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42 WILMETTE LIFE March 29, 1929 News of the North Shore Clubs Woman Lawyer Is Speaker at Club Tells Business and Professional Woman's Club of Working of IJJinois Legislature . Mis s Esther Dunshee of Wilmette gave the program at the meeting cf Busine ss and Profe ssional \\'oman's club last monday evening. She addressed the members and their guests in an interesting manner, telling them of legislative procedure at Springfield. Miss Dun hcc prcf aced her talk with a short explanation of the general make-up of the legislative bodies, their workings. the nmnher of senatorial districts, and the personnel of both Houses. Illinois, she stated, i the only state in which the minority can be represented- this by mean , of the plumped vote. The length of term of office and time spent in actual delihcration were points that were interesting to learn. An idea of the amount of work done may be gathered from the fact that in less than three months. 269 bills have been acted upon hy the Senate and -l25 by the House. Much of the detail is taken care of in committees. Bills being hacked by the State R. P. W. C. are more numerous than at first appears. These are: I. Adequate protect ion of children in industry. This hill provides for continuation school cdttcation for children under 16 or 17 who have gradu ated from the eighth grade. 2. Promotion of hygiene in maternity; it has received no action as yet. 3. Motor drivers' licenses. ~tatis tics from those states .which have a driver's license Ia\\' show decreases in number of deaths varying from 14 per cent to 42 per cent since the enforcement of this law. 4. A state reformatory for women offenders. A previous law provides for the reformatory but failed to make an appropriation. · 5. Tax revision. 6. Improvement in election laws. a. The M assachuset'ts ballot which provides for grouping the candidate;:,' names according to office rather than party, and printing the ballots in scrie:-; so that no OtiC name will appear at fhe head of the list any oftener than any of the others: the name of the candidate to be followed by the 11ame of the party. b. A shortl'r ballot . This would come through an increase in a:.4'ointive offices and can come but gradually. 7. The eight hour day for workinr.{ women. This bill differs from former bills of similar nature in that the weekly number of hours spent in employment is not to exceed 48 and may be grouped so that ten hours may hr spent in a day. 1'\urses are exempt. 8. Providing for civil service in all departments in Cook county and th~~ Sanitan· district. 9. The Countv health unit.. 10. The publication of utility rates which will tend to equalize charges of utilities. 11. The Gas Tax bill is a pet of Governor Louis Emmerson's whose explanation of hi stand is that each mile of road of the $100,000,000 road building program was specified he fore it was voted upon. Much of this is still to be built throughout the state and the money must come from somewhere. The tax is his solution of the Sends Urgent Plea for Elinor Glyn Will Clothing for War Vets Lecture April 4 War veterans at Great Lakes, num bering about 675, need clothes desper ately, Mrs. Frank Nason of the Kenil worth Neighbors discovered upon a recent trip to the hospital. Thi s number is the greatest ever hou eel there. During Holy \Veek, when resident s of the north shore pause in their ac tivity, Mrs. Nason urges them to take stock of th ,.. wardrobes of men in their families to see if there may he sock.:; , underwear, suit s, overcoats that may be sent to these war sufferers. Those having contributions to mak e are asked to not if\· ~f rs. 1\ason, Kenil worth 4363. - Before Arts Salon D. A. R. to Hear of Ellis Island G!encoe Chapter Meets April 8 in Winnetka; Votes Co-operation With Ex-Service Men The next regular meeting of the Glencoe chapter, D. A. R. will be held at the home of· Mrs. Samuel 0. Rice,· 656 Lincoln avenue, Winnetka on the afternoon of Monday, April 8, at 2 :30 o'clock. The board will meet thcr<' at 1. The subject of the afternoon is "Ellis Tsland" and the speakers are Mrs. Frederick James Macnish of Chicago, who ha's given much time to investigation of conditions at the island, and :\'[rs. George \V. Mieth, regent of thr Glencoe chapter, \vho recently visited there. At the last meeting of the Glencoe chapter it was votell to co-operate with the ex-service men's committee of the Woman's Library club of Glencoe, of which committee Mrs. Norman H. Camp is chairman. Mrs. E. G. Burgess, chairman of the national defen3e committee of the Glencoe chapter, assisted by Mrs. ]. Sherman Root, will be in charge of this work. They will be glad to receive at the next chapter meeting donations of books, magazines, playing cards, clothing, cigarets, or sweets. Articles also may be 3ent directly to Mrs. Root. At the state D. A. R. conference held at Aurora last week, four state officials, in their reports, referred with special commendation to the work of the Glencoe chapter, which is gratifying to a new, and comparatively small, chapter. Young Mothers' C,lub Will · Meet Monday Eventng :\1rs. C. Herbert Jones, 1514 Forest avenue. will he hostess to the Young Mothers' club at its next meeting Monday evening, April 1. Mrs. Norman Firth and Mrs. F. G. Sutherland will a3sist Mrs. Jones. : M rs . Featherstone, from the Elizabeth McCormick Memorial fund will speak on, "Giving Children a Square Deal." The fund was the originator of Open Air rooms in schools, the Infant Welfare movement, and instruc-. tion for foreign mothers, it is said. M iss Henrietta R o b ertson l o f lli.T'l n 1mette will furni·sh the music for the occasiOn. problem. The one objection seems to be that it is for an unlimited time. 12. A bill permitting people who arc ill to vote in mu~h the same way as absentees. 13. Provision of pensions for the aged. 14. Repeal of an old law licensing horse racing. 15. Provision for the segregation of cliff erent classes of crimin.als. 16. The removal of disqualification of man or wife from testifying one against the other. . 18. Many bills concerning offenses at the polls. 19. The gateway amendment which allows three amendments to be presented during a single session. 20. A bill providing for teacher's annuity to be based on length of service rather than age. Also educational hills. 21. Another bill not yet introduced is one providing state aid for some of the poorer school districts so that all children may have equal opportunitv. 22. · The jury bills for women have been of especial interest to the local club. These consist of: a. The General jury act. b. ,lury commission. c. Amendment to the criminal code. These hills were passed hy the Senate March 13, and were to go before the Home probably Thursday of this week. In connection with these bills, it was interesting to learn the workin~ of women's organizations through the Illinoi::. \\'om en's ] oint Legislative council, which is composed of eight or ten women's organizations which include teachers, lawyers, nurses, and women's clubs. As soon as five organizations back a hill the council backs it, specifying through which organization the request comes. Before a bill is presented, it goes to the Legislative Reference bureau where it is put in proper form for introduction. Elinor Glyn is coming to Chicago this spring. The Chicago Salon <:f Fine Arts has is sued cards announctllg an address Mrs. Glyn " ·ill give Thursdav evening, April 4, at the Palmer House, at 8:30 o'clock. In addition to the lecture, which will concern itself with the subject, "The Quest of Happiness," Lorna Doone Jackson, prima donna with the Chicago Civic Opera company, will appear in a song recital which will include two groups of songs, of which "The 'I'avcrn Song" from Carmen will be sung in Engli sh. Mis s Jackson will use the Meltzer-McCormick translation. A number of partie s are being ar. ranged for Mrs. Glyn 's lecture bef::>re tile salon. A partial list of patrones's members includes Mesdames L. Hamilton MeCormick, Lorado Taft, Edward A. Cudahy, John T. Pirie, John J. Mitchell, Moses ]. Wentworth, Frank 0. Lowden, Henry A Blair, James C. Ames, Martin Insult, Jules Brower, Edward Hines, J uti us T. Benedict, Edward A. Leight, Charles H. Chadwick, Ira C. Copley, }arne's B. Waller, Philip K . Wrigley, William E. Swift, Clement Studebaker III., Richard I. Stearnes II., Leander J. McCormick, E. C. Kohlsaat, George Woodruff, Hollister Sturges, Alexander Revell, Bernard Eckhart, Albert B. Dick, Edward B. Butler, Luther W. Bodman, Albert R. Brunker, and Miss Edith Kohlsaat. The membership of the Chicago Salon of Fine Arts is composed of a group of .representative men and women who are sponsoring young students of literature, art, music, and drama. Sew for Home and Hospital Ending Her Chairmanship at Woman's Club April 5 of Ex-Service Committees On \Vednesday, April 3, Mrs. Joseph Joyce of Kenilworth ends her two years of Tenth District chairman'ship of co-operation with ex-service men. She has called a meeting at that time of all chairmen of clubs in the Tenth district for a buffet luncheon at her home, 531 Essex road. A sp lendid report of the past year's activities will be read. Mrs. Joyce, although retmng as chairman. will continue her activitv \Yith the (ji·strict in helping wherev'e-r she is needed. The Beulah home and Maternity hospital will benefit by the sewing at the Woman's club of Wilmette on April 5 and 19. Women of Wilmette desiring to join their friends and wishing to become acquainted with newcomers in Wilmette while they ply their needles on work for charitv are invited to assemble at the clubhouse at 10 o'clock next Friday morning. Luncheon i·; served at noon. Mothers may have their children come from school and join them there. At Club Auxiliary The Junior Auxiliary of the Woman's Catholic club has postponed its regular meeting from Monday, April 1, to Thursday, April 4. The meeting will be held in St. Francis Xavier auditorium at 8 o'clock in the evening. The new members of the club wilt he served tea by the board on April 8, from 3 until 5 in the afternoon, at the Woman's club building. The Junior auxiliary is planning a party for the third week in April, the exact date of which has not yet . been set. The club luncheon will be held on May 1, at the Edgewater Beach hotel. Church Circle Hostess The next regular meeting of the Crescent circle of the First Congregational church will be held at the residence of Mrs. John A. Born camp, 200 Sixth street, Tuesday, April 2. M.rs. Louis S. Becker is clnirman of the luncheon committee, and assisting her are Mrs. A. \V. Craig, Mrs. George F. Holden, and Mrt.;. Alma T. Calkins. , TO ADDRE'SS GARDEN CLUB The \Vilmette Garden club will meet Friday, April 5, at the home of Mrs. David Cooke, 2757 Asbury avenue, Evanston, at 2:30 o'clock. A meeting of the board will he held at 2 o'clock. }. GUILD MEETS APRIL 5 E. Worthen will speak on "Roses" and The Associated guilds of St. AugusMrs. R. G. Calloway will talk on tine's Epi'scopal church will hold a "Veronica." special meeting in the clubhouse Friday, April 5. CLUB .JUNIORS TO MEET The ] unior auxiliary of the Wilmette Woman's club will hold its regular meeting Wednesday evening, April 3, at the Woman's club. Reservations must be in by Monday night, the committee announces. MADE D. B. E. OFFICER Miss Laura Davy of 427 Ninth street, Wilmette just has been appointed recording secretary for the Illinois association of the Daughters of the British Empire. · (