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eas Ea Si do iat a LS GG SE DRE SG f 4 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1918 Winnetka Weekly Talk|; ISSUED FRIDAY OF EACIT WIT by - The Lake Shore Publishing Company K 3 | for dismissal of the car women, the | 1222 Central Ave. Wilmette, Ill Business Telephone. ..... Wilmette 1921 Editorial Telephone. ..... Wilmette 192 Winnetka Office Telephone. . Winn. 3588 SUBSCRIPTION. ........ $1.00 A YEAR Strictly in advance Address all communications to the Winnetka Weekly Talk, Wilmette, Ill Anonymous communications will be passed to the waste basket. The same applies to rejected manuseript unless return postage is enclosed. Articles for publication should reach this office by Tuesday afternoon to insure appear- ance in current issue. Resolutions of condolence, thanks, obituary poetry, notices of entertainments or other affairs where an admittance charge will be made or a collection taken, will be charged for at regular advertising rates. Bntered in the postoffice at Winnetka, Illinois, as mail matter of the second class. nnder the act of March 3. 1879. iilinois, as mail matter of the second elass. under the act of March 3. 1579. cards of FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1918 Join The Red Cross Since the war broke out the Red Cross has made a new place for it- self in the regard and thought of the people of every community. The symbol of the Red Cross has come to mean definite things in mercy and aid to the helpless, in the saving of lives that would otherwise be need- ~lessly spent, in bringing hope to the hopeless and general good to man- kind. When the time of need for hospital | "service has ended and the people of devastated France Belgium, of | pitiful Poland and Serbia, have been provided with what they must have to carry them through the difficult period just ahead, the war may be considered ended and the Red Cross and devoted to the peace needs of a great | country. But that time is not yet, even though it is in sight. But today peace needs and war needs overlap and the activities of the Red Cross are more than ordinarily essential to the comfort of a very large num- ber of people. Next week a campaign for member- ships in the Red Cross is to be launched, a campaign which will have for its object both money and inter- est in the work of this great relief organization. With each member- ship will go ten Red Cross seals, the little stickers which in have been sold for the benefit of the fund for fighting tuberculosis. Ar- rangements have been made with the Red Cross by the anti-tuberculosis association by which some portion of the money secured through the campaign of next week will be de- voted to the care of the tuberculous and the prevention of that disease among the well. It ought to be a great incentive to every civilian and to every soldier wha is on American soil to add his name to the list of active members in the Red Cross t oknow that that great organization is to engage in the vast work of eliminating tuber- culosis from the ills to which the flesh of the people of the twentieth century are heir. Few things are more important either in war or peace than the campaign against the spread of tuberculosis. Subscribers to the Red Cross membership cam- paign will be serving their country "and themselves well by adding their names to the Christmas roll call of the Red Cross to know that that interest in the organization and the . work that it does, and helping in a financial way the good works that are done under its banner .. Woman. War Workers After The 'War The men of the street car service -in Cleveland, Ohio, have not taken kindly to the introduction oF "wpmen | -in the role of conductor. New that} the war is over and there i is an early prospect of sufficient men to preside on the rear platforms of the cars there is such strenuous _ovjection that there has been agreement on the part of the authorities to dismiss ~ one hundred and fifty women before the first of March. This disposition of the case has appeased the men to © such an extent that th b willing to go, back to work. It is interesting to note. h what consideration the women i em- ploy of the Cleveland street om- 'pany are being treated, f is in- ~ i = 2 past times dicative of what may be expected in | other quarters. Particularly signi- oni is the recom» i~tion furnish- I by the nationai \..: labor board first article of which is an ac- knowledgment that the employment of women was due in the beginning to the shortage of men for the work. The second marks the availability of men since the signing of the armist- ice has released men from the muni- itons factories and permitted them to return to their former employ- ment. The recommendation from this national labor board is as follows: "Now, therefore, we recommend that the Cleveland Railway Company employ no more women for this serv- ice, and that within the next thirty days it shall replace the present force of women by competent men; that during the thirty days no woman shall be discharged except for cause, but in the event it is found necessary to replace the women by men before that date, the women shall be paid full wages for the balance of the month." This is an interesting document, for it shows just how highly the ac- ceptance by the women of America of the burden of keeping the wheels of industry going as a war service is likely to be esteemed after the need has passed. Tt is the old, old theory that woman shall do what the men do not wish to do and withdraw gracefully when her presence is no | longer desired. { problems of the next few oO 1 o going years is to be the adjustment of the new independence which women have gained as a result their hand at wage earning to the in- i that rial conditions will prevail. Equality America has always stood in the minds of the people of other nations as the land of equality of opportun- ity, the country where birth does not establish the status of a man, where ability and industry count and any ambitious boy may look forward to sitting in the presidential chair. And so America is the standard of demo- cracy and the President of the Unit- ed States has departed for the peace council to interpret for the other na- tions what we have meant contribution to for democracy." There is grave danger that in Eu- rope there may be a misinterpreta- tion of the meaning of equality. In Russia already the translation at the hands of the Bolsheviki is the tak- ing possession of property and wealth from the present owners and giving it into the hands of those who possess nothing. Equality to the Russian workingman and soldier means even division of wealth, not of opportun- ity. Germany and the states of southern central Europe are threa- tened with a similar danger, the forc- ing of equality by the exchange of in our possessions from those who have earned or inherited to those who have not. But democracy and equality are bigger than this. If it were possible to achieve an exactly even distribu- tion of the good things of this world it would be only a little while until there should be found accumulation in one quarter, dissipation in an- other. So long as men are made in varying degrees of intelligence, in- dustry, ambition and honor, there can be nothing stable in the appor- tioning of the things that are con- | sidered worth striving for. The Returning Soldiers Thousands of soldiers are now re- turning to the United States after their period of service abroad, men who have seen with their own eyes what war means, who know in terms of suffering and sacrifice just what is the price that has been paid for the opportunity of the present to make the world a better place to live in than it has been before. What are the sensations of these soldiers who have lived for months in the horrors of the trenches, who have been wounded and have suffer- ed for the cause of democracy, as they see America settling back into the easy ways of peace, we can only surmise. But to the American who is alive to the mental state of these returning soldiers of having tried! "make the world safe | in the cause of | Sm War Emergency Union Activities WOMEN'S PEACE JUBILEE Please remember that everyone is most cordially invited to the Win- netka Woman's club, Monday, Dec. 16, at 2:30 promptly, to hear Mrs. Beatrice Forbes, ition Hale, who wll talk about the conditions of our allies in Europe and tell us what we can do to help them. The war end- ed almost as suddenly as it began, and we are in nearly the same state of ignorance as to real conditions in Europe which caused the ending as we were about those which caused the beginning. Mrs. Hale, being a special messenger from Mr. Hoover, will explain many things which we would be unlikely to know in other ways, and will give us inspiration to "Carry on" through yet another win- ter. WHY MAY WE USE WHEAT? Everyone is asking this question, and a second one, "Why were we al- lowed to use all we wanted in Novem- ber and now we are to be restricted again?" The answer is, that we are not going to be restricted in the use of wheat and asked to use substi- | tutes, because there is as much wheat in the world as other grains, and now carry food instead of ammunition, | the stores of wheat in Australia and! India are available for feeding Eu- | rope. Therefore we needn't save | wheat especially, however we are | One of the greatest |° | fice | thing | guaranteed most earnestly asked to save wheat | and corn ang everything else trans-! above our im- avail- over and needs, so that every portable, mediate | able bit of nourishing food may feed | a hungry European instead of over feeding a satisfied American, need of our saving is so great that we can't comprehend it but if Amer- ica makes this last voluntary sacri- it will be the she has done yet. We 20 million tons of food. It depends on each one of us, how many more million tons we are able to send the starving nations. have WAR PERSONALS biggest and best | The | | | | | Ce iptain Fraser Hale is now at Fort Sill acting as instructor. Howard Hill has been transferred from the Municipal Pier to a New Jersey camp. NORTH SHORE ARMY PHYSICIAN ATTENDS RETURNING YANKS | Lieutenant (Dr.) F. C. Farmer, for- merly of Hubbard Woods and Wil- mette, has the distinction of being Medical Commander of the Transport Mauretania which arrived at New York, Monday, December 2, with 4,000 Yanks. Lieutenant Farmer had the honor of guarding the health of the first boys to return from overseas, includ- ing 150 wounded and sick soldiers. A letter received from Mrs. Far- mer states that the returning Yanks were entertained by Harry Lauder who came to America on the Maure- tania, Lieutenant and Mrs. Farmer are at present residing at the Hampton Apartments, 22 East 31st street, New York City. WE'VE A TOYLAND RIGHT IN WILMETTE Did you know that Wilmette was a center for the manufacture of toys. If you entertain any doubt in that regard step into the workshop in the home of Mrs. Hannah Wiederanders at 1507 Highland avenue, and see how the latest models of toy horses, cows, chickens and pigs are "turned out". The toys are composed of in- destructible vulcanized pulp. They are painted in stencil and worked over by the deft hands of an artist. Mrs. Wiederanders, it is said, has had many 'years training as a Kinder- garten worker and has discovered what sort of playthings small child- ren like the best and are not able easily to destroy. Arthur Wiederanders, a nephew, student at New Trier High school, attends to the mechanical work in the shop. He is said also to be an artist in the manufacture of the toys. Books, cities, colleges and churches shall never be ranked by their size, but by their spirit and ideals. democracy there is an obligation to present to the men of the army as they return a vision of America re- deemed from many of the vices to which the nation was fast becoming addicted, to show that the ideals which they carried with them as they went over the top into the rain of fire are still existent, still .guiding the nation to that destiny" which it cought to achieve. Lieutenant William Boyden who has been at Camp Custer has receiv- ed an honorable discharge and is at home. Julian Woodward, son of Arthur H. Woodward, is in the S. A. T. C. at Cornell University. Lieutenant Buchanan is serving on the staff of General Haynes, 64th Brigade, overseas. Charles Abel has been moved from the Gas Engine School of Columbia University to a Naval Aviation base in Miami, Fla. Lieutenant Sherman Aldrich has returned to Winnetka, having receiv- ed an honorable discharge. Lieutenant J. Allen Haines, U. S. N. R. F. has recently returned from overseas duty at a Naval Aviation base. J. Frank Baker who is on convoy service has the honor of being on duty on the President's ship the U. S. S. "George Washington". This is the tenth trip across that Frank Baker has made and he says that as much as he would like to see Win- that ships may travel in safety and | netka, he doesn't want to come home until the boys are all back. WAR EMERGENCY UNION NOTES The War Emergency Union asks the families of Winnetka men in service to notify the office, promptly, { on the return of a soldier or sailor, so that the record of each man may be completed. Also the families are asked to send to this office the photograph of the man in service if one has not already been sent. The War Emergency Union has sent to each man in service a unique and very attractive Christmas card, especially designed for them, carry- ing with it a word of holiday greet- ing and best wishes from Winnetka. BUSINESS MEN PLAN TO FOIL IMPOSTERS Members of New Trier Commercial Association Ready to Deal with Post-War "Heroes" DEAN EXPLAINS REMEDY Characterizes Impostors as "Men Who Spin Yarns of Valor and Sacrifice" Members of the New Trier Com- mercial association have devised plans to guard against post-war. im- posters, persons whom President Leo M. Dean characterizes as "men who never served their country at all but who will move to new localities and endeavor to live upon their ability to spin a fine yarn of their valor and what they will claim to have sacri- ficed for our flag". At the regular meeting of the asso- ciation Wednesday evening at the Wilmette Village Hall, President Dean assured the members that the association was organized to protect business men against "dead beats and frauds" and invited the members to rely upon the association for the collection of * 'bad accounts" as well as for advice in matters pertaining to the conduction of business. Orders School Closed Gross Point schools were ordered closed Tuesday for an indefinite period by order of Health officer Dr. P. J. Koerper because of the renewed outbreak of the Spanish Influenza epidemic. Cases have been on the increase in the Village during the past week and the action of the Health officer followed authorization by Village officials at a recent meet- ing of the Village Board to order schools closed and public meetings prohibited in case of a serious out- break of the epidemic. Many of life's stops are in reality steps up and on; the pause is part of the music. ga PAPER SHELL PECANS = the wholesale prices. are fond of good things to eat. and selected. Order your Christmas NUTS direct from the Grove owner at The Paper Shell Pecan, the healthiest of all Nuts, sent via parcel post anywhere in the U. S. Remember the boys in camp, all boys MOBILE, large paper shell, 5 pound boxes Stewart, medium size nut, 5 pound boxes Postage paid. Please send check with order. 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