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12 Winnetka Weekly Talk ISSUED SATURDAY OF EACH WEEK by LAKE SHORE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1222 Central Ave. Wilmette, IIL Telephone .............. Winnetka 38§ Telephone .............. Wilmette 1920 SUBSCRIPTION......... $2.00 A YEAR All communications must be ac- companied by the name and address of the writer. Articles for publication should reach the editor by Wednesday hoon to insure appearance in current ssue. Resolutions of condolence, cards or thanks, obituary poetry, notices of entertainments or other affairs where an admittance charge will be made or a collection taken, will be charged for at regular advertising rates. Entered at the postoffice at Winnet- ka, Illinois, as mail matter of the sec- ond class, under the act of March 3, 1879. SATURDAY, APRIL, 29, 1922 WOMEN IN CONGRESS Women who have had a prom- inent part in the accomplishment of the enfranchisement of their sex are being urged by the woman representative from Oklahoma to run for Congress. Certainly the cause of equal opportunity for women in the government of the nation would be well served should the leaders who have learned so much of political ways and maneuvers accept the re- sponsibility which has been urged upon them. The only objection that any fair minded person can have to the presence of women in the national law making body is that they do not fully represent the districts from which they come, that they are handicapped by reason of their sex, not because of any mental inferiority nor in- ability to perform the duties of the office but because it is so easy for them to be excluded from the councils of the man members in the part of legislation that is not transacted in the open and before the eyes of the general public. A sufficient number of women of undisputed efacity., women of experience in the detais or gov- ernment and the making of laws, women who themselves know how to use strategy and are shrewd . enough to make them- selves a part of the body considered worthy of notice by the men in the making of plans, such would serve the cause of women in government in a very conspicuous way. It is scarcely possible however, that such women will consent to make a fight for office, for they know enough to value the honor for what it is worth and there is no financial attraction to persuade them to give up the work that they are already doing for the welfare of humanity and the ad- vancement of the race. But, if they should, we should see the male members looking more care- fully to their honors and consid- ering their ways with a good deal more concern than has been their custom in the past. BLIND TO OUR OWN NEED The United States, criminally negligent of the welfare of her own forests and the interests of the people as they are affected by the stripping of the hillsides and other forest lands of the nation, is yet able to see the very great loss that has been sustained by France in the destruction of the trees in the district crossed by the Germans during the war. The United States government has given to France a supply of fir seeds sufficient to replant a considerable area of the denuded territory. It is a gift that will grow in value as time passes. And in the meantime there are the forests of the United States deprived of the government regu- lation of cutting and disposition of the trees that alone can save the country from serious loss in this essential resource. It is a very great pity that the same vi- sion that sees and recognizes the need of war-ridden France cannot appreciate the meaning of the present system in operation in our own forest lands. DRESS REFORM The Art Alliance, the new or- ganization designed to educate American women in style, quality and consistency, in other words, the beautification of woman's dress, has a long and arduous task ahead, if it persists unto the end. Women have strayed far from the ideals of dress in which appropriateness, utility and beauty decreed what should and what should not be worn. It will be a hard road back to them. The pendulum has swung about as far from the beautiful in dress as it well can. It is due now for the backward journey. perhaps to bring a fashion as lacking in hygienic quality as the present is lacking in modesty and good taste. Somewhere there is a happy med- ium and it is to be hoped that there the Art Alliance has found its ideal and that there will be a suffi- cient following in the ranks of those who set fashions to effect the end that feminine dress shall be both comfortable and modest. ---- pe EXPEDIENCY Whatever personal opinion one may hold regarding the propriety of smoking by women, either in private or public places, the sug- gestion of prohibiting it by pro- cess of law must be regarded as ridiculous. Smoking cannot by any stretch be classed as a moral issue. It is simply a matter of taste, far outside the jurisdiction of any city council or other gov- erning body. One wonders whether it was recognition of the silliness of the proposition or the reflection that women hold ballots that in- fluenced the Chicago council body to treat the issue as a joke. Other evidences of a not too sensitive disposition in matters of a moral nature, suggests that there was the element of expediency active in the reception given the proposi- tion of Alderman Lyle. This Should Be on the Front Page With the Other Important News Today the country is awakening to the fact that the human foot is a delicate structure and must be cared for with as much intelligence as any other part of the body. Too many women are suffering from foot troubles. The extent of the artificial-appliance business is one proof of that. Specialists declare that 75 per cent of women, and a goodly number of men, have foot troubles which they weren't born with. The human foot is not to blame. The trouble lies in the kind of shoes worn by so many people. It is calculated that the average person takes from 4,000 to 8,000 steps a day. There are 26 bones in each foot and nature requires that each bone play its part in every step. The feet are one of the important nerve centers of the body. Promi- nent nerve specialists often start their treatment on the feet of their patients. A greater degree of happiness will be found among people when all shoes are made to harmonize with the hu- man foot, instead of compelling the poor foot to assume the shape of a shoe. If you are interested in a shoe which follows the lines of the natural foot, while retaining every desirable feature of style, let us show you the Cantilever Shoe. You will enjoy its flexibility, its lightness, its good looks, its great comfort. And you will pre- serve the health and beauty of your foot when you wear this shoe. For Sale on the North Shore only by NORTH SHORE BOOTERY 529 Davis St., cor. Chicago Ave. EVANSTON Phone Ev. 6757 To insure proper fitting, we have installed an X-Ray machine in our store. This service to you without charge. WINNETKA, WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1922 - MOTOR VEHICLES WM. T. WEHRSTEDT, Prop. 562 Lincoln Ave. Winnetka ng ee ee tt er te cies Speedy, Comfortable Travel on the North Shore Line The pleasure you take in the exhilarating speed of a North Shore electric train is enhanced by the knowledge that every precaution is being taken to insure your comfort and safety, that every known mechanical safeguard is being utilized with utmost efficiency. The well trained employes, all seasoned railroad men, are alert and attentive. Are you acquainted with this convenient route? Limited Trains for Chicago Woodlawn leave Winnetka every hour from 6:41 a. m. to 1:41 a. m. f-+CHICAGO! / Express Trains for Chicago leave Win- netka every half hour from 6:59 a. m. to 7:59 a. m., then 8:32 a. m. and every half-hour to 12:02 a. m. All Limited Trains for Chicago operate. direct [to 63rd & Dor- chester and do not circle the Loop. Baggage Checked to all Points Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee R. R. Phone Winnetka 963 Winnetka Ticket Office, Elm Street