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2 LT RE WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1917 Winnetka Weekly Talk ISSUED FRIDAY OF EACH WEEK by 3 The Lake Shore Publishing Company 1222 Central Avenue, Wilmette, IIL 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 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, DECEMBER 7, 1917 Let Us Be Sure of Our Facts. It is unavoidable, as it is regret- table, that under the present state of strain on nerves and patience, there should be some tendency to suspicion, sometimes justified, sometimes not. It is necessary, of course, that there should be every precaution exercised to prevent any deed of hostility to the government, to curtail the spread of enemy propaganda, but there must be, at the same time, such self-con- trol and good judgment exercised as to protect the inoffensive alien from injustice on the part of the public. In the recent excitement in New Trier High school relative to the re- ported inattention of a German teacher whom the pupils have con- sidered perhaps not entirely loyal to the government of the United States, it has been regrettable that the judg- ment of pupils should have run coun- ter to that of the principal of the school, that there should have been the opinion of the school authorities, has raised this question which, in no real foundation in fact. It should be constantly borne in mind by patriotic citizens that much harm may come from the unthinking expression of doubts. Correction of mistakes which are made can never undo the wrong done, retraction of statements can never be as far-reach- ing as the first utterance. It is es- sential that every patriot be con- stantly upon the watch for evidence of disloyalty, but it is equally es- sential that there be a reserving of judgment until the truth of suspicion is established by those who are in a position to know the full facts. CT Hybrid Cookery. Many well meant attempts to com- ply with the demands of the times and of the food administration for the conservation of the food materi- als which it is necessary to spread to cover not only our needs but those "of our Allies are launched, both by private individuals and by public ef- fort. are those which have for their pur- Among the misspent energies pose the demonstration of new meth- ods of using corn meal, intended to extend the employment of the prod- uct of corn to save the flour of the wheat which is necessary for ship- ment abroad. Most of the formulae which are presented by the public demonstra- tors of corn meal are based upon the use of a relatively large quantity of wheat flour, also, as well as of fat, sugar and eggs. These recipes are, according to anyone who has had ex- perience with the corn breads made in the South, based upon an errone- ous assumption that there is neces- sary in the mixture other flour than The combination is one not used by those who habitually eat corn bread. There is needed no wheat corn meal. flour, no sugar, no eggs to make the corn breads of the South, and no other corn bread will be sufficiently well liked to prosper in the cam- paign now being made to institute its general use. Much of our food conservation ef- forts are entirely misdirected, like this of the creation of bread from All sorts of recipes professing the virtue of be- corn meal and white flour. ing without this, that or the other in- gredient usually associated with it, are being presented with a claim to public attention. The pumpkin-less pumpkin pie is a fair example of the value of much of this hybrid cookery, a concoction of corn meal, eggs, but- ter, sugar, cream, and various other all more needed in our food economy materials, more expensive and "| than the pumpkin, for which there is no other use than the making of pies. Housewives should not be stam- peded by the ingenuity which pro- duces these strange products of the kitchen. tion of the good old variety of com- It is a time for the applica- mon sense to all the innovations which are brought out in the name of A few The great ma- economy and conservation. will stand the test. jority will not. Let us learn to dis- criminate. * xk kT% Promiscuous Gathering of Children. Almost every day's newspaper from Chicago records new cases of diph- theria in the city. Nevertheless, there held classes for children, story hours in are being regularly knitting the big department stores, and soon the playrooms will be filled with lit- tle people whbse mothers leave them under the care of the attendant while do the which has they shopping brought them to the city. It is a ery great convenience to the mother who has no servant to leave in charge of the childrea while It is a pleasant diversion for the children she makes her trip to the loop. to have a trained story teller to amuse them while mother shops. It is, perhaps, not a bad thing to teach little fingers to knit. But it is cer- tainly an unwise practice to group children promiscuously in a large city when there is present in that city all are many centers of infection with the diseases to which children particularly susceptible. Individual mothers cannot be relied upon to protect the children of the city from the danger which lurks in these public gatherings. Convenience, ignorance and thoughtlessness, taken for the Action by the health authorities alone together, account practice. could effect an elimination of these public gatherings of children under conditions unknown to anybody, and the health authorities certainly should take in hand the situation. Wo, a 8 od As to Square Pegs and Round Holes. Many 2 man nas gone through life a failure because he has been a square To the bitter- ness of failure is added the unhappi- peg in a round hole, ness of doing day after day an un- congenial task, doing incompetently the work which fate seems to have decreed, when there is the sense that in some other line of activity there would be found pleasure and satis- faction and the success which comes to the competent. This is exactly what the War De- partment is seeking to avoid in the making up of the army to serve in France and the industrial army to serve at home, the object of the se- lective draft. The drafting of men into service for digging trenches who are, for instance, trained shipbuild- ers, represents a clear waste of ability and education. It is putting a square peg in a round hole, setting a man at an uncongenial task when he has a capacity for service in another way in which he would be competent and of vastly greater value to the coun- try. It is natural that the physically fit should wish to have a place in the line. There is the danger, there the new need, there the work which can be done only by the best that the country can produce. This is the sen- timent which must be overcome if we are to find men willing and glad to render service in the shipyards, in, the munitions plants. It is not fair to brand as cowards men who are set LLL LL LTT Fe 2d dd dd 2d a diya Zs i 2d 7 dd dd Ee dd ddd 770 2 adie? YOU don't have to have a, frozean raditor and engine this winter. You don't have to use an anti-freeze. You don't have to have radiator covers. 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With an indiscriminate drawing of men into the fighting forces for overseas service, and the filling of the ship- yards and munitions plants and tex- tile factories with those who fail to pass the physical examination or are for other reasons exempted from active service, there will be a certain defeat of the great efficiency of the army and an assured pyolongation of the war, with victory less a mat- ter of course than under the newly adopted plan of draft. * kx k *x % ANNOUNCE NEW RULES ON DRAFT QUESTION (Continued from page vt. ) so applying, subject to the limita- tions as to disclosures provided in the foregoing section 11. Deferred Classification. The government has thrown an- other difficulty in the way of those who are seeking deferred classifica- tion by requiring each local board to note a recommendation on the back of every questionnaire which con- tains such a claim. Heretofore the clai mwas made by the registrant without let or hindrance on the part of the local board, but rule 32 pro- vides: "If claim is made for deferred clas- sification on the ground of engage- ment in industry or agriculture (whether there be any other claim or not), the local board shall in all cases indorse upon the questionnaire, in| the place provided (p. 16), its recom- mendation as to the merits of such claim and its findings as to any fact bearing on such claim as it desires to have considered in support of such recommendation." High School Play. The members of the New Trier High School Dramatic club will pre- sent "Rabina in Search of a Hus- band" Friday night at the school auditorium. 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