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WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK Nearly Everybody In Winnetka Reads The Talk VOL. IX, NO. 41. WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1920 EIGHT PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS RECORD ATTENDANCE « AT MEN'S GATHERING One of the Largest Audiences on Rec- ord Hears Interesting Discussion and Demonstration of Char- acter Reading AID EUROPEAN RELIEF Response to Rev. J. A Richard's Appeal Loosens Purse Strings in Lightning Fashion "Characterology" was the dominat- ing subject at the regular December meeting of the Winnetka Men's club, Tuesday evening, at Community house. The discussion was led by L. Hamilton McCormick, character reader and author, who has devoted forty years in the development of a method of scientific character analy- sis. Following a talk on character read- ing, Mr. McCormick gave some prac- tical demonstrations by selecting "subjects" from the audience. The discussion attracted one of the largest gatherings of men in the his- tory of the village. Anyone Can Do It "The reading of charcter can be as accurately and as scientifically con- ducted as a chemical analysis," Mr. McCormick told his audience. His book , "Characterology," he said, "sets forth plainly and simply the rules by which every person of aver- age education can learn to read char- acter at a glance." . 5 "If you are ambitious or studious, he concluded, "if you want to know more about men and what they are, if you wish to surpass your fellow- men, you will find 'Characterology an interesting study and an invalu- able instrument with which to carve out success." Following the address of the even- ing the Rev. James Austin Richards, pastor of the Winnetka Congrega- tional church, spoke briefly in behalf of the Herbert Hoover European Re- lief Fund for the stricken people of central Europe. His words of ex- planation concluded with an appeal for contribution from the audience. . Season of. Giving The urgent appeal caught a lightn- ing response from the men. "I'll give 100 dollars right now if ten men will give $10 apiece," shouted one villager. Within ten minutes the Hrbrt Hoover Fund was richer by $386. All week the money has been coming in through the mails to the Richards home. The evening's program was pre- ceded by the regular monthly dinner and fellowship gathering. Charles L. Byron, president of the Men's club, presided over the activities. SCHOOL KIDDIES ENJOY MANY CHRISTMAS FETES Instead of general Christmas exer- cises the Winnetka public schools celebrated with many small parties in the individual rooms. Christmas trees, wreaths, and all sorts of Christmas ornaments decorated all the school rooms. Parents joined with the children and teachers in the singing of songs and playing of games. Miss Chester's work in dra- matics bore fruit in the many little plays given by the children during their Christmas parties. ; ~The schools dismissed for the holi- days Wednesday afternoon. They will open Monday, January 3. CONGREGATIONALISTS IN CHRISTMAS DAY SERVICE Today at 10 o'clock the usual Christmas morning service will be held in the Congregational church with Christmas hymns and anthems, Christmas prayers and a short Christmas talk. A feature of the ser- vice will be the announcement of what the church has raised during the past week for the saving of the lives of the suffering children of Eu- rope. XMAS TREE WARNING Residents of Winnetka who still decorate their Christmas tree with lighted candles are warned by the local fire authorities to exercise great care in keeping the candles from in- flamable decorations and other ma- terial. TELEPHONE POLE BURNS A telephone pole at Mt. Pleasant road and Ridge avenue was slightly damaged Tuesday evening by a fire caused by defective ground wires and the severe storm. REMEMBER THIS: $10 WILL SAVE A LIFE! Winnetka Congregational Church Members Donate More Than $1,000 to European Fund. One of the largest congregations ever seen in the Congregational church last Sunday morning made glad response to the appeal to help save the starving children of Europe. The church had officially set aside its Christmas Sunday offering for the European Relief council, under the chairmanship of Herbert Hoover. In the work of this council ninety-seven and one-half cents out of every dol- lar actually goes to the children for food and medicine, and every ten dollars contributed saves a life of a starving child until next harvest. Get "Guest" Cards The church prepared a beautiful window card with lines reading, "This Home Is Entertaining an Invisible Guest for Christmas," and each home providing ten dollars for this cause was asked to display one of these cards, not as a matter of pride, but to announce the happiness it is find- ing at Christmas time and to offer others the same joy. During the week further gifts have come in to the church office and cards have been obtainable there by all en- titled to them. Donations Exceed $1,000 Well over $1,000 came in on the church plates last Sunday and the week's work shows a splendid gain over that. Further opportunity to contribute will be given at the Christmas Day service tomorrow at 10 and a feature of that worship will be an announcement of the total amount the church has raised, and the last opportunity to obtain these cards will be given. Remember $10 saves a life. NO LIGHTS ON BICYCLE; RIDER NOW IN HOSPITAL Failure To Take Precautions Results in Accident to Anthony Hogle; Struck by Auto Failure to have the precautionary lights on his bicycle while riding in the streets after nightfall resulted in injury to Anthony Hogle of Provident avenue Wednesday when he was struck and seriously injured by an automobile driven by Welmarth Ickes of Hubbard Woods, at the intersec- tion of Pine street, Prospect and Lin- coln avenues. Ickes immediately took the injured man to the Evanston hospital where, though definite report of his condi- tion could not be obtained, it was said the injuries would probably not prove fatal. Chief of police Peterson has rep- eatedly issued warnings regarding the riding of bicycles after dark without the precaution of lights. Persons who fail to heed these warn- ings are liable to arrest without notice and to a fine. This is a safety measure and should be observed by every cyclist for his own protection. HARVARD GLEE CLUB IN CONCERT AT NEW TRIER Noted Singing Organization Offers Offers Entertainment to North 'Shore Residents Monday. Monday afternoon, December 27, at 2:30 o'clock, in the New Trier High school auditorium, the Harvard Glee club is to render an afternoon en- tertainment to the residents of the township. This glee club has country and has commendations. It is sincerely urged that everyone take advantage of this opportunity. Tickets for students and children are on sale with Mrs. Cotton, at the High school. Tickets for residents of the north shore were placed on sale today. traveled the many favorable SMALL ROOF FIRE The fire truck was called out Sun- day morning to extinguish a blaze in the roof of the William Edwards residence at 428 Linden street, caused by sparks from the chimney. A dam- age of approximately $25 resulted from the fire. GARAGE DAMAGED BY FIRE A garage at the home of village president John S. Miller, Jr., 827 Pros- pect avenue, was partially destroved by fire Tuesday afternoon. The blaze f was caused by a short circuit in the | given "hy the Winnetka fire depart- electric wiring. The loss sustained [ment wiil be held at the Community ouse Saturday evenin : amounted to approximately $200. ii Timely Warning CHRISTMAS SERVICES ATTRACT VILLAGERS A warning against holiday fires in the home was issue today by State Fire Marshal John G. Gamber. "Every year many children are burned to death by fire from Christ- mas candles," reads the warning. "Do not decorate the Christmas tree with paper, cotton or any other in- flammable material Use metalic tin- sel and non-inflammable decorations only. Set the tree securely so that it will not tip over. "Do not use cotton to represent snow. Use powdered mica or asbes- tos fiber. "Do not permit children to light or relight the candles. They are apt to set fire to their clothing or to the tree. Keep matches out of reach of children. "Do not allow tree inside of build- ing after holidays, as the needles, when dry, ignite readily. "Electrical illumination is the safest when the equipment is stand- ard and properly installed." Harve G. Badgerow Heads Insurance Body Winnetka Leader Is Elected Pres- ident of Insurance Federation of America, Inc. Winnetka men are leaders in prac- tically every important field of act- ivity. Harve G. Badgerow, 576 Arbor Vitae road, leading Chicago Insur- ance man, is the latest resident to re- ceive national recognition for ex- ceptional service in his chosen field having been recently elected pres- ident of the Insurance Federation of America Inc. at a meeting in the Hotel Astor, New York City. A news report of the meeting says of Mr. Badgerow: "Following the election he took the chair and made a graceful speech of acceptance. Al- most from the beginning of the fed- eration movement Mr. Badgerow has been in the thick of it. An officer in a large insurance agency in Chicago, he has devoted time freely to the work of the Illinois federation, of which he is president, and also to the national work." : Mr. Badgerow is well known in Winnetka and has for years been active in civic affairs. Editor of Bulletin Talks on Yuletide Luke Grant Says Greetings Are Merely Good Forms and Often Are Meaningless. That "Merry Christmas" and "Happy New Year" are good forms of greeting but in many cases do not mean anything is the complaint of Luke Grant, editor of the North Shore Bulletin in the December issue of that monthly. ; "At this season it is too often just another way of saying 'Howdy' or 'eo to the devil' as the case may be," he writes. "Isn't much of the real Christmas spirit in it. Well, we mean it in the real old fashioned way. We haven't a grudge against anyone in the world. That is, not a confirmed grouch. We know there are some Lbenezer Scrooges in the world who would be benefited by a visit from Marleys' ghost. But there is a lot of human kindness, too. There Is a Difference "There's a lot of difference in the way we look at the world. Scrooge saw one kind of a world and his clerk, little Bob Crachit, saw an en- tirely different one. But it was just the same old world. The difference was in the mental attitude of the two men. It's just the same today as when Dickens immortalized Scrooge and Bob Crachet and Tiney Tim in his 'Christmas carol" And by the way, if you haven't read that since last Christmas, read it again. ; said that Dickens was a good little fellow but his outlook on life was all wrong. "Maybe it was but we personally have got infinitely more pleasure over reading him than we ever got from reading Carlyle. And we aren't too profit out of the 'Christmas carol' » FIREMEN'S BALL The annual masquerade Carlyle old yet to get a lot of pleasure and} dance Special Musical Program at Christ Church Today Feature Christmas Day Festivities Services appropriate to the season will be held in Christ church, Sheri- dan road and Humboldt avenue, on Christmas Eve at 4 o'clock and on Christmas Day at 7 and 11 o'clock in the morning. The Friday afternoon service will be the children's carol festival. It is intended, not only for the children of the parish, but for all the children of the community. It will consist of the singing of many of the familiar carols, the lighting of the tree, and an address by Rev. E. Ashley Gerhard, the rector of the parish. At this service a special of- fering will be made for the relief of the children in the central European countries. Celebrate Communion At both services on Christmas morning there will be a celebration of the holy communion, the singing of carols and an address. Special parish choirs, under the direction of Mr. John Rankl, choirmaster. The following musical program will be rendered at the 7 o'clock ser- vice. The program for the later service will be as follows: The singing of Carols, Holy Com- munion and Address at 7 A. M. The Processional Hymn 49... 0.00500. Adeste Fideles Carols Hymn 58>. cc sail. Phillips Brooks Silent: Night ....... 4%: Michael Haydn Kyrie ....iucvsesiniivneoeien Haines Gloria: Tibi viiauinevins Paxton Hymn "S7 Fe sain sn Ah Roper Address Offertory Anthem ............ Martin SNCS rd ir dens: teers Moir Agnus Dei 2. ran A NSN Moir Gloria in Excelsis ........ Old Chant Post-Communion Nunc Dimittis .... SS eA SRE Beethoven The Recessional Hymn 50 5. eB Willis Holy Communion and Address at 11 o'clock. The Processional Hymn 49 ....o 8G Adeste Fideles Shorter Kyrie vu. i. vein Winter Gloria Tibi... ive n Paxton Hymn 60: .....0 0 dirsdnaniiss Smart Address Offertory Anthem .......... Bartlett Sandtus in. G. a a... Haines Communion Hymn 319 .... Matthews Gloria in Excelsis ........ Old Chant Nunc Dimittis i... .o vers Gregorian The Recessional Hymn 50.0 si. i cere. Willis PROMISE HEADLINER FILMS FOR NEW YEAR Local Managers Announce "The Last of the Mohicans" for Jan. 14; Locklear's Last on Jan. 21 Eugene O'Brien, in "The Figure- head," will open the Winnetka Com- munity house motion pictures for 1921. The picture will be shown Fri- day evening, January 7. Charlie Chaplin, in "Easy Street," will be the accompanying amusing vehicle. January 14 will witness a wonderful cinema success. James Fenimore Cooper, "The Last of the Mohicans," will be presented at Community House for the approval of Winnetka screen followers. Omer Locklear will be shown the following Friday in "The Skyway- man," while January 28's picture has not been announced. It was in this picture that Locklear was killed while appearing in a scene. In addi- tion to the above splendid program the management intends to show a serial, probably "Fantomas," which has not been released in the big cities to date. The local theater will be one of the first to book the sensa- tional thriller if the deal is closed. ISSUE BUILDING PERMITS Building permits were issued this week by the department of Public Works to M. J. Sullivan for a garage at 882 Pine street and to the Win- netka Coal-Lumber company for a private stable at 823 Spruce street. ANNOUNCEMENT Adams' Pharmacy and the Winnetka Pharmacy announce that the stores will be closed from 1:30 to 4 o'clock in the afternoon and after 6:30 o'clock in the evening on Christmas Day and New Year's Day. YOU, 100, CAN HELP THE WOUNDED MEN American Legion Men of Montana Led the Way in Providing Liveli- hood for Disabled War Veterans PLAN CABARET BALL HERE Winnetka Post Preparing Elaborate Entertainment; Proceeds to Aid Disabled Men Millions of veterans of the World War shouted approval when eight men last week left their homes in Montana to go to the nation's capital to tell Congress what they thought of the bureau of war risk insurance, the federal agency in charge of the re- lief of wounded soldiers, and, in true western fashion, to "make Congress either listen or suffer them to be kicked down the front steps every day until the session ends." Expose Delinquency . Delinquency in the matter of pay- ing insurance due totally disabled men prompted the filing of numerous suits by the Montana legion against the government demanding payment of insurance in instances of totally disabled men. Other suits, it is promised, will follow in short order. The Montanaions will ask Con- gress to amend the war risk act "be- cause of the complete breakdown of the war risk bureau" As a substi- tute plan the creation of a special tribunal in each: state will be asked. On this tribunal will be one represen- tative of ex-service men and women, a representative of the government and a representative of the people of the state to be named by the gov- ernor. The board will have the power to review cases and adjust compensa- tion. Winnetka To Help All this brings us back to Winnetka and the Winnetka Post of the Ameri- can Legion, which has set itself to do something definite in the way of bringing prompt relief to these dis- abled fighters of humanity's battles. As announced in last week's issue of the Weekly Talk, the! Winnetka American Legion has provided Win- netkans an unusual opportunity to assist in this deserving work through the medium of a proposed Cabaret Ball and entertainment, to be held in the Winnetka Woman's club on the evening of Friday, January 28, under the auspices of the local fegion post. Your Opportunity It will be an occasion of merry- making and a timé when every Win- netkan, by appearance at and partic- ipation in the events of the evening, will be assisting materially in a very urgent need in giving direct aid to these disabled men who went to fight our battles and came back wrecked in body, and now in spirit, as a result of the terrible struggles, and later the very apparent inefficiency and mismanagement of the bureau of war risk insurance. You will want to reserve January 28 for the Carbaret Ball. There will be dancing throughout the evening, coaxed by the very best music obtain- able, entertainment in plenteous va- riety, vaudeville supreme and other attractions too numerous to mention at this writing. Also there will be delicious refreshments, special boxes for parties, reserved tables for those who desire that accommodation and sufficient for everyone. The entire Woman's club building will be utilized for this occasion. There is to be cards and other games in the lower rooms and the even- ing's merry-making will terminate with the awarding of a grand prize, the character of which is to be main- tained a profound secret. It will be a great surprise. Surely you will be there and bring along your friends? LUTHERAN XMAS SERVICE Our Saviour's English! Lutheran church will hold its Christmas ser- vices at Christ church parish house, Sunday afternoon, at 5 o'clock. There will be special music and an address by the Rev. A. Forness, pastor. Sun-. day school will precede the Christmas services at 3 o'clock. The public is invited. i WILL PLAY ALUMNI New Trier High school light and heavyweight basketball teams will compete with the alumni next Mon- day afternoon, at 4:30 o'clock, in the annual holiday event. Two fast games are expected, as the Big school quintets are classed as t strongest in the vicinity.