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£4 £ INNETKA WEEK = ® = 2, ad o> > LJ Nearly Everybody In Winnetka Reads The Talk : -- ---------- VOL. VII, NO. 17. WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1918 FOUR PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS FOOD DEALERS DROP DELIVERY CHARGES Closing Hour Clause in Food Dealers | Association also Omitted as Un- necessary Hardship PLAN CO-OPERATIVE BODY | Miss New Food Administrator - C. D. McPherson recommends Revision | in Rules | Charges for deliveries by New Trier Food Dealers and the matter | of closing hours are henceforth to be left to the discretion of the indi- vidual dealers. thus rescinding claus- es to that effect in the constitution of the recently organized New Trier Food Dealers' association. The re- vision of the constitution in those particulars was effected at a meet- | ing of the association at Central | school hall, Wilmette, Tuesday even- ing. The action by the association was taken after it was agreed by the] members that the regulations wor | erning delivery charges and closing hours were working an unnecessary hardship on some of the dealers and consumers as well. It was further decided that the association should continue intact as a co-operative or- ganization, co-operative in the sense that it will work in harmony with the Government Food Administra- tion and co-operate with the house- holders in the matter of food trans-| actions. New Administrator Appears C. D. MacPherson, newly appointed | Food Administrator of the North| Shore with John Westreicher, in the absence of George F. Appleyard, ap- peared at the meeting of the association and was responsible for an enthusiastic session. He recom- | mended the changes made in the rules governing the association and urged co-operation, stating, at the same time, that care and reservation must be observed in any action by the association. Following the meeting, A. S. Van Deusen declared that the association was progressing excellently and that mutual benefits would result dealers and consumers. BUSINESS MEN HEAR VETERAN ORGANIZER cient management of a Com- | mercial association was explained to | members of the New mercial association at the regular meeting last week, by G. W. Hotch- kiss former secretary of the Com- mercial Lumber association. Hotchkiss urged the members of | the local association to place confi-| dence in their ability to organize a| strong commercial body on the north | shore and gave some valuable poin- ters as to the most feasibly way of securing results through the organ-| ization. Following the address President] Leo M. Dean appointed a booster | committee to arouse among the members and to bring into line the delinquents in the association. The members of the association were notified that they were entitled | to receive information, relative tof credit and ratings, through the Com- mercial Reference company. The re-.| ference company covers the entire | country and enables business men to | follow up "bad accounts? in any part of the United States. for | Trier Com- | War Garden Signs The State Council of Defense has issued signs to be used as a pro-| tection to the War gardens against | any possible vandalism, which is now considered as an act of disloyal- ty and will be dealt with by the Federal authorities. Signs may be had upon application to the War | Emergency Union office, Community | House. UHHH THT IMPORTANT NOTICE registrants in New Draft District No. 3 this w k were =| given their numbers >y the =| local board. The complete list of names with the registration and order numbers appears on page two of this issue. 'tHern evacuated towns) anl there are small children, and young boys and | road. only to have to drop it by the | either the tables, and then | families. | | after T have had a bath and a nap, | and refugees. Ruth Balluff, War Worker in France, Tells Sad Story of Destitution; A Plea for Aid | "Y" WORKER TO There is great need of clothing and more clothing for the French re- fugees, especially the children be- tween 5 and 15 years, das is shown in excerpts from letters received Ruth Balluff, who is in headquarters office, American from the Fund for French Wounded, Paris. Paris, June 10. Elizabeth Marks and I were on night duty at the Gare last night from seven o'clock until seven this morning. [ wasn't a bit tired during the night, but went right to bed this morning after a hot bath and break- fast. The Red Cross and A. F. F. W.. have a vestiaire at the Gare du Nord (which is the railroad station where the refugees come in from the Nor- always attendants, night and day. Never until last night have I really and truly realized what war really means, and 1 hope to heaven that no other country will have to suffer at the hands of the enemy at these people have suffered. To start with. about eight o'clock a train load of about two hundred arrived--men, women and children, principally old men and women with families of girls. There are no young girls of my age left in the villages that have been devastated. Never in my life have I seen such abject weariness, both mental and physical, destitution and hunger. There were pitiful old couples who clung bewildered to and they simply carried the few things they could with them. Forced From Homes One young man who was with us on duty last night had been for several months near Amiens, and he told of the conditions that gene y surround an evacuation. 'Old women will pack a great wheel barrow with a load three times their weight, and stagger for miles along a rough wayside, exhausted. Young boys of. seven or eight will have bedding rolls around their bodies, and little will have a great roll of clothing the entire family: The mother erally has a baby to carry. The first -thing the refugees have to do when they come to the Gare is to register with the police auth- orities who are there: for that pur- girls | pose, and. you can readily imagine the confusion with endless delay in trying to get an accurate record from these poor ignorant people, of their families, where they are going, how much they have, etc. etc. They have travelled in the poorest of accom- modations for two or three days-- and the mothers are cross, the child- ren are dirty and hungry, and it is up to us workers to make it as pleas- ant, easy and comfortable for them as possible. As soon as they have re- gistered, they are fed, and that was my job for the night. Food and Shelter At the end of this great basement is a kitchenette where chocolate and coffee are made, well heated for the babies, bread, cheese and meat cut. Down the centre of the room is a long table (about half a block, T be- lieve) covered with oil cloths, and on side henches for the diners. They deposit their paltry belongings on the cots which are at the side of assemble their It seems even now, hours that'I can still smell cheese, sausage Each one is provided with a cup, and I went along the line pouring hot chocolade. It was sur- prising how they seemed delighted with a pleasant word, or to have me notice a baby and speak of it. They are so tense and dull that the slight- est notice pleases them immensely, and their eyes would light up and a faint smile appear on their tired faces to have me speak kindly to them. Of course they were frightfully hungry. and it kept me on the go indefinitely until two hundred were fed. I do not mean that I personally did all the work, for the men carry the great baskets of bread, and someone else carries coffee and beer, but it means countless trips up and down this that much more weary than before, | age, and becadse they are not parti- TELL OF THE FIGHT | Francis W. Parker, Speaker Sunday room carrying huge pitchers of hot | Evening at Community House; chocolate. After they had all been | ? fed came the heartbreaking sight. A mother would get her tired herd together and get them ready for bed, "OVER THERE" 7 MONTHS | often simply taking off their shoes, | or dress or blouse. Then she would! tuck them together in a narrow cot | to get what sleep they could, and | she would sit upright at the foot of | the cot all night, so dead tired that | she would sleep as she sat. times if there were only one or two of children, the mother wou down with them, and the groups were pitiful. Glad For Opportunity The Nord is | oldest stations in Europe, I believe, [the Y. and it has not had an airing since | months. the time of Napoleon. Commemorate French Holiday Splendid Musical Program Arranged sol . | for the Patriotic Gathering | ne In honor of the great French holi- | { day, July 14, marking the fall of the | | Bastile, Winnetka is to have a pa-| lie! triotic meeting, Sunday evening, July 14, in Con nity house. The speaker | | will be Francis W. Parker, who has | recently returned from France, where | he has been Divisional Secretary of | M. C. A. for the past seven | He will tell of his exper- The basement |iences with the American army. Win- | doesn't have an overabundance oflnetka is fortunate in securing such | ventilation anyway, and when it is|an able and interesting speaker for full to overflowing with refugees. it |this occasion. leaves much to be desired. The ghastly light on the poor souls lying around on bundles of clothing was depressing. About five o'clock they began to get up and it would have seemed so terribly funny to see some of them if T had not realized what | sident of the War Emergency Union, theye were leaving and where they | will be the chairman of the evening. were going. Breakfast was the same! The meeting will be at 8 o'clock. performance and they were as hung- | Everybody is welcome. Children ry after a night's sleep--if you €an are requested to be accompanied by call it that--and no exercise, as for parents. dinner. Most of the mothers were starting out on the trip south just Some- Gare du one of the] To Sing "Marsellaise" Mrs. Morris M. Townley will sing "The Marsellaise" and Mrs. Brewer will play, accompanied by Miss Pratt. The singing will be led by Mr. Arthur Dean. Mrs. Horace K. Tenney, Pre- SHOULD PRESERVE | each other; young mothers with and the children were a shade sticki- | SURPLUS PRODUCTS | small children, and a white, puny! er and dirtier. One poor crippled | --_-- baby, and endless little boys "and! woman sat the entire nicht in oa The vegetable gardens are flourish- | (girls. They had heen ordered hy the spot, and I do not think she got a|ing so well that there should be a | government to evacuate their homes. ' wink of sleep. At six o'clock this |large surplus fcr canning and now | morning most of them left, and there | is the time to begin the very import- were exactly two happy faces--two |ant patriotic work. If all gardeners small boys whom 1 who will probably have a surplus! when I served them, one with his | supply, promptly send tl eir | face coated with dirt. Every detail |names to the War Emergency Union stands out vividly in my mind, and |offict, Community House, phone Win- I am so. thankful that I : 000, staging the. kind, of opportunity to help in that way. thles they will haveand whether Needs Beyond Resources | they wish to sell them or give them Paris, June 10.| away, the Union will undertake to "The needs are getting beyond the | put them in touch with some one who | resources. We have begun to f them. It is also urged that | the prospects of turning the people those who desire extra vegetables Yor | away from the vestiaires--vesterday | canning send in their names stating - of v 1 had spoken to will face | €an use I had to tell any number of girls of | kind of vegetables desired, so that] the ages from five to fourteen that|they may 'be notified when there is | -1we had nothing for them: one can't {a surplus. Don't forget that the suec-| contrive anything for girls of that |cess of the cold pack method depends almost entirely upon the freshness of cular attractive and alluring, people !the vegetables, authorities stating simply don't make dresses., petti- | that the product should be in the coats and wunderclothing for them. |jars within five hours from the time We . can't get enough things for | it is picked. Please bear this fact in babies : and small children. Some |mind and notify the office at least babies that I have encountered--and |the day before vegetables to be dis- | I know. for I have seen and handled | posed of are ready for picking. them--have not had a fresh stitch on | | for days, and their poor mothers are | WILL OPEN LIBRARY glad for anything that will make a| SUNDAY AFTERNOONS change of clothing. Good old table | linen is really in great demand, as it | can be used for the babies, their| At a meeting of the Board of mothers and, in fact, in many ways. | Trustees of the Winnetka Free Pub- It should be sent whole instead of lic library, held July 5, in response to being torn into different shapes and |a request from a number of citizens, sizes, which makes it practically use- |it was decided to open the library less. Stockings and handkerchiefs | to the public on Sunday afterncon are in great demand, many children | from 2 to 6 o'clock, beginning on July having to 'be turned away without |14, and continuing until August 28. any after having walked miles to a |An attendant from the regular library railroad. We give everybody some- | staff will be in charge and ready to | thing, but simply cannot give each! person everything, for the simple reason that we would soon have to shut up shot. Black sateen aprons, without which no French child of the | ried away for home reading. peasant class is properly dressed, we | The library is well supplied with cannot get enough of--ranging from | current literature, having over fifty 3 to 16 years. You can put it down |of the best magazines and perodicals. as a safe gamble that when a mother | The reference department of the lib- comes to a vestiaire with children, rary is kept well up to date and the first thing she is going to ask for | affords an excellent opportunity to is a "tablier noir" for each one, but |any one who is anxious to investigate the supply. unfortunately, is not un-| some subject. limited and too soon we have to turn! It is hoped that citizens who are away children of the age from 8 tol interested in enlarging the wuseful- 11 because we have nothing to fit {ness of the library will take advant- | them". {age of this opportunity, and support | the effort of the board to place the resources of the library at the serv- ice of the public. | give advice and assistance in the use | 1 of books and magagines and the card catalogue, as may be necessary. No books will be isuued to be car- Excerpt from the Weekly Bulletin of | the American Fund for French Wounded : June 9. "At 3:30 o'clock we found ourselves | at the Gare du Nord, where a second Tr Red Cross canteen and A F. F. W.| Village Hall officials announced vestiaire will be opened. The court- | this week that the paving on Sheri- yard was flooded with refugees and |dan road had been completed south their bundles, the usual groups of |to the Kenilworth limits. The pale women, old men, babies and|thoroughfare will be opened to traffic about August 10, it was stated. Complete Paving {Continued on Page Four) [SUT URGENT CALL FOR RED CROSS HELP Dressings for Hospitals in Italy, and Many Workers to Prepare them, Sought here PARISH HOUSE SCHEDULE Emergency Call for Surgical Gar- and Workers also Announced ments in Village An emergency call has come for surgical dressings for hospitals in Italy. A large quota must he com- pleted this month. : 3200 sponges, 720 Oakum pads, 552 Split irrigation pads. Workers greatly ars needed to | complete this quota. Grace E. Prindiville, Chairman, Surgical Dressings. Parish House open Daily An urgent call has come also for surgical garments. The Parish House is open each day for work on the dressings and garments and the Neighborhood groups under Mrs. Snell, Mrs. Melhope, Mrs. Hoagland and others, will work as usual, also the Hubbard Woeds group. The schedule for the Parish House is as follows: Surgical garments, Tuesday after- noon from 2 to 5 o'clock, Wednesday morning from 9 to 12 o'clock. French wounded, Tuesday morning and Friday morning. French children's garments, Friday afternoon. Italian noon. Surgical dressings, every day. Women are asked to give gener- ously of their time for this needed work. Women of the Village have been requested to look through their linen chests and send what they find they can spare to Christ church- Parish house. These garments will be for- warded to the headquarters of the American Fund for French Wounded, in Paris. New stockings are especial- ly needed and will be gratefully re- ceived at the Parish house. relief, Wednesday after- SUGAR SUBSTITUTE FOR JELLY FOUND The attention of local house-wives is called to the following valuable yestione for saving sugar. This has been tried out in the Community Kitchen in Evanston as well as in different homes and has been found to be successful. In making Jellies, instead of using the whole amount of sugar required, use half the amount of sugar and half White Karo corn syrup. For instance, to 5 cups of juice, use 21% cups of 'sugar and 2% cups of White Karo corn syrup. War Personals Lionel France has safely arrived overseas. He is in the Ambulance section. + + + Reverend E. Ashley Gerhard leaves Friday fqr the School of Chaplains, Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Ky. in preparation for entrance into the service. Help The Gift Shop Search your attic and store room for relegated articles in the way of furniture, pictures, books, lamps, rugs and bric-a- brac. Look on the upper shelves of your pantries for discarded china and glass ware. Look in your jewelry case for necklaces, rings and brooches. Bring them to the Dr. Alice Brown Gift Shop, and we will convert them into money to provide food, shelter and medical care for the homeless refugee children of France, under Dr. Alice Brown's care. The Shop has made $3500. This amount can be doubled with your hearty co-operation. Can wz not relinquish a few of our unnecessary possessions and help save the lives of little children? We can sell anything for you--frem a kitchen stove to a grand piano.