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a dea Ce WINNETKA TALE A Weekly News-Magazine for Winnetka VOL. XV, NO. 32 WINNETKA, ILLINOIS. OCTOBER 16. 1926 PRICE FIVE CENTS WOMEN VOTERS PLAN PRE-ELECTION MEET Mrs. B. F. Langworthy and An- thony Czarnecki to Be Among Speakers October 25 The Winnetka League of Women Voters is engaged in its membership for 1926-27. Mrs. George F. Suker, 1028 Starr road, chairman of the mem- bership committee, declares that the drive is progressing satisfactorily and that the precinct chairmen are calling for more membership cards. Mrs. John Vander Vries, president of the organization has urged the mem- bers to do their utmost to secure in- terested new members in order that Winnetka may strengthen her league and win the coveted state prize. Beside the membership drive, the league will, of course, carry on its pre- election, citizenship school, Monday, October 25, from 10:30 in the morning until 3 o'clock in the afternoon, at the Community House. Speakers of interest to voters have been called upon to speak, the exact hour when each will address the group to be announced later. Roster of Speakers Mrs. B. F. Langworthy, one of our Village trustees and president of the Chicago Woman's City club is to speak. Anthony Czarnecki, collector of cus- toms in the Chicago district, and for- merly election commissioner of Chi- cago, will also be present. Mrs. Mary Wood Simons, chairman of the citizen- ship training committee of the Illinois League of Women Voters and a well- known writer on political subjects, has been asked to talk. Mrs. Lottie Hol- man O'Neill, representative in the Illinois Assembly, 41st district will be present, as well as Mrs. Katherine H. Goode, representative in the Illinois Assembly, 5th district. Northrop, Gerhard Speak at Meeting of Commerce Group The members of the Winnetka Chamber of Commerce listened to an interesting talk on the proposed tax amendment by Judge C. T. Northrop at the meeting last Monday evening. It was the occasion of the regular monthly meeting of the Chamber; The address on a subject upon which the voters at the election on November 2, are to vote, was most timely. It was ably handled by the Judge and every- one appreciated his general analysis of the proposition. The Rev. E. Ashley Gerhard made an interesting talk on "The Advan- tages of the Chamber of Commerce to the Community." The meeting was held at Community House and was preceeded bv a dinner at 6 o'clock. The next meeting will be held on Monday evening, November 8, and it also will be preceeded by the popular "eats" part of the program. In addition, Prof. John Borino will furnish a musical program. MOVE TO NEW HOME Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Thiele, for- merly of 1271 Asbury avenue, have moved into their new home on Hill and Church roads, in the Indian Hill district. : ASK TRAFFIC SIGNAL Merchants of Hubbard Woods trict Want Automatic Signal Gage Street Crossing Dis- for Pleas for automatic traffic signals for the Hubbard Woods business dis- trict similar to those used in Chicago and other large cities were voiced by representatives of the business men of the section and of the Hubbard Woods Improvement association at the meeting of the Village council last Tuesday evening. Some time ago the merchants of the Hubbard Woods district asked the council to install these traffic lights on Linden avenue at Tower road and at Gage street. A careful investiga- tion was made by a committee appoint- ed by the council and traffic at those points were checked. It was found that the traffic was no heavier there than at many other intersections in other parts of the village. The committee recommended that some other form of signal, such as a warning sign, be installed, and the council took no action in the request for automatic signals. Merchants Remain Firm In the discussion of the conditions there, Hubbard Woods representatives were firm in their belief that the auto- matic signals of the stop-and-go type were needed, at least at the Gage street crossing. They explained that in the morning and at evening the east and west traffic is very heavy on Gage street, due t6 the large number of motor cars transporting commuters to and from the trains. It was also explained that many motor cars on Linden avenue speed past the inter- section at Gage street, making it very dangerous for children. The matter was referred back to the committee headed by Trustee H. L. Raclin, who will give the matter furth- er consideration and willl co-operate with the merhcants of the district in working out a plan for traffic control. Community Drama Club Opens Year Wednesday Nov. 10 The Winnetka Community Drama club will open the new season on No- vember 10 and 11 with "The Goose Hangs High." This play has been chosen out of many read by the pro- gram committee during the past sum- mer as a delightful one to begin an- other successful season. The Community Drama club has as its purpose the production of plays at Community House for the develop- ment and discovery of amateur talent of which there seems to be a wealth. Several of the actors first discovered through plays produced by the Drama club, have since done notable work in Theater Guild plays. The new officers for the year 1926-27 are as follows: president, Mrs. Carrie B. Prouty; vice-president, Mrs. Myron T. Harshaw; secretary, Mrs. Merritt Lum; treasurer, Mrs. Davies Lazear; chairman of program committee, Mrs. Sherman M. Goble; chairman of play- ers, Mrs. Charles F. Karnopp; chair- man of play producing, Mrs. Wm. T. Wersted; chairman of membership,' Mrs. Alfred G. Freeman. Give First Symphony Concert Next Monday Monday, October 18, will witness the inauguration of the 1926-27 New Trier Orchestral association con- cert series given at New Trier High school auditorium by the Little Symphony Players under di- rection of George Dasch. The orchestra of forty-five artist- players will open its program with the overture to von Weber's opera, "Euryanthe." This is to be fol- lowed by the famous Fourth Sym- phony (Opus 36) by Tschaikowsky, which will receive its initial per- formance at these concerts on this occasion. The second part of the program will open with the lovely "Petite Suite" in four movements, by Debussy, after which the strings of the orchestra will play "The Last Spring" (Grieg) and "Valse Triste" (Sibelius). The program will be brought to a brilliant close with the singer," by Wagner. Reports Health Conditions Very Good in Village Although weather conditions during September were not ideal from a health standpoint, there was very little disease in Winnetka, according té a report issued this week by Dr. C. O. Schneider, health. commissioner. The report is as follows: "There were reported during Sep- tember only four cases of whooping cough and two cases of chicken-pox, although this was a month of excessive rain and very little sunshine. Three cases of whooping cough and two cases of chicken-pox were each in one family, thus making only three homes that were placarded and quarantined during the entire month of September. It is a great pleasure to be able to report that no case of contagious disease has- developed in Winnetka during the first eleven days of Octo- ber. "Both the Winnetka Sanitary dairy and the Clover Leaf dairy of Glencoe were inspected by me and everything was found to be in a sanitary condi- tion. "All stores selling food and restau- rants in the village of Winnetka were inspected by either myself or the pub- lic health nurse and we find a uni- formly clean, sanitary and wholesome condition of all food dispensing places in Winnetka. Especially do I wish to mention and commend Pouloplos Brothers for the satisfactory condition I found in and about their place of business." Call Citizens to Mass Meeting at Kenilworth Residents of this village are invited to attend a mass meeting Monday eve- ning, October 18, at the Kenilworth Assembly hall, for consideration of proposed developments in "No Man's Land," located along the lake front between Kenilworth and Wilmette. Condemnation proceedings to stop the construction of clubs, theater and store projects in that territory are in progress, it is stated, and citizens are invited to learn of the steps to be taken in that direction. MADAME LENSKA WILL GIVE BENEFIT RECITAL Woman's Club Sponsors Concert Here for Benefit of Proposed Nursery School (Contributed) The song recital to be given Mon- day evening, October 25, for the bene- fit of the Winnetka Nursery school, by Madame Lenska, leading contralto of the Chicago Civic Opera company, promises to be a gay social affair. Perhaps because it is early in the year and everyone still has a bit of sum- mer's color in his heart; possibly be- cause a song recital by Madame Len- ska is considered a real occasion in Winnetka ; perhaps it is that the mem- bership of the Winnetka Woman's club is vitally interested in the pro- ject because it is their own. Enthusi- asm for the nursery school itself is intricate Prelude to "Die Meister }| ! : lig SMeistete. responsible for much of the interest 'shown in this concert. The following members of the club and the community are included in the list of patronesses: Mesdames Alfred L. Alschuler, Ernest S. Ballard, Ed- mund B. Bartlett, Laird Bell, Emmons Blaine, Jr., N. H. Blatchford, Jr, Ed- win L. Brown, Edwin H. Clark, Frank T. Crawford, Arthur H. Cushman, J. F. Hammon, Jr, C. Colton Daughaday, Arthur R. Dean, Raymond L. Durham, William S. Elliott, James Fentress, Al- fred R. Freeman, Dudley K. French, George H. Gordon, Harry N. Gottlieb, Dwight P. Green, William B. Hale, Everett L. Harris, Norman W. Harris, Hugo Hartman, William G. Hibbard, Harold L. Ickes, Francis L. Lackner, B. F. Langworthy, S. George Levy, Maurice H. Lieber, Samuel W. Mc- Cauley, Dudley C. Palmer, James F. Porter, Carrie B. Prouty, James A. Richards, Marcus D. Richards, George D. Smith, Perry H. Smith, Lawrence M. Stein, Willoughby Walling, Carle- ton Washburne, William S. Woolfolk, Eloise H. Wortley, Carl H. Zeiss, Miss Elizabeth Gemmel, Miss Harriet Houghteling and Miss Ruth Matz. Artist Saves Concert An interesting anecdote is told of Madame Lenska. She was singing the role of Ortrude in a concert production of Lohengrin last spring at the Ann Arbor music festival. The score for concert purposes was necessarily cut and Elsa (the soprano) lost her way and her place. The conductor hesi- tated and Madame Lenska, the only artist on the stage singing without a score, jumped ahead fifteen bars and saved the ensemble considerable em- barrassment. Of such stuff are artists made--occasionally. It was promised last week that there would be further discussion of nursery school ideals and objectives. The first objective discussed was the building up of a sound and pleasant environment for young children. A second large objective in nurserv school work 1s. parent education. There is perhaps a not unnatural resistance to nursery schools on the part of many people who believe that the nursery schoo is trying to separate the child from the home and that it is but another agency to relieve mothers of their home responsibilities. Quite the contrary is the case; ed- ucators of nursery school faith believe (Continued on Page 51)