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12 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1925 Ralph DePalma Driving a CHRYSLER 1000 miles in 758 minutes may mean nothing to you as a test but-- Matt Nilles President of the Central Coal & Material Co., 2702 W. Railroad Ave., has driven his CHRYSLER 6200 miles since December 5th without touching a spark plug. --THAT IS A TEST-- Call Mr. Nilles (Univ. 5200) he knows all about good coal and good cars. Evanston Motor Sales W. D. Reagan, Mgr. 1017 Davis Street Phone Univ. 2277 The Absurd "February Furniture Sales' Are Now Over! During the past month reductions of from 10 to 509% were offered by the stores that held February Furniture Sales. Some advertised that their prices were cut exactly in half--think of it! : According to their own statements, now that March is here, their prices will all be advanced, in some cases 50%. The more intelligent buying public may justly wonder at the miracle of furniture dealers, claiming their regular prices fair and just, reducing these prices 50% in February and still escaping bankruptcy! In contrast with this silly sale idea, our honest, straight-forward policy of one low, year-round price stands out strikingly. It may interest our patrons to know that during the past month, without the aid of any form of sale, we showed an increase in volume of business, of 499, over a year ago. Our Policy and Prices - Must be Right! Open Evenings, Tues, Thurs, and Sat., 7:30 to 9:30 Brot Wimlandf "te 1567 Sherman Avenue EVANSTON Phone University 6300 Et ---- &IN SOCIETY Roycemore Girls Plan Benefit Performance N urgent desire to help The Cradle has prompted the girls of the eighth form of the Roycemore Lower school to give a play, "Behind a Watteau Picture," by Robert Evans Rogers, at the school gymnasium on Friday evening, March 13. A matinee for the little children of the primary department will be given March 12. The local girls who will appear either in the play, in dance, or as ushers, will be Pauline McCoy, Genevieve Smithers, Emily Darst, and Mary Louise Hays, of Wilmette; Ruth Johnstone and Elizabeth Freudenreich of Kenilworth; Dorothy Compson of Winnetka. The Cradle, a favorite north shore philanthropy, houses infants, whom circumstances have made homeless, until they can be placed in permanent homes. The girls of Roycemore hope to raise $100, a sum of money sufficient to care for a baby for one month. April Wedding Month of Winnetka Girl BRIDE of next month, according to recent announcement, will be Miss Harriet Allport, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Walter All- port of Winnetka, whose marriage to Sidney Haskell, son of Mrs. George W. Haskell of Cobourg, Canada, will take place in the village in April, although the exact day has not been set and the wedding plans completed. Bridge to Benefit Sorority House Fund BLANKET of Lenten quiet has been laid over much of the social life of the village, especially over the large affairs, and those events that are sizable are swell the house fund of the Delta of a benefit nature. In order to Gamma sorority, Mrs. Arthur M. Barrett will open her home at 530 Cherry street for an afternoon bridge, Tuesday, March 24, at 2 o'clock. An attractive wedding of the late winter season taking place Saturday evening, March 7, at the Wilmette *aptist church, is that of Miss Dorothy Bennett and Sydney Percy Foster. The Rev. Francis E. Stifler will read the marriage service at 8 o'clock. Follow- ing the seremony a small reception for relatives will be held at the home of the bride's father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Stacy Clyde Bennett of 1321 Greenwood avenue, Wilmette. Mrs. E. O. Bingham, Miss Bennett's cousin, will be her matron of honor, and Miss Vada Bennett of Midland, Mich., Miss Alice Ray, and Miss Ber- nice Hosken will be the bridesmaids. William Albert Bingham will carry the ring. ' Cleon Balch of Milwaukee will act as the best man, and ushering will be Laurin Earl Bennett, Harold Ross Stone, Jr. of Grand Rapids, Arthur owan Murphy, and J. Charles Kini- han of Milwaukee. Upon returning from their wedding trip, Mr. Foster and his bride will make their home in Oak Park. --O-- A capacity house, from which many were turned away, awaited Harriet Mason the 12 year old child prodigy, on Sunday afternoon, March 1, on the occasion of her recital at Lyon and Healy hall, Chicago. She is the daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. George Mason, who, until recently, made their home in Winnetka, but who have now moved into to the city in order to facilitate their daughter's study. Harriet has played as soloist at the children's concerts at Ravinia, and expects to appear in recital in Wilmette and Winnetka. Maurice Rosenfield of the Chicago Daily News said in his Monday's re- view," In the case of Harriet Mason, the 12 year old pianist, we can say for her that she has already acquired a very serviceable memory and a glib and easy technic. She disclosed these qualities in the Beethoven sonata, Opus 79, in G major. She is a pleas- ant young person and she plays with- out any acquired affectations, smooth- ly and accurately." --Q-- The sixth and last of a series of "Garden Talks" given by Mrs. Charles Hibbard before the Garden club of Win- netka will take place Tuesday afternoon at 2, at the home of Mrs. C. Colton Daughaday, 180 chestnut street. This course has proved very interesting and has been attended each week by about 70 persons. The newly appointed officers for the club are Mrs. William Sidley, president; Mrs. Stephen Foster, vice president; Mrs. Alfred McCordic, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Richard Walsh, record- ing secretary; Mrs. John Quinlan, treas- urer, and Mrs. Frederick Scott and Mrs. John Hardin, the two other board mem- bers. Bll ed News of the young people coming home for their Eas'er holidays brings a hint of spring at this time when un- exected icy blasts kill the occasional brief inklings we have had of «that elusive season. The first of the young folk of whom we have had word are Hampton and Beatrice Ripley who will return within the next two weeks, the former from Hill school, and the latter from Baldwin. They will spend their vacation with their father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Ripley. --0-- Ferry and his Montague daughter, Phyllis, have just returned to their home at 419 Sheridan road, after spending a | | fortnight at Palm Beach. Two interesting meetings were held at the home of Mrs. William G. Hib- bard this week. On Monday evening the gathering was in honor of Bay- ard Dodge, president of the American University of Beirut, Syria. Other guests were members of the commit- tee in charge of the Chicago campaign to raise $500,000 for support of the five leading American colleges in the Near East. Mrs. Hibbard, Victor Elting, and William B. Hale are among Winnetka members of the committee. Mrs. Emmons Blaine gave a lunch- eon recently for Mr. Dodge and the committe at her home in Chicago. Her guests at that time, in addition to the three already mentioned, in- cluded Mrs. Emmons Blaine, Jr. and Carleton W. Washburne of Winnetka, On Wednesday the state-wide fi- nance committee of the Illinois League of Women Voters held an all day ses- sion at Mrs. Hibbard's home on Wil- low road. ---- Miss Edna Dean Baker of Evanston, president of the National Kindergarten and Elementary college, has been in Ohio, giving several addresses on the home and charch school training of the little child. On Saturday, Feb- ruary 28, she spoke before the Moth- er's club of Fostoria, Ohio, on "Child Nature and its Needs." On Sunday she was the guest of Miss Margaret Davkin of Cleveland, a graduate of the college, and had the opportunity of meeting other Cleveland alumnae. On Monday, Miss Baker gave two addresses before the parents and church school teachers of the Pres- byterian Church of the Covenant in Cleveland. Following the luncheon Monday noon the subject of discussion was "Elementary Methods in the Church School" and in the evening Miss Baker spoke before the parents on "Parenthood and Religious Nur- ture." -- A marriage of interest to many young people of the community is that of Miss Mildred Kathryn Man- nerud of Minneapolis and Arthur Boyd Bowe of St. Paul which took place February 7, at 8 o'clock, in St. Paul's Episcopal church, Minneapolis, in the presence of 200 guests. Miss Marion Mannerud was her cousin's maid of honor. While attending Northwestern uni- versity, the bride made her home with her uncle, John Mannerud. She is a member of the Alpha Phi sorority and Mr. Bowe is a Sigma Chi from the University of Minnesota. Mr. and Mrs. Bowe will be at home after April. 1, at 909. Washington street Evanston. ---- Next Wednesday and Thursday, the Community Drama Players are present- ing "Milestones" by Arnold Bennett and Edward Knoblock, at Community House. Mrs. Lloyd Faxon is director, assisted by Mrs. Carrie B. Prouty. The cast in- cludes Mrs. Paul Yoder, who will take the leading feminine role, and William C. Boyden, Jr. Charles Matz, Dr. Paul Starr, Richard Burke, George Vander- hoogt, Mrs. Roger Ballard, Mrs. Vernon Welsh, Mrs. Harry Barnum, Mrs. Katherine T. Wersted. ina The Foxdale Sewing circle will meet with Mrs. E. J. Wood of 760 Foxdale avenue, Tuesday, March 10, at 2:30 o'clock. --_0-- Mrs. G. E. Osten and her daughter, Marion, of 913 Cherry street, visited relatives in Batavia, Ill, last week-end.