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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 7 Jun 1918, p. 6

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A WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1918 Winnetka Weekly Talk ISSUED FRIDAY OF EACH WEEK by The Lake Shore Publishing Company 1222 Central Ave. Wilmette, Ill ... Wilmette 1921 Business l'elephone. . . Editorial Telephone. ..... Wilmette 1920 Winnetka Office Telephone. . Winn. 3K8 SUBSCRIPTION......... $1.00 A YEAR Strictly in advance Address all communications to the Winnetka Weekly Talk, Wilmette, IIL 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, cards of thanks, obituary poetry, notices of entertainments 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, JUNE 7, 1918 A Word To Boys And Girls Within a few weeks the scho the Village hundreds of boys will begin the long 1s of will have closed summer vacation. Some will have found useful employment. Some will have found places in military camps. Some will have determined to pass the summer months in comparative idleness. : Every boy and every girl should have something useful to do for a part of the day each day during the vacation. There are many and un- usual demands being made upon every community, to meet which the people ought to co-operate. Girls may be of much assistance in the summer work of preserving the food which is raised in the war gardens. Indeed, there will be many ways in which high school girls may serve in the community canning kitchen, both to their advantage and to the benefit of the cause for which the "enterprise is being established. Boys will be able to find other quite as useful and wholesome disposition to make of their spare time, and thus, 'during the summer, be able to assist S__ in the community endeavor to make this~Village a helpful factor in win- ning the war, an asset rather than a liability to the nation. It is time now for the boy who wishes to make himself useful to his country and to the community to . look about for the niche in which he will fit for the summer. It is only the very young children who should be summer filled with nothing but play. looking forward to a Living Up To Our Reputation Before we entered the war America had won her reputation, held in al- most every quarter of the globe, of being a nation of money lovers, "dollar chasers", as we were called. Americans themselves have always acknowledged the charge to a degree but have insisted that there is a great and vital difference between being money lovers and being misers. We have loved money because the things that money will buy. Today we are giving asi no other nation has given. Immediately, be- fore the war had really touched us personally, we gave in every drive for funds far in excess of the sum asked of us. There has never been any doubt of a hearty and generous response to the demands which the times create. And all our generosity is in exact accord with the American nature. We like money, and bend for what money will buy, and now the greatest every effort to obtain it, treasure of life is to be bought by the people who have the most money to spend for it, peace, peace for our- ' selves and for those small nations which cannot obtain selves. : Peace and comfort and safety of it for them- and we like | the: men who have gone to fight for it, and those other men who are fighting and dying in the same cause, these constitute the supreme desire of the American people. Is it any wonder that every fund asked to se- cure it is oversubscribed, that the American people are willing to do without those things which they have in the past bought with their dollars, in order that they may have more to give to the war funds, to the Red Cross and to the other relief organ- izations? It is the true American character which stands revealed, a demonstra- ition which it is worth something to have given to the other (1 the world. crease ma I'he increase in the railroad rates income of the trans- It wil crease of the portation systems. end to discourage unnecessary travel, a very time. For the period of the war there is work for every person to deo, work necessary to produce it. That work should not be neglected or inter- rupted is important at this time of necessity for maximum output of whatever is of use to the govern- ment or essential to the civil popula- tion. Needless travel does so intes- rupt and produce such neglect and hence its discouragement is not only wise but needful. This is but a by-product of the change in railroad rates, but it is a change worth considering in the esti- mation of the result which will de- velop from it. ay Feel Food Shortage The British meat shortage is being felt more severely than at any time since war was started. That the shortage is not confined to meats, however, is shown by the fact that effective control of the milk supply is already being considered, in order to meet a possible greater shortage later in the year, and that some sec- tions of English labor are favoring extensions of the compulsory ration- ing system to bread, cheese, and tea. LIMITED MEN CALLED FOR AEROPLANE WORK Exemption Board No. 3 received this week a notice from the adjutant general's office asking for voluntary enlistment of limited service men in the military aeronautics branch, the interesting and healthful. Voluntary enlistments will be accépted up to June 7, when the ranks will be filled | by drafting. These are the men wanted: Loco- motive engineers, linemen, railroad | grade foremen, railroad track fore- | men, wooden bridge carpenters, loco- | motive engineers, firemen, railroad surveyors and railroad instrument | men, telegraphers, draftsment, pile driver foremen, stationary engineers for donkey engines, steam shovel op- lerators, steam fitters, electricians 'auto mechanics, auto drivers, car- !penters. cooks, clerks, railroad brakemen, railroad conductors and a i large number of laborers. The exemption board also received notice that it would be in charge of the enforcement of the "work or fight" edict which goes into effect July 1. Here for the Summer Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Dee of 1222 North State street, Chicago, have moved into the residence at 319 Cen- tral avenue, for the summer months. Mr. and Mrs. Dee have several friends in Wilmette and are well known for their interest in Soldiers' and Sailors' Welfare work at Fort Sheridan and the Great Lakes naval training station. nations of | A By-Product Of Railway Rate In- | will have other effects than the in-; desirable consummation during war | that deserves the time and attention | men to be engaged in spruce pro- duction work for aeroplanes. The notice added that this 6 work is! NEW CONSTITUTION CAMPAIGN OPENS Representative Men from All Paris of the State Urge Revisions The campaign to get a new and up- to-date State Constitution for Illi- nois was opened officially on Satur- day, June 1, at a meeting at the Mid- Day Club in Chicago, which Govern- or Lowden termed "the most re- i presentative gathering of men of all | parties, interests and factions that I | have seen in my lifetime". The oc- jcasion was the first meeting of the newly-formed State Campaign com- | mittee, and more than 130 members | of the Committee, represe of the congressional districts of the ting each | | lief, were present. | Carter presided as chairman of State Con and notable | speeches were made by Gov erpor | Lowden, Justice Cartwright, of the | Illinois Supre Judge Orrin N. the nittee, { Kramer of East St. Louis, B. F. Har- | ris of \Champaign, Senator James | Hamilton Lewis, former Governor | | Edward F. Dunne, Roger C. Sullivan, [Clarence S. Darrow and Judge C. S. | Cutting of Chicago. i "Bancroft is Secretary | On motion of Edgar A. Bancroft, of | Chicago, the Steering Committee was authorized to proceed with the work {of forming a campaign organization | throughout the state by congression- lal districts, in order to bring about {the adoption at the November elec- | tion of the Joint Resolution, passed by both branches of the last General Assembly, for calling a Constitution- al Convention in the state. Horace H. Bancroft, of Jacksonville, who is now serving as assistant director of the Illinois Centennial Celebration. was made secretary of the State Committee. He will open head- quarters at once in Springfield and branch headquarters will be opened in Chicago. Lowden Urges Action Governor Lowden, in his speech, served notice upon the people of the state and all angles of political be- | ne Court, Judge E. C.| | whole state that they cannot hope to cope successfully with the great problems which are bound to arise after the war Tinless they take ad- vantage of the opportunity that will be presentel this fall to secure a new constitution. He said in part: "If the call for a constitutional convention is voted down next fall the people of Illinois must under- great problems growing out of the st and that they are going to face war with their hands tied by an ironglad constitution incapable of amendment and impossible to use. "Insuch an untoward event either the people wil be forced to disregard the mandates of the constitution or the Supreme Court will be driven tc strained interpretations of many of its most antiquated provisions. Any | one who thinks a constitution responsive to the vital needs of the not peoplt is a safeguard has got his ideas considerably mixed. The fact that the war is upon us is to my! mind the most persuasive argument why we should start this year the] | [ slow and cumbersome machinery | necessary to get an up-to-date form of government the war is over." when The chairmen of the various i gressional district committees which | are being formed will meet with the | Steering Committee in Chicago on | June 29, and in the meantime the | work of organizing will be pushed. | as To Prevent Thumb-Sucking. A cardboard cuff around the arm will prevent a child from | sucking its thumb. n habit that is l= | able to cause serious deformity of the mouth, teeth, ~ {i ng tl Ne) >: . N SR Sm ON Strong, Healthy, Vigorous BABY CHICKS 20 breeds on hand daily. Call or write for catalog. MAMMOTH HATCHERY 210 W. WASHINGTON STREET CHICAGO upper | often nose and TH TRUST and SAVINGS BANK WINNETKA MONEY IN HAND means ability to embrace oppor- tunities to make more. There are ways of having money, but The is to earn, the second is to An account with this bank two they must act in concert. first save. will enable you to save from your earnings and to acquire the money to meet opportunities. CAPITAL $35,000.00 Formerly BANK OF M. K. MEYER Established 1894 AR : SWIMMING : 8:00 a. m. Boys, Girls, OTHER ACTIVITIES--Tennis. Adults . . ai For further Swim and AT NEW TRIER THIS SUMMER 1918 Tn Non-Swimmers, Daily Except Saturday Non-Swimmers, Daily Except Saturday . Women, Non-Swimmers, Daily Except Saturday Women, Swimmers, Daily Except Saturday 9:45 a. m. 10:30 a. m. Boys, Swimmers, Daily Except Saturday 11:15 a. m. Girls, Swimmers, 2:00 p. m. Boys, Open, Daily Except Saturday 2:30 p. m. Girls, Open, Daily Except Saturday 8.00 p. m. Men, Monday Evening 8:00 p. m. Women, Wednesday Exening E 8:00 p. m. "Family Night," COST Base Ball. Athletics. Gymnastics . $4.00 Guests--Adults. . . §$ .50 .25 Boys and Girls wunder.18 years, 2.00 Guests--Children . . Telephone Mr. Jackson, Winnetka 588 EE LLC LLL LT | Play JUNE I7TO AUGUST 16 VETER ng 1918 THT SCHEDULE Daily Except Saturday Thursday Evening information RAT Muy 1629 Orrington Avenue Evanston Phone 5886 North Shore Distributor for Franklin Buick and Dodge Brothers of pees al; + a gh vt

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