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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 27 Dec 1918, p. 2

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BER 27, 1918 -- m-- the Strowger system was an under- taker who was in no way connected \ with electrical engineering or with any telephone enterprise. will be a certain day of reckoning unless we in America begin to con- sider those conditions which have 'resulted in Russia and Germany. It is time for us as a people, and for our of charges of extravagance and mis- Undertaker Invented Phone use of public funds, but it should not be the main business of the govern- ment at this time. They can wait. Just now our future welfare rests in the working out of reasonable and right policies and principles to gov- ern our program of reconstruction, and these ought not to have to wait | Winnetka Weekly Talk ISSUED FRIDAY OF EACH WEEK by The Lake Shore Publishing Company 1222 Central Ave. Wilmette, Ill Business Telephone... ... Wilmette 1921 | government as well, to realize that Editorial Yelephone. ..... Wilmette 1920 : Winnetka Oflice Telephone. Winn. UNS what we happen to have a desire for SUBSCRIPTION. ........ $1.00 A via ought to bear some relation to what Strictly in advance we have ability to pay for. Other- 4 inventors who have new ideas which are foreign to their vocations or lines of business may derive en- couragement from the fact that the inventor of the first practical system of automatic telephony was Almon B. Strowger of Kansas City, who took out a patent in 1889. The inventor of 'Many people make all their de- cisions in life without a quorum present, and with no chairman among their ideas. IS YOUR SUBSCRIPTION DUE? qrhddress all communications to the wise we shall find ourselves at the|upon any other duties. { gr 1 2tka Weekly : Vi tte a £ rer | ¢ 4 : Anonymous Communications" wil bo 35g of a age of folly overburdened | If there is found to have been dis- Pd] a passed to the waste basket. he same | by a weigh . x Q X £ i 3 Ace applies to rejected manuscript unless| ~ Weight of debt . honest se of public money in any return postage Is enclosed. plrtigtes] of the businesses incident to the war, | ; . or publication shou reach this otlice | .. . PE & d " : 4 | by Puesday afternoon to insure appears | A Living Memorial To The Heroic | there must be full examination of | . ance in current issue. | D | tl i nc : jus ish- 7 | ead the circumstances and just punish- | f Resolutions of condolence, cards of | Firenit of the offenders But vecords] e €me er eautl u thanks, obituary poetry, notices of | 5 ep : . : i eriteriainmeniy or. other affairs Whets | It is a suitable recognition that will be at hand for examination af- LANTED amidst nature's own beauty m nce charge w e made Or r v e J | . . # A ' a collection taken, will be charged for | Newark, New Jersey, is paying her | ter the more imperative matters have ) man has created a beautiful park ceme- at regular advertising rates. sons who have given their lives in|been cared for, and it is these prob-|1 7 tery. The sunken gardens, the winding Entered in th toffi i : . : . : i H H : : : Hi ad LE postoffice &t Winnetka, the service of their country in plant- lems of domestic and interpational | i paths, and the imposing chapel makes this elass. under the act of March 3. 1879. |ing trees to their memory along the | policies that must be taken up and | spot a vision of beauty. It is indeed a fit- ' 5 new Lincoln Highway, the trees bear- | solved as rapidly as may be, for upon |, ting final resting place for cur beloved ones. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1918 ling bronze tablets upon which is in- | them depends the period of time to || z scribed the name, the military unit!be consumed in the processes of re- MEMORIAI PAR > ' . . . . Destroying Germany's Fleet to which the soldier was attached, the | adjustment that will be preliminary place and date of death.. A living |to the ushering in of the era of nor- We have passed through an era of | memorial to men whose lives have | mal economic conditions. CEME [ ER Y and ANNEX SXpenditnry he Ike of i Cae been spent in a cause which will ec Gross Point Road and Harrison St., V5 Mile West of Evanston never before been known. Millions |hring life more abundant to untold | "BIRD OF PARADISE" Ww : to. visit th v 1 find a1qs € vran! . are small change under the order of | millions of men, women and children,| AT VICTORIA THEATER We Sesh pot 1 oils Oe ivy, Yok wi) the day and people talk of billions as |, : TERT mm ---- A VL te ob Jee 9 : : whose sacrifice will live on for all Fl Ace Rockwell 1 " yourself a family lot--all lots in Memorial Park are if they were to be picked off trees.|time in the changed history of the | «ry Bi dq tp ie RS Rie aRas Ww sold with full perpetual care guaranteed. Suitable easy With this preparation it is perhaps 1d, i ; LER A a mG payments --no interest. Don't miss this opportunity. world, is most appropriate. Tully's drama of Hawaii, is an- natural that there should be the sug-| With the return of the men from | nounced for presentation at the Vic- YOU IRF INVITED gestion that the whole German fleet | the service work upon public im- toria theater for one week starting . be taken into mid-ocean and there! provements is urged by the govern- Sunday Panne: Dossier > with to call or write to the main office, 703 Mai 'uette Bldg. ¥ sunk to avoid the possibility of dis- : a. jpecial matinee BSW Years Cay. and make appointment to have one of our representa- ment and the prosecution of the| Despite the fact that the play is in : ; ; tie the distributi fit it Lid t > ; tives call for you in an automobile to take you to and pute over the distribution of its units | hyilding of the transcontinental high- | its eighth year, there seems to be no from the cemetery. No obligation. Investigate NOW! among the nations involved in the way is planned by those who are jn |S180S of waning Interest with - peace settlement and to eliminate the any ; ) ; theatergoers. Each time the piece has C ] C Cr sti £4 fal reward and ti authority over its construction. The |}cen offered here a new face appears entra em etery ompany 4 question of Ainancia. reward and the | planting of trees by the wayside will {in the leading role. This season 703 Marquette Building, Dept. 8619 Chicago distribution of spoils of battle from | greatly increase the beauty of such | brings Florence Rockwell, as Luana, q 2s pt . g : the deliberations of the council. a driveway and the comfort of those the little Hawaiian princess. Miss Quy pevpetyal cove funils are of, depos vith the 16d ha bable that tl : os Rockwell is best remembered for her 4 ? Y eRITQ STs EONS, 1s more than probabie that the | who pass upon it. Other cities, portrayal in the many Shakespear- awe report of the decision of the Amer-| other states, might well adopt the|ean roles in the support of Robert B. | =] : BE ican delegates to support the sug-|plan of the New Jersey city and| Mantell. Others in the cast are G.| --_-- i gestion of destruction is based upon | create along the highway named in B. Leffingwell, John Walter, Spring r ~ } " $ g ¢ } vitro Yel I: : *hace no proper foundation of truth, but|honor of Abraham Lincoln a splen- Byington, Rose Wasson, Hal Chase, : there is likewise the possibility that it is a reflection of sentiment in some quarters. We cannot, however, believe that there will be any serious consideration of such a disposition of the ships of the German navy un- less there is likewise a provision for the entire naval disarmament, which is not only unlikely but impossible. Nothing seems to be more assured for the future than the fact that the | | = did avenue of trees to thé memory | {of the men who also laid down their | | lives, martyrs to the cause of free- | | dom for oppressed peoples. | Ee | No More Volunteer Armies i Provost General Crowder says that | | there will be no more volunteer ar-| that will hence-| { forth rule in the calling of men for | mies conscription Charles Bird, and the five Hawaiian | singers and players. { | SKOKIE MEMBERS READY FOR BUSY i SEASON IN 1919 | . Under the leadership of President | F. E. Compton, the Skokie Country | club is making plans for a busy sea- | son, both socially and on the golf | course. Improvements on the course will! WINTER SPECIALS PERFECTION OIL HEATERS four sizes $5.65 $6.70 $8.15 $8.50 Galvanized Snow Shovles, strengthened by strong iron braces, at before the war prices, small, 18 inch, $1.25 large, E. B. TAYLOR & CO. Winnetka, Phone Win. 999 21 inch, $1.50 Ss c : : | be given primary consideration, al- building of ships of war will go on | military 3 S 3 : ; ad | : hg? I ; ® | military service. | though since it was remodeled by D. | in the future much it has as on in the past. There is no dis- tos : ' es ; . position on the part of any people|war, unanimously agreed that in n gone | The American people accepted | conscription at the beginning of "the | ol "to* surrender the protedtion of their | other way could the burde ports and the assurance of commerce | be justly distributed. under any contingency. The peace conference is supposed to be a body of men bent upon sett- ling by mutual agreement the many vexed questions that will come be- fore it. To give up the problem of a settlement of the question of the dis- position of the German fleet without any attempt to solve it speaks but poorly for the capacity for arbitra- tion and compromise which ought to be characteristic of the represent- atives of the assembly if the peace conference is to be anything but a bargain table. The Need of Economy rai \ There is one thing to which all peogl¢ agree theoretically and few practice really, the need of the coun- try and the individuals that compose the country to exercise that economy which is needful safely over the difficult are ahead. Just before the armistice was sign- ed a great many people had really made up their minds to practice eco- nomy throughout the period of the war. Women were inclined to wear their old clothes, quite as much as a matter of principle in many cases as of a desire to save money. Men were giving up' luxuries which they had practiced without thought in other days. Households were run on lines of closer economy and "doing one's own work" became almost a mark of distinction. But the coming of peace has changed all that. We have for- gotten our good resolutions and have begun again upon the old ways of extravagance and easy spending. It is reflected both in our private lives and in the public, in the home as in the government. We must in some way regain the ground upon which we were just get- ting a foothold if we are to save the country from disaster during the hard period of the readjustment of all our social and industrial structure. There to tide us days that | gallant youths enlisted before the n of service | Many of our | passing of the draft law, fearful that the stain upon the conscript of the Civil War days would be still exist- ent. But there was no feeling what- ever that the man who waited to be assigned by the government to the task which he was chosen to do had tried in any way to avoid his full duty to his country. There is no argument for the vol- unteer system of securing an army in an emergency. It does not provide adequate material in a short time. It does not secure to the government the right to place a man where he can be of the greatest service. It does not effect a just distribution of duty. It does still, in a measure, preserve the romantic idea of rushing to the service of the colors, and hence a little of the romance of war, but war | as we have learned to know it since | 1914 has little romance unreplaced by | science, and the draft system of raising an army is far more in ac- cord with a condition in which scien- tific considerations prevail. The draft system is the only one for a democracy, for it is the only one which imposes the duty of pro- tection of the country and its insti- tutions upon every class alike. Let Investigation Wait The investigation of the expendi- tures at the Hog Island ship build- ing plant reveals a waste of money in construction that is disturbing to the 'people of America who have provided the funds with which this and other war material manufactur- ing enterprises have been financed. But it astonishes no one, for it has been fully understood that money has been the last consideration in the breathless program of prepara- tion for war that the United States by the circumstances of our late participation in it was compelled to pursue. «call Justice demands the investigation Ross no player, professional or] amateur, has been able to equal the par of 70. There area few holes which can be improved, and they will receive attention this spring. When these alterations are completed, the Skokie members believe they will have one of the best courses in the middle west. The greens were in good shape last fall, but under the supervision of Stewart Gardner, the Old Elm pro- fessional, who has been engaged in an advisory capacity, it is expected the turf will reach perfection. Phil Gaudin, the new professional, is an experienced greenkeeper having had charge of a thirty-six hole course in England before coming to the On- wentsia club. Makers of Heroes Emerson says, "Times of heroism are generally times of terror." They show true character. It seems that human nature needs a test to show the stuff it's made of. Spirits of heroic mold often lie dormant until aroused by a mighty challenge. It seems as though there is some mili- tarism of the soul that waits the fife and the measure of the drum beat. Not fear but lack of occasion keeps the latent might unconscious of itself. But let the need call and the sleeping giant rouses and strides forward to the dismay of petty puppets of annoyance. Mrs. Percy Andrews of Lake ave- nue entertained at a family dinner on Christmas Day. OLDSMOBILE Expert . ALL CARS Repairing STORAGE PARTS RD. Cunvingham 810 Church!Street, Evanston [Phone 4884p» FORD SERVICE Telephone Winnetka 85. ~ N. J. FELLOWS, Registered Optician | EyesiTested, Spectacles and Eyeglasses Fitted Lenses Duplicated Optical Repairing of All Kinds Hours: 9:00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M. Room 3, Prouty Bldg., Winnetka ESE EIR TUTTE asad NE IRN Bell System Eliminating the Waste O win the war we must cut out the waste. It is not suffi- cient that we save food, coal and money; we must save the wear and tear on our industrial machinery and industrial organizations. A useless telephone call not only wastes the time of the persons talking and the operator, but it ties up a line which might be needed for an important message having to do with winning the war. Cut out useless calls. Use the service freely when it is really necessary. CHICAGO TELEPHONE COMPANY

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