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| mp--e a ---- MEL -------- nL SL. = ye ---- tion ! cerning 'the condition of vacani lots 3 ~ WINNETKA WEEKL The Timely Record of Community Events ALK VOL. X-:NO: 51 WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1922 GES PRICE FIVE CENTS INOMAN HEADS LOGAL IMPROVEMENT BODY Mrs. Allan I. Wolff Elect President of Village Im- provement Association TO HEAR COMMITTEE Plans Compaign To Bring Im- provement of Vacant Lots Mrs. Alien I. Wolff, 352 Ridge avenue, Monday evening was elected president of the Winnetka Village Improvement association at its annual meeting in Community House. Officers named to assist Mrs. Wolff in conducting the important affairs of the association included; John C. Cobb and J. D. Pierce, vice presidents; Mrs.. Dudley K. French, secretary, and Mrs. H. L. Woolhiser, treasurer. Name Committee Chairmen Directors, or chairmen of com- mittees, were selected as follows: Parkways and Vacant Lots--Mrs. Horace K. Tenney. Refuse Removal Morris L. Greeley. Track Depression--William A. Otis. Municipal Art--Mrs. Frederic 0. Mason. Plan and Scope--John Ritchie. Music--Mrs. William A. Otis. Forestry--Dr. Harold H. Hayes. Franchises and Operation--George D. Wolf. Publicity--S. Bowles King. The several standing committees reported on work accomplished dur- ing the past year. Mrs. Wolif made the recommendation that the associa- should initiate complaints con- and Disposal-- and parkways, rather than to depend on reports from individuals. Purchase School Phonographs The report of the treasurer showed 173 members on the books with a cash balance on hand of $619.62. It was voted to appropriate the sum of $120 to be expended in the purchase of two additional phonographs for use in the public schools in Music Memory test- ing. The By-laws of the association were altered so as to bring the annual meet- ing during the third week in February, instead of in October. Mr. and Mrs. Otis presented a carefully revised schedule of by-laws, which were adopt- ed following a brief discussion. Exceptional Music Program at Woman's Club March 16 The next program of the Music de- partment of the Winnetka Woman's club will be given Thursday, March 16, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The artists will be Hubert Carlin, from the studio of Fanny Bloomfield Zeisler: and Mrs. Harry S. Moses, soprano, from the studio of Mary Peck Thomson. They will present a pro- gram of the Romantic composers Schumann, Schubert, Chopin and Liszt. Mrs, Jerry Rothschild will be in charge of the program. MRS. LIEBER SHOWS CAMPAIGN PLATFORM Mrs. Gertrude C. Lieber, candidate for the office of Cook County commis- sioner, Monday evening outlined her campaign platform in a splendid and forceful address before a mass meet- ing at the Winnetka Woman's club attended by hundreds of Winnetka leaders, and at which her candidacy was formally endorsed. Mrs. Lieber emphasized the need of the right type of citizenship in the County board personnel . Development the the Forest Preserve and the Sko- kie Preservation to the full extent of their resources was mentioned as one of the prime duties of the new board of which she expects to become an en- ergetic member. Mrs. Lieber de- clared that, if elected, she will stand firmly for civil service in county offi- ces, and announced her purpose of fighting for the proper and full return on tax money, especially as applied to the county hospital, Juvenile court,Oak Forest infirmary, County jail and all other humanitarian institutions and projects. Mrs. Lieber expressed the opinion that there was a destinct place and ted 15 Days-- ut What a Fine Funeral Was Had er since the fifteenth day of Feb- ry last when Butler became high ief of the Winnetka Village Depart- ent of Public Works, Chief of Police eterson, whose office is separated rom Butler's by the merest kind of a flimsy wall, had been wracking his mental equipment in the determined effort to provide for Butler a fitting and proper induction into the high ranks of village chieftains. In short, Chief Peterson wanted to "throw" an honest to goodness reception. Time passed rapidly, as time fre- quently will do, and along came the first day of March with nary a re- ception for Butler. However, as you shall presently learn, on that day fate played into the hands of our police Chieftain and it all came about like this. Early morning: Report from vicin- ity of Willow and Locust . streets "rapidly moving automobile collided with a curb setter who had incau- tiously hunched out into the highway at that point. Result: erstwhile ca- nine strung to nearby telephone wires. Peterson's golden opportunity! Burial arranged for Thursday March 2, at sundown. ' Thursday morning early Butler greeted by ebony bordered message, to wit: "Supt. Butler: Please attend to burial of a curb setter the which got bumped for keeps while trying to shove speed wagon off Willow street. R. 8. V. P. --W. M. Peterson." As the last rays of the setting sun slinked behind the horizon Butler and his trusty sons of Sicily did the honors. The chief reviewed the obsequies from a safe distance. ANGELL LECTURES ON U. S. FOREIGN POLICY Many residents here are expected to take advantage of the Shiendia op- of Nor man 2 Angell, eminent author and publicist, who will lecture at the Win- netka Woman's club this evening on the subject, "America's Foreign Policy and her Daily Iife." What is considered by leaders throughout the country as the most important national question since subject of slavery engaged the un- divided attention of the country is em- bodied in Mr. Angell's lecture which promises to be a masterly and com- prehensive discourse on the outstand- ing topic of the day. Mr. Angell brings to his subject the wealth of years of study and prac- tical experience concentrated in his many volumes including "The Great Illusion," published before the war and which prophesied with startling accuracy the economic conditions that actually resulted; and "The Fruits of Victory," written since the war which is considered one of the most important books of the day. The lecture will begin promptly at 8 o'clock. Mr. Angell appears in Winnetka nder the auspices of a group of women leaders including Mrs Stephen A. Foster, Mrs. George W. Gordon, Mrs. Ayres Boal, Miss Elizabeth Gemmell, Mrs. W. J. Huddle and Mrs. Ernest Ballard. Tickets may be secured from any o fthese women or at the drug stores. need for a woman on the County board at this time. Mrs. Lieber is to speak at an Evans- ton mass meeting next Monday even- ing. She is to be general chairman of the Conservation exhibit to be held at the Field Museum of Natural Science, March 6 to 18, in which specimens of birds, butterflies and flowers thriving in the Skokie Preserve are to be com- prise a principle display. No Trouble At All You can step into either of the below stores and find them fully equipped "to handle your CLASSIFIED ADS Adam's Pharmacy Hubbard Woods Pharmacy or telephone it to WINNETKA 388 AUTHORITY ON BIBLE | GIVES LENTEN TALKS Rev. Samuel Mercer Gives Talks At Christ Church Bible Religion with its application to the ideals of personal life, the fam- ily, and society, treating particularly of the devotional use of the Bible, will comprise the general theme of a se- ries of special lectures to be given in Winnetka during the Lenten season by the Rev. Samuel A. B. Mercer, pro- fessor of Hebrew and Old Testament in Western Theological Seminary, Chi- cago. Rev. Mercer comes to Winnet- ka under auspices of Christ Episcopal church, Rev. E. Ashley Gerhard, rec- tor. The first of a series of six Tuesday evening addresses is scheduled for March 7, at 8 o'clock in Christ church, Sheridan Roard and Humboldt ave- nue. The subject of the first address is "Some Fundamentals of Bible Re- ligion." Has Message of Power Rev. Mercer is a recognized author: ity on the subject of the Bible, hav- ing devoted a score or more of years to that particular study. He is an eminent author and noted lecturer. He is well known to north shore church-goers because of the remark- able work accomplished at the Church of the Holy Comforter at Kenilworth, with which he was identified as spe- cial minister for a period of one year. While there he built up the congre- gation and attendance from a few souls to audiences which each Sun- day, taxed the capacity of the church auditorium. This work was carried on in connection with his many other important and diversified duties. Rev. Mercer is a master of the Bible from the point of view of scholarship and his presentations are thoroughly sim- ple and human. The whole purpose of his talks here, it is explained, is take our complex Christianity of today and reduce it to the simple terms of | thip Bible, Subjectsto~ ETS USE Uli SuuSe hin Tuesday evenings are: March 14: "Realities and Ideals in Bible Re- ligion"; March 21: "Family Religion in the Bible"; March 28: "The Indi- vidual in the Bible"; April 4: "The Individual's Place in the Bible Re- ligion"; April 11: "Devotional Use of the Bible." APOLLO QUARTET ON MEN'S PROGRAM Here Thursday at Big Bible Class Fellowship Gathering Thursday evening, March 9, every man in Winnetka will have a chance to get acquainted with the seventy or eighty men who have made possible the Men's Sunday Morning Bible class and, within a period of two months since its inception, insured the com- plete success and permanency of the enterprise. Thursday is to be '"get- 'together" night for the class and its friends. The Apollo Male quartet will provide special music. Under the leadership of William Ayer McKinney this non-denomina- tional Bible class increased in mem- bership from a mere handful of men to a membership exceeding 100 men of the village. Indications are the class will within a few months develop into one of the largest and most influential religious organizations on the north shore. Get Acquainted Time In order to acquaint every man in Winnetka with the ideas and purposes behind the Men's class, the leaders have planned next Thursday's get- together at Community House. The well known Apollo quartet, which has appeared in some 200 performances in Chicago during 1921, will provide the program. These men are singing for the "Radio" concert on March 20, which reaches homes in every section of the middle west. Thursday evening's program will include: The Trumpet Quartet. Reading--Selected--Mr. Carpenter, The Old, Old Love--De Koven-- Quartet. > Duet--Rose of My Heart--Lohr-- Messrs. Covert and Willard. Musical Travesty -- "Impresario" -- Quartet. Calls Away -- Dow .. Intermission. ... from a horse while engaged in hot ALAS BhE - pICIUIe 5 Were SHOW 101 Tie Winnetka Suits Mr. Timberlake Just About Right M. J. Timberlake, energetic and spry at nigh eighty years of age, a veteran of the War of the Rebellion, who still carries one arm a wee bit rigid, an constant reminder of the eventful day when he was thrown pursuit of Morgan's raiders, likes Winnetka and Winnetka folks--oh, just "mighty well". Mr. Timberlake knows his Winnet- ka, though he's lived here but a year or so. He knows his Winnetka be- cause he has entered nearly every household as special subscription rep- resentative of the Winnetka Talk. "Winnetka treats me very kindly. I have yet to enter a Winnetka home and be accorded a frigid or for- bidding reception 'Why, on these chilly winter days the busy house- wives frequently ask me to take a chair by the hearth and war:i up a bit, and, whats' more, they oifen in- vite me to stay for a sup of invigor- ating tea. "Winnetka's just about right," he says, "but I have grave fears for my digestive apparatus." Mr. Timberlake is a regular. at- tendant at Winnetka Congregational church services and is an active member of the Winnetka lodge, Royal Arcanum. He will be eighty years of age in May of this year. He resides at the home of his daughter, Mrs. H. W. Dunmore, 415 Maple avenue. He | calls his work the best health tonic in the world. Winnetka "Scoops" Chicago on Roma Disaster Pictures Two weeks ago, the patrons of Com- munity House were astonished to see pictures of the ill-fated dirigible "Roma." These pictures were shown at Community House even before the leading Chicago theaters had received copies of them. The pictures were rushed to Chicago by aeroplane mail and a print was im- mediately sent, by special messenger, to Winnetka. The messenger arrived just in time for the first evening show first time in Illinois. Next Friday, March 10, the Com- munity House will offer Wallace Reid, Gloria Swanson, and Elliott Dexter, in "Don't Tell Everything." This is a story of a town girl and a woodsy girl--a sportive young man and his philosophical friend. They are all entangled in a love situation that re- sults in mix-ups that keep the specta- tor wondering how it can come out all right. There will be two shows at at 8:45 o'clock. 7:15 and Depression or Elevation of Tracks? Debate Query Track depression or elevation-- which will it be? That question, pondered at many village gatherings is to be discussed anew by the members of the Winnetka lodge, Royal Arcanum at the regular lodge session in Community House Monday evening, March 6. The discussion is to be in the nature of a debate with J. F. Eckart Jr., con- tending that depression of railway tracks thrcugh Winnetka is the most desirable improvement, and Harold Arbine determined that elevation is the preferable solution of the traffic snarl. A general discussion will follow the debate. Tenor Solo--"Three for Willard, Reading--Selected--Mr. Hager. Sunset--Van De Water--Quartet. Every man in Winnetka is invited to this evening of entertainment and fellowship, Jack--Mr. READ THIS SKETCH! An historical sketch of the Win- netka Village Improvement associ- ation is to be found in another part of this issue of the Winnetka Talk. The sketch is of particular inter- est to Winnetkans in that the history of the association is in ae large measure interwoven with the history of the village over the period of almost 30 years since the inception of the association. Prepared by William A. Otis, the sketch not only gives a clear idea of the usefulness enjoyed by the association for so many years, but affords, as well, an Interest- ing insight into the earlier history of Winnetka. The sketch will appear in two instaliments the first of which is published this week. The second and final Installment willl be pub- lished In the issue of the Win- netka Talk of March 11, 1922. = INFANT WELFARE FOND DRIVE LAUNCHED HERE Committee of Women Direct Campaign to Raise $6,000 For Winnetka Center = SAVE LIVES OF BABIES Will Conduct Drive For Chi- cago Commons Station Winnetka workers in the interest of the Infant Welfare society of Chi- cago this week set out upon a fourteen days campaign to secure $6,000, a sum sufficient to maintain the Winnetka Center in the Chicago Commons. The Workers met Thursday, March 2, at a tea in the home of Mrs. Morris K. Wilson on Sheridan road to devise plans for the campaign. The meeting was the starting point in the two weeks village-wide canvass, for funds. "Did you know," said one of the leaders. in the drive, "that Winnetka supports this station of the Infant Welfare society located at Grand ave- nue and Morgan street, Chicago, be- cause we are fortunate enough not to need one here? We have a clean, healthy village with plenty of fresh air for our babies, instead of the con- gested slums and smokey railroad vards in the neighborhood of the Chi- cago Commons. Therefore, the Win- netka mothers should be glad to help these less fortunate mothers to ward off the fmightful mortality of infants which exists in Chicago. ath 'Rate Lowered "To prove the efficiency of t t Welfare station: worker conti . 'the death r been [ihe from 4 I wlien e: . per nt ten years later. 4 how much the health of hes bies concerns us, we should appreciate 4 the utmost how these mothers feel to have a place where they can get advice and care for their sick babies. They are counting on our support and we must not disappoint them. Vy Name Fund Committee The committee immediately in charge of raising the Winnetka fund comprises the following women: Mrs. Morris. K. Wilson, chairman; Mrs. Lawrence Howe, vice chairman; Mrs. E. P. Bartlett, treasurer; Mrs. Jordan Wilson, chairman of the sew- ing committee; and Mrs. Harve Badge- row, chairman of the Visiting com- mittee. Two volunteer workers from Win- netka visit the center each week and assist at all the conferences. The medical attention is given by trained professional workers in the employ of the Infant Welfare society, and it is up to Winnetkans to do their share so that the Winnetka Center will not be handicapped by lack of funds. "We cannot allow Oak Park and other suburbs, which have already sub- scribed the quota necessary for their centers," is the worker's final chal- lenge, "to be more generous than we have been in helping these little babies who need you and me to give them a start in life." STUDY GREAT LEADERS AT LENT SERVICES "Francis of Assisi, whose bride was' Poverty," is the subject for Rev. James Austin Richards' address Sunday even- ing at the first of a series of six ad- dresses on the general theme: "Lives with a Christian Meaning." These are special services of the Winnetka Congregational church, appropriate to the Lenten season, and all Winnetkans are most cordially welcomed. Special music is promised. Throughout the weeks to come dis- cussion of outstanding characters will follow in quick succession, the speak- er being Mr. Richards each evening with the exception of the evening of March 19, when Dr. J. W. F. Davies will preside. The complete program follows: March 5--Francis Assisi, Whose Bride was Poverty. March 12--Louis Pasteur, the Lover of Truth. March 19--Marcus Whitman, Chris- tian of the Northwest. March 26--Savonarola, Heretic and Martyr. April 2--Paul, Mystic and Apostle. April 9--Jesus of Nazereth. ga