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22 WILMETTE LIFE June 29, 1928 i~---------IIIIIIWIIIMIIIIMI"'""""'IItlllnttmiiiiiiiAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIInllllllfiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiUIIIIIIIII'!::i Garden Talks (Contributed by Wilmette Garden Club) First Aid Trained "L" Workers Save 8 Lives The lives of eight persons have been saved by ~mployes of the Chicago Rapid Transit company as a result of the First Aid training of "L" employes under the supervision of the Medical department, accord1ng to figures jus_t given out by Dr. Hart Ellis Fisher, chief surg~on. Five oj the persons saved were in no way connected with the Rapid Transit organization, and their lives were save<} at places removed from company property. Nine "L" em pI o yes have been awarded medals in connection with the saving of the3e lives, two being honored in one case. Their exploits include resuscitation from drowning, electrical shock and other accidents that undoubtedly would have Pt:Oven fatal were it not for immediate application of First Aid emergency treatment,. Dr. Fisher pointed out. In addition, twenty-four other Rapid Transit employes have received medals for outstanding demonstrations of ability to meet emergencies. A total of 2,277 Rapid Transit employe_, have completed the First Aid training course since this organized activity was established on the "L" Lines, the report states. All of these employes have received certificates of graduation from both the American Red Cross and the Rapid Transit managemen1. Vacation Sale An overstock of unusual vanety enables us to offer a clearance of smart feminine apparel which will speed your plans successfully for a happy get-off. · As you drive through Kenilworth, "loveliest village of the plain," with her tall trees and her artistic lanes, green, shady, and , perfect, beautiful though it al' is, you are only seeing a little of her beauty from the street. Hidden behind shrubbery in the back, she has her secret gardens, once dreams, that no one ever sees in merely passing. If you are an earnest lover of gardens and people and beauty, she may lead you through an almost invisible opening in some high hedge ,· whose branches close behind you and leave you in another world-someone's holy of holies, a secret garden, hidden, iike one's dearelit hopes, from the eyes of the world" Many of the branches she drew a si de for us last Friday and permitted us , with truest hospitality, to wander at our will through her gardens. There is a delight in seeing a beautiful garden, but a greater delight in seeing in it, as one does, the manifestation s of the character of its maker. \Vhatever one is, one's garden is, like the exp ression on one's face. Gentle soul s make gentle gardens, kindly souls make kindly gardens, great souls great garden , original souls original gardens. Through the hedges the gracious 1fr. and Mrs. ]. C. Gapen anrl son, character of Kenilworth may be seen '":lark, Jr., of 1919 Elmwood avenue, in her gardens. spent the week-end of June 18. at Jnscph E. Shantz of 500 Fifth street Madison, Wis., when both of their is on a f1 shing trip at Land 0 ' Lakes' classes had r~unions. -o\Vi s. ' -oMrs. George L. Martin has been Mis s Cherie Burnh~m has arrived entertaining Mrs. W. A. Sloan ·of home from Chevy Cha e school in Watseka, Ill., at her home at 1046 Elm~[aryland. wood avenue. I ·-~ ' 11 ·. .' Jii!. This sale offers an opportunity worth while - we offer values beyond all expectations- Apparel for any occasion. A Moment With Her Now L~.W.J:S 1606 CHICAGO AVE. at DAVIS ST. means mote than an bout in yeats to come That is · why so many Mothers call upon the Washington Laundry Man to gtve them more time with the little ones and less time with the weekly wash. ~ill EVANSTON ·..--------11111111111-lllllllllllllltltlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllftllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll~ THE WASHINGTON LAUNDRY "Mothers call Wilmette 145" · .·