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WINNETEA TAL: Published weekly by Lloyd Hollister, March 8, 1912, at the post office at W. Ine., 564 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka, Illinois. innetka, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Entered as second class matcer Subscription price $2.00 a year. VOL. XVI, NO. 34 WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, OCTOBER 29, 1927 PRICE FIVE CENTS DON'T FAIL TO ATTEND THAT HALLOWE'EN FETE Large Group of Committee Com- plete Final Arrangements for Community Party All is in readiness for Winnetka's big Hallowe'en frolic at Community House next Monday evening. Prompt- ly at 7 o'clock the doors will open on what promises to be the biggest event of its kind north shore. A. E. Bryson is general chair- man of the affair. It is safe to say that every boy and girl in the village who is not confined to his or her bed will be there, and a lot of their elders who refuse to grow old will be there as well. For three hours, according to the committee in charge, there will be fun, fast and furious. Pirates, magicians, ever held on the ghosts, fortune-tellers, clowns, and punch and judy artists will do their stuff. In addition there'll be contests in the gym for the athletically inclined, movies, with a change of program at 9 o'clock for those who.like to take their fun more quietly, a chamber of horrors for those seeking real thrills, and of course eats for everybody. Everybody Invited Everybody is invited, according to the director, "Chief" Davies. "Come in costume if you can," says Chief, "but whether in costume or not, come anyway. Better leave the little tots at home, that is those under five, for the crowd will be so great that they may get lost in the shuffle. There'll be an event in every room. See every- thing. It's all free." A dozen committees have been ac- tively at work for a considerable per- iod, making arrangements for the big event. These committees, the com- bined membership of which aggregates about seventy-five people, are headed by the following : fortune tellers, Mrs. Glen C. Bull; grab bag, Mrs. Marcus I. Richards; posters, Miss Alta Gahan; refreshments, Mr. and Mrs. E P. Far- well; athletic events, Harry P. Clark; movies, Burton H. Atwood, Jr.; Cap- tain Kidd's pirates, Robert S. Ham- mond; decorations, Mrs. James A. Donovan, Mrs. Arthur Barrett; cham- ber of horrors, Dr. J. E. Fonda, Elmer E. Adams; music, John Borino; bark- ers, J. M. Coulter; doormen, Ralph M. Snyder; ushers, American Legion; special entertainment and general chairman, A. E. Bryson. Business Men Resume Gymnasium Classes The Business Men's gymnasium class has started its season's work in Com- munity House. For many years such a class has been meeting each Monday evening, under the direction of Harry P. Clarke. Some of its original mem- bers are still in the class and they are enthusiastic over its value to them. It offers an opportunity for business men to keep physically fit, and is a medium for brushing away the prov- erbial "cobwebs," and giving delightful relaxation. It is not too late to join now, it is pointed out. The fee is small--merely a membership in Community House. SCHOOL FOR PARENTS Fathers and Mothers of New Trier Freshmen and Sophomores to At- tend Class Sessions The next Teacher meeting of the Parent- association of New Trier Township High school will be held Wednesday, November 2. At this time there will be no school for the Junior and Senior students, but Freshmen and Sophomores will attend school with their parents. This session will begin at 2 p.m, and continue through until 9 p.m., at which time there will be an assembly where Supt. Frederick E. Clerk will discuss the problem of home study with the parents. The schedule of classes on this oc- casion is so arranged that the lunch period will come at about 6 p.m, when it is hoped that the fathers and mothers will visit the school cafeter.a and have their supper with their chil- dren. This will give the parents an opportunity to try out the cafeteria under the same circumstances which prevail during the regular, daily lunch hour. On November 17, a similar program will be provided for the parents of Junior and Senior students. Men's Class Begins Series of Lessons in Jesus' Teaching Sunday, October 30, the Men's class of the Winnetka Congregational church begins a ten weeks' study of the teachings of Jesus, under the direc- tion of Rev. James Austin Richards. Jesus' methods of instruction and His character as a teacher will form the subject of the initial discussion. This will be followed by a considera- tion of His teachings about God, of man's relationship to God, and, later, by His teachings of His relationships to His brother man, and finally of Jesus' teachings about Himself. Following Mr. Richards' talk each Sunday morning there will be the usual free discussion of the subject. The class meets at 9:30 a. m. in the American Legion room of Community House. All men are cordially invited. Men Return to Office; Cop Missouri Tickets Whether over-confidence has play- ed a part in the proceedings in the football contests this week is prob- lematical. It remains to note, how- ever, that while the fair sex dem- onstrated that mind "triumphs over brawn" and annexed the tickets to the Illinois-Northwestern game in last week's football contest, the male members of the Winnetka tribe again "horned in" this week and will attend the Missouri game this Sat- urday as the guests of Winnetka Talk. This masculine trio is as follows: O. Cameron, 548 Cherry street, Win- netka ; Philips Wilder. 1011 Hubbard Lane, Hubbard Woods and Burton = Asheim, 648 Elder Lane, Winnet- a. Since the Purple Wildcats are playing away from the home lot on Saturday, November 5, the next ticket contest will apply to the Northwestern-Indiana g a m e at Dyche stadium, scheduled for Satur- day, November 12. Keep an eye open! Landowska, Morgana to Present Joint Recital Wanda Landowska, noted pian- ist and harpsichordist, and Nina Morgana, nationally known soprano, will present a joint recital at the second of the Artist Recital series, given under the auspices of the Winnetka Music club, at the New Trier High school auditorium on Monday, November 7. : The program promises to be one of the finest of the series and is attracting extraordinary attention among the music lovers of the north shore. Miss Landowska is interna- tionally recognized as an authority on ancient music and is one of the most brilliant musicians of today. Miss Morgana, likewise, has achiev- ed great fame in both Europe and America and has toured in concert with some of the greatest singers of this century, including aruso, Amato and Martinelli. Winnetka Schools Observe National Education Week The week of November 7 to 11 is National Education week in which every parent is urged to visit his child's school room in session. The Winnetka schools keep open house all that week and fortunate is the child whose parents show this inter- est in his daily life. A large meeting was planned to be held on the evening of November 7, but, owing to other village activities, it has been postponed until November 16. Therefore, on Monday evening, November 16, at 8 o'clock, at the Skokie school the following talks of twenty minutes each will be given: Principal S. R. Logan: "Progressive Education in the Junior High School of Winnetka." Frederick E. Clerk: "I'he Progres- sive Education Association of Amer- ica. Perry Dunlap Smith: "The New Educational Fellowship of Europe." Supt. Carleton W. Washburne: "Progressive Education of Soviet Rus- sia" (with slides). Every parent in Winnetka will be interested in this subject viewed from these different angles, and these four short lectures promise a very rich pro- gram. Rev. Paul R. Reynolds Will Preach Sunday Morning Rev. Paul R. Reynolds, one of the ministers of the Winnetka Congrega- tional church who is in this country on furlough from his missionary work in China, will preach at the morning hour of worship, 11 o'clock. The eve- ning service at 8 o'clock will be con- ducted by Rev. Thomas A. Goodwin, whose sermon topic will be, "Where Words Fail." WILL ADDRESS YOUNG MEN J. Anthony Humphreys will address the Young Men's class of the Win- netka Congregational church, Sunday, on the subject of vocational education. All young men are invited to hear him. ASK CO-OPERATION IN ORCHESTRAL PROJECT Officers of N. T. Orchestral Asso- ciation Issue Urgent Appeal to Townspeople An appeal by the officers and com- mittee of the New Trier Township Or= chestral association to the residents of the north shore villages: The New Trier Orchestral associa- tion, sponsoring the Little Symphony orchestra concerts, has the rare and enviable record of five seasons with- out a deficit. Probably few of those who attend these orchestral concerts appreciate the great labor, the endless detail and the responsibility which the giving of these concerts entails upon the officers and committee of this asso- ciaton. We now propose, however, to take you completely into our confidence. The Children's series at two dollars is provided at less than cost. The deficit incident to the childen's series is neces- sarily made up from a small margin of receipts over and above the cost of the Evening series, which sells at five dollars. To effect this it is neces- sary that for both series the full capacity of the auditorium shall be sold. At the same time, it is equally important that neither series shall be oversold, for great is the disappoint- ment then of those who are denied the tickets for which they have subscribed. Sales Balance Difficult tickets is extremely difficult, because of the fact that the association cannot afford to employ a paid manager or maintain a central office. Of necessity the tickets for both series are sold in each of the New Trier villages under the supervision of local committees, who, at best, can report only from time to time the progress of their sales. To be sure, at the conclusion of each season, subscriptions are renewed, usu- ally in an amount close to the capacity of the auditorium. Unfortunately, an hundred or more of those who thus resubscribe may fail in the fall to take up their subscription, and more often than not, without notice to the asso- ciation at any time of their intention to abandon their subscriptions. Anticipate Subscription Lapse Experience has taught us to anti- cipate each fall a substantial number of such lapsed subscriptions, but as to what the actual number will be, ex- periences leaves us still in the dark. We are, therefore, utterly at sea to know how far we may accept new subscriptions, until we have heard defi- nitely from each of the old subscribers. We cannot even test by a concerted campaign, our ability to secure new subscriptions. The situation is further complicated by the fact that of those who ultimately take up their subscrip- tions an amazing large number post- pone action until a few davs only be- fore the first concert. To illustrate: as this letter goes to press, more than three weeks since the written notice went out to subscribers, and less than three weeks before the first concert, only 596 have sent in their checks out of upwards of 1,000 tickets subscribed for. We are thus driven to issuing re- peated written notices and are often (Continued on Page 51) This careful balancing of the sale of" Sap Be i ek a anit et lh aied i