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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 15 Nov 1918, p. 2

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a collection taken, will be charged for © Patriotism After The War tL WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1918 Winnetka Weekly Talk | ISSUED FRIDAY OF EACH WEEK by The Lake Shore Publishing Company 1222 Central Ave. Wilmette, Ill Business Telephone. ..... Wilmette 1921 Editorial Telephone. ..... Wilmette 1920 Winnetka Office Telephone. . Winn. 3588 SUBSCRIPTION. ........ $1.00 A YEAR Strictly in advance © \ Address all communications to the Winnetka Weekly Talk, Wilmette, 1lL Anonymous communications will be passed to the waste basket. The same applies to rejected manuscript unless turn postage is enclosed. Articles tor publication should reach this office by Tuesday afternoon to insure appear- ance in current issue. Resolutions of condolence, cards of thanks, obituary poetry, notices of entertainments or other affairs where an admittance charge will be made or at regular advertising rates. ' Entered in the postoffice at Winnetka, Qlinois, as mail matter of the second slags. under the act of March 3, 1879. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1918 We cannot escape the reaction that will follow the conclusion of peace. Indeed, we have scarcely realized the tension under which we have lived for the last eighteen months, longer than that in many instances. We shall feel the let down, the lack of support afforded by the patriotic fer- vor which has filled us. We have not known just how much we have been living on our nerve, so to speak, keep- ing down the anxiety and heart ache, burying ourselves in activities, keep- ing our emotions anaesthetized lest we be mastered by them and render- ed useless to help in the great task which we had in hand. Since we have let ourselves go, have given vent to the pent-up spirit with- m ns, and we have not yet come to an appreciation of what lies ahead of us before we can call the task of winning the war complete. We have months, years perhaps, to live through, months and years which will try our patriotism as much as those of the last year and a half, and we must live them without the stimulus of the goal yet to be won. Qur war work has not ended. We -_. (---- EE ----. War Emergency Union Activities RED CROSS JUNK The shortage of paper is a serious one and will continue to be for a long time unless every householder does his part in helping to relieve the situation. Save all your waste paper and sell it to the Red Cross Junk man, who will buy newspapers, magazines, and scrap paper if it is either packed in paper boxes or se- curely tied in good sized bundles. Phone Golinsky, Wilmette 1150, the local official Red Cross Junk man. "CARRY ON" IS NOW THE MOTTO FOR ALL Peace prospects do not justify slackening of effort; much hard work lies ahead. The following article appeared in the official bulletin of the State Council of Defense: ~ "English speaking peoples are in- debted to England for one of the most impressive and inclusive phrases born of the war: Carry on! It is a simple variant of the Amer- ican phrases, "keep going", "stick to your job", and "see it through", but because the war produced it, or at least made it familiar, it seems to carry a deeper significance. Never since America entered the, war has it been more important than it is now that Americans and Amer- ica, Illinoisans and Illinois should carry om. This housecleaning business is a big job; just about as big for this year, and for one, two or three years to come, as the war itself. It isn't as inspiring a job as making war. It carries no thrills. It is simple, stern, hard, unescapable duty. That is why 'we must carry on; why we must continue to economize to conserve food and clothing, fuel and labor. The millions of men in our own forces and in the forces of our allies did not automatically be- come self-supporting by the signing of an armistice. The world must live upon this year's supplies until new supplies can be created. The great undertakings for the aid and relief of the army and navy--the Red Cross, the Y. M. C. A. Knights of Columbus, Salvation Army and the rest must be supported just as though the end of the fighting were | in the indefinite future for our sol- diers are going to remain abroad un- WINNETKA IS SECOND, WHY NOT FIRST The following letter speaks for it- self and is an inspiration to keep up the good work and perhaps to do even better. Mr. Horace Kent Tenney, General Chairman, War Emergency Union of Winnetka. Winnetka, Illinois. Dear Sir: -- The State Council of Defense very kindly wrote a letter on Octo- ber 26 to their various affiliated bodies for Cook County, outside of Chicago, asking for the support of such organizations in assisting the War Savings campaign during the balance of the year. Their letter "hit the nail on the head" in the majority of post office districts in which their organization is located. We are pleased to advise vou, however, that Winnetka is an exception to this rule inasmuch as that post office district is not behind in its alloted quota of War Savings stamps, due to the efficient manner in which the Winnetka War Savings chairman, Mr. H. A. de Windt, has handled the War Savings activities. I May we ask that you call this cor- rection to the attention of your mem- bers, all of whom no doubt, possess an interest and civic pride in Win- netka's showing, and will be pleased to give Mr. de Windt their hearty co-operation in the continuance of the good work he is doing? Yours for "Over the Top" War Savings Committee Cook County. By A. W. Doell, chairman. WAR EMERGENCY UNION NOTES for The Secretary of the treasury has called for redemption on November 21, 1918, the issue of United States Treasury Certificates of Indebtedness maturing December 5, 1918, and re- quests that this call be given the widest possible publicity. In order to assist in this, if you have an issue i of your paper going to press on | either Saturday. November 9, or on ! Monday, November 11, we will ap- | preciate your publishing the follow- {ing notice: "All United States Treasury Cer- | tificates of Indebtedness of series 1V. | D., dated August 6, 1918, and matur- go on. For it is only after primitive physical needs are satisfied that civilization can advance. President Wilson said in his address to Con- gress when presenting the terms of the armistice, "Hunger does not breed reform; it breeds madness and all the ugly distempers that make an ordered life impossible." Is it not clear what Winnetka's part must be? To respond with alacrity to all requests made by the Food Administration, and while awaiting the new ruling made pos- sible by the release of shipping, which the armistice will bring, to economy and self-denial which we have gladly learned to practice in the last eighteen months, will be our contribution, not only to the amelioration of Europe's pangs, but to the safe-guarding of democratic institutions everywhere. And if it is true that the new channel of help- fulness opened to international effort is to flow free and unimpeded in peace where it has made its way with difficulty by the force of human pity even in war, then our village may also by a wise and kindly self- denial be helping to bring about a League of Nations. To All War Workers The following extract from a let- ter received this week by the chair- man of the Winnetka Red Cross auxiliary, speaks for itself, and will | undoubtedly prevent any decrease in 'our war work. | "The cessation of hostilities will not mean the immediate stopping of any phase of Red Cross work. It is | anticipated that all departments will | continue indefinitely. As Red Cross | workers you have assumed the | responsibility for carrying out many important undertakings. To relax or | slacken in your efforts at this time would be disastrous. It would constitute a serious menace to the welfare of our army and navy. It is impossible to say what the future holds for the American Expedition- ary forces and they must have our unwavering support until their re- instatement in civilian life has been fully accomplished. The Red Cross will be called upon to carry a large part of this burden. We urge you therefore to main- tain the high morale which has en- abled the Chicago chapter to make an enviable record and continue your Red Cross service precisely as you have until the officers of the organ- continue in the ways of thrift and lization officially notify you of cur- tailment of Red Cross activities. Very truly yours, Marquis Eaton, ; chairman, Chicago chapter, American Red Cross. Christmas Boxes for Men in Relief : Work Relatives or friends may send Christmas boxes to men in Relief work of the A. E. F. by applying at 35 Wabash avenue, Chicago. Call Mrs. Hammond for particulars. WAR PERSONALS Lieutenant E. Ashley Gerhard, who has been home for a few days fur- lough, has returned to the Debarka- tion Hospital, New York. ih Wallace Clore has entered service in the Marines, and is now at Paris Island. Thorne Clarkson Taylor has re- ceived his commission as Captain of the 94th Aero Squad. First Lieutenant Charles H. Matz has been promoted to Captain. (Continued on Page Three) | Vulcanizing | WINNETKA TIRE SHOP Hood, Mason and Firestone Tires 723 Oak Street, Winnetka I TELEPHONE WINNETKA 1565 - Repairing Monarch Perfection Red Tubes Don't Worry about your Soft Coal ! ~ al GET A PACKAGE OF Carbonoid Soot Destroyer have yet to perform the sacrifice necessary to save the food that we -- ~~ must save from the harvest of last til the house-cleaning job is finished, ing December 5, 1918, are hereby call- and many of them will be sick and | ed for redemption on November 21, all of them will need comforts and | 1918, at par and accrued interest pur- - bidding has aroused the passion of a most democratic people for seli-| summer to carry our allies, and Ger- many and Austria, too, in all probab- ility, through the hard season until there can be a rehabilitation of the farms and something like normal production is resumed. We have still to do whatever is nec- essary to keep our soldiers overseas supplied with all the necessities and whatever of the comforts of life can be provided for them. We have yet to work out the policies which are to put us back again upon the normal, and to cure those social and politic- | al ills which existed before the war. | We shall have plenty of opportuni- ty to use the patriotism which we | have learned to feel during the trial] under which we have lived. It will | not do for us to lose the driving | force that we have developed. during the war. | The Next Congress The duties, the opportunities and | the responsibilities that will be upon | the new of the United] States are such as have rested upon no other legislative body of men inj the history of the nation. Questions | which are to decide the happiness of the people of our country and to affect the welfare of people all over | the world will have to be met and Congress solved. In electing a majority of Repub-| licans to both houses of Congress, the | United States has pronounced its de- | termination to live under a govern- ment of the people administered by the people. The plea of the President for a Congress which would do his government and the business of the] next Congress will be to show to the | world that theirs is a country cap- able of the exercise of the rights of | self-government able to every personal ambition in a desire | for the general good. pag | And for the first time in the history of this country the. "general good" in| America does not' mean the good of! those people alone who live between: the Canadian and Mexican-boundar- and sink | | other traditions than ours. | tions of government. wholesome recreation. Also, to finish up the house-clean- ing business, to repatriate the sol- diers now abroad, to be ready for an emergency, the government will still need funds. So when calls are made it is essential--just as essential now las it was when we first entered the war--thas the public shall subscribe. Most of all, the morale of the people at home must be maintained. To do that all must carry on, each in his jo>, no maiter what the joo may be. There must be no let up now. Red Cross Reports Reports of Red Cross work in Win netka will be published next week. ies and between the shores of the two oceans. the world and must take thought of people differing in speaking a different tongue, holding We have taken qur place in old world politics from us race, and must, whether we so desire or | not, have a voice in the determina- tion of the future of millions of men and women who will, as a result of | the war, be established in new rela- There will be new nations after the war, new boun- It will be the part of the government of the United working with of the other nations of the western world, shall be conditions daries, new alliances. States, those to decide where and what these boundaries and of government. The choice of the new Congress Las been more than has been an expression of independ- ence by the people of the United States and it represents the accept- of the the burdens upon the whole of that he government of this country in ance people will rest avy next two years. The men who will take office in the new Congress on March 4, 1919, will the They will be in a posi- then moment of thejr lives. face gravest tion of responsibility which comes to They will be accepting a They will all their few men. solemn duty to humanity. need all their moral force to carry the difficult months which will lie be- fore them. : 5 manhood, them through We are an integral part of | a party. victory. lt. {Suant to the provision for such re- demption contained in the certi- ficates. On November 21, 1918, interest on! all certificates of said series will cease to accrue." Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, ' Government Bond department. ! STATE COUNCIL CF DEFENSE STUDY COURSES FOR WOMEN | |. | Women who have stirring of any | kind within their souls, urging them toward either volunteer or remun erative war work, whether or not | rey have heretofore held paid po | sitions, will he interested in the re ! vised pamphlet just issued by | Courses of Instruction {Woman's Committee, State "of Defense. There are forty new courses open to women, tabulated chiefly for wom- en whose husbands, sons or brothers are in service and who now find themselves in need of werk, anxious | to do volunteer work, to learn hov to work, or to learn some other worl Further information regarding this may be had by applying to the office of the War Emergency Union. OUR VILLAGE AND A LEAGUE OF NATIONS In the Chicago papers on Premier day we read the demand of Lloyd George for a League of nat tions as an essential part of the com- ing peace settlement, and on the editorial pages of the same papers were pleas to President Wilson to act at once in sending food to- the Central powers in order to prev the destructive forces of: fanaticism and anarchy from getting the upper hand of the constructive forces of a revolution. sang Is there a connection between these two demands and in what way can a small community like Winnetka make quick and intelligent response to them? Everyone who heard Miss Jane Addams speak at the Woman's City club on the night of November 11 on "World Food and: Politics" w yuld promptly find the answer to those questions. The . work of feeding hanory people in the invaded reeions of Europe, done by America and the Allies in the past four years. has created. a co-operative international instrument which must continue operate as long as the need exists and which will be, at the peace conference, oiie of the compelling reasons for forming some permanent; dissociation through which the-work of - healing "and reconstruction may the | Department, | 3 Council | 3 Thurs- | to! for .it| | E.B. TAYLOR & CO. It Removes and Consumes All Soot Telephone Winnetka 999 WINNETKA, ILL. | lowest possible prices Vollman's Market \ 796 ELM STREET We cell cheapest because we sell for cash. Only the best of Fresh, Salt and Smoked Meats at the FISH A SPECIALTY Bi vn Wen S----Tw---- Wy MEMOR] 1 A payments---no interest. -nd make ap The Cemetery Beautiful LANTED amidst nature's own beauty, man has created a beautiful park ceme- ery. The sunken gardens, the winding paths, and the imposing chapel makes this spot a vision of beauty. ting final resting place for cur beloved ones. VIORIAL PARK CEMETERY and ANNEX i Gross Point Road and Harrison St., V5 Mile West We want you to visit this cemetery. You will find it interesting and attractive. You should reserve for yourself a family lot--all lots in Memorial Park are sold with full perpetual care gu: Don't miss this opportunity. YOU ARE INVITED to call or write to the main office, 703 Mar uette Bldg. pointment t > have one of our representa- tives call for you in an automobile to take you to and from the cemetery. No obl gation. Investigate NOW! Central Cemetery Company 703 Marquette Building, Dept. 1618 Chicago Our perpetual care funds are on deposit with the Trust Department of the Central Trust of Illinois. | It is indeed a fit- of Evanston aranteed. Suitable easy

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