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24 WILMETTE LIFE .August 13, 1926 ,._ Society ·Brings Cheer to Sick Residents Rush to Share Garden Blooms With Unfortunates Contrihutinns of a basket of apples and 111::JSSL'S of colorful flowers fresh from the suburbs marked the opening day. ~f onday. August 9. of the Chicago branch oi the I\ational Plant. Fruit and Flower guild at its booth in the Chicago and Xnrth \\'estern station. just ahoYr the Canal street concourse. ~ocictY womcn in mam· oi the north shorl' .towns han. ' brt>n. spending their time at the hoc"~t h, n·ceiYing donations and arranging thc flo\\Trs im clistribu t icm. ?\fiss Tlarril't \yittutn of tlw :i\nrthwestern uniH·rsit,· sl'ttlcment is heading the C011lmitte~ on distribution which will appnrtion the Anwrrs. Cnclcr her ahk guidance. the it1stitution or center which will rc rein.· the A0\Hrs cac h d;w is dl'cidcd upon. and a t:cpresentati,:e oi the designated institution or ( .1tn calls at the station for the plants. fruits nr flo,n.·rs. as it may be. ~f rs. C. D. E,n·r. president of t IH· \\'ilmett t· (;arden cluh. ha. ma(lr ar rangements to haH' memhrr:-~ of th!' \\'ilm ettc cluh ht· in charge of the booth in the -:\nrth \\·c~tern terminal cluring the last \\'t'ek in .'\ugu~t. \fr.;. E\Yer. hrr~rlf. "·ill ha,·e cl1arge of thl' booth on ~fnnda,· ni tktt week. and \f rs. Robert B. T;1. ,·Jor. Mrs. Albert E. Gebert. ?\frs. \\'alt~·r Core ~!itrhell and \f rs. C. P. Berg \Yill he in rl1arge on the other day;, in that order. ~frs. Ewer sa~·~ that arrangements arc hting made -.o that am·otH' in \\'ilm ette whn \\·ill he tltl;J.hl~' to {!n into Chicago ma\· lc:-tn· hi.; contrih.lt tions on a table ·at the \\'ilmctte station. " ·herl' aP\' rnmnntll'r whn "' g-oing intn thl' ritY is rl'rpt<':--ted to pirk them np and deliwr · the111 to tlw hoot h in t hl' ll'rm ina 1. Kenilworth to Help A It hough the KenihYorth l.ardt·n club ha:-- nnt made definite pbns in cnnnrction with co-operation " ·ith thl' Guild. it is expl'Cting tn do sOilll'thin{! along that line. according to its president. \fr:-~. Rufus n. Stolp. \frs. C. C. Daughada,·. lRO Chestnut str eet. \\'innetka. a t1wmber of tht· \\'innctka Carden club. ts tn charge nf \\'innetka's part. and will wcknmt' memberships of Sl.OO. The requirements are simpk . Pick a hunch of AO\\'ers. or gather a ba~h·t of Yegetabks. A~k Your husband to carr~· th('m to the booth at the station and lea\'C' them there in charge nf the committee. Small hotH!IItts are as welcome as large. and mam· a husband ,yjl! earn· a litt lc packa{!c. of flowers rathrr tha;1 Send just a a large hulk~· one. nosr·gay . hut send ~on . ething-, the committee urge.. :\nd whilr it seems an effort to pick an(l delin'r these flowers, the women \Yc.rking- in the booth finrl the effort well-repaid. . Helps Crippled Children The fir st da~· the bonth was opcnc(l a crippled man came with sc ,·rn hou queb to gn to rrionlcd children in hospital s. Phone calls come fnr paralYtic womrn "·ho han read oi this flower exchange. Tt is hoped to supply perennial.; so that flo\\·rr lovers " ·ho live in "flowerless" Chicago ma~· tencl and grO\r a fe,,· 1)lants in their yards or window boxes . Mrs. David Hill. the orgamztng secretarv of the guilrl. is organizing a (Continued on Page 27) Weds in Hawaii I U'ilmette Girl is Wed in Honolulu, Hawaii Mrs. Edward Green Wingate Country Club Invites to its Annual Barbecue The annual barbecue and outdoor dance \Yill attract members of the Ouilmette Countn· club to their lake~idc cluhhome to.mnrrow evening. heginning at 7 o'clock. The affair is under the joint supen-i~ion of the house and dance committees. of which ~fr. and ~frs. Carl Zipprich and ~fr. and ~ 1r ~ . \\'a II a L'l' L. ~I iII e r a r e co-chairmen, re . pectiHly. The harbtcue part · of the function \rill take plarc north of the clubhouse, the meat ht·ing prepared out-of-doors. The dance \\·ill he held aftcr\\'ards on tht· tenni:-~ C<Jllrts behind the clttlJ, \rhich haYc been unusually hard and :--1110\lth thi~ :--un1mcr. and \\·ill he dcco rat e d In r 1h L' t' \'l' 11 i 11 g. ~[embers are asked .to make reserYations for the barbecue in the same manner as for any other function. 1 1 11 1 111 011111111 11111111 111 11 111111 1111" ' "' 1111111 Tl1e marriage of ~1i!'s Elizabeth Singleton. daughter 0f Mr. and ~Irs. Shelby ~f. Singleton . of 1104 Forest an·nue. \\'ilmette. to Ed\\'arcl Green \\'in gatc of \\'ashington. D. C., and Ha\\·aii, took place Au,g:ust 3 i:1 Honolulu in the pre~ence of a limite(! number nf fric nels. The rnemom· was performed hy Bishop La ~[othe ·of the Episcopal church of Honolulu. a friend of the hridegroon1's father. \\·lw wao.; hcfore hi:-~ death an Episcopal ministl'r in \\'ashingtc1n. The Young couple will tnake · their hnmr durin!.! 1he next Year in TLt\Y:1ii, \Yhere \fr. \\'inp:ate is . cnnnerted \Yith tlw l ' nitecl Statt·s Gl'Oingical ~ttrn·~·. fnr " ·hirh he i~ t·hartin.Q and nh:-~en·int!: the genlop;ical featltrl'; n f the j,Ja11c.l. ~ f r :-;. \\' i 11 g a t e p b 11:-- 1c 1 t L' a r h d ur i 11 g the Year. ait<.'r " ·hirlt the,· will rl'!tm.J to tl~<' L' nited States. · \frs. \\'ing:ttl' atlt'n(h·d Xortlnrt' ~ t<'l'll unin·r:-it,· and the CniHrsit,· of \\'iscnnsin. \riH're ,lJe ,,·a.; a 111l'1. 111H'r o I A I ph a Phi . \ f r. \\. i n. l.! at l' i..; :1 grad tt :tic (li Ct·org{' \\.;t-.11illL(I<111 ttni,·n-.il, .. and a lllL'll!lwr oi Thct;L DL"lt:-t Chi. · ~fr. ;111d ~rr~. Singlrtnn rvcl'in·d :1 cahlcgraJn inf<ll·ming them tk1t th L· ccrr1nony lt;td takl'n place in thl' di stant cit~·. 11111111 >1111111111111111 11 1111.'111111 11 1 !1!1 ·:1 11'1 Aid for War Vets Claims Interest o.f North Shore W o1nen Quietly and uno~tentatiously, ln~t regularh· and faithfully thl'y do tlwtr wc;rk, tlirse women of the north siHlrc \Yho arc constantly giving tl~eir time and sen·iccs to do \Yhatcn·r thl'y can to help the c·x-sen·ice men at Crcat L;1.ke . . They may du it a~ tlll'lllher:-- oi a comn1itt ee of a ,,·nman \ rlnh. c1r 1he~' ma,· ~imph· he intl'rt·sted :1:-- indi,·idu;tl-> CIIOtlgh ~ c ; that tlJL·y make the trip 1r· ee the ho,·s ;1.~ t~ill'n a~ flll l' l' t'\Tr~ · \\'CCk, hut they aJI d(J it with an mgl' in their heart s " hich take s t hL·Jil h;tck again and ag-ain. l·:igl1t years age · today \\T rl';td in north :--lHirt· !'ocial r1tl\11 11 11~. ".\1 r . . . Jonc:-- L'llll'rtainl'd t\\Tnh·- fin· :-- ;,ilc·rs frotn tlH· Crt":tt Lake:- ..'tatir·n." <·r "\I r:-- . l~nl\\ 11 held a t·l!a rming "uppcr danrl' in her gankn for a grc1\lp oi jackit·:-- ir<1t11 Cn·at l.akn." · \\ ·l, Jiq·cl. hrl'atlH·d ;ltld worked i c11· the IHI\':-- " ·!Jo w l ' r e g 1nn g i <l r 11 ' . .\ c1 a 11 c <· ".a :-- 11 · I ; L dance \\·itlwut unii(ll' llltd llll'tl. \\'ith a II t he grimm· :- ~ 1hat ;trc c nn J1 ;111 it· d t l ~t · tll<lll , l.!llt <·i \\·;,r, lho~l· danrt:-- " ttT gay. and tilL' txritL·1nvnt \ \a-. high . l~ut t< ·da,· tll <l"t < ii u ... h;t\'l' ic1rg()tll't IH·\\ tu 'ti l' .;1 .. ail <·r', !.:1 1! · . l)t·h t;L11 1tL·, r a 11 11 u 1< n1g t r i 111 L' r p r vt t·l a IJ c 1 r a lt' ~tripe:-. and in~i .L!lli ; t \\ hir h c·nu· t n l<! tlH· >tur~ <·i a ha nd-.. c·l lll' cdfiL't'r. A ft\\' \\'OIIItll a! Olll!' the nurth :-!Jon·. hcl\\·t·rtr, han· 1h ·l i<: rg r·ttt·n. and il;t\'C iormtcl committee :-. ltl prm·idc l'lltt·rtainllll'lll to J·a~:-- tht· \\t"an· hc·t~tr:-> ~Jltllt in till' _\;n·y hospital ;.tt Crl·a t Lakt·:--. ill ld (lilvn l'\'< ·n furni :--h nn·t·::-itit" lu help till' familie:-- <li t ht· tl ll'll in till' IH ·:-- pit al. The \\"u111an\ club t~i \\'illliL·ttc. ll;t.., a Ccltlllllitttt in it:-- philanthropy dq.Jart i r ia I 1 I a l ll l ' . lllv 11 t \\ 11 il' I! h; l :-- a ' i t :- () n ·· FriL'lHlly \ ·o-opnati(l!l \\.ith 1·>-.. -.., t·n ·ire .\I en·.., Commitltt'. a gr11up (IJ \\·c,rkcrs \rlJc1:--t :--pirit i:-- t·xpn·:--:--vd 111 t h<: n· r :--e at t IlL' IH.: ad o f t h c I i :-- t o f 111tllliJL'I':-- in tht· n ·ar -IJO(d.;:: "\\.hen a :--tnik ;1r a cl1eeriul gn·ctin' .\ ll' a 11 :-- ~ 0 111 \1 r ll I< l fc 11 ll \\. S :--0 IT, ~<.'t'lllS \\ e (1\lgllt to ktl'p n :peat in' ~Ill i It:-- an' p r a i:--L· . .. 1 11 ore a 11' 111 () r l'." ~I r:--. \\'illis I f. IIut~on, who is chair man oi this committee. explains that the range of thl' l'111lllllittc\ "·ork i.; cxtremtly wide. Tt is a question of helping and helping, and then helping some mort. "\\'e~t 31" i:- the unit which is assigned to the \\'ilmette group. t·arh membtr oi \\'l.ich tries to assume the spirit oi a "big si~ter" to\\'ard every mcmher oi the adopted unit. The committee members Yisit the boYS even· week. or as often as it is pos~ible, t;:~king with them records, playing cards, cigarettes, cookies or candy to cheer the boys up. .Kor d o they stop at rntcrtain111ent and luxuries, hut continue their sympathetic :-~en·ict.;s to help mellJbcr~ of the familie :-~. At the mcctin·g on \lunda,· oi this week the committee mcn~bcrs sc\Yed rags for rug \\'caving, this being an occupational aspect of the \York. The committee says, in fact, that it does anything that is needed, and mentions as an illustration the ca~c of one boy \Yh o is going hlincl, and whose \\·ife and two children arc being helped. There is a total of fifteen bovs in this unit which the \\' ilmette woinen care for. In Kenilworth, taking the towns from south to north, we find Mrs. Joseph J oyce and Mrs. M. H. Dement as two (Continued on Page 28) Give Third Musicale at Skokie Club This Sunday Tlte third of the series of Sundav afternoon musicales at the Skoki~ Country club will be giYen August 15, at 4:.30 o'clock, and \Yilt offer a program giYCn hy Ida ~fae Cameron, dramatic sopra no, and Linda Soot, violini st. ~!iss Cameron has appeared bdorc the foremost clubs in Chicago an.i ;n other cities. She will sing an old En~ lish group, a southern group, ann a Spanish group, atl in costume. Beubh Taylor Porter will accompany her at the piano. Linda Soot is a young violinist of bright personality \Yho ha s been doing commendable work in Chicago. 1111111 11111111 111111 11111111 111111111111111 111111 1·1 She appeared at the Sunset Ridge Mrs. Paul Roche, 801 Central aYeCountry club twilight musicale last nue. will entertain members of the Sunday. Junior Auxiliary of the Infant \Vclfare 1111111 11111111111111111111111111111111111111 1111111 at bridge in her home Monday, Au~f rs. Harold F. Tide man, of 138 gust 16. The meeting will ~tart at 2 Abingdon road, KenihYorth, and Mrs. o'clock, and will be of a purely social Herbert n. Taylor, 631 Ahbottsford nature as it is the Angust meeting of road, Kenilworth, entert~ined 75 of the Auxiliary. The assistant hostesses their north shore friends at luncheon for the afternoon will be Mrs. R. S. and bridge Thursday at the Sunset Tilden, Mrs. C. E. Geisse, and Mrs. Ridge Country club. E. D. Lyon. The fiitl'l'nth annual i1ridge part~· inr the he1tt·fit l ) i the phil:t11tllr(lpy dl'parttll.e nt oi the \\'oman\ duh oi \\'illll<.'ttl'. to he given OctcJbcr 27. will he niH' ni the larger l'\'('llts ni the tJl' " . social season \rhich will open \rith the cotn ing nf the fall tnnnths. ~r r.;. Charles ."\. \\';111nn ni F,·an' tnn. i..; in char,{!(' nf arrangvmcnts for the affair. \\·hirh i~ tn he giH·n in tlte rluhhotl"l'. :t11cl .;lw i:-- a:--,i:--tt·d 1)\· t11l!r stth -c ha i rm en : \ fr~ . \ \'il lia tn TT 1 .Jnw~. ticket~; ~frs. J. ~f. Cr~nlt'lOil. prizl'S: ~f rs. 0. E. Thaleg. ~nrial cnmmit tel': \frs . J. L. ~Jitrhell. tables and r<.'!'l't'\'ations; and hy tlte iollcnring C(lll1111i:tee: ~frs. :\athan P. Colwell. pn· . . idcl1t of thl' \\'ntn:-tn\ club nf \\'ilmette: ~frs . C'. P. Berg. chairman of the Philanthrnp\· rkpart1nent: ~frs. JT;l\ .. Cs ~lrKinne,·. ~fro.;. Tudson F. Stonr ~fr-. r.t'orge \\'. Kihll\:, ?\Irs. J. A. Pan'c<~ast: ~f r~. D~n·icl T. Da,·i-;, ~r r~. H:wmnncl \\'h<'elock. ~fr:-~. \\.illiam ~f cr,.ibbon. \f r". Frederick ~f. Bo"·rs. ~f rs. C. ~files ~f cDnnald. ?\1 rs. Albert K. Page, \T rs. B. Cr. Callo\\'ay and ~f rs. C.eorgc Tliff. Prncecds from the affa ir \\'ill .c;o to hrnr.fit tltc Yarious \Yrlfarc age ncie s to whose support the cluh contributes. Among them arr the \\'ilmette Boarct nf Local Charities, Arden Shnre. the ~fan· Bartelme and Sarah Hackett Ste,:enson memorial homes. !\orthwestcrn Cn in>r. if\· Settlement. the Great Lak es ho:--1)ital for ex-service men and the Comtnunity Chest. Club Looks Forward to Its Annual Bridge Party