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\N ek.1 n Se1119 a Ge01 tleWeVk th-hoe bcaue te-fthe4 isum ini the year devoted to the interests th'oescueth ahri n employed and the mot ner worried' of the baby is to be added to tile long Such ahm iuto phsdss l ist of public benlefits for wvhicbi Chi- ahm iuto Plsdss caoi. responsible as Baby Week, ter- for niany childreii unless the par- cago isents are very carefully guided. The noiv an annual observance, %va s orîg- Infant Welfares eyla mna .iiated in, Chicago by -the Infant rehceyla mna Welfae soietyin 114. ygiene depurtment throughwhicb 1 \Vtfar socety n 194..,tlie nurses learn how té handie. diffi- l'lie purpose of Baby Week. is to ci oecniin.Priual jînpress upon pa rents a conscious ness perlexhomep rondimsion.deartng wîtb of th hazrds f inancyand o me situations are referred to the arouse an interest wluch %vill lead mental hygiene superviser. Last year those- who -are responsible -for the weIlbein ofcbilren o Iarî a lcarge percentage "of, sùcb problems, to càe fr tem nd e pt tatce" tered: around aduits who were tkowcaedgefo themanto Pt tarespon sible for the entire home care InswedgeinpF. ractice o f the chiildrén-and nothing construc- 'lle Infatruction Fore Mocthers t i ve could. be donc ýin the family, un- Tue Ifant elfar socity fili a plan had been evolved for the tas corps of. doctors and nurses ~i dneo teaut teaching mothers in the. poorest sec- tions' of Chicago o eput such Te unds Inadequate. knowledge into practice %Vith there- Toré funds available.to carryý on 1hie sul tht Ifan Wefar baieshav wok-.of the Infant Welfare socieÉy. cxactly six. tinies the chance. for life ar1 of y ndqae ome u that l)abies throughou t. the wbole of enorm~ously ïîîcreased deinand f or. Chicago have. Through tfle efforts service that the present economic- offftie Kenilworth center >f' the Ti- situation bias brought with, it, an([ in. faut Welfare socicty, Keniiworth lias tlîree years the society lias sustai.ned ý,ippjorted this work for îîeedy babies al deficit of $17966 but over against * thiat deficit must be set the fact that ior 19-vears in three %vays-bv asîî nîônv fr Swar Pak Ifan, X'e-there are thouisands of individual fare station,' by aking garnients for hiumianbejiigs whose feet have been InatWlfare babies andi b send- kept on the paths, of bealth and ing vouniteers to, help in thielstation helishae enan wllb c'enferences. catsier te live because this saciety bas .atyer eadpaksai.nc iven them -expert nmedical super- UicinantWefar sciev rovd, vision and the patient, tactful, skillful meicl uprvsin îî hul îîis-home tiursing service and aid. whichb servie for 1894 xpectn ufanut Welfare iînirses know se ývel1 niothers and littie children, the woîn î< t eue eni of our center raised $1,154 for the Our Biabyý Week conîmittee, b'eaded. ýitîppo(rt of their station, thev unade 1bv %rs,. Russell Matthias president 227 garmients for tlic babe' ies andsett the Keniilw\ýorthi center calls atten- vol)uniteer workers to e i hundrecl tien to flic fact tliat the nminimumt purcent of tfelic~ ee station coen- 1ne1eds of thou-sands qf babies are un- rereice. - 1 mt ani their chance-almost their Ckldren uier Mostel chiance-cf normal healtby ivle MisGrace Abbott, head of the h.es iii the intenisive care wvhich thiey Clild 1re n's- bureau of the Un. it eccel%'e fromi the Infant Welfare' se- States gerîntiassid Uî-it. It is hîoped thiat out of Baby drui ae icmenhrseta aîîl eck wi1I cone a renewed interest wlic suffer .the ,nost serietis 1eriiaii- icl viibrinz abouit morei- clit lusses in pcriu<ls cff<ipressio 1il. tellhgetit care cf children iin Uic more Pie CMse 0-f this fajct, the task oftll(.ic trtuniate classes of sýociety and even lui fant \Welfare sOcietv- for tuev past greater sup)port of the Infanit Wel- threce vears lias becoieuî moure and1 tare society to mneet tlic great need ii cre eue of quieker perceptni 0Of of the present tinie. ]ux os.s that is hI)ili% suffured bv the program was struck and sustained, for the Taylor opera, "Peter Ibbet- son," dramatized and partially sung by Mrs. Grace, soprano and diseuse. modern as it. is in harniony and melody turns te the age-old and ver% conventional dreamis for its themne., That a twentieth century public should se loudly.'acclaitn a new oper a utilizing for plot a love story.of sup- ,pression and, dream lîfe migbt in- dicate that in spite of' everything psyvhologists mtay do te make ex- troverts .of ail intreverts, înest in- dividuals are fu.ndamentally senti- mental 'and will coniitnue *dreamers to the, end of finie. If there is anjy doubt that the love- ly and clev'er, Mrs. 'Grace,; in sheil pink, puff ed - slceves: and ruffled organdy and, wearing lier bair ,in smooth- brown 'curis of shoulder length, stylesý of 1850 so similar .te the present adaptations, failed to car- ry bier audience and recreate the tragic mooçi of the opera, it can onlY be said that listeners were seen dab- bing at their eyes witb bandker- chiefs, . and that the applause and buzzing comments were sufficiently entlîusiastic to rate this, the closingr progran of the club, seasoti, anîong the miost brilliant anîd ènjoyableý. . ýMrs. ;Charles N. EVans,ý chairmaxi of the music department whichi spon- sored the program, introduced Mrs. Grace following the presentatien cf annual reports by 'Mrs. Arthur J., Dixon, the president, and: Mrs. C. Warren Çozzens, the treasurer. Mrs. Dixon "reviewed with prile" twe years 'of, great concern during whichi she bas been assisted by board, and club memnbers over what at times appeared " "instirmountable trials." She rnentionied retrenclb- mieuts, but at tbe sanie tirue sum- mcd ni) such a crowded calendar oi events: and activities thiat the nnpra- tice d eve couldnîot sec jpst wleredî clever finance cemmittee had clipped the corners. Net onlv bave regular expenses been cared for, but more than $2,000 has been paid off on in - d ebtedness, Mrs. Dixon said. ioJVVu PDy Ine pro.. p8 5Aai iL Ia 5IItJIIe. .-The Rotary clubs of Wilmette, Win- netka and Glencoe are participating ini the joint meeting. R. L. F. Bieseincier is, chairman of 'tbe executive commit- tee,. which bas general charge of ar- rangements, for the "affair.: Other membe rs 1of, thée xecdtive committee are: Arthur C. F. Gedge, Frederick. A. Kahler, George W. Top- pér, Thomas Thompson,l Lloyd Hollis- ter,:AbeFe,I-Henry C. .Wieneke, andi Don E. Marsh., Frederick A., Kahler, dean of boysý at New Trier' High scbool, is. chair- man of thé program commlitfee. The dramatic, music, forensic, atbletic and other 'de partmnents of the higli schooU Nill partici pate, in' the programn, details cf -whicb will be announced next week. The program will. be, in 'charge 1 of Supt; M. P. Gaffney of New. Trier Higliscliool. Dont E. Marsb is. chairman of the dinner committee, and Lloyd Hollister will be toastiuaster for the dinner, Decorations for the affair will be in charge of a committee 'headed by George W. Topper. Wilmette Pupils Play in Kimbail Musicale A musicale by pupils from piano clas ses i schools of the Chicago area was bield Satuirday, April 22,.in Kimi- bail ball, Chicago. Unlder the direc- tien of Mrs. Edith M. Vivian, director of piano classes in the Wilmette pub- lic schools, the following prograni was played by thé Wilniette group. Real) the Flax .......... Swedish Folk i)ance of ';reetinig Hide and Seek................ SclîYtte Solfeggietto -..'..................Bach, Minte alt................Chopin *The following cbildren teck part and rece 'ived special.mention f rom W. Otto. Miessnier, origiîîator cf Thée Melody Way Systcm, for their-playing: Hobart Gary, Pheebeý MacLean, Elizabeth Jones, Dick 'Kahn, Laura Elizabeth King, Eiîcen Johannsen, Peggy Magie, Howard Henderson, Nancy Drake, Rosemary Haldorseni, Margaret Mehl- tI troi d<cti Welfare society lias se scrutinized the value of the work it is doing and anahyzed its 'procedure, îîot o1n1Y within its own group but iii it conitact with other agencies. Only with every organization doing its best possible job, witb, the resources at land 4'ndt chidren, 524 Mapie avenue, mnotoren neL te Waukesha, Wis., where they spent s the week-end. . Miss Caroline Harris, 225 Melmose --0- avenue, is leaving Keibdworth Mon- Mr. and Mrs. M. Gardner Hender- day, May 1, for Washington, D. C., cf son, 249. Cumnnor road, Kenilworth, wbere she lias taken a position with th, entertained informally at tea Sunday.' Dr. Franklin Martin. 3 unimer andi are moviiig i juUC 1 Mr. and Mrs.'Bernard C. WilsOn )f New York will arrive the end of he. week te visit the Burt Crowes- 34 Raleighi road, Kenilwôrth.ý