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Nearly Everybody In Winnetka Reads The Talk WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK VOL. X, NO. 8. WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1921 EIGHT PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS MACDOWELL PROJECT AIDS CAUSE OF ART North Shore Society Sounds Plea to Insure Self-Supporting Associa- tion to Promote Real Art A COLONY FOR ARTISTS Started by Great Composer But Now a National Institution; .Would / Increase Endowment by Mrs. Charles L. Byron The MacDowell colony as it stands today is both a dream and a reality. The dream was Edward MacDowell's who hoped that when he might no longer need the "Log Cabin" at Pet- erboro, it might be opened to other creative artists who would draw in- spiration from the same hills and for- ests. To express that dream in material form has been the task of Mrs. Mac- Dowell and the devoted men and wo- men of the MacDowell association who believe in the cause of the cre- ative artist. As one of the trustees of the Amer- ican Academy of Rome, Edward MacDowell met intimately a remark- able group of men--John W. Alexan- der, Augustus St. Gaudens, Richard Watson Gilder, Charles McKim and Frank D. Millet. Contact with these artists proved an inspiration to Mac- Dowell and convinced him that there was nothing more broadening to the creative worker in one art than af- filiation with workers in other arts. Genuine Atmosphere Rossiter G. Cole, whose stay at the colony has been most prolific in new works says: "The MacDowell colony offers an ideal habitation and stimu- lating atmosphere for creative work to the future of music, literature and in many fields that will mean much art in America". Theodore Maynard, an English poet who enjoyed the privileges of the colony, said: "I can conceive of noth- ing that is more likely to have a sal- utary effect on the artistic output of this country than what is being done at Peterboro". In a recent letter written during Mrs. MacDowell's last tour to Flor- ida, she says: "I feel so tired. I feel things must ease up next season". It is time that she should relax her efforts and that organizations all ov- er the country should awaken to the privilege to aid in moulding the Amer- ican art of the future. Clubs, from coast to coast, which are interested in the fine things of life, can take out memberships -of five, ten, twenty-five dollars or more and can encourage their individual members to do the same. It is the aim of the MacDowell Association, Inc., which, with Mrs. MacDowell's untiring effort, is back of the colony, to increase the pres- ent $25,000 endowment to $200,000 in order to make the colony self-sup- porting. Though in the past Chicago and vicinity has had to search somewhat diligently for any considerable share in the worthy project, one feels that this may not long be the case. In February 1921 Mrs. Milton W. Ar- rowood, 1137 Forest avenue, Wil- mette, organized a North Shore Mac- Dowell society. Praises North Shore Work In writing to her about it Mrs. MacDowell said: "I think you have done wonders with the North Shore chapter and I do believe your dreams are going to come true". It will be interesting to pause here to see what these dreams are. Her friendship with the MacDow- ells started just after he left Colum- bia university. As editor of a musi- cal column of an Atlanta paper and as president of the Atlanta Musical association, Mrs. Arrowood, then Bertha Harwood, got in touch with the MacDowells for material for her column and later made efforts to have the composer include Atlanta in his southern concert tour. The friend- ship of the two women ripened very rapidly through correspondence dur- ing Mr. MacDowell's illness and im- mediately after his death Mrs. Mac- Dowell wrote telling of the hopes she had for the future of Peterboro as an artist colony--Edward MacDowell's dream. : In the fourteen years of friendship since that time Mrs. MacDowell's in- spirations have been those of Mrs. Arrowood. Recently finding herself in this new environment with time | CAMP FIRE GIRLS IN Hold Grand Council Fire Saturday Afternoon, May 14, in Commun- ity House Gymnasium On Saturday afternoon,May 14, the Winnetka Camp Fire girls will hold a Grand Council Fire in the gymnas- ium of Community House. The girls of six Camp Fire groups, nearly one hundred in all, will be in Camp Fire rostume in the circle on the floor of the gymnasium, around the camp fire. Camp Fire songs will be sung, Camp Fire honors awarded, and there will be a Council Talk by Mrs. John Moody, head of the Chicago Camp Fire Guardians' association. Mrs. Moody will conduct the ceremonial. All the beauty and dignity of the Camp Fire is embodied in the Cere- monial meeting. The meaning of the Camp Fire laws are beautifully set forth in the Candle Ceremony. The Rainbow Candle Ceremony will be used at this time. Throughout the year, each Camp Fire group holds several ceremonial meetings which are closed meetings. but the Grand Ceremonial meeting, which is similar to the group Cere- monial meetings, is open to the pub- lic once each year. The public will be heartily welcome, at 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, May 14. The program is as follows: "Wohelo" Call. Entrance, all singing "America, the Beautiful". Camp Fire Pledge. Bringing in of the Flag. Pledge and Salute to the Flag. Ode to the Fire. Song, "Burn! Fire! motions). Candle Lighting Ceremony--Work, Health, Love. Rainbow Candle Lighting Ceremo- ny. Awarding of Local Honors by the Roll Call. Song, "The Fageots of Desire". Guardians' Council. Awarding of Honors Council Talk. Extinguishing of Large. Candles.. Extinguishing of Small Candles. Song, "Mammy Moon". Song, "The Sun is Sinking". Arden Shore Camp Appeals For Funds High School Pupils in Launching Great Fund Drive Burn" (with Poster Village for Rest Camp Distributed among the places of business in Winnetka and Hubbard Woods are new and attractive post- ers calling attention to Arden Shore Rest Camp. These posters were de- I signed and made by Winnetka and | Hubbard Woods pupils in the Art Study classes at New Trier Township High school, and are to serve the purpose of influencing the loosening of the purse strings of every resident of the village. Mrs. John R. Montgomery is chair- man for Winnetka in the Arden Shore fund campaign and will gladly receive all donations for this much needed rest and recreation camp. It is sin- cerely hoped that everyone will give whatever amount of money possible, however small, so that the amount svhscribed each year by regular ben- efactors, will this year be doubled, perhaps tripled, in response to this special appeal. WINNETKANS START DRIVE FOR COMPETENT JURISTS Winnetka fired the opening gun in the Judicial campaign at a large and enthnsiastic meeting of workers held at Community House on Wednesday evening. 2 Plans were laid to interest all the men and women of the village in the support of the coalition ticket. The nine precincts of Winnetka will be strongly organized by blocks, both men and women participating in the organization, the ultimate object be- ing to get every voter in the village at the polls on election day, Monday June 6. A further meeting of workers will be held at Community House this evening at 8 o'clock. All men and women willing to help in the re-elec- tion of the non-partisan judges are urged to attend this meeting. "It is pointed out that the' election covers the entire county and that for thought it has seemed that with| omen as well as men vote this elec- 1 (Continuea on page four) tion. | Captain And Crew GRAND CEREMONIAL Aboard For Trip Up the Fox River Carlton Prouty, well known Win- netkan, and his eleven year old daughter, Dorothy, in spite of a cold and late spring, are about to try and explore the headwaters of the Fox River, starting from Mr. Prouty's summer home near McHenry, Ill, and using a river-skiff, the "Water Gypsy", as a means of locomotion. The Gypsy is propelled by sail, oars or pushpaddle, as no motor driven boat can be used on the upper Fox, owing to shoals, snags and boulders. On two previous attempts the voy- agers were stopped at Silver Lake, Wis., and at Rochester, Wis.. respect- ively, by low water, but as Fox Riv- er is now at flood there ought to be a chance to beat a record. A small "A" tent, warmed by a camp-stove, and heavy garments and shoes, wlil keep Captain and Crew from suffer- ing from cold, while a well filled mess-chest will prevent starvation. The trip will require the greater part of a week, and the distance travelled will probably be in the neighborhood of 200 miles. PINCH HITTING Behold. kind reader, this "printer- Jeon edition of the Winnetka Weekly alk. While the regular force of com- positors, linotype operators, press- men, feeders and mailers went else- where, it was decided that the sub- scribers of the Winnetka Weekly Talk should not be deprived of the regular weekly issue, actual product of the combined efforts of editorial advertising 'and business staffs of the paper. True, some of the willing workers were woefully deficient concerning the technical terminology of the printers' guild, mistaking "picas" for A Es > (the hoi € Tamiliar "pikers™, dppiied 10 humans of certain stripe, and wonder- ing at the unshapeliness of the "forms", why "agate" type didn't resemble marbles and why it wasn't 'necessary to employ a safe when "locking up the forms". Whatever, this is our product, of which--many blushes here--we are duly proud. More of it? Well, the typewriter, scissors and paste-pot are compli- cated enough a combination for ye ed. PRESENT "ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES" The operetta to be given to raise 'nds to send the choir boys of Christ church to camp is well under way. The leading roles are being ta- | ken by expert artists among our high school boys and girls and the chorus groups of slaves and robbers and Ali Baba'si children are kicking their heels in a most lively fashion. The costume committee has planned very unusual and charming color schemes. The entertainment will be given the afternoon and evening of Satur- day, May 1, at the Winnetka Wo- man's club. Mrs. J. B. Phillips, who has bgen making her home in Providence, R. I., has moved to Riverview, R. I. She formerly made her home in Winnetka. ARDEN SHORE BENEFIT PICTURES AT GLENCOE Motion .Pictures, Music and Pop- Corn Balls to Feature Fund Drive Entertainment A benefit movie for Arden Shore Rest Camp will be given at the Glen- coe Village school auditorium on Tuesday, May 10, with performances both afternoon at 3:45 o'clock, and evening at 8 o'clock. A new Chester comedy, "The One Best Pet", has heen procured with Snooky, the Hu- manzee, which will be shown both afternoon and evening, and both old and young will be delighted with the astonishing animals and the lov- able children it shows. "The Ole Swimmin' Hole, with Charles Ray. will be given in the af- ternoon and in the evening, "The Sky Pilot" will have its first public showing. Tt is founded on Ralph Con- nor's novel of the same name and Glencoe is very fortunate to have this opportunity to see it. Both afternoon and evening a group of six small boys from Arden Shore will sing songs especially written for the occasion, one of them by Mrs. Louise Ayres Garnett, the well known musician. Lantern slides of Arden Shore will also be shown. An additional feature in the even- ing will be music by a jazz orches- tra which Van Kirk has kindly ar- ranged. At both performances candy and pop-corn balls will be sold bv a oroun of voung girls and a number of hich school boys will usher in the evening. PLAYFIELD SEASON OPEN: SEEK LARGE MEMBERSHIP Municipal Recreation Association Ready for Biggest Season of Its History ..Plavfield season is open and en- thusiastic villagers are on the job getting every golfer and sport fan lined up on the membership roll. The object of the Winnetka Playfield as- sociation is to promote the use of the parks and playgrounds of the village for colf. tennis, baseball and other annrts. in co-operation with the Win- netka Park board. The association suggests desirable improvements and conducts competitions of various kinds, aids in administering the golf conrse and other facilities and pro- vides play, sports and pastimes for the residents of Winnetka. The an- nual membership dues and voluntary subscriptions are the sole source of income for the association. Annual dues are one dollar. Officers of the Playfield associa- tion are leaders in the village. Ger- ald Burnham is president, Fugene Rummler, vice president; Carl H. Zeiss, secretary, and A. T. Weinstock, treasurer. Directors are Wallace C. Rumsey, E. S. Parr, Barret Conway, Mrs. Paul Starr, E. E. Brown, Char- les Kreger. * | re gh Se Mr. and Mrs. John Quick Magie ,of Glencoe are receiving congrat- wla*t ns on the birth of a daughter on May 2. Mrs. Magie, who was form- erly Emily Prest, is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis C. Prest of Glencoe. basis of operation. The Lake Shore Publishing Co. Publishers of The Lake Shore News Winnetka Weekly Talk and Glencoe News in common with the Bowman Publishing Co. Publishers of The Evanston News - Index have declared for THE OPEN SHOP Every effort is being made to re-organize the business of each publication on the new Eckart AGED DIAMOND STARS PLAN EXHIBIT GAME Leading College Athletes of Yore to Give Battle to Winnetka Base- ball Team, Saturday, : May 14 . JUST LOOK EM OVER They Hale from Biggest College Nines in History; Game Sched- uled on Playfield Grounds Look Who's Here! On paper, la- dies and gentlemen, you have before you the world's greatest collection of antique diamond stars. W aim to pit them against Winnetka's greatest nine on Saturday afternoon, May 14, game called at 3 o'clock, at the Play- field grounds, just west of the vil- lage. And the big idea of the affray is to provide some shekels for the Winnetka team of the North Shore Baseball league, to provide uniforms and sundry 'equipment essential to the latest approved methods of ne- gotiating our national pastime. Step up, but don't crowd as we dis- play this most unusual array of an- cient sons of swat. Look Who's Pitching Theodore Brown, who will essay hurling duty for the distinguished ag- gregation, boasts a record a yard or more long in the field of sports. In the last century, grandfather tells us, "Brownie" heaved a wicked spher- oid for the University of Pennsyl- vania. He was the ace in his day and age and had a trial with the Pitts- burg Pirates. / Lawrence Howe, catcher, was a stellar receiver for the Harvard nine, many, many years ago. At the celebrated initial sack we are forced to announce a serious dis- pute. Now, there's William D. Mc- Kenzie, erstwhile president of our fair hamlet, former star first sacker for the Universit of Michigan, rival- line oneWnr. S Miller, esteemed ex- trustee of the Village, who should have played on but was contented to manage a former Yale nine. He was a short-stopper. George Kelly, not the four-ply art- ist of the Giants, but a notable king of swat in the early days, scintilated on a famous old University of Mich- igan outfit, and had a brief spe'l with the Cincinnati Reds back in 1908. Sammy White. who will do the short stopping, holds distinction as an all-American football man. hav- ing won his laurels at Princeton. He's an all-round athlete. At the far corner we have Preston Boyden, who starred in class team play at Harvard and held jobs with several bush league aggregations at the conclusion of his college career. Blow from the Hammer Griscome Bettle will chase flies in left field. He is considered to have been a star football man at Harvard, but one of the ancients spoke light- ly of his ability in baseball, thus la- conically: "He's no license to play baseball". He may prove the find of the crew. Next we beg to present Morgan I. Davies, center fielder, who plaved with Michigan back in the nineties. They say his playing has grown whiskers. Mysterious Mr. Hughes will hold down the right garden. They say he's a wonder with an enviable renn- tation but so modest the sleuths haven't had a look-in on his record. The sterling athletes who are hit- tino the hall ot their hardest at this stare nf their careers constitute the following line-up: Hanselman p, Andersrn 1h Deilv 2h. Cir- Rotlay. If, P. Lu- checci cf, 3. Petercnn' =f, Can they Come Bac»? V~«'ll have +n oet ant there nt game time and 1~nl- 'em over. Tf you miss this treat you'll be wailing the balance of the summer. The old hat will he nocced. We almost foreot that Dr, Ralph C. Hamill and Allen Withers are to ha on deck as utility onerators. There's little anestion hunt thev will oot into the argument before its very old. Remember the date. Saturday, Mav 14 and brine out the whole family. The whole town will be over there to witness the joust ron; 85. Woltlnw« Th Coleman Claene, con of Mr. and Mre Stanley Claowne of R47 Willow street, who recently underwent an operation for annendicitis, is conval- escine, and will be ahle to return to | the University. of Wisconsin to re- = sume his studies, early next week.