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WINNETKA TALK November 20, 1926 News of the North Shore Clubs | |Z Concluding Plans for Sale of War Veterans' Work Under the direction of Mrs. Joseph Joyce of 531 Essex road, Kenilworth, who is assisted by an able committee of Kenilworth women, the plans for the sale for the benefit of the disabled veterans at Great Lakes hospital are being completed. The sale will be held "Tuesday, November 30, from 10 in the morning "until 5 at night, at Mrs. Joyce's home. Included in the large com mittee assisting. Mrs. 'Joyce are Mrs. J. K. Farley, Jr., president of The Neighbors, Mrs? Alfred Roy Hulburt, Mrs. John C. Carpenter, Mrs. Robert Danly, Mrs. Harry I. Timmins, Mrs. Alex S. Joslin and many others. The articles jon sale will be those made by the veterans at the hospital. Rugs, scarfs, table runners woven by the soldiers from flax, baskets, and many other things will be on sale. The committee urges people to come and see the type of work turned out by the veterans, for it feels that people will be interested in this constructive liveli- hood afforded to the wounded men. Aside from the sale, donations are gladly accepted by the committee. There is a man of slight build who is attempting to support his two little boys. But this veteran is unable to weave baskets, or to work on scarfs. So the committee asks that clothes for a man, about size 36, and for a boy either 4 or 6 years of age be sent in. The members add if one is unable to deliver the donations at Great Lakes, either Mrs. Joyce at Kenilworth 2134 or Mrs. M. H. Dement at Kenilworth 1641 will see that all articles are de- livered. Wilmette Garden Club Plans Guest Night = The Wilmette Garden club will hold its next meeting on Friday, Decem- ber 3, at the home of Mrs. J. E. Red- man of 1309 Chestnut avenue, Wil- mette. While the club usually holds its meeting in the aftérnoon, this next meeting is planned for the evening, and will be guest night. The speaker has not been announced. REPEAT MINSTREL SHOW The North Shore Glee club will repeat its minstrel show, which was such an outstanding Success a week ago when given at the Winnetka Wo- man's club, Sunday evening, Novem- ber 21. Traveling away from the north shore, the club will journey out to St. Nor- bert's Catholic church on the Wauke- gan road. The church is the first Duildige north of the Techny insti- e. On Tuesday morning fifteen hundred Camp Fire girls, including the Glencoe group, were presented to Princess Ileana of Roumania at a ceremonial meeting at the Palmer House when she was made a Camp Fire Girl of America. The Wilmette Arden Shore board is planning to have its December meeting at the camp. The members will drive up to spend the day doing camp mend- ing. They will take as their guests the members of a little club who sew for charity and have sent their work to Arden Shore. = Discusses Recent Books at Meeting of Catholic League The second book and current events talk given by Mrs. Anthony French Merrill, and sponsored by the members of the North Shore Catholic Woman's league, took place a week ago at the home of Mrs. David Hallinan of 1050 Spruce street, Winnetka, at 2:30 o'clock. Anyone interested is invited to attend these lectures, the league announces. Mrs. Merrill spent some time dis- cussing John Watson's book on "Be- haviorism," and went into the subject at some length. "Harmer John" by Hugh Walpole was emphasized by Mrs. Merrill, and "The World of Wil- liam Clissold" by H. G. Wells. The latter is considered, as one member put it, "Wonderful but awful." "Early Au- tumn" was also included in the many hooks taken up and reviewed. Following the book talk, current events were included in the afternoon program, Mrs. Merrill stressing Euro- pean and Chinese current events and situations. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Sidney Beech of 253 Walden drive, Glencoe, at 2:30 o'clock, Thursday, December 2. Americanization Talks at College Open to All Mrs. B. F. Langworthy of Winnetka, president of the Woman's City club of Chicago, spoke on "Civics in Chicago" before the students of the National Kindergarten and Elementary college on Thursday afternoon. This address, and that on "The Teaching of Citizenship in Clubs" to be given Thursday afternoon, December 2, by Mrs. Maurice H. Lieber of Winnet- ka, are part of the series on different phases of Americanization given at the college this fall. The lectures come at two o'clock on Thursday afternoon in Harrison hall, and those interested are cordially invited to attend. WILL MEET TO SEW The regular meeting of the North Shore Catholic Woman's league will be held at the home of Mrs. W. A. Kit- termaster, 816 Bluff street, Glencoe, the afternoon of Tuesdav. November 23. The league sews regularly for an orphanage, making clothes for children and babies. ON CONFERENCE PROGRAM The Conference of Club Presidents and Program Chairmen held a meeting Thursday, November 18, at 10:30 o'clock, at Fullerton hall, Art institute. Mrs. J. K. Farley, president of The Neighbors of Kenilworth, was the host- ess, and Mrs. Charles Hubbard, 849 Foxdale avenue, spoke on "The Arts and Crafts of China." The Dorcas society will meet Tues- day, November 23, at the home of Mrs. John Mills, 1071 Ash street, at 8 o'clock in the evening. Miss Johanna Stein- grin will assist the hostess. A complete attendance is desired. wr -- The Current Events club of Win- netka will meet Friday, November 26, at the home of Mrs. William J. Carey of 883 Oak street, at 2 o'clock. Woman's Club Notes The regular meeting of the Winnet- ka Woman's club Tuesday, November 16, took the form of a round table luncheon in charge of the education committee, with Mrs. Arthur Cushman presiding. At the conclusion of a very brief business session, Mrs. Cushman spoke of the interest of the Winnetka Wo- man's club in the Nursery school. Carleton Washburne, superintendent of the Winnetka Public schools, had re- quested that a Nursery school be open- ed in Winnetka. The board of educa- tion had no funds for the support of such a school but would give space in one of the Public School buildings. The education committee of the club has undertaken to raise the funds to establish one Nursery school unit. Mrs. Alfred S. Alschuler, staff director of the Franklin Public Nursery school, was then introduced to lead the discussion of "The Nursery School." Mrs. Alschuler gave a brief historv of the nursery schools saying that they were founded in England in 1912 and at first were very much like day nurseries. The war gave a great impetus to the interest in this tvpe of <chool. The first such school in Amer- ica was ovnened in New York in 1918 and was followed by schools in Boston, Detroit. and in 1922. in Chicago. The nurserv schools are in the experimental tage but are proving most beneficial. Thev have three large objectives: first, habit formation: second, parent edu- cation: and third, research work. Mrs. Alschuler introduced Miss Christine Heinig, director of the Franklin Nursery school, whose subject was, "A Day in a Nursery School." Miss Heinig said that the daily plan was built around the physical needs of the child. The children have a play period from 9 to 11:30 in the morning. Everything in the room is easily ac- cessible to the child and the play apparatus is suitable for the develop- ment of the child's muscles. After 11:30 there is a short rest period, fol- lowed by lunch. The children all take naps from 1 to 3 o'clock, play out of doors until 3:30, and then are called for bv their parents or nurses. The child has a wonderful opportunity for habit formation. He is taught to form physical habits, social habits and mental habits. Miss Ethel Kawin, psychologist for the Institute of Juvenile Research, was then introduced to speak on "The Mental Health Program." The foun- dation of behavior is made in very early childhood and a definite person- ality is developed by six years of age, she stated. The nursery school offers unequalled opportunity for the study of every child and every child has some sort of problem. The particular interest to parents is that no one really knows how a child should be brought out and the nursery school can pass on to parents the ever changing tech- nioues for bringing up children. Miss Iydia Roberts, assistant pro- fessor in the Home Economics depart- ment of the University of Chicago, spoke on "The Physical Health Pro- oram." She said that most nutrition problems start with the pre-school ace. The Nursery school has practic- ally every facility for helping the health program. There is a daily physical examination and weekly weighing of children. Training is given in the formation of physical and mental National College Students Supplying T hanksgiving Needs Bananas and bird cages, flowers and farina, perfume and potatoes, talcum and tomatoes--these are a few of the items for the "Thanksgiving Basket" which the students of the National Kindergarten and Elementary college are packing for the Mary Crane Nurs- ery school, Hull House. For many years the students of the college have celebrated Thanksgiving by bringing individual gifts of fruit or vegetables for children in the settle- ment districts, and the festival is one of the happiest of the entire year. A committee, appointed by the students, visited Mary Crane Nursery recently and returned with a lengthy and varied list of fruits and vegetables and an unusual assortment of other articles and commodities for which the chil- dren in the Nursery school would like to be thankful. This list has been posted and the students are busy de- ciding whether their thankfulness could best be expressed by the gift of a sack of flour, a check for flowers or a basket of apples. The Mary Crane Nursery school was opened last fall by the National Kin- dergarten and Elementary college at Hull House, and is conducted as a demonstration center of nursery school work.. Several of the social welfare agencies of Chicago are co-operating with the college in the medical care of the children and research work, and the combined effort of these groups is making the Nursery school one of the finest experimental stations in the country. Winnetka Woman's Club to Hear Piano Program Tony Abele and Irma Goebel will be the artists appearing in a two- piano recital given by the music committee of the Winnetka Woman's club, Tuesday, November 23, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, at the club. Owing to the fact that Maria Gerdes Testa has been called out of town be- cause of illness in her family, Miss Goebel has kindly consented to take her place in the piano recital. The hostesses for the day include Mrs. Percy W. Bradstreet, Mrs. Ran- dolph Buck, Mrs. William O. Coleman, Mrs. Dwight P. Green, Mrs. Henry T. Stanton, and Mrs. Ryland A. Wolcott. The program to be given by Miss Abele and Miss Goebel will be: Fantasie and Fugue in A minor...... Bo A RRA pg Ea Bach-Bauer Andante and Variationen...Schumann Danse Macabre .......... aint Saens a. Arabesque .......i.cii0n Debussy th. Tarantelle vi. vous. os Poulsen cs Raff Three Spanish Folk Tunes arranged by Mary Howe. : habits. The lunch is the most conspic- uous health measure. i An opportunity was given for in- formal discussion before the meeting was adjourned. Hostesses for the day were Mrs. Ernest Cole, Mrs. Marshall Forrest, Mrs. Hubert E. Howard, Mrs. Edwin R. Keeler, Mrs. James Rawleigh and Mrs. Ernest G. Sutcliffe. Sud Re oe