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These merchants invite your patronage and will make it worth your while to trade with them Evanston Political E q u a lit y League Will Hold Public Meet- | ing Each Month With Noted I Speakers as Guests. VIRGINIA BROOKS COMING ************************************ What People are Doing in Wilmette It will be open house night at the Wilmette Country club Saturday. Mr. H. K. Snider is building on the corner of Eighth and Washington avenue. Mrs. Clark Edwards of Columbus, Ohio, is the guest of her niece, Mrs. A. G. Melville, 1022 Greenwood ave- nue. Mrs. N. C. Thayer and children re- turned Saturday from Minnesota and Iowa, where they spent a couple of months. Mrs. C.H. Klemm of 420 Park ave- nue attended a box theater party in Chicago Thursday with a number of friends. Mrs. Herbert Ashton Morin, 636 Hill street, entertained at luncheon a club of twelve ladies of which she is a member. Mrs. Charles Schlosser, 621 Elm- wood avenue, ^ntertained as guests last week Miss Hazel Schlosser and Miss Gretta Leyse of Sioux Falls, S. D. Mr. and Mrs. E. Brown of Wapa- koneta, O., are visiting their aunts, Mrs. Joseph Lear, 1637 Forest avenue, and Miss R. Yeokel, 1219 Wilmette avenue. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Couffer returned November 1 from a ten days' trip in the east, they having visited Pitts- burgh, Philadelphia, New York, New Haven and Boston. The Young Ladies' Auxiliary of the Wilmette Woman's club at their last meeting gave their services to the work of the philanthropic department The philanthropic department of the Woman's club will hold an extra all-day meeting for work on Friday, November 22nd. At the last meeting of the Wilmette Woman's club on Wednesday after- noon, November 13th, the program was in charge of the music depart- ment, of which Mrs. Albert N. Page is chairman. Mr. Hans Hanke, pian- ist, recently from Germany, gave an interesting program. The solist was Mrs. Ruth Swing Watson, who sang first a group of French songs, and afterwards a German song and several English songs. The hostess of the afternoon was Mrs. Roy E. Bowers, and assisting her was Mrs. B. Calloway and Mrs. Hoyt King. There were 264 present and thirty-one guests, many of them from out of town. A number of announcements were made by the president, Mrs. Pierson. Among them that forty new members had Joined the club this fall; that Mrs. Edward L. Scheidenhelm had been chosen to fill the vacancy of first vice- president, caused by Mrs. Judd's go- ing to New York for the winter. An- nouncement was made of the drama section of the club, which held a meeting on Tuesday of this week to prepare for Miss Hunnt's lectures, and of the meeting on Wednesday morn- ing for those interested in woman's part in government, led by Mrs. Carl Latham. Mr. Anton May, 1448 Wilmette ave- nue, who has been quite ill for the past two weeks, is very much im- proved. Mr. Joseph W. Evans of Joplin, Mo., who has been visiting his brother, Mr, Ralph M. Evans, 1443 Wilmette ave- nue, returned home Friday night. Mrs. Powers of Grand Rapids, Mich., who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. George Van Dyke, for several weeks, returned home last Thursday. Mm. Helen Gage and Mrs. Ira Jones were delegates from the Wilmette Woman's club to the Illinois Federa- tion of Woman's clubs, held in Au- rora last week. Mr. Raymond Vreeland, brother of Dr. F. D. Vreeland, last week made a short visit in Wilmette as guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Barber, 621 Lin- den avenue, before going east. When a lad of 12 years he made his home with Mr. and Mrs. Barber. This is the time the young house- keepers hear much about "the pies mother used to make," pumpkin or others. If the present generation does not practice along that line--pie-making --what will future generations of husbands say? Listen! I shall tell you: "The pies mother used to buy." Rev. Enos Bacon, known as the Yorkshire Nightingale, preached and sang to a packed house at the M. B. church of Wilmette Sunday night Long before the hour set for the serv- ice people began gathering and the main auditorium was not large enough to accommodate the crowd, and the Sunday school room was put into serv- ice, and it, too, was filled. Mr. Bacon has two distinct voices, that of a rich contralto and full baritone. The Men's club gave a Harvest Home dinner on Tuesday evening of last week at the Woman's Club building. A very entertaining pro- gram had been arranged to follow the dinner, and a banjo orchestra fur- nished the music Prof. W. W. Carnes was one of the entertainers. Prof. Brown, principal of New Trier high school; Mr. Louis Brock, Mr. Frank L. Fowler, Democratic candidate for congress at the recent election; Rev. H. B. Heald, rector of St Augustine Episcopal church, and William H. Maclean were all Interesting speakers. Mr. Charles H. Jackson, president of the Men's club, announced the speak- ers. *************************************** The Evanston Political Equality league is planning a busy winter. One public meeting will be held each month. A splendid list of speakers has been secured. Miss Virginia Brooks of West Ham- mond will be one of the first speakers. Dr. Melbourne p. Boynton, pastor of Lexington Avenue Baptist church and noted member of the vice com- -mission, will speak on the "White Slave Traffic." Mrs. Jerome Hale Raymond, traveler and lecturer, one of the most noted speakers on dramatic Interpretation, will give a lecture, "The Twentleh Century's Appeal to Women." Mr. Charles Zueblin, publicist and will give a lecture in March on, "Man and Woman." Mrs. Grace Wilbur Trout, the presi- dent of Illinois State Association for Equal Suffrage, will give the last lec- ture of the course. The dates and places of meeting will be announced later. Arrange Series of Teas. I In addition to these public meet ings, a series of afternoon teas is being arranged In the different pre- cincts. At these teas there will be ad- dresses by local speakers, and infor- mant discussions of plans for precinct work, and other details for the fur- therance of more effectual organtza- tion and propaganda of this phase of the world's awakening to civic con science and woman's duties and responsibilities therein. Prexy Harris will SPEAK IN NEW YORK For a number of years President Harris has served on the Board of Sdncatioa of the Methodist Episcopal Church which holds Its annual meet iagoa the second Thursday of Decem- ber. The president has used this op- portunity to asset the alumni in'east- era eitSes and ho plans to follow the thin year. The New York Atsmetntkm meets with him :on Friday night; Deesmber 13, Wal- dorf-Astoria Hotel banquet room. 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