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nd November 13, 1926 WINNETKA TALK 33 Published Recently (Extracts from publishers' comments.) Mrs. Charles F. Pearce, Jr., of 847 Valley road, Glencoe gave a miscel- laneous shower and tea for forty-five friends Thursday, November 11, at 3 o'clock, in honor of Mrs. H. Austin Biography Pardue of Chicago. Mrs. Pardue was "Eight Years With Wilson's Cabinet, | Dorothy Klotz before her marriage. David Houston was the closest friend in the cabinet. " "The Theatre of George Jean Nathan --Isaac Goldberg The biographer of H. L. Mencken and Havelock Ellis now turns his X-ray on Nathan. "Charles W. Eliot: The Man and His Beliefs"--Wm. Allen Neilson. A collection of his notable speeches and papers together with a bio- graphical study. "My Life and Times" --Jerome K. Jerome An informal account of a varied and notable career with many humorous glimpses of celebrities. "The Study of Swinburne" --T. Earle Welby A critical study of Swinburne's time, his life and his verse. "John Wanamaker" --Herbert Adams Gibbons A two-volume work on one of the greatest citizens of recent years. "Benjamin Franklin: The First Civ- ilized American"--Phillips Russell. An unconventional and interesting biography w hich rescues Franklin from the myth makers. "Revery"'--Samuel Hopkins Adam. Background is politics. Tells some things that will make Washington folks squirm. "Notes on Democracy" --H. L. Mencken. Ten years of thought and experi- ment have gone into the making of this book. Every Child Should Own Mother Goose (3-5 years) Picture Books (3-6 vears) The Three Bears The Three Pigs Peter Rabbit Little Black Sambo Fairy Tales (5-8 years) Anderson's Norse Grimm's Alice in Wonderland (8-10 years) Swiss Family Robinson (9-11 years) Heidi (9-11 years) Pinnochio (9-11 years) Robinson Crusoe (8-11 years) Robin Hood (10-13 years) ° Arabian Nights (12-14 years) Treasure Island (12-15 years) Boys Little Women (11-14 years) Girls Many people who have read "Ways of Escape," have wondered if Noel Forrest might not be the pseudonym of some well known writer. It is, it now develops, a pseudonym but of an individual who has never published a book before. He is a university grad- uate who is an examination coach liv- ing in the south of England. Noel Forrest served in France during the war, is a lover of country life and a keen naturalist, and dislikes publicity. Upon publication "The Nature of The World and of Man" has created a small stir in Chicago, where it was published by the University of Chica- go Press. Written by sixteen members of the University faculty, it was in its original form a series of lectures to freshmen at the university and for that reason is unusually free from techni- cal terms. --Publishers' Weekly | Mr. and Mrs. Charles Leichsenring gratulations upon the birth of a seven |and one-half pound daughter, Tuesday, November 9, at St. Francis hospital. Mrs. Leichsenring was Annie Conner before her marriage. Mrs. Buckingham Chandler of 9 of Des Plaines, Ill, are receiving con- | Indian Hill road left Friday, Novem- [ber 5, for Boston, Mass., where she at- tended the Harvard-Princeton football game. From Boston Mrs. Chandler left for New York City, expecting to stay there about two weeks. ' hd The women's waiting room at the new Adams and Wabash (Chicago) station of the North Shore Line is causing no end of favorable comment. Conventional ideas of railroad station planning were disregarded in the furnishing of this attractive room. Rich period furniture, in various styles and colors, makes this more the living room of a beautiful home than the waiting room of a railroad station. touch to this quiet, lovely room that is a rest room in every sense of the word! cozy desks and convenient reading tables. their headquarters when in Chicago. Soft-cushioned chairs and davenports add the final There are Women are invited to make this waiting room It's at 223 So. Wabash Avenue, near Adams Street. T€ASONS hy the experienced traveler brefers 1 + A fast train every hour. 2. Clean, comfortable, courteous service. + more, in the heart of the city, convenient to everywhere, saving time and taxi fare. aukee NO the Shore Line Route, stopping here foe passengers. At other hours, Shore Line Limited trains operating to Waukegan Milwaukee terminal is at 6th and Syca- Je re ee ne cago + Seven Milwaukee-bound ~** trains operate each day via with Mil kee Li ting over the Skokie Valley Route. Foe schedules, fares and other information, inquire at ticket office. Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad Co. The high-speed electrically-operated railroad WINNETKA PASSENGER STATION Telephone Winnetka 963 Baggage Checked