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WINNETKA TALK January 14, 1928 [oh Woman's Club Will Hear Edward Bell Dean of Foreign News Service and Author of Famous Letters on Birthday Program Edward Price Bell, called by Lord Northcliffe "The best American news- paper man London ever had," and here known as the dean of Foreign News service, will speak at the regu- lar meeting of the Winnetka Woman's club on Tuesday, January 17, at 2:30. The program is in charge of the art and literature committee, of which Mrs. E. V. L. Brown is chairman. Mr. Bell is the author of "World Chan- cellories" and "Europe's Economic Sunrise." Mr. Bell's most sensational achieve- ment in London was that of a series of letters to The Times, beginning in December, 1916, and ending on Wash- ington's birthday, 1917, {foretelling America's entry into the World war. These letters, so surprising were they in every country (they were cabled to all the capitals of the earth), made Mr. Bell famous wherever peo- ple read. It was thought by many that the doyen of London correspondents had lost his reason under the strain of the war; it was thought by others that his letters were based upon se- cret official information from Wash- ington. In either case, they were of extraordinary public interest, and at- tracted as much attention in Asia as they did in Europe. So deeply did these letters affect Japanese opinion, it is stated, that, when Mr. Bell visited Japan in 1925 (nine years later), he was amazed to find himself a subject of both govern- mental and popular interest as "The Man Who Wrote the Prophetic American War Letters to The Times." Mr. Bell will tell the story of these letters for the first time to the Win- netka Woman's club. . The guests of honor for this meet- ing will be past presidents of the club: Dr. Alice Barlow Brown, who is un- able to be present; Mrs. William Otis, Mrs. Maurice H. Lieber, Mrs. Wil- liam C. Boyden, Mrs. Eloise W. Wort- ley, Mrs. Carrie B. Prouty, Mrs. James F. Porter, Mrs. George W. Gordon, Mrs. Willoughby G. Walling, and Miss Ruth Matz. Tuesday marks the twentieth birth- day of the club. In its honor Mrs. Otis will read an original poem, and the social hour will be in the nature of a birthday party. Infant Welfare Society to Hold Annual Meeting The Infant Welfare Society of Chi- cago is to have its annual meeting and luncheon at the Drake hotel Wednes- day, January 18. The Woman's auxiliary will hold its annual business meeting in the morning, and luncheon will be served at 12:30 o'clock. The speaker for the afternoon session will be Dr. Henry F. Helmholz of the Mayo clinic, Rochester, Minn., who has taken as the subject of his lecture, "Recent Observations of Child Welfare Work in Europe." It is hoped that a large number of members from this village will be in attendance. Reservations for the lunch- eon are to be made by phoning State 4145 not later than Saturday, January 14, it is announced, and the tickets may be secured at the door. The morning meeting, which opens at 10:30 o'clock, will be held in the French room of the Drake, the lunch- eon and afternoon program in the ballroom. At Catholic League Mrs. John N. VanderVries, president of the Winnetka League of Women Voters, who was to have been the guest of honor at the meeting Tuesday of the North Shore Catholic Woman's league, was unable to attend. Among the guests present to hear the Rev. Frederick Siedenberg were Mrs. F. J. Oelerich, president of the Wilmette Catholic Woman's club, and the Rev. F. J. Magner of the Highwood Catho- lic church. At the opening of the meeting it was announced that a sewing meeting will be held January 24, with Mrs. William Schneider of 911 Vernon ave- nue, Glencoe. Mrs. Frank Jones of Wilmette, president of the Foundation for St. Francis hospital, gave a short talk about the foundation. Miss Mar- jorie Smith of Winnetka gave several very delightful selections. Father Siedenberg, in his talk of "Woman in Politics" remarked that the giving of the ballot to women was perfectly logical, since women must now go out of the home to control the factors that affect the health and well being of the home. "The type of a nation is determined by the type of its families, and the type of family is determined by the type of mothers," remarked Fr. Siedenberg, going on to say that the supplies of the home, water, milk, food, and et cetera, are now controlled by public officials, and women should be interested in affairs governing these officials. The educa- tion, health, and mental influences of the individual are wrapped up in the community. Father Siedenberg commended the Marshall Field housing plan, saying that it would do much spiritual as well as physical good. Then he told how much the community can control its recrea- tion centers, such as the movies. The movies, he believes, can have a greater influence than churches, schools, or homes. He quoted the opinion of Prof. Hugo Munsterberg of Harvard, that movies are "the greatest mental depreciator." Commending the women's clubs as the most important factor for passing legislation concerning general welfare, Father Siedenberg said that it is the duty of Christian women to have their share in influencing that legislation, that women should stay close to the things that affect them the most. Father Siedenberg discussed next two schools of philosophy, monism and dualism. The first, he said, recognizes only matter, while the second recog- nizes two distinct phenomena, matter and spirit. Various modern problems, such as trial or companionate marriages and birth control, undermine the foun- dations of a dualistic philosophy, he believes. He concluded his talk by remarking that "Evolution has never explained Shakespeare's mind, mother love, or courage, or any other such spiritual qualities." Before the conclusion of the meeting, the announcement was made that Mrs. Maurice Lieber's Parliamentary Law class will meet with Mrs. William B. Pavey of 845 Lincoln avenue next Wednesday. BOARD MEETING OPEN On January 19, at 10 o'clock in the morning, an annual meeting of the board of directors of the Park Ridge School for Girls will be held in the Board room of the Chicago Woman's club. The public is cordially invited to come and hear the reports of the work done. News of the North Shore Clubs Winnetka Music Club Has Guest- Artist on Program Mrs. Clifford Ewart, who formerly lived in Winnetka and was passing through last Monday, made the meet- ing of the Winnetka Music club on that day an unusually attractive one. She played some delightful piano se- lections. The regular part of the pro- gram consisted of two groups of songs, one given by Mrs. Preston Burlingham and the other by Mrs. John W. Hansel, both accompanied by Mrs. Robert Kingery; and piano solos by Mrs. Roland Whitman and Elizabeth Ayers Kidd, who has been studying in Paris under Cortot for the past year. Among Miss Kidd's piano selections were some modern ones that had not before been heard in this country. She was the artist guest of the afternoon. The meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Harry Street, 592 Sheridan road, Winnetka. Day Nursery Association to Have Annual Luncheon The Association of Chicago Day nurseries, of which Mrs. Alfred Al- schuler and Miss Marriot P. Hough- teling of Winnetka are among the di- rectors, will hold its annual luncheon meeting Tuesday, January 17, at the Woman's City club, at 12:30 o'clock. During the thirty years of the as- sociation's existence, it has helped organize many nurseries. It has studied the nursery work with the best authorities and given the benefits of such study to the individual nur- sery. Delegates attending from Winnetka, representing as chairmen their re- spective nurseries, will be Mrs. Theo- dore Coyne of 597 Provident avenue, of the Matheon Day nursery, and Mrs. W. A. Schrei, 327 Cumnor road, and Mrs. J. J. Sampson, 372 Elder lane, of the Little Wanderers Day nursery. Open-Door Meetings Start The Sunday open-door meetings of the Chicago Woman's club began January 8. The open-door is a form of hospitality extended by members of the club to women of Chicago and its suburbs who are occupied during the week, either professionally, or in busi- ness, and are thus denied the oppor- tunities afforded by club life. The club rooms on the tenth floor of the Fine Arts building are thrown open each Sunday at 3 o'clock, and the entertainment provided is fol- lowed by a social hour and tea. Mrs. Andrew MacLeish of Glencoe is presi- dent of the Chicago Woman's club. Give Program in City Members of the Winnetka Music club are giving a musical treat to the Chicago Woman's club Monday, Janu- ary 16. The occasion is a musicale and tea given for new members of the education and philosophy and the home and public welfare departments of the club. The soloists will be Mrs. Sidney F. Bartlett, Mrs. George E. Frazer, and Mrs. William D. Mec- Adams. Mrs. Arthur Dean is in charge of the program. FIRST DISTRICT HOSTESS The Southern Woman's club of Chi- cago was hostess for the First dis- trict of the Illinois Federation of Women's clubs Monday, in the Mor- rison hotel. The club also held a regular meeting Thursday, at the Hotel La Salle, with a social hour, luncheon, and a program on the Duo-Art by Earl Brinkman and John Wise. NS Tenth District Clubs Meeting Friends in Council of Evanston Hostess for District Program on January 13 An unusually interesting day is promised to the members of the Fed- eration of Clubs of the Tenth Con- gressional district of Illinois at the conference to be held at the Orrington hotel in Evanston on Friday, January 13, with Friends in Council of Evans- ton as the hostess club. There will be a board meeting at 9:30 o'clock fol- lowed by the district meeting at 10. Four state chairmen, Mrs. Grant Heebe, Mrs. C. M. Zimmerman, Mrs. J. H. Jackson, and Mrs. R. W. Web- ster will present the work of their de- partments, and brief reports of officers and chairmen will be given. Music will be furnished by the quartet of the Ravenswood Civic league and the sex- tet of the Lake Forest Woman's club. After luncheon, for which reserva- tions are to be sent to Mrs. George Spalding, 2648 Asbury avenue, Evans- ton, excerpts from "A Legend of Spain" by E. E. Freer, music by Har- riet Heald accompanied by Lester Noyes, an address, "Contributions Made to Chicago by Foreign Groups," by M. 'A. Stanley, will complete the afternoon program. The Tenth District federation is composed of forty woman's organiza- tions and eight Junior auxiliaries from Fox Lake, Antioch, Gray's Lake, Wau- kegan and south through the shore suburbs, including the north end of Chicago. Mrs. Harry S. Gradle is president; Mrs. W. C. Collins and Mrs. W. W. Lill, vice-presidents: Mrs. E. Nolting, secretary; Mrs. J. Newton, corresponding secretary; Mrs. H. W. Price, treasurer; and Mrs. G. W. Munch, Lake county president. Grove House Board Re-Elects Officers The Grove House board showed its appreciation of the efficiency of its officers for the past year by re-electing all of them for the coming year, at a meeting held on January 3. The of- ficers are: Mrs. Heyliger A. deWindt of Winnetka, president; Mrs. Morris Wilson of Winnetka, first vice-presi- dent; Mrs. Frederick Scott of Hub- bard Woods, second vice-president; Mrs. Leslie Wheeler of Lake Forest, treasurer; Mrs. Kent Clow of Lake Forest, recording secretary; and Mrs. Robert Gardner of Lake Forest, cor- responding secretary. The regular business of the board was taken care of after the election of officers. TO HEAR TALK ON DRAMA The next meeting of the North Shore Wellesley circle is taking place Tuesday, January 17, at 2:30 o'clock, at the home of Miss Mildred and Miss Florence Smith, 1426 Forest avenue, at 2:30 o'clock. The program of the afternoon will consist of a talk on the plays of today. FOUNDATION TO MEET The members of the board of the Foundation for St. Francis' hospital will have their regular business meet- ing next Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock, at the Nurses' home of the hospital.