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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 27 Mar 1920, p. 11

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\ WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1920 Gidea sae 5 Activities oF a =H NTELLIGENT, up-to-date women are finding every oppor- N Bl tunity of becoming better informed and more conversant about the great Economic and Political questions that are | being so generally discussed today. It is for this purpose that a township course of lectures for the political education of women is to be given in April, on Tuesdays and Fridays, from the 9th to the 27th, inclusive, the last date however, falling on a Monday. The committee in charge is to be congratulated upon being able to secure such interesting and well known lecturers for the course. The subjects, too, have been carefully chosen. The time of meet- ing is in the afternoon at 2:15 o'clock. The dates are as follows: Friday, April 9. Winnetka Woman's club. "How the Nation is Financed." Prof. H. C. Secrist. Tuesday, April 13. Wilmette Woman's club. "Proportional Representation with a Model Election." Mr. Walter J. Millard. Friday, April 16. Kenilworth Woman's club. "Fundamentals of American History." Prof. James A. James. Tuesday, April 20. Glencoe Woman's club. the Immigrant." Miss Grace Abbott. Friday, April 23. Winnetka Woman's club. "The History and Significance of the Political Parties." Prof. P. O. Ray. Monday, April 26. Wilmette Woman's club. "The Struggle for a New American Foreign Policy." Prof. William E. Dodd. Any further information may be obtained by communicating with any member of the committee: Mrs. Dwight C. Orcutt, Mrs. Charles F. Pearce, Mrs. Albert Olson, of Glencoe; Mrs. James Porter, Mrs. Morris Greeley, Miss Elizabeth Gemmell, Mrs. W. J. Huddle, of Winnetka; Mrs. IL. M. Allen, Mrs. Mark Cresap, Mrs. Frank Chaffee, of Kenilworth; Mrs. John Clark Baker, Mrs. Wallace W. Kerr and Mrs. Charles N. Hurlbut, of Wilmette. Tickets will be on sale at the Wilmette Woman's club on March 31, at the Winnetka Woman's club on April 1, and also on the date of the first lecture, April 9, at the Winnetka Woman's club. ad "The Problem of Mrs. B. F. Langworthy of Winnet- ka has been leading discussions be- fore various gatherings of women on the north shore regarding the "So- cial Standards and Dress of the High School Students." During the discussion it was brought out that many mothers do not give enough time to their chil- dren so that all the entegtainments and amusements must be gotten out- side the home, that this should not Chicago is to have its first big Bird House Exhibit and if the people of Chicago respond as the women's clubs hope they will, it will be an an- nual affair. The idea was conceived and carried out by the Conservation Committe of the Second District of the Illinois Federation of Women's clubs, Mrs. Theron Colton, chairman. The whole movement is one for the protection of our wild Birds and the conservation of our trees. And this be the case and that the different can best be brought about by teach- ing the children to love and care for the birds. The women have interested the grammar schools all over Cook coun- ty in starting Bird House contests. The best house from each school will be chosen and sent to the bif exhibit to be held March 29--April 3, at Marshall Field's. The exhibit opens with a large luncheon at Field's at which club members and any of their friends in- terested in conservation will be present. The speakers will be men and women in conservation work. This will be followed by a reception at which Mrs. W. L. Arnold, State Chairman of Conservation, and Mrs. Charles Ross, President of the Sec- ond District will be hostesses. 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