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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 2 Mar 1928, p. 12

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LIFE March 2. 1928 Gives Lecture on Story of Uncle Tom'· Cabin At the Friday Morning ,study class, under the direction of Professor Franklyn Bliss Snyder, of Northwestern university, Professor Snyder lectured upon that great American novel "Uncle T~m's Cabin" and gave a stirring and interesting story of Harriet Beecher Stowe, of her tif~ and its hardships. He told of what a wonderful thing she did when she gave to the world this vision of slavery. After her large family was well on its way, and she was a woman of middle age, she produced this splendid piece of literature and book of inspiration. It was something of encouragement to his group of listeners. At Voters League I &VEII.VTHING .ldl-dle MOMOIILE Where ct1n you get BATIERY SERVICE at NEVER. CLOSED MIDNIGHT We are NEVER CLOSED Does not this service warrant , your regular patronage? »J~1 MAIN STREET Wilmette J.C.Siown The Housing Situation Are rents going up? What are the relative merits of !apartments and houses today? Is there a pronounced exodus from the city to the country-? These and similar questions will be answered by a survey of American cities. The Kenilworth League of Women Voters wishes to call the attention of its members through the best. medium it has, . the WILMETn: Lttt, to the Annual Educational Conference and Forum which is to be held all day, March 10, in the Gold r<~om of the Congress hoJel, Chicago. Elihu Root says "A democracy which undertakes to control its own foreign relations ought to know something about the subject." He voices the sentiments of the thinkers of the universe whQ are striving for a better understanding between nations. Now, ten years a_ fter the signing of the Armistice, the world insists upon peace LECTURE ON WORLD WAR Dr. Guy Terry in the Thursday Ten years of plans, of books, of con· Study class which met at the home of ferences, of talks seem to have crysMrs. Gilbert Kelly, Cumnor road, talized one idea among peace loving Kenilworth, continued his study course people, that nations must settle their on the hiS>torical study of the coun- disputes in some way, other than war. tries of Europe up to the beginning of The world steadily grows smaller, as the World War. Dr. Terry has an in- the radio, airplanes, and television conexhaustible fund of information about stantly draw people and their interests the political and economical situation together. In this co-operation of the at thls period and he brought a very people of the world there is great opclear. lucid picture of the situation in portunity for. understanding and there the Balkan states, in Serbia, and in is enlarged possibility of misunderRussia just before the fatal assassina- standing. As Potter and West pointr tion of the Arch Duke, Franz Ferdi- out in their book "International Civics," "The search for peace, therenand. The next meeting witt be held with fore, cannot be separated from other aspeccts of international relations. It Mrs. Karl Korrady, in Evanston. is extremely doubtful if peace can be The opening of the new Edgar Ste- obtained if sought for itself alone." It vens store in Evanston was of great is in this respect that a real need is interest to friends of Mr. and Mrs. felt for an intelligent understanding of Stevens in Kenilworth and it is inter- international relations. esting to know that the patronage of At the Annual Educational conferthe models and accessories which Mrs. ence there will be a thorough discusStevens had assembled for the open- sion of the facilities, the Q!)portunities, ing were in such demand that she has and the methods available for the stuhad to make a hurried t.rip to New dy of the relationsj}ip of nations York for an added supply. · through the school and press. Pitt-o-man Potter of the Universitv of WisM rs. Leon Ellis (formerly Virginia consin will be the speaker during the Ridgway) entertained at a luncheon morning session and witt lead the disparty last Friday afternoon. Mrs. cussion. and James G. McDonald will Ellis is occupying the Ridgway home lead the afternoon session. on Cumberland road while her mother The League of Women Voters calls is in California. attention to the programs broadcast over WEBH Radio station every I . Tuesday evening at 6:30 o'clock. I . ·-------------------------· M. Portenhauser Painter and Decorator Estimates Without Obligation March 6-April 14 1030Greealeaf Pho·2764 ~------------------------~ 3 Weeks for 50c Miss Virginia Webster of Kenilworth and four friends gave a leapyear progressive dinner party on February 22, preceding the dance at the New Trier High school. -oMrs. Merritt DeMent of Abbottsford road, Kenilworth, entertained sixteen friends for luncheon and bridge, last Thursday afternoon. -o-Georgie Jones of 318 Oxford road, Kenilworth, has been very ill at his home fo.r over a week. The Christian Science Monitor For Sale Christian Science Room D11ncing Nymphs get thirsty, likewise do , they eat. 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