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Lake Shore News (Wilmette, Illinois), 22 May 1912, 2, p. 13

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What People Are Doing Mrs. W. T. Whiffen returned to Wil- lette Saturday after a visit with her listers in Galesburg. |fft|fffgt|fi|l The Schulta Baking Company of Chicago has purchased a motor car tor their North Shore delivery, ^ifi Mr. Ralph Klemm, who has been Confined to his home with rheumatism for the past few weeks, is able to be iround BgtLln.&^^lt0r^^¥^0M Mr. Anthony P. May has purchased lot on Hill street between Kline and 4th street, on which he expects to uild a residence soon."5 ty:}-^%^J,$i&.. E. PL. 'Dunshee, with his wife and daughter, moved to southern Michigan last Wednesday where they will make their home. Mr. Dunshee has pur- chased a small farm. p Edgar Hall and wife have taken up Itlthetr residence in Wilmette. They expect to erect a beautiiul home on Ashland avenue between^! lth and 12th streets this summer. -##:';-%>-:V-.-:' The fifth division of the Ladies' Aid society of the M. E. church will hold an all day meeting, beginning at 10 o'clock, Friday, May 24, at the ome--of^Mrs^ Humphrey, Broadway^ hear Isabella street. ^:^yrj.^ Miss Florence Haff arrived home Wednesday night from Toronto, Ont, | where she has been spending the win* ter. Miss Haff reports a delightful }; winter in the Dominion of Canada. |She-wiil^make^rer hom^for ther pres- ent with her sister, Mrs. A. G. Dodd, 722-12th streets-----^--^^-^ - The birthday dinner given at the were served. ipServlng at the table were Miss Eleanor Snider and Miss Mildred PtvLdd9n.§>f^^pf^f0^^^0 Mrs. John Stevens, assisted by MrB. Geo. Hess, was hostess at the March Table. For a centerpiece Mrs. Stev- ens used a map of Ireland with mini- ature, lake, attractive^'scenery*1 In- cluding Blarney Castle^ witlr kittle cotteges,™were"BH«nged^picturesque- ly with Dresden figures of Irish people, a few pigs, cows and snakes, too, were in evidence. -The decora- tions were unique and well arranged. Green shamrock nut dishes were used, The-young ladies serving at this table were the Misses Mary and Juliet Gates. . ,./,■: ■:■■ ^v.,:-(;v^.' Mrs. William Mann, assisted by Mrs. John Iliff, was hostess at the April Table, at which the April Fool idea was the scheme. For a center-piece a large basket of purple iris, with white suansonia and asparagus fern, was particularly attractive; ^Purple bon-bons and purple nut baskets were used. Those who sat at this table had the fun of cutting the knife and fork from the table cloth. Dorthy Christmas Table. This table perhaps attracted the most favorable comment because of its brilliant coloring, A beautiful Christmas tree formed the center-piece and polncetta was used in decorating the tabler ~ The^ unt dishes were little stokings hung from a tripod of red opera sticks. The table was covered with white tarleton while underneath was imitation snow, giving a pretty background for the red coloring. The Misses Barrow, Mabel Wheelock and Caroline Bockin a Congregational church last Friday planned and carried out as it was, reflects greatest credit upon the gene- ralship of Mrs. Marion Ives, who had it in charge. Assisting Mrs. Ives were Mrs. James Colt and Mrs. John ; Segsworth. The dinner was given for the purpose of raising money to de- fray the expenses of finishing the [basement of thecTMrcbTwhiclT Ts~so Iliff and Margaret McMillan"Served.Vr" Mrs. George A. Van Dyke, assisted by Mrs. B. F. Brown, was hostess at|were TWENTY-FIVE Twenty-five motorists who took ad- vantage of the fine weather Sun- day were halted as they were speed- ing through Evanston in excess of the speed -limit.. i^^^t^z^z^^. Bright and «arly yesterday^ morning Officer Larkin mounted his motorcy- cle and started out to look for speeders. He had been out but a few minutes when the first offender was taken.■'.-.',;.;" :':[:al-Cr':^.r^-°r:';:. All day long the speeders kept Lar- kin busy and it was late last night before the steady procession of autos passing through here .stopped^.^^^ As a result of his day's work Lar- kin nailed twenty-two drivers who going far above the speed Chief of Police Shaffer was with a may pole for a center-piece, out but a few minutes and during that luch needed for the Sunday school, mdwaa given under the auspices of [the Ladies', Society of the church. Two hundred and fifty tickets were sold. Following the dinner and auc- tion sale of "White Elephants" or articles that would never be missed if--taken from our mantel shelves, and these after being carefully wrapped, were sold at auction, and netted - the sum of $10.00. At the September table, in a spirit i of fun, and possibly in appreciation [of a fine meal well served, a gentle- fman proposed that the waitresses be [tipped, and started a plate, which was rwards carried to other tables and A number of dolls dressed in pink and white-were-dancing around thermay pole. Pink and white candle shades were used, the nut dishes were pink. Serving at this table were, Helen Roberts and Helen Dingee. Mrs. J. Lewis Foulke, waB hostess at the June Table. This table was truly a bride's table, and the bridal party formed the centerpiece. The dolls were most attractively dressed, the bride in white and the maids in pink, while candles in pink shades gave all a rosy hue. At this table Miss Jean ^ramTsopf~MTss ElBte~3raiihtffiid7^a: time he arrested three motorists. "'"Late Sunday afternoon six men on motorcycles, entered in an en- durance: run,, were stopped in front of the police station as they were speeding toward Chicago on the last of their trip. The men wore mom ill Frank Kadlec Nursery Co. A was liberally contributed to. A num- ber of public-spirited men contributed sums which added materially to the nanciai~»uccesff. Mrs. Melville Brown was chairman in the kitchen and had tour assistants, Mrs. Frank Wilson, Miss Bertha Wheelock, Miss Anna Arthur, Mrs. W. U De Witt, Mrs, Kuehl; Mrs. Welsh, Mrs. B. F. Clifford, Mrs. Henry Pope Mrs. Ira Hatch, assisted by Mrs. O. C. Eastman was hostess at the January table. The table was deco- rated to represent a skating pond, surrounded by snow and ice with oboggan slide and miniature dresden the Misses Helene and Dorthy Doty .served.----------- .....---~--~^--^ .-.:.-.._._._ Mrs. Richard Mulvey, assisted by Mrs. Roy Osgood, presided at the July Table which was gay with flags, red, white and blue carnations being Used with striking effect. The candle -Shades, were made of four shields, while the nut diBhes were made of smaller shields. The Misses Eleanor and Marjory Day and MrsT~ JDlark served. •.:■'* Mrs. Roy E. Bowers, assisted by Mies Jennie Doig, was hostess at the August Table at which the vacation idea was perfectly carried out. A miniature lake, made by uaing^ju.mjr^ ror, formed the lake, and small bisque figures of people grouped around, some in boats an4 some on the banks of the lake, carried out the outing scene. Daisies were the flowers used and the colore were yellow and white. Hazel Russel, Jessie Kirk, Amy Bor- geson and Belle Cotton served. Mre.C. CT Cameron was assisted by Mrs. Edwin Besser at the September bers of a Chicago motorcycle club. An endurance run had been started yes- terday morning and the riders were making fast time on their last stretch of the run. They were held up at the police station some little time__whilel they ■ were booked and dates set for their trials. :w^ ■-,- Out of"the twentv^rveltfTeated; sevl- enteen were from Chicago, four from :this_jsityJL tWo j£jmv. Lake Forest, one from WTnnetka, one from Hubbard Woods and one from Decatur, 111. COW WANDERS INTO FRATERNITY MUSE f elephone 2050 820 Church Street WS§0M Painters Mid B Wall Paper. BurMT 636 DatlS StHlt, iHtBtBtl Window Shades, Etc. telephone 2036 '0$$Si Rill NWt Blip tlllSt In the parlor on the first floor of the Sigma Chi fraternity house, 1625 Hinman avenue, Evanston, when the Northwestern university students living there arose Sunday morning was a Jersey cow, bewildered by her strange surroundings. The students who found the cow were themselves too astonished to try to solve the problem of ejecting the guest with- out aid, so telephoned to the police. After eome difficulty the cow~~was dragged downstairs and she was taken to^the home of her owner, Dr. M. C. Bragdon, 1709 Chicago avenue. figures, some sliding down the tobog- gan and others on skis on the pond. ^This=tabie was decorated^ to represent a harvest scene with shocks of wheat, a large one in the center, while smaller ones were placed at intervals down the center of the table to make the farm scene complete. A number of bisque figures of chickens, turkeys and farm implements, were about. The napkins and nut dishes were in yellow. This table was thought to be one of the prettiest. Serving at this-table were Julia New- ton, Dorothy Brown, and Mary Prit- TOOK BICYCLE; ARRESTED. George Olson and L. Freiberg, both of Chicago, were arrested early Sun* day on'the complaint of A. Karavas, 1020 Central street, Evanston, who caught the men taking his bicycle OQ--bot-fo:--work?S^9ler| ph0iie ^ Faripandp be^urp it makes in the atmfsph office, howop W--i-BtVS alter hp^opt t^ day--i ive the atmosphere, it will _BellB covered with snow to ring In the New Year were suspended over the table, while small electric lights, .covered with cotton and sprinkeled The men had been fishing at the lake as' for a cup of cof- with diamond dust, helped to carry out the winter scene. Each guest at this table had small candlesticks with lighted candles for favors. Candle- sticks with silver and green shades fee. When they deft they took the wheel with them, but Karavas caught them before-they- hadgonefai^---~^ produce a so inuchr shing breeze. You can work; r with it on youiyiesk, "that; mm gave soft light. A pyramid of cocoa- nut snowballs, with small green can- dles stuck into each one, made the birthday cake, and these were served as partToTlhe dessert^The waitres- ses were the Misses Marjory and Jean Hatchvff^^^^ ~Eg Mrs. H; ItT Siiider, assisted by lira William D. Bradley, was hostess at the February table. This was the Valen- tine Table, Red and green were-tfae colors used. iipThe centerpiece was a Japanese basket of red tulips with Asparagus fern, candlesticks with red, shades were used at the four cor- ners o/ the table, and from them to th© center of the tabl€f were suspend- ed strings of red hearts and cuplds. nut dishes were red, and red candies chard.. ":-■<• r-V-.'^'T;r;:?: -';:':{-<;:'V Mrs. H. A. Whitman, assisted by Mrs. A. P. Flagg, was the hostess at the October Table and the Hallowee'n idea was admirably carried out.__A pumpkin was the centerpiece, while pumpkin flowers were suspended over the table, and strings of black witches and cats were used- for decorations. Serving/ at this table wera_„„Miss Bockius and Susan ^Watson. » ■ ^ Mrs. Ralph Potter was hostess at the November Table, assisted by Mrs. Benj. Gage. Thanksgiving was the scheme, with the ship Mayflower as the center-piece and Priscilla a. pas- senger. Violets were profusely used to decorate the boat as well as the table. The color scheme of gray was also used in the bonnets of the wait- resses, Marion Roberts and Clemen- tine "" Eastman. '^^t^^^^it^M^^M. _ JKrs^lIk E. Hyde,7 aMste^oy "Mrs; L. A. Bower, was hostess * at the you'll declare it the best investment in sum^ mer ^onrfor^^u ^ver Hiade^ There's an electric Fan for every need, § from the little 8-inch ^esk and bracket type i 4liat^uJis^all-d^y-fQtutwo cents, up to the lai ceiling and counter fans for stores and restaurants. Big breezes--small coster-light weight. z^.v....-i£|ll> I excl usi ve f eaiufes thary^u must «ee.= *m.:im i^sWtbeforiheha^cerSh^ *■ j-jjjipr: sMaMM f-rggjXjtf ^teil^fei-. -r 4!iLaM:,.ti;-

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