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WINNETKA WE ~ Nearly Everybody In Winnetka Reads The Talk EKLY TALK . VOL. VIII, NO. 38. WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, DECE MRS. M. K. MEYER TAKEN BY DEATH Winnetka Pioneer and Leader in Congregational Sunday School and Educational Circles Dies Suddenly HEART ATTACK IS FATAL Community Mourns Passing of Phil- anthropist and Friend of the Un- fortunate Mrs. Nellie Moth Meyer, Winnet- ka pioneer and one of the most high- ly respected citizens of the commun- ty, passed away suddenly at her home, 89 Elm street, Friday morn- ing, December 5. Death was due to heart failure. Mrs. Meyer was a resident of Winnetka for the past 46 years. Her father, Robert S. Moth, built and conducted the first store in the Vil- lage and was for many years a lead- ing figure in the community. Surviving Mrs. Meyer are her hus- band. Mr. M. K. Meyer, and a daugh- ter. Mrs. H. K. Humphrey, of Hous- ton, Texas. Funeral arrangements had not been completed today. Mrs. Meyer enjoyed a wide. ac- quaintance in Winnetka and through- out the north shore. : She was a member of the Winnet- ka Woman's club almost since organization. She 'was a most faith- ful and industrious worker and her zeal in the sphere of women's affairs] was a constant inspiration to her] associates. | Mrs. Meyer's most notable service | to the Community was in her work in the Sunday school of the Win-| netka Congregational church. She] was, for many years, director of the Primary and Kindergarten depart- ment in the school. She toiled un- ceasingly in the interest of the reli- gious and educational development of the children who experienced her motherly care and her splendid in- fluence has left its indelible impres- sion upon the lives of many Win- netkans who passed under her ex- cellent supervision. Mrs. Meyer was one of the leading figures inthe work of the Winnztka Relief and Aid society. Ste was a philanthropist, but her endeavors in| charity and aid were marked by no ostentation. Many experienced her very personal interest and help, and the many deeds of kindness never to] become common knowledge because they were performed quietly, without | thought of personal advantage or social prestige. Mrs. Meyer was one of Winnetka's | 'first school teachers. She taught in the Winnetka Public school from 1884 to 1888. Prior to that time she taught in the Public school at Gross Point. Possibly it was this early ex- perience in the field of education that made Mrs. Mever the loyal friend of the school teacher. One might say the mother of the school teacher, for she was that in every sense of the word. Her home was the refuge of many lonely girls who, from year to year, came to Winnetka to serve in the schools but who seldom the homelike surroundings they vearned to enjoy. Mrs. Meyer came to know these teachers in a most personal way. They sought her ad- vice, acceepted her motherly hospi tality and al s found in her a friendt, advisor and confidant in their lonely and despairing moments. Al- ie at et ----------r se ---- CO-OPERATION! | | The Winnetka Weekly Talk, | in compliance with the Coal | Saving Order of the State | Utilities Commissicn, will observe strictly the six and one- | half hour working day placed in effect on Friday. ! Until such time as the order | of the Utilities Commission shall have been rescinded the | offices and printing shops of the Weekly Talk will be open for business from 9 A. M. until 3:30 P. M. daily. The Weekly Talk solicits the co-operation and consideraticn of its advertisers, subscribers | and jcb printing customers, in the present crisis. In the in- terest of all concerned we an- nounce that all communications and advertising copy must be in our offices on or before Wed- nesday evening to insure publi- cation in the current issue of the publicaticn. The Editor. found | GAGE CROSSING TO HAVE GATES SOON Village Officials Receive Definite Word from Northwestern Road that Gates Have Been Order- ed for Grade Crossing ALSO PROTECT ELDORADO Two Railways Plan Work on Plans For Jcintly Operated Gates for Important Crossing After several weeks of negotia- tion with the Chicago and North- | western railroad. Village President John S. Miller and Village Manager | H. I. Woolhiser received a welcome bit of news at the offices of the di-| vision superintendent of the railroad | Saturday, when a definite statement was made that crossing gates for Gage street had been authorized by the railroad and that the equipment had been ordered. It was also definitely stated that the Northwestern and the Chicago. North Shore and Milwaukee railroad are working on a plan for jointly operated gates at Eldorado street. Protect Cherry Street As stated recently, the North Shore line has ordered gates for the Cherry and Oak street crossing. The Village authorities intend to the early installation of the gates promised in order that Winnetka may have one hundred per cent pro- tection at all railroad crossings. icp Libel WE DIDN'T KNOW SO MUCH-- | WELL, HE'S SAFE ANYWAY "Fitz" is married. Yes, girls, you've | guessed it. None other than that] good looking, shy, easily provoked! to blushes Village Manager we used to have just before the argument' with the Kaiser got to white heat and he chose to get into the khaki via the First Officers' Training school at Fort Sheridan. Need we mention his name? Not | at all; but its customary. Robert L.| Fitzgerald formally assumed the, responsibilities of the married state on Saturday, November 29. She was Miss Regina Cameron of Chippewa | Falls, Wis. The' ceremony was held! in a little church in the Wisconsin | town. The couple are honeymooning in the east after which they will be] at home in Wilmette. ! We had some time getting that in-| formation. At first we tried out our| "little girl reporter" who picked and| hunted this out of her prolific type-| writer. Its too good to edit. ling real Winnetka School Business An interesting project iny¥ the teaching of business arithmetic to the eighth grades is being worked out by Miss Mary Reese, department- al teacher of arithmetic in the Horace Mann and Skokie schools. Instead of the usual text book method of pro- cedure the children in Miss Reese's class go through the actual opera- tions incident to modern business life. At the beginning of the term they had a hank. Miss Reese collect- ed bank checks and deposit slips from various banks and the children went through all the operations of de- positing and taking out money in commercial accounts, checking through their statements and can- celled checks at the end of the month, and depositing money and calculating interest on savings ac- counts. Certain children in the class acted as 'tellers and rendered the monthly statement. When they had accummulated enough hypothetical money in their savings accounts they decided to in- vest it in real estate. Fach child picked out an actual lot in Winnet- ka, mad inquiries as to the price of it, assessments due and improve- ments needed, and then went through the operation of buying this lot, us- deeds for the transactioh. then planned a They house its | leave no stones unturned to secure tC he built upon it, arranged with the | Reese is doing. and Loan organization in| Building and worked out the interest on de- 'R 6. 1919 TWELVE PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS n Get Practical nce with Mathematics ferred payments. The children are row working on the insurance rates which they will need to pay for their houses. on the taxes which will come due, and on special assessments for paving, etc. later they will lease their houses to some one else, using real leases for this purpose. By this means Miss Reese is suc- ceeding in giving her pupils a living realization of many forms of busi- ness which are ordinarily taught in a dead, uninteresting manner. Com- thing to do. Miss Reese is working under a handicap in that she has to go to the Skokie school for half a day and to the Horace Mann for half a day, thereby losing considerable valuable time and finding it difficult to have all her material in both plac- es. We could have much more of this kind of specialized work if we had a departmental school attended by all the upper grade children of Winnetka. When we put up our new building for the upper grades we shall he able to carry out similar pro- jects in history, geography, civics and other subjects. I know of no better argument for the department- al plan of teaching in the upper { grades than the sort of work Miss Her efficiency will | be greatly increased when the upper {their own classroom for the funds, |grades are centralized in one build- | ing." CoalfSaving Order The State Public Utilities Com- mission Coal Saving Order effective immediately is summed up briefly as follows : 1. ELECTRIC LIGHTING: Stop all unnecessary interior and exterior dis- play lighting, including signs and show windows. 4. RETAIL STORES: Retail stores in Chicago downtown districts shall receive service not to exceed six and one-half hours a day (11 A. M. to 5:30 P. M.). Stores in outlying dis- tricts may receive service from 10 A. M. to 6 P. M. and on Saturday might until 9 o'clock P. M. 5. OFFICES, BANKS: Offices and other places of business shall receive service from 9 A. M. to 3:30 P. M. Every possible economy in light, heat and power. Newspapers shall | exercise every economy consistent with the nature of the business and the publication of the papers. MUST ECONOMIZE: Drug stores, meat markets, and grocers, bread makers, hotels and restaurants are not restricted as to hours of opera- COMMITTEE CONSIDERS SKOKIE PRESERVE IDEA Dwight H Perkins, 2319 Lincoln street, Evanston, is a member of the forest preserve plan committee which is considering the acquisition of Sko- kie marsh in the forest preserve of Cook county, west of Winnetka and Glencoe. Announcement was made this week of the proposal to place the valley to the north under the control of the forest preserve. At a meeting held in the county building the plan com- mittee of the forest preserve met with President Peter Reinberg and mem- bers of the real estate committee of | the session | satisfactory the county board will buy the big tract to be converted into a public forest. All north shore residents who own automobiles and many who make walking trips along the north shore know the beauty of the Skokie, which | lies west of Winnetka and Glencoe. "Robert L. Fitzgerald, former Vil-| tion, but are required to exercise all| The valley is of irregular shape and lage Manager of Winnetka, who serv-| possible economy of heat, power and, extends westward from the ridge. ed as lieutenant in the war, one of the first men from Winnetka to leave | for active overseas service, was mar- | ried Saturday A. M. in Chippewa Falls, Wis., to Regina Cameron of | the same falls. 'Romance of schocl! days, har! har! After an exteaded | wedding trip in the east, (Lord,] knows how he could afford it), they | will make their home on Isabella street, Wilmette. Fitz was about 6 foot tall, wore : g clothes, and was known fas a decided Loads of people had fun watching him blush. I also heard at one time that he was a fre- quenter at the States Restaurant in pre-war times, having been seen there several times with a prominent Village official. He ate most the Tea room. At that he looked pros-| perous." his meals at TRIANGLE CLUB DANCE | Third War The Triangle club members are preparing for their big dance to be| held Tuesday evening, December 16, at the Winnetka Women's club, Their! .own orchestra will provide music| which will be a bie attraction as that | particular orchestra is acquiring fame; through the drum, piccolo and saxa-| phdne medium. SPEAKS AT WAUKEGAN Mrs. Frank D. Fulton will speak at| the Waukegan Woman's club on] Monday, December 8. | most every teacher in the Winnetka! i schools came to know Mrs. Meyer as| a personal friend. She was in-| | tensely interested in educational {work as it applied to the primary] i schools. Her passing is a distinct loss to the] | community. Her influence will be] | felt for countless years. Her beauti-| | ful life is a splendid example of the { within a very short [was | Columbus Sunday afternoon at Evanston 24-14. light. The commission earnestly urges upon the pubtic the necessity of co- operating in every way possible to make this order effective. Domestic consumers of gas and electricity are reminded of the importance of re- ducing their consumption of the same to the very lowest point possible lest there be none for their necessities time, C. F. Edinger of Edinger & Co. Wilmette, been elected a mem- ber of the caal dealers' committee to handle all retail applications for fuel in Chicag er will represent the towns in the co i Mr. Eding- north shore WINNETKA GAVE $4,500 IN RED CROSS CAMPAIGN Announcement is made this week by Mrs. H. F. Williamson, chairman of the recent Red Cross Roll Call and Fund campaign in Win- netka, that Winnetka's contribution. according to latest available figures, $4,500. Winnetka, Mrs. Williams reports, excelled all other communities in this vicinity in the campaign fund, except Kenilworth. Leaders at Red Cross headquarters lin Chicago have expressed apprecia- tion te all those who kindly gave their services in the campaign. NEWMAN COUNCIL WINS Newman Council of the Knights of defeated the local team VISITS IN EAST Miss Anna Rohrig, 1069 Chatfield road, Hubbard Woods, left Thursday morning for the east to visit relatives and friends. SELL RED CROSS SEALS Red Cross Christmas seals are on sale at Adams' pharmacy, The Win- { The portion of the Skokie in Cook | county comprises 3,000 acres which | are available for purchase. {FOR STAY IN NORWAY TAKE YOUR GUN AND WEEKLY TALK i etka Water -Works, who has obtained a year's leave of absence to termined to remain in close touch vwinnetka aftairs. week after purchasing an Americany shot-gun. He's expecting to spend most of the days in hunting and fish- ng and the evenings in reading the! home town paper. LONELY DAYS AT FIRE HOUSE | If you intend to buy a new victro-i have already purchased one and| one, here's a bright suggestion. the station house get lonesome these | cold evenings. Sitting inside with] | nothing to do but smoke is their] | idea of a "punk" existence and they 'yearn for someone to come to their assistance and donate a victrola, age no object, and some records. They'll do , the rest and you can content your- i self with the, thought that if your home ever takes fire they'll do a regular rescue stunt. | | WINDOW DESTROYED | The big plate glass window of the { Sweet Shop on Lincoln avenue was demolished by the heavy wind Satur- | day afternoon. The damage amount- character of true American woman-{ netka Pharmacy and at the Com-jed to $250. A new window was in- | hood. munity House. | stalled this week. menting upon Miss Reese's work] Superintendent CC. W. Washburne said : "It is exactly the right sort of the county board and the opinion of! vas that if the price is! lon the well known problem play and |ing. I.. Irgens, veteran employe at the] | 1 Consequently | BRINGS REQUEST FOR MUSIC* la or graphophone for Christmas or} don't know what to do with the old |} Fireman Flaherty and his pals at|{| SOCIAL LEADERS AT BIG HOLIDAY FETE Two Plays this Evening, Games and: Entertainment fcr Young and Old Features Weelk-End Events CHRISTMAS SALE FRIDAY Woman's Guild of Christ Church Di- rect One of Season's Most Elab- orate Social Functions The Holiday Fete is in full swing this week at the Winnetka Woman's club. It opened on Friday at 2 o'clock with a Christmas sale and will net be over until midnight today when the approach of the Sabbath calls a halt to the dancing. The original plan of the sale was to have only practical articles but it was decided that it was betier te make a concession to the holiday spirit and have everything that would tempt the Christmas shopper. However, although the daintiest pos- sible gifts may be found at the sale, they are also truly useful. A real event in the community life is the Children's party this afternoom and no young person of Winnetka should miss the great treat in store for them at the Woman's club. Little ones under eight years of age are in- vited at 2:30 o'clock and they wil: find Mrs. Sebastian Hinton waiting to greet them and see that they have a great time with games and danc- Then they will have introduced to them a wonderful trick man and, after he has shown them many marvels. Mrs. Joseph Husband will see that everyone has some ice cream and a favor before they go home 'at 4 o'clock to make room for their older- brothers and sisters who are invited at 4:30 o'clock and will be received by Mrs. Ralph Hobart. They also will be entertained by dancing and the "prestidigitator", enjoy re- freshments and be made to feel that Saturday, December 6, has been a Red Letter day in their lives. The two evening entertainments are both to be exceedingly may. The program includes "Fame and the Poet", a charming and amusing fant- asie by Lord Duusany, and a farce by Stephen Lacock entitled, "Behind the Beyond". The farce is a parody is on of the funniest 'bits of writmg in the English language. The dancing, after the plays, prom- ises to he extremely popular. The boxholders for Friday night include Mesdames Herman Butler, Robert Greenlee, John N. Ott, R. F. Clinch, Calvin ['entress, Earle Bar- ber, Eben B. Fenton, Raymond Dur- ham, John Buckingham, Charles But- ler and Mrs. Larned. : The boxholders ionight will be Mesdames Walsh, James Houghtel- ing, Rudolph Mutz, Horace K. Ten- ney, William P. Sidicy, Angus Hib- bard, Frank J. Bersh: Walter. 'A. Siroy Buckingham Chandler, Edward VW. Isom and Al- len I. Withers. The Woman's Guild of Christ church planned and directed the fete. visit his parents in Norway, is de-| for several weeks. "THE THIRTEENTH CHAIR" he has ordered The Weekly Talk| Community house movies for next to follow him to Gibostadt, Norland, | Friday 'will be The Thirteenth Norway. { Chair", with Prizma pictures as an Irgens left Winnetka late last!|added attraction. tion announcers ter January I, subscription rate of The Week- ly Talk will be increased by one dollar making the subscrip- tion price of the publication | two dollars per annum as against the present rate of one dollar per annum. ; The management of T Weekly Talk bud wished t | maintain the original rate of | one dollar per annum but the | ccmstantly increasing cost of : publication has necessitated an advance in the subscription | price. : Subscribers whe desire to re- _ new their subscriptions and | others who wish to enter their names on the subscription list are to have the advantage of the original price by payment of subscription in advance b fore January 1. 1520. med otis nm -- *h, Ayres Boal, | } i { }