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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 26 Feb 1915, p. 3

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WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1915. 3 Social Happenings Mrs. Horace G. Newhall entertains at bridge this evening. Mrs. Helen Vincent has returned from a four weeks' stay in Springfield, 111. : A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. August Peters of Hill Road, Tues- day. The pupils of the Lewis Institute give their annual pageant at the Audi- torium, Chicago, this evening. Mr. and Mrs. Sherman M. Goble leave town for California Monday, to be gone the entire month of March. Mr. and Mrs. Walter F. Wallace of Mt. Pleasant road entertained infor- mally at a dance, Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ogden Magie go to Coronado Beach, Wednesday, for a month's stay with Mr. Magie's two brothers. Mrs. Bertha Windes gave a card party, Wednesday evening, in honor of the birthday of her mother, Mrs. Charles Thorne. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hudson, who re- ceived word of the dangerous illness of Mr, Hudson's father in Georgia, left to join him Wednesday evening. Miss Julia Henry will lecture, Wed- nesday, on "The Healing Waters of Somerset," with readings from Jane Austen, at the home of Mrs. Lyman Walker. Mrs. T. F. Babcock of Waukegan and Miss Lucy Judson, president of the Lake Bluff orphanage, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Peter- son, Wednesday evening. Mrs. J. F. Dammann, Jr.,, who went to Baltimore to attend the wedding of her brother, George Pleasant Lynde, to Miss Sarah Gibson on Wednesday of last week, is now visiting her mother for two weeks in New. York.. Mrs, Douglas Smith gave an illus- trated address on "The Orient" at the First Congregational church, Evans- ton, Wednesday evening. Views were shown from the places visited by Mrs. Smith a year ago when on a trip through the Far East. x At the meeting of the East Willow street circle at the home of Mrs. Harry Orwig on Tuesday, a vote was taken to send a letter and flowers to a member of the circle, Mrs. Wilkie, who has un- dergone on operation on her eye at the Passavant hospital, Chicago. The Columbia School of Music gave a concert, Monday afternoon, which was well attended by the parents of the small performers. Several of the numbers were exceptionally well ren- dered and the event went off with a promptitude and dispatch many pro- fessional musicians would do well to follow. On Saturday, March 6, will occur the wedding of Miss Lois Pittman and Harold Keith, son of Mrs. El- bridge Keith, at the home of Miss Pittman's aunts, the Misses Williams of Pine street. The wedding will be a small," informal celebration and will be witnessed by the two families and their intimate friends only. Miss Pitt- man was a debutante of two seasons ago. ISIT San Francisco Ex- position, August 5, 6, 7. There will be seen some of the finest and most daring HorseRidingdisplay,includ- ing: Fancy Riding, Leaping, Jumping and Water Plunge by Miss H. Verning Hulme of England and Winnetka. =~ - The Mishiwaka chapter of the Camp- fire Girls gave a Washington's birth- day costume party, Monday afternoon, at Community House. 'Each maid, in powdered hair and colonial dress, in- vited a cavalier, who came in knee breeches, buckles and satin coat. Mrs. E. N. Rhodes entertained the teachers, the ladies who are on the board of education, and the wives of the men members of the board, at a tea given Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Frederick Dickinson gave an interest- ing program of humorous selections. Mrs. Armsey of Olney, Ill., who made many friends while visiting her son, Mr. E. E. Adams, underwent an opera- tion for appendicitis, Saturday. Al- though Mrs. Armsey is convalescing as well as can be expected, Mr. Adams left Sunday, to spend a few days in Olney. At the meeting of the Art and Lit- erature department of the Woman's club, yesterday, the construction of plays was studied. The subject was illustrated by a curtain raiser called "The Vestibule" and "The Militancy cof Evelina," a story by Frances Ster- ett dramatized by Mrs. Frederick Dickinson. One of the strong, genuine charac- ters sometimes seen in picturesque sur- roundings that appear to be made for their force and breadth of vision is J. A. Burns of the Cumberland moun- tains. An outcome of his work for the mountaineers is the Oneida Institute, which he will talk about at the 5 o'clock service at the Congregational church Sunday. The American Maga- zine, a few months ago, gave a sketch of Mr. Burns' work with a fine analy- sis of his striking personality. The ignorance of the people living in cer- tain sections of this country equals that of any foreign tribe and Mr. Burns is giving his life to supply the great need. The members of the board of educa- tion entertained the members of the at the club house. Addresses were made by Miss Shufflebotham, Mr. H. P. Clark, Mr. E. S. Fechheimer, Mr. Edward Yeomans, Mrs. William D. McKenzie and Mrs. Maurice H. Lie- ber. A large audience filled the club rooms and stayed for the social hour following the program. Mrs. John Leonard Hamilton and Mrs. Harry B. Davis acted as hostesses. The next meeting of the club will be exception- ally enjoyable, as it is to be a social time full of surprises and fun, with no business of any description to in- trude a serious note in the festivities. L'INDIVIDUALITE. of a lady depends very much on her coiffure, which must be kept styl ish but yet becoming. 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