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July 28, 1928 WINNETKA TALK 31 Field Museum Had More Than Million Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Morse, 433 Provident avenue are expecting their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Gaines, and their two chil- TOURS NORTHWEST Mrs. Dudley Bradstreet, of 772 and | Walden road, has been at the Virginia new exhibition halls; the work of the | art research classes conducted in co- | operation with the Art institute; 4 Visitors in 1927 Field Museum of Natural History to- day published the annual report of its director for the year 1927, a volume of more than 200 pages, illustrated with 21 photogravure plates, giving full de- tails of the scientific work conducted during the year, and of the administra- tion of all departments and divisions of the institution. The increasing importance of the museum to the public is emphasized in the report, which shows that 1,043,546 persons visited the institution in 1927, exceeding the next largest year's at- tendance by more than 100,000. The report also emphasizes the part played by the museum as a part of "the people's university" of Chicago, em- bracing the city's libraries and other cultural institutions, by showing that 331,778 persons, of whom 56,871 were adults and 274,907 children, received direct instruction through free lectures, moving pictures and other educational programs presented under the auspices of the museum. Complete details of the work of the sixteen Field Museum expeditions which were operating in far parts of the world during 1927 are given in the report. The report also reviews the gifts and additions to the exhibits and research collections of the departments | of anthropology, botany, geology and zoology; the progress made by the Harris public school extension depart- ment and the James Nelson and Anna Louise Raymond public school and children's lecture division of the | museum; the many accessions of sci- | entific books in the museum's library; the scientific books and pamphlets pub- lished by the museum itself; the exten- sive reconstruction work done on the | building to provide space for sixteen the accomplishments of various other |potel. divisions of the museum's administra- tive organization. Miss Mary Louise Dillon, 814 Pros- pect avenue, left last Monday night to spend the rest of the summer with Catherine Klotz at Santa Monica, Cal. Ruth Dillon is enjoying a boat trip at present, cruising on the St. Lawrence and in Shelter Bay. She is with friends from Chicago and will be gone three weeks. ---- Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Parsons, 518 Hawthorn lane, recently returned from a motor trip through northern Michi- gan. They also stopped to visit their daughter, Helen, who is at Wanalda Woods camp on Torch Lake for two months. Long Beach, California, for the past two weeks, from whence she will | accompany her father and mother and | Elizabeth, to arrive some time today. dren, William Hayes, Jr. and baby [an aunt on a trip through the Yose- | They are motoring here from their | | mite to San Francisco, Seattle, and Vancouver, probably by way of Jamff, Louise, etc., arriving home the latter part of August. Woodland avenue, their daughter, Mr. | Spruce street, and their sons, .Bertil Portland, | home in Mobile, Ala., and will visit the returning | Morses for two months. Lake | ---- and Mrs. G. A. Hillner, 855 and Ralph, returned last week after a Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Whipple, 170 | ten day motor trip. They went through northern Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Margaret, and son, David, have left | Michigan. for Stone Lake, Wis. They will stay at the Pine Ridge resort until Septem- | ber 1. ---- 1 Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Schifflin, 1228 | Asbury avenue, are leaving today to | motor to Elkhart Lake, Wis., where | Ji they will be for two weeks. Antiques 808 Oak Street Upholstering Cabinet Shop Drapery and Upholstery Fabrics We specialize in Antique Furniture Repairing and Refinishing Hair Mattresses and Springs Made to Order H. G. LINDWALL Highest Grade Upholstering Established 1895 Ph. Winnetka 145 | I STORAGE BATTERY ar Battery Service All Makes Recharging Rebuilding Starting Lighting -- Ignition Lubricating Your Troubles Quickly Cared For JONES Service Station EDDIE JONES Linden at Scott Tel. Winn. 1848 HUBBARD WOODS Rentals All we ask -- Drive one: You are the judge and the jury. A complete line on show -- Ask for a demonstration. DEIBLER MOTOR CAR CORPORATION We Are The North Shore Dealers. HIGHLAND PARK 22-24 SoUTH FIRST STREET PHONE HIGHLAND PARK 2120 Have You Seen the New 1929 Line of CHRYSLERS? To get all the good out of an automobile, get one with good 1n it.