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50 WINNETKA TALK December 8, 1928 oe -- -- News of the North Shore Clubs The! A 1 TH) id Opens Legislative Conference to All Tenth District Co-operates With Club in Presenting Informative Legislative Talks The legislative conference at the Woman's club of Wilmette Wednes- day, December 12, will occasion Open day at the club. The Tenth district of the Illinois Federation of Women's clubs is co-operating with the club in presenting this conference which will offer speakers of merit discussing topics of timely interest. Mrs. Everett L. Easton will preside over the morning session which opens at 10:30 o'clock. The speaker at this time will be Mrs. May Wood Simons, who has chosen as her subject, "How Laws Are Made," and "What Form of the Ballot Do You Want." The luncheon hour will be the time when three state representatives, Mrs. Lottie Holman O'Neill, Mrs. Harold Jelces, and Mrs. Rena Elrod, will give talks. The afternoon session is to begin at 1:30 o'clock, with the speaker, Harold B. Kessinger, state senator. Senator Kessinger, a splendid and forceful speaker, will give an address on "Shall Voting Groups or Thinking Citizens Rule America?" The day is open to all interested. The civics committee sponsoring the legislative luncheon Wednesday con- sists of Mrs, E. V. Youngberg, chair- man, and Mrs. J. B. Hoelz, Mrs. J. L. Huebner, Mrs. G. F, Iliff, Mrs. C. E. Drayer, Mrs. H. J. Newton, Mrs. George Martin, Mrs. C. C. Henderson, Mrs. C. T. Kremer, Mrs. A. M. Peard, Mrs. J. C. Baker, Mrs. S. I. Kaufman, Mrs. Percy Arden, Mrs. Harry Hill- man. Assisting are Mrs. David Moreton, Mrs. W. M. Burns; Mrs. Frank Church, Mrs. William Crawford, Mrs. A. C. Youngberg, Mrs. Ernest Free- man, Mrs. Joseph Dingle, Mrs. Davies, Mrs. R. W. Armstrong, Mrs. J. C. Anderson, and Mrs. J. C. Stackhouse. Reservations may be made with Mrs. John Clark Baker, Wilmette 4262, until Monday noon. Catholic League Changes Program for Next Meeting The next meeting of the North Shore Catholic Women's league will be held at the Winnetka Woman's club on Tuesday, December 11, at 2 in the afternoon. Mrs. William F. Schildgen, the president, will preside. The program has been changed. Sister Mary Loyola is in the hospital as a result of an accident and will not be able to give her lecture on "Women in Shakesperean Drama" as was formerly announced. Instead Miss Charlotte Crocker, a charming reader, will give a Barrie lecture recital. The music will be furnished by Robert Brown, violinist, and Mary Louise Cotton, pianist, of New Trier High school. The hostesses for December are: Mrs. F. T. O'Brien and Mrs. William B. Pavey. On December 13, thé league is giving a party at Great Lakes Naval station for the disabled veterans. The men whose birthdays fall in December are to be guests of honor and are to be given gifts and special favors. Mrs. Peter Prato of Highland Park is chair- man and is in charge of the pa~ty. Circle Happenings The West Elm Street circle will meet next Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, at the home of Mrs. Ralph Hinners, 551 Rosewood avenue. Mrs. R. M. Heller, chairman of the program committee, has announced a series of five minute talks on "Family Christ- mas Customs" and Christmas carols to be sung. All members are requested to bring a wrapped five cent gift to be exchanged at the meeting. The New Trier circle will meet Tues- day afternoon, December 11, at the home of Mrs. Julius H. Wald, 415 Maple avenue. Mrs. William Lederer will be the assisting hostess. All members are asked to bring a pack- age for the grab bag which will be the feature of the afternoon. The proceeds of this will be used to help some fam- ily at Christmas time. Mrs. Valentine Massman, 992 Pine street, will be hostess to the Pine Street circle at 2 o'clock on Friday, December 14. Mrs. George Batten will be the assisting hostess. The dolls dressed by the circle members for the Lake Bluff orphanage will be on display and a program of music will be given. The Oak Street circle will be enter- tained by Mrs. F. H. Sterling and Mrs. Harriet Keefer at 428 Chestnut street, on Thursday afternoon, December 13. The program will be furnished by Mrs. I. Harrison Mettler, who will give a reading of Christmas poems, and by Mrs. J. B. Ogan. The next meeting of the Indian Hill circle will be held at the home of Mrs. Allen A. Wright, 490 Orchard lane, Wednesday, December 12. Mrs. A. E. Bechtelheimer will be 'the assisting hostess. Mrs. I; W. Hall will give a group of vocal selections. The East Elm Street circle will meet at 2 o'clock: on Tuesday, December 11, at the home of Mrs. Raymond E. Doo- nan, 586 Maple avenue. The assisting hostesses will be Mrs. Gerald Burnham, Mrs. Forest Lowrey, and Mrs. Harold Wilder. The Scott Avenue circle will meet on Tuesday, December 11, with Mrs. Fran- cis E. Hinckley, 1204 Scott avenue. Mrs. Hinckley will be assisted by Mrs. W. O. Kurtz and Mrs. John E. Mac- Dowell. The meeting will be held at 2 o'clock. The Willow Street circle will meet Tuesday, December 11, at the home of Mrs. Charles Keller, 503 Willow road. Mrs. William Forrest and Mrs. Thom- as W. Windes will assist. Luncheon will be served at 12:30 o'clock. The Hawthorn Lane circle will meet with Mrs. Burt Kershaw at 325 Wood- land avenue, on Tuesday, December 11, at 2 o'clock. The Ridge Avenue circle will meet on December 17, at 2 o'cleck at the home of Mrs. Ralph Brackett, 255 Ridge avenue. Southern Woman's Club Lists Events in Christmas Month The Southern Woman's club of Chi- cago, busy with its Christmas month plans, announces three events of out- standing interest, The regular meeting of the club oc- curs Thursday, December 13, in the East room of the Hotel LaSalle, com- mencing with a board meeting at 10:30 o'clock, a reception from 12 until 12:30, when luncheon will be served, and a program at 2. Mrs. George Hanly Nippert is chair- man of the program which has been arranged by Judge and Mrs. Joseph L. McCarthy. Popular vaudeville artists and theatrical stars from Chicago the- aters will provide the afternoon's en- tertainment. Mrs. Daniel R. Schock, correspond- ing secretary of the club, is in charge of luncheon reservations. Acting as hostesses for the day will be Mrs. James W. Guest, Mrs. David J. Carter, Mrs. P. M. Bridges, Mrs. Drew Head, Mrs. Walter Smith, and Mrs, Susanne Jewell. This afternoon the Children's Christ- mas party committee, whose chairman is Mrs. Dee Ellen Dady, is giving a bridge tea at 1:30 o'clock, at the resi- dence of Mrs. Joseph S. McCarthy in Chicago. The East room of the Hotel LaSalle will be the locale oi the Christmas party for children Thursday, Decem- ber 27, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. This day was selected so that all chil- dren attending school could be present. An attractive program, replete with surprises is being arranged for the entertainment of the little guests. Kaskaskia D. A. R. Plans Buffet Luncheon The Kaskaskia chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolu- tion is to have a buffet luncheon Tues- day, December 11, at 12 o'clock, at the home of Mrs. Frank Wright, 4556 Woodlawn avenue. Members have been asked to make reservations with Miss Ann Lockett, 542 Roscoe street, Chicago. The speaker for the day will be Colonel Bullock. Christmas carols will be sung by a double quartet of the Kenwood Music club. The hostesses for the day are Mrs. Frank Wright, Mrs. Rudolph E. Mag- nus, Miss Rossie R. Cox, Mrs. Samuel R. Lewis, Mrs. Harold M. Pitman, and Mrs. Frank T. Whetzel. Plan Epicurean Food Sale "Why? -- to benefit the blind by Braille, given by the Sisterhood of the North Shore Congregational Israel. "When? -- Wednesday, December 9. "Where? -- Assembly Hall of the North Shore Congregation Israel, northwest corner Vernon and Lincoln avenues, Glencoe. 'We can do without art, We can do without books, But civilized men, Cannot do without cooks.' "The committee in charge has an- nounced that there will be all kinds of homemade foods including cakes, can- dies, cookies, jellies, and spiced fruits." Mrs. Sylvan Hirschberg of Glencoe is chairman of the committee which sends in the above announcement. -- Winnetka Women See Indies Movie Percy B. Eckhart Shows Motion Picture of Cruise to West Indies, Panama An unusually interesting and instruc- tive meeting was held at the Winnetka Woman's club Tuesday afternoon, De- cember 4. The art and literature de- partment, of which Mrs. V.. LL. Brown is chairman, presented Percy B. Eckhart of Kenilworth. Mr. Eck- hart, who is a Chicago lawyer, has many interesting hobbies, in the pur- suit of some of which he has almost reached the stage of a professional. On a recent trip to the West Indies, he secured many motion pictures, so it was 'on a "Cruise of the Caribbean Sea" he conducted his audience. Mr. Eckhart said that he found the West Indies most interesting, being of volcanic origin, with beautiful moun- tains, tropical and semi-tropical vege- tation, and some of the finest botanical gardens in the world. He said the people, while colored, were clean, industrious, honest, and very pitcuresque. The various islands are owned by different nations, so that different languages and combinations of languages are spoken. His pictures of the islands began at Nassau, which is a very fashionable winter resort and has a beautiful har- bor with most unusual coloring and a very fine climate. From there he journeyed to Porto Rico, St. Thomas, and various other places, showing the beautiful vegetation, foreign architec- ture, and intensely interesting natives engaged in their regular duties, one of the most ordinary scenes being the market place. Of particular interest were his views of the Panama canal and the passage of the battleship Colorado through the locks. "The hostesses of the afternoon were Mrs. Frederick L. Hurlbutt, Mrs. Wil- liam C. Van Horne, Mrs. Isabelle Lang, Mrs. Robert O. Butz, Mrs. Laurence M. Stein, and Mrs. Ernst C. Von Ammon Woman's Society to Hear Christmas Program Dec. 12 The meeting of the Woman's society of the Winnetka Congregational church to be held Wednesday, December 12, will be the only one during this month. ~The meeting will be entirely in the Christmas spirit with Christmas carols sung by the attending members under the direction of Mrs. Burton Atwood during the morning to carry out this idea. Mrs. Marcus Richards will be at the piano. Luncheon will be served at 12:30. The hostesses will be Mrs. Stanley Simpson and Mrs. Davies Lazear. ' During the afternoon a Christmas program will be given under the di- rection of Walter Spry. Miss Evelyn Wienke, soprano, and Miss Marian Hall, pianist, will take part and Mrs. I. Harrison Mettler will read Christ- mas poems and stories. EXHIBITS PAINTINGS Harry L. Timmins, an artist known along the north shore, is among the exhibitors at the All-Illinois Society of Fine Arts' exhibition of paintings by members, which opened Sunday in the Stevens hotel. :