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3 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1919 Appeals to Wounded Men at Fort Sheridan in Need of Instruments, Officer North Shore Residents em------ ----_--. 8 letic equipment are needed by : the wounded men at Fort Sheridan. Lieut. W. W. Farrell, who is head of the entertainment and recreational department of the voca- tional school at Fort Sheridan, states that no money is furnished by the war department or the government to provide entertainment for those men, notwithstanding the fact that he has been detailed to this work. Much Talent, No Instruments i Lieutenant Farrell says 'that they have talent for a band, talent for an orchestra and talent for a glee club. but no instruments; that they have talent for a gymnasium and athletic exercises, but no equipment. Wounded men are constantly ar- EE USICAL instruments and ath-,idan. The government has provided officers and 20 instructors to teach new vocations to about 5000 return- ing soldiers who have been so wound- ed as to disqualify them to return to their old occupations. Lieutenant Farrell states that he and the men will thankfully accept gifts of old or used musical instru- ments or athletic equipment of any kind. He also would like to find someone to assist in organizing and presenting a minstrel show, in which | all performers will be men with over-.| seas records. Communicate With Officers Anyone who wishes to give - his | money, services 'or' musical instru-| ments or athletic equipment should | communicate with Lieut. W. W. Far- | 1 3 riving in large numbers at Fort Sher- | rell at Fort Sheridan. t . . Adjutant General Dickson Tells Illinois' Share in Great We il i HE biennial report of "Adjutant | men have labored and done their full! J General Frank §S. 'Dickson [duty to their state and nation .and| filed with Governor Lowden, | are deserving of the respect and gra- | contains somré very interesting facts|titude of the people of Illinois." | in connection with the selective draft Naval Service i service in Illinois. In the applica- 3 : 2 ebaies I° tion of the selective draft' law the| In the beginning of the war on] ¥ federal government saw fit to utilize state agencies, therefore the gover- nor was made the executive and head of the selective machinery of this state. The first step was the registra- tion, on June 5, 1917. Under this re- gistration men between the ages of 21 and 31, inclusive, to the numbef of 646,490 registered. Subsequéntly 227 local exemption boards were organ- ized in the state. Of the 227 original local boards 138 still retain their original personnel. The remaining 89 boards had 222 changes 'in per- | sonnel. Of the 222 changes in per- . .. sonnel only ten were occasioned by _ "the necessity of requested resigna- tions. The remaining 212 changes were voluntary and for reasons which met with the approval of both the state headquarters and the president. Of the eight district boards in the state only fifteen changes were made voluntarily. In the thirty-four medical advisory boards a large num- ber of changes were made on account of many of the original personnel kavihg entered the medical reserve corps for the federal service, but not one of the changes were made as a result of necessary removal. Commenting upon this service the adjutant general said in his report: "Space forbids that I attempt to ex- press, except in the briefest way, the sense of appreciation I feel of the splendid work of the boards and as- sociated agencies in this wonderful work in Illinois. With splendid en- thusiasm, great personal sacrifice, lofty ideas and high patriotism, these _ - 3 1 fs ¢ HE | April 6, 1917, the state of Hiinois had! 2,755 men in the naval service. Forty | officers and 1,814 men were inducted | into the Illinois naval militia service, 10473 Illinois men enlisted in the | navy prior to June 30, 1918, 10,502 men | went into the United States naval] reserves and United States volun-| teers, making a grand total of 25,584 | inducted into the naval service. Of} this number 921 were discharged. | Marine Service { One thousand and forty-eight Illi- | nois men were in the marine service | on April 6, 1917. From that time to | and including June 30, 1918, 2917 were inducted into the marine service, making a total of 3,965. Of this num- ber 287 were discharged . Army Service In the army the gross quota for | the first draft call was 79,957 men. In | this number was included Illinois na- tional guard officers and men, to and including March 31, 1918, 25045. De- | ducting 27,304 men as credits for en-| listments in the national guard and! regular army, leaves a net total in- | ducted into service of 51,653. The! gross quota of the second draft call was 82425. Men inducted August | 11 to October 24, 1918, 29,288: men in- | ducted from October 24 to November | 11, 1918, 5/183, and 4234 for special | and technical course brought the! total land forces of the state to 286,- | 163 men. To this number was added ! 28.341 men furnished by Illinois to the naval forces up to and including June 30, 1918, bringing the grand total to 314,54 men. "FAIR AND WARMER" ' TO BE AT VICTORIA "Fair and warmer," a musical farce, will be the attraction at the Victoria ts theater throughout next week be- ginning with the regular Sunday matinee. 3 This play ran for eight ménths at the Cort theater after a year at the Harris theater, New York, and sub- sequently made a tour of the coun- try. Avery Hopwood, its author, is also author of "Seven Days" the first farce of the "year-run" type in New York, and "Nobody's Widow," in which Blanche Bates starred for a year. And Selwyn and company, its pro- ducers have established their reputa- tion for picking winners, by "Within the Law," "Why Marry?" and most recent of all, "The Crowded Hour." It will be presented here by an ad- . mirable cast of farceurs among whom are several who.were seen here dur- ing its memorable engagentent at the Cort theater. Among the more prominent are Sager Midgley: Marie Colebrooke, Harrison Roberts, Lil- i lian Herne, Lowden Adams, Bessie Brown. John Morris and Ralph i Simone. CUNNINGHAM EXPECTS G SALES IN 1919 As an indication of the volume of business which is due in the present year, R. D. Cunningham declared to- day that the present prospects are that he will sell about 450 Ford cars before August 1 and from 95 to 100 Oldsmobiles in the same time. At the present time, he declared, he had three times as many prospective buy- ers negotiating with him as ever be- fore at this season of the year. "Not a day passes by," he said. "but three or four people call in here and p say they are going to buy an Olds- mobile. The people of the north shore are beginning to realize that the Olds is the best car made selling under $2,000." jithan formerly believed. FINDS BRISK DEMAND FOR FRANKLIN CARS By C. E. Bridges Since the prices on the Franklin | cars has been reduced to last fall's | prices the demand for Franklin se- dans in particular has been brisk. Judging from expressions from many of our citizens, and from people liv- ing in north shore towns this will be | a banner year for Franklin air cooled ! cars." We sell all the Franklin cars | every year that we can get, and are | | | | | | | obliged to disappoint some people | who want them. | Besides losing considerable busi- | ness on Franklins we also lost sales for seventeen Buicks last fall on ac- count of not being able to get enough | cars from the factory. We are glad to get used Franklin | and Buick cars, and take them in at| about 10 per cent less than they cost | a year ago when new. Of course, we | take in other makes, but allow only | about 50 per cent of what they cost a year ago. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why Franklin and Buick cars are the leading sellers today. We have been offered the agency for nearly every make of car, and some of the manufacturers offer us over twice as much discount as we get on Franklins and Buicks. A manu- facturer that lets his dealers have from one-fourth to one-third of the selling price for selling his cars. has priced his cars considerably ahove their actual value, and the person who buys one of these cars gets the worst of it. Old Abe Lincoln was right when he said, "You may fool some of the people all the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all the people all the time." Makes Some Difference t h---- i Corrections made recently in maps | of Greenland have shown it to be! about 150,000 square miles Biger] | ond Old Glory on the Rhine It is reported that a number of river steamers, taken over by' the American army in western Germany, have hoisted the Stars and Stripes and are proudly carrying Old Glory at their mastheads as they journey up and down the Rhine. The possession of this American fleet on the Rhine--affording as it does an excellent means of direct communication with our ocean-coing vessels on the North sea--is also of interest because of the m thus made available for the speedy aug- mention or the withdrawal, as occa- sion may require, of the forces of the allies. In this connection the boys of the Third American army (which is now stationed at and near Coblenz, Ger- many, on the Rhine river, about mid- way 'between Switzerland and the North sea) recently became, mildly excited over the rumor that the sec- army is soon to relieve them. If this action is taken it seems probable that the third army will, instead of returning. through France,-be brought | here entirely by: water, and will thus reach home much more quickly than would othermis e be possinde, Positive Not Negative mental sag in its voice. il | touring car, and any purpose. sec it. touring car cost. BOY FARM WORKERS ENROLL THIS MONTH Week of January 20 Designated As Enrollment Week by Secretary Wilson Young men of high school age in 3 ns. : 3 New Trier Township who desire to enroll with the "U.S. Boys' Working Reserve" are interested in the follow - ing proclamation issued by Secretary of Agriculture W. B. Wilson desio- nating the week of January 20, as enrollment; week for the organiza- tion." In the 'official 'proclamation Secretary Wilson says: Résponsibility for Young Men "A very large part of the task for rebuilding a devastated world belongs to the young men of this nation. "In spite of everything that we can do or of all that the rest of the world can do, starvation for millions of per- sons in Russia is imminent, The dis- orders among the libérated peoples of Furope, news of which comes to us daily, multiply the "difficulties of the situation and increase the need. "I trust that the young men of this country of 16 years' of age and over; not now permanently employed, and especially the boys in our high schools, will respond to this new ap- examine without permission any 1919, | | | | ; Be one thing or the other. Dont peal as they SO finely responded to E® Mon. and Tues. Jan. 13-14 be a duminy for life to hang theories | that other appeal made to them one upon. Be a real person, with likes! Year ago; that they will'enter heart- FR D and dislikes, with interest and activ-{ily into the work of bringing relief | i ities, with something that is positive.| to the populations appallingly desti- | i | Be pleasant, not merely not un-| tute, and that they will join the U. S. | I | ple asant; 'be sweet, not merely not | Boys' Working | Reserve, to finish 'é 'yy disagreeable; be good to look upon, Shas has T so well begun. The Under the Top as far-as in your power: be well in ar has been won. The far more for a as far as possil But | difficult tas ke repinins fo secure for the whatever you are, be that .thing to4 highest interest of mankind the firuits | § Thursday Jan. 16 the utmost. Give to those who are] of vi ctory." v ; 3 around you.your very best and un- CER es ET HEL CLAYTON "onsciously they will give their very | The Snooper' best to you. Try jtrand see. It is bad manners, and almost bad | Be IN ; r= t morals, for one 'office employee. tol (0 M Gi 144 It -is-unfortunate that some. of the | pry into the business of another. Be ne ystery Ir {real piety of the world has a senti-|carefal not to show curiosity or to paper left on top of a desk or pages left in a type writer or in the draw- ers of a desk. Fach worker's desk is his private sanctum and should not be violated by the prying eyes or hands of others. --Biddy Bye. 0YBUR 615 Davis St., Evanston y Matinees 2 and 4 Evenings 7 & 9 Friday January 10 MARY MILES MINTER "Rosemaly Climbs the Heights" Saturday January 11 ENID BENNETT "Fuss and Feathers" NEXT WEEK costing even less to operate. C. E. BRIDGES, DEALER 1629 Orrington Ave.,Evanston, IIL Telephone . Evanston 5886 AUTOMOBILE The FRANKLIN LIMOUSINE Enclosed Car Comfort at the Operating Cost of a Touring Car Year-round motoring economy, comfort, and wide utility are possible with Franklin Enclosed Cars, to a noticeably greates extent than with any other fine car. This is a fact proved by Franklin performance. if you can, an enclosed car as distinctive in design and workman- ship as the Franklin Limousine, weighing less than the average The Franklin Limousine is on our floors now. You'll get a new idea of limousine usefulness. i --. . a ------------ AR ------ aT ga Imagine, Er -- -- a --_--y The Franklin Limousine makes year-round motoring en- joyable, because of Franklin principle of light weight, which means not only easy roadability on country roads and city streets, but also a consistent delivery of-- 18-20 miles to the gallon of gasoline--instead of § 10,000 miles to the set of tires--instead of 5,000 You would not hesitate to use the Franklin Limousine for In fact, the trend of the times is toward the car _ which combines the desirable features of fine enclosed cars at As this viewpoint gains prominence, more people investigate the Franklin Limousine. Come and