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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 24 Nov 1932, p. 30

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On WVednesday morning, Novemnber 30, the Woman's club of WVilmiettc again will be in ail-day session, with, the morning, program in charge ot the. chilti and' home departiment, 'of, .whichMrs. Ray S. Warren is chair-, man, and the afterîioon under, the, general direction of the literatuire de- p artment' whose chairmain mis Mr Frank A. Adams. Conmenclng at 10 oclock, 31rs. Rich- ard McClure will give a talk 'on "N,%ov-. le.'Durlng the pàst. two .Yçars >Mrs. MtcClure has been state chairman of movies of, the Illinois Federation of, Womten's Clubs and through bel- untir- ing effortsin this department bas organ- ized a Better Film Council of ('hivago, whose inembership 15 composed of lead- lng eiv le, sociail and school organizations in Cook. county.' The. club has just learnéd that Mrs., McClure, bas been appointed the new_ chairman af the coin- rittee on motion pietures of t le. Gen- eral F'ederatlon of Women's Clubs., An hnur later Clara Ingram .1uidson wijl b)e presened t. t nnme» -, . : . Judson, whose home is in rvanston, is a wrlter, home economics expert, and speaker of national prominence. Her absorblng interest in hier home has been the inspiraition for lier' three-fold achievement whichi has been of nation- wide influence. "The Business Side of Honiemaking" is the subject on which she wlll spèak .WVednesday. Books for children, articles on home management and finance and biographical stories rin ieading wopien's magazine,;, aiid new- paper articles have been her -writing a. iNye macat..,ot, .li [0ven 1)l members. of the club at 2 in the aRftei noon. The ftrst is a short sketch, "The Pei feet Woman's Club," written by onec the members, Mrs. F'rederic R. Kilne of 430 Sheridan road, Kenilworth,a author. The littie comedy revolve about the Woman's club of Wilmeýtl particularly its president, Mrs. Arthu J. Dixon, andiMs Harry A. Finney' * assistants on the ways and means com rittee. The cast of characters isa * followI: -Thedisplay next-,month will consist of water colors and-a muraloôf "Chi- cago,", by. Eth 'el ,Spea.rs, 'One of th;'- welI known younger artists, of Chi- cago. Miss Spears' works are known fAor the lively color and huruo rous saton évery day affairs in a 'large city. -They are decorative, beautifiul- ly designed, andi stimulating in thieir imaginative qualities. Ms Charles L. Wachs and M rs'. Harry Hooker are in' charge of the, Décember exhibit which will be hang-, ing in time for the next.chub meeting;t on Novemnber 30., Catholic Club Juniors Organize Drama'Circle The jun ior auxiliarv- of 'the Wo- mnan's Catlolic clubi of WiImette has organizcd a, drama circle under thc direction of its literature chairman, Mliss Anna Xhitmnack. M\,eetinigs wvil1 be hielti twicc a *month at the WVil- mette Public library. One-haif hour previous to the drania readings, a current events class will be held. Tfhe next meeting is to be December 12. The group. considers itself niost by nt the evening of Novemiber 29, at r8 o'clock, ini the First Methodist r-church of Evanston. of Interesting plans are being mnade lei, Sby the circie to present a walking re- e hearsal of a Shakespearean play at Sthe next meeting and a modern u . SFrenich comedy at a later date. Philanthrojou Seuina Marie ±urley, its cirector, wiil sing.. Mrs. John C. CarpenterwilI be the chairmnan of the day. and Mirs. John John O'Conniôr, the bostess. On' November 15,' the Neighbors heard a lecture by George C. Blakes- le, staff photographer *of the Yerkes observatory of the University of Chicago. -Because of. :ts scientific interest, the sixth, seventh and eighJh grade pupils, of the joseph ,Sears school 'were' invited. Mr. Blakesice discussed the "Lat- est News, From, the- Stars," illus- trated with . specially prepared am<t unusual lantern slides. F orty thou- sand million, stars,, h.e saiti, coulti be seen, at one time by the I.argest ex- isting telescope which is at the Moutit Wilson observatory. The one-huii- dred inch lens in this telescope wotdtake seéven years to duplicate and is far, far in advance of the i)rl- mitive. instrument of Gallileo's timê. The speaker explained to the club> miembers the influience of sun spots on the wcather. These, he s'aid, wvere electrical cyclones. If tliev occur iforth of the sun's equator, they cause storms; if south, fair weather. If thev take place on the equator, the radio is very sharply affected. -Mr. Wils,.)m ý>Jil ecr i vrett ontroversy, iiiati-i astroionmers believing that anl iintel!i- -gent life exists on this planet. One of J-heindications supporting tisý theory is the existence of a series of welI planned' canaIs visible throtigh a powerful telescope. I tis also thouglit that the reti spo(t on Jupiter marks the formation of. a new continent. T he location of many of the stars is .constaiitl\-» "The House BeautifuI,"ý the annual Christmas fair of the Wilmette Par- ish Methodist Episcopal church, will open on Wednesdaày, Novemnber. 30, and continue through Thursday and Friday, December i and '2, the pro- ceeds ofwhich:wiIl goto the church building, funïd. Most of the novel features oi this event and those in charge have been previously anniounced,, but* Ms. J. Robb Harper,. general cliairman, re- rninds the residents of WVilmette and, its vicinity, that in addition to daily. luincheon and 'dinners at, moderate, prices, there *ill be. a wide variety of, at tractive and..inexpensive hol.iday Announcements îiot treviîOuslIN made a 're, that ea ch evenifig, there. wiIl be entertai nments presented' for a nominal admission charge.- On No- vember 30, a one-act play, "Trv-sting PIItce,» by 1oôih Tarki'nùgton,'wUll be stageti by the Young People's group. On Decmber 2, another one-act play "Violet Moves Iii," by Pliilip) Braun', wil1 be presented by thie High School group. Both these performiances will be ili charge of Randali B. Hain- rick, with Jack Brown directing. On December 1, a novelty enter- tainment by the Girl Scouts, vvill be presented under the direction of %îîSs Iillie Mac Humphries. This "mecnanica.ibraiti" its over- the head and records %vith tinyv, sensitive fingers, the rating of numerous bu- mani faculties, such as humior, amia-. tiveness, ambition, individuality, ideal- ity, friendship. From the readings the makers of the intricate andi ex- pensive machine dlaim one can cha'rt the results andi sec what traits should be developeti to succeeti in one's work. It is also claimed thit this machine, upon which the iniventor ,a series, of '~ Ull winrerroad, ,ýor wInter.

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