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WINNETKA TALK February 18, 1928 Cherries in Vanilla between two layers of Vanilla THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL "MT. VERNON" Clothes buyers in this day awd age demand style, besnty, all-weol fabrics and guality tailering--at a low price. Here is your oppor- tumity! Patterns Galore--Various Weights. Smart Blues-- Smart Greys. All 1 Appointments dvisable | 1177 Wilmette Avenue WILMETTE Ph. 2766 0:09 00)'dN i V.Ni £0) 2X] 641 Orrington Ave. HERE'S A SCIENTIST WHO CAN REALLY TALK Prof. Ira Hilton Jones of Wil- mette Spokesman for His Misunderstood Brethren The January issue of the Lyceum magazine, organ of the Redpath Lyceum bureau, contains an extremely interesting article from the pen of Prof. Ira Hilton Jones, 1538 Forest avenue, Wilmette, noted chemist, who is di- rector of the department of Scientific Research of the Redpath bureau. Accompanying Professor Jones' ar- ticle, which bears the title, "The Chem- ist as Prophet," the editor pays a glow- ing tribute to this talented north shore genius, in part as follows: Invents "Hi-Jay" "Read the story of the new chemical, 'Hi-Jay," non-poisonous and 60% times as powerful a germicide as carbolic acid, told in another place in this maga- zine. Jones is the inventor. "We've been hearing much about his success on the lecture platform these recent years. He came to us out of the West. His father was Sheriff Jones of Kansas, with a history much like that of Buffalo Bill. His mother was a Hilton of the 'Hoary Hiltons' of Eng- land. His great - grandmother was Rhoda Sprague, a Mayflower descend- ant. His wife was Blanche Pinkerton, an honor graduate of Drake university and of the famous Pinkertons de- scended from Lord Calvert. Of their six children the son Haydn is already Open Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Evenings AND WE MAKE THEM TO ORDER SUITS and OVERCOATS ROAR TIGER stepping along father's trail, giving lec- ture demonstrations before New Trier high school. Their home is now 1538 Forest avenue, Wilmette, Ill. "In addition to what 'Who's Who in America' and other such reference works have to say about hil, it might be noted that this synthetizer in the laboratory has also been a great hu- man organizer. As a ten-year-old boy in Chicago he organized a protective association; in college he organized a literary society; in Harvard he helped reorganize the Boyleston Chemical club; in the University of Chicago he organized The Kent Chemical society; in Des Moines, The Central Association of Science and Mathematics Teachers; in Oklahoma, The Oklahoma Academy of Science and The Oklahoma Section of The American Chemical society; in South Dakota, The South Dakota Academy of Science, the South Dakota Section of The American Chemical so- ciety, and The Farmers' Club Move- ment of the Dakotas which later devel- oped into The American Farm Bureau. He held the first Rural Life confer- ence, in Mitchell, South Dakota, and has held numerous offices in these as- sociations." Scientists "Tongue-Tied" Anent his lecture work, Professor Jones has the following to say in the introductory paragraphs of his article, "The Chemist as Prophet": "Qur good friend Parlette has asked me to tell the Lyceum readers what it is I talk about. He is not the first person who has wondered that same thing. It is surprising to hear of a chemist getting real money for talking. The one thing that has characterized chemists and given them this reputa- tion is that they are almost universally tongue-tied. They appear to the pub- lic to have nothing to say, and surely can't say it. Any exception which I may be to this general rule must be attributed to the fact that in me meet two divergent lines of ancestry-- preachers and scientists. I have hoped, at least, that the former was recessive, and the latter strain, dominant. In Role of Prophet "Seriously, the little I have done in my twelve years for Redpath has been in the nature of the work of the prophet who was interpreter as well as seer. So I have attempted to interpret a scientific world to people whose pre- occupation with the stern business of making a living in other fields has kept them unfamiliar with the work of the scientist, who is so rapidly not only making the old world new, but read- justing our innermost ways of thinking and methods of life." Professor Jones' invention of "Hi- jay" has proved a boon to the Lyceum bureau. This germicide is now used as an effective preservative as applied to the great canvas tents used in Chau- tauqua work. The new germicide has been subjected to the severest tests possible, it is explained, and proved entirely satisfactory in preventing mildew and similar destructive agen- cies, N. U. Athletes Loom as Contenders at Olympiad Northwestern university hds a num- ber of promising athletes who are con- ceded a chance to represent the United States at the Olympic games at Amsterdam next summer. Among the track men are Tiny Lewis, shot putter; Bill Droegemueller, pole-vaulter, and Einar Hermansen, sprinter. Wally Col- bath, intercollegiate diving champion, is a strong contender for the swim- ming team. Ralph Lupton, central A. A. U. lightweight wrestling champ, is expected to make a strong bid for the team while Henry Zettleman, confer- ence champion fencer, is another prom- ising candidate. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Rittenhouse and their two sons, of 829 Foxdale avenue, left this week for Biloxi, Miss. They plan to return in April.