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WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1923 ENTIRE RACES ARE HOMELESS Workers in Near East De- : scribes Plight of Peoples "I have been in the Near East every summer since the armistice. I have seen something of death from starvation in the famines of 1919 and subsequent years. But I think I have never seen more of human heartache than this summer among the dispossessed peoples and races from Perisa on the east to Corfu on the west, and from Thrace and Macedonia on the north to Syria and Palestine on the south." This from Charles V. Vickrey, gen- al secretary of the Near East Relief, just returned from a four month's econ- omic survey in the Near East. Races Without Country "Edward Everett Hale wrote the fic- titious story, "The Man Without A Country," but in the Near Fast today there is the grim reality of whote races hterally without a country. In 'Persia the whole Assyrian race, constituting the ancient Nestorian and Chaldean Chris- tian churches, is today in exile. The Black Sea ports of Samsoun, Trebizond and Ordu are filled with Armenian and Greek refugees who dare not return to their once prosperous homes in the in- terior of Turkey and who cannot find safe haven or protection in any other country. "Longfellow's poem, "Evangeline," is a mid-summer romance compared with the stern realities and thousand-fold tragedies that I saw crowded upon the decks of refugee ships in the harbor of Piraeus, seeking a mere foothold in that already overcrowded country, Greece. Turks in Greece Destitute "The lot of the Turks who are to be expelled from their homes in Greece is scarcely better than that of the Arm- enians. None of them want to go. They lose practically everything of the past and gain little hope for the future. "There are now comparatively few Armenians left in the interior of Tur- key--possibly=a total of 80,000 with per={- haps another 23,000 Armenians and Greeks huddled in exposed refugee camps on the Black Sea. 200,000 Armenians remain in Constantinople, and 1,300,000, some of them refugees from Turkey, are now in Southern Russia. Greece, with nearly a million refugees of her own race, has, in spite of her poverty, been the only nation to show compas- sion by providing at least a temporary home for 100,000 Armenions. League Arranges Loan "The commission of the International Near East association, in a survey and report that has just been completed says :--"During the last winter and spring 150,000 refugees died for want of proper food, clothing and medical care. It is estimated that during the coming winter and spring the death toll among the refugees may reach a total of 100,000 unless steps are taken at once to render assistance of the most effective kind. The refugee population in Greece includes about 95,000 children who are in dire need." These are in addition to the approximately 50,000 orphans whom the Near East Relief is already support- ing in various orphanages. "One of the most important problems just now is that of rendering such fin- ancial assistance to Greece as will en- able her under proper restrictions to as- sume responsibility for this vast ex- traneous refugee population. The Coun- cil of the League of Nations has ap- proved a loan somewhat like the recent Austrian loan, but to be used exclusively for refugee repatriation work. British banks have already conditionally pledged one million pounds sterling toward this loan. Lord Robert Cecil, Sir Arthur Salter and those most deeply interested are anxious that America, having had the larger part in refugee philanthropy, may in some way be related to the ad- ministration of this loan, which for Greece at least should solve the adult refugee problem. Well Boys, Dan'l Has Gone and Done It, Too Our mutual! friend Dan who, to em- ploy more dignified terminology, is Daniel Boone Noe, Winnetka Village Purchasing agent, slipped away to Brooklyn late last week and on Wed- nesday, October 10, became a member of the "harassed" order of benedicts. The sole reason for Dan'l's frequent journeys to the seaboard has been the |' comely Miss Elsie Bergman of. Flat- bush. Henceforth, however, there will be few expeditions East, for Dan will bring his bride to a pretty little bungalow nestled in recesses of one of Winnetkas choicest wooded plots. Country Day Girls Win Exciting Hockey Event In an exciting game of field hockey, Tuesday, October 9, the girls' team of the North Shore Country Day school defeated the Winnetka Women's team, by the close margin of 2 to 0. The contest held a great deal of in- terest for the spectators and the game remained undec'ded until the last minute of play. YW. C. A SCHOOL FOR GIRLS OPEN Offers Opportunities for All Girls Supposing you were a business girl, with a first rate intelligence but with an education that because of family finances, or trouble, or lack of op- portunity had stopped short at the eighth grade or earlv high school? And supposing that now you were feeling rather keenly in your social or business life those gaps' in your schooling, and were wondering just how, in your out-of-office hours you could set about to fill them with worth while study--how would you go about it? Nearly a thousand Chicago. girls have found a way this fall at the Y. W. C. A. according to Miss Eleanor L. Lattimore, director of education at the downtown "Service Station" for Chicago girls and women whose club Central Branch, 59 E. Monroe street, |: and class rooms, gymnasium, swim- ming pool and rest rooms are open to all girls and women in the city and suburbs. All Ages and Types "The students in our classes are of all ages and types," said Miss Latti- more, "the alert office girl who sees a chance to advance in her job by taking a course in bookkeeping or filing; the girl in domestic service who spends her Thursday afternoons at the Y learning how to make herself + hat; the foreign girl struggling in the mazes of the English language, or the foreign mother who comes to learn English so that she can talk with her English-speaking children; the girl who wants to study social etiquette, or join the ever-popular "Charm School;" the bride-to-be who comes to learn about budgeting, buy- ing or meal planning. One young man came in this week to nelp his gray haired mother enter the s:hool. He said that she had worked hard all her life and sent her three sons to school, and that now she had time to study and wanted to join a litera- ture class. Every available nook and cranny at Central Branch has been turned into class rooms, even the of- fices and lunch room." Variety of Courses Classes include, besides those named, many courses in English, both literature and composition, Spanish, and Italian, Current Events, Practical psychology, memory train- ing, economics, sociology, history, civ- ics, dramatic expression, the develop- ment of personality, Bible study, Choral club, and stringed orchestra. The staff of teachers is recruited from the faculties of leading high schools, colleges, commercial and art schools of the city. In addition to the department of general education, the departments of Health Education at Central Branch, snd West Side Branch, 101 South Ash- land boulevard are opening this month to a record registration in gymnastics, swimming, interpretive dancing and athletics. Y. W. C. A. classes are open to all girls and women, whether or not they are members of the association. "To Have and To Hold" Community House Film Friday evening, October 19, the Com- munity House will present George Fitz- maurice's superb production, "To Have and To Hold," one of the most beauti- ful and romantic pictures ever screened. Betty Compson, Paramount star, and Bert Lytell, a well known stage favorite, are featured, the former appearing as the ward of King James I, of England, and the latter as a soldier adventurer French, of Virginia in the early Seventeenth Century. The supporting cast includes many well known Paramount Stock Company players. The story of "To Have and To Hold" has great dramatic power, irresistible heart appeal and in its development, many thrilling scenes, including duels, Indian attacks, and encounters with pir- ates. No one can see this splendid photo- play without visualizing most profitably the scenes attending the settlement of Virginia. This is a picture you cannot afford to ignore. There will be two shows. and one at 8:45 o'clock. M. L. Adams Enters New Barber Shop on Monday M. LL. Adans, Winnetka's pioneer bar- ber, leaves his time-honored "stand" on Elm street this week-end and, on Mon- day, October 15, will enter his new and modern shop at 818 Elm street. The new shop, in a new building owned by Mr. Adams, will contain all the en- jovable features of the old place, thoroughly modernized and equipped with an eye to provide every convenience for the trade. In addition to the barber shop, there will be an-up-to-the-minute billiard room and tobacconist's emporium. Mr. Adams has been engaged in the barber trade in the village over a period of 21 years. One at 7:15 Prominent North Shore Residents Move to Deerfield I TREE " "Rogremt for from Dasly News August 18th Deerfield was discovered a few years) Briergate Golf club was opened. ago by north snore golfers when the The, Erect Homes on Beautifully Wooded Tracts of Generous Size golfers and motorists along Waukegan road suddenly became conscious of the fact that in and around Deerfleld were some of the finest patches of wooarand in this part of the country--woods that have remained intact since the days when the Pottawattomies camped he- neath their limbs. An exodus from Wilmette, Glencoe and other north shore villages to Deerfield had attained considerable magnitude before it was observed. . _ A syndicate of half a dozen Glencoe men headed by Reed Landis has just 'purchased a forty acre sarm northeast of the Briergate club from: and ts!. putting in roadways ang hnprovements. j Lach A4seven acres for a homesite and all ex: pect to build in the spring - éxcept. Mr. Landis.» who will remodel the f= "x house logated on his six acres. A similar project is under way just. west »f the club where a small-group of Wilmette men bought forty acres a 'few. months ago. member geis "between six andl 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 | 1s described in the rewspapes clipping here produced. 'We Offer Just a Few [t 1s adequately supplied Northwoods consists of spacious, finely timbered homesites to which a private wind- ing roadway gives access. Itis situated just north of Deerfield, where town taxes do not apply. Indeed, to residents of the North Shore the taxation on this prooety will seem unbelievably low. Just g of these tracts remain to be prchased in Northwoods, they will be solcnot n- discriminately, but only upon appcation. McGuire & Orr will consider and arefully pass upon each application receiv, to the end that you may have certain asurance of the high character of your neghbors. 2 to 3 ACRE HOMESITES $1250 per acre and up in Northwoods, at Deerfield awhere values are rapidly increasing EERFIELD is situated 3 miles west trom Highland Park at the junction of the Waukegan Road and the new con- crete highway just completed westward from Highland Park. "with local shopping facilities, school and churches. It connects by bus line with the North Shore Electric and has a station on the Chicago,Milwaukee8 St.Paul Railroad. The St.Paul will inaugurate an improvid suburban service when the new Union Sta - tion, now.under construction, is completed. Representatives are on the property Saturda, afternoon and all day Sunday ~~ McGUIRE & ORR Established 1894 69 W. Washington St., Chicago