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14 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1915, To Loan on Improved Winnetka Real Estate P. W. BRADSTREET Phone 162 524 Linden Street $2,500and $3,500 MISS GRACE MEEKER DESIGNER, DECORATOR, FURNISHER 1425 Stevens Building CHICAGO Let me do your shopping for you. Contracts for decorating, furnishing of homes, Public Building complete. Ideas and estimates upon request, HENRY Florist i | G D.M. Ferry's Flower and Vegetable Seeds Velvet Grass Seed PINE & W.R.R. Tel. Winnetka 313 AVENUES ADDITIONAL WANT ADS. FOR SALE. FOR SALE--ONE HORSE, DELIV- ery wagon and carriage; cheap. Telephone Winnetka 235. ite FOR SALE -- ORGAN, WALNUT case, W. W. Kimball make, 5 oc- taves, 12 stops. $10. Tel. Winnetka 730. 1te LOST. LOST--APRIL. 22, CHILD'S SWEAT- er, near Sunset road car station. Mrs. R. S. Winship, phone Winnet- ka 277. 1tc LOST--DOG; AIRDALE; ANSWERS to name of Jack; good type; weight 65 pounds; small spiked collar; wire muzzle. Reward if returned to L. A. Stein, 605 Lincoln Ave. Tele- phone Winnetka 918. 1te BURKITT & LIVINGSTON GENERAL CONTRACTORS Masonry and Concrete Work 14 Prouty Annex Telephone 130 HELP WANTED. WANTED--YOUNG GIRL TO TAKE care of baby in the afternoons. Tel. Winnetka 216. 1te Dr. Edwin T. Schildberg Osteopathic Physician Room 6, New Bank Bldg. Hours: 9 to § Daily Phone Winnetka 799 SITUATION WANTED. GIRL, 13 YEARS, WISHES GOOD home, go to school in exchange for -- light services. Mrs. Knorr, 1313 Wells street, Chicago. 1tp WANTED TO RENT. TEACHER, MARRIED, WITH NO children, wants small home for summer, moderate price. M. 10. Winnetka Talk. ite 560 RAILROAD AVE. LAWN MOWERS SHARPENED Try our new flexible lawn mower blade. We will call and deliver. WINNETKA GENERAL REPAIR SHOP Telephone 1020 WINDOW SHADES LAWN FENCING. 800-802 ELM ST. Window Shades LAWN AND GARDEN SEEDS. R. H. SCHELL & CO. Hardware Department Are you ready for window shades? This time we wish you to try our Columbia Window Shades, for they will last for years. Columbias are noted for their wear--they will hang with- out sagging or bagging, will work up and down easily and give no trouble. Then, too, they are most attractive, and from the variety of rich, pleas- ing colors you may readily se- lect exactly what is best suited for your windows. We can supply you from stock any size and quantity and hang them for you. You will need curtain rods too, which we can furnish in either brass or nickel with single or double brackets. WATCH YOUR WIRE- SCREEN. We have it in all widths in Black, Pearl and Galvanized. GARDEN TOOLS. Telephones 900-901 LIVES SACRIFICED TO MARS Losses in Battle, Shown by Pages of History, Are Such as to "Stag- ger Humanity." At Durham, 1346, there fell 15,000; at Halidonhill and Agincourt, 20,000 each; at Bautzen and Lepanto, 25,000 each; at Austerlitz, Jena and Lutsen, 30,000 each; at Eylau, 60,000; at Wa- terloo and Quatre Bras, one engage- ment, 70,000; at Borodino, 80,000; at Fontenoy, 100,000: at Yarmouth, 150, 000; at Chalons, no less than 300,000 of Attila's army alone. The Moors in Spain, about the year 800, lost in one battle 70,000; in another, four cen- turies later, 180,000, besides 50,000 prisoners, and in a third, even, 200, 000. Still greater was the carnage in ancient times. At Cannae 70,000 fell. The .tomans alone, in an engage- ment with the Cimbri and Teutons, lost 80,000. The Carthaginians at- tacked Hymera in Sicily with an army of 300,000 men and a fleet of 2,000 ships and 3,000 transports: but not a ship or a transport escaped destruc- tion, and of the troops only a few in a small boat reached Carthage with the melancholy tidings. Marius slew, in one battle, 140,000 Geuls, and in an- other, 290,000. In the Hattle of Issus, between Alexander and Darius, 110, 000 were slain; in that of Arbela, 300,- 000. Julius Caesar once annihilated an army. of 363,000 Helvetians; in a battle with the Usipetes he slew 400,- 000, and on another occasion he mas- sacred more than 430,000 Germans, who "had crossed the Rhine, with their herds and flocks and little ones, in quest of new settlements." Foreign Tongue. The busy woman rushed into one of the ten-cent stores the other day to get some numbers for her new Vie trola. As the clerk-was busy she looked over the supply on the counter. But one number was missing. The young girl came up to 'the customer and said, "Something, lady?" "Yes," said the busy woman, "I'm looking for a cipher. I've found the other numbers, but I can't find a cipher." "I don't know what you mean," said the clerk. "A cipher! I--here's one," and the busy woman held it up. "Oh, that's naught," said the young girl clerk. "Well, we call them ciphers," began the busy woman, when she was inter rupted by the clerk, who said, "Oh, I don't understand German."--Indian- apolis News. Facts About Furs. Although a great number of popu lar-priced furs masquerade under names that no actual animal claims as its own, there is no particular se- crecy about it. One of the fur con- cerns, for instance, publishes a cata- logue to inform customers just what they are actually buying. Alaska bear, for example, is the best Minnesota raccoen, colored a dark brown. Ade- laide chinchilla is the fur of a se- lected, soft-hajred and delicately col- ored Australian opossum. French er- imine is the fur of the white hare of France; Baltic fox is the fur of a large hare of northern Europe; Ice- land white fox is white Tibet lamb, combed until the hair is straight; Kamchatka fox is the fur of the north- ern timber wolf; Manchurian fox is the fur of a variety of half-wild dog from Manchuria; Yorkford lynx is Canadian wildcat; Baltic lynx is the 'large Belgian hare; Finland lynx is a species of Australian kangaroo; Si- berian pony is selected Russian calf skin; Hudson seal is muskrat skins of selected quality; and inland seal is the skin of selected French white hare. MEETING HELD FOR MEMORIAL DAY. The committee held its first meeting for this year at the Wilmette Village Hall last Monday evening. The old officers, who had charge of the ar- rangements and have been at the head of the committee for several years past, were re-elected. Mr. P. M. Bing- ham, Wood court, Wilmette, Chair- man; John H. Schaefer, cashier Wil- mette Bank, Treasurer; John J. Pe- ters, Charles street, Wilmette, Sec- retary. The report of the secretary showed a total collection in 1914 of $285.75. The total expenses for car fares for soldiers and bands, music, postage and printed circulars, - etc, were $270.63. The treasurer reported this balance as cash on hand. The chairman appointed the follow- ing members as heads of sub-commit- tees: Mr. J. P. Gowing, Committee on Speakers; Capt. J. J. Peters, Commit- tee Military; Gerard J. Biehl, Com- mittee Transportation; Paul Nanzig, Refreshments; J. D. Roth, Commit- tee Automobiles; Prof. J. R. Harper, School Children, Flags, ete.; " Capt.. J. J. Peters, Semi-Military Organiza- tions; Mr. A. L. Rice, Finance Com- mittee; W. E. Hess. Mr. J. H. Schaefer was unanimous- ly elected as Chief Marshal of the day. The line of march will follow the line of former years, with the excep- tion that in marching to the ceme- tery, Wilmette avenue to Ridge ave- nue and-north on same will be used. Arriving at the graves of about a dozen veterans of the Civil cemetery War will be decorated with flags and. flowers, after which an address will be delivered. The visiting soldiery will receive refreshments at the For- ester Hall, Gross Point, and members of the New Trier Aerie, Fraternal Order of Eagles, have volunteered their services as cooks and waiters | for that occasion. Invitations are being mailed to com- panies of National Guard regiments, the Spanish-American War Veterans, members of the G. A. R. and other organization to participate in the exercises. All communications and applications should be addressed to Capt. J. J. Peters, Secretary, L. B., Gross Point, Illinois. Comnig Events at Community House Friday, April 30. Pathe Weekly. A Tragedy of the Hills, 2 parts. Hans and His Boss, comedy. Sunday, May 2. Abraham's Sacrifice. Friedline. Tuesday, May 4. The County Chairman. PROSPERITY Most always comes from effective work and courtesy. That is why we have competent artists in Marcel waving, manicuring, shampooing, face and scalp treatments, etc. We manu- facture all kinds of hair goods. Dele- becque's Hairdressing Parlors.--Ady. Talking and Conversation. How many of us fall into the error of imagining that to be able to talk well is the same as being able to con- verse well? A good talker is seldom a good listener. But a good conversa- tionalist always is. Conversation should not consist in "listening to yourself in the presence of others"