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| 4 - oy Winnetka Public Library, 1 . Winnetka, Ill. WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK A Clean Newspaper for a Clean Community VOL. XIII, NO. 39 WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1924 TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS VON HOFSTEN T0 SHOW PAINTINGS Work of Winnetka Artist on Display at Community House Next Week HOME FROM EUROPE Received Special Recognition in Sweden So far as a certain artist in Winnetka is concerned, there is no truth in the old saying, "A prophet is without honor in his own country"--and that artist is Hugo von Hofsten, painter of exquisite bits of north shore landscapes, the Sko- kie, and foreign scenes as well. Winnetka has shown its enthusiasm over Mr. von Hofsten's work at dif- ferent times in the past by requesting that he have exhibits of his paintings in the village, so that people who could not go to the Art Institute when some of his work was shown, might have the pleas- ure of enjoying his pictures. And so, at different times exhibits were arranged in Community House. Home from Europe Mr. von Hofsten has just returned irom nearly two years' travel and study in Europe, and, while there, painted a large number of pictures. Before he went away, Dr. J. W. F. Davies, direc- tor of Community House, made a request that he would give an exhibit of his work, in "Winnetka, on his return. As a result Community House is now able to offer to Winnetka the opportunity during the week of December 8, of view- ing a collection of Mr. von Hofsten's pictures painted while has was in Sweden, France and Switzerland. Three of the pictures to be shown were exhibited and accepted at the International Exhibit in Guthenberg, Sweden. Mr. von Hofsten spent some time in Switzerland, and some pictures of spots around Lake Geneva will be shown. There will also be some French views of inter- est--Versaille, Bois du Boulogne, Fon- tainbleau and other interesting places, as well as two pictures of Notre Dame cathedral, Decorated By Royalty In recognition of his paintings done while in Sweden, and also for efforts in art in Chicago and the middle west, the king, Gustaf of Sweden, conferred upon him in Stockholm, last January, the dec- oration of the Royal Order of Vase, (Vase being the Royal Family name for the past five centuries,) an order of rare distinction and given for unusual merit. With past exhibits here on the North Shore, he has awakened an interest in the Skokie and its preservation as a park and playground for future gener- ation. And, therefore, by special re- quest, a group of Skokie pictures will be incorporated in this exhibit of foreign pictures. These pictures will be shown in the Camp Fire room of Community House beginning Monday afternoon, December 8, and will be on exhibition throughout the week without charge. Indian Hill Association Changes Time of Meetings Meetings of the Indian Hill Im- provement association will, in the fu- ture, be held on the third Monday of each month instead of, as heretofore, on the second Monday. This change of the meetings dates was decided upon by the officers of the association in view of the fact that "second Mon- days" are so frequently taken up with 'other community activities. The next meeting of the association will, under the new arrangement, take place on the evening of Monday, De- -cember 15 The association has made remark- able progress in its current member- ship canvass, the total roll of the or- ganization now counting 475, with 100 of these added in the past month. It is predicted that 500 residents in the south section will have become affili- ated before the close of the year. In that event the membership would ap- proximate 100 percent of the eligible population in the Indian Hill area. At the present time the association has the largest membership in its his- tory. SHOW "COVERED WAGON" Community House announces that the final showings of "The Covered Wagon" will take place this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, followed. by two performances tonight beginning at 7:15 and 9 o'clock, respectively. U.S. ATTORNEY OLSON ~ AT MEN'S CLUB DINNER The Winnetka Men's club will have a dinner on Thursday evening, Decem- ber 11, at Community House. The speaker of the occasion will be the Hon. Edwin A. Olson, United States district attorney, and his topic will be "law Enforcement." Mr. Olson is an agent of the national government whose especial duty it is to administer the en- forcement of Federal laws and particu- larly the 18th Amendment. Mr. Olson has established an enviable record for efficient service in his special field. His knowledge of the ins and outs of the bootlegger's business from the prosecutor's standpoint is extensive and detailed. How the illicit moonshine is made and under what varieties of dis- guises the violator of the latest amend- ments pursues his trade Mr. Olson has fully discovered. He is an excellent speaker and will tell many thrilling stories of the work of his department in Chicago. Officers of the Men's club desire to emphasize the fact that membership in that community organization is open to every man in the village. Its dinners and programs provide an excellent op- portunity for the encouragement of good fellowship and development of val- uable acquaintanceships. Leaders in many fields of activity are brought to Winnetka by the club and the excellent quality of its programs has become well known throughout the north shore. 30-POUND TROUT WINS AN AWARD Harve G. Badgerow Gets Him in Canada This dsc Sahsteiyys¥idly speaks ing, but contrary to the usual practice, the fish will be introduced to speak himself--so don't go way, folks. Harve G. Badgerow, of 576 Arbor Vitae road, Winnetka, had been the proud exclusive possessor of both the fish and the story until recently when the story escaped him and ambled back and forth between Chicago and Win- netka until it settled in these pages. Lest this suspense prove unbearable for some of our angling readers, we will introduce at this point THE FISH--a trout, weighing no less than 30 pounds, 8 ounces, measuring 44 in- ches in length and 24 inches in girth and "full of fight," according to Mr. Badgerow. But let us put you right about this fish story before we go any farther. Mr. Badgerow has the fish--stuffed and mounted--in his office at the Conti- nental Casualty company, 910 South Michigan avenue, Chicago, where he is vice-president. And, still more im- portant, it received the second prize in the "Big Fish" contest conducted by the Field and Stream magazine for be- ing the second largest trout caught on the entire continent of North Amer- ica during the year 1924. There's noth- ing fishy about this story except the trout. Mr. Badgerow was trolling from a canoe with a French-Canadian guide at the paddle in Lake Timagami, Ontario, Canada, when the catch was made. For an hour and fifteen min- utes the big trout desperately fought the light five foot steel rod and 300 feet of line in the hands of his con- querer, When at last it had been landed Mr. Badgerow had changed his opinion that fishing was a calm and quiet diversion. Because of the length of time it takes to get such a fish properly mounted, its owner has only lately re- ceived it from the Canadian taxider- mist who did the job. He will prob- ably bring it to his Winnetka home in the near future where friends and neighbors on the north shore will have an opportunity to see it. New Trier High Swimmers Qualify for County Meet Several New Trier high school swimmers qualified this week for the annual Cook county swimming champ- ionship events scheduled to be staged Friday evening in the Illinois Ath- letic club pool. : New Trier natators who qualified for the classic were Wachs, in the plunge ; Davis for the 220-yard swim; Schwartz for fancy diving event, and Lange the 100-yard back stroke. The school's teams also qualified for the medley relay and 160-yard relay events. OSBORNE SPEAKS HERE ON HONDAY Prison Reform Advocate to Give Lecture Osborne, former watden oft" &, prison, and gener yl i » BE I es A-- Thomas Mott Osborne America's foremost exponent of prison reforms. Mr. Osborne first attracted nation- wide notice as a member of the New York State Commission on Prison Reform. He had been for years an ardent worker in the Jinior Republic, a movement seeking to sccure educa- tion for "difficult" children. It was in this work that he conceived the idea of applying the self-government system to prisons. In order to study prison life from the viewpoint of the convict, Mr. Os- borne became a voluntary "prisoner" at Auburn penitentiary. He was shortly afterward appointed warden at" Sing Sing where his sympathetic treatment of prisoners won him a world-wide reputation. He supplanted the customary and age-old vindictive punishment practices by a social re- habilitation program that became the forerunner of similar prison reform measures throughout the nation. Mr. Osborne's hardest fight while at Sing Sing, he said, was not with the prisoners, but with the prison ring, which fought him at every step. Camp Fire Food Sale in Progress This Morning Winnetka Camp Fire Girls are hold- ing their celebrated Annual Food sale this morning in Community House, be- ginning at 10:30 o'clock. This is announced as an opportunity for housewives of Winnetka to pur- chase home cooked foods for Sunday, and to help the Camp Fire Girls win their honors for culinary achieve- ment. Those who have attended pre- vious sales of the Camp Fire Girls have been enthusiastic in their praise regarding the delicious things offered by the girls. Only $45 a front foot for r Winnetka Property! OWNER MUST SELL LOT ON Cherry St., Winnetka; 75x180 at $45 per foot. $1,000 down, $40 per month. Address Win- netka Talk, 393. Look Into the WANT ADS for Good Investments WANT AD DEAD LINE WEDNESDAY NOON "Crime and Punishment", wilF Be 'the | subject of a lecture to be' sine th Mop- day evening, December 8:at the Win netka Woman's clubby honia§ "Mett. > as NEXT WEEK IN WINNETKA Recorded at the Office of Community House) (As Monday, December 8 League of Women Voters' lunch- eon at Community House. Opening of Art Exhibit of Hugo von Hofsten's foreign paintings-- Community House. Lecture by Thomas ! borne at Winnetka T=. club at 8 o'clock. Mott Os- Woman's 1 !% Tuesday, December 9 ' Winnetka Choral society at Win- netka Woman's club at 8 o'clock % -- Wednesday, December 10 Exhibition paintings of Anita Willetts Burnham in Community House at 8 o'clock. Annual meeting Congregational church; evening. Thursday, December 11 Dedication Horace Mann school addition; afternoon. Men's club dinner--Community House; evening. Friday, December 12 Rotary club luncheon, Community House. North Shore Congregation--eve- ning--Hubbard Woods school. URGE GOLDEN RULE REPAST Church Folk to Aid Near East Tomorrow Tomorrow is Golden Rule Sunday all over the world! It affords an oppor- tunity ior kindly disposed" people" to place themselves for a single meal in the position of starving children in a far-off land. While serving a Golden Rule dinner at home, families are asked to make generous contribution to the physical needs of unfortunate children in the Near East. At the Winnetka Congregational church, tomorrow, the children of the church school will bring gifts for this purpose. A special box will receive the money,--which is expected to be not only the amount saved at dinner over the usual meal cost, but a worthy share in the universal golden rule of daily living, it is explained. This will be the order of exercise at the 9:30 o'clock session of the school. At 11 o'clock, Rev. James Austin Richards will preach on "What's Right with the Church? The day's music will include a violin and organ prelude, "Chant Negre," by Kramer, and choir members, "Ho, Everyone that Thirsteth," by Martin, and "The Angel of the Lord," by Andrews. The Young Peoples' High school club will meet in the Neighborhood room at 6:45 o'clock, for a discussion of "How to Interpret God and' Christ." Lois Scharf will open the program. The Sunday Evening series of meet- ings for last month closed last week with the final talk by Frederick E. Clerk, principal of the New Trier high school. Let Contracts For Street Lighting in Store Areas Two contracts for the construction of ornamental street lighting systems in Winnetka were awarded at the meeting of the Board of Local Im- provements on Tuesday evening, No- vember 25. The contract for the Elm street business district went to the Rykoff company of Chicago and one for the Hubbard Woods business dis- trict to the Electrical Contracting company, also of Chicago. The work on the Elm street project is already well under way. It is ex- pected that the installation will be completed in about three months, depending on weather conditions. Bids for the paving of Linden ave- nue in Hubbard Woods will be taken by the board on Tuesday, December 9. Work on this contract cannot start until spring, according to Village Manager Woolhiser. Assessments for this work were confirmed last week by the Superior court of Cook county. PARISH PLANS DINNER The annual Parish dinner for the members of Christ church will be held Monday evening, December 15, it was announced this week. The dinner will be served in the Parish house at Oak land Linden streets. SHOP AT HOME, XMAS SLOGAN Wealth of Christmas Sug- gestions to Be Found in Shops of Village MAY SHOP AT LEISURE Convenience of Home Shop- ping Emphasized By E.W. W, With Thanksgiving a memory, Win- netka shop and store owners have plung- ed into the busy rush of Christmas busi- ness and this week finds the merchants and ther patrons engaged in the inau- gural bargaining of what promises to develop into a record holiday shopping seasot. Shop windows are displaying a wealth ot Christmas gift suggestions, while shelves, cases and tables are weighted with an almost unlimited stock of com- modities guaranteed to quicken the in- terest of the buying public and meet the demands of the most exacting shopping list. Convenient To Shop Here The Christmas rush has started and! the merchants are prepared to offer their friends and neighbors most exceptional! opportunities to secure gifts without the: almost inevitable inconvenience and hur-- ly-burly of the mad pre-holiday rush of loop bargaining. Many of these Christmas suggestions are to be found in the announcements. contained in this issue of WINNETKA TaLk. Still more will be seen in the is-- sue of December 13, which is to be am attractive Shoppers Special edition worthy of the careful scrutiny of every prospective buyer. ~ "Shopping at Your Leisure Buying in the home community at Christmas time, as at any season of the year, offers especial inducements an conveniences in that first quality articles may be purchased at comparative leisure in modern, well-ordered shops and stores from persons who are personally ac- quainted with and interested in their fel- low townsmen. Courtesy, service and full value are factors uppermost in the minds of the progressive local merchant who deals with the buying public of his own community not only at the holiday season but throughout the year. The merchants are particularly anxious that the Christmas shoppers feel free to inspect the offerings of the home stores. "Seeing is believing," stands forth as their motto, and they are not afraid to display their wares and assume personal responsibility for the quality of their commodities. WINNETKA TALK reposes the utmost confidence in the absolute integrity of the merchants who advertise in these columns and commends them to the Christmas shoppers. Expect Big Business R. H. Schell, president of the Win- netka Chambet of Commerce, stated this week that every Winnetka merchant has stocked his shelves with more Christmas goods than has ever before been car- ried. "Every merchant," said Mr. Schell, "has made arrangements to handle the greatest Christmas business in history." Sunday Club Decides to Meet Weekly in Future The Winnetka Sunday Evening club will meet every week beginning with to- morrow's session. This was decided at the last meeting, as the members felt that every other week was not often enough. From now on no notices of meetings will be sent, but it will be understood that the time will always be the same every week-- 6:30 o'clock, Sunday evening, in the Camp Fire room of Community House. It was also voted to try a new plan for arranging programs. Instead of leaving the plans of programs of meet- ings to one committee, as has been done in the past, the entire club will now have a "finger in the pie." The club will be divided into sub-committees of five members each, and each committee will have charge of a meeting at some time during the year. In this way it is hoped to encourage greater interest and lend variety to the programs. Tomorrow the main feature of the evening will be a talk by Dr. J. W. F. Davies on "Discussion of Co-operation." Supper will be served as usual in the Camp Fire room. ; The Sunday Evening club is glad to welcome newcomers; all young unmar-- ried people over high school age are eligible. 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