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water works swelled Wilmette's build- ing record figures 'for April to a high mark such as had flot been reached for many months.- This' permit was one of four issued this nionth ilp to. Monday, April 24.. The Owen compaiïy .ias Ilie general conitract for the water works job, and this, portion of the ýwork, according to'the terms of the contract, will cost $ 89000.. The three other permits issued ini April were, for remodeling jobs. Fran- cis H. Hollister took out a permit for a remodeling job at- his, home, 914 Elm- wood avenue, on April 3. The job,' it is estimated, will cost $500. On April. 13 a permit was issued to L. >A. Porbt er, 1737 Highland avenue, for thé erec- tion of a 'frame and stucco addition at his home, costing $400._ On April 22,t William 'A. Figueira, 411 Laurel ave-1 nue,. took out a permit for a rear porch addition that is to cost $175. Two permits were -issued on Marchr 28, 'one to John W. fleanhart for ar f rame and stucco sun porchi alteration costing $400 at 1201 Rlmwood avenue and the other tii Gilbert J. Ely for the erection of a portable garage costing ' $50 for Harry Schwall, 162_6 Spencer avenue. Church Edifice Boosts Winnetka FiBuilding Record Fiebuilding permits for improve- i nients totalliaig $33,750 were issued in <) Winnetka during thie past thirty days, di of which $30,000 is represènted ini the r new churcli which is being erected by 'i the First Churcli of Christ, Scientist, ai at the southwest corner of Ridge ave-r nue 'and Cherry street. S. S. Beman, of Winnetka, is the architeçt, and Wil- liamS. Ahearn, 5822Wayne avenue, tI Chicago, is the buil der.f Two of, the other permits are for P alteratiQns- costing $3,200 and the o0thers are for private garages valued S( at $550. à Gross T. Williamsý is building an 1, At last the people who live ini 'en are going tdhave their say. Architects, engineers, designers, decorators, con- tractors, and building material men have sent out a caîll or data on whai the public thinks homes should be lil« -inside and, out, and a national con- test just announced 'with two, cash prizes f or the best papers on tlîis. sub- ject. The prizes of $100 each, are offéred by the_ national conference on the re- newal of home building which: will 'be held in Chicago at the CÇongress hotel on May 9 and 10, and at which will sit the leadinig talent in the construc- tion and -allied trades to'reve he factors that it is. said portenid a re- suruption o& home building. And, no fooling, the .côuntry's big- gest contractors, architects, and build- ers, to say nothing of the financial in,- fterests, *want to know what. kind, of homes, the publiec wants buit, when the building begins, a:ccording tce J.' Soule Warterfield, vice-president of the Star- rett. Building company, -Chicago, chair- man of the conference. ".Ail over the country there are in- dications that a housîng shortage is quietly accumulâting," said Mr. War- terfield in announcing the contest. "This means that new building neces- sarily m7ill be resumed in thc very near future. i "WýNell, what are these new houses, going to be like? There hasiw't been iny home building for a long, long :ime. During this" interval, many of the big manufacturers have been spend- ng their time in working out inarvel- ous new materials and proc.es*es and designls. Most of these things are *eady to put on the market anid the 'buyers'-the contractors and builders- ire coming to -this conference next month to hear about them. "Thev want to hear about these things, but they have also decided that they want to hear f rom the public be- fore building is' resumeci in various, parts of the country. "Perhaps the public bas been doing sore thinking on this 'subject in the interval. Perhaps thev had sorne ideas i i iI1g Uic UfliLvr biUV UImyttici wAdams as 'ricess Anne.. ne rest of royalty, to be presented at Howard the cast is as follows: Lord Birten, school- Thursclay and Friday, May Il Marvin Bruedigarn; General Northrup, and 12, by the Lake Shore Players, is Edward Ryerson; Major Blent, Robert going forward under full speed. Pro- McNie;, Prince William, William ceeds f rom thîs play are to be given to Roberts;, Fred. Granton, Vic lâc- the Wilmette public library to, aid in Kýeighan; Phipps, Lawrence Langdon; the purchase of books for the Çrea- Dr. Felîman, jack Eddington;1 Mr. tive Arts division.. aer Noman Bredg ,Peey Books in this, department' do not Kay Nau;,and first' and second ladies brig eoug reenu topay for them- in waiting, Helen Lindsay and .lilaine selves, as do the lighter. novels, it> is Nelson, respecztively. çxplained. Trhis serviceo& the librarY Rehlearsaýls are being c arried or un- has been déficient beause of. a lack 1er the direction of Allen Leiber, and of available funds. -It' is withi this I the stage settings will be. designed by idea in mind that the Lake - Shore; Edward Ryerson., Everything is. be- Players, have arranged to turu .-ove r jig done to provide Wilmùette playgoers theproceeds of their final play of the îihan eing of rare entertainment season to aid, the library. ani at the samne time- aid a worthy Pisent New Talent ",The Q)ueen's Husband," in requir- ing a. cast of fourteen,. offers an op- Portunity for several new nmbers of Librarian bMakes Comment In commenting on the forthcomini,ý, the -group- to take part ini the pla akirrasys both in promotional and acting capac- I ..he great fact about Iibrary b0o ks itie. Th seting of the play is a that they belp men and w0men, boyb I nythical Eutopean country of. indefii- and girls to express. themselves. Bol ite izeandloction Hoeve, i ishelj) to paint landscapes, understand d ie alcatit.H Ivery deitite inusic, collect pictures, build bou.ses, certainly fcd wt eydfnt decorate interiors, design and cultivatt. probemsbeig th kin ofprobemsgardenes, play. games, cookaritcl, prbers wit w i cntre iarefacoed nd rite and act PlaYs, design ,ýtàgé s - wit whch ounrie ar faed ndtings. and aboveai make living Mo're 1 the royal crown would scemn to sit. interesting. heavily upon the royal brow. The I' This helping people to enjoy ljife e'ý comdy eal ina rllikin sairiala great function of the library, eiiua.l corndy eal ina rllikin sairialto that of helping themn find knowledge, 1maniner with the inner workings of a iaucd it is with great regreŽt thai. thi-- royal palace. The king. is adrntittedly Ureative aspect of library services h.-i thé ruler, but who ruies the king? b ecurtailed becauSe' we had i.to moneyýý ________________________to spend on these books. i "It is with great pleasure anid thaillk- tha 193. he etrmiatin 0 tustes that the Library board ,f more ta 93 hedtriain ftute as accePted the offer of Iht- future rentals by the above method. or Lake Shore Players to givé a. pEas for by the business baroineter or a sitular the benefit. of the Creative Book fund. Ibhey have generous.ly planned to gv yýardstIck of business conditionas, such the major proportion of the nroceeds tt" for instance as the Dow-Jones chart, the library so that more books mnay be was a new idea to -C. E. Drayer, vice- bought to answer the iniiumieablý. '-- quests for books on Modern art, ýqii president .of .Bis Realty, Inc., who patternis, operas,. great musician>, feit that it inight be useful to other counterpoint, design, play-writing, pas siiarpobe . d.coration,. etc., may be answered Lor people having a smlrpolm the people of WilmËette.". Hilli'and Stone Take' J. R. 'Harper, president of Library board ýsays in reference to the Former, Office Placebéeiply The real estate office of Hill & Stone, "T'Ihe trustees of the Wilmet te Fr.ýe which for the past year has been b-' Publie library are very glati to accept catd o th seondflor a. 55 Ln- he offer of the Lake Shore Players catd o th seondfl*r t,.45.in-to re ent aplay for the benefit of me at to Fay yat a', to I 80 by May 1,1 rental of theI be .20jpercent 0. erts, Ra3 466 Roche, Ja B. Rogers. F to -attenid. et Rogers,, iènds are. cor days. )354, then use for viace. wited f 1' I I