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reles sang qual and the a or You - EB | / s St 3 om-- = : [ > \ George W. Gorcon, WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1917 ocial Happenings "North Shore by Rut Risley = \ F frivolities. Ai: NLY a few more days remain until the sable shadow of Ash Wednesday descends upon us and writes finis to further The north shore has never adhered strictly to the Lenten decrees, and it is a good many years since the days when the coming of Lent spelled the cessation of all gayety. There will be no change this year, apparently, and invitations ¥or luncheons and bridge parties and informal dances are going out for the first week of Lent almost as though it was the first week of December. Ash Wednesday comes this year on February 21. The days like- wise are filled with interesting events. : HE young ladies of the Sacred Heart parish, chaperoned by their elder sisters, mothers and aunts, gave a most successful fcostume party last Tuesday evening. The unique feature of the affair was the absence of the masculine gender. o'clock the grand march took place. Promptly at 9 Bride and bridegroom, poet and peasant, Columbia and her coterie of servants, and representa- tives of all nationalities, the most ludricous as well as the most dignified fell in line and only the few spectators who witnessed the march lamented that they had not come in costume. After the grand march Miss Loretta Peterson called the party to order and announced the program. Miss Mary Anderson of Wilmette, Miss Clara Conrad of Winnetka and Miss Lucille Trapp of Hubbard Woods rendered vocal selections. Miss Katherine Shehan of Highland Park, Miss Alice Bray and Miss Margaret Hayes of Winnetka gave readings and recitations. Miss Kish of Evanston delighted the audience with her sunlight Grecian dance, while little Miss Katherine Helen Smith of Chicago afforded great pleasure with her tambourine Spanish dance. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Tresch as Martha Washington, * Miss Grace Kolteman as Topsy and Mrs. Harold Sanders as trained nurse received the consolation prize. The remainder of the evening was given over to dancing. ever popular Virginia reel was also danced. The Refreshments were served and the ladies instrumental in making the affair such a grand success were Miss Rose Enright, Miss Dorothy Kreger, Miss Dopher and Miss Frances Trapp. ob. v The Pine Street circle entertained the members of the East Willow Street circle Tuesday afternoon in the neighborhood. rooms of Com- munity house. The program consisted of music by Mrs. Arthur Dean and Mrs. Percival Hunter. A Christmas letter from Miss DeLong of the Pine Mountain school in Kentucky was i read by Mrs. George Gordon. ~Re- ports from the program committee, by Mrs. Frank Windes; the work com- mittee, by Mrs. William Richardson, and the social committee, by Mrs. Eugene Rummler, were also given. After tea was served Miss Marie Shufflebotham told a delightful story. SR Under the auspices of the ladies of University circle, matinees are being given at the Strand theater in Evans- ton on Saturday afternoons during the month of February. The ladies of this circle are endeavoring to have pictures shown which will be enjoyed by the mothers as well as the children. There are two performances, one at 2 and another at 4 o'clock, which are chaperoned by some of these ladies and at which the girls of the university act as ushers. If these matinees prove to be successful they expect to make this a permanent arrangement. On Saturday, February 17, our world- famous star, Mary Pickford, will be seen in "Hulda from Holland." There will also be a motion cartoon, and on February 24 another popular favorite, Marguerite Clark, will appear in "Lit- tle Lady Eileen," and, in addition, a Bray cartoon. ---- A party of twenty active and hon- orary members of the W. C. T. U. and heir guests attended the luncheon at arshall Field's tea room on Monday. Interesting addresses were given by Captain Richard Pearson Hobson, Mrs. (Catherine Waugh McCulloch, Senator Barbour and others. The "White Rib- boners" rejoice over the addition of Indiana and Utah to the dry column and feel that Illinois should take her place in the count. its ~The Nurses' Alumni association of the Chicago Lying-in hospital gave an 1. \ attractive valentine party at the Edge- water Beach hotel on Wednesday evening. The proceeds will go toward furnishing the babies' building in the new wing which is being built. Among the long list of patronesses were Mrs. ~ Joseph Winterbotham, Jr., who was 'also a dinner hostess; Mrs. W. C. Boyden and Mrs. W. B. Hale. ---- Invitations were received last week by Mrs. Clair': C. Wortley, president of the Winnelka Woman's club, and a committee of four members from David W. Griffith to attend a private presentation of his spectacle, "Intol- erance," given at the Colonial theater Thursday aftern_on. Those attending were Mrs. Clar. C. Wortley, Mrs. Mrs. James F. Porter and Mrs. Howard Walsh. The Home Mission Study class held an interesting meeting at the home of Mrs. Robert W. Smith, 310 Fairview avenue, on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Lucius Baird of Wilmette was the speaker of the afternoon and talked on the schools for the mountain whites in the south. She spoke especially about the schools in Grand View and Pleasant Hill, Tennessee, telling of the wonderful development and work being done there. These schools are financed by the American Missionary association and a small tuition fee from each of the pupils. Mrs. Charles Ascheim entertained the ladies with several piano solos. Se di The fourth and last of the "Winter Assemblies" will be given at the Win- netka Woman's club on Saturday even- ing. Dinner parties will be given pre- ceding the dance by Miss Ruth Matz, Miss Jeanette Walker, Mrs. Barrett Conway and Miss Elizabeth Kultchar. Miss Kultchar will have as her guests from the city Miss Betty Hoyt, Miss Katherine Pierce, Franklin Perkins, Caldwell Fiske, Frederick Baily, Paget Cady and George Pattison. EE The third and last subscription dance given under the auspices of the social committee of the Parents' and Teachers' association, in honor of the teachers, will be held at the Winnetka Woman's club on Friday evening, March 9. These dances have proved to be very popular and a good attend- ance is expected. a. The Friendship circle gave a social party with a pantomime show at Com- munity house on Tuesday evening. About twenty guests were present and spent a very enjoyable evening. --a Mrs. Leonard Roach of 292 Sheri- dan road will entertain at an informal tea on Friday afternoon at the Edge- water Beach hotel in honor of Mrs. R. G. Allen of 475 Elder lane. -- The Woman's society of the Congre- gational church will hold an all-day sewing meeting in the woman's rooms of Community house, Wednesday, Feb- ruary 21. There will be a box lunch- eon and coffee will be served. All ladies of the community are invited to attend. CN The gHoly Name society of Sacred Heart church held its regular monthly meeting Monday evening. Mr. Francis L. Maloney gave a stereopticon lec- ture on the Panama canal. --p---- Mrs. Robért W. Smith of Fairview avenue will give an informal after- noon tea Tuesday for Mrs. R. G. Allen, who leaves soon for Pittsburgh, Pa. --p-- Mrs. Arthur Lips of Spruce street entertained ten little girls on Sunday afternoon from two to five in honor of the tenth birthday of her little daugh- ter Marjory. The next dance of the Winnetka Woman's club will be given at the club Wednesday evening, February 28. Cards will also be a feature of the evening and prizes will be awarded. The last dance of this series will be given Wednesday, March 28. --p-- The Sigma Alpha Iota sorority of Northwestern university will give a danging party at the Winnetka Wo- man's club this evening. a The Knights of Columbus will give a dance at the Winnetka Woman's club on Tuesday evening, February 20. ----p-- The Hawthorn Lane circle will meet with Mrs. Philip B. Sadtler, 560 Haw- thorn lane, on Monday, February 19, at 2 o'clock. ---- The East Willow Street circle will meet with Mrs. Neil H. Gates, 434 Wil- low street, on Tuesday afternoon, Feb- ruary 20. -------- The Delphian society met with Mrs. George T. Steen of Essex road on Fri- day afternoon: : Lia Indian Hill activities are over and next week the club will be closed un- til the opening of the golf season. --p-- The Married Ladies' sodality of Sacred Heart church will give its an- nual supper on Monday evening, Feb- ruary 19. PERSONAL MENTION Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Street of 390 Linden, street are receiving con- gratulations on the birth of a daugh- ter. . Mr. and Mrs. Marcus D. Richards of Hubbard Woods announce the birth of a daughter, Grace Fidelia. Word has been received that Miss Mary Gillespie, former superintendent of public schools in Winnetka for a term of twenty years, is recovering after being operated upon at a hos- pital in Seattle. CARD OF THANKS We hereby wish to express our ap- preciation of the beautiful floral pieces and also for the sympathy shown at the time of our dear mother's illness and death. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Lindwall. Kenilworth Miss Margaret Keith of Cumnor road entertained about thirty of her friends at a sleighride party last Sat- urday afternoon. SS Mrs. Alexander Hannah was hostess at a luncheon at her home on Tues- day. ---- The ladies of the Church of the Holy Comforter gave a card party on Tues- day afternoon at the home of Mrs. A. F. Reichmann. The proceeds will be devoted to a fund for a new carpet. --p------ Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Cresap are in Florida for several weeks. ---- Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Macklin have gone to Florida for the re- mainder of the winter. pr Mrs. Karl B. Korrady of Abbotts- ford road will leave Monday for an extended stay in the south. pi Mr. and Mrs. Claude Burnham, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Eckhart and Mr. and Mrs. Ira Darling left this morning for a month's sojourn in California. On Mrs. Louis Wilson entertained at dinner last evening preceding the Valentine dance given at the Kenil- worth club. --p-- The Kenilworth club gave a large Valentine dancing party on Wednes- day evening at Assembly hall. * MY SCALP has been in a pitiful condition for a long time. I went to Delebecque for treatment and it surely improved greatly. Body massage and chiropody. Marcel and Water Waving, etc.--Adv. Crowded Out Last Week. "USE CARE WITH GAS." SAYS CORONER HOFFMAN Gives Warning to Catholic Woman's League in Address Last Thursday --Urges Exercise of Caution. The North Shore Catholic Woman's league held its regular monthly meet- ing Thursday afternoon, February 1, at the Winnetka Woman"s club rooms. Coroner Peter Hoffman delivered an address on "Safety First." He said that there were 60,920 cases of prema- ture violent death in Cook county last year. The greater percentage being due to gas. "When the gas flame in the stove is turned up so high that the flames reach the side of the utensil," con- tinued Mr. Hoffman, "you are not only wasting gas but also endangering your life. The oxygen in the air is rapidly burned up when the flame licks the metal." He also said that the members of the league could be of great assistance and cooperate in the "Safety First" movement, by re- porting to the coroner any cases of reckless driving or violations of the law which would endanger people driving or walking in the public streets. 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