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Dr. John Mez, International President gp rE WOT STU HES, WHO consent | WINNETKA WEEKLY TALKS fn 24 ul fA Gs PRICE FIVE CENTS. WINNETKA, ILL., FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1915. Vol. IV. No. 10. LAST MEETING OF MEN'S CLUB MONDAY Prof. William Mather Lewis and Rev. Martin Harding Speak on Same Subject. FOR PERMANENT PEACE. The last meeting of the Men's Club was held Monday evening and, as is the custom of the club members at the final gathering, many wives, sis- ters and daughters were present. The subject of the evening was "How Shall the United States Best Prepare for Permanent Peace?" The men portion of the audience had se- cured a speaker in the person of Prof. William Mather Lewis, whose latest achievement is the election to the office of Mayor in his home town-- Lake Forest. But the women, who had been invited to provide a repre- sentative speaker who would consent to take the other side--whatever that would be--found unexpected difficul- ties. The first choice was Mrs. Thomas, wife of Prof. Thomas of the University of Chicago, and she had consented, after wrestling with a sprained ankle, to talk on "Construc- tive Peace" when an urgent demand took her on a peace trip across the water. A request was then sent to ed to speak if the meeting could be held on Wednesday evening. This ar- rangement was inconvenient, so Rev. Martin Harding, pastor of the Third Presbyterian Church of Chicago, an unusually able speaker, and known to the reading public as the man who has stoutly stood his ground against Billy Sunday, was selected. Dr. Hard- ing inspired enthusiasm in a most un- expected manner at the table where he was a guest. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Freeman, who sat opposite, recog- nized the unannounced speaker of the evening as the clergyman who had performed the wedding ceremony for them five years ago. After an explanation from Mrs. Mau- rice H. Lieber, President of the Wom- an's Club, as to the difference in the names of the speakers on the cards of invitation, Dr. Harding took the floor, introduced by the presiding officer and President of the club, Mr. George W. Oldfather. Dr. Harding thinks the present war inspired by the lust for power and money. In a forceful preface he sketched the highly cultivated Europe of modern times in the midst of a murderous and bloody struggle for supremacy. In the opinion of Dr. Harding the main influence that has brought Europe to its present state of misery is its doctrine of military pre- paredness. He does not believe that the way to keep peace is to be pre- pared for war. "It is human nature to resist force," said Dr. Harding. "The world cannot be bullied or frightened into good behavior. The gun that looks defensive to the man standing behind it looks offensive to the man who is looking down its bar- rel, but Europe says, 'Why, if you think one gun looks offensive, look at 10 or 100 or 1,000,000. "The outcome of this doctrine is indescribable misery and a terrific and universal war debt lasting over (Continued on page 4.) Winnetka Section of New Sanitary Sewer Completed All the sewerage of Wilmette, Ken- ilworth and Winnetka has been di- verted from Lake Michigan, into which it used to empty, and is carried through an intercepting sewer system have your sewerage problems solved so early in the history of your towns by the Sanitary District Trustees. You have one of the finest, if not the finest, residential districts in Illinois. Mammoth steam shovel used in digging sewer on Sheridan road. This shovel brings up a wagon load of dirt every time and digs about one hun- dred feet of sewer a day. " X ay 1 ey - to the north shore channel of the drainage canal. H. J. McNichols & Company, contractors for the work, have done well indeed. The Wilmette, Kenliworth and Winnetka area, cov- ered in contract No. 1, was completed on April 28, 1915; the Winnetka ave- nue section, of contract No. 2, was completed Nov. 1, 1914, and the Glen- coe division, in contract No. 3, is ex- pected to be finished on Dec. 1, 1915. The above picture of the concrete mixer shows how the concrete was dumped down into the molds right from the hopper. This machine keeps a gang of thirty men busy all day long. On April 4, 1914, the work on con- tract No. 1 was opened by exercises at New Trier. Governor Edward F. Dunne turned the earth with a silver shovel, and in an appropriate speech said: "You citizens of the North Shore are extremely fortunate to a. I understand this sewer will be about nine miles in length. I hope to be here on Dec. 1, 1915, and see this con- tract finished on time without blunder or mistake to the eternal benefit of this beautiful section of Illinois." And the work is finished the first of May in the Winnetka district instead of the first of December, seven months ahead of the contract requirements. The . Governor's estimate of the length of the sewer was correct. It is nine miles long with two miles of*tun- neling. There are three sections; one 25 feet deep runs north from the North Shore pumping station to the foot of Cherry street; the second, con- structed by open trench method, ex- tends from Sheridan road to the rail- road tracks in Winnetka avenue and then goes into a tunnel which runs under the grounds of the Indian Hill Club; and the third begins where the tunnel emerges to join another open trench running diagonally across the Skokie. The tunnel is 40 feet deep at Church street and 55 feet deep west of there. The intercepting sewer measures 6x9 feet in the part which is laid south of the Winnetka boundary line and 6x8 feet in the part laid north. It is egg-shaped and made of concrete, which has been mixed as wanted by a huge machine placed at a con- venient point over the trench. Blaw col- lapsible steel forms were used to hold the fresh concrete in shape until it hardened. Two outlets have been made for the portion laid in Win- netka, one at Elder Lane and the other at Cherry street. The Cherry street end of the inter- cepting sewer has been bricked up so that an extension to the north may be added when desired. The Winnetka avenue end connects with the south end of contract No. 3, and after traversing the Skokie it turns east LOVELY PAGEANT COMING MAY 20 A Play, Dances and Songs Given by School Children on the Vil- lage Common. ANNUAL MAY FESTIVAL. Members of the Parents' and Teach- ers' Association held a meeting at the Woman's Club Monday afternoon to formulate plans for May festival pageant. It was decilips give the pageant the afternoon ofMay 20, or May 21, as sometimes a well worked out plan is completely spoiled by bad weather, One of the interesting events of the program will be a play, with Peace for its theme, written by Mrs. Fred- erick Dickinson and Miss Shuffleboth- am. There are to be twenty-three chil- dren in the cast who will take the part of birds--robins, orioles, spar- rows, bluebirds, tanagers, a raven and a mocking bird. These children will be dressed in bird costume. Two of the characters are hunters. The play was written to accommo- date all the children of the 8-B grade. It is entirely pantomime, for any out- door pageant needs pantomime, as words are scattered and often lost through passing currénts of aiv. Twol kept in the minds of the writers--the first and most important is the Peace motive, and the other is kindness to birds. Very little property is to be used, as the outdoor stage setting on the Common, where the festival will be held, is all that is needed, with the exception of a bird cage big enough to hold a child, and that is now being made in the manual training depart- ment. The plot is as follows: A Bird Play. Scene: A sylvan haunt of birds. Time: A spring day. Malignus cages Joy, his pet mocking bird, whom alone of all birds he loves. Two sparrows, lingering after the win- ter drear, anger him. He drives them away. During a brief absence of Ma- lignus the spring birds arrive and hold a jubilee. Joy becomes very restless and finally effects her escape. The wild birds welcome her by dancing a minuet, during which Beatus, a loving student of birds, approaches and peers at the birds through his field glass. The birds do not draw away, for they feel the love of Beatus, who lingers awhile and then departs. Malignus, returning, is outraged at finding the birds. Not realizing that his pet Joy is at large, he draws his bow and arrow in his anger. He shoots; his own Joy is his victim. The other birds draw back in fear. Malignus ap- proaches Joy's body, and attempts to tear away a wing, to be used for a plume. In the act he discovers his pet's identity. His frenzy of grief is pitiable; his own Joy is dead. After the departure of Malignus the birds hold a council near Joy's body. King Oriole is perplexed at the war-like spirit of the birds' human neighbors. The belligerent woodpeckers wish to pick the murderer to pieces. The more peaceably minded birds form a group near King Oriole, who advises peaceful measures. The Queen of Love entering, unobserved, listens intently; (Continued on page 13.) JS EO she disapproves of the woodpeckers Messmenite 'the children have been