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g + - WINNET KA WEE Nearly Everybody in Winnetka Reads The Talk 4 ay = vo +, OY -- : a TALK VOL. VII, NO. 8. WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1918 FOUR PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS HELP WINNETKA LEAD Ure THRIFT STAMP SALE Although Village Leads North Shore in Per Capita Sales Leaders Ask Final Big Effort "CLEAN UP NEXT WEEK" Pledge Week Should Make One a War Stamp Saver Every By H. A. de Windt "Clean it all up in a week" is the! message received from Washington | and therefore all over the United! States the week beginning Friday, May 10, has been set apart for the big drive on War Savings "Pledge Cards". These cards are a new kind made double, so that when a person signs the pledge he also orders the post- master to deliver War Savings stamps to his office or residence each week or month for the balance of this year, which certainly is a thorough, practical, and common sense way of doing it. In order that everybody may know about Pledge week and the new PledgeCard, postmaster Kloepfer has just mailed a letter and a Pledge Card to everybody in Winnetka and Hubbard Woods. It is of vital im- portance that every resident here- abouts make this pledge to help the government at this time of terrific need. Sign the Pledge Card and then the mail carrier will remind you of your obligation each week of month throughout the balance of this year. In doing this remember you do not give your money but you lend it to the government of the United States for 5 years at 4 per cent compound interest. With that money you help pay the expenses of those brave men who have already "pledged" their lives that you may live free from the domination of "The Beast at Berlin". During April the Winnctka post office sold 2002 War Savings stamps and 5194 Thrift stamps with a total value of $9,606.80. Come on you other North Shore towns and let us know what you are doing on "War Savies". We'll wager a nice apple that not one of you can hold a candle to Winnetka's per capita record on sales of War Savings and Thrift stamps. "DIG UP" OLD WARDROBE AND JOIN WARTIME FEST On the evening of Thursday, May 23 a a wartime party will be given at the Community House for the be- nefit of the Winnetka Branch of the American Fund for French Wounded. Mrs. Frederick Thomas is chairman of the committee that is planning the party. The committee is a large one and its personnel such as to guarantee a clever, original and suc- cessful entertainment. Every one is expected to visibly express their war- time economics by wearing remnants of their wardrobe of a decade ago and any infringment of this rule will be heavily penalized. There will be dancing and one may dance the waltz and two-step in the stunning garments now '"paffe", in which one danced them several years ago. Of course you can be up-to- date in your shabbiness if you like, but you must be shabby to be in vogue at this party. Delicious re- freshments wil be served at a small cost, and admission to this fest of good time wil be the wartime price of only fifty cents. The cause is one of the most worthy and appealing of all our war charities, so come and give your bit to buy a garment for a wounded soldier or a little French waif. Tickets are on sale at Community House and Mrs. E. N. Rhodes, tele- phone, Winnetka 784, is the official information bureau for all inquiries about the party. Knights Templars Meeting The Evanston Commandary No. 58 of the Knights Templars will conduct its annual ascension services at the Wilmette Congregational church on Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. A feature of the occasion will be a parade from the railway station to the church. Indian Hill Improvement Association Favors Acquisition of Land for | Improvements | The War Emergency Union gave By Dee A. Stoker Village Officials | Purchase Land for Park | YOU MUST WEIGH THE BABIES Baby week in Winnetka brings fine response from patriotic mothers of Village | | RAIL RRI TIER EAN | | 2 Children's Patriotic rally at Com- | munity House, Sunday, May 5. This At a meeting of the Indian Hill |Ta3lly was in honor of the fact that Improvement association last Satur-| the government has designated the | y " i1d= day evening, the association went on'| second year of the war as, "Child record in favor of the Village of Win- | ren's Cear". netka acquiring by purchase or by | A Woman's rally was held at the | 4 - ' Qa condemnation a continuous strip of | Winnetka Woman's club on Thurs land at least fifty feet wide adjoin- [day afternoon. Mrs. Clark C. Wort- ing Wilson street, extending from | ley, secretary of the War Emergency Ash street on the north to Winnetka Union, avenue or to the boundary line be- Charles S. the Parent- presided. Mrs. uell, president of tween Winnetka and Kenilworth on | Teachers association, introduced Mrs. the south, to be used for park pur- | poses to be paid for by assessment on all the property benefited. It appears that this should be done | at this time because: 1. If ever done, the cost would be far less now than later when the property along this street will be improved to such an extent as to make it difficult to obtain. 2. If the traffic on Wilson street requires the widening of that street, it could easily be done after ac- quiring the fifty foot strip of land by using the east 18 feet of thas strip for a road bed leaving about 32 feet of parkway between the two roadways. 3. The property to be assessed would be increased more in value than the cost of this improvement if obtained at this time. 4. Winnetka needs to beautify its property along the Northwestern and Electric railways south of Ash street to keep step with its nearest neighbors and to prevent undesirable business buildings gaining a foot- hold there. 5. Opportunities thus to beautify the village at so small expense are few, exist for a brief period under such favorable conditions, and soon pass beyond the scope of probability. | RED CROSS DRIVE The Red Cross will start the drive for funds for its work, during the week of May 20 to May 27. This canvass of the village will be held, as usual, under the auspices of the War Emergency Union. The splendid, and far-reaching work of this or- ganization needs no word other than a simple announcement of its needs. All patriotic citizens will hasten to contribute to this most merciful and helpful cause. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF REDUCED CAR FARE Hundreds of Great Lakes blue- jackets are availing themselves of the opportunity offered for saving twenty per cent on their fare on the trains of the North Shore Electric line by purchasing the special Red White and Blue tickets for men in uniform which are on sale daily in the various camps, under the direc- tion of Dr.*J. B. Kaufman, Athletic Officer. Special trains for week-end liberty parties are now being operated by the North Shore Electric line, both to and from Chicago. These trains are exclusively for the use of men in uniform and are run through to Chicago without stops. Attention Cooks The latest potato recipes in limit- ed quantities just arrived from the press. Owing to the heavy demand distribution at present must be limit- ed. Upon request your grocer can furnish one. These recipes, 1 in all, are practical and thoroughly tested. Thev are wheat and money savers. Saving wheat means more food for our Allies and fighting boys; saving money means more Liberty bonds in our possession, and both are essential and necessary to our government. By using potatoes wherever we can we are complying with the special request made by Secretary Hoover, and by so doing we are only doing our duty. Obliging, U. 8S. Food Administration, By George F. Appleyard. [Ira Couch Wood, the speaker of the 'afternoon. Mrs. Wood made a | spirited appeal for women to awake | to their responsibility in winning the {war and spoke most convincing of | the patriotic necessity of supporting I'the National Child Welfare program. | Mrs. Carrie B. Prouty, president of the Woman's club, expressed the general appreciation of Mrs. Wood's message and reported, that Mrs. Horace K. Tenny had already organ- ized a committee and that the weigh- ing and measuring of Winnetka's babies would begin at Miss Garret- son's office in Community House, Monday May 6 and would be carried on daily from 10 to 4 o'clock. The committee in charge of the tests have expressed great satisfac- tion over the enthusiasm and the promptness with which parents re- sponded to the appeal during the week, and are certain Winnetka will make a banner showing. Parents who have facilities for taking weight and measurements at home have been urged to do so as soon as possible and send in the figures for filing at the Community House. To accomodate those who have no scales, tests are being conducted at the Community House from 10 to 4 o'clock every day and at the Kinder- gartens during the morning hours. Parents have been requested to ask for an appointment at the Communi- ty House, at once. Every child un- der 6 years of age must be weighed and measured. Every mother who has a child un- der six wil be requested to come to the office sometime during the next two weeks. Those mothers who are in the habit of weighing and measuring their babies at home may bring their records and fill out the government card at the office. All other mothers will be requested to bring their children to be weighed and measured by experts. Automo- biles will help to bring mothers and little children. We must return a card for every Winnetka child under six direct to Washington! The advisory committee are: Mrs. Horace K. Tenny, chairman; Miss Augusta Fenger, secretary; Mrs. J. IL. Houghteling, Mrs. Carrie B. Prou- ty, Mrs. Adam I. Wolfe, Mrs. Charles S. Buel, Mis Mary Carretson. There must be a large committee of assistants, many have already volunteered, will others please give their names to Miss Fenger, tele- phone Winnetka 632-]. Change Time for Baby Weighing in Chicago Local Members of Infant Welfare Society Laud Support of Win- netka Women The Winnetka branch of the In- fant Welfare society wishes to an- nounce that the days for weighing and measuring the babies at the Chicago Commons have been chang- ed from Tuesdays and Fridays to Wednesdays and Saturdays" from 9 o'clock until 12 o'clock at noon throughout the month of May. This change was necessary at the last moment and it is hoped that whoever is able to visit and wishes to do so, will please report to Mrs. Frank Crawford, 511 Cedar street. The society wishes to thank the women of Winnetka for their gener- ous and enthusiastic support of this work. Their response to this appeal has been greatly appreciated. WINNETKA CLUB GIVES GOOD TIME TO SAILORS Sailors, you are invited to visit the Bluejackets' club room in the Com- munity House every Saturday after- noon. The parties, which are given by Mrs. J. Allen Haines, wife of Lieutenant Haines, were among the first war recreation parties started. The early part of the afternoon is given over to baseball, tennis and other sports. "Stunts" are scheduled for 5 o'clock and supper at 6 o'clock for 75 men. A dance is given in the gymnasium at 8 o'clock. BOB O LINK GOLFERS IN "GET-ACQUAINTED DINNER" A "Get-Better-Acquainted Dinner" will be given the members of the Bob O Link Golf club at the club house in Highland Park on Saturday evening, May 11, at 7:15 o'clock. The occasion will mark the second "get-together dinner" held by the club this spring. Members will be permitted to invite guests. The af- fair is under the direction of the House and Entertainment committee of the club. The official season at the club is expected to open on Decoration Day. Sails For France Mr. John HW. S-oville, Hubbard Woods, has sailed for France and will be engaged in Y. M. C. A. work with the French army. Belgian Refugee Will Tell of Hun Ravages Miss Suzanne Silvercruys Coming to Community House on May 19 Winnetka is to have the oppor- tunity of hearing a gifted and won- derful young Belgian woman, Miss Suzanne Silvercruys, on Sunday evening, May 19, at a Patriotic meet- ing to be held in the Gymnasium, Community House, under the auspic- es of the War Emergency Union. Miss Silvercruys was in Belgium at the time of the German invasion and for some time afterward, and later spent two years as nurse in one of the French hospitals. She is speaking in the interests of the Bel- gian relief, and a collection will be taken to aid the Belgian children. CONDUCT MEMORIAL FOR LIEUT. DINSMORE ELY Lieutenant Dinsmore Ely, whose death in the aviation service in France occured on April 21, was hon- ored by Winnetka last Sunday with a memorial service held at sundown in the Congregational church of the vil- lage. Lieutenant Ely specifically request- ed that there be no mourning for him and in compliance with his wish, simple memorial, patriotic services were conducted in the Congregation- al church. A poem he wrote just be- fore his death and received Saturday by his parents was read: "Parisian statues standing, Parisian mothers weping. Mourning unto heroes sleeping To save their children's homes." Reverend James A. Richards pre- sided at the services. Reverend J. W. F. Davies gave a brief account of the military career of the dead aviator. L. L. Buchanan read ex- cerpts from the young kLieutnant's letter, and Charles S. Cutting gave an address on patriotism. Leaves for France Captain Clarke who was the com- mander of Company "A" at Win- netka, was this week given a fare- well dinner by the commissioned and non-commisioned officers of the re- giment. Captain Clarke will soon leave the Company for France where he will become a physical director in the army Y. M. C. A. THIRD LOAN DRIVE NETS $490.150 HERE 1823 Residents Co-Operate in Putting Village On Map as Exceeding Two Allotted Quotas RESULT OF GREAT WORK Leaders in Movement Labored Ceaselessly to Make Big Showing ER, Another knockout blow has been aimed at the enemy! Winnetka has helped do 'her bit for the cause of I democracy and freedom. The Village has the splendid record to date of bonds sold amounting to $490,150, re- presenting 1823 subscriptions. The original quota for Winnetka was $200,000. This was quickly sub- scribed and a new quota of $330,000 was allotted the village. Winnetka again went "over the top", and now has its second quota over-subscribed by over one hundred and sixty thousand dollars. This splendid showing, reflects not only the pat- riotic spirit of Winnetka, but repre- sents the untiring energy and faith- ful, conscientious work of all who have been co-operating in this drive. Through their efforts the work has been brought to all corners of Win- netka and the village as a whole has been given the opportunity to serve in this patriotic way. pus War Emergency Notes Children's Patriotic Rally (Held in Gymnasium, Sunday even- ing, Mrs. Ira Couch Wood, speaker-. A large patriotic meeting, especial- ly in the interest of children, was held in Comunity House, Sunday evening, May 5. Mrs. Ira Couch Wood, chairman of the Child Wel- of the work which the government is to undertake throughout the country in the next two weeks in re- cording the weights and measures of the young children. She introduced Miss Murphy, Assistant Director of the McCormick Memorial Fund, and Vice-chairman of the Council of Na- tional Defense, who spoke, = with slides, on the meaning of patriotism, and the value of good health as a patriotic measure. The New Trier High School or- chestra, under the able leadership of Mrs. Homer E. Cotton, greatly de- lighted the audience, and their splendid work, as a trained orchestra was enthusiastically received. The three little McFadzean boys sang "Over There", much to the enjoy- ment of the children. The chairman of the evening was Mrs. M. H. Lie- ber. Reverend James A. Richardson gave the invocation. The meeting was held under the auspices of the War Emergency Union. Dry Your Spinach The Food Conservation Committee recommends the drying of spinach, Swiss chard, peas, beans, and corn. These vedetables are easily dried and are superior in flavor to the or- dinary canned products. Vegetables to be dried should be carefully prepared as for cooking, and young fresh products should be used. String bean can be dried whole, or better cut in short pieces. Greens dry more quickly if torn in small pieces. Corn should be blanch- ed in boiling water 4-6 minutes to set the milk, and then cut carefully from the cob and dried. Trays for drying can be made of galvanized wire, an extra window screen would do. On this spread your vegetables, and ' cover with [another screen, mosquito bar, or a storm sash to protect from flies or moths. Place on chairs, or a frame in the hot sun. Bricks set in tins of water to keep out ants make a good support for the trays. Take the trays in at night or in case of rain. Vegetables can be dried over the stove or in the oven with the doors open, if you are careful not to let them scorch. When perfectly dry put the product in bags and tie up. Inspect them within a few days to (Continued on page four) fare Department of Illinois, spoke