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20 WINNETKA TALK March 31, 1928 DEFIED MOTOR AGE TO STICK TO HIS ANVIL (Continued from Page 19) now stands. He found the trade sat- isfying, too, for even in those early years he decided that it woud be his life's work. From that decision he never swerved until claimed by death. While still a young man, at 17 in fact, he took on the responsibilities of married life. He married Theresa Zeutschel, and then began more seri- ous application to his trade. He was ambitious and succeeded so well that a year later he bought out his father and became the village blacksmith. The family lived in a little cottage next door to the shop. And he con- tinued to attend school--at night. This union brought six children, HOME GARDENS TENNIS COURTS FLAGSTONE SIDEWALKS Specialty: Black Soil $7.00 truckload delivered. Telephones: GLENVIEW 80-R and 141-J North Shore Garden Service VALLEY VIEW FARM--Waukegan Road-- GLENVIEW Building and Construction of PARKS PLAYGROUNDS GOLF COURSES DRIVEWAYS, ETC. boys and four girls, William, Charles. Eva, Pauline, Elizabeth and Anna, five of whom are still living. Twelve years later the family moved across the street, purchasing acreage which later proved a costly venture. There were forty-two acres of land, and the march of progress before long started and Henry discovered that the assessments levied on it amounted. to considerably more than the land had cost. That turn of af- fairs was unfortunate, but his sons took it over and subdivided the tract into building lots. The disposal wasn't highly successful, however, for the assessments for sewers and water totaled something like $9,000. Sticks to His Trade In these years Henry Hoth contin- ued industriously at his anvil. He had seen the entry of the motor age, but never once did he concede that automobiles could mean the finish of his trade. He loved horses and loved to shoe them. : "Pll stick to this old trade and if I can't make it go, I'll close the doors, he used to say. "But always," he add- ed, "I'll make it go." He never had to close the doors and his two sons say the doors will con- tinue to remain open. Charles Hoth makes this observation: "The business The courteous and obliging laundry man in your neigh- borhood is the Washington Laun- dry Man. He wants the opportunity of helping you to choose the laundry service best adapted to your needs. Call him in today. MAY WE SUGGEST THAT YOU MAKE A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE COST OF OUR SERVICES AND THE COST OF HOME WASHING We make this suggestion because undoubtedly you imagine that you can not possibly afford our service, just as so many of our new cus- tomers imagined before they made a compari- son. The work that any home washing machine can do is only equivalent to our Wet Wash Service which returns clothes damp for ironing. This service costs but five cents a pound. Count- ing laundress hire, meals, carfare, soap, powders, bluing, starch, depreciation on equipment, interest on invest- ment, etc., you couldn't begin to do the wash- ing at home for such a figure, could you? The substantial difference in cost between the cost of our services and the costs of home-wash- ing daily results in many new customers, some - who formerly imagined they could not sibly afford our service. he Washington 700-704 Washington Street EVANSTON, ILL. Phone Wilmette 145 Established - Forty - Years gas, water, repairs and pos- Laundry is better than it ever was, but it is a bit different. We have more horses to shoe now than we ever had, but we have to make calls to handle much of the work. There are so many riding academies that demand our services and we go to the academies to do the work. Then, too. Dad used to have to forge his own shoes to fit, which required a lot of work and time, Now we buy the shoes ready made." Then he added: "Dad knew his trade like a book. But here's some- thing that's interesting. One of his customers would drive past the shop and could tell by the sound of the pounding if father was at the anvil One day this fellow didn't stop, and later father asked why. 'I knew you weren't at the anvil' came the an- swer. Father wasn't even in the shop." Listening to his sons talk, gives an interesting insight into Henry Hoth's career as a blacksmith. "He shortened his life by hard work"--Charles Hoth is talking. "Morning to night he always was in the shop and always working. Why there were times when a man would come with his horses at 3 o'clock in the morning and wake up Dad with the demand that they be shod. Father always got up and did the job, too. He never took any rest. He was of a nervous temperament. He drank a glass of wine only occasionally, but always was a smoker. Cigars and a pipe were his favorites for years, but he gave us a shock one day in his recent years. He appeared smoking a cigaret, and gave us all a shock. He was old-fashioned in his ways and that cigaret smoking was about the only modern practice I ever saw him indulge in." Won Marksman Medals But with all his hard work at the anvil Henry Hoth found some time for the pleasures of life. He liked to hunt and belonged to a shooting club which shot live pigeons. He won sev- eral gold medals attesting his marks- manship. Then there were the old fashioned barn dances when a few hours of enjoyment were had. In his later years he enjoyed playing cards with a few of the oldtimers of his acquaintance. Use WIZARD Sheep Manure now if you want a thick velvety green lawn and beautiful flowers and shrub- bery this summer. WIZARD makes plants grow. It supplies the humus and natural food that all plants need. 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