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* afternoon to ; long 10 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1920 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK ISSUED SATURDAY OF EACH WEEK by LAKE SHORE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1222 Central Ave., Wilmette, Ill 656 Center Street, Winnetka, IIL elepRONe ov. vere rnbine Wilmette 1920 Telephone .............. Winnetua 388 D sale wwe $2.00 A YEAR SUBSCRIPTION All communications must be ac- companied by the name and address of the writer. Articles for publication should reach this office by Thursday insure appearance 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 a collection taken, will be charged for at regular advertising rates. Entered at the postoffice at Winnetka, Illinois, as mail matter of the second class, under the act of March 3, 1879. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1920 A "Different" Day Most of the days of special ob- servance are days of commemora- tion, but Fire Prevention Day is one of warning; we look back to Octo- ber 9, 1871, when the city of Chica- go was in flames in order to learn not to do it again. Therefore, while most holidays are for the purpose of tying us up to something fine and noble in the past, Fire Prevention Day is devoted to turning our faces away from an unworthy past toward a better future. In short, it is pro- gressive and educational. It follows that Fire Prevention Day must be treated in no holiday spirit. It is far too important for that. It concerns itself with such measures as inspection, the cleaning up of premises, the removal of hazards, the instruction of school children and the arousing and the education of the public. It is the occasion of more official proclamations than any other holiday save Thanksgiv- ing Day. It is observed with special programs in more schools than any other holiday save Christmas. It is the only holiday in which the firse departments of many cities and vil- lages regularly take part. Fire Prevention Day has thus be- come a genuine factor in the wel- fare of the Nation, yet we canno! the only holiday in which the fire loss still remains inordinately high and is still running but little below the highest recorded figures in the country's history. Fire Prevention Day is Saturday, October 9. Training Up The Child The Health Bulletin that urges the teacher in the public schools of 'Chi- cago to teach the children health methods on the grounds that the adult mind does not readily take in new ideas points the way to a gen- eration that will be less tolerant of conditions that menace the public health than that of today. If the children who are in the public schools today can be brought to ma- turity with a proper respect for germs, if they can be taught what to do to avoid infection either of themselves or of others, if they can be impressed with the duty of the in- dividual to protect others against danger from himself, if they can be early filled with the doctrine of the waste that is imposed upon society by the heedless methods of treating diseases of a highly infectious char- acter and the steps that are necessary to their elimination, we shall have | advanced far towards the eradication of most of the ills to which the flesh of man is heir. Few people realize how important a part the impression of childhood play in the life of the adult. Rec- ognition of the permanent character of the habits of hygiene developed in the early years of life, habits both of the body and of the mind, is a step towards making those habits such as will contribute to the greater care of the body and greater respect for sanitary conditions. It is the way towards redemption from many of our troubles of today. 2 US SNE GN GR A mill is in operation in Mississippi for making paper pulp and paper, from cotton stalks. CONDITIONS GIVEN IN VOTING BY MALL Attcrney General Presents Excerpts From Laws Pertaining To Elec- tion Procedure In answer to a number of in- quiries by The Lake Shore News in regard to voting by mail in the com- ing election, the following brief of the election laws is given out from the office of the attorney general: 1. Any qualified elector of the state of Illinois, having duly regist- ered, who expects in the course of his business or duties to be absent from the county in which he is a qualified elector on the day of holding any special, general or primary election at which any presidential preference is indicated or any candidates are chosen or elected for any congres- sional, state, district, county, town, city, village, precinct or judicial of- fices or at which questions of public policy are submitted may vote at such election as hereinafter provided. 2. Any elector as defined in the foregoing section expecting to be ab- sent from the county of his residence on the day of such election may, not more than thirty nor less than ten days prior to such election, make application to the county clerk, or to the board of election commissioners or other officer or officers charged with the duty of furnishing ballots for such election in his voting pre- cinct, for an official ballot for said precinct to be voted at said election. The law provides that the appli- cation for such ballot be made on a blank furnished by the county clerk, and that the applicant be thorough- ly examined as to his qualifications. It is provided that the voter shall then mark his ballot in the presence of a notary public, deposit his vote in a specially provided envelope and mail it to the polls in sufficient time to allow it to reach the voting place before the polls are closed. SOME IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT FIRES IN UNITED STATES Here are some important facts about fires throughout the United States: A fire every minute. A loss of 20,000 lives a year. A fire loss of $300,000,000. A fire loss investment of $6,000,- 000.000. - Five school fires a day for 365 days as year. Ninety per cent of our school buidings are classed as "potential death traps." In 1918 there were 20,000 new hous- es built. There were 211,000 dwelling- house fires. Fire menaces our food supplies. A single elevator fire may consume the yield of 50,000 acres. Over it all hangs the danger of conflagration. A survey of 293 lead- ing American cities shows that in no single one was the "conflagration hazard rated as 'low'." And carelessness is the primary cause. Fire prevention is your busi- ness and your neighbor's and yo neighbor's business is yours, for the|' fire that starts in his cellar may wipe out your home and your city.--The Nation's Business. PRESENT BLIND HERO WITH FIVE-YEAR MEDAL An impressive ceremony was held recently at The Goodrich Tire & Rubber company at Akron, Ohio, when Lieut. Raymond E. Day, a Goodyearite who lost the sight of both eyes in the World War, was awarded the five-year service pin he had won before going into the army. Day was wounded while leading his company of the 146th infantry, 37th division, in the Argonne. He was recently returned to Akron af- ter his discharge from the army hos- pital at Fort McHenry, Baltimore. Replying to the presentation of the gold pin by the manager of the company's labor department, Lieut. Day expressed his gratification over the loyalty of the company to its em- ployes. F400 0 0 STANLEY STEAM CAR WILLIAM N. SCHNEIDER SALES & SERVICE HUBBARD WOODS Tel. Winn. 956 The 'molest car to drive and understand. No Self-Start:'r, No Clutch and No Gears 1 LJ |] ] 1 |] 1 1 1 [|] 1 L} i 1 1 ] 1 [] 1 ¥ L} 1 1 ] ] 1} 1 [] ] 1 | L} ] 4 MOTOR CLUB GIVES DEFENDANTS ADVICE IN SPEEDING CASES The legal department of the Chi- cago Motor club advises motorists that the law requires that a defend- ant be served with a summons of ar- rest notification before he is re- quired to appear in court. A letter written by a justice or police magist- rate does not comply with the pro- visions of the law. The novice often takes such letters seriously and goes before the magistrate to receive his fine. The fact that a certain license num- ber has been reported by someone as violating the law is no evidence that the owner was driving at the time. Recently a motorist was stopped in St. Joseph, Mich., by the chief of Halu Save shovel in every 4 Monarch Metal Weather Strips will keep your house warm and comfort- able and save ohe out of every four of the shovelfuls of coal still in your bin. THEY form a permanent method of sealing up the cracks and spaces. THEY prevent rattling and create an easy-running window. W. L. VAN DAME CO. 58 EAST WASHINGTON STREET Phones Randolph 1753-3217 CHICAGO Evanston 5477 police, who said that one of the citizens of that city had advised him that the motorist had been speeding two or three days previously. The chief brought the motorist before a justice who promptly levied a fine, TILL 615 Davis St., Evanston MATINEES 2 and 4 Evenings and9 October 9 Saturday Bessie Barriscale in "LIFE'S TWIST" Universal Screen Events Rolin Comedy Next Week Mon. and Tues., Oct. 11 and 12 THOMAS MEIGHAN in "Civilian Clothes" Wednesday October 13 EDITH BENNETT in "Hairpins" Thurs. and Fri.,, Oct. 14 and 15 WANDA HAWLEY in "Food for Scandal"' Saturday October 16 WALLACE REID in "Sick-a-Bed"' Coming Soon CONSTANCE BINNEY in "39 East" HUMORESQUE "SOUL OF YOUTH" ADVANTAGES OF USING The North Shore Line --r NO DUST TRAINS ARE FREQUENT SERVICE IS CONVENIENT CARS ARE COMFORTABLE They take youjto the door of your place of business No street car, bus or taxi needed IT ISCLEAN NO DIRT ama) NORTH SHORE Rinst CHICAGO, NORTH SHORE & MILWAUKEE RAILROAD Wilmette Ticket Office Wilmette Avenue NO CINDERS