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rep-- or October 15, 1927 WINNETKA TALK Ill Health Costs State 184 Billion Dollars Annually [t is estimated that the cost of sick- ness averages $80 per year per family United States. Applying this figure to Illinois it appears that the cost of ill health reaches the stupen- dous sum of one hundred and eighty- four billion dollars annually in this state. Evidently there is considerable room left ahead for preventive medi- cme. Of the total cost of sickness statis- ticians calculate that physicians get one-half. Next comes the dentist who collects twenty per cent. Druggists and instrument makers take in 16 per cent, hospitals 7 per cent and nurses 5 per cent. It is a costly business to be sick but it's worth the price to get well again. On the other hand it would appear that folks who are willing to pay so dearly for treatment would be willing to con- tribute generously toward prevention. Nobody is sanguine enough to be- lieve that all diseases and ailments can be prevented. There are too many complex factors involved. But there are many infections subject to almost complete control and. there are many ways of testing habits to discover which are harmful and which bene- ficial to health, One good test of physical well being is the appetite. When the appetite of an apparently healthy person lags a mighty good diagnostic trick is to get out of doors in the sunshine for two or three hours and participate in some suitable exercise--walking, hunting, golf, horseback riding, etc. This is an especially good test for school children. Boys and girls used to walk to school--sometimes long distances. Now it's almost dangerous for little chil- dren to walk and besides it is so con- in the Wilmette Church to | Entertain Catholic Club on October 18 The Catholic club of the Diocese of Chicago will hold its October meeting in the Parish House of St. Augustine's church, Wilmette, Tuesday October 18. The club, which was organized about four years ago, is composed of clergy and laity of the Episcopal church and | its aim is the spreading of the Catholic | faith and practice in the Anglican Com- | munion, The meeting will be preceded by a supper for members and their invited | ouests at 1126 Wilmette avenue, Wil- mette, at 6:30 and a devotional service at 7:45 with the Rt. Rev. Beniamin F. P, Ivins, D. D., Bishop Co-Adjutor of the diocese of Milwaukee, present in sanctuary. The Rev. Francis R. Nitchie, rector of Christ church, Wood- lawn, will be the officiant. John Law- rence is to be master of ceremonies, assisted by Clark Leach of Wilmette. After the service a meeting of the | club will be held in the Parish house. | Bishop Ivins, during his stay in Wil- mette, will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Royal D. Smith at their home, 706 Elmwood avenue. Mr. Smith is a member of the exe- cutive committee of the club and it is upon his initiative and by invitation of Dr. Hubert Carleton, rector of St. Augustine's, that the meeting will be held in the Wilmette parish. evening, the other labor-saving devices have just about made a clean sweep of house- hold chores leaving to parents no small task in providing useful activi- ties for children who profit by being busy. THE LEADER ECONOMIZER WILL CUT OIL BILLS ONE-THIRD ool Endorsed by Ol o by Burner eating Manu- Engineers facturers Don't blame the oil burn- er because a large por- tion of its heat is wasted, as the majority of burn- ers are installed in heat- ing plants that were de- signed to burn coal. A high temoerature stack is The LEADER ECON- OMIZER when installed is a permanent part of your heating plant. It adds 75 square feet of heating surface which cani not only a fire hazard but Bw " be used to reduce the is wasted oil. A LEADER load on DI yoar present ECONOMIZER utilizes plant, or to heat sun par- this waste heat, reduces 1 leepi NE ry ors, sleeping .. porches, eliminating high stack garages, ete--All from temperatures, and. will the heat it saves which positively reduce your. oil heretofore has gone up bills. the chimney. IT PAYS FOR ITSELF IN THE FUEL IT SAVES Some North Shore Territory Still Open for Responsible Distributors. LEADER IRON WORKS 451 West Erie St., Chicago -- Phone Sup. 5402 Factory and General Office," Decatur, Ill. "ow 5 LS venient to take them in the automobile. | . * But most children scarcely get done Phone (ALI ITI TT ELE EL LLL ALE EL ALLA IAI IIIS EIT Ld with breakfast in time to get to school : 2 : before it starts and the afternoon is Wilmette 2418 * * far spent when school is out. That : ° ° : leaves but little time for out-of-door * F d k E 1 j C = Pray. is ; EDWARD : redaeric o I. €WIS U0, i Under those conditions the appetite * bd wanes in vigor. That mysterious * . ar * power which protects us against dis- H U C K : Funeral Directors and Morticians : ease, ordinarily called resistance, be- E : + gins to desert the children and infec- wre 3 3 tions start the rounds. Doubtless these For Painting - * things are important reasons why win- . * " ' = ter and spring are far more unhealth- and Decorating 3 We Understand" + ful than summer and autumn. . . El rs It is alright to take the youngsters at Sensible Prices : + to school in the family car if they * * get enough exercise and out-of-door hoon 2 "3 play in some other way. In modern 1405 Central Ave. 3 Twenty-three years of careful, scientific research in this J ' ies the Tater of Bild Jase as Wilmette + field have enabled us to surpass in our profession the re- water. 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