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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 1 May 1920, p. 14

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4 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, MAY 1.1920 15 Cn fd i> Activities 0 gl orth Jhore Clubs = by Ruth Risle ey x is the last of the series has been held at the club this year. PROGRAM of American Music will be given at the Win- netka Woman's club on Thursday, May 6, at 3 o'clock. This program which is under the auspices of the Music committee in "Appreciation of Music", which Mrs. Carrie B. Prouty will sing frou of Negro Spiritual songs; Mrs. Burton Atwood will give a up of Kentucky Mountain songs; Miss Kathryn Greene will render a group of Indian songs; group of MacDowell's piano numbers ; play a violin number. Clifford Ewart. This meeting is payment of the usual guest fee. Mrs. Austin Jenkins will play a Mrs. Harvey I. Brewer will The accompaniment will be played by Mrs. open to all members and guests on & The annual meeting of Wilmette was held on Thursday, club. ident, Mrs. Louis Crush; First The fol lowing officers were elected for the coming year the Woman's Catholic club of April 22, at the Wilmette Woman's 2 Pres- Vice-president, Mrs. 'Wendelin P. Seng; second Vice- president, Mrs. Samuel Moore; Recording Sec- retary, Mrs. Frank "Hoffman ; Albert Reichmann; corresponding Secretar y,. Mrs. and Treasurer, Mrs. Vernon Patterson. The twenty-fifth annual convention of the Illinois Federation of Women's clubs will be held in Chicago May 25 to 27 at the Congress hotel. by invi- tation of the Chicago Association of Commerce, and preparations are be- ing made to have this silver anni- versary meeting the most helpful and inspiring convention the federation has ever held. The morning and afternoon ses- sions will be given over to routine business and to the reports and ad- L 2 rary bill, the child labor law, the Juvenile court bill, the compulsory educational law and the law provid- ing for the establishment of the home for epileptics. Vacation schools were introduced and fostered in many cities by the women's clubs, until the work was taken over by the school boards, free kindergartens were among the first state-wide activities, small parks and playgrounds were made possible in dresses from the different depart-| Many cities by the clubwomen, they ments of work. The evening sessions will feature a dinner at the Congress to cover a thousand club women with speakers of national reputation and a pageant typifying in different ways the twenty-five years of the federa- tion's activities. The Illinois Federation of Women's clubs was organized in Chicago in 1894 through the influence of Mrs. Charles Henrotin, who was then pres- ident of the General Federation of Women's clubs. During these years the women of the federation have taken an active interest in every undertaking for the general welfare of the people of the state, especially fo rthe women and children, and in many instances they have instituted reforms. Among the many things in which they have been particularly interested may be men- tioned the civil service laws, the lib- 2 = "Don't Worry About | What You Want to Eat Our Home Cooking is just what you like. The seasoning, flavor, and . other appetizing quali- ties of our food make eating here a pleasure indeed. You do not have to worry about sit- ting room during dinner hour, because we have enlarged the Cafeteria made a survey of the state that was helpful to those who were making an effort to fight the great white plague to the best advantage; they have interested the public in birth registration and in the weighing and measuring of babies and countless other ways have sought to improve the social and industrial conditions. They have built and maintained a cotage at Park Ridge for the sup- port of girls who need such a home and such training and they are now well along in the raising of the $50,- 000 maintenance fund for its sup- port. The annual luncheon of the North Shore Catholic Woman's league will be held on Wednesday, May 5, at the livanston hotel at 12:30 o'clock. Mrs. Robert McColl will act as toastmistress and the guests of hon- or will be Mrs. Edward Hines of Ev- anston, Mrs. Charles Ware of Ken- Three Reasons Why You Should Buy The HOOVER ELECTRIC SUCTION SWEEPER It Beats It Sweeps It Cleans The Hoover with Motor-Driven Brush Repairs on all makes of vacuum cleaners Also Eureka Royal Sweeper Vac PATTERSON BROS. 828 DAVIS ST. EVANSTON Phone Evanston 654 Phone Wilmette 526 Open Tues., Thurs., and Sat. evenings £ ilworth, president of the Tenth Dist- rict Federation of Woman's clubs, Mrs. Louis Crush, president of the Wilmette Catholic Woman's club, Rev. F. J. Haarth of Hubbard Woods, Kev. J. J. Lannon of Wilmette, and Rev. H. P. Smiyth of Evanston. Rev. Nicholas Kremer of Wilmette will be the speaker of the day, and there wiil be musical nmbers by Mrs. Frank Farnum of Chicago, soprano. Mrs. Frank H. Jones of Wilmette is the incoming president to succeed Mrs. Fran kMaloney of Winnetka. C. M. 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