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House cleaning has started in Duke City, and the problem of adequate help deserves great conâ€" ~sideration. With our higher standâ€" _ ards of service, limited hours and It seems the Penkins family is â€"blessed with one giffed member, who rules all their actions. Gloria, Wanda‘s sister, has visions. At one Thumb Nail Sketch Of Wanda Jenkins boosted wages, by the end of the day I find myself exhausted, physâ€" fcally as well as financially. After experiences with Mexican women, who prefer unemployment because. of generous relief, negro women who take my time to read the funnies while they rock rythâ€" mically ‘back and forth in the glider on the sunâ€"warmed patio, and the sweet, willing Indian girls who weep with homesickness for their wigwams, I‘ve finally settled on a paleâ€"face by the riame of Wanda Jenking 2 Wanda arrives promptly at 8:30 a.m. arrayed elaborately.in. a king‘sâ€"blue formal. I watch her from my window as she regally walks the two blocks from the bus stop, her long, sheer skirts swirlâ€" ing up the sand of the avenue, for we have few sidewalks in Albuâ€" Wanda‘s party frock is partially, covered by a red and yellow plaid sports coat. She wears a bright green scarf over her blond curis. Checrily she enters the house and proceeds to change her dress, donâ€" ning another longâ€"skirted formal, this time a brown one which has seen considerable service. s The first day she worked for me I wondered how she could clean and dust in such attire. I forbore to question her, however, and as she worked, the explanaâ€" tion for all her behavior was freeâ€" ly offered. ° e querque. time the family lived in Kansas, but one of Gloria‘s visions dictated a move to Albuquerque, so here â€" It is Gloria who ‘insists that Wanda . wear party dresses to work, so party dresses she wears. As she doesher workâ€"well, who "Scenic South America" The members of the Highland Park. Woman‘s Club:will enjoy a full day of ‘interesting activities next Tuesday, Mar. 7. The first meeting of the day will be the Collectors‘ Study Group at 10:30 A.M. At 12:45 the Drama Comâ€" mittee will present a Play Review. Mrs. Sidney Frisch, president, will preside at the regular afternoon meeting at 2 o‘clock. After the brief business session Mrs. Garâ€" field Day will introduce Krances Olson who will present a colored motion picture lecture on "Scenic South America". Both Mrs. Olson and“ her husâ€" band, Gilbert Olson, are teachers in Chicago high schools and have fine academic backgrounds. Reâ€" cently they took a year‘s leave of absence for a vacation to indulge their hobby: photography. Eight months were spent on the west coast of South America, from the Carribean to the Strait of Maâ€" gellan and Punta Arenas, the southermost city of the world. Travelling by boat, automobile and airplane they were able to secure unusually beautiful and authentic motion pictures of Columbia, Ecuador, Peru and Chile.â€"Intimate erican capitals, ancient ruins, haâ€" tive Indians, religious processions, churches, waterfalls, trails in the Andes where the scenery is verâ€" tical instead of horizontal, castles in the air, colorful flowers, and icebergs are some of the many enâ€" thralling sights which the Olsons have photographed and which Mrs. Olson will describe as the pictures unfold. The club members will be parâ€" ticularly interested in viewing these pictures which will be the first shown on the Club‘s. new ‘beaded screen‘. Also for the first time the auditoriam will be darkâ€" ened by the use of new window shades especially installed for this knows you will want to make speâ€" cial note of the date: Mar. 7, the time 10:30 A.M., when they will present Miss Helen Mitchell â€"of the Wilson Galleries of Chicago who will speak on "Chinese Exâ€" port . Ware or soâ€"called Loweâ€" stoft". This controversial subject is of great interest to collectors everywhere. Miss Mitchell is bringâ€" m-mmd ,la.lcrm-ldi.hy. 'omd-u-_h'p!w,h-w-'s-‘ We are always happy when we can present a speaker whose avoeation Thursday, March 2, 1950 to find everything spic and span. Wanda was dressed in the king‘sâ€" blue formal, ready to leave: When I opened my purse to pay her, sheâ€" said : ‘Please take out fifteen cents, because I got tired and lay down for a little while; and take off a nickel for a ‘pear I ate when I got hungry." ~â€"> in such a naive, friendly â€"fashion that I hesitate to correct her. I find her trustworthy, and feel quite free to leave ‘her alone in the house. The other day I did so, You will agree, dear Millic, that with Wanda for a helper my houseâ€"cleaning will be a pleasure â€"but a pleasure! â€" The Moose Her keeper she likes for the vittles he serves, & For dessert there are twigs from the forest preserves. am I to say how she shall dress? She calls us all by our first names that you‘ve mothing to do, cz Call on Myrtle, the Moose, at the Lincoln Park zoo. . & Myrtle‘s just a young‘thing. When her growing is done â€" s t Probabilities are_that she‘ll weigh _half a ton ss, I But don‘t expect antlers,â€"it‘s no earthly use, For antlers don‘t grow on a little girl moose, When you find, some nice day, Century Silver and this program should be just ‘as exciting. Miss Mitchel} speaks as an authority on 18th Century Antiques.; She is m graduate of the University of Chicago, did graduate ‘work at Yale, studied h France and Engâ€" land and for 9 years was Assistant Curator in the Decorative Arts Dept. of the Art Institute of Chiâ€" "Moose" is an Indian word meanâ€" ing. "He strips"â€" â€" f (That‘s enough from you, Junior â€"please, no funny quips! Oh, skip itâ€"I know you just meaht it to tease)â€" The term means, "Hestrips the twigs from ‘the trees." ¢ The reason why Myrtle is greeted ‘~with cheers? f She‘s Chicago‘s first moose lo, these 34 years! 5 has become herâ€"vocation. Last year she gave us one of our finest_prgâ€" cago in charge of Silver and Cerâ€" amics. Since leavingâ€"the museum, she has worked at Geo, Jensen in New â€"York and for the last three years, with Wilsonâ€" Galleries in Chicago. Mrs. Kendall Clough is in charge of this meeting and will introduce the speaker. Anyone interested in Antiques is most cordially invited. to the meetings of the Collectors‘ Study. Group, ‘which are held the first Tuesday of each month at 10:30 at the Clubhouse. _ . a The Drama Committee, headed by Mrs. .Mark Brown, is proud to present Miss Maxine Stetson who will review "Ann of A Thousand Days" by* Maxwell Anderson. Those who heard Mis$ Stetson preâ€" sent the Club‘s Christmas program in 1948 will be most anxious to hear her review this fine drama. Miss Stetson is a gradudte.of the American Academy of~ Dramatic ience in radio and stage work. She has exceptional ability of putting her audience at ease and holding Girl Scouts To ~ Fete Fathers A Fatherâ€"Daughter rally of the Highland Park Girlâ€" Scouts will be held on Marchâ€"12 at 3 p.m. in the Elm Place School auditoriâ€" um. The program will be an interâ€" pretation of Girl Scouting. their complete attention because noon session the Hospitality Comâ€" mittee will provide tea in both the auditorium and the lounge. At the conclusion of the afterâ€" Body & Fender Repairing 322 N. First myruaec, D A H L‘ S â€"R.B.0. . Members may bring their famâ€" ilies or guests to the meeting and the Senior mebers of the Chilâ€" dren of the American Revolution are special guests for the evening. Hostesses assisting Mrs. Kraft for the evening are. Mesdames O. Paul Decker, William S. Jacob, E. B. Jordan, John McGuire, Charles M.â€"Rose, Harry J. Van Ornum, James L. Whitehouse and V,. Edâ€" ward Lawrence, Chairman. Dr. John +F. Bell, ‘professor of Economics at â€"the University of lllinois, a most distinguished speaker, will address the meeting on the subject of "From Victorian to Atomic Age, Fifty years <of will open her home at eight o‘clock in the evening Thursday, March 9, for a meeting of the North Shore Chapter DAR, of which Mrs. William F. Einbecker~ is‘ Reâ€" Travelling extensively in Europe and Asia, studying economic life, especially under the dictatorships in Germany and Russia and the cooperatives â€" of Scandinavia,â€" he has taught at the Universities of Syracuse, Western Reserve and West Virginia. He is a frequent contributor to financial and, busiâ€" ness magazines, a recent article, "Monopoly in America" having apâ€" peared in the December, 1949, issue of Current History. He is at Marion Ariano, â€"eighth grade pupil of the Oak Terrace School, Highwood, writer of the best essay on The Obligations and Privileges of an American< Citizen, was nomic COAL CRISIS CREATES EMERGENCY â€"___ REQUIRING RESTRICTIONSâ€" _ â€"â€" â€"â€"ON USBâ€" OF ELECTRICITY _ PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN iLLINOIS. . thought. writing Wiince July, 1949, we have made every effort to maintain an. < Numerous con! adequate fuel supply. Despite these efforts, curtailment of coal â€"â€" held with the lllin mining to three days a week and the several cessations of work 5 review and hearin have reduced our fuel storage supplyâ€"from 80 days on July , the use of electric 1949, to 21 days on Monday, February 20. â€" These restrictio Although all our électric genérating stations are equipped _ for public health ? to.burn natural gas or oil in substitution for coal, the quantity ly, commencing 1 * of these fuels available in wintertime is limited. D\mv recent‘ _ order is effective. months, all of these fuels that we.could obtain have beeri used. Pertinent sections "While these restrictions require a reduction in use of ar least _ customers as well as to other classes of customers. Residential 25%, all customers are urged to reduce their use of electricity in _ customers are included because the Commission is of the every possible way, such as by elimination of dispensable winâ€" _ opinion that all customers shoald assume an equal degree dow, display, sign whd marquee lighting. The urgency and _ of responsibility for the conservation of the rapidly diminishâ€" serious nature of the present emergency require that there be ing coal supply. > no unnecessary or improvident uses of electric energy. Soâ€" ‘The Commission, however, realizes that the electric utilâ€" called ‘dimout‘ orders frequently include specific prohibitions .. â€"ities might experience great difficulty if they were to attempt against particular uses of electricity. Experience has proved, _ to force compliance by the bundreds of thonsands of individual however, that in many cases such specific prohibitions cause residential customers, and also that these customers may be ;liialdn.ocimuilhiesud&c&».niafionou\o'( unable to determine whether they have reduced their use of proportion to the fuel savings thereby realized. ... . electricity by the required percentage. "It will be noted that the restrictions apply to residential * "While these restrictions require a reduction in use of ar least 25%, all customers are urged to reduce their use of electricity in every possible way, such as by elimination of dispensable winâ€" dow, display, sign and marquee lighting. The urgency and serious nature of the present emergency require that there be no unnecessary or improvident uses of electric energy. Soâ€" "Therefore, residential customers are urged to conserve electricity in every way cooperates in this spirit will be deemed to be in full compliance with this order." THE PRESS "No user of electricity, other than a public water supply or sewage disposal system or public street lighting system, shall, during the sevenâ€"day period February 27, 1950 to March 5, 1950, inclusive, and duh'ng each successive sevenâ€"day period thereafter until otherwise ordered by the Commission, use more than 75% of such customer‘s average weekly use of elecâ€" tricity during January 1950. A customer‘s average weekly use during January 1950 shall be deemed to be seven times the daily average number of kilowaulwm_-s s ‘used by him in his . This newly organited project is under very capable supervision of some of <the mothers .and other women of. the; church. There is need of help from members and friends in â€"«@ material way: two play pens, two six year old cribs, a high chair and a few blankets and toys are essential present reâ€" quirements. Should anyone interested in the project care to make a contribuâ€" tion . and thus enable parents to attend the worship service at 11 :00 a.m; will such please contact the church office (3522) or Evelyn Kalseim at (4833), and arrangeâ€" ments will be made to have these things picked up. ~ Members of Bethanyâ€" will be happyâ€" to «hare the Nursery with Nursery Project under five years of age in order that their parents may lt.q-d Snldgy morning worship nervz Under the sponsorship of the Bethany Guild of the Evangelical United Brethren Church (Laurel ut ‘McGovern) a Nursery is to be started for children and infants awardedâ€"a_prize of five dollars by the â€"North Shore Chapter DAR at the school on Thursday, January 12th, when the members of the chapter were guests of the stuâ€" dents, the PTA and of Mr. Wayne A. Thomas, principal, at a most inspiring meeting on Americanism; morning servic GOT ANYTHING TO SELL? TRY A PRESS WANT AD FOR BEST RESULTS g period which ended in January, 1950. Mouse, Donald Duck, Pinocchio, Such a number is a prodigious undertaking, but with the full cooperation of the Disney staff, plus long months of concentrated effort by Ice Capades producer John H. Harris and his company, *Toy Shop" has blazed » new trail for ice show entertainment. all of Disney‘s famous characters, It‘s a most delightful fantasy that contains opportunity for some brilliant solo skating by Bobby "Toy Shop" Heads Ice Capades Attra *Toy: Shop", top attraction of Ice Capades of .1950, coming to the Chicago Arena from March 14 t.:rmgh April 2, inclusive, is a Walt Disney ‘original in which Pluto and Dumbe, have prominent Specht, Mary ‘Lou Landreville and Eric Waite, as well as an ensemble of Ice Capets as toy soldiers. All of this talent is |displayed in the moit attractive of settings. Two new songsâ€""I Fell in Love .with a Dream" and "Toy Shop. Jamboree"â€" were written for ‘‘Toy Shop" in the ice reyue byâ€"Elliott ‘Daniel and JFohn Long: cc')mpolers of "Lavender Blue", + Numerous conferences on this critical situation have been held with the Illinois Commerce Gommission. Following a final review and hearing, the Commission ordered restrictions on the use of electricity. a~ xi Nes : ‘These restrictions are necessary to. prolong electric service for public health and safety and protection of property. Accotdiag» 'ly, -commdngflMon;_da", Fd;nnry 27, 1950, the curtailment â€" â€" _ Individual, partnerships, corporations Bookkeeping and Insurance ~*L BARACANI OFFICE SERVICE I INCOME TAX SERVICE â€" Hours â€" 9:00â€"12:00â€"1:00â€"5:00 Open Evenings â€" 7:00 to 9:00 the‘Junior Chamber of Commerce. Six Saturday and Sunday matinees are scheduled in addition to the 20 night performances, Tickets for all performances are on sale at the Areria box office and at Lytton‘s in the loop and Larson and many others. Ice Capades of 1950 will open with a benefit night sponsored by in the brilliant musical revue on blades are "The Old Smoothies" (Orrin Markhus and Irma Thomâ€" as), Johnny Lettengarver," Larry Jackson, Bernie Lynam, ‘Patti Phillippi, Helen Davidson, Mcâ€" Kellen Brothers, Ruby and Bobby Konrad, Mary Lela Wood, Chuckie being accepted at the Arena. which boasts a"cast of close to 200 to move on the road. Other stars "Casey Lowered the Boom" and This is only one of tenâ€"lavish oduction numbers in the tenth TRY A‘ PRESS WANT AD DO YOU NEED HELP?