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j»ART II. r';""K^NSTOH^ Chapel of Presbyterian'Church to Be Dedicated With Fit- ting Service Next Sunday ;..vAfafnoon. -WDRK SJAKM IN 1ULY jb< chapel of^the Wilmette Pres- byterian church,*-wliich was begun july ii;.;, hi Ww leached tne Becond as'rapidly as,ptiiMble., \ -â- â- Â£ .• Sunday at-^ R «l.»J*t which time a cord i a l iiff!ttatta»' ' *• ^ ««t«aded * to friends of the church to be present. Rev. John Balcom fctiaw, D. D., pas- tor of the Scaagfftr^byterian church | of Chicago ib^ iJW*aJdent of the * church's extension; board of the Chi- l cago presbytery, wilf deliver the ad- dress; Dr. George B. Safford, repre- senting the presbytery, Will lay the J stone, and Rev. Harry Hepburn of the J Buena Wemorjal^church will lead In * the* |ra»sf o$ co^seCrtttion, and the * pastor, 5ev. J. M. Wilson, D. D., will * read the Scripture and pronounce the * benediction. I The following sketch of' the bulld- * ing was prepared by Mr. Frank R. < Eager, chairman' of the committee on | plans and contracts:, ^ ~^r;es£Y^rjan church Wednesday -eyenr inp, June 12, plans and specifications fcr a "hnP^rjpfr***'i y^T^fttM DF ^tha building c1>nWJ[|^;4rtl^-cpngr§gar.- tion and ^^Ji^^^jrâ„¢^^^"*1^ "The bttflrfihg" tiottmittee were $Lwui a^^ipfejtQ^rqsyad wHh the constructlonVaf th* .building in gen- eral accordance with toe plans and spec i fl catftifi* au^mfttef "It is now expected tha$ the chapel Lsll). be^ompleted without any seri- ooa deJajc-andV wbenv-flnisned with its • furnishings-will -be one of the most qomjilete and up-to-date chapels in the Chicago presbytery. ; it will be of the English Renais- sance type of architecture. There will tte a maximum seating capacity of 400 ita the auditorium and the same in tjie Sunday school rooms, which are located on the first floor. \ "The building will be located on the roat>jpf the dhurch lot at the qorth*ast corner of Greehleaf and Ifinth streets.. ; "The front entrance will be on Ifinth street. The t*«**«n of the build- iiig is such that it can be easily em- IJodic*] in and become a part of a larger structure which may at some fatur*' date !be erected upon the church Rroperty. j Building is Simple. ! "Tho building is simple in design aftid wiiir be built of brick and stone. the Sunday school rooms will be lo- cated on the first floor and will be lighted by large double windows. The main Sunday school rooms will have a seating capacity of 250. The pri- mary room adjoining and separated ty roiling curtain will accommodate fj-om 100 to 150 people. ' "On this floor will also be located ^e kitchen, which will be complete in efery detail. i "The boiler room and coal room tfill hp located on the same floor at tye northeast corner next to the l^tchon and will be separated by a ! tojriek waTl. I j "Tin re will be a large steam plant ! -^Uh auxiliary f©f» heating the- pas- tfr's stuiyj**â- "'•' -V V *,:v; I ;"The toilet rooms are all located I °& the first floor. j i'The second floor is the auditorium J Jj which will be held the regular i JUrth servi<*s. This, with the la- j-ajes' parlor adjoining, will have a hating capacT0-r ed from the a^ditoriup* by a rolling curtain and ^11 have a large fire- place. -b.ti "At the east end of the auditorium will be located the pulpit platform and organ. For Choir Use. "On either side of the platf/orm are two rooms to be used for the sessions and choir. "On the mezzanine floor at the end of the building is the pastor's study, which is large, well lighted and con- tains an ample fireplace, closets, book shelves, etc. â- : . . . ; "The interior finish of the audito- rium will be oak, early English style. The roof will be of slate. The build- ing, when .finished, will be one. of the simple, yet beautiful, structures char- acteristic of Wilmette." The pastor, Dr. Wilson, will speak Sunday morning at 11 o'clock on "The One Foundation Stone," and at 7:45 p. m. on "The Transfigured Christ." Services.are held in the Woman's club building, corner Tenth street and Greenleaf avenue. WILMETTE WOMAN DIED MONDAY Mrs. Sarah Arnold Shurtleff, mother of Messrs. W. C. and A. K. Shurt* leff, died Monday. Sarah Arnold wag born at Ashtabula, Ohio, September Zt 1837. She was the daughter of WiK Ham and Lavina Arnold. When she was three years old her parent^ moved to Illinois. Her father was a local preacher in the Methodist Bpis^ copal church. Their home was in? eluded in a great circuit in the Fox; River valley known as the Chicken Grove Circuit.*1 ^TnV ministers l made the Arnold home their ji^dgjaartergs. The daughter, Sarah, grew up aniid the helpful influences of the church and a Christian home. It was natural 4liaV one who lired--amid such influj' ences should wish to attend school.' She was enabled- to acquire a gqod education at the St. Charles academy. After completing her work at the academy she taught school for a period. She married Mr. Calvin Shurtleff in October, 1858. They continued to live near the old home for a while and then moved to Sycamore, 111., in 1864. They spent twenty-fiv.e years in Syca- more and De Kalb, after which they moved to Waterloo, Iowa, and from there to Washington, D. C. They came to Wilmette in 1894. Mr. Shurtleff died in 1896. Mrs. Shurtleff continued to make Wilmette her home until her death, which occurred September 14. In Sympathy With Her. Mrs. Shurtleff found in. her hus- band a man who was in hearty sym- pathy with her helpful influences of iier father's home. .The home of Mr. and Mrs. Shurtleff became a church center. During the twenty-five yer,rs they dwelt in Sycamore and De Kalb they were pTominent in all the good work of their town. They kept a room especially for ministers. The door was always unlocked. Often min- isters came at night and found their way to their room and were welcomed in the morning to the family circle by these devoted people. William Spen- cer, Samuel Adams, J. H. Moore and Luke Hitchcock were among the many who were frequently entertained. Four children grew to manhood and womanhood. Mrs. J. Chesbro, now of Maywood, Mrs. Frank Eaton of Gales- burg, 111.. Mr. W. C. Shurtleff and Mr. A. K. Shurtleff of Wilmette. They remember with delight th.» en- tertainment of noted friends. In the long months while their mother suf- fered so much in her final illness they gave a rare example of filial devotion. Mrs. Shurtleff was a brilliant woman. Her mind was able to grasp the deep things of life. In the later years affliction came upon her but her long Christian service and devotion to Christ brought sucl a trust and such a vision that at eventide she was able to see through the gloom to the light, and the city where the loved ones of her own generation waited for her coming. ERS PLAN Scandinavian Singers to Give Their FirstConcert Oct. 17â€" Recently Organized So- ciety, Prospering, IS FOR THE LAKE SHORE HEAPS FEAST Several Evanstonians Said to Have Been Swindled By Smooth Talking In- dividual. SOLD DE LUXE EDITIONS The North Shore Scandinavian Male Singing society of Evanston, an organisation that was founded a lit- tle more than three months ago, and which has been working quietly since that time, is to give its first concert Oct. 17 in the Evanston auditorium. May 20, Carl T. Smith, organist at the Norwegian and Danibh Lutheran church, believed that to form such a society would take well with the Scandinavian people of this city. He talked to several of his friends and they made plans for the organization. True to Mr. Smith's belief it did take well and thirty m«n, who have singing-"ability agreed to join. Since that time th 13 men have met each week and ' practiced, under Mr. Smith's direction. Even the women became interested and it w,as neces- sary to organize a women's singing society. It is also under M. Smith's direction and will take part in the concert to be given. Weather a Drawback. The fact that the society was start- ed during the summer proved to be Bomewha't of a drawback, the warm Weather making it hard to get all of the members to attend the, meetings which were held each Monday even- ing. The majority, however, attend- ed and great'progress has been made. Starting with no funds the organi- zation has experienced some diffi- culty in meeting expense,s such as the renting of a hall for their meet- ings, and the buying of music. A small fee is charged" each member every month. Hearing of the society one local business man donated $10, which helped the officers consider- ably. The society is not for Evanston alone, but all Swedish, Norwegian or Danish people along the North Shore are invited to join. Mr. Smith, who has been organist at the Lutheran church for the past eighteen years, is in charge of- the work. He donates his services in order to help the movement along. It is the aim of the society to promote the singing of Norwegian, Swedish and Danish songs. ^English songs are also ren- dered by the chorus. An â- excellent program for the con- cert* Oct. 17 is being arranged and Scandinavian and American songs will be sung. Several first-class solo- ists will be secured to give selections. The concert will be in three parts. The society now has about thirty active members. A campaign will soon be started for associate mem- bers. It is the intention of the offi- cers to have their organization in- corporated a little later, when it is in better financial condition. Following is the list of officers: Samuel Berg, president; Joseph Gor- don, secretary; Nels Juul, financial secretary; Carl T. Smith, musical director. The program committee consists of A. Anderson, A. Amund- sen and C. T. Smith. Efforts to obtain de luxe editions of books appears to be expensive work for Evanstonians. Friday W. H. Marcy, 823 Wilson avenue, Chi- Elevator and Grain Storage Building of Peabody Goal Company WillI Soon ' Disappear. /â- ;â- *•; f IS AN OLD LANDMARK Slowly, yet steadily, the landmarks of Evanston are being torn dowrf, and it will not be so very long before there are none of the old bulMlhgs cago, was arrested by detectives frdm â-  ^ft .. standing to remind the J *bld the Town Hall police station charged timers pjuthc days" .gone by. Jko with having swindled Lawrence^ ^t^&t ia*idmark^te gi^e^ay to Jod- Clark, 2402 Pioneer rdad, ihis cityir '^jf tlmeSr is 4be^bH elevator §md on the purchase of a number of vol- Jfqjfage bjiil&ing of' the peabody «oal umes of Beaconsfleld'3 works. â-  Sev- eral other local people have also been "stung" by the smooth agent, according to statements made to the police by Mr. Clark. Mr. Clark is of the opinion that several State Btreet merchants have also fallen prey to the velvet tongue of the Wilson avenue resident. The Evanston man claims he paid Marcy $140 for a de luxe edition of Bea- consfleld's works. So far he has seen only the specimen covers and sample pages. Henry Weiss, assistant cashier of the Harris Trust and Saying* bank, paid $30 for his association- with Marcy. Ex-Alderman Harry P. Pear- sons, 181G Chicago avenue, is %n^ other who fell for the de luxe edl- ednipany1 a^Gi-e^riieal: 8%r;e*e^naibhi- cago avenue^ -V. Workmen are now busy dismant- ling the old buildings and within two or three weeks they will be entirely obliterated. There Wilt not'.bo any new structures put up? In their" place, for the present at leasts' zvr.Mn While there are still btftMifl^-'-Mt In this city that are older than the old elevator and grain atorage.:Glid- ing, there is hardly any that ca$e.bet- ter remembered by the old^imem In the early-eighties the atrttotures were built and at UjL© time wjre monstroujf buildings, ^bey wer<$,e only obes^of Htheir kindf 6n the North Shore and consequently were the^pb- Jfeetv^fivmucjfe inteteijt. * Pot thftT&a- son there is not an old settler In tions, it having cost him $30 for a j this section that has not been ta- glance at the covers and sample I miliar with the buildings since the pages. j day they were completed. , WILMETTE WOMEN TO MEET. The last of the open meetings of the Wilmette Woman's club will be held in the club house Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 25, at 2:30 o'clocck. All the women of the village are cor- dially urged to be present. A de- lightful program has been arranged. There will be dancing by Miss Va- nell, and music by Miss Worington and Miss Eina Smith. The women are requested to bring their needle work with them. Mrs. Ralph Potter will act as hostess. Mr. Clark told the police Friday that Marcy agreed to deliver the books in twenty days. That was six weeks ago. "It Is not so much the loss of the $140 that I am worrying about as it is the fact that I want to read Beaconsfield," Mr. Clark ad- mitted today. According to the Evanston man, Marcy represented the books were published by M. Walter Dunn of New York City. An investigation on his part revealed to his own satisfaction that there is no such publishing firm. The selling agency was named in the contract as the Cambridge society. Mr. Clark has found that that or- ganization departed from business life seven years ago. "I took out ja..• warrant for Marcy Thursday afternoon," says Clark. "In some way Xe learned of my ac- tion. Yesterday he came to my office and wanted to square up. 1 told him I intended to send him over the road for his little adventure with the contents of my pocketbook. Then he began to talk. "Say, how that man can talk! Ha certainly is clever. In fact, he al- most had me mesmerized and I was about to relent In my Intentions to have him "pinched," when a police-! man arrived. If he would use hlB gift of speech in any honest adven- ture he would make a fortune. "I have learned postitively that he has served a term In the Stillwater, Minn., penitentiary and is now out on parole. He was sentenced from Duluth for working a confidence game. "I understand there were a num- ber of Evanston people who pur- chased books from him and proved "goats." In selling me the edition Marcy showed me the price list, showing the regular selling pricewos $300. Naturally I thought I wa* get- ting a real bargain." REfcyrv'AL hTOTICE. The Commercial Electric Shop have remov^n to 1607 Sherman avenue, oppowte City Hall, where we are better able to jfalfMe th\ increasing business. The \Cj»im4JrctJl Electric Shop, 1607 Shernmn \x/ane, oppo- site City Hall. TO. 2894. B]_ 1407 Elmwood avenue, Wilmette. >4 5BJT the SJBC- and ' Did Big Business. Because of the buildings bell only ones of their kind in thij tion they did a large businesi there was not a farmer for miles around that did not at one time or other bring in his grain to the local elevator and sell it. "' Of late years the elevator - has not been in use but the Peabody Coal company has used the other build- ing to store grain in. The elevator is being torn down now and when that work is finished the old stor- age building will be taken to pieces. In the meantime a concrete grain storage building is being erected by the company on Church street. When the buildings were first erected tnere was a .harbor..in-ibis city and Jajrmfcra ,#*»» kef*; W*111 grain and produce to ship to. Chicago. This also brought the farmers to tpia elevator. £-When th£ harbor closed the farmers' visits tovthls with their crops began' tolceaao '*»d that meant the elevator would soon be out of use. ' """'; Although out of use it has sto^d for some years, but there was little cause to continually repair it and for that reason it was ordered torn do*fo. The work of tearing it down is pro- gressing rapidly and before winter both the elevator and storage build- ing will have disappeared. w*s city LOCAL SKIPPER VICTORIOUS. George B. Currier's sloop, Ledfc, showed a clear pair of heels to tl|e fast Chicago fleet in the race at the Columbia Yacht club Saturday. Tne local skipper pushed Ms fasVyacnt over the finish line _ ten . minjites ahead of its nearest rival. The fal- lowing te the ^ay>- tjicy gflpishe I: I*>dJ^ S&oofnoci, yar^daU£arik<|i, C^lunlbJa, fovaoer arfd Wldslth. ~ . „„ „- .^ttt----------------------~--------'~â€" - â-  - ' ^wil^LlVE Jr4 CHICAGO. ^ Mr. and Mrs. Johnl XtfJeTltifi&J^ 10 will return froig Mackinac ialaj iE_: Sunday^ will apt rive In Evanst n thls-winterT^fr. and Mrs. Mahla w II l^'tm^iic:l'-^ri^ciipaiita:'of We n^ w apartment building at 399 Lake Sho|« f^e^m^mf^m* LLZL1""" ln:tlre^yirginia UoteL__