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WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1923 BLUE ISLAND TO ~ GETP.S. POWER Public Service Company to Provide Utilities The people of Blue Island seem more than content with the unanimous action of the City Council in award- ing to the Public Service Company of Northern Illinois the electric light- ing and power facilities of that city. Commenting on this fact the Blue Is- land Sun-Standard says: "The fact that the Public Service Company of Northern Illinois has been granted the contract to furnish electricity for homes, stores and in- dustries in Blue Island has met with unanimous approval." Blue Island was originally served by a municipally owned plant which later was abandoned and succeeded by electric service under a municipal grant to the Sanitary District of Chicago. The City Council of Blue Island in cooperation with mayor Paul T. Klenk has taken the time to go thoroughly into every phase of the lighting situa- tion, it is said. Experts have been em- ployed to determine from the engineer- ing standpoint whether the re-estab- lishment of a municipally owned plant would be feasible. This having been found out of the question the city council, with reliable service as its predominating purpose, turned to the Public Service company. {I The Public Service company has acquired the distribution system from the City of Blue Island. The acquire- ment by the Public Service company of the electric franchise in Blue Island where it already has the gas service is regarded as the culmination of one of the most important negotiations that has occurred in the outlying dis- trict of Chicago for several years. ii' Blue Island thus becomes one of the units in a vast chain of communi- ties that have been drawn into the Public Service family. There are 180 cities and towns served by it through- out the territory of 6,000 square miles which it covers. It operates in 15 counties through 11 districts, is pro- vided with 16 electric generating sta- tions, 30 sub-stations, 7 gas manufac- turing plants, and 5 heating stations. It serves 250,000 customers, of whom 18,000 at the present day are stock- holders in the corporation and are khown as customer stockholders. Its assets are over $72,000,000, and on its payroll are approximately 30,- 000 employees. So it may be seen at a glance that the Public Service com- pany is today one of the greatest utility organizations in the middle west and is growing by rapid strides. CHINESE GIRL - LIKES FLAPPERS Says They're a Bit Too Frank in Dress The American flapper is too frank in her dress, in the opinion of Miss De Yoeh Koo, pretty Chinese maid, who is in Chicago studying banking. "I think your women are wonder- ful," she said. "They have more freedom here than we have in China. But of the young girls, the ones you call the flappers, I think--yes, I think maybe they are too frank in their dress. They dress for the street like they go to a party. But you have wonderfully smart girls here, and they are good in business." While admitting that she was slightly shocked by the ultra mod- ernism of the flapper until she got used to it, Miss Koo expressed her ad- miration for the American girl on the whole. "Mostly I like the American girls very much. It is only the too frank ones that I do not like so well. I confess they sometimes have rather shocked me." Miss Koo says that although the in- terior towns of China still cling to the old belief that women should not be allowed any freedom, this is dis- RAZOR BLADES Sharpened Mail us your old dull safety razor blades. We will sharpen them like new and mail back to vou. Double edge blades...35¢ dozen Single edge blades ...25¢ dozen Satisfaction guaranteed -- 24 hour service. Give us a trial. Chandler's < Runtain Square « 9 | EVANSTON appearing in the port cities of the Empire, where modified views are gaining ground. "In the port cities of China today girls are allowed more freedom than they used to have," she said. "I have | four brothers, but I was permitted to walk out alone when I desired to go shopping. In the interior it is not so. There the girls have little freedom of action." Miss Koo, who is twenty years old, thas been in the United States five | years, during which she has taken a | four-year course in Oberlin college and a post-graduate course of one year in New York university. She came to this country as one of ten Chinese girls sent to the United States each year by the Tsing Hua college, at Peking, to be educated. FUND PROVIDES MUSIC SCHOLARSHIPS GRATIS The young and talented music student who heretofore has been un- able to avail himself of an opportunity to study under distinguished teachers due to the lack of means, is expected {to greet with joy an offer of the Co- lumbia School of Music of Chicago, whereby a fund is available for twen- ty-five free scholarships in Piano, Voice, Violin, Normal Training and Public School Music Course. I Honor scholarships, it is announced will be awarded the most talented and advanced applicants not only in every principal study but will include ELECTROCUTING THE FLY It's shocking but true. A method of exterminating the house fly by electricity has been devised. And it requires but a fraction of a watt of electricity to do the job. From now on, if the invention be- comes generally used, swatting the fly will give way to "watting the fly." The contrivance which attaches to the usual electric light outlet, is baited and affixed to the wall or some other place where the flies congregate. RADIO STATIONS INCREASE A gain of 1,126 radio stations of all kinds in the United States during the year ending June 30 is reported by the U. S. Department of Commerce. On June 30 there were 21967 ship and land radio stations. Broadcasting sta- tions number 191 more than a year ago, having. increased from 382 to 73 CAR FARES Average rates of cash fare charged by electric street railways in 275 cities of the United States was 7.28 cents on July 1. The fare in 150 cities was 10 cents. ELECTRICITY ROCKS CRADLE The baby's cradle may now be rocked electrically. So the hand that rocks the cradle still rules the world-- being electricity. This new device is operated by turning a switch similar to that used for the electric light and the cradle starts and stops as you wish. The baby may be rocked while the mother attends to other duties. all subsidiary subjects such as Theory, Counterpoint, Analysis, Ensemble Playing, Orchestra Conducting, His- tory of Music, Repertoire, Sight Sing- ing and Chorus Singing. There will be eight of these Honor Scholarships varying in value from $435.00 to $665.- 00 each. In addition to these Honor Scholar- ships there will be an award of seven- teen Free Scholarships in the principal study only. These latter awards will have a value as high as $240.00 each, it is stated. Mid-Summer Dresses We still have a splendid variety of mid-summer dresses that we must dispose of before our Fall styles arrive, Before going elsewhere look them over at Unique Style Shop 1126 Central Ave. Phone 2403 Say Tuberculosis Death Rate is on the Decline The Chicago Tuberculosis Institute quotes an interesting statement from the statistical bulletin of the Metro- politan Life Insurance Company to the effect that not only is the death rate from tuberculosis continuing to de- cline but that this decline has been phenomenal in the last year. "The winter and early spring months, the season in which the mor- tality from tuberculosis is always heaviest, have passed with a decline in the death rate among white policy holders of 5.3 per cent. and among colored of 2.4 per cent., from the rec- ord of the first half of 1922, The continuous decline, except for a single year, the influenza year, has been ob- served since 1911 and is still going on," : These statistics are, of course, com- piled among policy holders for this insurance company, but as that group includes all classes of people, the statistics have a pretty general ap- plication. IGNORANCE NOT BLISS Ignorance may be bliss to the mind, but it's mighty hard on the body, de- clares Dr. I. D. Rawlings, who says that even a little knowledge of the right kind will go a long way toward keeping a "feller" in good health. (X11) 1 ¥2°¢ oF \ (E Service Station CTR EING thicker, the famous Good- year All-Weather Tread carries you farther than other treads. And it car- ries you in greater safety, too. The big tough sharp-edged blocks cut deep and grip tight on any surface.They are the best tire insurance against skidding you can buy. As Goodyear Service Station Dealers we sell and recom=- mend the new Goodyear Cords with the beveled All- Weather Tread and back them up with standard Goodyear Service oa Siz BRAUN BROS. 723 Oak St., Winnetka GOODSYEAR ---------- Things Women Appreciate in a Meat Market Women expect cleanliness, curteous service, good produce and reasonable prices. We give all these, of course. They appreciate getting the best that can be had, lowest Prices Possible with quality, a market they can depend on, and propmt delivery service. We give all these, too. PETERS MARKET A. PETERS, Prop. 734 ELM STREET Phone Winnetka 920-921-922 AT CAR Studebaker, Velie, and others. 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Manufacturer's Branch 39.75 29.75 It is the same as that which has brought world-wide acceptance of the Exide as the standard storage battery. unchanged. The new low prices put the Exide within reach of any car owner who wants the com- fort and satisfaction of driving with the rugged, long-lived Exide Battery. Service Co. 2 PROUTY CT. Phone Winnetka 1387 48 HOUR BATTERY SERVICE ( eS SE a ad