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WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1921 NEW YEAR'S SERMON AT SUNDAY EVE. CLUB Dr. George Craig Stewart of Evans- ton To Preach on the Timely Subject "The New Year and the New Yearning" MISS SPAULDING, SOLOIST Club Leaders Announce Attractive Programs For Second Half of the Season Dr. George Craig Stewart, rector of St. Luke's Episcopal church, Evans- ton, and a well known platform speaker, will deliver the New Year's address before the Wilmette Sunday Evening club Sunday evening, Jan- uary 1. His subject will be "The New Year and the New Yearning". Dr. Stewart is well known to Sun- day Evening club audiences, having several times appeared before the north shore club. He is a keen think- er of the pro- gressive type and an orator of known abil- ity. He accomp- lished a great work during the World War both as a speak- er in behalf of : war drives in Dr. Geo. C. Stewart this country and as a chaplain with the American forces in I'rance. The soloist next Sunday evening will be Miss Clora Belle Spalding contralto. Miss Spalding has travel- ed widely on concert tours both in quartet and solo work. The past season she appeared in recital on the largest Chautauqua circuit in the United States. Last Sunday evening, in spite of the holiday, the main auditorium of the church and gallery was filled to hear the Philharmonic Quartet and Mrs. Tthel Benedict, soloist. The program for the last half of the year includes some of the best known speakers and musical organ- izations in the country, also soloists. Among the speakers to be heard very soon will be Dr. Edward A. Steiner, Maude Ballington Booth, Jeannette Rankin, America's first Congress- woman, Lorado Taft, Dr. Charles A. Eaton, and others. The Association of Commerce Glee club of 50 voices, under the direction of Arthur Dun- ham, will present an entire musical evening on Sunday, January 15. SNEEZE FRACTURES RIBS Bellaire, Ohio -- Sneezing, Police Sergeant James Goog fractured two of his ribs. Goog is still at work, but he is asking friends to invent a sneeze muffler to reduce danger of further damage to his physical well-being. LOSES MOTHER BY DEATH Mrs. K. M. Nelson, of Fir street, this week received word of the death of her mother, Mrs. Nicholas Chee- vers, at New Ross, Ireland. Mrs. Cheevers was a national teacher for thirty years and was pensioned by the British government. A masquerade party and dance will be given at the Community House this evening by the Winnetka Young - People's club. PLAY CONTEST ON: SEEK CONTESTANTS All Women of Winnetka Invited and Urged To Enter Drama Study Class Playwrighting Contest Women of Winnetka, none except- ed, are invited and urged to enter the Play Contest now in progress under auspices of the Drama Study class of the Winnetka Woman's club. The contest, which started several weeks ago, will continue until February 1, Until that time any woman in Win- netka may submit a one-act play | which, if it passes the judgment of the out-of-town judges, will be presented before the club. Contestants are requested to sign | their manuscripts with a nom de plume and enclose their own signa- !tures and addresses in separate en- velopes. As many characters as are desirable may be introduced and the plays may be written in either prose or poetry. Any subject matter of interest may be used. The manuscripts will be safely | cared for by the committee. 3 "Enter the lists!" the committee challenges. "You don't know what you can do until you try! Send manu- | scripts to any of the following-- | Mrs. Ernest Ballard. Mrs. James F. Porter. Mrs. E. V. L. Brown. Mrs. Jerome Frank. Mrs. Frederick Dickinson. | { CLUB INVITED KIDDIES TO CHILDREN'S PARTY TODAY The motion picture film "Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp," a Pathe production, is to be shown at the Win- netka Woman's club this afternoon at a Children's party given under the auspices of the Music department of the club. The entertainment, which will in- clude a special program of music and fancy dancing, is open to all children of Winnetka and will be of interest to grown-ups, as well. Proceeds from the Children's party will be directed toward a fund for the purchase of a new piano for the club. DEATH TAKES MRS. BLAIR Mrs. William Blair of Asbury ave- nue, formerly actively associated with the Winnetka Congregational church, passed away at the Evanston hospital Friday, December 23, follow- ing a lingering illness. Mrs. Blair is survived by her husband. NO CHIMNEY FIRES--RECORD No chimney fires this week--and Fire Chief Houren announces the vil- lage has established a record. Last year at this time, says Chief Houren, there were many chimney fires. The scarcity of such blazes this year is attributed to the plentiful snowfall. WIRE "COURAGE" "The telephone is a revealer of character," remarks the Joliet-Herald News. "It supplies a sort of mask behind which a person may be petty or mean or discourteous, and not a few take advantage of it to show their ill breeding." TO SISTER'S BEDSIDE Mrs. E. W. Wortley, assistant director at Community House, was called to St. Joseph, Mo., this week because of the illness of a sister. I PZ Plant Material becomes firmly established and starts growing as Spring opens up. Advantages of Fall Planting Remember Steve? Well He's Pet Of Winnetka Eskimo Youth Stranded Here Two Weeks Ago Is Royally Enter- tained at Christmas Party Steve Netuck can no longer be call- ed "the stranger within our gates", for most everybody in the vicinity of the Elm street business section knows Steve a mile away. He's been doing odd jobs and has thus made the ac- quaintance of many business folk and householders. Steve, it will be recalled, arrived in Winnetka two weeks ago in the midst of a terrific blizzard, and was deposited in the kindly shelter of the village lock-up. He wasn't arrested but simply given a place in which to regain his composure. Our hero, who is a native Eskimo, globetrotter, ex-circus performer and former able-bodied seaman, proved a novelty, and police, firemen, public works officials and employes con- tributed to his comfort. On Christmas Eve Steve was the center of interest at a big party in a Winnetka home. He told and retold many thrilling tales of adventure, deftly practiced a bit of legerdemain and generally entertained the assem- bled guests, in consideration of all of which he was literally showered with handsome and useful gifts. 3 Steve expects to make Winnetka his permanent residence. So would we! The Christmas Spirit "is not the gift that makes you glad, Nor what it may have cost. : If vou only think of values the Christ- "mas Spirit's lost. It may be pearls or diamonds and yet your heart be sad. But a simple Christmas card with a message from the heart Gives a thrill of satisfaction that money cannot buy. : The gift is just a means by which a message wt impart, : But the valued thought it carries comes from God on high. Throughout the year your daddy's toiled, With no thought of other pay Than the love that you can give him in honor of the day. No gift of silver, gold or pearls are half so dear to him As your words of gentle kindness from a heart that throbs within. So forget about the presents, their beauty and their worth, And listen to the chatter of the children in their mirth. Don't compare the things you get with those you had in mind, And you'll reap a sense of joy of a more substantial kind. A. J. WOODCOCK, 034 Sheridan Rd, Wilmette, Il CROSSED WIRES--FIRE Crossed wires started a fire in an electric automobile Tuesday, Decem- ber 27, at the home of J. B. Guthrie, 730 Walden road. The damage was slight, according to Fire Department officials. AS SOME TALK He had not been long demobilized and was anxious to get his telephone call to Earling exchange through quickly and without mistake. This is the way he explained it to the oper- ator: "FE for "Enry. A wot 'orses eat. I. where yer goes to. I wot ye see wiv. N as lay an egg and G whiz." He got his number.--Exchange. THE NORTH SHORE MONTESSORI SCHOOL for children Conducted by Miss Dorothy Sears will re-open on Thursday, January fifth, 1922, in the Winnetka Woman's Club. Hours 9 to 11:30. Miss Gertrude Cummings, directress. Mrs. Joel D. Hunter, assistant. ment. 777777722, Al The family washing done once a week in a single hour is \ only one way in which it quickly pays for itself. \ HOOVER--SWEEPER--VAC-- 70 00 Start the New Year Right | Save Labor, Time and Money with your own laundry equip- N\ \ Own an \ Abso--Clean \ The new improved vacu- |N um washer. \ No belts-- \ No Greasing-- N Solid construction. \ Easy Payments N with a N\ SIMPLEX | Ironer \ ROYAL-VACUUM CLEANERS Profit By Our Service \ ELECTRIC DANNEMARK'S SHOP \ Opposite Village Theatre N\ Wilmette, Illinois \ -- And A Happy New Year 1921 has seen us expand into larger quarters, so that we could give you better service. 1922 will see us trying in ZZ 815 Elm St. Winnetka Different State Experiment Sta- tions have proven that immedi- ately after planting in the fall trees and shrubs begin to put out small fibrous roots. Avoid the Spring rush by plant- ing now. Chicago Landscape Company Phone Winnetka 201 Incorporated rrr I I [77777 every way possible to ex- pand that SERVICE. A Healthy, Prosperous Year to Everyone. Hubbard Woods Cash Grocery 890 Linden Ave. Phones Winnetka 1435-1436 HUBBARD WOODS, ILL. 5