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it.f'y r*-;•*«* -v** .A, • ! £Q2&QK££&ft&&Dtf2fit&8SQSi THE POSITI0N OF AGNES . WINTERS . By Fannie Hurst «wwwwww J I, U'\<> -u r : _ • %V r • fro*>^; : * •",• . 'f"-", *f - rJ Stir* ** >•. ;- /. . jgA. *S31, McClure Newnpaper Syndleat*,) »*. (WNU Service.) ;, CHILD pamed Ellen, sixteen years of ape, with hair in a yelLow braid over each shoulder, and a faded blue frock that bespoke poverty, regarded her mother ;wlth eyes dilated in appalled amazement as her parent quivering with ra&e. stood beside a small mean table in a small mean room and boomed "NO •" '•••'. . • That "No'V had deeply rooted. b«ffindings. Jt w«8 that went back and , back ; into the recesses of memory. ... ' --Vy;: . -4.t was ^;*""^9"'-'^ddmsed';vto":;^rs.'.. .jjanies Meltae. • . "* " ;\'>*The mother ot'tfikigM in the Wrn blue frock,. Agnes Winters, had worked In the McRae household as, a .domes-.' '1*\"' ' tie servant for a period of thirty years.r V~ - 4 f There were dark-bine glasses, across * *k the eyes of Agnes VVinfers, but they : " did not prevent „Her from looking ih- ; ward down those aisles of time. > • > The 'McRae's was a big household. ---..• ' A forty-room affair with five acres of , ^ " rwse gardens. Garage for ten cars. Gardeners' cottages, and a house-staff *of some fifteen, servants. « The position of Agnes Winters in" ^that household was a dual one H>f_ 'chambermaid',, and- personal maid - to *Mrs. McRae. There was a French girl who officially occupied the latter capacity, but Agnes did the mending and the fine handiwork, and the embroidering of initials on Mrs. "McRae's sheer lingerie and handkerchiefs. The mother of'Agnes Winters had worked for the mother of Alice McRae in almost the same capacity. It was sort of a dynasty. The Winters serving the McRaes. Alice McRae conducted her household with a high, efficient hand. She was accustomed to money, always had been, and with the manner-born of one wealthy enough to dare to scrimp, she • inducted the great establishment along lavish but strictly business-like iines.. There was no waste in the McRae household. The servants Were given good and sufficient food, but food of a different grade than that of the household. Their quarters were warmed in winter, but to a lower temperature than the house proper. Many a night Agnes Winters had sat in her small room with its slanting roof, , her feet wrapped in her coat and a candle lighted on the table for the warmth It gave off. ; The servants on the McRae estate ' remained for two reasons. Wages were high, comparatively speaking, . and their children were permitted to attend, free of charge, the great McRae schools which were conducted on an endowment fund contributed by an ancestral McRae. Agnes' mother had remained in the McRae service until her death for, that reason. After her death, Agnes, in a sort of dull apathy, also contin-1 ned on. She was valuable to Mrs. McRae, tfho had discoveerd in her a talent for the most minute and lovely hand-embroidery. For years, ever since Agnes had been fifteen and out of the McRae schools, Alice McRae had worn lingerie that was the delight and admiration of her women friends. Even the McRae table linen, napkins, tea clothe" doilies were the subject of comment "Museum pieces!" exclaimed the , guests, eyeing through lorgnettes the indescribably minute handiwork of Agnes. If she had had the initiative or aggressiveness, Agnes, as she had so often been told by her associates, could ?ha*e made large sums of money at her art-embroidery. But Agnes detested the work.. The process of picking with a splinter of needle, through the meshes of linen or silk, was maddening to her nerves. Needle-work tortured her body and more than that, It tortured her eyes, ' Sending her to bed night after night • With blazing, torturous headaches. Against these headaches, Mrs. Mc- R«e supplied spectacles, ground out from a prescription written by a local dealer in opera glasses and binoculars. They relieved, but did not cure. nd so, on and on through the years, es Winters, protesting occasional? Ijr/but in the main resigned, continued to create for Mrs. McRae the beantifnl And the sheer in handwork. When she was twenty she married cue of the gardeners. Morris Murphy was an architectural gardener, and had learned his trade from an American who had taken him to Italy. He was a bluff, good-humored fellow and as if by contrast, seemed to admire in Agnes Winters the demure, quiet qualities that were so removed from his own. They were married and continued as nan and wife to live on, in service, •t the McRae's. .. 3t became, after a> white, terrible to Morris Murphy to see the kind of flagellation to which Agnes was subjected by the insistent demands of Mrs. Me- Hae* for more and more fine n< f e- Work. He had never realized up to the crued kind of pressure under which this quiet young girl had spent her youth.. Her eyes were so tired. When she lifted her face to kiss hljm was as if they were filled with little dagger points. Crucified with little steel splinters. It was the end of the third year of their marriage, six months before their child Ellen was born, that one night, •Seated in their small room. Morris drawing plans for a new garden pergola for Mrs. McRae, and Agnes seated as usual over a complicated embroidery frame, that she cried out sharply and clutched with her hands across her eyes. ° The horrible had happened. Agnes had practically lost her sight And so it happened that a,child, Ellen, was to come into a world and never know herjmother as except a twothirds blind' woman, who groped her way about the little household and had the pathetic habit of forever rubbing her hand across her apes as If to tear away a film. \ " Another strange thing in the life of the little Ellen was the fact that the quiet little body, given to simple indoor pleasures could arouse within her parent an unreasonable amount of finger, If she so much as attempted to pick up a needle to make doll clothes, 'which delighted her as a pastime. The gferitle mother of little Ellen became a virgo then. It was one of the things she early learned she'dared* not do, » When Ellen was fifteen years old, Morris Murphy',-genial* good-luVmored; good-natured', good husband,; good parent, "fell off the top of a high a.nd elaborate pergola he was building, for Mrs. McRae and was instantly killed. Overnight, aS it were, the kindest light in.the meager life of Agnes and Ellen went out. And into the midst of this darkness there strode one day, commiserating, i kindly in her efficient manner, the figure of Mrs. McRae, for Whom Agnes had gone. two-thirds blind and for whom Morris had hurtled to his death. It •as then that Ellen, as Mrs. McRae came on her benign mission of offering to take the little Ellen into her household as maid, beheld her mother draw herself up to the height of fury and ordpr the jcowed figure of Mrs. McRae out of the gardener's cottage. *H* M'HSHKT PUUHDEALBt, THTOSDAY, OOTOBKK 8, 1931 tX U BINGWOOD FIT CHICKENS FOR - EXHIBIT AT FAIRS V c : kk- Inventive Minds Never ! at Loss for Subjects In sjiite of the many shows that lay claim to being the greatest on earth, no exposition or entertainment had the saipe right to this distinction that the International patent show in Chicago had. Here were collected the models of all manner of inventions. And invention is the profession, the avocation or the hobby of perhaps threequarters of all Americans and of at least a good half of mankind in the lump. ( The fertility of mind, "the Ingenuity and the manual skill represented in the Chicago exhibit are probably staggering. Even when the creations have no real use, even when they prove in actual, full-scale practice to be failures, even when they at once sink into obscurity, these inventions are things to tease our curosity and excite our admiration. Consider merely the things mentioned in the news stories--a nonabsorbent powder puff, a special sort of suspender buckle, an improved form of rubber heel, a new type of helicopter, nonskid soap, a piano that sounds like forty instruments, a noiseless car wheel. What dogged patience and fanatical enthusiasm gave them birth what labor and what mad hopes! The urge to add something to the stock of reality to create something profoundly simple, useful and valuable is one of the most basic and powerful urges. One has only to look at present-day civilization and Just begin the everlasting catalogue of "articles," "numbers" and "jobs" to appreciate what has been produced. Yet these are only the successful inventions, the marketable and salable ones, a tiny fraction of the machines, devices, patterns and designs that have been studied, devised and put forth with unshakable belief In their virtue. Even among those who do not attempt actually to invent, the desire to be Identified with such work crops up Irresistibly*-- Baltimore Sun. Must Be at Their Best to " Carry Off Prizes: ^ ; Before chickens can win WMrt»y prizes at fall fairs, they must be carefully selected and fitted for the show. It is only by a careful, systematic examination that ong can find all the faults of a bird. ' "Before selecting the birds to be entered, place the males in individual coops and the females either in these individual coops or small group coops," advises C. F. Parrish, extension poultry- man. "Those having many birds to condition may equip a building for the purpose, though most small exhibitors use temporary quarters. The important thing is have the birds where they may be handled easily - at any time without the possibility of making them wild or breaking the plumage.". >Ir. Parrish does not advise-force feeding to get the birds in. shape. There are times, however; When a few extra ounces of flesh may turn a decision In a bird's favor. Extra feeding may also help to develop a better plumage. The best way to go about getting these desirable attributes is In the addition of a more concentrated and palatable feed to the regular ration. . .. / - ' _ Practically all white birds are washed before exhibiting. One that" has not been washed looks out of place In strong competition. Four tubs are needed to do this effectively. In the firsts the water must be warm and plenty of soap suds used. This Js rinsed off in gradually cooler water In the other three tubs, with bluing ^•dded to the last one. After washing, allow the bird to stand in a dripping coop for 30 minutes before going Into the exhibition coop to dry complexly. Use of Artificial Light - in Henhouse Indorsed the use of artiflcal light in' the houses of the laying hens In Septein-0 ber and pctober Is proving a profitable practice on many New Jersey farms, reports C. S. Piatt, research specialist at the state college of agriculture, New Brunswick. It has, explains Mr. Piatt, the advantage of prolonging the length of the day in the early fall and seems to give an increased egg production In the months when large eggs are demanding a premium price. This Is an extension in the use of artificial lights, which heretofore havfe been used exclusively on pullets and solely In the winter. ' > * Any Bystem of artificial light may be used, starting it when the daylight or working hours for the hens fall below thirteen. .. If the morning system Js used, the lights are put on from. 4:30 a. m. until daylight. The evening system calls for lights from dusk until; 6:30 or 7 p. m„ and the evening lunch system from 8:30 to 9:30 p. m. The purpose of the light, of course, Is to Increase the food consumption. For best results 100 birds should consume from 10 to 12 pounds of grain daily and an equal amount of mash. Moist mash may be fed to good advantage. The flight should be discontinued about November 1, and the birds allowed to go through a resting period of two or three months. Memory *f llw Mill A visit to Orleans, in France, reveals the undying devotion France pay# to her heroic. Centuries have passed since the little peasant girl Jeanne d'Arc, at the battle of Oceans, delivered the French from the hands of the British and secured for the Dauphin Charles the'throne of France, but her courageous deeds are still fresh in the memory of the people of Orleans. She was captured by the British in 1431 and burned at the stake, but as you look at her as she sits with her head and shoulders erect on her bronze stallion in, the middle of the square the manner of her death is forgotten and hef life remembered. Mrs. G. E. Shepard entertained the Bunco club at Her home Thursday afternoon. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Edgar Thomas, Mrs. Nick Freund, Mrs. George Young and Mrs. William McCannon At the close loxiSheon was served. WiHiam Giddings has resigned his position as cashier of the Ringwood State bank and W. W. Buck of Genoa, III., is the new cashier. ****u» Tam«JA DA'O«VVVt.l ;IOn VlOAWMg ,111 VflC home of her son, George, land family at Antioch Among those from here to attend the bazaar and supper at . Solon Mills Thursday evening were Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Schroeder and daughter, Jessie, Rollo Chamberlin, Mr. and Mrs. S- W. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Hitchens, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Stephenson, Lenard Brown, Harold Evans, J. V. Buckland, Flora Taylor, Mrs. Btillah Foss, Mrs. Frankie Stephenson and Mrs. Mary Hodge. Mr- and Mrs. Ben Walkington were guests in the home of therr son, Davis, and family; ait McHenr^r Friday evening. ' Mr. and Mrs. LPWIS Schroeder were Elgin visitors Thursday afternoon. . Mrs. S. W. Brown were visitors in Chicago Friday. r. George Shepard was a McHenry caller Thursday afternoon. >• Mrs , Rosetta Snyder "of Woodstock was a caller in the home of her sister, Mrst T. A. Abbott, Friday. Mrs. Lillian Stevens and Sheldon Johonnott left Thursday morning for a few days' visit with relatives at Hutsonville and Terre Haute. Mrs. William Merchant of iSolon Mills spent Friday with her sister, Mrs. J. F. McLaughlin. Frey home at Deerfield. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hinre of Crystal Lake and Edward Harrison of Elgin spent Sunday in the George Harrison home. i Mr. and Mrs. George Bacon and Mrs. Lester Nelson and daughter, Jane, of Antioch spent Sunday afternorti in the Mrs. Jennie Bacon home. Sheldon Johonnott is attending Teachers State Normal School at Terre Haute. Mr. and Mrs. Truax^ and family of Libertyville were Sunday visitors in the home of Mr,' and Mrs. T. A. Abbott. Mrs. Harry* Kist, Mrs. Harry fifart ley and Mrs. Pat Moriarty of Chicago, Mrs. Paul Meyers and Mrs. George Worts of McHenry spent Sunday afternoon with their slater, Mrs. Ed. Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. Nick AdamS spent Sunday at Holy Hill, Wis. Mrs. Ed. Thompson and son, James, are visiting with Chicago relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hawley of Elgin spent Sunday in the L. E. Haw. ley home. John ThonfllTiSMI nf ananf Monday night here with his parents, nr, , ,r , Mr- and Mrs. Ray Peters attended u/ • Mlllard Mann a.nd | the funeral of an uncle at Rockford daughter, Doris, of Durand, Wis., Mrs. Homer Mann and son, Seymour, and; Mrs. Ada Mann of Woodstock were callers in the Edgar Thomas home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Harol^ Wiedrich and family spent Sunday in the Raymond Porter home at Hebron. Dorothy Carr and newey Beck of Chicago spent the week-end in the home of the former's paints, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carr. Mr. and Mrs. Julius Randal* and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Harrison and daughter of Richmond were callers in the Edgar Thomas home Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Hanford and Mrs. Colford of Chicago spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Smith and family. Mr. and Mrs, Lyle Hopper of Chicago spent Thursday night and Friday with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. S- W. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. David Stanley and son of Woodstock spent Sunday in the William Kelley home. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Young, Mrs. Walker and son, Fred, spent Thursday evening in the Math Nimsgern Mr. and Mrs. William Beth, Jr., of. home in Spring Grove Chicago spent the week-end in the home of ,the former's father, Willi Beth. Mr. and Mrs. James Richmond and Jack Kuntz of Chicago spent Saturday evening in the George Young home. Mr. arid Mrs. Joe Weber and family of McHenry spent Sunday in the Nick Young home. Mr. and Mrs. George Shepard and family spent Sunday with McHenry relatives. Miss Lois Dilley of Harvard was a caller in the T. A. Abbott home Sunday afternoon. Sunday guests of Mrs. Lilliarf Stevens were Mrs. Agnes Jencks and daughter, Mary, of Evanston, Mr. and Mrs. Shaw of Southern Pines, Tenn., Mrs. Appley and daughter, Mary, and Mr. Ray of Libertyville. Mr. and Mrs. S. H- Beatty and Mr. pnd Mrs. Elmer Olsen and son, Charles, spent Sunday in the Charles Mrs. S. W.' Smith and daughters, Bernice and Mercedes, spent Saturday evening in the Ralph Smith home tvJHarvard. vj/r. and Mrs. John Neal and daughter, Marie, of Chicago spent Sunday •in the Roy Neal home. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Weber and family and Mr. and Mrs. Nick Young visited friends at Lyons, Wis-, Sunday afternoon. - Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Hitchens spent the week-end with relatives at Bath, 111. Mrs. L. E. Hawley and children, Mrs- G. C. flawley and Mrs. Earl Whiting spent Saturday afternoon at Woodstock. S. W. Smith and son, John, .and, Lester Carr attended the semi-annual shoot of the McHenry Gun club at Lily Lake Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Hawley and family attended the ball game at Zenda, Wis., Sunday. Tuesday Mr. and Mrs. Bruno Butler spent Sunday in Chicago. Chris Smith of McHenry spent Sunday in the George Young honrie.- Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Fredrickson of Woodstock spent Sunday in the Waldo Fredrickson home- Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Thomas and family were callers in the Arthtlr Whiting home near McHenry, Sunday. The Home Bureau met at the home of Mrs. W. B. Harrison on Tuesday afternoon. Twelve members and one guest were present. Roll call was responded to by "Short Cuts on Wash Day." The atopic discussed was "Overweight, Underweight and Constipation." After this vases were - decorated^,- Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gault, Mr. and Mrs. F. Gibbs and son, Lenard, of Woodstock and Mr. and Mrs. Russel Gibbs and two sons of JoKnsburg spent Sunday with Mrs. Minnie Coates.„, Roy Wiedrich spent Wednesday inr*- Chicago. * < Miss Eva Williams is visiting with Z friends in St. Charles. ' ^ ' Henry Williams and sop, Antone, spent Tuesday afternoon , at Trevor, V Wis. ' ; • A:.v. t 'iiLY^AKE Mr. and Mrs. John Wagner and Mr.-;_ and Mrs. Earl Paddock motored to»i-r Wisconsin Monday. Mrs. Frank Steins<Joerfer returned X to her home Tuesday, after spending two weeks at the home of her sob . in Berwyn. < Mr. and Mrs. Selish and son, Bob, - spent Sunday in their cottage. „ % Mr. and Mrs. Fast have moved into their new home on Sunset Drive. Mr- and Mrs. Frank Regner and,, daughter of Chicago spent Sunday at* the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Reg- V ner. ® . Mrs. Peter Weber spent Wednesday i1 at the home of her.son in North Chicago.. •<. • Mr. and Mrs. Peter Brown and Mr..";' * and Mrs. John Wagner visited at the ; - home of Peter Diedrich at McHenry -K! Sunday evening. ^ i Mr. and Mrs. George Toon spent. ' the week-end in t'\eir cottage here. Miss Frances Steinsdoerfer of Chi- ",t\ cago spent Sunday at the home her^ father, Frank Steinsdoerfer. ^ Mr, and Mrs. Wui. Gehres spent Sunday in their cottage. ".Vo Mr. and Mrs. Ted Shelton of Korth V& Chicago spent Sunday at the Peter Weber home. m a ** m r> , i M,rs- Ben Davis of Chicago visited Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Bruce have I at the George Selish home Sunday ,Tlt" tha ' Leon Sex spent Sunday at Lilv Lake. y Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harder of Chicago spent Sunday at the home of Mrs. Louise Gannon. Mr. and Mrs. Gallt? and family spent Sunday in their home on Highland Drive. moved into the George Noble house. Mr. and Mrs. George Rasmussen and son, Lester, of Chicago spent Tuesday in the Alec Anderson home- Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ladd and Mrs. Howard Buckla|nd were (visitors at Woodstock Tuesday afternoon. Mrs.. D. C. Bacon of Crystal Lake was a, caller here Tuesday afternoon. John Amborn and daughter, Margaret, of Lyons, Wis., spent Tuesday in the N. Young home. Mrs. George Harrison is visiting in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Henry Hinze, at Crystal Lake. Miss Nellie McDonald and Mrs. Earl Whiting entertained the Evening Bridge club at the home of Mrs. Earl Whiting Tuesday evening. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. B. T. Butler and Mrs. Lewis Schroeder. At the close lunch was served. Mr. and Mrs. Max Bet^i and son, Billy, of Chicago spent Wednesday in the William Beth home. Fred Wiedrich and son, Harold, spent Wednesday afternoon at Richmond. Charles Carr was a visitor at Richmond Tuesday morning. Worid-Famout Paitrtfurf Slgismund Conti, papal chamberlain, was born at Foligno, Italy. During his residence there the city was bombarded. Raphael was commissioned by Bishop Conti to execute the painting, the "Foligno Madonna," as a thank offering bestowed because of the bishop's escape from 'death when a shell burst while the city was being attacked/ .• London's Oldest Ckarch The oldest churctuin London ig that of St. Bartholomew vhe Great • v Think It Over * . . The most Important thing ln llfe la living. Comptroller's Duties The comprtoller general and the assistant comptroller general of the United States hold office for a term of 15 years and they are not eligible for reappointment by the President and confirmation by the senate. The comptroller general is in charge of the general accounting office and Is charged with the settlement and adjustment. Independently of the exeetitlve departments, of all claims and demands whatever by the government or against It, and all accounts whatever in which the government Is concerned, either as debtor or creditor. A Hot One" Jpnks--No woman alive can make a monkey out of me. Miss Jeer--Oh, Mr. Jenks, why are you so averse to personal Improvement? Central Garage JOHNSBUBC . J. SMITH, Proprietor .. Sties. General Automotive Repair Work Give us a call when in trouble IKFERT WBLDDffi AMD CYLINDER RBBORING Day Phone 200-J Night Phone 640-J-2 No Place for Roosters Among the Laying Hens "Farmers of the central states lose $80,0000,000 to $50,000,000 a year on account of producing eggs that are fertile. When they move into commerce they are removed and destroyed," says Paul Mandevllle, secretary of the United States Egg so- ;elety. "A more serious loss occurs," Mandevllle says further, "from slowing down consumption of all eggs while these poor eggs are being forced on unwilling buyers. It Is well known that & chief advantage of handling California eggs is the fact that they are Infertile." Remove all roosters, young aad old) from the laying flock. IT oil '.. • ' -I.. ©;r A-N I L O O L i| A r I T A C 4 Poultry Hints Unless the range Is clean, chickens may be kept In a house as surgically clean as an operating room yet die. from fllth diseases. Not the food put before them but what they can get outside Is responsible for Intestinal disorders of poultry. » ' ' • • • The Use of barley to replace yello# corn In poultry rations should be de> termlned by the relative prices of the" two grains and the availability of sources of vitamin A. In the opinion of many poultry specialists broilers should be sent to mark-* et as soon as they are salable. Asthe chick makes the most rapid growth during the first few weeks of its life, It costs more and takes longer to put. on weight after it has reached a pound 4 In weight •e e Ground barley is a satisfactory sub^" stltute for ground yellow corn In a standard laying mash when the scratch grain is composed of a large per cent of shelled yellow corn and green feed is available for the birds. "Remember the Maine" ii' jWlsthe time of her destruction, the battleship Maine had a crew of 26 oft fleers and 328 men. The explosion re* suited In the death of two officers and 250 of the crew; 8 of the crew subf sequentlv died of wounds. Cwaiab«n . TTliS CUCUfnber usually has a temperature one degree lower than that of the surrounding atmosphere. Ilence the expression -cool as a cucumber* Chapter XIV Pioneerings jde as MODERN pioneers dp not trek cross- < try in covered wagons. They do not ba* Indians and live on buffalo meat. Modem >ntiers are found in business and science. In 1910 a struggling utility company in ; northern Illinois pioneered an idea. A single electric gent racing station was substituted for ten scattered,stations, The experiments was successful--so succc " 1 that the Public Service Company of No diem Illinois was founded in 1911 to cepcat it on a larger scale. Service was extended .10 an ever-widening circle of towns and vil- ; > Mges around Chicago. Rites were lowered again and again. A "superpower network" T "Was developed. Today 350,000 families in 319 ^ co n; :nu a i ties receive a quality of service, both gas and electric, undreamed of 20 years ago. Before the li'b&d War a V screwed on to the side of a wash-tub was considered a labor-saving appliance in most bomes. So was the carpet sweeper. Women . were suspicious of an electric iron someone bad invented. -, Here was a field for more pioneering. The s Public Service Company took 400 of the new » irons, demonstrated them in customers' ~ liomes. Women were quick to appreciate this Hew help. Electric irons became a part of ' jjood-housekeeping equipment.. ^ ' T As fast as other praalcal home appliances ---vere introduced, the Company introduced them to its customers, Through its stores it sponsored--is still sponsoring--dozens of time and labor-savers. It is showing homemakers new ways of doing old chores. And back of every appliance sold is a perfoijilanrp gua*aatee. . When magazines began to picture mechanical refrigerators for home use, 10 years ago, anew job of pioneering began. The Company selected what it believed to be the best of these home "cold storage plants", installed a nui#h bec of them in northern Illinois kitchens. A few of these first refrigerators did HOC , Mmake good". Something went wrong inside ---something that could hardly be anticipated. The Company explained the situation frankly to the buyers, provided free servicing, offered free replacement. Customers lost no money. Today, improved refrigeflttOtt tre feeing Welcomed into thousands of homes. The airconditioning-- the "manufactured weather" ---that is. so popular in moving picture theaters and othdr publje buildings--is near at hand. Company engineers are estimating possibilities, cooperating with manufacturers of equipment. Small machines that both wash and cool air are being tested. It will not be long before homes can be as comfortably cool during summer months as they are now comfortably warmin winter. • •'.Who knows wSat will be next? Modern fnmtitts art found in business and science. There is *hvays pioneering to be dom. PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS This is the fourteenth of a series of stories chronicling the development of the Public Service Company Northern Illinois and the service it is bringing to the area into which Chicago is growing. Copies of previous chapters will be mailed you if you will write to the Company, 72 West Adams Street, Chicago tr# fH T * t O F # # £ ? « £ « « i L u i r e r f i v,