& | January 30, 1926 WINNETKA TALK PLAN SKATING RACES Hubbard Woods Rink to Hold Com- petition at Station Pond Sunday Afternoon; All Ages Eligible Members of the Hubbard Woods Rink will hold a program of skating races Sunday afternoon, beginning at 3 o'clock, it was announced this week by Arthur Fisher, president of the organization. The races will be for boys and girls in various classes, grouped according to age. There will be a class open to all, one for those from 16 to 14 years of age, one from 14 to 12 years of age and one for those under 12 years. There will also be mixed pair races, in the various age groups, the boy skating the first lap, the girl, the sec- ond and the boy the third. In addi- tion, relay races, with four persons to a team will be run. Captains of teams are requested to pick their teams in advance, it was announced. The af- fair is in charge of Myron E. Adams, chairman of the sports committee of the club. It was announced this week that mysterious "music machine" has been donated to the club by Raymond E. Durham, vice president of the Lyon and Healy company of Chicago. is hoped that the "music machine" will be installed by Sunday, it was said. Plans are going forward for a huge costume carnival to be staged Satur- day, February 6, in charge of Mr. West, and further announcements of the details will be made later. Those who use the rink and have not paid their membership dues are requested to send them in to officials of the club, Springer Ailing But Friends Open Primary Campaign Despite the fact that he is unable to take an active part in the cam- paigning at this season, friends of State Representative Lewis B. Spring- er, of Wilmette, are busily engaged in furthering his candidacy for renomina- tion at the April primaries. Meanwhile Mr. Springer is recovering from a severe attack of sciatic-neuritis at Grand View Health Resort, Waukesha, Wis. Mr. Springer has been incapacitated for thirteen weeks but inability to launch his own campaign did not deter his friends in their determination to acquaint the public with the fact that his name will appear on the ballots this spring. To date, 5,000 names have been ai- fixed to petitions in behalf of Mr. Springer, which must be filed next month. Mr. Springer already has pledged himself to fight for "Home Rule" legislation should the voters decide in his favor in the election. He holds that thé Chicago and Cook county taxing bodies should not be controlled by Springfield, as is now the case. GIVE SISTERHOOD LUNCHEON At the luncheon given by the North Shore Congregational Sisterhood in the Winnetka Woman's club on January 21, very interesting addresses were made by the national president of the Sisterhood, Mrs. J. Walter Freiberg of Cincinnati and by Mrs. Morris Stein- feld of St. Louis, first vice president, also by Miss Etta Goldberg of Cleve- land, who is the honorary president of the Ohio State Federation of Temple Sisterhoods. - ' SELECTS WEDDING DAY Miss Barbara Nicholls, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Nicholls of 660 Pine street, has chosen Saturday, March 20, for her marriage to Charles Ingram Bernard, III. Its Basketball Takes Hold as Principal Sport in Schools During the first five days of last week the boys' basketball teams of Skokie school played a total of ten ames; the girls' teams played eight games; the periods of practice by the boys was fifteen and thirteen for the girls, with 501 individuals involved. The foregoing data is included in the report of Harry P. Clarke, director of physical training in the public schools of Win- netka, which also shows the number of teams in the Winnetka schools, as follow: Boys' lightweight, Skokie, 6; Boys' lightweight, North Shore Coun- try Day school, 1; Boys' lightweight, Community House, 1, total, 8. Boys' middleweight, Skokie, 5; Boys' middle- weight, North Shore Country Day school, 1, total, 6. Boys' heavyweight, Skokie, 3; Boys' heavyweight, North Shore Country Day school, 1, total, 4. Girls' lightweight, Skokie, 7; Girls' lightweight, North Shore Country Day school, 1, total 8. Girls' middleweight, Skokie, 5; Girls' middleweight, North Shore Country Day school, 1; Skokie faculty, 1, total 7. A grand total of 33 teams. Famous Educator Guest at Country Day School On Tuesday, the North Shore Coun- try Day school received a visit from Henry Pennypacker, for many years head master of the Boston Latin school, the oldest school in the United States, and now chairman of the board of ladministration of Harvard university. Mr. Pennypacker explained the present system of admission to colleges, in gen- eral, and discussed the traits of char- acter that enable young men now-a- days to be in line for securing admis- sion. Christine Heinig, Gives Six Lectures in Racine Miss Christine Heinig of 782 Center street is giving a series of six lectures in Racine, Wis., under the auspices of the American Association of University Women of that city. She will talk to a group of parents on "Behavior Prob- lems of the Pre-School Child." Miss Heinig was formerly on the staff of the Merrill-Palmer School for Homemaking in Detroit. She is at present in charge of the Nursery school in the Franklin Public school in Chi- cago, the first nursery school of its kind in a public school. The Chicago Woman's club is sponsoring this in- teresting experiment. NEXT WEEK IN WINNETKA Monday, February 1 Open. : Tuesday, February 2 Noon-- Winnetka Woman's club, 2:30 p. m. : Evening-- Village council, Village hall, 8 p. m. Masons, Masonic temple, 8 p. m. Wednesday, February 3 All day-- Women's House. Thursday, February 4 society, Community Open. Friday, February 5 Noon-- Rotary club, Community House, 12:15 p. m. Evening-- North Shore Congregation, Glen- coe Masonic temple, 8:15 p. m. Saturday, February 6 Evening-- High school play, New Trier, 8 p. m. You're Not to Forget Those Two Barrel Days Barrel Days! February 1 and 2 Don't forget to return those lost books to New Trier High school. Look through your book shelves and your attics for books with the New Trier book plate in the inside of the front cover. This is a chance to ease "that guilty conscience"! Help your high school and save money for the tax- payers. . Return them to the Barrel in any one of the following places: Remember--No fines and no ques- tions asked! Glencoe -- Hillman's, 353 Park Avenue. Hubbard Woods -- Hubbard Woods Pharmacy, 1046 Gage street. Winnetka--Adam's pharmacy, 782 Elm street. Kenilworth-- Kenilworth phar- macy, 415 Richmond road. Wilmette -- Renneckar's Drug company, Wilmette and Central avenues; Kroll & Smith, Real Es- tate, 419 Fourth street. The Reason for Barrel Day! The New Trier High school li- brary has been operating since 1914; during that time many books have been lost through the careless- ness of its patrons. Barrel Day is an effort to get back as many of them as possible, thereby saving money for the tax- payers. Any one finding a New Trier book may return it to any one of the above places and place it in the barrel provided for the purpose We hope you will help us! Winnetka Woman Is Impressed With The Growth of Florida Some interesting facts about Florida were told by Mrs. Caleb Busick, 1408 Asbury avenue, in a letter to a Win- netka friend recently. Mrs. Busick has just returned from a month's trip through the state and was much im- pressed with the boom now in progress. "I was amazed at the hugh improve- ments on the east coast all the way down," says Mrs. Busick in her letter, "the fine new four to ten story build- ings, the subdivisions and beautiful homes. The first thing that struck my eye was not the beautiful Spanish architecture but its colorings. We have nothing like it up here and all Florida is brightened up with all the colors of the rainbow in the stucco buildings. "Orlando, to my viewpoint, is the queen city of Florida. Its location, its natural beauties--it has 37 beautiful small lakes within the city limits, which make it the most attractive of Florida cities. It has two railroads, four large banks, many beautiful large churches and club buildings, a pottery plant and other interesting and productive in- dustries." Close Preaching Mission At Christ Church Sunday The preaching mission conducted by the Rev. Franklyn Cole Sherman at Christ church, Winnetka, during the past week, will close this Sunday, Jan- uary 31, with two services, one at 11 o'clock in the morning and the other at 8 o'clock in the evening, both at the church, on Sheridan road. Mr. Sher- man is the executive secretary of the American Guild of Health and preaches co-operation between religion and medicine. The Rev. E. Ashley Gerhard said that the mission had been a great success, large numbers at- tending every evening in spite of ad- verse weather conditions. ALBERT SPALDING NEXT WINNETKA CLUB ARTIST Great American Violinist to Ap- pear at New Trier Auditorium Tuesday, February 16 Albert Spalding, famous American violinist, will give a recial under the auspices of the Winnetka Music club on Tuesday evening, February 16, at 8:30 o'clock. Inasmuch as Spalding is not only America's greatest violinist but also one of the three of the four world's greatest, this recital promises a rare and real treat to music lovers. A few facts concerning Albert Spalding as a violin virtuoso will in- dicate his rank in the field of music. The New York Symphony orchestra has chosen him as soloist 36 times, and the Chicago Symphony, 19 times. He has given recitals in almost every country of the civilized world. Distinguished in War Last vear he had the distinction of being the first American to sit as a judge at the examinations of the Paris Conservatory. This year he has moved Parisians to tears at the opera by his interpretation of the Respighi Concerto with Koussevitzky's orchestra--a work which he will introduce to this country this vear. For his distinguished war services he was decorated with the Cross of the Crown of Italy by the Ttalian government. Recent press comments on Spalding's playing read: "Albert Spalding is the equal of the world's best violin artists. No violin playing that I know has greater con- tent of spiritual and sensuous beauty. None of his colleagues of the present day have a wider range of tone, a subtler, more variedly used expressive nuance, a more compelling message." "In selecting the 100% perfect artists, among the violinists I would choose Fritz Kriesler and Albert Spalding." "Another Kriesler has come to town." "A credit to himself, to his country and to his art." "Albert Spalding has the great power of fascinating all who listen to him, because it seems that he expresses with his violin in a language sublime and rare, the most exquisite sensations of his great artist's soul." "Mr. Spalding is today in the front rank of the world's violinists." P.T.A. Gathering Hears Address.on Child Clinic Work A joint meeting of the Parent-Teach- er associations of the Winnetka pub- lic schools and the North Shore Coun= try Day school was held at Skokie school, Tuesday evening, at which there was an exceedingly large attendance to enjoy the excellent talk by Dr. Smiley Blanton, director of the Child's: Guidance Clinic, under the Board of Education of Minneapolis, Minn. Dr. Blanton's subject was, "The Laws o Discipline." He discussed various types of discipline and emphasized partic- ularlythe necessity of more education on the part of the parents, before bringing up children. Announcement was made during the evening of the Child's Study con- ference, which is to be held in Chicago. March 4, 5 and 6, at which well known speakers from various parts of the country will be present to discuss the various subjects. A more detailed pro- oram of this important meeting will be published in a later issue of Wix- NETKA TALK. ~The next general meeting of the Winnetka Parent-Teacher association will be held Tuesday evening, March 2, to hear Prof. Harold Rugg, of Teachers' college, Columbia university.