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" EH ------ WINNETKA TALK i Tarai: Pui . May 14, 1927 rs HAIL AND WIND PLAY HAVOC IN NEW TRIER Greenhouses Suffer Heavy Loss; Fallen Wires Cripple Power, Phone Service Monday Gathering her legions from the southland and amassing them at her command, old Dame Nature organized a triple-threat attack last Monday and riding on a 74-mile gale, swept north- ward, spreading death and destruction throughout Texas, Kansas, Arkansas, and Missouri and striking a last lin- gering blow in her campaign, at the north shore. As the advance phalanx of forbidding clouds rolled over the dismal sky, she loosened her bolts of wind-driven rain and hail, forcing pedestrians and motorists to run for the nearest cover amid a barrage of flying branches and debris. Scores of trees, facing her in grim silence, fell before the wind's relent- less onslaught; light, power and tele- phone snapped like strings; windows crashed and traffic came to a halt in shuddering dread as the ele- ments battled for suppremacy. Hail, ranging in size from scarcely larger than a grain of wheat to as large as hen's eggs, and, in a few cases, base- balls, rapped maliciously at car tops and window panes. At last, having spent her fury in a series of threg distinct outbursts during the day and evening as the undulating storm waves drove eastward to the lake, Dame Na- ture smiled in grim satisfaction and left bewildered man to count his losses. wires Rail Traffic Stopped On the North Shore Line between Glencoe and Braeside, 32 poles gave way, allowing both of the power wires to drop on the right of way. Watch- fulness on the part of Jack Andrews and W. E. Hiatt, trainmen in charge of a limited due at Braeside at 12:50, probably prevented a serious catas- trophe when the train was broyght to a halt just as the first poles be- A I I I I III V. C. TIEDT AAAI AIA I III XIXIIXIIXIXIIIIIIIIX Universal Decorating Studios Interior Decorations 1223 ADDISON STREET CHICAGO Tel. 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At the Elm street depot in Win- netka, one of the plate glass windows on the west side of the building was shattered by hail stones. Total dam- age to North Shore line property, it was estimated by officials of the road, would approximate $8,000. Miss Anne Pavey had returned from a three months cruise of the Mediter- ranean, and is visiting her brother, William B, Pavey of 845 Lincoln ave- nue, Winnetka. While abroad, Pavey stopped in England where she visited relatives. were' Miss | Fountain Square--Evanston New Sport Fashions Step Out! A novel fringed shawl cen- ters itself across a wide band, reptile patterned, in this sport shoe "of rose- blush calf. $6.50. Up-to-minute in fashion --this new Cushman de- signed sport oxford sketched above! Of stone calf with lizard grained heel and saddle. $8.50. Other New, Exclusive Shoe Modes Shown at Lord's. First Floor DESCRIBES FUNCTION OF NURSERY SCHOOLS Apportion Time of Mother and Child More Wisely; Intensify Parental Responsibility By S. G. L. The business of the nursery schoo! is to plan suitable environment for children of two or three years of age. People are not accustomed to placing children of this age in groups outside their homes, and parents sometimes re- sent the thought of schools for two and three year old children, until they understand the ideals underlying them. Those of nursery school faith are not trying to take children out of their homes, but wish to apportion the time of both mothers and children more wisely, and actually to intensify the sense of responsibility of mothers when they are at home. The amount of time we spend with our children is not nearly so important as the quality of companionship and understanding we give them when we are together. Nursery schools have three general objectives. First, habit formation; second, parent education; and third, work along research lines. In addition, nursery school directors have these two factors always in mind: the need for a large basic health program, and a desire to train rather than teach the child. The daily program is based on the child's needs--to eat, sleep, play--to be in the fresh air and to grow. Many nursery schools run from 9 o'clock in the morning to 3:30 in the afternoon, and include luncheon and naps. The two and three year old period has never before been scientifically planned from an educational standpoint. Chil- dren are examined physically, weights and heights are noted, and menus are scientifically planned. -Play materials of various kinds are provided; some to foster social spirit and group play and others to effect muscular develop- ment. Habits of personal cleanliness are built up, a sense of order and a respect for property, habits of rest and relaxation and good food habits are sought. All children are expected to eat what is put before them, and they learn to do so. The children either consciously or unconsciously conform to group standards. The second objective is parent edu- cation. The co-operation and under- standing of parents is sought when children are enrolled. Through indi- vidual conferences an effort is made to make parents realize that parent- hood is a profession with definite phy- sical and psychical laws, which if ap- plied make family life something of an art, and the care of children more fun. The importance of comfortable happy family relationships is stressed. Advice is given on habit building at home. Parents are told that if diffi- culties occurs at home it is most help- ful to discuss the trouble with the child, not when he is wilful or angry, but when he is emotionally free to co-operate and understand. And so the nursery school works into the home, and the school and home in- creasingly supplement each other. The third objective of the nursery school is research. The nursery schools are making definite efforts to ascer- tain many facts about the mental, physical, and emotional needs of young children. Accordingly, studies are be- ing made all over the country on such subjects as food, forms of growth, colds, technique of relaxation, reac- tions to music and stories, and how in all ways we may learn to do for voung children what is best for them. Ideals such as these will be the in- spiration of the work in the Winnetka nursery school. rn™