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2 mom om om = WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1917 BR EB Em Nn Winnetka Weekly Talk ISSUED FRIDAY OF EACH WEEK by The Lake Shore Publishing Company 1222 Central Avenue, Wilmette, Ill Business Telephone...... Wilmette 1921 Editorial Telephone. ..... Wilmette 1920 SUBSCRIPTION......... $1.00 A YEAR Strictly in advance Address all communications to the Winnetka Weekly Talk, Wilmette, Ill Anonymous communications will be passed to the waste basket. The same applies to rejected manuscript uniess 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, NOVEMBER 30, 1917 A Sensible Conservation Measure. 'The policy of extinguishing half the lights on Michigan boulevard after midnight as a conservation measure is one that might well be adopted along the whole length of the drive from' Chicago north. The artistic effect of the system of lighting-would suffer somewhat from the turning off of a part of the fix- tures, but the "safety of the people would not be jeopardized in any way and the fuel which it is important that saved in no small measure. * ok kk ok now be conserved would be Sobriety a War Measure. : More than twelve hundred saloons | closed in Chicago since the begin- ning of the enforcement of the Sun-, day closing law and the institution of the regulations which have gone into effect with the threat to the business occasioned by the passage | of the federal law prohibiting the) manufacture of distilled alcoholic beverages, is a record to bring joy to the hearts of the prohibitionists. later tabulated in the war depart- By it it will be possible to call into service men who are equip- ment. ped to do a special bit of work, train- ing and equipment which, under the old system of registration and draft, went to waste. It is a sensible bit of economy which is being put into practice, a piece of efficient manage- ment and attention to detail which is worthy the quality of the foe which we have to meet and defeat. With a similar cataloguing of the talents and training of the woman- hood of the nation through the re- cent registration, the United States will have at hand information upon which to draw for any industrial need which may arise. x kk kk Other Than War Interests. Interest in the enemy which is de- clared, which manifests itself in the recognized ways of warfare, runs high in America. We recognize the ill that the Germans may do to us and exert our every effort to prevent the success of their attempts. Just because our concern for the conditions devel- which have been oped by the war is so keen there is danger that we may neglect condi- tions which are common to our lives every year and the necessity grows to bring and to keep before the pub- lic mind the constant needs of the community. One of these needs is the care of the tubercular in our own state, lest the hard conditions inci- dent to the war make more acute a situation which under any circum- stances is threatening to our national safety and our national development. We must keep in mind the needs We must keep our hands busy with war work. of the men at the front. We must maintain all the agencies which are operating for the benefit of the soldiers and the sailors, but we must not, under this stress, for- get those demands which were made upon us before we were thrown into war. We must remember those un- fortunates who are with us always and supply those needs which are constant and keen. * kk kk Fpund Between the Lines. There are many interesting facts 5 Many things have contributed to;!0 be picked up through reading be- the failure of these twelve hundred | tween the lines, both in the letters vendors of liquor to renew their licenses,--the federal tax, the in- creased cost of distilled liquors, the persistent campaign which is being waged against it by the prohibition workers, the growth of public senti- ment against a thing which impairs the efficiency of the workers of the country and hence weakens it for the prosecution of the work of prepara- tion for war. Effective service in the industrial plants is necessary for the equipment of the Army and Navy with supplies, munitions, ships, everything but the man power, for carrying on a war upon the present I scale of efficiency, is an essential. Such service is incompatible with the |' free use of alcohol and this the na- tion has realized. countries with present. cept for breakfast. which come from the men at the front and from the newspapers of the more associated are nearly the war than we at In these days of discussion of the general subject of the con- servation of foods and the prospects of a general shortage of the coun- tries where people are allied with us, anything which throws light upon the food situation abroad is of unusual significance. In a recent article upon the con- servation of certain materials which appeared in the London Times, the people of England were urged to use no bread with their midday and eve- ving meals, no tea except with the tea meal, and no bacon or ham ex- It is a comfort- . ' s Fr ha A mg assurance which comes with this The New Cataloguing of Man Power. The new plan applying to regis- trants for war service is designed to effect "a more perfect organization," according to the words of the Presi- intimation that our English cousins are still enjoying their four meals a day, that there is still sufficient to permit the observance of the after- noon tea function, that there is no It is intended to find out not only whether a man is fitted for serv- ice in the fighting forces but whether general suffering from hunger there while we are enduring no real priva- tion, no shortage of the things which we are accustomed to have, and no LAWS RESTRICT PERSONS IN KEEPING EXPLOSIVES A Federal license is now required in the United States for the legal possession of explosives, any person having explosives and not holding a license therefor being subject to a fine of $5,000 and imprisonment for one year. Only citizens of the United States and friendly countries may obtain licenses. The purchaser of dynamite must state definitely what the ex- plosive is to be used for when obtain- ing his license,'and will be heid ac- countable for its use as stated and the return of any that may be left. With the strict enforcement of this prevent explosives falling into the hands of evilly disposed persons, and to put a stop to all further dyna- mite plots. U. S. MAY PRINT THEATER TICKETS WITH TAX COUPON Uncle Sam may soon go into the business of printing theater tickets. The object of the government would be to furnish a protection to the pub- lic against the boosting of prices by motion picture houses and theaters. The method would be to print the regular ticket with war tax coupon attached. Julius F. Smietanka, col- lector of internal revenue, told of the plan under advisement. MORE CAVALRY FOR U. S.; ARMY TO BE 3,000,000 War Department estimates, which! provide a large increase in the per- | centage of cavalry units, are being hurriedly completed for presentation to Congress, it was declared this week. The calculations are made on the basis of an army of 3,000,000 men in law the Federal authorities hope to § all branches. If the war continues beyond another eighteen months the fighting forces may be expanded to 5,000,000 or even 7,000,000, it was said. | complished by British tanks in One of the army staff said the idea advance on Cambrai. came insistent from the time of forming large cavalry rescves b news was received of the work a corporated BUILDERS AND GENERAL CONTRACTORS ceived hi BUILDING---THROUGH EFFICIENCY IN CONSTRUCTION. : EXCELLENT FACILITIES FOR PURCHASING 3 MATERIALS AT A LARGE SAVING AND EXPERIENCED BUILDING MANAGEMENT. LET US GIVE YOU A PRICE ON YOUR NEW HOME. 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