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WILMETTE LIFE FRlD:\Y APRIL 192-l ... blatrlct 1 2 u, .......... ' .. .. :... 'Ill , .11 ·t: h,H' ,II 1 Ill··' , fiEW TRIER TOWNSHIP VOTE Clerk Pierson 190 198 123 168 106 162 134 143 83 76 115 100 90 154 93 122 49 90 74 96 133 78 115 Supervisor Thurston 190 200 131 168 108 159 142 Highway Sherer 168 168 109 141 85 152 120 118 70 66 107 90 88 106 71 85 29 57 52 54 76 46 80 2,138 Com. Webb 55 78 86 64 58 15 56 78 16 17 17 36 21 65 30 45 35 43 37 146 229 99 337 1,663 Harbau~h Assessor I'ete rs 55 Collector Hale 1\illler 169 174 109 149 91 164 128 127 70 72 109 9& 76 117 79 105 36 66 62 54 73 57 511 57 71 81 64 53 1\fau 17 3 17 5 113 H9 89 156 117 117 70 66 110 94 79 116 78 105 34 65 64 7 87 59 75 2,269 Cons table Conrad 47 69 77 58 56 10 68 79 15 16 14 30 19 52 22 24 27 34 26 127 216 84 324 1,483 171 3 4 6 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 174 134 !14 150 110 110 62 59 106 tl 80 107 79 98 33 59 62 49 95 71 92 73 60 17 Ladies' Pure Silk and Silk and Fiber Hosiery 99c ·and 77c On sale Saturday, April 5th · Tn·o u 11 usual values in la~ies" ho~ery will be on Sale bcgin 11 iug Saturday mornmg, Aprrl 5th. Lot 1 ll All uc·w colors, including greys and ta~ts, a~ we as a limited number of blacks are i~tcluded m .tlus lot. All of these sold regularly for $1.50 a pmr. Si=l's 80 to 10, priced to close otd at, a pair ...·.. · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ::: ::: ,147 83 5 67 90 14 13 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 74 115 101 89 151 93 121 51 91 74 103 138 82 123 2,i34 24 23 18 35 19 64 50 73 16 10 16 11 53 22 25 26 35 28 145 223 88 333 1,516 u 22 32 32 40 50 47 19 2,029 28 157 260 103 400 1, 782 Totals . . 2,691 2,238 ART AND MUSIC AT SUNDAY CLUB Unique Programs to Attract Wide Interest Lorado Taft, world renowned sculptor, and the Women's Glee club of Oberlin college will share the program of the Wilmette Sunday Evening club on April 6. This combination of talent is expected to encourage an unprecedented large attendance since it is certain to produce one of the superlatively excellent programs of the current sea50n. C. Percy Skillin Called Legionnaires Join 3000 By Death Monday Night Patriots at Big Rally Representative delegat~ons fr?m Wilmette Post of the Amencan Leg10n and Peter ]. Huerter Post at . t~e Point, attended the great patn.ottc mass meeting in Patten gymnastum, Evanston, Ia t Sunday at which prominent speakers denounced the socalled youth movement which is so liciting pledges from young people w refuse to offer their services to the country in the event of war. 99C 77C Denou ~ympath ing loyal Lorado Taft, who has been heard in previous seasons before the Sunday Evening club, is a native Illinoisan whose taste for scu lpture a se.rted itself when he was but 13 years ,of <\ge. This natural hcnt for the artistic was P. T. A. Groups 'a nd Art strengthen ) into a firm resolve to League in Joint Session enter that field when young 'ta'ft served a foreign sculptor doing some An interesting joint meeting of the .work at the University of Illinois. Logan and Central school ParentA DELICIOUS ROAST Througho ut his sc hool and college Teacher associations and the Public davs he coustantly Jiursued modeling Schools Art league of the village will is a serviceable, appetizing, and in ·clay. aud thus laid the foundation he held Tuesday afternoon, April 8. for the fame which came to him ·after at 3:15 o'clock, in the ~yron C. Stolp generallx a popular dish every1 where. Tender, juicy and of . .his studies in Paris, where he went sc hool gymnasium. in 1880. Mrs. H. P. Eames wl11 he the sp'e aktempting· flavor, it satisfies tne er at this meeting, telling about some Born to Art palates of old and young. We interesting exhibits at the Art InstiAfter the close of his student life tute of Chicago, keep the choicest cuts of roasthe returned to this country and heNew pictures purcha ed for the ing beef and khow ·how '· to lix came an instructor in the Art- fn- "!Choot hy the ~)'t le-agu~ will he· ex~ them up to the advanta~e · of 5titutc of Chicago, which position he hibited at Tuesday's meeting. lias held ever since. He is a lecturer the buyer. with least waste of note and an authority on all mat· possible. CALLED BY ,~EAl'H, ters related to art. Some of ~is ~ost. Mrs. 'Mabel S. Towqe. wife ~f Walnotable achievements include_l'Sfeep" ter Towne, ' ·died· at ~of Plvyie, 1420 and the "Awakenin~ of the .F 'lowers" which adorned the Fine Arts ~uilding Forest avenue, Tuesday.,_~ funeral services were held from· the home at the World's Columbian Ex~osition, statues of Grant and Schuyler ' Col- Thursday, April 3, at 2:30 o'clock. Mrs. Tdwne is survived by her hus fax and figure s on various military monuments, bust<> of many eminent haftd, and a son. Walter M. Towne. writers and educators, and in ideal Bur_ial, was !1~ .·Ros.ehill. sculpture such masterpieces !as the ligures of "Despair" and "Knowledl!e" and the impres!"ive group, "Th t· Solitude of the Soul." One of hi -; Phon~ more T"CPnt triumphs is the "Foun1\othin~ b.et~er .ran he had m t..,: n of Time" on the :\1idway, Chi qita fity. prict! style. _ cago. ., · ., r · "r .r ,_. I We deli..-er in Evanatota. · Wond er Glee Club j ·£very-thing T.Pr·flie Iacliies. We Wilmette, Kenilworth, InThe Womrn' s Glee Cluh of Oberlin 1 have everything ready to wear. dian Hill, Winnetka C'ol'ege h ··s hccu described as one of 1 C. Percy Skillin, 1019 Sixth street, passed away Monday. night,. Ma:ch 31 at his home followmg a ltngermg ill~ess of several months duration. Services were conducted from the residence on Thursday afternoon, the Rev. William English, an intimate friend, officiating. Burial was at Rose hill. Mr. Skillin l1au IJeen a resident of Wilmette for 12 years. He was a well known investment broker. While at Dartmouth college at Hanover, N. H., Mr. Ski llin achieved fame in athletics as a baseball pitcher. Hi s ability in that field brought him into increased prominence in later years in Chicago amateur baseball circles and he received g lowing offers from at least six major league clubs. all of which he ignored, preferring to go into business in Chicago. Mr. Skillin is sun·ived by his widow. Eleanor Young Skillin, two sons, Edward and David, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward ]. Skillin of Oak Park. 57, Unit which in in a spec a resolut so-called is being ~e\·eral St:~tes . " Lot 2 . f 1\fadc from pure silk and fiber , ?.t·tth ~~~ell shaped oot and narrow ankle, these ltose 'arc a remarkable value. Six ~iffcrcnt. po~ular colors and blac~ are iu tins lot, w stzes 8% _to 10. Wlule a limit ed number last, a pmr ............ . Read the Want-Ada The McAllister- Warthen Co. Wilmette ob- Thurlow G. Essington's Pledge to the People of Illinois nominated at the primariea next Tueaday, April 8th, and elected Governor in No~ember, I plecl·e myaelf aa · foUowa: ·· Hard roa.de beloq . t~ the. ' peoPJ&, · . They paj lor them . No Governor would dare atop buildinr them. Roada are an economic, not a politic~l propoaition. · Not a. aierle mile of hard road baa been built durinr Governor Small'a adminiatration that waa not laid out and provided for durina Governor Lowden'· ..dmtniatration. Jf nominated and elected I will carry out the hard roada Pr<»Jrram. initiated by Governor Lowden. I will ae~ that hard roada are built economically and honeatly. I wdl not ·uae , them to reward my friemla 'Or aa,. a politieal hluclteon to puniah tboae who oppoae me. I will oppoae any aua1eation to return auto111o~ile feea to the Countiea proportionate to their payment. It cannot ·be done becauae tbeae feea are pledcecl: aa aecurity for boncf iaauea. ·· " If th4f $100,1100,000 bond iuue ia approved by the people at the November election I will .-rry out their will. ' If it ~ ia defe~ted I will recommend a plan .,o,_;4i;.l for the copt~nuance of road buildin1. · ·'· · · · J .recard the pardonina. power veated in the Governor aa · a ; aacred truat. It ahould not be uaed to releaae. crilainala for political purpoaea. - ·· . I will adhe re to the bud ret ayatem qf ~~endinr ap· prop-:iationa and reatore it to ita former efliciency. I will reduce the e:xpenaea of ,the .S.tate 1gvernment ~o the minimum by avoidinr uaeleaa waat~ ana ,xtravapnc~. No o- ahall be on the pay roll who doa jllot "Work fotthe StaJe. t ··· · ' - In exQ erans, H tl-:at "wl cr;ticizin i~ : e's of 1hink tha ~~eps sho tiicious , The re in and Council War Vet in Cook "Wherl develope several St;~te~ . a "And \forth we hers of First M. dents of IF 4 Wbite :Cash '· Mark~t and f. 1189 Wilmette Ave. W"dmette_ 2779 an insu who sa na\'al hr of war. the uniqt ·" mn ,:cal ,!!rotll'~" in thf" l country. Jt ;, compo~ed of 25 youn!l' ·women sl'l r ctecl from a J,r~P hotly of mtlsical stttdl'nts. Aclmi ~ ·on ia the · Uniq'u~ Style Shop a'· ilit\t. an-i till' sicianship orr-a n izatic.n is h<ttrainee! -;erl UPOnr.1u the n a· nra I of the individual members. - ~."Pi~ure if vou can," writes one ·observer, "twetltv-five clever. }un-lov. in~ women with good voice s1 takinq 11n :>ctive P:>rt in a rr.ns:ca\ pro ~ram wh;ch ;~._, ·· ,If's everv tvDc bf son>! frpr.; character n umher~ tb a \rna 1ilater-and vou ha\·e the Woman's Gtee club o( Oberlin college.t ~~ - ·~ ·~ · :;~~~t=:':.-;';:;~~;:;==~~;:;;:;;:;;:;;:;~~;:;~~~~===~ · '· ; . ! : ~ '11?6 :c~;~TR'A).. AVE. Ph: Wil. 2403 ' Our Phone Orders R~i·e .,:;,_ Careful AHen:-r- "Thcr ton Ca111 Vetera'!.,j c ~farch ~ ·Thurlow G. Essington !. ·' .. l ...: ·· · ,·In Our Big New Store ., r: r(f>. in UllQU , sayings sympath instituti ~teps to ment a "Resol 57, Uni pledge ij rea~y a~ .::OnlWilmette Avenue.. \Ve have everything that is needed in the home in the way of hardware and fixtures of all kinds. If you need pots and pans for the kitchen, towel holders and soap-dishes for the bath-room, curtain rods, etc., for the windows, brooms, brushes and mops for cleaning-you can get any of these useful articles at our big store on vVi1m~tte Avenue. lEW TRIER DRAMATISTS TO PRESENT MELODRAMA "The Road to Yesterday," a melodrama in four :tcts, by Beulah M. Dix and Evelyn G. Sutherland. will be preSf'nted by the Dramatic Club of New Trier high school in its annual spring production, ·Fridav ano Saturday eve- 1 ninlls of this week, with the following cast: Kenneth Paulton .. Rich:mt Codv Tack Greatorex . . . Robert Atwood Will Leve on . Charles Fleischmann Adrian Tompkvns .. David Thayer F.lsprth Tyrrell.. Eunic~: Stoddard Malena Leve~on ..... Helen Hayes Elea11or Lt've on ........ .. . . Elizabeth Richard Harr iet Phelps .. Caroline Kimball · ·orah Gillaw ........ Grace Reid Dolly Foulis ..... Rnth Fisendrath 'Vat .............. P <' ' , t Jo(enyon Hubnt ......... Geor~c Hollowav Sir John, Vicar .. 'Varren S t>ihold The p 1ay has itc; etting in Merrie England and is aid to be one of. the ftlC!'t ambitiou ventures in the history or_ thf' tt:..-h <chool dramatic organiz-, atlon Wilmette Properf:y...OWners · We cannot sell your home, but we can sell your house. The kind of a home it is after you move out depends upon the fellow who m.oves in. atithoritJ prop.ag!l j patnott '"And SeeaF Phone 1304 Wilmette John Millen 11 lf It'· Hardware, Millen Haa It" 1219-21 WUmette Ave. A. J. WOODCOCK 35 Yean' Experlef!Ce Phoaes Wrmetle 3060-3061 ~---------------------------------------------------------------'