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WI LMETTE VOL. XVII., NO. 63 Pu.blilfhed weekl21 b21 LZoyd Hollister Inc., lZJZ-lZJ6 Central Ave., Wilmette, llllnoia. Entered aa aecond clast matter March JJ, 19Z4, at the post · o/fice at Wilmette, Illinois, under the Act of March J, 1879. 8ubacriptio-n price sz.oo a year. LIFE WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, NOVEMBER 29, 1929 MUSSOUNI TOPIC AT· DEDICATE NEW ORGAN Flandorf to Give Dedicatory .SUNDAY EVENING CLUB Walter Recital at New Engliah Lutheran Church Sunday 1. _ _ _ _ _ _ At Sunday Club -.ll WILL LAUNCH CHRISTMAS SEAL DRIVE HERE TODAY Grosse Point Health Center Board Directs Annual Health Campaign in Village The annual Christmas seal campaign will be launched in Wilmette today under the direction of the board of directors of the Grosse Point Health Center and will continue throughout the first week oi December. Notices of the opening of the drive were sent ou.t by the public schools, which are cooperating in the sale, on Tuesday, strt'ssing particularly the fact that the drive represents a community project since the larger portion of the money obtained by this means is used to de£ ray the operating expens.es of the Health Center and the den' 1 clinic. No house to house canvass wiu be made, it is stated. PRICE FIVE CENTS Dr. Giovanni Macerata, Italian Scholar, Comes to Wilmette Sunday, Dec. 1 II Duce Mussolini will come in for considerable discussion Sunday ev~· ning, December 1, when Dr. G.ioYanili ~{accrata, Italian scholar, appears b~ iore the \Vilmette Sunday Evening club in a lecture entitled "Industrial Italy under M ussolini." The meeting begins at 7 :30 o'clock and is held in the Fir'5t Cong-regational church of \Vilmette. Dr. Macerata. a professor of la:tguages, veteran of tbc \Vorld war, ami recognized authority on modern . Italy, under the ~{ussolini dictatorship, has hecn widclv acclaimed in the United States for his lectures on Italian art. as well a:o; its industrial and political Iii e. .-\ \ ·enetian by birth, his life has l.H.·en passed amid the glamours of the tradition-haunted city of splendor. He has hro11ght to America, with knowledge 1.. f the past, a gift of interpretation and an intimate sense of reality which only a student. reared in the environment of his studies. can draw on as a constant source of inspiration. Aside from hi:; studies, he achieved the distinction of heing the amateur champion S\\·o,-d-.man of Italy and se1·ve(l hrilliantlr with the Italian forces duriuJ the g-rc<'..t \rar. He has since held a prnfe .; :-'orship i"n the College Alexat1t.ler R()~=-i at \ 'icenza. ~I uch of Dr. Mace rata's tit:tc in n·rent years has been d~voted to tlle lecture platform and tours thrnugh .-\merica. He has appeared in all principal cities throughout the colll~trv :-ttHl has been particularly popubr with art students and college peop!'~ in qrner1l. Comments on his lectures de . crihe him as possessing a quick \'·A· ":i ·t,~ ~~ngc nf learning, fine grasp nt hts sn.) _ Ject, and an easy command · >~ th~ Engt.sh lanl.!uage. Formal dedication of the \Vilmette English Lutheran church, Seventh street and Greenleaf avenue, starting last Sundav and continuing through this week wiil be climaxed Sunday, December 1, with a 4 o'clock Vesper service constituting the dedication .of the Wayne Feltman Memorial organ in the new edifice. For this occasion the parish has secured \Vatter Flandorf, organist of the People's ·church, Chicago, who i'l to present a recital that is expected to attract a capacity audience to the church. Mr. Flandorf's program has been announced as follows: I. Overture "Messiah" ........... Handel Air from Suite in D ............. Bach Gavotte ........ . ................ Bach II. Largo from "I\ C\\' \\. orld Symphony·· . ............................ D\·urak Arabesque .................... Deimssy "Ocean, Thou ~lighty ~Ionster" ......................... MacDO\Ycll "\Vinter" .................. Glazonnoff III. A vc Maria ................... SdlUbt:rt (Photo by Old ::\lasters Studio) Canzonetta ............. . . ~lcndelssohn Dr. Giovanni Macerata, Italian "Thou Art the Rock" ........... ~Iulet scholar and authority on modern Italy IV. Fantasy on Hymns and Chr: . . t mas S1 ·ngs under the M ussolini regime, will adv. dress the \Vilmettc Sunday Evening March-" Pump and Circtlmstance" club December 1 on the subject "In............. . ................. r·.lgar dustrial Italy undt:r Mnssolini." Clerk to Return to Desk . Book Week Drive Adds 200 Monday After Operation . Supt. Frederick F. Clerk oi :\ew Volumes to Sears Ltbrary Trier High ~ch· HJI, undcnrent an operation for the n·mt~\· al ~ti his tt)nsils at the Presbyterian ho;-;pital in Chicago last week-end and ha-; ht·cn ahscnt irom his office this week. lie i~ ('XJlL'Cte<l hack 1fomlay. Another .\e"· Trier faculty member, Joseph Srhmnacher, hand instructor, was taken to the St. Francis hospital in Evanston early last wei·k to undergo an operation. He i:; also expected to return tn his duties next week. Two hundred new books hare he~n added to the collection of the JosCi>h Sears school library in Kenilworth :.s a result of a Children's Book \\'e...:k drive last week. All oi the books \\'ere donated by Joseph Sears pupils. SuiH. E. L. Nygaard reports that the children and their parents responded whole heartedlv tn the call for adclitiona I books. The Joseph Scars library now has a total of more than 1.2'10 Yolumes. Pen· Mesaage Simultaneously with the announcement of the opening of the campaign the following message was penned to residents by Mrs. Theodore B. Sachs. superintendent of the Chicago Tuberculosis institute, a branch of the N a tional Tuberculosis association, originator of this perpetual drive for good health: "E\-cry Christmas seal. is a ct:rr.'s \YOrth of health; you may not necrl to huy health for yourself, but improved health conditions bendit you personally as well as the others whom you generously aid when you buy seals. This may well be one of the things we may all be thankful for at this Sltason-thc existancc of a trcnwndous program of better health for all. Much to Accomplish 'This incluck..; not only care ui the s sick, but the prt:Vl'lltivt: service that ha_ hmught (town the dc;tth rate two-thirds. Tlw other thircl is still our big task, for ()wr 3,000 people died of tuhcrculosis last year iu Cook county. It is still the greatest cause of death among the young aucl joynus and productivethose from 15 to 40, and especially among· young women. 1 James Waterman Wise Will Address N. S. · Congregation James Waterman Wise, son of Rabbi ~t~~ phcn S. Wise of the Free Synagogue c. i ~ ew York City, author, lecturer and t·ducator, will speak at the :t\ orth Shore Cungregation Israel, Lincoln and Ver- l non avl'nue, Glencoe, at the regular ~erv icc Sunday morning, December 1, at 11 o'clock. "Religion's Changing; Skylinl' .. i:; the subject to he chosen by Mr. \\"isc, which will include a discussion of problems of modern youth. :Mr. \Vise ha:-. hcen called the "Spokesman of y, lUth" and has spent many months abroad, as well as years in America, making a special study of European and American Youth movements. He is the author of a number of books, brst known h('ing "J cws Are Like That." TANK SEASON OPENS Trier High school's swinuning tean, will engage Harrison Tech of Chi cago in the first ..;wimming mcd oi the season this Saturday a ftl'rnoon at 3 o'clock, Edgar Jackson, ~ l'\\' Trier swim ming coach, announces. ~cw In This Issue Pages Automobiles ........... 47-50 Amusement Directory ..... 51 Book Comment ........... 42 Boy Scout Affairs ........ 28 Church News ............. 58 Classified Ads ......... 60-62 Club Activities ............ 38 Editorials-Shore Lines ... 34 Junior Life ............... 44 Music Page ............... 40 Recreation Events ......... 46 Society News ............ 36 Travel Corner ............ 43 Woman's Club Presents Play ................... 20 Every Bit Helpa "\\·e arc trying- to work ourselves out of a j oh, hut even if the tuberculosis deaths were reduced to a minimum there would still he work to do for the children n1:ust he kept well- and taught to keep themselves and others well. This big preventive service is very prominent in our scheme of health promotion. "l·:very dollar hdps, and every dolfur gtn'n . ts used for the benefit of this territory. Your seals arc your receipt. and also your message of health and good will to us and to your friends. Give your order to your child." The officials of the Grosse Point Health Center and others who are devoting their time and energy to the drive are as follows: Mrs. L. M. Cozzens, chairman; Mrs. A. W. Boylston, vicechairman; Mrs. D. H. Maxwell, secn.~ tary, and Mrs. A. L. Grinnell, treasurer. Those in charge at the schools are : Central school, Mrs. William Balhatchet; Laurel school, Mrs. C. 0. Walliser; Howard school, Mrs. E. ]. Hpffman and Mrs. A. L. Grinnell; Logan school. Mrs D. H. Maxwell; St. Francis school, Mrs. P. H. Hein; St Joseph school, Mrs. ]. ]. Huerter. North Shore Real EState Knows "No Crash" The trend of north shore real estate values has been decidedly upward, reaching price levels way beyond the "old timers" wildest dreams. What will the tenden~y be in the years to come? View the progress of north shore real estate through the columns of the Real Estate Section appearing in this issue. T ri -Ship Club Arranges Holiday Charity Program Sc,·eral boys' advisor rooms at New Trier High school are already making plans for the Christmas charity prog-ram which the Tri-Ship Boys' cluh of the school sponsors each year. The hoys are obtaining the names of needy families in .the township and throughout the Chicago area with a view to sending them Christmas boxes.