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18 WINNETKA TALK July 21, 1928 B. & G. CANDY Refreshing home-made candies for hot summer days. Take a box of Beach & Geils with you on your next trip. For Better Home Made Candies We deliver twice daily anywhere in Evanston 567 Lincoln Ave. Winnetka 1633 Orrington Ave. Library Plaza Evanston 14 Second Half of New Trier Swimming Schedule Starts The second half of the summer swimming course offered at the New Trier High school natatorium began Monday of this week under the direc- tion of Edgar B. Jackson, swimming coach at New Trier. The new course will run until August 10. Regular classes are held in the morning for women and children. In the afternoon private instruction is given to those who desire it. All courses are so arranged that pupils may enter at any time. Information concerning the swim- ming schedule and the various courses offered may be obtained from Mr. Jackson by calling Winnetka 2400 during the day or University 6448 at night. Electric railways in Illinois carrry al- most 12 per cent of the total number of passengers carried by all electric railways in the United States. Illinois ranks third among the states in the number of manufacturing estab- lishments and fougth in the number of wage earners employed. NEARLY every buyer of printing is open to suggestion. It is quite the usual thing for us here to offer some idea that makes for betterment of results, of appearance--or of both. LLOYD HOLLISTER INC. 1232-36 Central Avenue Wilmette 4300 Winnetka 2000 Wilmette Greenleaf 4300 Sheldrake 5687 Infant Death Rate Drops; Mothers Are Given High Praise Declaring it to be a tribute to the intelligence of the motherhood of the state, Dr. Isaac D. Rawlings, state health director, pointed out in a statis- tical report issued this week that in- fant mortality in Illinois during 1927 was seven percent lower than in the year before and that it has declined twenty-five percent since 1920. By actual count the fatalities of children under one year dropped from 11,641 in 1920 to 8,604 in 1927, the latter fig- ure being the lowest in twenty-five years. The deaths of infants per 1,000 births fell from 87.5 in 1920 to 64.4 in 1927, substantially the lowest rate on record for the state. "Both down-state and Chicago shared honors in the improvement ex- perienced last year in the infant mor- tality rate," said Dr. Rawlings "In the big city the number of deaths in this age group was 3,819 compared with 4007 in 1926 and the rate per 1,008 births was 62.7 compared with 66.5. Down-state the deaths dropped from 5,280 in 1926 to 4,785 in 1927 and the rate from 71.5 to 65.7. "Gains like this in the financial world would be hailed as an evidence of re- markable prosperity. These figures indicate a saving of human life for which the intelligence of the modern mother must be given credit." "Medical and sanitary sciences have made possible a greater safety for infant life but only mothers are in a position to apply the knowledge that research workers have brought to light. That infant mortality has de- clined from 11,641 in.1920 to 8,604 in 1927. a fall of 26 percent, is therefore a glowing tribute to the motherhood of the state. This improvement means that the business of mothercraft is at least 25 percent more efficient than it was only seven years ago." Business Men's Art Work Will Be Shown Next Week A unique exhibition of works of art will be opened at the Art institute on Wednesday, July 25. This will be a showing of work by business men who follow art as a hobby, who go out into the great outdoors and paint whatever strikes their fancy just as others get their pleasure in whipping a stream for trout or tramping the woods for game. The organization sponsoring the ex- hibition is called the Associated Ama- teur Art club. Its objects are "To popu- larize art study, particularly sketching among business and professional men, because art forms an ideal recreation with an intellectual challenge." While many art clubs are doing good service in bringing art more fully into Ameri- can life, this association was founded to reach the business men by forming new amateur art clubs for them. The present exhibition is expected to unite the existing art clubs and to in- crease their fraternal spirit, at the same time fostering a spirit of friendly rival- ry. Samuel Fleisher is honorary presi- dent, and Paul I. Olson, secretary- treasurer. Exhibits will be received from seven cities. With the contributions made by the Business Men's Art club of Chicago, two of the galleries in the east wing will be completely filled. The jury to select works to be ex- hibited met at the Art institute July 18. It was composed of the following art. ists: Rudolph Ingerle, J. Allan St. John, Edgar Cameron, J. Jeffrey Grant and Ralph Fletcher Seymour. Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Houghton of 528 Sheridan road, Evanston an- nounce the birth of a daughter, Nancy Tilt, at the Evanston hospital Friday, July 13. Mrs. Houghton was Miss Marion Tilt of Wilmette. ST rT