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3 INN ET KA Nearly Everybody In Winnetka Reads The Talk VOL. VIII, NO. 18. WINNETKA POPULATION NOW PLACED AT 6,732 School Census Completed July 1 Shows Big Increase in Children of School Age in Village OTHER INTERESTING DATA Females Are As Usual In the Major- ity Outnumbering Males by 802; Comparative Census Winnetka has been growing rapid- ily. The school census just complet- ed shows a larger increase in the number of children between 6 and 21 during the past year than in any previous year of Winnetka's history. It also shows that Winnetka's pres- ent population is 6,732. The detailed census completed July 1, and com- pared with the census of each of 1918, is as follows: Comparative Figures 1918 1919 Total males o.oo 2595 2965 Total females -.. oni n 3538 3767 Under 21 Total -malest. uni on 1083 1230 Total females ........... 1090 1188 Total under 21 ....... JO bi I 3 1. - Under 6 Total males .............. 467 493 Total females i......... 523 438 Total under ............ 990 931 Between 6 and 21 Total males 571 Total females 212 Total between 1 and 21 ..1183 In other Schools 737 750 1487 Fotal males .............. 118 150 Total females: ..0v......u 128 175 otal cir iiss "246 "325 SKOKIE CLUB IN OPEN EVENT TOURNEY TODAY The Skokie Country club held a thirty-six hole open tournament to- day, and the entry was one of the best that has ever been seen in a one-day tournament in the west. The field included J. M. Barnes. -of St. - Louis, Jock Hutchinson of Glen View, Bob MacDonald of Evanston, P. J. Gaudin of Skokie, Eddie Loos of Beverly, Billy Mehlhorn of Oak Park, who recently established a new rec- ord of 70 for the Skokie course; Lloyd Gullickson of Lake Shore, Doc Treacy of Flossmoor and a number of other noted professionals. The event was open to both amateurs and pros, and there were several crack amateur players on hand to try conclusions with the professionals. NORTH SHORE WOMEN AID WOUNDED YANKS The wounded boys at Fort Sher- idan are being well looked after by the people on the north shore. Dif- ferent families have given their cars for certain days in the week to take the boys riding and sight-seeing. The boys are assigned to these cars and are allowed to go out without an attendant. The favorite place to drive to is Lincoln park, where the * boys want to get out of the machine and watch Cy De Vry's pet chim- panzees perform. In many of the north shore towns the woman's clubs have organiza- tions for providing some sort of en- tertainment for the boys, especially on Sundays. If anyone wishes to give some time to this work it 1s neces- sary to report the day and amount of time that can be given for the work to the Red Cross canteen head- quarters at Fort Sheridan and the work is assigned. On Sunday af- ternoan workers are needed at Ra- vinia Park to play games with the boys and help in serving the refresh- ments that are provided. APPOINT COMMITEE ON 'TRACK ELEVATION' Appointment of a committee of fif- teen representative citizens of Wil- mette for the purpose of drafting plans for public improvements ac- ceptable to the Village as a whole, was suggested by President Zipf at the meeting of the Village Board Tuesday evening. The Board author- ized the president to appoint the committee. Future improvements, as suggest- ed by the president, would include elevation and depression of railroad tracks through the Village, along the line of plans already drafted by the Villages of Kenilworth, Winnetka and Glencoe. WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1919 : EIGHT PAGES PRICE FIVE CENT be -- a Women to Help Solve . Housing for Teachers The Housing committee of the Winnetka Public schools is looking for homes for Winnetka's teachers. The committee consists of Mrs. Samson Eisendrath, temporarily in- active on account of illness, rep- resenting the Parent-Teachers' asso- ciation; Mrs. Gertrude C. Lieber, representing the Board of Education; Mrs. E. W. Wortley, representing the Woman's club and Community House; and Miss Florence Brett, representing the teachers. The com- mittee is urging all people in Winnet- ka, who have the facilities, to open their homes to the teachers this com- ing year. The standard price for board and room set by the committee is $40 a month to $10 a week. No rooms at higher prices will be listed. Any people who are willing to con- sider coming to the aid of the schools by giving board to one or more teachers should communicate at once with Mrs. Lieber, Tel. Winnetka 570, o Mr. Washburne, Tel. Winnetka 0. TWO BIG WEEKS AHEAD FOR SKOKIE'S WOMEN Skokie is to have an all day tour- nament for women on Monday, July 21. Features of the day's activities will be Handicaps, Match plays, and a morning event for 9-hole players. There will be prizes awarded for winners in all events. Prizes for low net will be awarded in the 9-hole event, The women at Skokie are enjoying some splendid golfing on their ex- clusive days and the turnout for the Monday events has been highly grati- fying. Many women are developing exceptional ability and it is expected Skokie will have an array of women stars when open tournament events are announced by various.clubs. Four days of championship golfing will be witnessed at Skokie from Monday, July 28 to Thursday, July3l, both dates inclusive, the time for the scheduled Chicago championship events for women given under the auspices of the Women's Western Golf association. Women golfers from all sections of the west will ap- pear in the events to vie for the supremacy of the west: Elaborate plans are underway to make the af fair one of the bright events of the golfing season on the north shore. Women's July events at Skokie are in charge of Mrs. C. B. Hardenbrook, chairman of events for July. WOMEN'S DAY POPULAR ON PLAYFIELD COURSE Tuesday is Women's day at the Playfield association, Winnetka's Municipal Golf course. The women | of the Village are taking keen inter- est in the weekly events planned ex- clusively for them. Three interesting matches have been engaged in by the women dur- ing the past three weeks. Three weeks ago there was a putting contest with Mrs. Percival Hunter the prize winner. Two weeks ago Mrs. Hunter again was the win- ner in a putting and approaching contest. Last Tuesday Mrs. Grubbe took away the first prize in a 6-hole match. The average attendance at these Tuesday events has been 35 women. The events for Tuesday, July 22, will be a 9-hole blind bogey and a putting contest. Chairman of Women's activities is Mrs. Harry Barnum who requests that all Winnetka women take an interest in the Tuesday afternoon events. Bridge will be played Tues- day and tea will be served. RETURNS FROM SERVICE; RE-OPENS GROCERY STORE Salvatore Di Francisco, veteran of the world war, returned to Hubbard, Woods late in June and has re-open- ed his fruit store. He was on the firing line for a long time and parti- cipated in some of the big offensives. He is handling a stock of fresh vegetables and fruits and canned goods. Released from Navy Eben Erickson, 1108 Elm street, re- ceived his release from the United States navy Monday of this week. He was chief electrician on the sub- chaser John B. Hinton. He was overseas two years and in the serv- ice 16 months. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Erickson. Back from Overseas Grinnell Wylie has returned from overseas where he served with the American expeditionary forces for several months. New Trier Commercial Association Officials May Quit; Charge Merchants Lack Interest Playing the role of officer in a virile organization may have its compensation but when you are elect- ed to head an affair which counts a group of earnest, live-wire, officials and a long list of "delinquent" mem- bers, there is nought but anguish in store for said leader and figurative and literal "gnashing of teeth". Merchants Shun Protection That, in a word, explains the piti- ful condition of affairs within the sphere of the New Trier Commerc- ial association, a co-operative body of dealers having as its paramount purpose the protection of its mem- bers against the constant menace of the "dead-beat" customer, and in- cidentally,bent uponaidingthe trades- man in the efficient conduct of his business The New Trier Com- mercial association, started several years ago amid a veritable storm of enthusiasm, is in its death struggle, and the officers have threatened to desert their posts unless immediatz remedial measures are adopted. Here's the situation. The members simply will not attend the mestings. They simply will not take an inter- est in their mutual affairs as dis- cussed and propounded at the sess- ions of this strictly "merchants' ben- efit" organization. But, let the offi- cers tell you all about it. They have penned a letter to all members set- ting forth their dire distress in this most concise and candid manner: Notice to Members of the New Trier Commercial Association We, the undersigned officers of the N. T. C. A. are going to resign, un- less you take some interest in the association, and attend the next meeting, which will be held at the Village Hall in Wilmette Monday, July 21, 1919. : The purpose of this meeting is first, to elect a board of directors of seven members; second to arrange for our annual outing day. We have called three meetings in the last four months and only five or six members attended. Your officers cannot run the association without your co- operation. Your losses in dead ac- eounts have been cut to a fraction of what they formerly were in the last two years, because of the effi- cient work of your secretary. . Do ycu wish to go back to the old system where you had to lose a few hundred dollars er a patron be- fore you could find out that they were no good? If you do, just stay away from this meeting on July 21, at the Village Hall, in Wilmette, at 8 P. M. |" and you will have the opportunity to go backwards or elect a new set of officers, and this you cannot do, un- less you attend the meeting. Signed: Leo M. Dean, President, A. Lips, Vice President, F. H. Gathercoal, Treas. Otto Falk, Secretary. The New Trier Commercial asso- ciation proved a highly valuable medium during the war period for co-operation between merchants of the north shore and the United States Food Administration in the matter of regulation of sale of food- stuffs, deliveries and other matters pertaining to war time regulatory measures; all in the interest of food conservation the "part of both merchant and consumer. The asso- ciation was largely instrumental in the organization of the "Food Deal- ers' association of the North Shore," of which every food dealer on the north shore was a member. This or- ganization was formed upon recom- mendation of the north shore food administrator as a co-operative body pledgad to observe all war time food regulations and to follow out im- plicitly all food conservation meas- ures. Probably the most valuable and im- portant work of the New Trier Com- mercial association was the establish- ment of a credit system whereby merchants were enabled to make a great saving through the exposure of "bad accounts." Each member of the organization was furnished, periodically, with a list of persons in the north shore villages listed as delinquent in the matter of accounts with local dealers. The association had always enjoyed a large membership counting on its roll a substantial nr jority oF dealers| on the north shore. Bo a es Girton School Replaced By New Type "of North Shore Country Day School Announcement of the ostablishment of a new school of the "Country Day" type at Winnetka next fall is of in- terest to all parents living in north shore suburbs. This school has been brought about as the result of hard work and strenuous effort on the part of lead- ing Winnetkans headed by Robert Ripley, Charles E. Shaw, C. T. Mor- dock, H. Spaulding Coffin, Mancel T. Clark, Calvin Fentress, Victor Elt- ing, Robert Stevenson, Reverend Ashley Gerhard, Edwin Clark, F. C. Scott, J. H. Scott, Ayres Boal, Wil- liam C. Boyden, Albert Kaler and others. These men have rented the buildings and grounds occupied by the Girton and Eliot schools in Winnetka, to be replaced by the new school, to- gether with an adjacent tract of land now being converted into an athlet- ic field and playgrounds. Noted Leader Secured Professor Perry Dunlap Smith, of the Francis W. Parker school in Chi-_ cago has been secured as headmaster for the new school to be known as the North Shore Country Day school. Mr. Smith's experience in teaching at the Francis W. Parker school, the Hill school at Pottstown, Pa. the Vanderlip School at Scarborough on the Hudson, N. Y., together with his service in the army where as major of infantry he organized three offi- cers' training schools, especially qualify him for the new position. The new school will consist of three departments each housed in a separate building. There will be the Kindergarten and Elementary depart- ment admitting children up to and in- cluding the 6th grade. Another de- partment will be the Girls Upper school, admitting girls of the 7th, 8th and High school grades. The third department is designated as the Boys' Upper school admitting boys of the 7th, 8th and High school grades. The two higher departments are desig- ned to fit pupils for college work. Limit Number of Pupils The school will be limited to 250 pupils and will have one teacher for every twelve pupils. The daily program, except in the case of the younger groups, will fol- low the usual Country Day schedule, that is, lessons and recitations in the morning, a hot luncheon, followed by supervised study periods, athletics, laboratory and shop work or field ex- cursions in the afternoon. The older pupils will not be dismissed until 5 o'clock. Emphasis will be placed on super- vised study and teaching proper methods of study; on supervised ath- letics and group sports, and on forms of expression such as dramatics, music, drawing, printing, modeling, sewing, cooking and shop work. The ground will make possible splendid work in Natural Science and Geo- graphy according to the head master. In addition to the athletic field there will be a completely equipped gym- nasium under the directioneof a man of wide experience. The advantages of the type of school known as the Country Day school, it is pointed out, have become increasingly apparent to American communities of recent years. Neither the usual Boarding school, nor the Day school types of institutions seem to satisfy altogether the needs of to- day, when the mere aquisition of knowledge as an end in itself is no longer considered the principal pur- pose of a school. In a Boarding school, the pupil misses so much of the home influence that he becomes almost entirely the product of a school, while in a day school he is neither at home nor at school long enough for either to se- cure a firm hold on his mental, mor- al, and physical well-being. The Country Day school, where the pupil spends his whole day, elimin- ates these difficulties; for the parents have the child each evening, and the school is able through its supervision of his study, sports, and other act- ivities and interests, as well as his recitations, to exercise a more tell- ing influence on his development. Many of the more up-to-date Am- erican cities have realized the truth of this theory and have established Country Day schools. Boston, Bal- timore, New York, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Kansas City are support- ing successfull schools of this type. | by to APPROVE "CON CON" Republican Campaign Leaders Praise Seventh District G. O. P. Organ- ization for Wise Selections CANDIDATES ARE LEADERS DeYoung and Miller Choice Charact- erized As Example of "Real Public Value" The Republican organization of the Seventh Senatorial District which includes Wilmette, Kenilworth, Winnetka and Glencoe, has been highly commended by members of the Executive Committee of the Con- stitutional Convention Campaign Cemmittee of Illinois for the selec- tion of Frederick R. DeYoung of Harvey and Amos C. Miller of Ken- ilworth, as candidates for the posi- tion of delegates to the State Con- stitutional Convention. The members of the Executive Committee express approval of the choice in the following communica- tion to the Republican voters of the district, through the Lake Shore News. We, as members of the Exacutive Committee of the Constitutional Convention Campaign Committee of Illinois and workers for the success of the Convention, as voters in the Seventh Senatorial District wish to express our great appreciation of the patriotic and statesmanlike position taken by the Republican organization of the District in advancing the names of Frederick R. DeYoung of Harvey and Amos C. Miller of Kenil- worth, as candidates for the position of delegates to the State Constitu- tional Convention. Citizens may rest assured that these two men will be among the leaders in the work of the Convention and will reflect tha greatest credit upon the District. Led Convention Fight Mr. DeYoung earned well deserved praise for his work in the Legislature where in addition to other disting- uished service he was made floor leader in the ; s- age of the Convention serve the state. He has alwa received the highest endorsems Qualified as Delegate We are equally fortunate in hav- ing an opportunity to work and vote for Mr. Miller. He has just closed a term of office as President of the Chicago Bar association, and is re- cognized as one of the sound and constructive leaders of the bar. In addition he is vice president of the Firestone Tire company where he is of the greatest problem of the day, which has been accentuated by his experience of the war, the just rela- tion of employer and employee. He is a forward looking man of great capacity and the highest integrity. Not Bound Politically When it is considered that neither of these men is encumbered by ties professional or political, financial or industrial, but each enters the race with the single vision of being of the greatest possible service to the state, we may well claim for the Seventh District that it has furnish- ed a concrete example of real public value for other districts to follow. George E. Cole, Leslie Freeman Gates, Frederick W. Burlingham, Shelby M. Singleton. MAN TAKEN HERE IN BAD CHECK DEAL, IS RELEASED L. M. Erbe, for the past month a resident at the Central hotel on West Railroad avenue, was arrested Friday evening by Chief of Winnetka Police, W. Peterson, charged with negotiat- ing a bad check on a Winnetka bank. He wassheld at the Winnetka police headquarters over night and released Saturday morning following a settle- | ment, it was said. | Erbe was reported as involved in "shady" check transactions in Wil- mette and other north shore towns though he managed to avoid police- interference. Police declare he has. a criminal record. He was thought by Evanston and Chicago authorities' to have been acting as a "fence" for automobile thieves, assisting in the disposition of stolen cars. \ Vacation In East > Mr. and Mrs. Charles Forman of 646 Prospect avenue, have taken a cottage at Hyannisport, Mass., for the summer. DELEGATE SELECTION from the Legislative Voters' League. taking an active part in the solution bs