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Lake Shore News (Wilmette, Illinois), 18 Mar 1921, p. 3

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THE LAKE SHORE NEWS. FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1921 RUSSIA LEADERLESS, SAYS LEWIS A. CONVIS >rostrat© in Grip of Bureaucracy More Tenacious Than That of Czar's; Future of the White Race "Russia is leaderless," said Lewis ,_Convis- lastu Sundayâ€"before the /ilmette Sunday Evening club. "Her len of strength and vision have been __in and we must wait until new [Rulers are found. She is illiterate. But 15 per cent of her population are educated. She is but sixty years re- noved from feudalism and serfdom. 5he has not yet learned her strength ind this gives the bolsheviks their sower. Not five per cent of, the popu- lation want bolshevism but the [ninety-five per cent know not where (to look for leaders "We cannot expect a democracy to [grow overnight from such conditions. lit will take time and infinite patience. [But Russia, stable and sane, will be a [tower of strength for the white races [and it is worth our while to wait [while she works out her problems in [her own way, "For three years Russia has been [in the grip of the bolshevik," he said. "It may be ten years more before {this hohHs^broken. It tooic orRrrnnr- fdred years to overthrow the bureau- Icracy of the czar and the bureau- cracy of bolshevism is a hundred [times more firmly entrenched." Russia was described by Mr. Con- vis a land of infinite resources. Could transportation facilities be provided, he said, the produce of Russia would be sufficient to feed all of starving Europe. BASEBALL HOLDS SWAY IN COMMUNITY ATHLETIC CLUB Men Also Plan Minstrel Show and __Continual Roupd of Sports for the Summer Months VILLAGE MANAGER SCHULTZ OFFICIALLY BACK AT DESK Villaap Manager C. C. Schultz this week officially returned to assume ac- tive charge of business affairs at the Village hall, following an absence of several months because of illness. Manager Schultz was taken ill with typhoid fever early last November. During the past month he has been in close touch with the work at the Indoor baseball assumes the place of honor in the weekly activities of the Wilmette Community Athletic association which holds forth every Monday and Wednesday evenings at the. Byron C. Stolp gym, Tenth street and Central avenue. Beginning Monday evening, March 14, indoor baseball enthusiasts are expected to turn out in numbers to get into the "scrap" at the gym. Di- rector Corzine will be on the job as official arbiter. Members of the association will meet at Community House Wednes- day evening, March 30, to inaugurate plans for a Minstrel Show which is expected to be staged at the Wil- mette Woman's club in the near future. There will be a discussion that evening of the plans for the summer activties of the association. Every man in Wilmette is eligible to membership in the Community Athletic association, without cost. village ^offices,• "Though not assuming full charge until this week. Monday is a popular North Shore Day at the Wellesley Wayside Inn, Evanston, for Mrs. Bruce MacLeish of Glencoe is assisting in the kitchen and Mrs. Albert O. Olson of Winnet- ka is captain of the waitresses for that day. * The Food sale given by the Central Avenue.circle of the Congregational church last Friday is reported to have been a wonderful success. The demonstrators were pleasant as welt as instructive and many new ways-of cooking were taught. } Watch for the Bank _^ Puzzle Hfr» ggftznOUf xhnwing a complete line of The association is sponsored by Com- munity House. A 30 CENT AD MAY SELL YOUR USED CAR EXPRESSING, MOVING AND Easter Hats TAXI SERVICE * * *. 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