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36 WILMETTE LIFE TO JOURN'EY TO EQROPE J urie 1, 1928 If you have neVer burned Coke# Have a Solvay Service Man look over your plant and recommend the best size to use The William F. Babcock.;, who formerly lived in Wilmette, have rented their home at 566 Ash street, Winnetka for a year and -arc stayif?g temporarily at t h~, Orrington hotel. Upon the graduation of Jane Babcock from New Trier, Mrs. Babcock with Jane <JIHl her younger son, Dick, plan to meet Miss Elizabeth in New York, from which port they will sail for Europe. Miss Elizabeth will return in the fall to h.egin her junior ~ year at Smith co1lege. ~Irs. Babcock and the other two childten will spend the \\·inkr in Switzerland where Jane will attend school. Miss Mary Louise Harlan of Kenilworth was among the six junior girls chosen at Northwestern to the 1929 chapter of Mortar Board. · Fort Creve-Coeur. the present sitL' of Peoria, was the first structurl' erected by white men in Illinois. Strict Parole System · · Swells ·Prison Rosters "The population of Illinois' three principal penal institutions, Joliet. Chester and Pontiac. has increased approximately ten per cent it~ le ss than se\'entecn months. The figures for these three prisons show a comparative population as follows: Fehruar\' 3, 1927, 5,923; May 24, 1928, p'opula·tion, 6,497. Statistic.s show that the population of the Illinois prisons has been growing steadily since .T uly, 1926, " ·hen Hinton G. Clabaugh of \Vinnetka tonk charge as chairman and supervisor oi the parole hoard. Commenting on the situation in the prisons, Mr. Clabaugh states: "It will be not cd that there has betn a tightening up and strengthening of the . parole . ystem all along the line during the last twenty .months. ~f t1ch more serere sentences are being imposed for all crimes of violence than ever before in the his't ory of IJlinoi~ . ."Tnsofar as mmder, rape, rohben· w1th arms, burglary and similar crimt;~ of violence ar~ concerned, the parole board takes. the position that regardless of the tmportance of reformation and r~h~bilit~tion. the safety of the la_w~abtdmg ctt1zen and the protection ?t ltfe and property are of paramount Importance.. Every gun holdup, bandit or burglar 1s a potential murderer and shoul~ be treated as such. Except in rare mstjnces of extreme youth or other outstanding, mitigating cirn;mstances, it is impossible to exaggerat e the val~e of severe punishment a s a deterrent to criminal activity." J! You'll Save Money! CHICAGO 8olvayCoke Order from your dealer- IRE DALE FIREPROOF WAREHOUSES at . EVANSTON, WINNETKA, HIGHLAND PARK STORAGE Uni-versity 930f) , · · 1n UPTOWN CHICAGO Test this for yourself: Next time you go shopping, stop in Uptown Chicago first. Check the special values there, the wide variety of smart n~w things to choose from, the tpany exclusive imports. Note how your money goes farther in · Uptown Chicago, where merchants can afford ·to presen£ the best at J.loderate prices. Then notice how much more rested you feel after a day of shopping in U P· town. No dangerous traffic, no great distances to go for every little thing. This new ~month is to bring to \Vest~~wreland Country club a series o i Saturday and holidav afteri10on hri<l·,..,··l '· . . partie s for the feminine members ,0i th~ club and their guest5. These aifaJrs "·ill be held each week and holic!ay during June, July, August and September, at 2:30 o'clock, and will he J~rog-ressirc games except on the Jaq I ~aturclay . afternoon in the month \\·hen a pi\·ot game will be played. ~f rs. ]. D. Harper is chairman of the card committee. assisted hv 11 r;;. S. H. ~IacFarland, ~Irs. H. M. ·Tingle, ~.frs. F. H. Harrison, and Urs. ,V. S. Hovey. Saturday Bridge Games Begin at Westmoreland D. A. R. Luncheon Served on Old, Historic China :\{rs. Hobart P. Young of Winnetka gave a delightful luncheon Tuesday of last week for the new members of the board of the Kaskaskia chapter of the D. A. R. of which ~frs~ Yo4_!1g is president. This was the first meeting oi -the new officers and board members and every one of the twenty members v·as present. Plans for next 'vinter were discussed. Luncheon was served on the . heir-' loom china from which General Lafayette partook of a dinner in the home of Mrs. Young's great grandfather in Vermont. And, if you want, drive your car right to the stores where you shop, and park near by. UPTOWN CHICAGO One of IUeriao/advertiaements for VPto·m Ch~ ca1o sporuored by the Central Uptown Chicago Association and paid for co-operatively by UP· · town Chicago'a bluinas men. Butineu Men- Uptown Chicago tvel· coma new bauine.uea, and is doing more than any other Chicago community to cuncre the aucce.u of noery enterprise within the V prown Chica10 area. We urge you to inv~igate the popibilitia here for ·wbuantaal nccceu. . . When yow plan to travel, WI£ the Railroad Union Ticket Office-buy your ticket, r~ serve your Pullman and check ~our ba.. gage at the Uptown Station. Phone: Lon.. bt:ach 7454. ~~~I Bishop I. P. Johnson to Visit Glencoe, June 10 On Sunday evening, June 10, at 8 p. m:, the Rt. Rev. Irving P. Johnson, B1shop of Colorado, will come to the Church of St. Elisabeth tq. get acquainted with the people and complete preliminary plans for the week's mission which will be held at the church in September. Bishop Johnson was formerly the rector of Gethsemane church, Minneapolis, Minn., and is o?e of the outstanding figures in the Epi:,copal church today. Illinois ranks second of the states in lhe average value of plow lands.