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w you hundreds of fliherless “than These girls (fmm futory and men, from domestic servicv and v M hangs. in the durknt hour; of ‘Mrflmnvhenumns ifnomh- "HMmh-hmflminthetm) x-I mien into the nrms of the Sn!- m Amy and made to see that IlhopehImtyL-tlou. They-n» labohebeltofunhom women M to the unfortunate. centuries : ls Sn their every word and action. v Albr these little mothers IN 4” ”(High places as found for when that any lad upright. L“ Nair does an; deuzion ’1‘- ;,Q M has “(crumbs get may 3” M unduly. They Inflow them "dualism! “vice I‘VE than k .l this tnined to Minnie-l work Institution to their par-weal learn- kithe teqdernea‘a nlmwn by Jesus They hnve a workman} honw whon‘ ‘ men may secure temporary employâ€" Mt. Ian just dischanred from hos- . M ton weak for their regular la~ tor. men with an arm or a hug gone. dd men gather heée for light work “eh I: toning of paper, the mending d Miturc and other things which 45.7 can do. They are paid for their work and given a clean place to sleep fill good, wholemme fowl They are "glad to suve the money paid thorn and when they an able to resume -Mr work thc-y have a few dollars M with which to faco life's bat- My the one which appeals ml! to people who think in the ma- fiulflty home for girls on the North M Hm. in a hospital fitted with .0 lost linden: appliances. are born The pmducts of this home we taken 00 the slum districts and these dis- posed of to the poor people. If these people hive money enough to buy this furniture. clothing and what not. then It h old to them. If they haven't i; in freely given. “It citfs biggest men. A. far their home flen'ice. they an‘ without doubt the most practical and he most efficient charlhble institu- fim in the world today. Their ramifi- cations extend intu (M'L'i'y kind of help for the unfortunate. wbah‘wcr thn cause. Their seven day a week ro- ll“ docs mom good in Chicago, for hit-nee. than all the united charities. According to the belief of some of an no is that the..mcn and women .II the Army have done it and are doing it today. “I“ is oniy one of the vnried ac Now how was this possible? The answer ilâ€"bec-use these people have muted themselves to the cause of humanity. This utter submersion 0! self {or an ideal.“ servin- is hard {or you and I to understand. An we to M the name of the Salvation Army wu» hemlded to the four cur- lers of these United States. Everyone knows that of all the “litre organizations operating for “9 men of the A. E. l". the Salvation Army am: nearer to the ideals uf pull! service. The kind of service the Haste!- used thounands of years ago. It was not a. condescending senice but nther a humble one. All that W accomplished in France was done with a personnel of only 200 people. Jolt think 200 people did enough work with our millions; of men in France Jan a few words regarding the work of the Army. Our opinion. and wobbly yours. before investigating. was that these people were mligious mks doing a little good maybe by their street corner meetings and gos- pel homes. The warflhowever, threw file spotlight of publicity on the acâ€" tiVlties of these people and found they Ire doing a truly great work. Every dollar of the proceeds of tin- drive will be used in the confines of the state. In this way people will MW that when they give to the cull: they are giving to help the un. fortunate of their own commonwealth. From Sepbember 2?. to :29. the last week in this month the Salvation Ar- my will put on a drive in Illinois for funds for home service work. “be as second class mail matter. Ahmsing rues made known upon Inflation. Subscription rates $2.00 pox your. Single copies 4k. ‘Hm Flihy morning from the *- d the Dunner: Grow Publishâ€" ” My, 3173lo flui- amt. W Gme. Illinois. W at the Dimmers Grove Post h m l wonderfully Chris- Ibis of Wm» 0h. THE SALVATION ARMY C. II. Sl‘AA'l‘S. EDITOR “Iona hone-for wrung b Mm. the work In the Hull-ff :fâ€"t‘ «fie m». gt home 13 if at last I fev. of the Senator's .mendmentn In the pence truty had a few good thing! inor- ponced in them and we are begin- ning to 'wonder why our nun should have the say in makiq tunnel, :- [Iimt the sflpulated article a! the Constitution which an it should not. Plea-“dent. Wilson in carrying the League of Nations to the people. He is not the first pmsident who wrungt led with one of the [muses of Conâ€" gress and tried to nuke good his stand by a tour of the country. Presi- dent Johnson set that pmci-ienc mu no. Seems to us humble folks here Boot-legging is on the tincmse. Thnt two and thme quarter per cent and even five per cent beer is still being manufactured. That corn whim key and other brands wflh the wril- known kick is still being sold. The fight on pmfih‘crs and the H‘ C. of L. seems to haw died aboming. A Chicago mas has'hnan slain in Mexico. Write your own comment. Gem Pershing said in an inton-icw‘inflilukfi" whl-n he lgnded in New York. “God! Scrum: [7 of Un- Cortifimting Law bless the doughboy." From cuunltfl'uds: “Barman! m attend, panic-imb- nhscnation and hearing the recital- in, m- an indifl'ou-nt ur antagonistic ‘of things as they “em on (he Wegl' attitulh (award institutes. teachnsrs‘ 10m front the (ma. has n-ammt twmevtlmr‘ profi‘SSionnl waning. or say it} We an: faxed to the conclu.‘0""‘r ":3th rmluircrments of tho aion that morv was «lone by the Init- Cnunty or State Supflrintenlfi‘flt. in iath'u of the «Ioughboy and man of rluding the making n! statistial and the line than was ammplishxl by 09‘" "POW-m INDY be confidt'fifd as tho xumming up of the 621mm .99.”. ""mefl‘flon“ CW4““-" I Along the same as above we saw- that (In- highrr institutes of [cumâ€" ing. our colleges and scan: unive-rsi- tics. are enrolling morn studl-ntx than v-vcr before in their history . Many ‘ox-serviro men arc- going highvr in their .‘u‘hool work. Their contact with life around “in world has hm: harm to them in no uncortnin wrms the; raiuv of an (-nlm'ntion. The bar-range township high school lis getting inadequate for the numbm of students wishing to take the high 1(th courses. Euiry your more and more people are seeing the advantage of high schooling and higher educw tion for their children. In the battle of life the one “knowing the most" usually has the better chance. Gen. John J. Pershing has handed in the United States. Wonder if he took off his Sam Brown belt as per orâ€" ders of Sec. Baker of the War De» partmt-nt for all other officers landing in this country. I Did any of you over go amund to '[he business housu-s of this \illagt‘ ' and try to gel. the proprietors to agr rec on any certain conceited action? To say the least, its a task! ,' \Vhat this {villnm‘ net-(ls. among gother things, is a strong organization of tho business intervals. Call it a business men’s association, a commer- 'L-i:il club or what you will, it is nemlcd.3 {Cooperation among the business peo-‘ ‘ple would do mom Inward stabilizing ithi-ir own business than almost any , other factor. [ Two at thme times in the past the gbusiness men's association has flour- ished for a short time and then gom‘ into a gradual decline. Always same- man or group of men were dissatis- fied with the opinion of the mapority and withdrew. Can't we have cooperation among Downers Grave's husino mnn'.’ is 81.5.. per year! 'Figure it out. less than fur doll-u - week “tr-1e! l'vople of Downs-rs Grove here is a cause worthy of your heurliest sup- port. it is one that when you give .1 dollar you know that dollar will give an» hundlul cents wont]: of mull. nylad-n-dhuiui-MIW SALVO Delivered to your order in one or two dozen lots EMIL VV. MARCIIAND WE SEE BY Till-I PAPERS THAT TELEPHONE ass-w Cereal Beverage TIeGmtTeIpemceDrlnk Haying Phone 212-Wo2 Beuides these them will be special instructors. lecturers. 1nd sedionnl meetings for high m1. primary. run! when. etc. Th» program will be tho stump-st n-wr allemptnl in Du Page (,aunty. anal will mnlm’n talrnt. such as Mar [in (I Hrumbaugh, former Omar-nor of Pennsylvania. Organizer 0! the Porto Ricxn Sdmnl System. Sumrinâ€" tendent of Sch-Ms a! Philadelphia; H. M. Crooks. l’midwd of Alma Col- legr, Alma. Midi; C. A. Blanchard. President of thnton College, When! ton. "lint-i5; E. E. Rdl, Pmshlvm. of North Wane"! (‘ullvgm Nnmrfilln, Illinois; J. W. Yoda? v! Philaddpllia, Music Dimr. Section 183 of the Sr‘lwol ‘Law at Illinois rvmlsr “Five day:- in any {school yva'r. spent by a u-arlwr. «lurâ€" {ing tel-m limo. in attendance upon a ‘u‘nvhers' institutv. lwld under tho 1“- ‘mction of the» County Superintendent of Schools. shall be tonsidon-d time? lawfully expended in tho sc-wicz- at the district .nml no «kwlm‘tion in wag- 05 shall be math.- for such nth-ndnnw. It shall bu- (hr Ilul) of filo school Ili motors to close the yachools for such! inqilukc. " l The public schools throughuut the cuunty will be closed during lhv work to walla it possible for all the teachers m attend the lnslnulo. The 1919 Teachers’ Annual Insti- tute 0r Du Page County. Illinois. will he held at Wheaten. beginning Mon- day. September 291b, and closing Oc‘ labor 3d. COUNTY TEACHERS’ INSTITUTE TO BE SEPT. 29 - OCT. Th:- foregoing statomvm is a sum-4 wary of tho condition 01‘ the Librur3-_ 1nd its needs taken from thp renml‘ and from thn- members of the Library. Board. 1 YESâ€"Them never was a good thing” that Duwnors (imve citizens would not support. They an» habitually, [proud of their town and all its insti“ tutions. The library is virtually tho ‘only village institution 'l'ho school is a district affair and the district; boundaries extend beyond the viliagtfi Then- is no utlwr municipal building‘ deserving of thr- namn. In tho years. sincv‘ its vslablishmont the Library has entered into the hour! of the vil- lage affairs. [bi need is pressing. its demand for assistance cannot go un-l noticed. ‘ WILL "OWNERS GROVE ASSIST ITS LIBRARY? DOES DOWNIID GROVE DESERVE A L l B R A I Y? HARRY H. MARTIN Downers Grove R. R. udt Cultivating Telcphonc 30 Day or Night ELECTRIC WASHERS AND VACUUM CLEANERS along with other labor. saving devices for the household, always on hand. This soap is ONLY carried by agents of the THOR WASHER where there is en agency and is not for sale in grocery stores and the places where you usually buy soap. Come in and let us explain this to you. No more melting soap at nine or ten cents a bar â€"â€" just use three table spoon falls of this powder and get BETTER results for seven cents than you can possible get by using any kind of soap. You save from ten to eleven cents every time you wash and the trouble ot‘ melting the soap. Something New! Made in pow- der form especially for use in Washing Machines! “WASHER MAID“ SOAP Villey. Wash, Aug. 7â€"H M. Harv nly and his hmthervin-law. B. E. Keh- lur of Downers Grove‘ “L, have leader! the old Pacific at Kulur's mill and 'will uperam- a plant for making w- lnwnl for floors and wainstutinx and 1”“. outside of buildings. They will usr [ho material fmln the 'Doublu Eagle. 10 miles west of town. They will operate the mill. which is fully i-quippcd with machinery. with powvr ‘frum [ho Kulzer clwtric light system. l'l'ht‘y are getting the mill in shape fur thu magnesite that will be hauled to the plant by trucks. Earl Bvany of Nitro. is equipping Hm snuth portion of the same build- ing I‘m: a garage. Mr. Boagty was in the employ of the government during the war. They consume but a trifling amount of gls. WESTERN (”NITI‘ZI) (:15 AND ELECTRIC COMPANY ed with the use of mflclws and help yum lo keep your hitch-n clean TlIey eliminate the danger associat- B. E. KEELER INTERESTED IN NEW FACTORY We are installing hundreds of them convenient SELF-LIGHTERS on GAS RANGES. will .he nub In". MI”! Snatch a match It Light Your Gas Range no mulch stubs lint-red about. Press A Button! Superinhetdenl of Schools. 5’3... 61 South Main Street R}; Retailers of High Grade Merchandise J. D. GILLESPIE CO. Beginning Tuesday. September 23rd the (‘urtiss Theatre will be open every night with the exception of Mondays, to and 20 cnts. showing the better movie features under the direction of . HILLIARI) CAMPBELL Sat. Sept. 20th. J 858 WILLARD in the Challenge Chance The strange beans whkh you will :41- in “TM (Elms! of Slumber Mountain" livml and fought in thi.‘ wry land of nun: thmhuml.‘ of yvrs ago, The strum-st boas” you haw- n-wr won in union \ull bv shoun in this pictnm and it is yuur chum-r and that of yuur clulcln-n to sm- llw groan-st pitfall“: m' ils kind (-n-r vxhibiuwl in (hv world. thim; bm'mv and nothing again will owr bv seen like it. Don‘t form-1 I'm ‘lutr uf lhi> \rumlvrful shuw, m‘x! Thursul _\'. Septmnln-r Nth. Better make up your mind about this occasion we offer, James Whitcoml; Riley‘s “LITTLE ORI’HANT ANNIE” "THE GHOST OF SLUMBER MOUNTAIN" FOUR ACTS OF LOOP VAUDEVILLE CURTISS THEATRE, NEXT THURSDAY. SEPT. 18th THREE BIG FEATURE ATTRACTIONS THIS DAY! [O’BREEN in one of the finest and most interesting photo- play spectacles ever produced. A Paramount pictuie in every sense of the w,ord filed to overflow 1m, with Ameri. can Backbone. Its the greatest story of the transfiguring power of love and faith ever told and its told from the ex- perience of those who have sounded the Hearts of Hu- manity. If you see “Fire’s of Faith" once you’ll want to see it again, but don‘t fail to see it once. (‘URTISS THEATRE. NEXT TUESDAY, SEPT. 1681 Stewart Blacton’s “THE GREAT LITTLE SCOUT” FEATURING CATHERINE CALVERT. RUBY DeREMER, THEO- DORE ROBERTS, CHARLES OGLE and EUGENE “Hie Fires 0| faith’ CURTISS THEATRE CURTISS THEATRE, THIS SATURDAY. SEPT. Parnmount-Artcnft’s Big Super-Production Telephone” Day or Night 12, mo