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December 21, 1928 WILMETTE of oil painting and genuine feeling f~r the medium that makes the paintings compositions of grace and color tones that thrill one. LIFE' 9 At Woman's Club By R. L. P. . "Mei Kwoh, Land ·of the Beautiful," is what the Chinese call America, and the Chinese peop'le have just as many queer impressions of Mei Kwoh as we have of China, according to .Mrs. Elsie Chang Lyon, a Chmese woman who spoke to members of the Woman's club of Wilmette on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Lyon is an extremely charming person who speaks the American language better than most Americans. ~he was educated in England, but was born in Chi na and spent many years there as a nurse talking and living · wit_ h the masses in order to get a correct impresswn of the people. In speaking of the education, she said that since there are 410 million people in the country, there is a dearth of schools, and it is impossibl~ still to offer education to more than one per cent of the children in the poor and middle classes. Wealthy iamilies have tutors. Men, women and children work from sunrise to sunset for perhaps 15 cents a day, and nothing is wasted. Even the fallen leaves in autumn are carefully picked up and used to keep the huts warm. Everything moves slowly in China. 1t is impossible to hurry anyone. For instance, if one were to stop on the road and inquire the direction of a man, one would first have to remove mie's glasses, step out of the sedan chair, and solicitously ask about his mother, his grandmother, and finally in a roundabout way ask if he happens to know where a certain placP is. Shopping is just ~s slow. You euter a store and one clerk serves you tea while another stts beside you and asks your age. He wants to know how much mone~ you have, and many intimate details of your life. Not until you become exasperated and tell him you came to buy will he bring out his goods. If you wish to tell a man to get out of your way, you will say, ··will you please, sir, be kind enough to move out of my way and allow me to borrow your hght? " In America one says, "Beat it." A Chinaman can respond to an American's question, "Do you ~at .mice?" by asking him, "Were you brought up on hot dogs?" Chinese people have heard how energetic the Americans are, and how prosperous, and some of them say that they arc so energetic that even when men arc busy in their office they chew gum to · keep themselves thoroughly occupied. And that American women, even when they sit down to rest, sit in a rocking chair so as to still do something. Mrs Lyon told of the difficulties of learning the language, and gave some illustrations. She closed her very informative and interesting talk by expressing the hope that the Chinese may continue to count on the friendship they feel they have always received from the American people. Paintings by Mrs. Gordon Wilson . and Mrs. Ashton Taylor were hung on the 'valls of the clubhouse. Both club members have done exceptionally fine work. Mrs Taylor exhibit~d several paintings of \Vilmette gardens, one of a Tribune prize garden belonging to !\'£ rs. Ech,·ard Scheide:lhelm. This was a charming composition showing an artistic feeling for the blending of colors. Her still-lifes of flower s were exquisitely beautiful. Mrs. vVilson had several Wilmette garden pictures, one with a pool that certainly could favorably compare with anv at the Art institute. There were gardens with sund ials by her which sho·wed a lovely transition uf color. It is impossib le to mention all of the paintings, but one can safely say that both Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Wilson arc out of the amateur class. There is a mastery of the technique Highest Grade · TRUCK STRUCK BY TRAIN Phil Schulman, Wilmette junk dealer, escaped· uninjured when the truck which he was driving was struck by a northbound North Shore line train ' at the Linden avenue crossing last Wednesday. The truck was carried thir.ty feet and thrown on its side across the southbound track before the train could be brought to a stop. The swinging danger signal at the crossing was operating at the time of the accident, according to the Wilmette police. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Storch announce the birth of a daughter, Marguerite Cecelia, last Sunday at the Evanston hospital. Mrs. Storch was Miss Margaret Lundberg of Wilmette. - UPBOLS'IBBIKG Cabinet Work Drapery and U pholatery Fabric· _ ANTIQUES We specialize in Antique Furniture Repairing and Refinishing Hair Mattresses and Springs Made to Order H. G. LINDWALL Highest Grade Upholstering Eatabliabed 1895 808 Oak Street Ph. Winnetka 145 t- . , · · ORDER TODAY! 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