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| i | | { { 19 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, NOV. 20, 1920 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK ISSUED SATURDAY OF EACH WEEK by LAKE SHORE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1222 Central Ave. Wilmette, 11. 656 Center Street, Winnetka, II. Telephone ......cceeeeee Wilmette 1920 Telephone .......cceeeee Winnetka 388 SUBSCRIPTION ........ $2.00 A YEAR All communications must be ac- companied by the name and address of the writer. Articles for publication should reach this office by Thursday afternoon to 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, NOVEMBER 20, 1920 Bad For The Children The chairmen of the Chicago cen- sorship commission protests that at- tendance at the movies is bad for children, a fact that most people are disposed to recognize as true, but fail to apply in their own particular cases. The movies are too con- venient as a place to send children for them to be generally condemned by parents. The idea of making the films shown in the motion picture theaters suffi- ciently harmless to be suitable for the children in the audience is being gradually abandoned. The insipid story on the screen, even though it has the virtue of being harmless to the child's physical and moral being is so unattractive to the adult that it is impracticable in a business that is operated for profit, just as other businesses are operated. Except in such cases as the sign "For Adults Only" can be counted upon to en- sure an audience more fruitful in the box office receipts than a program that admits both children and adults, the program that is entirely suitable for children, or entirely suitable for grown-ups, is doomed to certain failure. The movies, just as the legitimate theater, reflect the public taste and standards, at least as nearly as the manager can measure the public taste and standards. Improvement has to come through the improve- ment of taste and the elevation of standards, a development not to be expected from the adaption of the films to meet the demands of what is good for children, nor yet from the frequent enjoyment of the picture by the children who are to supply the standard of taste for the next gen- eration of adult movie patrons. A fruitful field to be cultivated by Mother's clubs and other organiza- tions of parents is the exploitation of the idea of keeping the child away from the motion picture theaters ex- cept on those special occasions when the program is really such as to be beneficial to them. Such a home policy would increase the interest of the children in the lessons taught in the school by means of the moving picture, would add to the effects of. a careful survey of the child's read- ing, would do more to create good taste in the drama as well as in other forms of art and literature. It is the only remedy for the bad effects of the movies upon children of which the chairman of the censor- ship commission complains. And its application must first be made upon the parents. "Watch Sore Throats" Warning is issued in Chicago to watch sore throats because of diph- theria. It is good advice always in the season of colds and throat af- fections. . The most important health lesson that the people of the United States need to learn is that of prevention. Neglect of what may seem at first to be unimportant symptoms sometimes occasions much suffering, endanger- ing others besides the one first af- flicted. "Watch sore throats" and refrain from close contact with others while the throat is sore, should be the principle of each adult and imposed upon each child so affected during the winter season. Common sense clothing, common sense habits, common sense tempera- ture in the homes and the avoidance of crowds in badly ventilated places will prevent most of the ills to which the flesh of man is heir. It is a pro- gram that the careful household will adopt and adopt at once. The Roll Call Monday the Red Cross Roll Call began on the north shore. At the time of the Roll Call during the period of the war the north shore gave something over fifteen thousand names to the membership list of the Red Cross. There is lacking today the public sentiment that made en- rollment all but obligatory, but there is the same good argument for writ- ing one's name with the members of the Red Cross. This great organization of service ought not to be lost to the nation just because the emergency of the i war is over. There is an infinite variety of work ready for the hands of the Red Cross workers, a demand that can be counted upon to come out of the normal experiences of the people of the nation. The funds to provide the relief workers and the equipment and training of their task is a small part for the public to con- tribute. Your obligation to do your part is clear. Discharge it early and help to send the Roll Call off with a flourish. GO TO CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY The Smartest and Best Dressed Women in Chicago have their Sport and Week End Skirts --_ THE WILSON SKIRT SHOP "made with your own material" Suite 1418 Stevens Building Randolph 3219 17 North State CHICAGO 16 North Wabash Ritter Feed and Fertilizer Give Street and ADVERTISE IN 100 lbs Sincerity Egg Mash . . $3.85 Rep Scratch Feed. . . Shell or Crack Corn. . Pulverized Manure . . 3.50 2.55 2.25 30 other kinds of Feed at lowest Market price. Your money refunded, if you are not satisfied. Number for Free Delivery. RITTER'S FEED STORE LAKE FOREST, ILL. Phone Lake Forest 171 YOUR LOCAL PAPER TE ES a --_-_ s Ls a i 4 SN l) 2 Zn; Hl | Ay TITTIES in Was / CHANDLER'S University Book Store CLEAN-UPSALE 25¢ Lot No. 1 50c Lot No. 2 Broken Lines of Stationery at a BIG SAVING Initial Correspondence Cards. Values up to $1. 'Your choice of the entire lot for 25c¢. Getting Ready for Christmas The following Christmas lines are now partly on display. --Gifts from the Roycroft Shop. --Largest assortment of greeting cards ever shown in Evanston. --Several thousand boxes of gift stationery rang- ing from 50c to $15. --Beautiful selection of Christmas correspond- ence cards. --Desk sets in Roycroft and other lines. --Sealing wax sets. --and thousands of other novelties. Our Toy Department on the second floor will soon be completely stocked for the 1920 sea- son. Watch for announce- ment. Initial Stationery of choice quality. Originally sold up to $1.50, now cut to 50c. 35¢ Lot No. 3 Assorted Stationery. Many different styles to pick from. Was 65¢c, now reduced to 35c. 50¢ Lot No. 4 Quality Stationery in plain white and colors. A regu- lar 75c value, reduced to 50c. 60cC Lot No. 5 Fine Stationery in white, in colors and in borders. Was 90c to $1.25, now 60c. 15¢ Lot No. 6 2,000 packages of linen en- velopes. Regular R5c value, now reduced to 15c. 75¢ Lot No. 7 1,000 boxes Rainbow Sta- tionery ; 2 quires, 4 colors, with envelopes, reduced from $1 to 5c. ~ SE i --------