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The Parent's and Teacher's col- lection is one of the most. prized groups of books in the Wilniette pub.- lic library. It is made up of beau- tiful children's books that parents and teachers may read to their cliii- diren. There a r e brighit picture books, lovely. fairy tales and hand- some editions .of stories children should know. Each year it grows in popularity as. parents become famii- iar wvith the collection. Also, in this connectioni, Miss Aine McICay, t h e children's librarian,, helps. parents choose suitable gits for birthdays amid other nvr ies. nvea In addition to books for children, the llbrary.has a great many books about, children. It is able to help parents- with books on playthings, gaines, psychology, education, fll- nesses and. food. in addition, the Motion Pictureý couneil of Wilmette cooperates with the publicelibrary ini subseribing to the "Motion Picture Review Di- gest" Parents may cali a nd flnd the suitability rating of pictures, whether fer aduits, young people or Children. This service also furnishes information about t he pictures- cast, director, author of trand screen adapter. ~ o n Resuits of a Recent Survey <Article 2) Continuing with some significant tacts brought out in the survey: An average of 2.7 radios in each home. Only one home without - radio. Thirty-nine per cent of ail children from flrst grade through eighith'pos- sess a. radio "ail their own." For the flrst grade alone (six-year-olds), such itidividual owners number 17 per cent. Trhis percentage increascs regularly up to the eighth, grade, where we flnd 'that. 55 ýper cent of te pupils have a radio at home ".-Il! Sheir own.." For every grade the ercentage of' boys owning a radin, individually, is greater than that of the girls. Considering ahl grades to- -gether , we find that, 46 per cent: of the 943 boy-s and 31 per cent of the 874 girls are in this classification. Ask Some Questions Do you flnd food for thought ini t.hese indications of, the importance of radio in the lhves ôof our Wtt- mette children? What is the effect -mental and emotional-of this ra- dio listenlng? To what kind of pro-1 grams are they listening? Is there much parental supervision of their listening or are they free to choose whatever programs they prefer? Are we changlng from a situation where the family listens as a unit to one ini which each. member of the and making arrangements for space. IThe annual Better Homes exhibit P as an enviable reputation among exhibitors who regard it as an un- usual opportunity to. show their new equipynent to inte rested homnemak- ers. It receives a rousing welcome each, spring from the residents of .Wlmette 'and the neighboring vil- lages, who regard. ii as a style show of w'hat's new for the home. Teeare always demonstrations of the latest and best labor sav ing devices for the home and exhibits of the laetin home furnishings. In addition, ýtheire le alwaye ir put on by the members of thlu ti year. in-ejiarge of Mrs. Charles W. Robb, whlch> brings an added spirit ofý gayety.and fun -and "good neigh- bor" feeling to thé show. "Egvery- one, ýit is claimed, cornes once at least to each "Better Homnes." The naine is the slogan of the ex- hbbit, for its purpose is that - to] make for "better homes.- SEW FOR ARDEN SHORE Mrs. Paul C. Clovis, 244 Cumnorx road, Kenilworth, entertained a1 group of women for luncheon Tues-i day, and the afternoon, was spenti sewing forArden Shore. bly, held this January at the Baha'i headquarters on Sheridan road, 'Nil- mette. lus subject will be "The Baha'i Commnunity." On Wednesday evening Horace Holley gave the 's econid of his series of talkg. on "The transformation of Humari Society," this one beig on "A World in Conflicti, "the turm.oil of 'the' age marking a true- humain crisis" and * a turning point, in hie- tory. 1on1 Wednesday evening, Janu- ary 24 his subject will be "'Psycholo- gy, the Field of Conflict." he Children's Hûur will be héld at Il ô'clock Sunday morning in Foundation hall., B1RTHIDAY ROSTESS Lenore Pearson ,daughter, of -Mr. and, Mrs. August 'C. Pearson, 898 Cherry street, Winnetka, entertain-, ed twelve children at ber eleventh birthday party at her home on Mon- day. The guests were, pupils frorn the fourth grade at St. Joseph's school in Wilmette. Miss Le Rose Goldberg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M H. Goldberg, 1227 Sixteenth street, who has been iii at her home with pneumonia. is reported to be making good progress toward convalescence.