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Lieutenant Louis S. Ritter. TR WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1920 8 Woman's Club A regular meeting of the Winnetka Woman's club was held on Thursday, December 16, at 2:30 o'clock. The president was in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting were read by the recording secretary, Mrs. de Windt, and approved. Mrs. Porter announced that the annual singing of carols on Christmas Eve would be held at 5 o'clock on the Village Green. In event of stormy weather it will take place in the club house. At the last Board meeting of the club, on December 9, it was voted that the club join the League of Women Voters. A most interesting series of lectures is to be given at the club under the auspices of the North Shore branch Sinai congregation. The hour is 8:15 p. m. and the dates and topics are: J. Todd, Uni- January 5--Dr. A. versity of Minnesota. "Democracy in Industry--What is it?" January 12--Dr. A. J. Todd. "Dem- ocracy in Industry--The Human Element." January 20--John Hayes Holmes, Community church, New York City. "The Collapse of Civilization; Can Humanity be Saved?" January 26--M. C. Otto, University of Wisconsin, "The Moral Education of Youth." February 2--Oswald Garrison Vill- ard, editor of The Nation. "Weak- nesses and Dangers of Modern Journalism." This remarkably well-balanced pro- gram of lectures is offered for a nominal sum for the course and for single admissions. Further informa- tion and tickets may be obtained from Mrs. Wallace W. Chickering or Mrs. Dudley K. French. Miss Gemmell, chairman of the Civics and Philanthropy committee, announced that the Red Cross Christ- mas seals are on sale at the two drug stores and the banks. Winnetka's quota of sales is five hundred dollars, and everyone is urged to purchase stamps in the village so that we may not have a surplus left to return after the holidays. y The program for the afternoon was in charge of the Civics and Phil- anthropy committee. Mr. Willoughby 'G. Walling, vice chairman of the Am- erican Red Cross, spoke on "Eu- ropean Relief Work." It was a real opportunity to hear the actual con- dition of affairs abroad so clearly and forcefully presented by one who has not only seen for himself, but who has been a leader in the relief work. After the lecture tea was served by the following hostesses, Mrs. Percival Hunter, Mrs. George M. Pearse, Mrs. Edwin F. Schildberg, and Mrs. Frank A. Windes. The next meeting of the club will be held on December 30, at 2:30 p. m. Mrs. Maurice H. Lieber will speak 'on, "Some Experiences of a Rural School Teacher." -Mrs. Cooley will sing. OFFICIAL FEDERAL RECOGNITION GIVEN * TO TANK COMPANY Word has been received by Capt. Oscar S. Seaver that company "G", north shore tank company of the na- tional guard, has been given official federal recognition. The notification order is as follows: "Company 'G', I. N. G,, stationed at Evanston, passed federal inspection and has been extended federal recog- nition to date from November 17, 1920. Federal recognition has also been extended to the following officers: Capt. Oscar S. Seaver, First Lieutenant Henry M. Huxley, Second Official papers are being transmitted through regular military channels." Each Monday night finds the com- pany at Northwestern gymnasium, where the regular drill in the funda- mentals is progressing favorably, ac- cording to Captain Seaver. The num- ber of the men has increased consid- erably since the drill was started, two or three recruits being signed up each drill night. COME, ON, WINTER All that is necessary to complete arrangements for the enjoyment of the annual winter sports at the In- dian Hill Country club is a plenteous allotment of snow and ice. All man- made devices have been installed on the grounds near the clubhouse and every member of the club is awaiting anxiously the decision of the ele- ments, particularly with reference to the holiday season. A formidable appearing toboggan has been erected, rinks are placed in order and Old 'Man Winter must do the rest. Many special winter sports affairs are planned to be held at the club during the intervening days between Christ- mas and New Year's Day. GARAGE BURNS A garage at 400 Sheridan road, owned by T. S. Bulger, was damaged by fire to the extent of $100 last Sun- day. Tt is thought the blaze was caused by spontaneous combustion. "Dear Santa: Please Make Mother Well" Christmas morning this year will dawn bleak and gray for thousands of lit- tle kiddies, whose only Santa Claus will be the stalking spectre of Tuber- culosis, exacting his toll of 150,000 lives this year in our country alone. Can we--can you--re- fleet on our Christmas Spirit with a sense of righteousness if we have failed to include Christ- mas Seals with our gifts? Buy [+N¥} Use Tuberculosis | Lr, Christmas als Se Each penny seal helps finance your local, state and national tubercu- losis associations who are devoting all that science and human devotion have in them to combat this preventable and curable scourge. Buy and use all the Christmas Seals you can afford. MILD WINTER, SAY EXPERTS, SO DON'T STORE YOUR CARS Motorists need not be quick about putting their '¢ars in storage this year; in fact, they will get plenty of use from them if they don't store them away, for there are many in- dications in nature that the ap- proaching winter will be a short and mild one. 24 In noting this fact, the United State Tire company points out that one nice thing about motoring in winter is that the wear on tires is less in cold weather than in the hot summer months. Heat is the worst enemy of rubber. If cold weather lasted all the year round tire mileage would increase amazingly, If you are going to put your car away in spite of the prospect of con- siderable opportunity for its use, here are some things to do with re- gard to the tires if you want to find them in good shape next spring: 1. Wash the tires carefully on out- side to remove oil and grease. 2. Remove tires from the wheels and wrap them up in paper or cloth. 3. Store in a cool, dry place away from daylight. 4. If tires are left on the car, jack up the car, deflate the tires and wrap them in covers. ALLIES ASK BERLIN FOR REPORT ON SUM PAID FORMER KAISER London.--The allies have sent a note to the German government re- questing a detailed accounting of the sums paid to the Hohenzollern fam- ily since the abdication of the ex- kaiser in November, 1918, said a re- cent dispatch from Berlin. Another dispatch said that Ger- many was sending a note to the allies defending the slowness with which Germany is disbanding her defense organizations. The note cites the necessity of continuing the einoch- nerwehr in some sections of the country, pointing out that "Bavaria is still under, the influence of the soviet regime." INDIANS DEFEAT REDS The Indians copped the last game of the 1920 schedule in the Com- munity House Indoor league Wed- nesday evening, defeating the Reds 16-5 in a thrilling engagement. The Reds took a commanding lead early in the game but the Indians came back and scored ten runs in one frame for the victory. v School Notes Among the visitors in the Win- netka public schools this week were the principals of the Racine, Wis., public schools. Racine has now sent eight of its principals and a number of its teachers to investigate the in- dividual system of instruction being used in Winne tka. This was the sec- ond visit of principal Janz. He said upon leaving: "We have nevr visited a school system which has been more stimulating and has given us more ideas." Superintendent Washburne spoke before a University of Chicago class in education last Saturday morning on "The Individual System in Win- netka." The class is composed largely of teachers, principals and superin- tendents from Chicago and outlying districts. His talk was followed by a number of questions concerning the Winnetka system and by requests for permission to visit the Winnetka schools. "The Ideal School," was the sub- ject of an address given before the Brown School Parent-Teacher asso- ciation in Chicago by Superintendent Washburne, Thursday evening. The Brown school is one of the oldest and most unsatisfactory buildings in Chicago, has an active parent- teacher association and a live prin- cipal, who are working together to bring it up to high standards. The Winnetka public schools have been well represented in educational periodicals during the past two or three months. Principal J. A. Hum- phreys, of the Intermediate school (Horace Mann building), has an ar- ticle in a recent issue of School and Society. Miss Glenna Griffith, prin- cipal of Skokie school, has contrib- uted a survey of the history work of the schools of New Trier Township to the November issue of the School Review, and Superintendent Wash- burne has an article on "The Individ- ual System in Winntka" in the Ele- mentary School Journal, and one on "A Fractionless Rating Scale for Teachers" in the last issue of the American School Board Journal. The Winnetka public schools will close Wednesday evening, December 22, instead of Thursday noon, as heretofore reported. The Christmas vacation will last until Monday morning, January 3. There will be no general Christmas exercises, the teachers having expressed a prefer- ence for separate exercises in the various class rooms. ONLY WOMAN FOREST LOOKOUT IN LONELY VIGIL ON MOUNTAIN Los Angeles.--Mrs. Mary Smith, said to be the only woman lookout in the government's forest service, leads a lonely but contented life these | days, perched high above the sur- rounding country in a station on the summit of Mount Frazier, in the Ventura section of the Santa Barbara forest reserve. With the snow falling on Frazier mountain it will be a matter of only a few weeks until her lofty lookout station will be cut off from the rest of the world, except on the few occa- sions that provisions are brought to her on the hardy pack horses. However, Mrs. Smith enjoys the life of the mountain wilds. She likes to hunt and trap. Mountain lions, wild- cats, bear and coyotes do not terrify her. She is an expert with a rifle and only recently killed a mountain lion that approached her station. It is ten miles from the building in which Mrs. Smith makes her home and from which she watches Uncle Sam's forest to the nearest habita- tion. Through the summer season her principal work, of course, is to watch closely, with the aid of powerful field glasses, for signs of an incipient for- est fire. POETRY OF THE SENSES. Whitter Bynner is said to have worked off a pretty good one at the Poetry Society banquet. Some one asked him if Burns and Noyes could not be likened to each other. Bynner replied: "Well, you can feel Burns while you can hear Noyes."--San Francisco Argonaut. 30 MILES OF TREES PLANTED, The city of St. Paul planted 4,280 street trees in one of its new resi- dence districts this season, through the city's forestry division, This made a double row of trees 15 miles long. The trees were American elms, 10 to 12 feet tall and 2 to 2% inches in diameter, and cost the property owners less than $5 per tree. We Sell Them WHY NOT GIVE A FRANKLIN CAR FOR XMAS? Gage Motor Sales Co. EVANSTON SULT GET Household Brushes of Every Description. Demonstration by Appointment Day or Evening THE FULLER BRUSH CO. Inc. 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