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WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1923 a, = 'P Lam HIGHWAY SAFETY CONTEST STARTS ducing the number of accidents and fatalities due to traffic mishaps. Interest on Increase In the two previous years approx- imately 400,000 pupils and 50,000 teachers have participated each autumn. It is believed by board of- ficials that the cumulative effect of while the third award is two hun- dred dollars. The first national prize for the best essay by pupils is a gold watch and a trip to Washington with all expenses paid. The second and third prizes are each gold watches, one of slightly greater value than the other. MERCHANTS INTERESTED IN CIVIC ACTIVITIES The New Trier Commercial associa- tion is preparing to assume an active in- terest in north shore civic affairs. At i : State Prizes Offered . = ; : Bs 0 Grammar School Children in Re bisthan log eAyg Four hundred seventy-eight state (the regular meeting of the organization and Teachers Compete result in even a greater number of prizes are offered pupils. The first Monday of this week a Civics com- The History of Fremont McConkey THE HAWK EYE By Herbert Quick Reviewed by Ward Macauley "The Hawk Eye" by Herbert Quick takes us again to the locality made familiar to us in Mr. Quick's surpass- ingly excellent chronicle of pioneer life "Vandemark's Folly." It is said that the first person form of narrative is not relished by certain readers and yet there are books that are much more effectively written in this way. Mr. Quick obivates the difficulty by telling his story through- out in the third person, as far as his hero is concerned, the writing presum- ably being done by an unnamed chroni- cler. In the final chapter the nameless story-teller reveals himself as his own hero, a new literary contrivance so far as we know. Fremont McConkey, the hero, was born in the Iowa of 1857 and thus was prop- erly a "hawkeye." The story of his youth and maturity to middle age is set forth with the wealth of detail for which Mr. Quick's writing has been chiefly noted. The best passages deal with the Renewal of its annual safety con- tests, in which $6,500 will be given away in prizes, was announced this week by the National Highway Educa- tion Board. Training children in habits of high- way safety is the principal task of the 1923 safety campaign, it is said, but through the children it is hoped that the principles of traffic regula- tion and safety education will be im- pressed upon adults, both pedestrians and drivers alike. The third annual safety campaign takes the form of two contests, one among elementary school pupils, and another among elementary school teachers. Approximately five hundred state and national prizes are to be given for the best essays and lessons written. The prizes offered are the gifts of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, which is desirous of re- participants this year. The subject of the essays which children are-invited to write is "High- way Safety Habits I Should Learn." Essays, as last year, are not to ex- ceed five hundred words in length. Those eligible are pupils of the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades, who are not more than fourteen years of age. The contest opens with the be- ginning of school, and closes Decem- ber 4, 1923. Submit Safety Lessons Teachers are requested to submit safety lessons on the subject "Train- ing Children in Habits of Safety on the Highways." The limit suggested is between 1,000 and 3,000 words. All elementary school teachers in the eighth and lower grades are eligible to submit lessons. In the teachers' contest the first national award is five hundred dol- lars and a trip to Washington with all expenses paid. The second na- tional award is three hundred dollars, state prize is a gold medal and a check for fifteen dollars. The second state prize is a silver medal and ten dollars. Third prizes, which vary in proportion to the elementary school population of the state, are bronze medals and checks for five dollars. The Board announces that the con tests will be conducted with the co- operation of state departments of ed- ucation, women's clubs, civic organ- izations, safety councils, automobile clubs, and kindred organizations that may wish to assist. Complete details will be furnished upon application to the Highway Education Board, Wil- lard Building, Washington, D. C. TONS OF FOOD Twenty-five to thirty tons of food pass through the average man dur- ing an average life time. Health of- ficers urgently recommend extreme care in regard to habits and choice of diet. Faulty diet for a year means half a ton of the wrong kind of food. mittee was appointed to take care of the interests of the business men in relation to civic matters affecting the commer- cial districts of New Trier. The com- mittee comprises, J. C. Gapen, chair- man; Leo M. Dean, Carl Sterner, Wil- liam Taylor, Frank Gathercoal, Harry Dornbos and C. E. Renneckar. Reports of New Trier Day were heard at Monday's session and resolutions passed thanking the Winnetka Chamber of Commerce, The Public Service com- pany and the Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Electric railway for their co- operation in making the day a success. It was planned to give a special enter- tainment in the near future for all New Trier Day workers. New members accepted by the associa- tion this week included : Shoreen Motor company, Wilmette Music Shop, Frint George, Terminal Hardware, E. C. Weissenberg, East End Cash Market, Joseph Kneip and Shaefer and Golbach, | E schemes of county politicians in those early days and with the activities and final overthrow of the Bushyagers, a family of suspected outlaws. The book is inherently highly Ameri- can and presents a well wrought picture of life in the middle west of its day. It is written in the older fashion of story telling. Readers of "Vandemark's Folly" are especially likely to enjoy "The Hawkeye" which carries the story farther along and also gives us an occasional glimpse of the redoubtable Jacobus T. Vandmark. iat mat---------------- rromnent North Shore Residents Move to Deerfield Erect Homes on Beautifully Wooded Tracts of Generous Size Light Verse at Its Best "POEMS FROM LIFE" Edited by Oliver Herford As a youth with hope and daring rife, Full many a verse we sent to Life. Before returning, the editor slipped Deerfield was discovered a few years, ago by north snore golfers when the A printed note in the manuscript, Briergate Golf club was opened. The Expressing the hope that we'd take our golfers and motorists along Waukegan on road suddenly became conscious of the p . Bois fact that in and around Deerfield were Or typewriter up, and try again; : some of the finest patches of wooarana Which we did--and got back with in this part of the country--woods that smothered curses have remained intact since the days More of our oh-so-clever verses! when the Pottawattomies camped he- And now as we sit and look upon neath their limbs. "An exodus from The verse of Adams and Guiterman, Wilmette, Glencoe and other north 5 i; ehore villages to Deerfield had attained ~ D. Parker (who swings a wicked pen!) Carolyn Wells, Le Gallienne-- considerable magnitude before it was Here in O. Herford's Life collection, observed. : A syndicate of half a dozen Glencoe 'We can but think with some dejection Of the little boy who, much dismayed men headed by Reed.Landis has just purchased a forty acre farm northeast . t : of the Brigrgate club from: and is!. At the size of the eggs his bantam laid, putting in roacways ang improvements. | Bought an egg of china make Lach member gets "between six and Big and tough and hard to break seven acres for a homesite and-all ex: Then placed a sign beside her nists pect to build in the spring - except. Mr. ' "Look at this--and do your best" 3 Reuben Peterson, Jr. O residents of the North Shore, especially those of the younger set, who seek a natural and social environment, comparable to their home vil- lages, but prefer property not so advanced in price, McGuire & Orr offer opportunity to follow the lead of their former neighbors whose good move is described in the newspaper clipping here produced. Landis, - who wid remodel the farm! house logated on his six acres. : A similar project is under way just, west of the club where a sinall-group .of Wilmette men bought forty acres -a few months ago. Reprint from Daily News August 18th "IRONHEART" By William Macleod Raine Everyone who has read "Man-Size" or "The Fighting Edge" will know what to expect in this new Raine story of the West; a rattling good tale, full of action, without a dull moment. He will not be disappointed. It is a story of an ex- service man with a gallant record who has been left a dope victim through the careless administration of morphine by the doctors in an army hospital. He falls to the depths and becomes a com- mon hobo. Then comes a day when, with other tramps, he camps on the land of Clint Reed and meets him and his daughter Betty under painful and -hu- miliating circumstances. From this point is unfolded a story of love and adven- ture and rehabilitation that will satisfy the most jaded reader's taste. James Walter Doughty. 'We Offer Just a Few | 2 to 3 ACRE HOMESITES | $1250 per acre and up in Northwoods, at Deerfield where values are rapidly increasing | : i 9] ) a is situated 3 miles west New York of the Civil War "WITHIN THESE pVALLST 2 from Highland Park at the junction In "Within These Walls" Nir. Et of the Wauke n Road and the new con- has taken a family of an early period in ot = a Tan nl al ceete highway just completed westward from TM LN Highland Park. Itis adequately supplied meer feats cessar . . fe. or ory oF ier pes ary for 1 with local shopping facilities, school and events and a picture of the New York § . . churches. It connects by bus line with the North Shore Electric and has a station on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.Paul Railroad. The St. Paul will inaugurate an improved suburban service when the new Union Sta- tion, now under construction, is completed. timbered homesites to which a private wind- ing roadway gives access. It 1s situated just north of Deerfield, where town taxes do not apply. Indeed, to residents of the North Shore the taxation on this property will i" seem unbelievably low. | of the Civil War. His people move through this historical background in a romantic and thrilling though sombre tale of the great love and sacrifice of David Robards and his effort to protect the good name of a very foolish wife and an unfortunate daughter. Driven by the fear of the horror and cruelty of public shame, ha commits a crime, which though justifiable and not suspected by the world haunts him the rest of his life. It is a powerful story of historical interest, great achievements, human frailties and their consequent pen- alties and is written in an absorbing Just 9 of these tracts remain to be purchased in Northwoods, they will be sold not in- discriminately, but only upon application. McGuire & Orr will consider and carefully pass upon each application received, to the end that you may have certain assurance Northwoods consists of spacious, finely of the high character of your neighbors. style. Clara B. True. CRIMINAL PRACTICE Exposing children to contagious ! diseases so that they may have them | and be done with them would be all right if only the guilty party had to bear all the possible consequences and if the process really resulted in being done with the diseases. Under the actual circumstances the willful exposure of a child to any contagious disease is little short of a serious Representatives are on the property Saturda, afternoon and all day Sunday McGUIRE & ORR Established 1894 ? 69 W Washington St., Chicago Er ---- | crime, says the state commissioner of | health.