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EOE = ER WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1917 William L. Osborne Opens Home on North Shore for Jackies Training at Great Lakes. n . ie- DWN AS "MOTHER" TO ze, Ih) AILORS AT U. S. CAMP any Letters of Appreciation Sent ody 'By Mothers of Enlisted Boys. Petells. 3 5 iewell § Mrs, William L. Osborne, 521 Tenth ost @reet, is known to all the jackies at S10W Whe Great Lakes station as "Mother." Mhe Osborne home in Wilmette has the latchkey hidden where all the en- n ted men from the training camp iay find it and enjoy the comforts 1 fa home, even though the host and ostess are busily engaged with some ; other work. 1 Many times the young men stop at ehke Whe Wilmette home and help prepare ir dinner by peeling potatoes and Steffens Banging the table service. Wash- dishes and putting the house in der, following the feasts, is the 3 ftgular order of events when the foys enjoy a real home-cooked din- pL rs. Osborne is one of two women the United States, it is said, to sess actual commissions and Mowers as officers in the United rvice [Mates Navy. the Wilmette worker received her mmission because of her interest con- Wad help in caring for the sailors at Mie north shore camp. She is proud 'commission, but there is an- good 1 - title of which she is still more Proud--the title of "Mother," given fier by "her boys." rates getters of appreciation for her fork among the jackies from the 'ment §ys and their mothers have been nts. teived daily by Mrs. Osborne. The : lowing letter from a mother in mina- flexas, thanking Mrs. Osborne for fer kindness to her son, is one of 4 she has received: of ac Peer, Texas. same. Mrs. Osborne :(-- em ur much appreciated letter e Are Hehe a Tew days ago and was read where | 1 interest and pleasure. I can- mers begin to tell you how greatly we reciate your kindness to our dear nd also other mothers' boys. It eed kind of you and your hus- l to entertain them in your home 1 such pains and interest. We and realize that there are so temptations there, as well as fsewhere, and they need sweet nk Alhristian spirits to help them. That | J certainly 'a great work that you doing, and we mothers and ers feel very grateful to you and thank you from the depths of our rts, and also appreciate and thank or your kind invitation to visit I should go to Chicago. Most nly I would look you up, for ould love very much to meet you. will ever have a place in our We miss our boy very much, and vas hard to give him up to go H but, as it had to be, we are try- * to be reconciled and we are ying God to protect him and his footsteps and make him a ng to others, that God may be ored and glorified in it all. : ain thanking you from a heart | I of gratitude, and with best pri : @ s to you and your husband. God's richest blessing be on | fou, and your lives be guided by "Gratefully, "Mrs. R. G. Rogers." = hE 1 Marks Feeders. rnest IL. Beifeld of the Hotel rman, and chairman of the Lin- Highway feeder locating and ing committee, reports that ils for the marking of the road Chicago from Dyer, Ind., on the route of the Lincoln Highway, from Chicago to Geneva, where highway is again reached, have en placed in the hands of work- and the signs are now being EEEEE Athletic Policemen. w York cops, 10,000 of them, be able to lean over and touch floor with their finger tips, ac- ng to a decree by the commis- = R-0 0. Congestion in Glasgow. 1s said that in Glasgow in some sefions, a family of eight considers room to themselves luxury. sounded. | Daddy's Story FTER the children had watched the sunset, daddy told them a story: "A young minister once lived in the same house with a clerk. 'Lend me your goloshes," said he to the clerk one morning. "'What for?' asked the clerk. isn't raining.' "'No, but the ground is wet in the garden, and I want to go out for a smoke.' "Now, you children and I know that these borrowed goloshes were enchanted. It was a risky thing to make a wish in them, you may be- lieve. The young minister walked up and down the little garden, and just then the horn of a tallyho Toot-toot! Toot-toot! "'Oh, to travel!' criel the young minister. 'It must be the most de- lightful thing in the world. Surely it is the greatest desire of my heart. If T could just have a good trip this restlessness would leave me. I should like to go to Switzerland, and to beautiful Italy, and' -- "Just then the magic goloshes got in their work. It is fortunate for the young minister that they worked rapidly or he would have gone too far. : "Well, he traveled all right! He found himself in the heart of Swit- zerland, packed in a big coach with eight other people. He had a head- ache from the hot sun, and both his feet were swollen from sitting so long in one spot, and his new boots pinched him like anything. He was half awake and half asleep. He had a letter of credit in his right hand pocket and a passport in his left, and he had a little leather purse with some gold money stitched inside his breast pocket. z "Every time he dropped off to sleep he dreamed that he had lost one of his treasures and woke up in a fever of fright. Then other people's sticks and umbrellas and bags spoiled the view of the Alps, which were re- markably beautiful just there. "The landscape was dark and sol- emn, and the vast pine woods looked like green lawns on the mountain tops, so far away were they. And the mountains themselves had great stretches of white: snow on their tops, and mists hung across the love- ly valleys. 'It "Soon a piercing wind sprang up, and it began to snow, although it had been warm weather back in Copenhagen. 'Oh,' shivered the young minister, drawing his thin coat up around his ears, 'if only we were over on the other side of the Alps it would be summer and I could have some money on my let- ter of credit! Now, here in Switzer- land the fear of losing it spoils all my pleasure. Oh, if I were only over on the sunny side! "The goloshes did the trick again, and there he was, way over in the heart of Italy, between Florence and Rome," daddy ended. 8.0.0.0 | Old Paraffine. Paraffine that has become unclean through usage in canning and pre- serving, may be cleaned and re-used. Don't throw it away because dirt and trash have become mixed with it. Many times paraffine can be cleaned with a brush in cold water. If this does not remove all the dirt, says a specialist of the United States Department of Agriculture, heat the paraffine to boiling and strain it through two or three thicknesses of cheesecloth placed over a funnel. Or a thin layer of absorbent cotton over one thickness of cheesecloth may be used as the strainer. One straining should be sufficient ordinarily, but if the paraffine is still unclean heat and strain again. Any paraffine lodging in the strainer may be re- moved by heating the cloth and pouring off the hot liquid to another strainer. EERE Michigan Law. Under the new Michigan road law providing for three road commis- sioners in each county, hereafter they will act only as an advisory hoard, as the law provides for the appointment of a superintendent skilled in road building, who may be may not be an engineer, who shall under direction of the county road commissioners supervise all road building operations in the county. The compensation of the superin- tendent will also be left with the supervisors. It is also up to the supervisors to say whether the road commissioners shall be elected by the board or at the general election to be held in November. HOTEL AND CAFE MEN PLAN FOOD CAMPAIGN Resolutions Adopted By Executive Board in Washington Will Put Lid on Foods Served in Cafes. EUROPEAN SYSTEM IN USE Manner of Checking Food ,Out of Kitchen Is Wasteful in U. S. Those who take a pride in epi- curean quantity, particularly the "Hey, George," bon vivants of the loop cafes who thus hail the waiter and bid him replenish the bread tray or the butter plate, will herewith rub their chins and contemplate the fol- lowing: Don't demand more than one ounce of butter, There will be nothing stirring. Don't cry out for more than two rolls, each of an ounce and a half. The waiter will not heed you. Don't complain if the cake has no icing. Don't ask for beef on Tuesdays. There won't be no sich thing. Don't ask for cakes for breakfast --you'll get corn or rice cakes. Don't ask for cube sugar. will get plain granulated. Shy away from young meats--veal and lamb. Uncle Sam will bless you. These injunctions are based on resolutions adopted Wednesday in Washington by the members of the hotel and restaurant committee co- operating with the food administra- tion bureau. Tracy C. Drake of the Blackstone hotel and John R. Thompson are the Chicago members, who agreed to keep up the good work in Chicago. The food regula- tions are to be national in scope. In addition to limiting the portions of food to be served, the committee also decided to purchase and main- tain for two years 10,000 calves, a project designed to stimulate beef production to the extent of 1,000,000 pounds. It also was resolved to make use of 10 per cent of some other kind of flour--rye, potato, banana, corn, rice, etc--in the manufacture of wheat bread and rolls. Incidentally, all stale bread and trimmings are to be sterilized and made into "war bread." The European system of checking foods out of the kitchen is urged, as against the wasteful table d'hote sys- tem, which probably will be abol- ished entireiy. EES EE Ry Mexican Duty. Revocation of part of the proposed import duty into Mexico on automo- biles has been rescinded. The duty was to have been about $450 per thousand pounds Mexican, or about $225 American money. This figure was prohibitive and Mexican dealers protested. This duty was to have gone into effect July 1 and there were rushed into Mexico in June hundreds of cars in consequence. Ee Substitutes. Rev. C. A. Bloomquist of Kenil- worth will substitute at the Wilmette Methodist church during August. Rev. T. K. Gale will leave on his va- cation. 3 You Unclaimed Letters Winnetka, Ill, July 25, 1917. 1 Miss Marie M. Hale. 2 Miss Marion Shepherd 3 Mr. J. Molke 4 Mrs. J. Dr. M. Macomb 5 Mr. and Mrs. John D. Macomb 6 New Kitchen Brush Co. 7 Miss Eiza Hyrionen No. 8 Mrs. Thomas W. Gronn No. 9 Mrs. W. R. Mumphrey No. 10 Miss Costlaine No. 11 7. J. Farnsworth No. 12 Mrs. P. B. Brown No. 13 J. E. Balmes No. 14 Mrs. Frank C. Boward No.15 Gus Bank No. 16 H. C. Bangs : A. M. Kloepfer, P. M. =P =0. 0. Gasoline. The average person generally rates the power of a gallon of gaso- line by the distance that it will pro- pel an automobile, but the same en- ergy, if diverted to other purposes, will milk 300 cows, bale 4 tons of hay, mix 35 cubic yards of cement, plow 3/5 of an acre of ground, or will generate enough electricity to light a farm house for 30 hours. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. HOME CANNING METHOD URGED BY GOVERNMENT Bulletin Gives Directions for Con- serving Fruits and Vegetables. Canning fruits and vegetables in the home by the one-period cold- pack method is a relatively simple process and can be done with ordi- nary kitchen equipment and with comparatively little labor. Much of the surplus of the home garden can be saved for winter use by this can- ning method, which is fully described in a bulletin issued by the United States Department of Agriculture, Farmers' Bulletin 839, Home Can- ning by the One-Period Cold-Pack Method. This bulletin is of special interest and value to all housewives, canning clubs, societies, or persons interested in conserving the food supply of the nation. It may be had on application to the United States Department of Agriculture. The bulletin contains very explicit directions for canning practically all of the common garden vegetables, including tomatoes, peppers, sweet peppers, pumpkin, squash, sweet corn, field corn, beans, peas and root vegetables, also various combina- tions of vegetables. It also includes canning directions for soft fruits and berries, and hard fruits, as apples, pears or quinces. Directions for the canning of camp rations, meats and soups are given in detail. Each step in the canning process by the one-period cold-pack method is carefully outlined from the prepa- ration of the equipment and the raw materials to the storing of the can- ned products. A special time-table showing how long fruits, vegetables, soups and meats should be scalded, blanched or sterilized, is of particular value to the housewife. Various types of home made and commercial canning outfits are described. EE EE FUNERAL SERVICES ARE HELD FOR MRS. MARTIN Prominent Civic Worker Will Be Buried at Kinderhook, N. Y. Mrs. George Leggett Martin, 1046 Elmwood avenue, a resident of Wil- mette since the spring of 1905, died at 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, July 30. She had been ill at intervals dur- ing the past two years and seriously ill for a period of several months. Her husband, mother and two chil- dren, a son and daughter, survive her. Mrs. Martin, since taking up her residence in Wilmette, has been an enthusiastic worker for the welfare of the community. One of her first activities was the successful carry- ing through of a bazaar for the First Congregational church of Wilmette, of which she was a member. She was also much interested in establishing a Community house in this village and gave much time and energy to arousing public sentiment for this project. She was most prom- inently identified with the work of 'the bathing beach committee, and to her personal effort was largely due the success of what has become one of Wilmette's principal public enterprises. Her untiring activity in connection with this project was largely responsible for hastening the illness which resulted in her death. Mrs. Martin was also chairman of the Child and Home department of the Wilmette Woman's club in the year 1916. This department was greatly stimulated through her ef- forts. She was a woman of great public spirit, forceful character and high ideals, and in her death Wil- mette loses one of its most valued and helpful residemts. She has for several years been a member of the Wilmette Country club end had a wide circle of friends. » The funeral services were held to- day at the Martin residence. The burial will be in the family lot at Kinderhook, N. Y. | CURFEW WILL NOT RING IN NORTH SHORE TOWNS Mayors Disagree on Evening Warn- ing to Send Girls Home. Curfew is not going to ring at 9 o'clock for north shore girls right away, it was evident last week when the mayors of the north suburbs disagreed. State's Attorney Welch of Lake county advanced the idea to keep young girls away from the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Mayor Samuel Hastings said High- land Park girls are too nice to need a curfew, but Mayor William J. Van- derkloot of Lake Bluff disagreed with him. Hardware and Paints J. F. ECKART #as: Phone 484 North Shore PROPERTY We have bargains in desir- able homes and vacant in all North Shore towns. Let us send you a list of prop- erty for sale or rent in your favorite locality. SEVERAL FINE FARMS ,or sale near Waukegan at attractive prices. Chicago income property to exchange. RaEBEE OTIS BUILDING -CHICAGO TELEPHONE MAIN 4724 FOR EXCHANGE A new brick home in Kenil- worth, 10 rooms, 2 baths, hot water heat, sun and sleeping porches; beautifully wooded lot Will exchange and near lake. for modern home in Winnetka. PAUL SCHROEDER & CO. P. 0. BLDG., KENILWORTH PHONE WINNETKA 768 NLL TT Ld 2 2777 7777 7777777777772 Winnetka State Bank Capital $25,000.00 Surplus 5,000.00 3% on Savings Deposits % ZR Officers and Directors HENRY P. CROWELL, President of Quaker Oats Company. VICTOR ELTING, Attorney. LOUIS B. KUPPENHEIMER of B. Kuppenheimer & Company Wholesale Clothing JOHN R. LEONARD of Bridge and Leonard Grain Commission Merchants. CARLTON PROUTY, Attorney. ; WILLOUGHBY G. WALLING, Capitalist HENRY R. HALE. Cashier. NTS LILSLSLLILISLLS LLL LLL SILLLLGS LISLE S SLL SSS LS LSS SSS GSS SSS SIIS ALF FSS SSS IS SSSA Yo LULL LL LLLLLLLLLL LLL LLL LLL LLL Ld LL ddd -- WINNETKA TRUST SAVINGS and CAPITAL $35,000.00 FORMERLY | BANK OF M. K. MEYER ESTABLISHED 1894 MONEY TO LOAN at 6% on Improved Real Estate. ACCOUNTS respectfully solicited A ~N (B] SAVINGS BANK COMMERCIAL = aa ------------