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THURSDAY, JANUARY 6 1938 January, the first month of the year according to the modern calâ€" endar, is a time of beginnings, and the Romans signified this fact by naming it after Janus, the god of beginnings, whose festival fell withâ€" in the month. He was a doubleâ€" headed deity, with one face looking forward and one looking backward, and this is symbolical of the month, which inspires thought of,fl:e past as well as of the future. " The speâ€" cial flower for the month of January is the snowdrop; the garnet is its ter cold days, the wolves, who could find nothing in the forests on which they could live, came into the villages in search of food. In northern United States the month is the severest of the winter and those states which do not have winter weather in the ordinary sense of the word have a rainy season in January. There are few signs of nature‘s activities during this month, There are some birds which stay through the cold season, but they are relatively few. For January Reading America‘s 60 Families, by Ferdâ€" inand Lundberg. ‘This is a unique and startling volumeâ€"unique in the facts it discloses, startling in its imâ€" plications. It is the first study of America‘s ruling familiesâ€"not the history of how these families acâ€" quired their wealth but an account of how they are employing and reâ€" taining their fortunes. f Originally January had only thirty days but Julius Caesar‘s calâ€" endar reforms gave it thirtyâ€"one. The general characteristics of the month have won for it various names in different countries; the Scandinavians, for instance, called it after Thor, the god of storms; and the Angloâ€"Saxons spoke of it as Wolfmont_;h, because, during its bitâ€" Hurricane‘s Children, by Carl Carâ€" mer. _ A country‘s personality is most vividly reflected by its folkâ€" lore: romantic Ireland‘s "Little peoâ€" ple," England‘s pixies, the Nagas of India, the djinns of Asia. All are the fancies of fertile imagination enlivened by years of successive telling. America, too,\EI- her fairy tales; they are not of little folk with magic power, but of giantsâ€"virile, mighty creatures, sired by a hurriâ€" cane, mothered by an earthquake, rivaling the power of Beowulf, the | Peossrrian Pomters‘ LIBRARY Hecketsweiler Studio 7 8. S. Johns Avenue Phone Highland Park 435 CAMERA SPECIALS IHAGEE CAMERAS at a real candid camera Compur, F 4.5 Tessar Lens SHBO BE â€"...140+40 060004 000614.c000ee0icccvcameniittcte Ziess Tessar F 2.8 Lens F 4.5 Lens (120 size) ..... IKON F 3.5 Nettar Lens IHAGEE CAMERAS CONTAX Model I strength of Hercules, but the prodâ€" uct of our own and our fathers‘ inâ€" herited imagination. This book, written by the author of Stars Fell on Alabama and Listen for a Loneâ€" some Drum, is illustrated by Elizâ€" abeth Black Carmer. Midâ€"Year Meeting Of Tenth District To Be Held Jan. 12 The midâ€"year meeting of the 10th District will be held with the Evanâ€" ston Catholie Woman‘s club, on Wednesday, January 12, at the Orâ€" rington hotel in Evanston. Mrs. Henry Rhode of Lake Forest, disâ€" trict president, will preside. > After a short conference of the executive board, held at 9:30 o‘clock, the general meeting will be opened by greetings from Mrs. A. H. Wittâ€" hoft, president of the hostess club, and Mrs. Rhode‘s response, after which the time will be devoted to inâ€" teresting as well as profitable sesâ€" sions throughout the day, "Believe in the larger club called Federation and the horizon will be boundless. ‘Thy part will be well performed whether of great import or small" Club presidents, chairâ€" men and members of the 62 senior and junior clubs in the 10th District are all district Federation members, and information both useful and inâ€" spiring will be gleaned by attending the district meetings, One of the speakers will be Mrs. Prentiss McKenzie, 1942 W. Farwell Ave., who will speak on "Books and Authors," and Mrs. Theresa C. Brown of Waukegan, district music chairman, will plan the music for the day. s The district department chairmen will discuss points of interest with their club chairmen during the luncheon hour. â€"Mrs. Truman F. Creager, viceâ€" president of the northern district, will be guest of honor. Luncheon reservations must be made with Mrs. E. J. Newton, 1213 Cleveland street, Evanston. Ida T. Warren (Mrs. E. J.) Press Chairman. Their Orbits Conflct Two dark gentlemen called one evening upon the same girl and arâ€" rived on her porch at the same time. "Yessuh, Mista Jones, we sho is contemporary on dis occasion." "Well, Mista Jonsing, I see we is done arrove sifmultoously dis evenâ€" ing." (Y*=WÂ¥>5_" *L K5 ITTLEâ€"TRAVELED ROADS LURE THE AIMLESS HIKER, WHOLL BE a Lor MORE SAFE IF HB WALKS ON THE LEFT gsiDE OF THE RoAp AgcAinstT ONCOMING TRAFFIC, THAN oN THE RIGHT SIDE WiITH TRAFFIC, says CHICAGO MmoTor cius. €HICAGO MOTOR €ELUVUB SUCGGESTED BY THE Urge Response To Christmas Seal Sale The Lake County Tuberculosis u-‘ sociation wishes to report that the amount to date from the Christmas Seal sale is $6,244.43. This is $1,â€" 060.45 short of the total amount raised last year without any atâ€" tempt at raising our goal for this year. While we seem to be gradually gaining ground there will have to be a more rapid turnover to ultimately reach the total of last year. Of the letters mailed at Thanksâ€" giving time, 5,817 have not been anâ€" swered. The association feels that those who have kept their sealsâ€"unâ€" til January have done so because they wish to make a contribution. It is not too late for those who reâ€" ceived these seals to participate in the allâ€"year campaign against the disease in Lake county. In the rush of Christmas shopâ€" ping many persons may have laid aside the return envelope ‘:I".kg“- companied the seals, negl to make their contribution for the seals. We urge everyone to respond and imake returns as early as cofvenâ€" iently possible. If it is not possible to purchase any or all of the seals, we will appretiate it if the unused oues are sent back. â€" + The association is preparing folâ€" lowâ€"up cards to be sent out to all who have not paid for their seals and urges everyone to send in his contribution at once in order to save the association the cost of postage in tracing the letters. Subscribe for the PRESS The First National Bank | Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance THE PRESSs Is the amount of interest distributqd to 6098 savings _ depositors for the six months ending December 31st, 1937. WE INVITE YOU TO ENLIST IN THIS ARMY OF THRIFTY HIGHLAND PARKERS Mrs. Ethel Berkson Exhibits Art Works At Woman‘s Club Throughout the month of Januâ€" ary there will be an art exhibit of unusual interest at the Highland Park Woman‘s club, which features the work of a local artist, Mrs. Ethel Berkson. This exhibit will be open to those members of the community who might be interested in viewing it, on Sunday afternoon, January 16, from 3 until 5 o‘clock, when the chairman of the Art committee, Mrs. James Freudenthal, the chairman of the Fine Arts department, Oliver, the president of Mrs. Herbert R. Smith, a lowing members of the A tee, Mesdames Irving St C of the graphic arts. Confined "“fl ~her=lonre byâ€"dliness, â€"she to experimoent ~brâ€"eltryse.dâ€"at suggestion of another talented local artist, Elizabeth Orton Jones, she found her best expression in a meâ€" dium known as "ink engravings." All of the pictures in this exhibit are in this form, although to the uninitiated they may appear like etchings or wood euts. Each picâ€" ture is original, both in subject and execution, the subjects drawn from memory of scenes and impressions . Automobile owners, on and after February 1, 1938, may obtain "_ automobile insurance of all kinds from one of the best and largest Surety companies (a stock company) on a "SAFE DRIVER REâ€" WARD PLAN" which will enable the careful driver to obtain his insurance on an entirely new basis, which will reward him as a A§XStareful driver. P of Highland Park INSURANCE ANNOUNCEMENT Automobile Insurance Rates Reduced 217 North Shore Building $9,666.90 . WILLIAM BRIDDLE, Agent Th Inquire For Particulars at the Offices of gained in trips in Europe‘ and America, The art of "ink engrayâ€" ing" is somewhat rare, It is the reâ€" verse of pen and ink drawing in that the ink is solidly applied, and the picture engraved in the inkâ€"a technic somewhat akin to that of the etcher or engraver. Tryouts for "Crab Apple" the forthcoming production of the "Stagâ€" ers," Deerfleld Dramatic club, were held Wednesday night, January 5. Deerfield Stagers Tryout For Play "Crabapple,". a light domestic comedy, was writter by Theodore Packard, a former student of the famous 47 Workshop of Yale which produced such playwrites as Eugene O‘Neill and Philip Barry, The play was written with the inâ€" tention of showing the pleunt‘ squabbles and the underlying kindâ€" ness of a crabby old father. Grown crotchety and weary with the burâ€" den of everyâ€"day cares which he takes too seriously, the old man is finally brought up sharply at the end of his rope in amusing and fast moving scenes. How his liberated family takes advantage of the new freedom .is most musingly . shown Lélzfi}i-erfi!in:fiiâ€"w::‘.‘“ af "In ~selecting "Crab Apple‘ the "Stagers" are continuing their polâ€" icy of varying the types of plays Highland Park, IMinois There will be a joint . installation of officers of the Altar and Rosary society and the Holy Name society on Wednesday evening at the Holy Cross church in Deerfield. ‘The proâ€" gram is in the hands of the retiring. officers and an interesting program has been arranged. ‘Those to be inâ€" stalled for 1988 are: 4 Altar and Rosary President ................Mrs. John Weich Vice President..Mrs. Thomas Mooney Treasurer ............Miss Clara Ender Secretary ..........Mrs. Raliph Bunham Monitor ..........Mrs. Frances Diebert Holy Name Society President ...........................Earl Frost Vice President............Albert Bartels Sec.â€"Treasurer ........Arthur J. Ender Marshal ..................Vernon Meintzer presented during the season. It will be presented on February 25 in the Deerfleld Grammar school, with Kenneth Hunter, directing. Deerfield Catholic Groups To Install Â¥3% > Highland Park 567 REPAIRS â€" RENTALS â€" SALES Larson‘s Stationery Store E. K. CATTON CALL PAGE