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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 14 Dec 1928, p. 16

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WlLMETT E · LIFE December 14.- 1928 l:!!~~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!jl 1 woman's part in Christtnas Gift Suggestions For Her Perhme Atomizers fl,OO W ti.OO P~rfumes and Toilet Waters In attraetlve boxes tt.OO to Sl3.00 Stationery llontag QuaJity tl.iO to tS.OO Candy, Jphnston & Whit· man'K In l to· i lb. boxes Jlany small gift Novelties also Compacts ;;oc to S!.iO Lawmaking Brought Out ai Conference (Continued from page 15) both jobs must be done. Person~l, individual. sacrifices are necessary, she said, if we are going to have a highgrade government. Mrs. Rena Elrod, representative of the twenty-fifth Senatorial district, gave a brief talk at the opening of the afternoon meet-. ing, which was presided over by Mrs. E. V. Youngberg, chairman of th e civics committee of the \Voman's club of \Vilmette. Mrs. Elrod emphasized the fact that women have a place in the law-makin2" body of the state an_ d country. She als.o suggested that ,,·omen keep in touch with their repre sentatives to the state legislatu'r e, and she touched on the bill for ~aving wo men on juries. Senator Harold B. Kessinger gav e the main address of the afternoon, speaking on "Shall Voting Groups <1i Thinking Citizens Rule America?., He spoke of Abraham Lincoln and Charles Lindbergh as being two great men who stand out as symbols of th e America of yesterday and today. H e said that Lincoln in his homespun garrilents, riding his horse to the general assembly, and Lindbergh in his aviator's togs and his airplane, represented the dramatic and panoramic development of America from the pioneers t o this great "crowd-machine-radio-autoage." Today, aid Senator Kessinger, we are confronted by standardization, l> y mass production not only in our iactones but in our colleges and unin~ r sities. ·· Even education is shoveled out , until now we have "movie-made culture, . newspaper-made optmons, organization-made views, and machine made politics." ' In our economic organizations, our chambers of commerce, farm bureaus, and lal>or union ~ he feels the country is threatened \vith domination by voting groups and not ln· the individual thinking citizen s. "\\'e're li,·ing in a day \vhen \H'n: making the hazardous and perilou s experiment of tr}ing to }iye \Yithout \ralking and \\·ithout thinking," he said. "and group acti\'itics, the htrd in::;tincb, going along with the crmrcl. arc gc>ing to take the place of incliYi dual, independent thinking." lie reminded his audience that genius i~ not born in crO\YCls, that "crO\\·ds take, but solitude gives."' In closing he said he believed that if the American people do not forget God, they can move out of this recon struction period safely, learning how to u::;c machines as tools rather than as masters, that they can learn ho\r to live in a crowd "·ithout surrendering to it. and find the way to have lei sure tim~: that will not destroy them. "-America will vet make even greater and grander contributions to the Christiail civilization of the world," he said, "causing a cultural, spiritual and civic re-awakening. I believe that the individual thinking citizen wilt once again dominate our American public ... For Him Cigars, all the popular kinds priced right t:fgarettes In pkgs. or cartons Pipes and Toba.tcos Fountain Pens fS.OO to f 7.00 Stationery with large etnelopes Jo'lashlfghts for the Automo· bile Flashlights for the Automobile For the Children P encil Bous Books for all ages 2~c to ,l.OU Ingersoll Watches J'ountaln Pens $1.00 to $3.1}0 Catex Manleure Sets ('andies, both Chocolate and Hard ., rany other Kiddie Items that will Pnf·m·s and Tollttt Waters Filled. please them on Chrlstmus J5e tG et.H Box Cumeras ~Iornintr . Toys a11d Dolls $!.19 to t3.50 N~ 839 RIDGE AVENUE P, HARMACY Opposite St. Joseph School C. C. Renneckar Phone Wilmette 316 PAUL J. McNAMEE 1150 Wilmette Ave. (Netv First National Bank Building) Offers i!;nlibay TIES Sil/?s or Knit ted; plait~ ot· designs. ~uggesttnus PAJAMAS Regular or middy; all materials. $1 to $4 $2..50 toSS SHIRTS .Madras, broadcloth ;, all styles. HOSE Wool, lisle, silk, plain, pattertaed. $2. to $5 soe toss 'KERCHIEFS Li"e", plai" or colored borders. BATHROBES Terry Cloth-flannel or blanket. Rudolph Weisenborn to Be Guest of Art Lodge The regular monthly meeting of the North Shore Art league is to be held Thursday evening, December 20, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Brion, 755 Greenwo::>d avenue, Glencoe. The guest of honor will be Rudolph \Veiscnborn, whose unusual and forceful painting, "Chicago," was recently awarded honorable mention in the exhil>it now closing at the Art Institute. Mr. Wei3cnborn \vill speak on "Painting in the Modern Manner." Robert T. Drake, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lyman M. Drake, 933 Lake avenue, will return December 20, from Dartmouth to spend the · holidays with his parerits. · 2.Se to $1 $'to $15. MUFFLERS P·llover as well ! 4-t j~lut st,les. Plain o,. fancy silks. Sto $10 $2rto$1.SO

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