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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 3 May 1924, p. 12

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JF IN) j= LTT {HH WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1924 Rosenb erg's OCIAL ACTIVITIES The North Shore's Greatest Store : Annual Meeting Terminates Season's Activities A Busy Week Ahead of You at Rosenbergs Five events of real importance have been scheduled for next week's program -o' a m o T + g 1 at Rosenberg's. These events are of genuine interest to every family, and we know it will be mighty worth your while to visit the store during the coming week. LTH TTT O° Wednesday, May 7, occurs the annual meeting of the Woman's society of the Congregational church of Winnetka. This will begin with funcheon at 1 o'clock in Rudolph Matz Hall, the customary morning sewing meetings having been completed 'last month. Members of this active association of women have learned to look forward to hearing the annual reports of the officers and com- mittees presented in novel ways. This year they will be illustrated by living pictures and music. The election of officers is also an im- portant part of the day's program. . The three hundred and fifty members of the society, and the other women in Winnetka who would enjoy being counted on its roll, or who would like merely to join the party for this day only, are invited to find their way to Community House next Wednesday. British Empire Banquet Interests North Shore R. Samuel Insull will be toastmaster at the Auditorium hotel, Chicago, on May 13, when the British Empire association and kindred British societies will celebrate Empire Day. Canon Cody, ¢ of Toronto, Ontario, chairman of the Board of Governors pf Toronto university will be the principal speaker of this evening. Professor Prothero will have charge of the musical program. A cordial invitation is extended to all of British descent and lineage together with their friends to be present. Proceeds of the banquet will go to the British Old Peoples home. ; TO Baby Week Nemo Week nn UTI HTT THE Of course, you know that Baby Week starts Monday and in the Infant's Section on the Second Floor you'll find lovely new displays of pretty Baby things. Every- thing a Baby could possibly need to be happy and comfortable may be found here. Daily Lectures There will be special hygiene lectures in the Infant's Room every afternoon at 3 o'clock. They will be given by Miss Bessie H. Sloggett of the Evanston Visiting Nurse Association. You are cordially invited to attend. If you have a corseting problem let Nemo Week solve it. Come to our Corset De- partment and be fitted to the right Nemo Corset. In the various Nemo services you are bound to find a corset that just suits your figure and health requirements. Our expert corset fitters may be confidently con- sulted. Priced from $3.50 to $13.50. Corsets--Second Floor, West ity of this splendid hose. Men, Women and Children in Evanston. No. 368 A full forced foot. shades. style. hose with lisle tops and rein- $1.85 No. 398 An extra heavy silk to the hem hose in full-fashioned Sa da The Three Hndred Millionth Phoenix Week May 4th will witness the manufacture of the 300 millionth Phoenix hose. A most amazing figure, it is evidence of the marvelous development and growth in popular- We are the exclusive distributors of Phoenix Hosiery for No. 360 A sheer chiffon hose with lisle tops and reinforced foot. May be chosen in lovely colors. 1 21.85 No. 364 A semi-fashioned silk and glos hose in Powder Blue, Banana, Airedale, Tanbark, Orchid and others. $1.00 Hosiery--First Floor, East fashioned silk In all popular Engraving Week A week devoted to the why and wherefore of engraving art. To be decidedly in fashion it must be en- graved, for instance: pe Wedding Announcements Wedding Invitations Calling Cards Greeting Cards Business Announcements Engraving work done at Rosen- berg's is always satisfactory because' it is correctly and authentically done and because delivery is always made on time. June Brides will enjoy look- ing over the samples. Stationery--First Floor, South Dr. H. L. Kemp Dr. H. L. Kemp of the Ground Grip- per Shae Company of Boston, Massa- chusetts will hold daily clinics in the Shoe Section every afternoon. Surely you've heard of this wonderful health shoe--the Ground Gripper? This is a distinctly smart looking shoe yet it will bring relief to tired feet. Let Dr. Kemp explain its features to you! First Floor--South WHE 'Anderson, Tickets may be obtained from Mr. Harry Davies, 624 Elmwood avenue, Wilmette, telephone Wilmette 2872, or Leiter Stores, Chi- cago, Wabash 4385. N. K. E. C. Spring Sale at Courtesy Shoppe HE north shore alumnae of the National Kindergarten and Elementary college are holding a special spring sale of books, fancy articles, toys, candy, and cakes at the Courtesy Shoppe, 508 Davis street, Evanston, May 1, 2 and 3. The alumnae in charge of the sales will be Mrs. Percy Brad- treet, Mrs. Alfred K. Bates, Mrs. Miss Anna F. Murray, and Miss Emily Jenkins. Fred Kingore, Mrs. Percy Arden, Mrs. Florence S. Capron, president of the North Shore Alumnae association, is gen- eral chairman for this sale. M. Ss. Robert Hotz On Friday afternoon .and. evening, and Saturday evening, November 7 and- 8; the Service club will give- its large. annual event -for .charity.. The event will take place in Chicago at the Aryan Grotto. Mrs. Robert S. Hotz (Elizabeth Prindiville) is the president of the organization. A mem- ber's meeting. is being held on Mon- day at the home of Mrs. John Stuart Coonley, Jr. ; Or : Madame Edna Goedecke will pre- sent her pupils in recital at the Wil- mette Woman's club on Thursday eve- ning,' May 13, at 8 o'clock. She will be assisted by Ethel Flentye, a former pupil; who will be a guest at the re- cital. Those who will take part are: Ruth' Trankler, Marjorie Eldred, Ber- nice Proctor, Dorothy Smith, Mary Agnes Melville, Elizabeth Evans, Margaret Belote, Helen Hall, Marian Flentye, Hertha ILuckhardt, Mabel Jean Markley, Winifred Moore, Theodore McCrea, Grace John- son, Eva Johnson, Dan Burrill, Ruth Truska, Marie Flentye and Frances Anderson. --_---- Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ansel Strong, 1377 North avenue, had, as their guests Tuesday evening, Mr. A. Pope and Mr. Hugh Jones of England. Both Mr. Jones and Mr. Pope are journal- ists on the London Daily News. Hav- ing attended the convention for journalists in New Yark city, they are making a flying trip through the mid- dle west and Canada, to observe the newspaper work of this part of the country. Mr. Strong himself, isa journalist, and is business manager of the Chicago Daily News. The Winnetka Smith College: circle met recently with Mrs. McClain Rein- hart... 1217. Hill road. Paintings, both oil and water color, photography, and several branches of the applied arts will represent the work of fifty or more Wilmette artists at the exhibition to be held at the Wil- mette Woman's club on May 9, 10 and 11, to which the public is invited. Among the exhibitors of oil and water colors are Mrs. Milan Lusk and her son, George, Mary Bockius, Mr. Charles Morgan, Mr. Roy Best, Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Kinder, Mr. Reinhold Palenske and a new exhibitor, Winifred Wil- son who has recently moved to Wil- mette from Long Island. Mrs. Wil- son, who has been a pupil of Hugh Breckenridge, internationally known, and a teacher of the broken color method in oils, will show three ex- amples of this treatment in her pic- tures, "Gloucester Harbor," "Summer Shadows," and a floral piece, "Bache- 'lors and Beauties." 'Mrs. Wilson at- tends the large summer school which Mr. Breckenridge holds in Gloucester, Massachusetts, every year. Some of the exhibitors of work in the applied arts will be the Thompson studio, glassware; Mrs. Baker, weav- ing; Mrs. James Brown, hooked rugs. One very unusual feature of the ex- hibition will be the fancywork done during 'the past 'year by Mrs, Eliza Neill of 925 Linden avenue, who is ninety-two years of age. Mrs. Neill has done the designing and coloring of the mats and embroidery she is showing. Mrs. A. J. Coburn will be one of those exhibiting sculpture; Miss Julia Ricketts, illuminated manuscript; Shoji Osato, colored photography and Mr. Gillette and Dr. Barker photog- raphy. : --0-- : Durley Crafts Watson, who is well known in art circles along the north shore, where he has given illustrated travel lectures, has recently heen offered a fine position at the Art In- stitute where he will do lécture course work. For the past ten years Mr. 'Watson has been the director of the Milwaukee Art institute. He will take up his work this next week. of Duluth. J at Mrs. Arthur S. Coffin, 841 Prospect avenue, and her daughter, Mrs. Sam- uel A. Greeley of 200 Chestnut street, are leaving for Bryn Mawr on Wed- nesday to attend May Day. Mrs. Coffin will remain there until after Commencement when her daughter, Miss Lois, will graduate. Sr The Women's Bible class of the Winnetka Congregational church will meet May 4, at 9:45, in the Neighbor- hood Room, Community House, to studv and discuss' Psalm 49. Mrs. A. M. Scharf will be the leader. All women of the community are invited to attend. : --O0-- Mr. and Mas. William Coleman, 471 Hill road, Mr. and Mrs. Heber Smith, 341 Ridge avenue, and Mr. and | Mrs. Tames Gillies, 1148 Oakley avenue, will leave next week for French Lick Springs, where they will stay for a races in Kentucky. week. They will also attend the --

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