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.17.. HE business of the Highland Park State Bank has increased to such an extent that the present banking room is found entirely inadeqnate and there being no other Building Where desirable quarters can be secured, the bank has de- cided to erect a building of its own. 7 The site selected is property covered by the old frame structure just north of» the alley at Schu- rnacher's drug store. where a-lot' 25 x109; feet'has been secured from» A. C. Thompson Em an eighty- nins year-lease. The proposed 'Failditifi" Swill Semi handsome one of brick with: classic front of stone, three steries high, and will cover the entire lot. The plans {hr the bank floor are oi'very beauti- ful designs. fixtures being in mahogany, and every; thing will 'be mcdern 51nd up to date. The new safety deposit vault will he xz'xxb feet in size and is as large as the unit in the two Efanston hanks put together. Hastingtonnd that this department. grows so rapidly. the- bank is nialting ample pro-7 ‘Wfim ._1'nf"a__,mffitne tome. 'Baek-xqf’the vault will be thev-direetors’ room; nnd-“s’t’illl'bael: of that . “a spnre room: to which ,the hank gm grow as its ': 'business increases. - 4 V - . ' ' ‘ 4 Sheridan Road Publishing Company RALPH 1. LEE. Jlmuw Mr. Carnegie bu not given so much to public libraries, and many multimillionaire: have deemed the amounts of their beneftctioiis. Nevertheless. Mr. Cameme has given $11,243,000: the his gifts being $5,000,000 for glue hero fund and another the year pleading and humour: in 190i, , the may» , . S EVERAL \v‘videiy variant statements, of the gifts and bequests oi the year have been pub- lished, thoqgh all agree that 19334 was some- what behind 1903 in charitible and educational bene- faetions. According to the ahnual summmy of, the Chicago Tribune, donations and bequests f0:1 theiyear total $46,296,980; as compared iwitb $76,009,006 in The éenei'al contracthga been let' to a. Chiéago firm, which agrees to have the buitdinz Completed by June 15th, 1965. Mayo. who war‘flx'éi‘af'rciiitecgforTtfié'Mo‘r'aixie“H'o’t'él. the Epislcbpal Church, and the new Exmoor Club ‘which is how under construction. .V ‘21“???er .. .--.-.; "fantasflfwuoii‘UI‘Oiir City, a; It win set a new standardvfor other business blacks to follow and also result'in telephonc‘c‘abies being‘ placed underground for some distance from the new exchange. This will rid us of the unsightly poles and cables that have been a disfigurement to our business center for so long. . The plan; for the building were drawn by E. A. The Chicago Telephone Co has rented the entire third floor, the rear 'half ‘of the second floor, and the rear half of the basement en a long kasc an?! proposes to entirely refit its exchange by new and modern apparatus. There will be six oflices to rent ‘in the front half of the second floaty. five of which have already been ieased.‘ ' < Subscription Price 51.93 a Year. 5 Cenn the 'C: Highland Park Newsâ€"Letter Thi'. vufivdhgv «m 914% 5,, cm? Wd every Saturdqy asz'ichhnd .Pui, mind: I]! the , Bum u! the (WW. lithium! Part "L. on «mud chin m Q: What the Rich cm to Charity“ ‘ SATURDAY, JANUARY 18 The New. Bank Building mess of thc' Highland Park Stage 15 increased to such an -extent' that am banking mom is found entirely there being no other Building when: .. l't C "(711211913 In 1L; I905. '°Pr $2,000,000 m Scotland, and $1,475,5oo' in Canada. The proportion of the total population which Mr. Carâ€" negie has supplied With 'library facilities is, for the aggregate of the English-speaking race, a little more than 18 per cent, and that is the percentage for the United States, for England and for Canada, taken separately. This means that eighteen in each one Thundred personsr in all and in each of. these counw t tries, have free and convenient access to boolcs by reason of Mr Camegie's beneficence. ' ‘ , HE world would be a very dreary place if A I ' there were no women» in it. And yet there are certain ‘women whose companio‘nship we smut-times- dread. Not because they are stupid,_or Reeeipts shallower rude. But because they tire us. Expat? After a‘man‘ has been all day at the ‘ofiice or » at his work, mingling in the! activities of life” he firofit comes‘ home at night in search of rest. Fortunate The is he if heifinds home a " restingplacefl and mother, «that, 'a wife and @aughter reidy to welcome ‘ him with five busl serenity and repose. It is true the husband or peets to brother has his pert in‘ making a restful home. If Thus tbs he’ brink's'hi's hfiineee'troubles liomethey will {in email [a other troubles to keep them company. It ‘ emu more than one to. make home ”a“ place of rest." . An ' a _ Theditor of Harper”: Battlefiyriting in'the acres, if February issue,th the following to'uy ebonythe eere we: blesudness of‘ “Reit'ftil Women!" ' ‘~ “ ” Total Innaâ€"g A HIGHLAND“ PARK' NEWSLBET‘FER' m .u..; v u a“, v: Waltham; MothcrIKatheriue ,(Miss Drexel, of Phila- delphia), and Migwj'uli'a Nevins, of New Ymkâ€" é'iéh' give a million. Threeâ€"Mrs. Mary Cunning- ham, of Milton, Mass.; Miss Watson. Of_ New Ydrk, and Mrs. Terry, of Hartford,â€"â€"‘gave half a million. This feminine charity on a large scale is perhaps chiefly expressive of the 'g'reater possession of large estate: by the women than eVer'bEfon. The in- per cent. MrhCamcgie's shat: ,vas $7,900,000 One interesting phase of this year's bequests and bone,- factions is the [mic representntion .of ,women in the list of gene'rousgivm. Mrs.‘ Amanda Reed, of Pasadena, and Mrs. Fanny Wilder. of St. 01, each made bequests of $2,000,000. Four wo‘m â€"Mrs.' Sarah Pqttct. of Boston; Mrs. Mafy Walker, of Another Estimate. \$88.ooopoo. . Th: maximum estimate, is Nut .01 the Tribune is‘minimnm. it the noon-of the .Christian Work and' Evangelist {hat the'gifm audibcqmslslor to- ligiougv.-clnritablel and educgtiqnal purposes‘ dur- ing thc are” mtcd..$88,om,ooo, a formidable ton}, W.‘7m.leu maggot 1903. Of (big, 10;. Rockefeller cmgzibutcd sssqomo. or ghout six Ioelufefler’s hemkcxionitotntwfllm on. min! of which no for‘éhuitieox ‘Dl; D.:‘K Parsons: gave angmto smflacofl'egesc Maggy-six college- hnro been am thc'benéficiariés. gutting 331,235-- mo in flltwc.» 0f the total amount-{drl‘the‘ ”If" the 'W are 520.609.867: the bequest»: Wits; These'sums have been divided as {ok- losru .To-‘ehuinies. 316.751.278r'lo religious emu”; pfises, $5,842,890; to museums and art' galleria,- m; to 'libnries. SESMJOO; to educational in- stitutions. 321,235.49: - The Restful â€"Woman “may; in” -}4‘o;yg!§n acre was worked, 'would bring in m anmvj income of $321!» I acres, if it EXpengs Paid for ~s<:¢:¢ls.... Paid for help ..... RECEIPI‘S. 5‘5 bufifiels. .Qfanotatqesj; at fir pet..,hushél‘.fm 550 bushels of onions, at 45 cents per bushel T HOSE of us who live in cities 6: in inhuman . towns are. apt .to wonder how the farmer . . 1 makes a living. The following record. of- the profit from a single acre ought to make us all- "green 'Wifii’yfi'i‘y‘. "T' ‘T‘ZZZ' A ””3“ A farmer-in one .of the great agric'ultural'states of the Miseiskippi. Valley gave'his son one acre of land, ’,from which he was to have all the' produce raised by his' ’own eiIOrts. The ladecnit' to work ' earnestly. . He fertilized the field'with‘ twenty‘ loads ‘ of manure, Which be hauled "morning and night, before and after his regular work. He then plowed and“ harrowed the field until 'he ha'd‘it in as 3603‘ condition as a garden._ One-half of the acre he' planted with the very earliest botatoes, and 'the‘ other; half \: itli _ lil‘vwlzecc!“ mfiuT-Ifi-wlf :jfiwégfir; uninvited With ‘a horse-cultivator, the onions with a hand-cultivator. Later in the season he ’hired' severitl boys'to‘ help him weed the latter'cmp'. All this work was done by him in his"spar'e' moments; The financial statement ‘of the oneia'cre"e‘xpex‘i~ A‘ ment is this." I ' ’ ' make it."\ mg. The fail life that flowg smoothly. is hard to nttiin And yet ‘ the greatest service a modern, mmhercm do“ her- children is to bring them up free from nenestraini which she em hope to ac? complish if she is always on the smindlerieif. The mother. 'vrho" {amines pone radiates strength also. "The-restlessnegs, the noise; the rush of the life of to-day, make it all-the more necessary to maian tain within the home amatnmsphere of serenity and sweetness. so that. the threshold once crossedr'the outside noise and-clatter-and Itn'ie ore left securely behind. This is. ‘perhaps, .an~,aid-h8hioned eon- caption of» home. Many women nowadays want to turn the home out into the street, so to speak,_and_ make .‘ the ,worid’s work' everything andtbe home life nothing. But a restful .honte, onceiexperienced, 5‘ 3 i0? above the Draining at “m.“ n. .t:-....n.. Total ..1.-. .m- Tbt‘ai .'.. “ Shc. i1 1le tom of ”imitating,” was life Oerdict of one neighbor on attache; “I!- cum! she is not‘in, the hilt dull, and yet mm to be ’iésfflnt', I know so may bright. ironicalâ€" bright "in all 'sorts of difl’erem fins. but ill "ilk. In one think. They are never repbseful. They in stlju'i'!‘ ‘up to concert pitch. They (has: you. chm your stimuluc you, dazzle ybuâ€"h‘ut they n‘évif, never test you by any than“. - ‘ Thc,Value of)? in Acre \ “CAPITULATION. average EXPENSES. thorouchly as this one ulf of the acre hc' pqtatoes, .Md the' ........ $172.50 ........ $172.50 .. £12.50 of 160 .$ 7.50 . 15-90 for ‘VOI th’c the the {on inn cif: the va: t0 .