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Lake Shore News (Wilmette, Illinois), 14 Feb 1918, p. 8

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ISl THE LAKE SHORE NEWS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1918 FIND COMPENSATION IN RED CROSS WORK Mother Tells Director How Her Work For the Red Croat Ha* Helped in Her Sorrow*. GIVES SONS TO THE CAUSE Work Makes Up for the Empty Places in This Woman's Home. By Bertha Downing Magnus (Chicago Chapter of the American Red Cross.) An unobtrusive little woman in deep mourning slipped quietly into my office a few hours after the first news of the sinking of the Tuscania was received. I looked up from the pile of papers which I had been daz- edly trying to scan, to meet a pair of gentle brown eyes fixed sympa- thetically on mine. "Hard to work today, isn't it?" said she. I nodded. "People are depressed everywhere over the news," the soft voice went on, meditatively. "Today, for the first time, many are taking the war se- riously. 'This is war, a grim busi- ness,' they are saying.* "Others, who have known the truth all along are deeply anxious. Moth- ers who have sent their sons away to the army are trembling, praying that their loved ones' names be not included in the list of missing. Waiting—waiting in suspense, not knowing whether they may rejoice or despair—it is the lot of women in wartime, but harder to bear than the most dreadful certainty. I too have my share in it," unsteadily, while a bright drop gleamed in the corner of a brown eye,—"but perhaps you, also,—no?" "It isn't that," I put in hastily, "I . only sit at the roadside, watching life stream by. Perhaps I have grown over-sensitive to the pain o| others. through much observing, fiut never j arnind me. Just say, please, so that I ||#nay convey the message, what all {*'iijyou sad-eyed mothers are going to ; |jdo next. Is there any way that your p:J.i|wounded hearts may be bound up and p'-imade useful again? Or are you go- L jng to hang, like a cold, heavy mill- KCvstone- around our......nation's neck? That is a cruel queston, I know, but ^war is ruthless, and broken pumps are only so much on the liability side, an asset for the enemy!" Fire flashed from the brown eyes at this. "No," she said, firmly. "That is just what I came to see you about. I want you to announce a big mass- meeting of mothers, of sisters, of sweethearts—in fact, every woman who has given a dear one to the colors should be asked to come. I ■want to tell them what the war means to me,—what it ought to mean to them. "One whom I loved has given his life for the allied cause. Another, I sent away, like many a Chicago mother, with a smile that hid the hacking of my lips, while I peered far down the track to catch the last wave of his cap. as the train carried him on. Then I, like the others, crept back to my empty home, scarce know- ing how I got there. "Empty, did I say? But no. As I sat down to the deserted table, break- ing my bread to an accompaniment of tear-drops, in desperation my spirit reached upward, groping for a sustaining arm on which to lean. Then through my chill agony, I looked across the table to the vacant chair. A miracle had happened! There, in the beloved place, sat a shining figure. Rays of light from a crimson cross over his head envel- oped the room in their soft glow. "I no longer despaired, for I knew the truth. Patriotism had come to abide in my house—a glorious substi- tute for the absent,—forevermore to be a part of my soul, even as the beloved boy from whom I had just parted. "In work dictated by the Red Cross, my happiness shall lie after this vis- ioning. My selfish grief shall no longer impede the cause, for the same energy that might have been spent in idle weeping will go toward the preservation of human life, in accord with the principles laid down by the 'army of mercy.' I can wish my sis- ters no greater blessing." FOR SALE FOR SALE — USED SEWING MA- chines taken in trade on our new Sing-er; White $5.00, Domestic $6.00, Singer $14.00; White Rotary, latest style $17.00; Wilcox and Gibbs, $15.00. Other bargains. Patterson Bros., 1522 Sherman avenue, Evans- ton. 12-123-tfc FOR SALE—USED PIANOS; EMER- son, $130.00; Hinzer, $90.00; Whee- lock, $120.00; Strumtz, $85.00. Other bargains. Sale on new pianos this month. Patterson Bros., 1522 Sher- man avenue, Evaneton. 12-123-tfc MEN'S READY-MADE SUITS FOR sale. We also buy and sell second- hand clothes. Tel. 1128. 603 Demp- ster; 4274, 1321 Emerson, Evanston. ___________ 31-12-52tc FOR SALE CHEAP—SECOND HAND electric washing- machine; sood con- dition. Phone Winn. 44. 14-123-ltc FOR SALE—MISCELLANEOUS HOUSE- hold furniture, baby bed and scale, garden implements. Phone Winnetka 1430.___________14-12-ltc Satisfaction guaranteed. Chandlers, 630 Davls-st., Evanston. ..6-123-tfc HELP WANTED WANTED — MAID FOR GENERAL housework; Swedish preferred; $9.00. Mrs. J. M. Henderson, 619 Laurel ave- nue. Phone 2244. 14-ltc 1 Austrian high-ball set; 1 copper high- ball set; cut glass wine glasses and decanters; double brass bed; box springs and mattress; 2 sleeping porch beds; and other household furnish- ings. Phone Kenilworth 1116. 14-ltc FOR SALE—LATE MODEL PAIGE, six cylinder, seven passenger with glass sides: in perfect running con- dition. Will demonstrate. Call Wil- mette IIS. 14-123-tfc FOR SALE—TWO STORY FRAMED garage 21x25; in excellent condition; would make ideal cottage. Call Wil- mette 118. 14-tfc OFFICIAL PUBLICATION Report o* condition of Wilmette State Bank i located at Wilmette, State of Illinois, before the commencement of business on the Seventh day of February, 1918, as made to the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Illinois, pur- suant to law. RESOURCES 1. Loans and discounts.....$453,190.29 2. Overdrafts .............. 246.66 3. Securities ............... 4. Investments............. 222,378.69 5. Banking house........... 20,000.00 Furniture and fixtures, safety deposit vaults.. . 5,500.00 6. Cash ncl due from banks. . 133.89C.38 ROUGH DRY WASHING DONE AT 2c a piece. Phone Wil. 746. 9tfc $1.00 WILL BE GIVEN TO EACH OF several schoolboys who will deliver copies of the Curtis publications to customers. Only schoolboys—clean, gentlemanly and ambitious—need ap- ply. The $1.00 is in addition to liberal cash profits and many other advant- ages. Apply to Wilmette News Agency, 6 Electric place. 'ftr. 12-3tc D O IOC 3OE301 FOR RENT FOR RENT—PLEASANT FURNISHED room. Tel. Wilmette 2034 or Wil- mette 232.___________ 14-ltc FOR RENT—4-ROOM BUNGALOW; bath, furnace heat. Call at Mrs. J. C Anderson, 419 Chestnut avenue. Phone 522-R. 14-ltp WANTED TO RENT WANTED — 6-ROOM BUNGALOW, brick or stucco; lot 50 ft. front; Wil- mette preferred; state price and loca- tion. Address Lake Shore News, A-98. ___________________________14-ltp LOST AND FOUND LOST—MONDAY NIGHT, FEB. 11, IN Evanston or Wilmette, pearl sun- burst brooch with dimond center; reward. 1501 Forest avenue. Phone Wilmette 1501. 14-ltc MISCELLANEOUS RAZOR BLADES—ALL KINDS OF razor blades sharpened while you wait. Total resources........$835,212.02 LIABILITIES 1. Capital stock paid in....$ 75,000.00 2. Surplus fund............. 25,000.00 3. Undivided profits (net). . . 7,117.69 4. Deposits: Bank ................... All other deposits........ 725,059.15 5. Dividends unpaid........ 6. Reserved for taxes and interest............... 2,727.23 7. Contingent fund.......'. . . 307.95 Total liabilities........$835,212.02 IOE3 4.+++4-4+++*++++++*++**<t>********************* ****** * * + I. J. H. Schaefer, Cashier of the Wil- ! mette State Bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. J. H. SCHAEFER, Cashier. STATS OF ILLINOIS, ) qM -COUNTY OF COOK, } a- Subscribed and sworn to before me this Thirteenth day of February, 1918. W. D. LEARY, (SEAL) . . Notary Public. HOYBURN "".............iiuiiMiimiiiiiiimniiiiii.....urn.....i.....mi......iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii......iiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiini.....i.....mi 615 DAVIS STREET EVANSTON 111,1.......IIIINMIHIIHIIIN.....Illllimillllllllllllllllll.......IIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII......Mlllllllllllll.........HMI........||IH........IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIII Monday Only February 18 MARY MILES MINTER in "Beauty and the Rogue" i Hearst Path* New*. J. Montgomery Flag* Illustrates "The Superstitious Girl."..w. ! Next Tuesday, 19th i Wednesday, 20th and Thursday, 21st "ON TRIAL ft The famous stage hit of Cohan & Harris in 6 parts. "The most intensely dramatic offering of recent years" Added attractions at each performance r IOE 301 Aspegren & Company TEL. 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