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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 19 Oct 1939, p. 43

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1.uonratina~iLIcnurch., ,This author holds particular inter- est for Chicagoland since lie was born here, educated here, and be- gan his journallstic career with the Daily News in 1 922. His travels and posts as correspondent include Par- is, Berlin, 'Rome,. Scandinavia, Egypt,. Geneva-, Spain, Moscow, Lon- don, Syria, Poland, Greece, Aiba- nia,, Rumania, Turkey, Czechoslova- kia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Austria. 'là it'any wojnder that he speaks with authority -in bis twoô. compre- hensive books, "Inside Europe," and 4"Inside Asia".? the committee re-, marks. In bis London Diary he- says Nine tenths of 'journalism. is aý combination. of private ingenuity and publie friendship. You are helpless unless you know a lot of people and unless you can interpret. with some freshniess and stability of judgment what they tell you. A great deal is done at lunch and dinner.". In Uine with this statement he tells Prince of Wales, and other nobles, one day while the next be began the' morning with a communist, listened ail afternoon to Tories, Liberals, and j Laborites, and ended the day in con- versation witb the world's greatest anarchist, Emma Goldman. J Since Mr. Gunther writes with frthand knowledge on subjects soi vital today, it is not strange that this exhaustive study of conditions in Asia is being as widely read as "Inside Europe" was two years ago. Because of the popular demand, Mrs.. Zander will spend the entire morning discussing "Inside Asia," October 27, in Pilgrim Hall of 'the church, at 10:15 o'clock. The com- mi ttee in charge of the reviews con- sists of Mrs. Paul Gross, Jr., 1215 Chestnut avenue, Wilmette, chair- man of the series, andMiss Florence Butz, Mrs. Charles Bixby, Mrs. C. D). Ewer, Mrs. R. E. Pattison Kline, Mrs. Herbert Mulford, 'and Mrs. Bruce P. Owens. club or not, are invite.d to take part in this :phlantbropic work. For more. than, sixtv years the Park Ridge Scboolfor Girls, bas, been Providing depenident girls, with, a background of' care' and home life andschool training so adequate that they become indeDendent. Starti ng- in Evanston in 1877 whei. the poor bouse *Was the- only- available refuge for. dependents, and with a, meager, $500 for eauipment, tbe school bas grown until it' cannot accommoclate ail ýapplicants-for home, training. It is the oniy Institution of its kind; in the state of Illinois. Almost withoÙt exception girls leaving the scbool are ýcapable, of making their own way in the world. Mrs. Burt J. Denman of Wilmette is president of the scbool, and the followingr Wilmette women serve on the -board -of dtretorst Mrs. George W. Kibby, Mrs. John A. MacLean, and Mrs. Herbert B. Mulford. The sewing on Friday will be in charge of Mrs. MacLean with Mrs. Leslie F. Gates- as co-chairman; they will be assisted by a committee of ten women. Mrs. F. S. Currie will be luncheon chairman. Kappa Delta Alumnae To MeeI' This Friday Mrs. Lawrence D. Smith,. 943. Lin- coli street, Highland Park, wifl open ber home to the North Shore alum- nae of Kappa Delta, Fri.day, October 20, for a one-thirty o'clock luncheon. The programn feature of the after- noon will be a talk by Genevieve Bebrel,' who will present a collec- tion of millinery originals and adap-. tationsý to fit the individual. Miss Behrel, a Kappa Delta, is designer of custom millinery of the Gene- vieve Hat sbop at "The Chimneys," fir coat, for that important .,sporting, event." 3544OREE UAYROI VANSTON, ILLINOIq "PAKIG NTRAR L READ THE WANT ADS DAY and SATIJRDAY EYENINGS until 9 Q'CLOCK ask about cur free parking plan The Sigma Chi Mothers' club will revisions conmiee is rr be entertained by Mrs. Carl V. Han-' on Wednesdlay two eventý son, assisted by Mrs. Andrew E. uled, The internationa' Behat luncheon at 12:30 o'clock class will meet at 10, Monday, October 30, at Mrs. Han- afternoon at 1:30, Peai son's home, 1416 Edgewood lane, will be the speaker for Hubbard .Woods, tion and, civics class., a grand e egsi- jEDGAR A. STEVENS, fnc.' Evansion'

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