Open Caucus and New Trier Citizens' league candidates, an even larger vote will hiR^cast^is^sTPrmg ffiah wag the case last year. Added to this is the large number of women voters who "will be given their first opportu- nity to vote for township officials this year.-'""" fsf^ Aside from sending out circulars to the voters, the various candidates have not beep active up to the present time in soliciting votes. However be tween now and April 7 it is expected that-personal visits will be made by the office seekers to the majority of voters ,ip the, township. ' -" â-  •. Justice Race On. __UntiLalmost the last minute It was not. thought tnatrasyrvacancy existed in the list piijuB«eeSiotpeacecintilte township. â- ' theft..'.-.It • i was discovered th»t Frank^Pavllik;~jf.j, orKe-Dllworth, had sent his. resignation; to Count; Clerk Robert SWeltzer: since Jie hatf) removed from-Kenttwqrth. c- E." P.Ihinshee, former superintend Dances Declared to Be More Enter taininsc Than Those of Professionals. cherg* Of the tickets. â€"~â€"' .'A .,.:-::'!:-:...."â-  .â-  . ... . - i â- ......â- ..•â-  : ----- -.v JKPUS&%SEL3S Many Physial Culture "Stunts" and club; Mrs. Donald M. Gallie, first vice president; Mrs. B. Frank Brown, sec- ond vice-president and the following! prominent members of the club: Mrs: j E. L. Fitz Randolph, Mrs. George C.j Gardener, Mrs. Edward Mendsen, Mrs. Charles W. Braithwaite, Mrs. Julian C. j Smith, Mrs. Herbert C. Arms, Mrs. William O. Belt, Mrs. Albert G. Frost, Mrs. Charles C. Garnahan, Mrs. B. G. Calloway, Mrs. Richard Jordan, Mrs. i George W. White, Mrs. George L. Mar- tin, Mrs. Frank H. Gallagher, Mrs. C. Mitchell, Mrs. St alb am L. Williams, Mrs. Frank J. Scheidenhelm and Mrs. Edward L. Scheidenhelm._______- It is the plan of the clubwomen to make the card party one of the most' brilliant of post-Lenten functions. Splendid prizes Will be awarded the successful participants. TBLATRICALS ARE ECLIPSEDiroTetLen^e^: It la probableHthat the plan of the ent of public works^ih Wilmette,••.after, o£,^g.village trys^ees of.tiross Poj ' ";w^ie ^ uemg OTjpd started out Monday morning, the last d^y for filing petitions by candidates' aid j>£j^iit ^|j^Hi9.^#irsdf'tiftmber of signatures'3'of voters to place him in ftbiinlni^tiior the office as an in, dependent candidate. Likewise ;the members 6'f the Citizens' league jparty busied themselves and on Monday filed a special petition naming Henry R Corbett pf Keniiworth as their can didate for justice of peace to fill-the vacancy. ;-> The'raanyvWtlmette friends of Mr. Dunshee declare that since he is In ~ business in Wilmette that7be is the logical map for the office. Despite the fact that two Wilmette men were elected justices of the, peace -Jast spring, it is? argued "that~aelt»er -of these officials are in the village dur -ing the day and thus in-case of an " ~emorgency^~iKe police officers or others are forced-to either go to Win netka-:orâ€"Evanstonwitb-casea when Immediate trial is asked. Mr, Dun shee fs well qualified for the placer He is widely known'Tn Wilmette hav ing served for nine years intendehf of public^ worksâ€" Prior to that time; he filled the position as v|l â€":iagerclerk for five yearsr °. Mr. Corbett is an actuary and con- ducts an independent business In Chicago. He is well known in Kenil worth and because it Is customary; to have that village represen£ed_inr&i list of justices, he waa named a can- didate. *__^ List of Polling Pisces. The arrangement of the nine elec- tion districts in New Trier township ^ToF-thetownship- election is interest- ing. Starting; in Glencoe, the-firatelefc tioh district includes the territory on the east side of that village. Then continuing oown-^he^boiejjhje:_qf Lake Michigan,7 the territories Tn the ; other municipalities are included.and circling around to and including Gross Point, the ninth and last district Is outlined on the west side of Glencoe. It is seldom that the numhering dis- tricts of* a township start and end in CROSS POINT TRUSTEE PASSES AWAY SUNDAY ,, By Prof. A. E. Munier. - - I should like to know of another preparatory" school that could get to-^ gether enough talent and trained ef- fort to give a public gymnastic exhibi- tion which will surpass the perform- ance given by the students of New Tr|er "High school last Friday night In fact, 1 have seen many similar ex- hibitions, most of which were decid- edly inferior to that of New Trier. The unusually grand performance of last Friday night was a surprise to many of those who went to see it. They had expected to see horseplay and-other similar foolishness; but theyM^rs^preed-to-sife-ap-and-take John^Meiei^ifM TuberGuiosis^r^r jtlfiess« ~ofl^ Folio wing an ,illness of more thrfn a year, John-A. Meier, o9 years old, one I IffelBi^wai^o^pne 'of ttiwe>$S? Which the parents and irteridsnof^me^ students are obliged to go and encour- age the awkward efforts of the novice amateurs. It was one whose .genuine simplicity,' grace and'pleasure 'produc- ing, of pulmonary tuberculosis. His conmUon had- been serious for The last few weeks. â- -â- .>â- â€¢â€¢â€¢â- - v"'~ 's: '.â-  â-  % Mri-Meier was one of the Fest known' residents of Gross Point, havingbeen: fo"-"!»ow" ^« ^esfcrt hv the rM born sad m-mmm^Wi^^i^,^^^W^ oVjpa^xaixitiiv !T^ere'wiiS,,absbluteiV not' a Single number which was not uproarlpgly applauded for an encore. several years he served as village trustee and always_was, active ift-A* affairs of- that neighborhood.' He w^s the son of William Meier; Besides his father he leaves his wife, three half brothers; two half sisters and'one sis- ter. They are, Albert, Edward and Paul Zeutschel, of Gross Point, Mrs. Anna.TIeinzen,"-"0338-N."X;lark ^street, Chicago, Mrs. Teresa Hoth of Wil- mette and Mrs. Paulina Winderling of icago. 2 â€" â€"----- Funeral services were conducted In the family home Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock. The~buriaTtwas in Gross Point cemetery. . ~~ E POSITION Miss Helen Skewes Gets, Ap- pointment on Illinois State Sutyey in Urbana* the same, village.----------------â€"-------- The^Iwwlaris tbeJlstof polling places and the judges: First dietrlct polling place, Glencoe Union church, Greenbay - road and -Park avenue. Judges,-Jacob-Jr-Beck^ Ralph Pate and James E. Dennis, all of Glencoe. Second district polling place. Walk- cy's tin shop, 54S Railroad avenue, Winnetka. Judges, B. J. McGiven. George B. Walkey and Albert Buscher, all of Winnetka. Third district polling place, office of A. R. iUrtz, Pwmtv nface. Wlnaetka. Judges, Aitl«nr-M7^iHoeitfeTr~T^Q; Wifldes and Sherman Orwlg, all of W!&cetk%- Fourth district polling place, Kenil worth.....grocery store, Richmond road, Kenilwortb. Judgts, Matt Robinson, A. s. McJKenna antl WHlIam Maooney, all of Kenllworth. _ Fttth district polling place, Quinian ^^y«o» -Tje^rOstaiO" omce, iio* Wu- Miss Helen Skewes, 1511 Columbus avenue, a. gradnaterpf the geology-de^ partment of-Nbrthwestern university, haS, ^-f^^,^^,!^^8^ut1»«hamlng instructor, was not a mean geologist^h-th^^lllnTris-State-Sui-j Sr. He, also, shdwed his in- vey, under Mr. Frank DeWolf, director u" • ,lt of the survey. Miss Skewes was grad- uated from Northwestern last year. Her major work was done in geology. "^^ecial-tralnin^Vatlong^iBiese - lines, combined with actual work in the drafting of maps and other practical workjinder Prof-13. S. Grant at North- western, equips Miss Skewes with a splendid understanding of the work and^especlally-fits herfor the position. The survey is located at Urbana where Miss Skewes will make her home while connected with the work. ^ _ annual contest held in Ottawa, Ont. will be followed and grading by the judges will be based on the follow- ing points: -general arrangement and pictorial effect. of the yard and gar den, floral display, vegetable produc tion. and care.and orderliness. A special effort will be made to arouse the interest and: co-operation f of Tthe^cWidB^Hhrougihr^he^^ -school' teachers.. Special prizes will be o£ notice. Students Well Trained. The reason for the unexpected im- portance of the occasion is this: The toWnship is full of 'students who: I'os- 8ess:. symmetrical .physique and nat- ural: talent. It has been, a. qource ofi[^ unusual. pleasure.; for me daily to no> tice,• .what a large percohtage of the • students could qualify ^ for and; win heaut^^ gift supplemented by the training of. ft7l^y|Of|ineacelled physical inatruc- 'pt^i^'-ie^l Wund-:tO--deve|op^ufflh^nnt ^ed^matQriai on Wednesday!f, K. Bumstead, Compiler Eflortl^Certain People jn jS^^Jor5Wm ^"^Ko^^nt! New Directory Gives Ouf Oflce Forest to Ofc^ln fe^^r^lSag^^ About Number New Charter. ihave not yet become affluated with! of Residents, * ' ^T^fihe progressive organization.â€"â€"------j -Sevjera^good-speakersr^wHl be-on WEALTHY VOTERS DIVIDED|^^«^^^^;;||NCREASE HERE lARGESf "â€"-~^r,--^--. "'"..' '•"" ' :â- 'â- â- â- â-  i--:.-'~rto. the association is growing daily,! ~: :,v:"•' '" â- " '-':.:' uyii*«««.w»!«..e i!in-e ^ and many applications for membershipf- . _ MHIionare Citizens Split On Support ihave been submitted, m the meeung| During Last Two Years, lt338 Mori of Mayoralty Candidates and Close Contest Is Expected. Jhe^jiext .city xlectlon,: April Women of Lake Forest -will Trot© ~at the election and their ballots are ex- pected to decide the Issue. The election will involve the liquor question because of a petition submit- ted to the city council whereby the in- corporation of Lake Forest under the general act must go to a referendum. Under a special charter granted to tjFpTfor the best ooys^ and the best girl's1 ganfen.-^ Medals will .also "be given and badges of some sort will be :glvenilaJOtLw^ take part in the contest. Prtzos: have already been donated by the following: H. WrBod- dtnghouse, Hayt King, Paul Schroeder J. R. Harper, Otto Wittbold nursery, Peterson nursery. Leonard Seed Co., Porter's nurseries, Vaughn's seed store and the%W; Barnard Co. The judges; have not been chosen but it is thought that many persons qualified in jndgi^ horticultural an^ iAkft v*â„¢** tn i^i, tnlffftnt vy^yt* ' "'......" ' "" hibited within its limits. Under the general act those favoring saloons will be able to have the question, submitted to a vote. â-  : V.'.;'v,'- The petition, containing 102 names was circulated by Thomas Appleton, the town assessor and George Hild, ja -Tflorhit. ;.,Mrlf Appleton denies his ef- forts were in the interest of saloons. His petition has been attacked In a claim that there are not moretlnw Of' [held last week, six applications from, j local business men were approved, j It seems that many business' men; In Wilmette. Winnetka and Glencoe. who have-remained out of the orgaui sation, had the. impression that the, l^keForest^toreipngny^ bureau feature was practically i the saloon question. Millionaire | the only benefit to be derived, from residents, college authorities and | being a member; : "Since it has been Persons Reported as Villagers â€"Many Odd Names Are Given, â€"• ut* other exhibits wlir volunteer their Because of the numerous Which have already been services, inquiries made, the competition will bo spirited throughout the village and consider- able ;work , i^llivi be furnished the judges.' . " ; .,i*U-lj-; hfii'i^i *•+ BONDiSS IN GLENCOE wreir'inatariai: ^^ -r »•â-  l it' # * lonnni ftrniWtv in spite of the time limit and long pro gram. Here is the "power that was behind ther throne:" W. L. ClUldrfrthe^lCni letlor and physical director of the school, was not able to conceal the importance of the results of his train- lug, in spite 'of ail the modesty which heajgjiilayfld, Hjls part as a leader in the acrobatic stunts was far from or- dinary. He repeatedly made the au- dience lean forward and gasp jvith fright at his daring leaps. Nor were the: noys slow to- imitate him. It seemed as if they were magnetized by hisroxample. Throughout the dif- ferent stunts there could be noticed tne^ynTpath^ic~aga telepathic feeK ing between Mr. ChildS and his pupils which wa8^the^-maitt":Teason-fot--tho harmonious and highly successful per- formances. Three Legged Oancer. And what could be said of the danc- ing three-legged man? Only those who saw him know how much pleas- ure there was to see. Mr. Childs In bis favprite stuntr- The audience was helplessly puzzled about the third leg; the only solution of it was a continuous uproar of laughter. The part played by C. A. Hyatt, the fluence on~the hoys and the response of effort which he obtained from them. The most peculiar feature of Mr.<Hy- a.tt's part, however, was the contrast. of hi/i way of performlngi Whlle^the rest of them had to run and jump t6r the horizontal par, all that Mr. Hyatt had to do was simply to-reach for It and show them the advantage of be- ing a tall inan.'_j_2 1 LTnustnot^brget tor mentfonnrthiTd S 11,075 ,v is asBessed du^mrto decide the on the^loon ^uestionT" Mimoiiolre}th^ «iiif«,£i5 W ^sldents,- college authorities* and being a member. ^Since it has been pV°b ScSS^I otherJP*s^ftlte,6mall.town:frog«hoi4*l»^ Is the most! ^ SoSTJ^rfSJ ^S^-S ^ Will pit their strength against the so- important topic considered, many of j.gjg -^^^SSSIS called liberal element of that city at the broad-minded storekeepers^ hav*X^^^^^^^SS^ MjflleiLiheJr.jnemberahlp application. |F,,ethft Information away for future; j reference^ j Also do not overlook the fact'^|n ! passing, that Wilmette has shown tail' largest increase in population of all other of the north shore towns. Dot*;: ing the last two' years a total of 1,25$; ' ."'r". â- â-  : ' persons have been added to the lift" j of residents of this thriving little city., Only One New Victim of Con-i ^comprtments Rapid Grovrth; 'taviAfTHMRMn RpnnrtpH tn i'n talking about the splendid shbw- isgion nas oeen neponea xo lng made by w«mette, Mr. Bumsteaa; asserts that this cjty Is growing more : rapidly than any other^northJshowi ..." ;. ' j municipality and adds that "there is Only one new case of scarlet fever!a «ason;" "lite splendid, rapid growth nas^developed Jn Wilmette ski^i^^lln^e;' ^ said, "denpt^vc March^rwhenr n^slight flurry -w^fitn^frst, that the scores^ new caused in the health circles herObl^mU^have/ec!^^^ Km* a party given^ for children In a! aplendid residenUaiadvantag^oi^i westSdenome^bere children la the)^. #r^£S£*.?^ "S^1 f^ home ^e afflicted wltb the con-i 1^*$%** fLSPj^S tagious disease. Tho prompt notion \ °Mhe o««>*l>ore. 1 cannot mo «? S^WoM^^nnaBion^^ SftU raV,T,to **A posed proved an eKectlve measure andl ^^^M^fS?^ teen taxpayers' names on the petition. ] Mr. Appleton claims there are seventy- ] eeyijin.. His opponents _ reply that while the. assessed' value of the per- of the city this year W SCARLET FEVER CASES ARE FEW HERE NOW Officials Since March 8. jBy \ an overwhelming s - majority of votes caBt in the Bpeclal election held In - Glencoe Saturday, the bond Issue for,110,000 worth oft bonds with" which to pay for the new 'intercepting sewer in that village; carried. A total of 280 women cast their Initial ballot in the election. ^ Approximately 650 votes were cast in the contest. Otit of- that number only about fifty voters opposed the issuance of the sewer bonds.- This small percentage shows that the Glen- coe citizens are anxious to join In the movement for a sanitary water supply along the north shore. board of Glencoe will be held tonjgnt _ .. .. „. . „^i,DM„,.-«X «*««•„ to canvass the vote in the election. Steps probably will be taken at once looking toward the improvement and it is probable that before the end of the l year the most of the work will be completed on th3 project. Already one sewer, which was installed under the supervision of Windes and Marsh, the Winnetka civil engineers, is in place in Glencoe and drains to the Skokle west of that place. â€"-~â€"* FORMER J. P. PEEVED BUT STILL HE'S SO SHY Ex-Official of Township Chal- lenges Booth and Then Grows Very Reticent. charter, are the, issues of the city elec H^ ^. ^Appleton, six times alder man and once defeated for mayor, Is a tentative candidate for mayor. John >T. jffrle, \yho,has own mayor for the last three years, has turned n deaf ear to the importunities of his friends and adherents and wishes to lay down the burden. Mr. Pirio and his friends, however, will be opposed to Appleton. z -Appleton^ recently^construed'iihe spe- cial charter under which the city is operating to mean that the council could not maintain a school and a park~board7^rDrHnbbaririB^eadof the park board and John C. Nollen, president of Lake Forest college, is Both are Plrle adherents and appoin- tees. Both: coincide with his views, the former as to conservation o( trees and the lake shore sand, the latter in regard to educational matters. Apple- ton would overthrow these ideas* say his political enemies. â- â- _â- â€"â-  ; ^â- ----â- â- â-  Mr. Pirie's friends have east about for a successor.•-LeVerett; Tb«»P*on, son-in-law of the lato Abraham Poole, a_ widely known board of trade man, is looked upon ns thojmont. llkelv tlm Citizens of the New Trier township who enjoy a genuine old fashioned debate, may be given: the opportunity soon.v7There^ls^a possibility of a gen" uine battle of words, but bear in mind the word "possibll ilyi*; C. H. Rush, mette avenue, Wilmette. Judges, Wil- liam -JÂ¥._Waidner^Ai-K. Jetria _and John W. nittV ...--â- _ __'-â- ' Sixth district polling place, W4I- mette village hall. Judges, John A. Rlppel, M. Miller and W. E. Hess. r Seventh district polling"'-place,^Li- brary hall,c VVilmette. Judges, C.-W. Hilton, Henry K. Snider and Byron B. Smith. On account of the illness of man of importance. Intermingled with a former justice of peace oi Wilmette, ' the-boys was seen, a little man of un- lis genuinely "peeved*' because of a> usual-training. It was E. Bt Jackson, j leged statements which Sherman M the physical director of the "Oak Park Booth of Glencoe, a prominent mem Y. M. C. A. The spectators were her of the New Trier Citizens' league Mr. Hilton and also on account of the mlBtakeTmade m namingr3tr.Snider a judge In this district^ when he re- sldes In^iaother-section, two npw of- ficials must be chosen in this district _ Eighth. districtijjQlltng^ place, Gross Point village ball. Judges, John A. Meier, Otto FaJk^ndLrPaBLHanrigt-^ Ninth district polling place, Glencoe attorney, *and a *three-term mayor of Lake Forest, is one, Joseph E. Ander- son, a Lake Forest business man, is the other. While Appleton professes a political antipathy to Jackson, the letter's.opponents believe he;would draw largely from the same element. Mr. Anderson, it is said, would have the support of the business nMtt gen- srsliy, end- probably: of tlifi. fraillldnr •ires." fortunate in having him taker part in, la said to have uttered against former the exhibition. - [officials in this; township. Rush de- In order to complete the directorate, clarea that his feelings have been In If * seentedrto" have^been-inevltable- fact. he Intimates that he urea, in have another member of the training I has been grossly maligned: and now bOdy*;v The function of this member i,0 seeks redress in challenging Mr was to hold together the pillars of the | Booth to a duel, not with swords, but stage. He certainly knew how to hold j 0f words. his own and create the illusions. To manage: a stage, is not an easy-mat ter, jnd=ito.rjnanagerrit-r.asJP^LKohler,- t>q ^la'tant nf athlftticH did, was indeed worthy of commendation, Ciris Attract Attention. . From time immemorial, boys and The ex-justlce, who was defeated Citizens' by a league candidate last sprintrhas^sked Booth to meet-hlm tended to all-mcn of Wilmette to the at the . New Trier high â- chool an4 either to retract or to prove the state- ments he is alleged to have made When asked If Mr. Booth had ac men; have always shown themselves playful and of open disposition in pub- lic, and^when they h^pietteorto^aTF J^^^^^^'£'^ P^ar^^me iScxiry 'jwyior and ^liioraos Svarow cepted the challenge. Rush stated that he had nothing to say for publication. Mr. Booth could not be located to ber, although ho has not announced his candidacy. Millionaire Vets Divided. Should Thompson Tnn^n|^h^tâ€"Af»' pleton he would have the support of ttot^only-Mr»-P4rler-bttt^alit*' Mark Morton, L. F. Swift, Philip t. James, H. R. McCullough and W. O. Llndley. The college faction, headed by Presi- dent Nollen, also, it is said, would support him. . JTwo. other men are mentioned &» candldate& D. H. Jackson, £ Chicago no epidemic was experienced. Tfierrono r%dle,tton is tljat: v/ltfeip th(| years It willrhftve a population ha; large as Evanston." , wan reported; t^o m4.dlrectbrjf wUI be off t new case Jlihraday. in^ home of Wlllianvltip^, lri ^ iew w^ks> i(; ^ n: T;e W^en^^S. Linden avenue., ^ a.nnpil invtno New Trier hlgh^school. no8 pubushed"'fer the nbrt^ sh5§ r Is the victim. It is thought that the the ,iirectory which was gotten o disease was contracted outside Ofâ- tt*hw©'years^t'im*^wmi ^ village^ .,..-....;>......;. names nf*447 residents of wilmettei Sj%trprefientnve cases of scarlet fever j This year there are^rt^namesy^V are under Gusrantlne In WUmett*nl8t^includes only the heads of familfan This Is considered a good showing landau other persons who are more when it was feared a couple of weeks j than is years of age The names of ago that a general epidemic might re j the wives and mothers o|p not counted suit from the west side childrens'; in the census report of Mr. Bumstead. l*arty«: In determining the population, tak- EXPECT LARGE CROWD AT MASS MEETIHC ' An occaeional case of mumps, f ihg the number of names for a basi measles and Whooping cough are the I the multiple of 2% is used since the only other diseases which engage the names of the wives are not given.: it attenttonofjhe^ ;•v;,'-;,v1./1 '/â- [ ••'-â€".' â- "' • â- "â- 'â-  possible figure which could reasonably I be employed. This is the costoni feu- [ use this small multiple in att cities la i the United States and instances are ! rare where the population is exag- [ gcrated, -by thisipian. - â-  Thorough CanvaM Conducted. ;: ; Mr. Bumstead says that the canvas has been more '. carefully made t&Ut lyear-thah ever before, and that ssj I pert solicitors from Chicago who habeen working tor him made the faesr compilation of names that have e^« ; been turned In to bin* ,v ' Tho largest gain In population b """A-TSTge" crowd Is expected to at \ been made in the southeast and nri i: tend the mass meeting which will he west secUons or Wilmette accord held at the Woman's club building, to Mr. Bumstead. In the vicinity -r' Greenleaf avenue and Tenth street;! the Northwestern elevated^ termlaj a tonight at S-o'clock, when the Com-1 marked increase In the number c muntty house plan for Wilmette will families is recorded. This be discussed.___A_.group_ of cltisensj true in the northwest sect who have recently become interested of Central avenue and; west o in the project following the talk given [Chicago and Northwestern tracks. by R e present at I vo Mu nroe here a few - There are several odd and pecttBa^ weeksâ- â- â- -'ago are responsible for the names listed in the^ new director.'. tt s siiJ^o^Qn^tij^ aVf^HBeC^ ^^prtan'srGluh^Tdnightr3 meetfnf MEN'S CLUB SOCIAL MEETING. A social evening will be enjoyed b; members of the Men's club of tht Wilmette Methodist church andl their friends at -the church; next Tuesday night, March 31. Former U. S. Sen- atorWiUiam E. Mason has been pro- cured to give a 4alk on "MJey^l Mel In Washington." An Invitation js ex^ social. Refreshments win be aegved. ^_llYej!^pne_who Js cither in "favor of or ngalnat the Community house plat. will he welcomed and Is urged tc take part. Among the citizens who | complete have been asked to give their views former The shortest name Is that of Oscar Ax. Many other unusual names are included. The directory contain! about- i5*-raore paaw a^ and up-to-date than any' directory compiled by 3r. on=fthef=subject^aTe Louis Bruch;r-Ar--fBnn^»ad. Names of residents of s thur L. Rice, Ralph R. i^unabury. towns along the north shore op to ant Mrs. Carl.Latham,:Sheioy M.^ Singleijncludjng Glencoe an given, ton. Rev. Roy E^;Bowers, Prof. J. R.; -----------~â€"---------- Harper,- George ~EJFCdIe andT others.' An Interesting""Besslon is anticipated. LAUDS COMMUNITY HGUSnV Before an enthusiastic group r --â€"------«~-^^.l- .. ..•â- â- â- ..*â- â- â-  t- .;. cUiaeas who ut tended the meeting i REV. FROST TO SPEAK. vthe Commonweatth clsjw of tha 'VU Rev^ P. Frost, pastor of the Flrstjmette Cotigwgatioina^ii^ii S Methodist church of Evanston. will! afternoon. Sherman ^J«Angsle; be the sneaker before the Haroet f ^?oston- tZSJ^SSL^S^JlS. Men's Bible clas^la^^WlnVeTte^18^ Methodist church Sunday evening. I tooufe *>**» â„¢w V?**^"*?^" R^cenlly RevT FTost^as cc^^ ed as being one of the, ten greatest [ tenslvely through Sarone. HerfM preachers In AmeHcs. All men are i*»»arous tastancea ^here the ^ ^rtlted to hcor^hlm^alk.------------------LmujUty^noneej^ If foreign ,â- â€¢â- â€¢-.., -â- â- =-â-  -.-. - -â- â-  . â- ~:-_;__^ !.and_vMageji la doing much to seha ----- -â- â- â€¢â- â-  ' . ----- â- '-' -â€"â€"-----------4the social problem In dealing v: ___ NEW AUTO REPAIR FIRM. j boys and, girls. ^ J. C. Slownand D. W. Cusack this week purchased from F. Or Foster; in the repair "depart'- -\y«wmi.iBi>t; WILL TAKE TRIP ABROAD. week purchased trom â-  F. Or Tem»ti^-^^%^^WJjmrWT'v^^ 1-Mr^-andLMrs. O, V. Donaldsonand [Che; eqUpment In the repair depart-fâ€"F.- P. Sclover. 1355 S^5V**S^"- Miss Grace Donaldson will salt from[ment «SNhe tatter's garage. They wiii nue, who was severely iuius^U ia Hew York April S to spend taaiaMn;|contfnw ;;^ T mer in Europe, visiting points of in-j garage In Railroad avenue. The firm; train and tin Chlcat terest in Frai^ SwltieTbjiittd. G ggrvtee L electric car two weeks ago, 1 st2!S! tnd Fn*»?n"- -*â€".^is*jl ftowpany.