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I Nearly Evervbody In Winnetka Reads The Talk VOL. V111, NO. 8. WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1919 TEN PAG LS PRICE FIVE CENTS ~ WINNETKA $100,000 3 OVER VICTORY QUOTA Thursday Evening Report Shows $593,000 Subscribed to Victory Liberty Loan in Village PRAISE FOR THE WORKERS Loan Officials and Women Workers Given Credit For Most Splendid Loan Drive of War | "Oh, What a Grand and Glorious { feeling!" To he sure we were some- > what doubtful three weeks ago as to whether it would be possible to repeat with the Victory Liberty loan the splendid record Winnetka had established by the manner in which 'erty loan when, only six months ago. she had subscribed for $847,000 of bonds on a quota of $650.000. Tt did seem as if we should find it] all but impossible to find subscribers | for our quota of $500.000 for the Vic- | tory loan. A beginning had to be made however, Mrs. Alan I. Wolff, chairman of the Victory loan committee of the Win- netka Woman's club. called a meeting of her District and Block captains and told them what was expected of them in this the "finish the job" war loan. Chicago also addressed the meeting and in his impressive and serious manner pointed out the vital im- portance of success in this last and greatest drive for popular govern- ment loan. This was Mr. Strotz's first speech in his home town and it was a great privilege to hear him. Next. H. A. de Windt, district chair- > man for Winnetka, read a circular ge letter representing the opening gun| of the drive. A German helmet was shown as a sample of what would be given as a prize for each of the eight _ districts showing the largest per- centage of gain over what was ac- 5 . complished in that district in the : Fourth Liberty loan. Besides these prizes each District and Block cap- tain was to receive a handsome PE pred from the Germans. Finally the kits containing articles used by the Block captain in their hunt for sub- #2 scribers. were distributed and the company of workers went to their homes all primed and ready to start out early on the drive. Monday morn- ing, April 21. Splendid Corps of Workers Headquarters had been established in Schliescke's furniture store on Lincoln avenue, just north of the post office and there Frederick C. Tyrrell was in command early and late all 'the drive, As able 'assistants to Mr. "Tyrrell 'were Sanborn Hale, Arthur Zipf, Elmer Nelson: besides the at- BE tractive and efficient District cap- . 'tains, who took "turns in being on hand at headquarters. The result ~that no "seeker ufter Victory bonds "lacked prompt attention, in that afl "the details of the business of running smoothly the office department were well looked after:byia corps of will- i ing and courtedus workers. A rie, HOW pedple realize how much night 5,000 J york is necessary ito carry on' the] really big business. of selling half a| ;mitlien dollars worth of government securities. Fvery dollar must be Aa accounted for each iday and all the de work of checking: over the daily re- night so that all the subscriptions 1ay be handled in. at the Victory i.0an clearing house in Chicago each! Jargely | Sanborn | morning. That work was { done by Frederick Tyrrell, Hale, Arthur Zipf, George D. Wolf, John Ritchie, Noble Hale and Elmer Nelson. Sometimes they worked till midnight and when the last sub- scription was accounted for at the end of the drive, after three weeks work, no error had been reports from Winnetka. An Exacting Campaign Subscriptions came in very slowly the first week, but each day gave | evidence of improvement over the [8 previous day until at the beginning i Aw ofrthe third week the Village was all : "= .on tip-toe of excitement and interest © in the drive. 'siderably by a Victory Loan meet- ing in Community House on Sunday evening, April 27, as fully described in a previous issue of "The Talk." Finally on May 6, Winnetka went over the top with subscriptions of 'had been reached was no reason for © : stopping the sale of Victory bonds' so the Block captains kept right on soliciting until at 6 o'clock Thursday evening the results of their work Victory Loan Subscriptions Reported up to 8 P. M. Thursday, May 8 she carried through the Fourth Lib-| so on Friday, April] Charles N. Strotz, chairman of | the ward and district organization in . medal made of- molten cannon capt-| i 5 7. throtigh-the three éxciting weeks of | | CLOSE VILLAGE OFFICES turns must be doéne'accurately each Harry S. Mosses, George B. Massey, | discovered | by the Chicago Clearing house in the l This was helped con- os $504,000, but just because our quota District No. 1. Mrs. Arthur Dean, Captain. Subs. 132. Amount $48,450. 108% quota. District No. 2. Mrs. Marc Newman, Chairman. Subs. 110. Amount $19,900. 99% quota. District No- 3. Mrs. Charles R. Wilson, Chairman. Subs. 20. Amount $8.800. 176% quota. District No. 4. Mrs. Rogers Sherman, Chairman. | Subs. 84. Amount $35,350. 141% quota. District No. 5. Mrs. Eugene Sax, Chairman. Subs. 96. Amount $14,200. 57% quota. | District No. 6. Mrs. Leon Longini, Chairman. Subs. 49. Amount $5,500. 110% quota. District No. 7 Mrs. Charles D. Altschul, Chair- man. Subs. 118. Amount $22.450. >S 150% quota. | District No. 8. Mrs. Frederick B. Thomas, Chair- man. Subs. 58. Amount $19,000. 190% quota. District No. 9. Mrs. Ernest Ballard, Chairman. Subs. 67. Amount $22950. 153% quota. District No. 10. Mrs. Alfred N. Burnham. man. Subs. 57. Amount $27,950.- 80% quota. District No. 11. Mrs. John M. Olmsted, Chairman. Subs. 87. Amount $81.250. 135% quota. District No- 12 Miss Elizabeth man. Subs. 104. Amount $30,900. 103% quota. District Ne. 13. Mrs. H. A. de Windt, Chairman. Chair Gemmell, Chair Subs. 76. Amount $54,450. 121%. quota. District No. 14, Mrs. Lawrence M. Stein, "Chair. man. Subs 70. Amount $30,600. 169% quota. District No. 15. : Mrs. Robert Greenlee, Chairman. Subs.- 96. Amount $119,550. 199% 'quotas « A Headquarters... ais Subs. 66. Amount $31,700. 53% quota. Total Subs. 1290. Total Amount, $593,000. AT 12 O'CLOCK SATURDAYS During the period May 1 October 1. the Village office will closed on Saturday at 12 o'clock, ex- | cept when the 15thief the month falls on Saturday, in"which'case the office {will bé open until sthe usual time of 4 o'clock. Cty Teachers .nteef Mr. Washburne The Board of Education gave a tea party and. a reception for, Superin- tendent Washbutne: "in the kinder- garten room of the Horace Mann school on Monday. {The teachers were introduced té Mr. Washburne, | after which luncheon was served. Mr. Laird: Bell, newly elected president of the hoard, pas present. Neighborhood Dance The Neighborhood club of Winnet- ka will give a dance at Community House on Tuesday evening. May 20, heginning at 8:30 o'clock. There will he a nominal admission. by the Triangle club promised. > orchestra | showed a total of $593,000 with more {to come for the drive does until Saturday at midnight. Cheers For The Women! Such is not end played in any of the formed drives for Liberty loans. in mind that Winnetka is the only Village in America where all the Block captains are women and, of course, now that the secret is out, no one will be surprised at our suc-| cess for, verily, the men could not resist these Block captains when they | subscriptions! charged on them for for the Victory loan. Cheers and then again cheers for the women and the splendid work they have accomplished through the two years of the frightful war! Loan Subscriptions | | | | | 1 ciety to Good music! is | a comprehensive account| of the most excellent work ever dis-| Please also bear | | Benefit Entertainment for Winnetka's | Infant Welfare Work is Season's Event MANAGER ANNOUNCES On Saturday, May 24, the Winnet- ka Branch of the Infant Welfare so- will give benefit entertain- | ment at the Woman's club under the management a of Mrs. John Ott and | her executive committee consisting | of Mrs. Charles T. Mordock, Mrs. R. Stevenson, Jr., and Mrs. Donald Dal- las. The patronesses for the entertain- ment are Mrs. John Scott, Mrs. Wil- liam Boyde®, Mrs. James Houghtel- ing, Mrs. William Elliott, Mrs. John Miiler, Jr., Mrs. Victor Elting, Mrs. John Stuart, Mrs, Walter Wallace, | Mrs. Ayres Boal, Mrs. Mancel M. | Clark, Mrs. Frank Bersback, Mrs. | Philip Swift, Mrs. Fred Scott, Mrs. | Frank Crawford, Mrs. William Mar- fein and Mrs. Roswell Mason. Children's Hour | The early part of the afternoon, ! from 2 until 3:30 o'clock, will be given 'up to the little children from 3 to 8 | years of age inclusive. There will be games, music, refreshments and all sorts of diversion for the little people. The admission for this will be one dollar for each child. This will include all the entertainment for them for the afternoon. Then at 4 o'clock the older child- ren from 9 to 16 years of age will have their share in the party. The admission will be the same, one dol- ilar for every child, which will in- clude as the former entertainment, the refreshments, dancing, and games. There will be a cotillion with very attractive favors at 5 o'clock led by Mr. Frank Bersback. He will be assisted by Messrs. Harry Street, Donald Dallas, Wallace Rumsey and | Allan Withers. Desirable articles such as a doll and doll's carriage, a large cart, a child's piano and a bi- cycle have been donated to be raffled off during the afternoon and even- ing. The raffling will be in charge | of Mrs. John Guthrie, assisted by | Mrs. Edward Ison, Mrs. George B.| Calkins, Mrs. Robert Greenlee, Mrs. | lawrence Janney, Mrs. Harry Ed-| monds and Mrs. Charles McKinney. | Dance and Tea Garden | In the evening a dance under the direction of Mrs. Ayres Boal will be | given. The admission will be one dollar per person. The room will be attractively decorated with Japan- ese lanterns and a special feature of | the evening will be a rose tea garden | in charge of Mrs. John Ott. Her head! waitresses will be Mrs. O'Dea and| Mrs. Harry Barnum, assisted by 16] waitresses dressed as rosebuds, the Misses Ruth Matz, Louise Otis, Au- gusta Fenger, Beatrice Starr, Joseph- ine White, Katherine Green, Mary | E. Leonard, Emily Prest, Helen M.| Montgomery, Madeline Mcllvaine.! Prescilla Mclvaine, and the Mmes.| Philip Swift, Henry Tenney, John Ritchie, Kenneth Smith and Edward Ellis. Refreshments will be sold here and special music will be provided for this room. There will also be a room for Bridge for those who wish to play. Boxes for those who wish! to watch the dancing will be sold at $10 a box. The boxes in the after- noon will be five dollars a piece. Mrs. | John Bodie, assisted by Mrs. C.| Adams, Mrs. Oliver Picher, Mrs. H. | Serve | Badgerow. Mrs. William Martin, and Mrs. Fred Montgomery will punch free. Mrs. Charles T. ford, Mrs. Ernst Von Ammon, and Mrs. I. K. Friedman, will sell cigarets | and candy. The society mons through this entertainment and through the letters of appeal re cently sent out. ASK RESIDENTS TO rT CER BE The exposure of small-pox day through John Renkl, of Chicago, soloist at Christ Episcopal church, who at that time was broken out with small-box, resulted in the exposure of the entire congre- gation and chair. : As soon as the health authorities became aware of (the nature of his illness, on Wedhesday, April 23, per- sons exposed were all immediately notified and adyised to be vaccimat- ed. With hearty and operation on the part of the towns- people, the advice was acted upon by every one at once, and the protection afforded by vagcination has up to i the present tirje prevented the. de- velopment of any case of:small-pox {in the: Village. : Vaccine Is Preventative exposed to small-pox, are vaccinated soon thereafter, they are protected against this disease, due to the fact that vaccination affords . protection immediately after it takes) whichis usually in about one week. The choir numbering 63 members, who were immediately exposed were under the daily observation = of Health Commissioner C.. O. Schnei- | der and Miss Garretson last week, i when any possible daily develop- ments would have been recognized, and the further spread of the disease prevented. Early vaccination of this entire group has however prevented development of any cases. Wants All Vaccinated Recent investigations by agents of the State department of Public Health indicate that small-pox, commonly diagnosed as chicken-pox, 1s rapidly Il assuming dangerous proportions in this area of Illinois, and they have l instructed Dr. Schneider to urgently | recommend that all citizens should be vaccinated at this time. Prizes For Scouts largest number of individual sub- scribers to Victory loan bonds | will be given: first prize, German helmet: second prize, medal made from molten cannon captured from Germans. Special prize of medal to Scout who secures the largest single subscription 8 Victory loan bonds. | | To the Boy Scout securing the | | | | | | = | | ' [ Some V Loan Notes i BE VACCINATED i ; which | occurred in Winnetka on Easter Sun-, divided. thoroughly ing the splendid co- ¥ . | the standing The incubation of small pox is frem ! 12 to 14 days and if people who are | Lerend J. W. F. ito take the Scouts on a hike the By H. A. DeWINDT | i a: a -- Fieht German helmets have been) rded to Winnetka to be compet-| for by fifteen Vigtory loan dist-, ed ricts into. which Wirnetka has been The eight districts show-| largest percentage of crease -over its record in the Fourth Liberty loan, will win the German helmets. Then the Block captains 'of the successful districts will decide | by a'vote to which of the following inStitutions their German helmets may. be awarded for safekeeping. "Winnetka Woman's. club, Winnet-| tka Public Library, New Trier Town- | ship High school, Sacred Heart] schook "Horace Mann school, Samuel] Sewall Greeley school, the Skokie] school, Community House, | lr anather "column thay be 'found of each 'district as to| percentage, of increase up to 8 in- | o'clock, Thursday evening, May 8. E Victory loah subscribers who won-| der why they do not get their re-| ceipts more: promptly from the Win- netka State Bank =~ will 'please. be 'patient as the number of subserib- ers isso Jarge that it is utterly im- possible "to get the receipts f faster on account of the extra work put on that bank by reason of the great] help the institution has. given the] Victory loan committee by lending the services of the employes to assist | with the details of the Victory loan drive. | Yes Siree! That's just what Win- netka Scouts did at their meeting in Community House, May 8. Rev-| Davies had arranged | last | of this week but the Victory loan needed help so the Scouts voted un- animously to postpone the hike and work all day Friday and Saturday getting subscribers to the Victory loan. ! Individual average subscriptions in | returned from France, addressed the to |! | "Impressions in France." Winnetka to the Victory loan as! compared with the Fourth Liberty loan are as follows: For Fourth Lberty loan ........ $372 For Victory Liberty loan ...... $460 Fight of these interesting helmets actually on hand ready to be award- ed to the districts showing largest percentages of increase. Mr. Harry P. Clarke, who recently! opening session of the Congrega- tional school last Sunday morning on | ments may be made at the Village | Hall. Mor-1 dock, assisted by Mrs. Frank Craw-| | COMMUNITY DANCE hopes to raise its | budget of $3,500 to carry on the work | of the station at the Chicago Com-| | and dancing. | ed the need for just such dances in | young woman in the Village over 18 | the name by the committee the m interested are urged to send in their ! names at once that their names may | committee in time to receive tickets {| for this dances, | welcome back 'into their home. ! thusiastic' Spectators who greeted the | veterans 'of the: imany months grill- May 23--Billie Burke in "Good t Gracious Annabelle" and Kinogram News Weekly. May 30--Montague Love in "The Rough Neck" and Kinogram News | Weekly. | discharge from the army. | recently LICENSES ARE DUE, Village Manager Woolhiser Warns Delinquents To Pay Up License Fees Before June 15 WERE DUE ON MAY FIRST Delinquents Will Be Liable To Im- mediate Arrest Without Advance Notice If you havent paid your license fees on the following items it is time you gave serious thought to the mat- ter, is the warning of business man- ' ager of the Village, H. I.. Woolhiser in an announcement of the fees due and payable sent out to residents this week. Delinquents who fail to pay license fees on or before June 15 will be liable to immediate arrest without advance notice. It is announced that blanks will be mailed out to resid- ents upon request. Otherwise pay- Sl aii These Licenses Due Automobiles, 35 horse power or under, $5. Automobiles, over 35 horse power, $10. Auto Bus, Taxicab, etc. $10. Motor Trucks, less than one ton, $10. Motor Trucks, one ton and over, $20. One horse vehicles, $3. Twe horse vehicles, $6. Motorcycles, $2. Dogs, male, $2. Dogs, female, $3. 1 Billiard tables, $5. Peddlers, $10. Junk Selers, $5. Milk dealers, $5. Plumbers IS CALLED SUCCESS 1: 5 a Success marked the first Winnetka Community dance given May 3 in the gymnasium of Community House. A large crowd of young people were present. and enjoyed the good musie Their enthusiasm prov- Winnetka. These dances are open to any years of age. Names may be sent to the membership committee, Com- munity House. Upon acceptance of ber will be notified and a ticket: is sued upon payment of the registra-. tion fee. toys The next dance will be given Sa- turday evening, May 17, and those be acted upon 'by the membership WELCOME WINNETKA'S OWN COLONEL IN BIG "REILLY'S BUCKS" DAY A al ---- Hundreds of "'Winnetkans joined with hundreds' of thousands of Chi- cago and north shore residents in welcoming Cqlonel Henry J. Reilly, one of Winnetka's own, and his famous regiment of "Rainbows," upon their arrival in Chicago Thurs- day. : : Through a steady downpour the crowds surged 'about in the loop and. gave the men of the 149th a royal Among" the' most modestly en- ing warfare. were Mrs. Reilly '6f 785 Lincoln avenue, and 'Miss Margaret Reilly, mother and sister of 'the famous leader. Henry J. ANNOUNCE MAY PROGRAM OF MOVIES AT COMMUNITY HOUSE The motion picture program Community House during May been announced as follows: May 16--Fred Stone in "Under the Top" and Kinogram News Weekly. at has Get Honorable Discharge Anderson received 1014 Pine honorable of his Arthur S. street, has First Lieutenant Robert C. Meleney has returned from overseas and has received his honorable discharge from the army. Army Man Visits Parents: Captain Thorne Taylor who was transferred to the Fort Sheridan hospital, spent a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. Taylor of Hubbard Woods. He is now in good health, and awaiting his discharge.