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ds \W HH FP va A Ie FRIDAY, AUC ui ' Winnetka Weekly Talk ISSUED FRIDAY OF EACH WEEK by The Lake Shore Publishing Company 20 Prouty Annex, Winnetka, IIL Telephone Winnetka 388 SUBSCRIPTION......... $1.00 A YEAR Strictly in advance Address all communications to the Winnetka Weekly Talk, Winnetka, IIL Anonymous communications will be passed to the waste basket. The same rpplies to rejected manuscript unless return postage is enclosed. Articles for publication should reach this office by Tuesday afternoon to insure appear- ance in current issue. Resolutions of condolence, card of thanks, obituary poetry, notices of en- tertainments or other affairs where an admittance charge will be made or a collection taken, will be charged for at regular advertising rates. Entered in the postoffice at Winnetka, Illinois, as mail matter of the second class, under the act of March 3, 1879. FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1917 Improvements in the Postoffice. Improvements in the postoffice equipment, to be followed by com- mensurate improvement in the serv- ice of the institution to the pub- lic, will be gladly welcomed in the city. For several years the public has been impatient of the quality of the service which has come out of the local postoffice and has borne with what equanimity and accepted with what indulgence could be sum- moned, the delay and various diffi- culties which often accompany the transmission of mail matter, because of the frequent claims of the inad- equacy of the equipment and the in- sufficiency of help permitted by the government. It is particularly gratifying now to know that these trying times are over and that the installation of the additions to the service will give to the city the enjoyment of first class service in the postoffice. EEEEE The President at the Helm. President Wilson is showing a de- termination to hold in his own hands the reins of government which ex- poses him to criticism from some quarters of desiring to exercise auto- cratic powers in a war which affects to be in the interests of democracy. Such criticism should not be digni- fied by consideration by thinking people. It is understood that there must be a directing head to any or- ganization which hopes to achieve an object and war requires such an organization as is necessary for the carrying on of no other enterprise. There must be a guiding hand and a willing co-operation between all the parts of the machine of organ- ization that there may be the ut- most efficiency and perfect working of parts which brings success in the end. So far in the management of the nation in its course towards mili- tary preparation the president has shown a comprehension of the con- ditions and the needs of the country and a disposition to use his power wisely which deserves and has won the confidence of the people. In nothing has he more demonstrated his conception of the duties of his high office than in his tendency to put in positions of responsibility men who have shown their power to fill them properly. Complaint be- cause of the maintaining in cabinet positions of men who have not the entire confidence of the public is hased upon a wrong conception of the principles which are guiding the president. This is a time for the de- velonment of system and plans of action, not for the framing of pol- icies of government or of military tactics. The men in the cabinet, even those who have in some meas- ure earned the condemnation of the people of the United States, are not essential to the framing of the pro- gram which is being carried out with When the makes demands dispatch and efficiency. time comes which upon the heads of the departments of the government, demands beyond the power of the present holders of the several portfolios to meet, the record of the president thus far en- courages us to believe the removal of the inefficient will be brought about and the establishment in their stead of men who are deemed equal to the duties of the office, effected. The avoidance of hurry in a situ- ation which demands the utmost haste compatible with sound judg- ment is the president's most con- spicuous characteristic in his man- agement of the nation's affairs in this period of activity. It is the char- acteristic which will, in the end, bring into the places where they are most needed the men of the nation best fitted to meet the unusual de- mands of the times. If the public will exercise some measure of' the patience and judicious deliberation of the president we shall have a com- bination of executive ability and co- operation of parts which will make America the efficient nation which it ought to be. EEE EE Government Bulletins. The revival of interest in the home preservation of fruits and vegetables is a wholesome result of the food conservation movement, as is any- thing which intensifies the relation of women to their homes and fam- The ship between the bulletins of the ilies. increased acquaintance- government and the housewives of the nation is an accompanying ben- efit which will extend to the period following the present abnormal time. The nation maintains at great ex- pense a system of experiment sta- tions in which work is constantly being carried on by experts to for- ward knowledge of just the things which housewives and those who produce food materials should know. The very great effectiveness of which achieved because there has been a failure of the public to take that in- terest in the report necessary to dis- semination of the principles proved and set forth. The calling of these pamphlets to the attention of the general public, and particularly to that of the women, is a wartime work which will outlast the war in benefit to the nation. = War Registration of Women. The registration of the women of the north shore is under considera- tion of the local war unions, as a step towards the proper organization of the work which women may be called upon to do in the period of the war which is soon to change the character of our industrial system and to put new hands at work in many kinds of work considered to be, in the past, the sphere of men. Women will be asked to register their names with the work which they are equipped to do if there is need for them to take a hand in the absence of men or in the new work which the war creates. They are asked to consider their talents and to catalogue their powers for the benefit of the council of defense, so that, if the demand should arise, the men who are in charge of this un- official war work may know where to look for women to perform a cer- such work is capable has never been | tain duty which needs to be done. The danger of such a registering of the possibilities of women's work lies in the inability of the women themselves to gauge their own pow- ers, to know whether or not their work is sufficiently near to perfect to have a real value to the nation, the likelihood that many women will register for work which they have not the time to perform, the possi- bility of the neglect of important home work for the doing of some- thing which in reality is less im- portant to the nation than strict at- tendance upon the proper duties of These are the points which women should the women to their families. avoid in signing their names and listing their talents for the use: of the war council. A registry that tells anything but the truth, which creates a reliance upon power which does not exist, is very far from being an advantage to war councils in their work of regu- lation of the local affairs of the com- munity under their supervision. An Appeal to Boys David Star Jordan Your FIRST DUTY in lifevis toward your AFTERSELF. So live that your AFTERSELF-- the MAN you OUGHT TO BE--may in his time be possible and actual. Far away in the years he is wait- His BODY, his BRAIN, He ing his turn. his SOUL are in your hands. cannot help himself. WHAT WILL YOU LEAVE FOR HIM? Will it be A BRAIN dissipation. A MIND trained to-think and act, A NERVOUS SYSTEM, true as a dial in its response to the truth unspoiled by lust of about you? ada Will you, Boy, let him come as a man among men in his time? Or will you throw away his in- heritance before he has had a chance to touch it? Will you turn over to him A BRAIN distorted, A MIND diseased, A WILL untrained, A SPINAL CORD grown through and through with the devil-grass of that vile harvest we call wild oats? THIS IS YOUR PROBLEM IN LIFE; the problem of more impor- tance to you than any or all others. HOW WILL YOU MEET IT, as a MAN or as a FOOL? "WHEN YOU ONSWER THIS, WE SHALL KNOW WHAT USE THE WORLD CAN MAKE OF YOu. JOFFRE IN MONTREAL London Chronicle A pretty story comes from Canada concerning Marshal Joffre and the Roman Catholic archbishop of Mon- treal. Greeting the marshal, the archbishop said: "Generally it is the soldier who kisses the hand of the prelate. Today it is fitting that the prelate should kiss the hand of the great soldier." TRENCH STUFF Richmond Times-Dispatch "That 'ere Sammy's an educated toff from 'Arvard," said Tommy At- kins, leaning on his spade. "I'm jolly well weary of 'is learnin', too, that I am. We're ordered to throw up trenches along the Marne, and as 'e picks up 'is spade, th' bloomin' college blighter says, says 'e: 'Well, Tommy. come on; it looks like we're infra dig!' And wot I says is: 'Blarst a college education anyhow, eh?" : Conscription's Adva ntege Philadelphia Bulletin Your C i "The advantage of conscription," said ex-President Taft, "is that it puts every man in the place best fitted for him. "It's like the case of the captain of the man-of-war. He saw a new hand loafing by the rail. "'What was this life?" he demanded. ."'A milkman, sir, was the reply. ""Then," roared the captain, 'to the pumps with him at once!" Incorrigible Dackward? Nervous? Timid? chap in civil UNDRLDS of parents the wonderful Centr Method of instruction, | dreds of children e..joy thele Our advanced methods domo just teach music -- they dev a" that is good in the child. > A Ready Witted Parson . ter men and women of our bj 3 girls. The Centralizing Me Boston Transcript endorsed by leading educates the sake of your child's futur : should investigate the Cent The evening lesson was from the Method. Many testimonialsi € Book of Job and the minister had peighborhood. ; a just read, "Yea, the light of the 5 n wicked shall be put out," when The Centralizing o immediately the church was in total School of Musi darkness. : A . 20 East Jackson Boule I "Brethren," said the minister with : y ; ; hs ' Wilmette Branch, - - Brown C scarcely a moment's pause, "in view Kenilworth Branch. . Robins of the sudden and startling fulfill- ! J ment of this prophecy, we will spend A a few minutes in silent prayer for the electric lighting company." n Selected. a When a "Cookery Book to Make t the World Free for Democracy" fails t to include Diplomatic pudding among Dn its wartime recipes, suspicion natur- A ally rests upon the censor. b S Er TE I OB i Wilmette 195 a TELEPHONES Chicago Central 948 5 i McLaughlin & Kerwin Producers of By SAND and GRAVEL I Pits at Gross Point, Ill. I Morter and Washed Torpedo Sand C 29 S. Lasalle St. CHICAGO f A ------------------ vacation. t or more extended jo iY the Electric. Runs d CEI EERERENENEENER Second Street and f enue. Makes convenient nections with interurban tric trains on T.M.E. line for Wisconsin Sum points such as Wau Beach, Peewaukee, Delf and Oconomowoc. A LIMITED NUMBER OF YOUNG WOMEN WILL BE EMPLOYED TO TAKE TRAINING FOR HANDLING OUR FALL AND WINTER IN- CREASE IN LOCAL AND. LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE WORK. WE PAY SALARIES WHILE LEARN- ING. FREQUENT ADVANCES IN SALARY, EXCELLENT WORKING CONDITIONS, COMFORTABLE REST ROOMS, AND BENEFITS IN CASE OF SICKNESS MAKE TELEPHONE WORK HIGHLY DESIRABLE. ADVANCEMENT INTO POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY, WITH CORRES- PONDING ADVANCES IN SALARY. YOUNG WOMEN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 AND 25 YEARS APPLY TO THE CHIEF OPERATOR AT WILMETTE. CHICAGO TELE- COMPANY. money. And the Electric is the clean, quick and comfo way to Bo. Bh. 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