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36 WINNETKA TALK April 28, 1928 News of the North Shore Clubs a lai' Woman's Club Elects Ten New Officers Election Held at Last Regular Meeting; Horace Bridges Gives Afternoon Lecture Officers for the coming club year were elected at the meeting of the Woman's club of Wilmette, on Wed- nesday afternoon, April 18. Mrs. Charles R. Bixby was elected second vice-president; Mrs. Jesse B Denman, third vice-president; Mrs. Raymond A. Wheelock, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Arthur J. Dixon, treasurer; Mrs. J. Melville Brown, chairman of the literature department; Mrs. Gordon Wilson, chairman of the art depart- ment; Mrs. Elliot V. Youngberg, chairman of the civics department ; Mrs. Edmond M. Simonds, chairman of the program committee; Mrs. Alvin Beirnes, chairman of the social committee; and Mrs. C. P. Berg, chairman of the house committee. Reports of officers and chairmen of departments were heard, showing a busy and profitable club year. Horace Bridges, well known teacher and lec- turer, in a convincing and inspiring talk, pointed the way to "The Art of Renewing One's Youth." Mr. Bridges was concerned with the youth of the mind and the psychic energies, and not with physical renewal. We can retain, if we will, our men- tal youth, the verve and elasticity of outlook that make our lives so inter- esting and fruitful, so precious to our- selves and others, he said. If these are lost, if they wane when the body ages and stales, they still can be renewed, can undergo a resurrection. The inner life of an individual can be renewed perhaps by the contagion of some big personality outside. A classical ex- ample Mr. Bridges gave was St. Paul, whose whole life was reversed and re- newed when the reality and truth of Christ came into his experience. This is a purely natural thing that may occur in the experiences of others, he said, for many men have been stimu- lated by the great personalities of Lincoln, Roosevelt. and others. Mr. Bridges does not believe that at the age of 30 or 40 man is a walk- ing bundle of habits, that his character is set, like hardened plaster. He is convinced that this business of repe- tition of habits permanently binding one to follow the same groove again and again, has been radically misunder- stood. So-called bad habits keep peo- ple under their tyranny mainly be- cause, through auto-suggestion, they fear they cannot be overcome. A reso- lute assertion of the will, he said, will enable anyone to break through this tyranny. Ninety percent of us, he said, think we cannot do what we genet do because we think we cannot o it. . Atrophy of the mind is a totally un- necessary tragedy in middle life, he contended. Inertia of the will can be prevented by the regular exercise of that particular power, and by a change of mental environment, or a new stimulus to the will. By keeping the brain moderately exercised, a person will be younger, better disciplined, and better able to do mental service, at the age of 50 than at 15, and better at 65 than at 50. Keep the curiosity of the child, he said; look upon the world every morning as upon a new planet; retain the power of seeing things in their freshness and not as something dulled by the concealing mass of familiarity. If you find vour mind atrophying, prove its youth this sum- Women's Clubs Now Sponsor Exhibit of Well-Equipped Homes Over fifty organizations devoted to household and homemaking comforts, conveniences and improvements, are preparing exhibits for the well- equipped home exposition of the Illi- nois Federation of Woman's clubs to be held at the Stevens hotel May 14 to 18, according to an official an- nouncement made by the federation today. Mrs. J. Marc Fowler, chairman of the federation's well-equipped home committee, announced that special ed- ucational exhibits will be shown by the National Dairy council, American Institute of Baking, American Art bu- reau, Better Bedding Alliance of Amer- ica, University of Illinois, University of Chicago, Chicago Better Business bu- reau, Chicago Association of Com- merce, and the gas, electricity and tele- phone utility companies of the Chi- cago area. Novel features of the exposition will be a model bungalow, chairs adjustable to fit individual members of the house- hold, a demonstration of how rag rugs are made from discarded clothing and a vacuum brush which is a vest- pocket size vacuum cleaner. The exposition is to be held in con- junction with the federation's thirty- third annual convention and climaxes a four-months' intensive "better homes" drive based on the results of a two-years' state-wide survey of liv- ing conditions in Illinois homes. Pro- ceeds are to be turned over to the federation's endowment fund for fur- therance of the club women's work. Delta Gamma Mothers Sponsor "Blossom Time" "Blossom Time," the party to be given at the Delta Gamma house in Evanston Saturday, May 5, is spon- sored by the Delta Gamma Mother's association, of which the following are officers and board members: Mrs. J. W. Meaker of Evanston, president : Mrs. J. C. Widdington of Evanston, vice president; Mrs. Dwight I. Harris of Wilmette, secretary; and Mrs. H. F. Cope of Evanston, treasurer; members of the board--Mrs. P. L. Randall of In- dian Hill, Mrs. H. J. Helmkamp of Chicago, Mrs. Edwin Hedrick of Ken- ilworth and Mrs. H. W. Whitehead, Mrs. Marcus Stearns, Mrs. Edward Kimbark and Mrs. C. C. Fisher, of Evanston. GARDEN CLUB MEETS The Winnetka Garden club met at the home of Mrs. William O. Green, 90 Locust road, last Wednesday for its regular session. Plans for the May Market were discussed and Mrs. James Heald of River Forest, the speaker for the afternoon, gave an illustrated lec- ture on practical gardening. EVENTS CLUB TO MEET _ The Current Events club will have its next spring meeting on May 4, at the home of Mrs. William Hamm, 270 Scott avenue, Glencoe. mer by taking up a new language, he challenged, or get actively interested in a new science or a new art. In con- cluding, he suggested that one never cease studying, that one "should follow knowledge like a sinking star beyond the utmost boundaries of human thought." Garden Talks (Contributed by Wilmette Garden Club) And now comes the time of greatest activity in garden circles, the months of May and June, when other clubs are closing their doors for the season. Trips, garden markets, meetings, com- munity plantings, flower shows, open gardens, are weekly occurrences. The members of the Wilmette Gar- den club are preparing now for their second annual Garden market which, owing to the late season, has been postponed to Saturday, May 26. Wait and buy your perennials of your own garden club, for all of the proceeds from the sale are to be used to beau- tify Wilmette. The children of the Wilmette schools are making the post- ers for the market in a prize poster competition. The best posters will be on exhibition in prominent windows in the business sections of the village. Mrs. Edward Moore is again chairman of the Garden Market and she and her committee already have made most of their arrangements for May 26. The market will be held on the same green where it was held last year, on the grounds belonging to the North Shore line at the Wilmette Avenue sta- tion. Nurserymen will have perennials, potted plants, and evergreen shrubs for sale. The garden club members will contribute annuals, perennials, and bulbs from their gardens. Garden furniture and garden tools will be dis- played for sale. Pottery bowls and vases also will be on sale. Mrs. C. N. Hurlbut has returned from California and soon will have the members at work getting wild plants for the community garden. One trip for that purpose is scheduled for Wed- nesday, May 9, when the members go to a woods that is soon to be sub- divided, near Lake Forest. The plants will be taken directly to the com- munity garden and planted there. The trip on May 19, to the dunes, is for the same purpose, to bring back plants for the community garden from one of the smaller dunes where plant life rapidly is disappearing. Mrs. John F. Weedon, who is our representative in the Parent-Teacher association, and who is chairman of its school beautiful committee, soon will be back from Texas to continue her work on the grounds of the Stolp school. She also will act as chairman of judges from our club in the Trib- une's annual garden contest. The club has been asked to do some landscaping on the grounds of the Public library. Mrs. Edward Scheid- enhelm is chairman of this committee of the garden club. On May 4, the regular monthly meeting of the club occurs at the home of Mrs. B. E. Gage in Evanston. The speaker will be Mrs. Kirkpatrick of the Elgin Garden club. Her sub- ject is "From a Garden Notebook." On May 11, the members will spend an hour in Mrs. G. F. Slaughter's garden, 1408 Ridge avenue, Evanston. She will give an informal talk on her spring garden and also will tell about her experiences with the Evanston Garden market. On May 25, the club will spend an hour with Mrs. Arm- strong in her garden in Glencoe. May is a busy month for the garden club and June is just as active. July and August are a little less strenuous. The other eight months seldom have more than one meeting a month. Annual Luncheon of Catholic Club May 1 Grace Holverscheid and Helen Wing to Give Program of Music and Monologue The annual luncheon of the Wo- man's Catholic club of Wilmette will take place Tuesday, May 1, at 1 o'clock, in the Marine dining room of the Edgewater Beach hotel, with Mrs. Frank Oelerich, the retiring president, presiding. After the luncheon, Mrs. A. W. Boylston, the new president, will in- troduce the members of the board of directors. The honor guests of the club for that day will include Mrs. Harry Gradle, president of the Tenth district; Mrs. George McIntyre, president of the Big Sisters; Mrs. G. Schildgen, president of the North Shore Catholic Woman's league; Mrs. Maurice Lieber, parliamentarian of the Tenth district; and Miss Estelle Pahlman, president of Junior members. Mrs. Frank Barry, social chairman, and her committee will be in charge of the luncheon, with Mrs. Charles Hauber directing the program. Grace Holverscheid and Helen Wing will present a program of colorful and in- teresting songs, duets, and pianologues. These young musicians are known throughout the United States for their presentation of programs developed to a highly artistic degree. Helen Wing interprets her original music and verse and is widely known through her contributions to Child Life, and other magazines. Grace Holverscheid is a soprano of note and has been heard in Chicago as soloist with the Mendelssohn club, Apollo Musical club, Swedish Choral society, and Marshall Field Choral society, and has appeared in concert in leading cities both here and abroad. Among her songs, she will include "The Piper" by Michael Head; "Sketches of Paris," and that vivacious song from the Russian, "The Sleigh," by Kountz. Helen Wing's pianologues will in- clude "The Yellow Hat," "Music Les- sons," and selections from her humor- ous collection of "Family Static." IN VIOLIN RECITAL A group of the violin pupils of Mrs. Valona Brewer gave an informal recital at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rasmus Jenkins, 379 Rosewood ave- nue, on Thursday afternoon, April 19. Many of the pupils are to play in the coming recitals of the Columbia School of Music, at the Winnetka Woman's club, and this preliminary recital was intended to accustom them to the feel- ing of playing before an audience. SPEAKS AT CONVENTION Mrs. Florence Bennett Peterson, 687 Lincoln avenue, will address the Na- tional League of Women Voters con- vention on the subject of "The Presi- dential Primary and the National Nominating Conventions," Saturday, April 28. MUSIC GROUP TO MEET The North Shore Musical society will hold its next meeting Monday af- ternoon, April 30, at 2:15 o'clock, at the Evanston Woman's club. Mrs. Alvene Resseguie, Mrs. Electa "Austin, and Mrs. Elizabeth English will be the hostesses.