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TKA WEEKLY T Nearly Everybody In Winnetka Reads The Talk ALK PRICE FIVE CENTS --_-- VOL. VIL NO. 32. HERE'S HOW YOU MUST SEND WAR XMAS BOXES Red WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1918 FOUR PAGES "rench Notables and Peasants Honor Lafayette's Birthday, says Dr. Brown LIBERTY LOAN REPORT INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC Mrs. Allan I. Wolff reports the sub- | PASSES DANGER POINT | scriptions for Liberty bonds accord- ing to districts up to the close of! the "drive", Saturday, October 19, as | Schools and Churches Open Though Cartons Can Be Obtained at Packages Are Also Issued The following notice has been sent through the War Emergency Union from the Red Cross, to the parents of boys in army service overseas: We are sending you instructions as to how to send your boy his Christ- mas box. The enclosed rules have been issued by the Government through the Red Cross and no pack- age will be sent unless the rules are adhered to. The Winnetka Red Cross auxiliary will inspect, wrap and mail your packages. Cartons can be obtained at the Red Cross shop, parish house, where inspection and mailing will be done from Monday, November 4 to . Wednesday, November 20, from 9 to 11 A. M. and from 4 to 6 P. M. The office will also. be open in the even- ing from November 15 to November 20, from 7:30 to 9 o'clock. We will furnish paper and string. Stamps for mailing may be purchas- ed here. Mabel B. Boyden, General Chairman. Fthel M. Hammond, Chairman of Christmas boxes. General Description of Plan . To insure avoidance of duplica- tion and of erroneous addresses, Ar- my authorities, under General Persh- ing, are issuing a Christmas Parcel label to each man. This measure is required by shipping space limita- tions. 2. The men will be instructed to mail this label to home relations, or friends, who upon receiving it will resent it to the nearest chapter or hie headquarters, or such other SR lace as may be desighated by the Sai ted Cross. They will secur / one Sti eae cA Of i 4 3. The person receiving a carton may fill is with any combination of articles which will fit in it, and which are not barred by the Post Office department. When completely pack- ed and ready for mailing the weight of the carton must not exceed three pounds. ; 4. Parcels ready for shipment will be presented at place designated where Red Cross representatives will examine the contents. Bear In Mind These Facts When Packing Christmas Parcels No messages or notes of any kind can be enclosed. Nothing should go in a Christmas parcel which will not keep fresh from the time of packing until Christmas. + Dried fruit and other food products should be packed in small tin or wooden boxes, one quarter to one half pound size. Hard candy, including chocolate, would probably be safe in tin foil or heavy card board, but no soft chocolates nor anything that would possibly be crushed should be used. as the remaining contents of the packages might be spoiled thereby. Several dainties packed in oblong tin boxes, holding a quarter of a pound will provide a better variety for a packet than a larger quantity of a single confection. ; No liquids nor articles packed in glass should be packed in the pack- age. No friction matches or cigar- et lighters. AERO MAIL DIRECTOR French refugee children. The letter reads: { Dear Home Folks :-- In my last letter I promised to write you about how we celebrated the anniversary of Lafayette's birth- day, September 6, for which we had been making many preparations. Well, our fete was a grand success. The day was an especially beautiful one. There had been a good rain, the first in three months, which had washed the dust-laden ivy, i.gray with the plaster thrown down from Ithe roofs. The chateau grounds had {been cleaned of all the debris, the accumulation of years of neglect, the old carriage house was emptied for the Cinema that was sent down from Paris, and here for the first time in their lives, many people had the pleasure of looking at moving pictures, It was a great event for us all. There were films of Chateau Thierry, Alsace, and other places of interest, also one showing our life at Chateau Lafayette, in which your doctor figures several times. The grand salon had been emptied of its 38 beds and cleared for an ex- hibit of laces made in our depart- ment. Prizes were awarded for this work, many samples of which have been sent to America to create a de- mand for this beautiful lace there and so help the poor women who have made it. The band from Clermont came to play for us. They were not the same men who were here on July 14. All of those have had their dearest wish gratified, have been to the front, and some of them have made the supreme sacrifice. Others have been put into service as stretcher-bearers, and have been injured, gassed or killed. A ruling has recent 'made forbidding this as it Ally, heen, band" which all the American boys United States a possibility. others present, was the old guard of the Chateau who has been sick ever since I came and long before. About three weeks ago he prepared to die, but he came to the fete. walking down from the village near the top of the mountain. He was so happy to be there. 1 saw that he had a sandwich and a glass of beer, with- out which no peasants meal is really complete, We had prepared meals for 700 guests but could not provide for all who came. Our luncheon this time was served in a formal manner, in which is to be our family dining room. Here were seated all the representatives of various countries and organizations, including our Mayor who felt it his duty to make a speech which he had carefully written; it was a master-piece and well executed. After luncheon we walked through the old corridors to the front of the chateau where our boys stood in line and one sang "A la noble Amerique" the rest joining in the chorus. Then the French general made a most appealing ad- dress and after finishing he walked up to our General and kissed him on both cheeks, a French custom which is very touching and reverent. He has been through so much and ap- preciates deeply the coming of the Americans. to the assistance of France. He thanked me also for the work I am doing here and so made Winnetka a partaker in our festival. After promising to repeat the Cinema on Sunday for the benefit of many who were not able to be there, our long-looked-for 'celebra- tion closed. It had been a red-letter day in the lives of many peasants as the room | Among avenue, $9,550. | | | | | | : Another of Dr. Alice Barlow- love; but much to the displeasure of follows : | Ban on Public Meetings Is Still Cross Shop, Poa Hows Where Brown's highly interesting letters |the boys themselves whose desire is District No. 1. Elm street, Willow | In Force; Children Under Inspection and Mailing 1 reached the office of the Winnetka | to be at the front. There were street, Railroad tracks, Sheridan | Obsarvatio Be Done Weekly Talk this week. The letter many visitors at the fete, a French, | road, $73,850. | n REE is addressed to friends in the Village | and an American General, Soloneini District No. 2. Willow street, Win- CLUB HOSPITAL : L and is a splendid depiction of the Captains, Marquises, Barons, Counts, netka avenue, Sheridan road, Rail- S CLOSED STARTS MONDAY, NOV. 5 celebration of Lafayette's birthday in| all walks of life represented to do |road tracks, $35,100. PIR ------ the little French village where she! honor to the great man who helped Distiict No. 3. Railroad tracks, | : Rules Concerning Composition of |is conducting relief work among the |to make the independence of the Skokie valley, Hill road, Winnetka New Cases Average About Six Each District No. 4. Hill road, Willow street, Railroad tracks, $48,350. District No. 5, street, Railroad tracks, $39,200. District No. 6. Skokie valley, Elm street, Willow street, $7,350. District No. 7. Railroad tracks, Elm street, Pine street, Skokie valley, $23,400. District No. 8 Railroad Skokie valley, Pine street, Fig street, $21,750. District No. 9. Railroad tracks. Skokie valley, Fig street, $22,250. District No. 10, North avenue, Scott avenue, Railroad tracks, Skokie valley, $53,500. District No. 11. Railroad tracks, Sheridan road, North avenue Scot avenue, $97,900. District No. 12.. North avenue, Pine street, Railroad tracks, $50,500. District No. 13. Railroad tracks, Sheridan . road, Pine street, Elm street, $72,150. District No. 14. Elm street, North avenue, Sheridan road, Prospect avenue, $50,550. District No. 15, East of Sheridan road, north and south of Elm street, $121,100. Headquarters, $106,500. Total amount of subscriptions, $833,000. Quota, $660,000. Star nf Gold Elm street, Willow | Provident avenue, tracks, Edwin C. Larned, son of Mrs. W. C. Larned and the late W. C. Larned, died. Oct i well as dignitaries. With love, From Alice Barlow-Brown. Ww innetka Residents to Hear Gov. Lowden in Talk Favoring Good Roads for Illinois "Pull Illinois out of the mud!" A vigorous and spectacular cam- paign to urge Illinois voters to do just that thing will be launched on October 30, headed by Governor Frank O. Lowden, who will address a public meeting in Evanston at 9 a. m. of that date in Fountain square on the subject of good roads. James A. Patten will preside at the meet- ing. It is expected that 3,000 people will hear Governor Lowden's speech. Wilmette and other north shore municipalities are urged to send offi- cial and lay delegation, to rouse en- thusiasm on the good roads project and stir Voters to indorse at the polls, November 5. the $60,000.000 state bond issue that will give Illi- nois 4,800 miles of smooth, hard highway. : Is Illinois Day Governor Lowden has designated the day officially as "Illinois Good Roads day," and on it he will make two speeches besides the one at Fv- anston. One will be at the Associa- tion of Commerce luncheon at the i La Salle hotel and the other at some | place yet to be decided upon on the south side, Governor Lowden will drive from Chicago to' Evanston with W. G. Edeus, president of the Illinois - AT MEN'S CLUB MEET The Winnetka Men's club will' its first dinner of the year at Cc munity House next Tuesday eveni- October 29, at 7 o'clock. ; ! The speaker of the evening be Captain B. B. Lipsner, director + United States Aero Mail Service « formerly director Military Aero- nautics, U. S. A. Christ Church Reopens iil at Christ church Sunday school reopen on Sunday, October 27. 9:30 o'clock, in the parish house, cor- ner Oak and Linden streets. Start "Gym" Classes rd The Gymnasium classes in Com- munity house will begin next week, Monday, October 28. The Camp Fire Girls and Boy Scouts will also meet. Highway Improvement association. The Evanston committee of arrange- 'tents is A. H. Bowman, John T. Stockton and Perkins B. Bass. The governor has already proved himself a staunch supporter of_ the 'good roads movement. In a state- |ment to the voters of Illinois he in- dorses it warmly and calls attention to its important features. "While our hearts and fortunes are set on the winning of the war. we know that peace will come ultimately, because we are going to win a victory that when peace comes we are going to be ready for it by such wise fore- sight as providing for the great pro- ject of a state system of roads." Must Await War's End It is pointed out that no work of construction will be begun until the close of the war, since all labor and all energy must now be devoted to winning the war. The day is antici- pated, however, when the state and the nation must take the lead in great public improvements to turn business and labor back into normal channels. The entire cost of the proposed bond issue will be paid by automo- bile license fees, which have already been fixed by law. There will be no direct tax, and unless: a man owns a car the project will not cost him a cent. It is estimated that, consider- ing production: transportation and the $60.000,000 will go to labor. In- cidentally, much profitable work will be provided for many of America's returned soldiers after the war, Labor organizations throughout the the good roads movement. Complete in Five Years The details of construction and the location of the roads are to be de- public works. The roads are to be durable and well-paved and the en- tire system will be completed with- in five years after construction be- gins. In the opinion of far-sighted men, if this bond issue fails it will be years before a road system can be completed by other plans. Good roads in Illinois are now only a wish On November 5 voters will have the power to say whether they shall not will force our kind of peace. And become a reality. | FIRST TRAVEL TALK | LECTURE ON OCTOBER 27 The 'first of the Newman Picture lectures will be given Sunday even- ing October 27. Please keep in mind this date. The lecture on Paris will Ravinia Club Meeting The Winnetka committee of the Ravinia club will hold a meeting on Monday, October 28 at 3 p. m., at 776 Prospect avenue, for the purpose of electing officers for the following year. All who are interested are urgently requested to be present. be given then. Mrs. F. R. Greene, chairman. construction, more than $30,000,000 of | state have endorsed enthusiastically | termined by the state department of : Bordeaux, France. e went over- seas with the' American Red Cross, and was buried in the Red Cross cemetery. Mr. Larned was 32 years of age, a graduate of Harvard university, and a member of the University club of Chicago. He was owner of the Loop Garage on Lake street, Chicago. Mr. Larned was a brother of Mrs. Frank W Blatchford, 605 Arbor Vitae road. RED CROSS CALL FINDS WINNETKA WOMEN ON THE JOB Prompt response from Winnetka women to an emergency call from Red Cross headquarters during the past few days has again demonstrat- ed why Winnetka has already won a well deserved place on the Honor Roll of the American Red Cross. On Friday evening, October 18, when a message came to the chair- (man of the Hospital Garment com- mittee, Mrs. George Farnsworth, asking for 5,000 gauze masks to be made at once, 1,000 to be furnished within twenty-four hours, the re- sponse was "We will do it". No time was lost by the heads of Winnetka Red Cross auxiliary in getting the workers ready. Tele- phones began to buzz. Like good soldiers the women dropped their more immediate work for this great= er call. They laid aside their sewing, put off the fall house cleaning and deferred the canning to respond to this emergency need. Saturday morning found them or- ganized with working groups in all sections of the Village. By Satur- day noon 750 masks were ready and by that evening 1,000 were completed and shipped to Chicago. J Each day since then these groups have been working valiantly not only at the parish house but in Hubbard Woods, at the different homes, in Community House and in the differ- ent circles of the Congregational church. Early and late they have worked at this huge order and so well systematized has been the work that these masks have been turned out at the rate of about 1,000 a day and the entire order finished in about five days. It is such a spirit of response that has placed Winnetka in high esteem at Red Cross headquarters... Because of the excellence of the regular work turned out through this auxiliary, Winnetka has been asked to furnish the working models of the hospital garments for the Central Division of the Red Cross. the home eturn, tq, school A She week rs the patient's te Day During Period of Week, says | Health Commissioner | By C. O Schneider, M. D. (Commissioner of Health) | | ; . The epidemic of influenza in Win- netka is showing a slight improve- ment over the past week, as there are now being reported only an average of about six new cases per day. This is quite a fortunate con- dition in view of the fact that church services have been resumed and the schools have all been in session dur- ing the past week, with a good at- tendance. The splendid co-operation of the parents and teachers, together with the fine corps of women working un- der the direction of Miss Garretson, the Visiting nurse, has made it pos- sible to give children the necessary amount of supervision, so that up to the present time the results would seem to indicate that the opening of schools has been fully justified. Must Observe These Rules In our effort to prevent the spread of influenza among children the fol- lowing rules are being enforced, and parents are advised to avoid expos- ing their children to this disease in other communities. 1. Children must not be in school if they have colds, or manifest such symptoms as coughing, sneezi chills, or fever as these are the indications of influenza. 2. Children who have infl must remain at home for one after their temperature becomes mal. 3 3. Children must not be in sch: when there is a case of influenza | | ature has become normal. 4. The children are expected t directly to their homes from s ] There should be no loitering on streets. 3. ; Influenza is still epidemic in Chicago and surrounding com- munities. Therefore, parents are urged to keep their children at home. Parents who take their children away from home on street cars and trains, shopping, or to places of amusement are running the risk of exposing them to influenza. Rules for Grown-Ups Grown people are particularly sus- ceptible to this disease, and for their protection, the State Department of Public Health order and direct that until further notice: 1. Visiting at hospitals is prohibit- ed, except in case of emergency. 2. Public dances and dance halls closed. 3. Night schools closed. (Continued on page four) "WAYSIDE PARK" NOW BELONGS TO WINNETKA The Winnetka Park District has received a deed from Mr. and Mrs. William G. Hibbard conveying to the district the Wayside park at the southeast corner of Willow road and Lake street. ; This property was donated for park purpose more than a year and a half ago but was not then conveyed as the donors expressed a desire to further improve the property before turning it over. Since that time a shelter house has been built, a well for drinking water driven and shrubbery planted. : Winnetka citizens who venture out into the Skokie will find this little wayside park a most attractive spot and feel that the Village is greatly indebted to Mr. and Mrs. Hibbard. The park will form an essential part of the ultimate park system of Win- netka as now outlined. FRANCIS HOUGHETELING IS PNEUMONIA VICTIM Francis Stockbridge Houghteling, oldest son of Mrs. James L.. Hough- teling, 731 Prospect avenue, died Fri- day, October 18, of influenza-pneu- monia. He was 34 years old and un- married. Two weeks ago, because of defective vision, he was rejected for admittance to the artillery qfficers' training camp at Louisville, Ky. Two brothers are inthe service--Captain William Houghteling and Captain James I. Houghteling, Je.