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18 WINNETKA TALK July 24, 1926 633 North Michigan Ave. Market Square Chicago Lake Forest, 111. JULY CLEAR-AWAY SALE Sports Clothes--Coats--Evening Gowns reduced to ridiculously low prices Hats formerly up to $35.00 Now $5.00, $7.50 and $10.00 Special sale at tempting reductions of French Hand Made lingerie-- chiffon and service hose--wash suede gloves--children's sweaters-- babies' dresses, also -- i Italian potteries--vases--lamps--etc. THE SPORT SHOP OF LAKE FOREST ii in Evanston HERE is no cozier mode of living than a cheery apartment in the Library Plaza, Evanston's most homelike residential hotel. New furnishings in this healthful and delight- fully new environment as- sures re a | comfort and happiness. Telephone University 8000 Wibrary Plaza Evanston, Illinois State Teachers' Association Says Funds Are Needed Will some of our most school districts be compelled to aban- don their high schools, reduce teach- ers' salaries, shorten school terms, or make other radical retrenchments in order to save school funds? Accord- ing to Service Bulletin No. 6, issued last month by the Chicago Principals' Club, one or more of these things must soon be done in Chicago unless school funds are increased. The bulletin district is now in debt about $25,000,- 000, that the debt is increasing $4,700,- 000 a year, and that by the end of next year the debt will exceed the borrow- ing power of the district. Two remedies are proposed: one, to increase the school tax rate; the other to raise and equalize property asses- ments to their "fair cash value" as the law provides. Those recommending the first show that the tax rate is now much less than in many other dis- tricts; the advocates of the second plan declare that much valuable property is assessed at a very small per cent of its value, at much less than other property or not at all. The city coun- cil has refused to submit a referen- dum to increase the rate as recom- mended by the board of education and is conducting a survey to show low and unequal assessments and to find property not assessed at all. The State Teachers association has authentic figuers showing that many school districts are even worse off than Chicago. Several districts have tax rates two or three times as high and child much less than in Chicago. The association claims that the extreme inequalities in wealth and number of children among the nearly 12,000 school districts in Illinois cause many acute problems that the people must soon solve or many children must go without the "good tommon school ed- ucation" promised in our state con- stitution. Union county is known as "the Switzerland of Illinois" because of its rugged and mighty hills. populous | states that the school | assessable property per school | HIGHLAND PARK DAY Auspices of HIGHLAND PARK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Wednesday, July 28th t Sunset Park MUSIC Two Bands PARADE 9:30 a. m. DANCING Afternoon and Evening Many Valuable Prizes Given Away BASEBALL - SPORTS - RACES Lunch , Sandwiches and Drinks Served on Grounds 1927 HUDSON BROUGHAM GIVEN AWAY CROWDS SEE PAGEANT Thousands Witness Spectacular and Unique Historical Presentation in Chicago | The Pageant of 1776 entered upon the second of its two week's stay in Chicago on Monday. Thousands of people have been appearing nightly at the new Lincoln Park arena, east of Sheridan road at Waveland avenue, to see the spectacular presentation which is a unique combination of history and clever fire-works. Traffic has been tied up nightly along Sheridan road while motorists stop and gaze at the unusual pictures burned out in fire against the dark- ness. The spectacle, which is in commem- oration of the 150th anniversary of | the signing of the Declaration of In- | dependence, jc a historical sequence of tableaux, depicting the romance of that time. Starting with the Boston tea | party and the ride of Paul Revere, the | production shows the formation of the minute men. As the troops stand at | attention before the old Independence | hall, the corps of marching minute men | come down from the center stage. The Iminute men, this time, are girls who drill, face about, right oblique and quarter turn with military precision. Battle Is Climax The Battle of Trenton is the climax of the whole spectacle. The redcoats on the one side, the rebels on the other. The fighting is effected with fireworks. Guns shoot at first. Clouds of smoke arise. Then the cannons start booming. The cannons boomed so hard and the gun flashes reached so high the people for miles around could see and hear the scene. As the battle is fought and the sol- diers disappear, a gorgeous fireworks display takes the attention of the audi- ence. On a huge screen the whole pic- ture of Washington crossing the Dela- ware is painted out in fire--but fire of different colors. Preceding the pageant, early in the evening, is the three ring circus. Com- edy acrobats who nonchalantly step out into the air, yet manage to squirm to a landing; clever tumblers, and Charlestoning horses of Joe Miller's riding act are the principals. Nels Nel- son, the feature wire walker, who has crossed Niagara Falls on a half inch cable holds the audience breathless for fifteen minutes while he dances, capers, stands up, lies down, balances on chairs--and on a wire set 100 feet up in the air. Our Newest Creation in Modern Memorials J. H. ANDERSON MONUMENT CO. 5751 Ravenswood Ave., Chicago, Illinois. Write for catalogue. a L he Ral rt re i bea a