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& WINNETKA TALK November 19, 1927 a no. d oo 5, -- [|| News of the North Shore Clubs Foundation Is New St. Francis Group St. Francis Foundation Includes North Shore Women Among Its Officers A group of north shore women who for a long time have been interested in St. Francis hospital, recently met and formed an organization to promote its welfare. These women have raised funds in various ways in the past to help supply necessary equipment and various things for the hospital. It was felt that the interest was so wide- spread and the need so great that it warranted a permanent oganization for the purpose. The board met on November 10, for luncheon, at the Nurses' home, where all the meetings of the foundation are held. The board members acted as hostesses for the opening of the Chil- dren's hospital after their meeting. The next meeting will be held on November 30, at 1 o'clock, at the Nurses' home, and is open to all who are interested. The club dates its beginning from St. Francis' day, October 4, of this year. On October 31, a meeting was called, a resolution passed, and a constitution adopted, for such an organization. The following officers and directors were elected, and committees appoint- ed: Mrs. Frank Jones of Wilmette, president; Mrs. Albert J. Smith of Evanston, first vice president; Mrs. Charles F. Bunte of Wilmette, second vice president, and Mrs. George Kear- mney of Evanston, third vice president; Mrs. James F. Burns of Winnetka, re- cording secretary; Mrs. C. W. Geb- hardt of Evanston, corresponding sec- retary, Mrs. John Boylston of Wil- mette, treasurer. The list of directors includes Mrs. R. H. McColl and Mrs. Nels P. Andersen of Evanston; Mrs. Charles A. Barton, Mrs. John E. 'Cawkwell, and Mrs. George Ludwig of 'Wilmette; Mrs. W. F. Brown and Mrs. George Ortseifen of Winnetka; Mrs. Harry Mills of Highland Park, and Mr F. L. McLaughlin of Rogers ark. Mrs. George Ludwig is chairman of the membership committee. Her co- workers are Mrs. Mills of Highland Park; Mrs. W. A. Kittermaster of Glencoe; Mrs. G. Wallace Moore of Winnetka, Mrs. J. R. Ludwig of Wil- mette; Mrs. McColl and Mrs. Ander- sen of Evanston; and Mrs. McLaugh- lin of Rogers Park. Mrs. McColl is chairman of the committee on revi- sions; Mrs. Ortseifen, social commit- tee; Mrs. W. F. Brown of Winnetka, publicity; Mrs. Albert J. Smith of Evanston, house; and Mrs. Andersen of Evanston, ways and means. There will also be an advisory com- mittee, made up of presidents of all clubs holding a club membership. There are individual memberships, club memberships, and sustaining mem- berships. A motion was carried that all one hundred percent clubs, that is, all clubs whose entire membership joins the Foundation as individual members, shall receive a pennant. There is to be an extensive member- ship drive, and it is hoped that by- January 1, the Foundation will have at least five hundred members. There is to be at least one large charity party a year to increase the funds. The Foundation at present is to assist with the furnishing of the emergency operating room. Reads Two Sketches at Woman's Society Mrs. Frederick Dickinson entertain- ed the members of the Woman's socie- ty of the Winnetka Congregational church with two humorous readings at the meeting on Wednesday at Com- munity House. The first sketch was "The Parson and His Wife," selected from the latest Scribner's magazine. "Cabbages," a one-act play by Edward Staadt, was the second reading. Before the readings, a short board meeting was held, led by Mrs. Wiley J. Huddle, the president. After luncheon, the Rev. Julius S. Augur gave a talk on the Philippine Islands. With only two more meetings before Christmas, the Woman's society will be very busy from now on with Christmas work that must be finished for various organizations. The officers would like to have as many workers as possible to these meetings and help finish the sewing. Winnetka Women Officers in State Voters' League Several Winnetka women were given important offices in the Illinois League of Women Voters at the elections dur- ing the state convention held in Peoria this week. Mrs. William G. Hibbard was elected first vice-president. Mrs. Walter L. Benson was re-elected treasurer, and Mrs. John N. VanderVries was made a member of the board of directors. Mrs. Hibbard will fill the place occupied by Miss Bertha Bidwell of Freeport, who was made president of the state league. "Escape" Next Dramatic Reading Offered by Club Mrs. Frederick Dickinson will give the second of the dramatic readings offered by the Winnetka Woman's club next Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The play will be Galsworthy's "Escape," which is now on the boards in New York. Those who enjoyed Mrs. Taliaferro Milton's exquisite reading in October will want to hear this also. Every one is invited. No charge of any kind is made, not even membership. At Century Club Tea The Woman's Century club gave a tea Thursday afternoon, November 17, at the Palmer House. Mrs. Louise Trier is president. The board of di- rectors acting as hostesses included Dr. Sadie Bay Adair, Mrs. Edgar Foster Alden, Dr. Julian Doane, Mrs. Charles S. Clark, Miss Agnes Fore- man, Mrs. David MacLean, Mrs. George Magoun, Mrs. William Wester- lund, Mrs. Charles Sherman, and Mrs. Samuel Snow. CIRCLE TO MEET The Foxdale circle will meet Mon- day, November 21, at 2:30 o'clock, at the home of Mrs. F. T. O'Brien, 735 Foxdale avenue. Alpha Xi Delta sorority of North- western university will hold its annual bazaar and dinner Wednesday, Novem- ber 30, in the sorority house in Evans- ton. Dinner will be served at 6:30 o'clock. The Mothers' organization is sponsoring the bazaar and dinner for the benefit of the house fund. John Ritchie of 565 Arbor Vitae road left Wednesday for the East. He will attend the Yale-Harvard football game today. ct" Name Cast for New Trier Production on Saturday The play, "Inside the Lines," which will be presented by the New Trier Dramatic club, Saturday, November 19, has been rehearsed steadily for several weeks now. Gordon Van Kirk is coaching the play. "Inside the Lines" is by Earl Bigger and is a story of international intrigue at a time just before the outbreak of the World war. People of all types, including British officers, spies, secret service men, a Hindoo servant, an American girl from New York, and some people from Ke- wanee, Ill, are involved, with the Rock of Gibraltar as a background. The cast consists of the following students selected from the three upper classes: Joseph Amer ....\ ci % cus Mrs. Henry J. Sherman .. Bob Spiegel Vivian Soukup Miss Kitty Sherman ... Harriet Williams ERE SE Ce rr Jack Weiller Henry J. Sherman ..... Frank Gilchrist William Kimball ........ Robert Brown Maria' iii. cod ait, Virginia Harvey Mr "Capper cov ves George Cogswell Sergeant Crosby ........ George Pearse Lady Crandell .... 5... Jean Thackery Miss Jane Gerson .......... Jean Marx Mr. Reynolds ....... . Leon Steffens Captain Woodhouse .......... John Iliff Jaimer Khan ...... .. Marvin Banta Maj. Gen. Sir George Crandell........ a + ouput ls VEIOKOE + « 330% ins John Betak Major Bishop .......... Burton Aschem MAIR cnvvce cited rranens Elnora Wilde Catholic League to Have Parliamentary Law Class At the meeting of the North Shore Catholic Woman's league Tuesday of last week at the Winnetka Woman's club, the members decided to have a course of parliamentary law to be giv- en after the holidays by Mrs. Maurice Lieber of Winnetka. Mrs. Chester E. Cleveland of Win- netka was in charge of the program for the afternoon. Mrs. R. R. Gavin, con- tralto, sang a number of songs and Miss Virginia Mattes played a group of violin numbers. Both artists, as well as their accompanist, Miss Sybil Dolan, are Chicagoans. Elect New Officers for Wilmette Garden Club At the meeting of the Wilmette Garden club held November 4, new officers were elected for the ensuing vear, to be installed in January. Mrs. Walter Gore Mitchell will continue as president. Mrs. John Weedon is to be vice president; Mrs. A. E. Logie, recording secretarv; Mrs. J. Benton Schaub, corresponding secretary; Mrs. James Moore of Evanston, treasurer; Mrs. B. E. Gage, program chairman. The next meeting of the club is to take place the first Friday evening in December, with Mrs. C. D. Ewer of 1111 Ashland avenue, the hostess. SEWS FOR CHARITY The North Shore Kentucky society has been spending the afternoons dur- ing the month of November sewing on change bags for a department store in the loop. Proceeds from the sale of the bags will be given over to the furtherance of the society's educational work in the Hindman schoo!, North county, Ky. The sewing will come: to an end after Thanksgiving. CONFERENCE HOSTESS Mrs. J. K. Farley, 300 Abbottsford road, Kenilworth, was one of a group of hostesses Thursday morning at the Conference of Club Presidents and Program Chairmen held at Fullerton hall, Art institute. William Nitze Is Speaker at Club Head of Romance Language De- partment Gives Three Reasons for Greatness of Moliere The Winnetka Woman's club met Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Carl Zeiss presiding in the absence of the president, Mrs. Arthur Cushman. The program was in charge of the art and literature committee, of which Mrs. E. V. L. Brown is chairman. The speaker for the afternoon was Prof. William Nitze, head of romance languages at the University of Chicago. His subject was "Moliere and the Human Comedy." He gave three rea- sons for Moliere's greatness. First, he was the creator of modern comedy, the form of the five-act social play that is still "good theatre" with us. Sec- ondly, he made an objective appraisal of human society on a social basis, "La Comedie Humaine." Thirdly his own life was greater than any work he wrote. He worked with an endur- ance that was heroic both in the writ- ing and in the acting of his plays. One of the astounding things about him was that he had the modern psychological point of view. Another was that his satire was always directed at the baser qualities of human nature, hypocrisy, greed, and stupidity. Professor Nitze's appreciation of the man and his comments on the various plays were most stimulating and very suggestive for further study. Xmas Gifts for Children Features of December Sale Mrs. J. C. Towle of 611 Oak street opened her home Wednesday for a meeting of the Young Women's auxil- iary of the Woman's society of the Congregational church. The members worked on articles for the sale to be given by the auxiliary on December 7, at Community House. All sorts of articles for children suitable for Christmas gifts will be on sale. Although the auxiliary plans to meet weekly to prepare for the sale, there will be no meeting next Wed- nesday. Catholic League Benefit The philanthropy card party of the North Shore Catholic Woman's league was given at the Evanston Woman's club Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Wil- liam Pavey of 845 Lincoln avenue, Winnekta, was in charge. She was assisted by Mrs. N. P. Anderson of Evanston and by the house chairman. The next meeting of the league will be held at the home of Mrs. Robert O'Brien, 81 Foxdale avenue, Win- netka, at 10 o'clock in the morning, Tuesday, November 29. PLAY READING NOVEMBER 29 The Play Reading and Study group will hold its second meeting in the Scout room of Community House Tuesday evening, November 29, at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Myron T. Harshaw of Winnetka will again direct the group reading. About thirty people braved the storm at the first meeting, and voted it an effort well worth making. All interested are invited to attend. BAZAAR A BENEFIT FOR HOME The Friendship club is sponsoring a bazaar in the interest of the Presby- terian Old People's home Thursday, December 1, at the residence of Mrs. Frederick Rye, 1015 Chestnut avenue, Wilmette.