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Wilmette, the Prosperous These merchants invite your patronage and will make it worth your while to trade with them What People Are Doing in Wilmette Miss Ruth Gates of Burlington, Ia., will be home for the Thanksgiving vacation. A daughter was born to Dr. and Mrs. E. E. Hyde, 721 Elm wood avenue, Monday night. Mr. Donald Payne of Paw Paw, Mich., was the guest of E. R. Webber this week. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Wigglesworth, 426 Central avenue, went to New York the first of the week. Miss Leila Palmer, 1225 Gregory avenue, has as her guest Miss Edna Pitman of Clear Lake, Ia. Mrs. Sam. Lewis, 900 Central avenue, entertained the Ladies' Aid society on Monday afternoon. Warner B. Gates entertained five boys at dinner on Monday evening, Nov. 25, in honor of his birthday. Mr. George Palmer, 1225 Gregory avenue, returned home Thursday after a business trip at Champaign, Ill. The Royal Neighbors will hold a bazaar and card party in the Wilmette Lodge hall next Wednesday afternoon. Miss C. Mitchell of St. Paul, Minn., is the guest of Dr. and Mrs. John Segsworth, 1147 Wilmette avenue. Mr. A. W. Gould.of St Paul and Mr. Sands of Chicago were guests of Mr. and Mrs, H. B. Gates Sunday. WILMETTE FETE The terpsichorean fete will be given this (Thursday) evening at 8 o'clock, tomorrow evening and Saturday mati- nee at 2:15 p. m. at the Woman's club building, corner Tenth street and Greenleaf avenue, under the auspices of the Woman's club. The proceeds fill go to the building fund. Mr. John B. Rogers is director and has had charge of the rehearsals and staging, The program is as follows: 1-Overture. 2-Mothers' Convention. 3-Irish Group 4-The Fascinating Widow 5-Song. 6-The Senator. 7-Both-Way Imps. 8-Dance of the Elves and Wood Nymphs. 9-Our Farm. g Intermission, 1-Where the Edelweiss is Blooming. 2-Pierrots and Pierrettes, 3-Dr. Tinkle Tinker. 4-Grand Opera Up to Date 5-I'm Looking for a Sweetheart. 6-Southern Medley. 7-Frolic of the Picks. 8-Columbian Group. Finale. 1-Overture ..............Orchestra Mrs. Harry Northam, pianist. Mr. Norman Betts, violinist. Mr. W. N. Waidner, 'cellist 2-a. Mothers' Convention (in which mothers do some unusual things). Virginia Belt, Gertrude Brown, Mar- garet Cutler, Leonora Dingee, Eleanor Gage, Gertrude Ingersoll, Margaret McCue, Elisabeth Pope, Betty Rice, Helen Seibold, Marion Thayer, Ethel Wray 3-Irish Group. a. The Harp that Once Through Tara's Hall." Miss Louise Robinson. Quartet--Mrs. Skinner, Mr. Tobias, Mr. Wray. b. "Top o' the Morning" John Rogers, Mary Gates, Margaret Hall, Alame- da Lewis, Nettie Kaufman, Lynn Smlth, Alice Wheelock, Edwin,Clan- Pitt, Howard Field, Malcolm McNeill, John Page, Raymond Wheelock, Tom Hall. 4- The Fascinating Widow. Elisabeth Thompson. Suitors--Robert Gillette, Richard Lounsbury, Edward Marshall, George Martin, Kenneth Murdock, William Jordan. 5-Song. Miss Dorothy Rae. 6--The Senator. A Tragedy. Characters: The Senator...........J. C. Reinhold His Daughter......Dorothy Macauley Her Husband......... John B. Rogers 7--Both-Way Imps. Edward Barnes, Kenneth Lagg, Philip Huguenin, Jack Gibson, Chase Prescott, Jack Robblns, Raymond Roth, Philip Stevens, Jerry Todd, George Van Dyke. 8--Elves and Wood Nymphs. Mildred Cooper, Mildred Cuneen, Helen Dingee, Clementine Eastman, Margaret Macmillen, Frances Schei- denhelm, Margaret Scheidenhelm, Mildred Spear. 9--Our Farm. Misses Dorothy Rae, Dorothy Ma- cauley, Messrs. John Page, Edward Welsh. Intermission. 1-Where the Edelweiss is Blooming. Dorothy Rae, Mattie Lusted, Mr. J. B. Rogers, Mr. Rein- hold. Caroline Lusted, Margery Lusted, Katharine King, Olive Skelton, Bernice Shurtleff, Dana Barnes, Warner Gates, Carleton Gould, Clifford Hubbard, Sherman Orwig. 2--Pierrots and Pierrettes. Virginia Beymer, Elizabeth Cutler, Ruth Dietrich, Florence Gillson, Mar- garet Macauley, Dorothy Hardenbrook, Isabel Pope, Gertrude Schlack, Cath- arine Calhoun, Margaret Couffer, Vir- ginia Lillienfleld, Helen Phelps, Rob- erta Skinner, Elizabeth Field, Arlene Woodcock, Frances Zipf. 3-Dr. Tinkle Tinker. Solo--Miss Dorothy Macauley. Toys--Mildred Cooper, Mildred Cu- neen, Helen Dingee, Clementine East- man, Florence Gilson, Martha Lusted, Virginia Lillienfleld, Frances Schei- denhelm, Margaret Scheidenhelm, Roberta Skinner. 4-Grand Opera Up to Date. Mme. Trillandi.....Miss Dorothy Rae Sgr. High Ceeni....Mr. Sherman Orwig Sgr. Baritondi...Mr. Harry Northam 5-I'm Looking for a Sweetheart and I Think You'll Do. Dreams -- Evan Anderson, Lorin Meyers, John Page, Howard Jackson. Nightmares--Edwin Clampitt, How- ard Cutler, Warner Gates, Bruce Thayer. 7-Frolic of the Picks. Solo--Elizabeth Thompson. Girls--Margaret Patterson, Jessie Robinson, Mary Louise Scheidenhelm, Joy Scheidenhelm, Jane Logie, Elisa- beth Thompson. . Boys--Weston Butz, Keith Drake, Edward Griener, Dudley Field, Claude Burbach, Arthur Seibold. Finale. 8-Columbia Group. a. Liberty Girls--Elizabeth Baird, Helen Butz, Hally Crosby, Katharine Cody, Sara Huguenin, Norma McMil- len, Dorothy Northam, Winifred Rein- both, Katharine Scheidenhelm, Helen Skinner, Lucile West Helen Denneth. b. Yankee Doodles--Eleanor Am- bler, Georgia Bauman, Margery Barth- olomew, Dorothy Butz, Frances Cut- ler, Margaret Dingee, Sara Gallagher, Elizabeth Heffner, Eleanor Nichols, Virginia Olwin, Louise Schlack, Ruth Van Ness. Liberty--Miss Dorothy Macauley. Chaperons--Mesdames D. A. Barnes, M. C. Beymer, Theo. Breyer, Alvin Butz, B. J. Calloway, L. M. Drake, E.P. Fatch, L. K. Gillson, S. T. Lewis, Harry Miller, E. G. Osman, H. K. Snider, Walter Stattman, E. R. Thurman, F. J. Walker, D. V. Webster, F. N. Williams, J. G. Wray, Edward Zipf, W. O. Belt, E. O. Blake, J. M. Brown, Bmil Butz, P. J. Cuneen, A. G. Frost F. H. Gallagher, Lorin Hall, G. L. Martin, R. J. Mulvey, Arthur Rice, Robert Smith, Willard Thayer, F. C. Van Ness, Miss Edna Lewis. Executive Committee--Mrs. Fits- Randolph, Mrs. Howard Field, Mrs. Henry B. Gates. Talent Committee--Mrs. S. S. Din- gee, Mrs. J. B. Olwin, Mrs. Fred N. ReQua. Publicity Committee--Mrs. F. L. Scheidenhelm, Mrs. J. A. Ripple, Mrs. F. F. Cain, Mrs. Herbert Mackie, Mrs. T. C. Thompson. Ticket Committee--Mrs. F. D. Day, Mrs. J. D. Colt, Mrs. G. C. Murdock, Mrs. Ralph Potter. Advertising Committee--Mrs. C. C. Mitchell, Mrs. F. D. Buckman, Mrs. John Cochran, Mrs. Paul Lobanoff, Mrs. R. J. Mulvey, Mrs. Grafton Ste- vens, Mrs. J. P. Sykes, Mrs. C. A. Wan- ner, Mrs. Volney Underhill. Candy Committee--Mrs. Arthur Aller, Mrs. W. F. Gemmill, Mrs. Ira A. Jones, Mrs. C. B. Renneckar, Mrs. C. H. Smith, Mrs. A. F. Southworth, Miss Helen Pope, Mrs. S. S. Robbins, Mrs. J. D. Roth, Mrs. H. A. Tadlor, Mrs. H. B. Mulford. Stage Committee--Mrs. L. J. Pier- son, Mrs. Edward Mendsen. Supervisor of Costumes--Mrs. Mary K. Bauman. Ushers--Mrs. G. C. Hulst, Winifred Crawford, Pauline Lewis, Clara Nourse, Florence Bond, Maude Allen, Louise Patch, Madge Lynch, Laura Osman, Helen Skinner. Origin of Pawnbrokers' Sign. On the doors of early Florentine bankers was the three-leaf lily sign, the lily being the emblem of Flor- ence* and claim is now made that this is why the pawnbroker of today has the three balls as his sign, which appears to be an evolution of the three-leaf lily. Watch Built In a Pearl, A tiny watch, which has been made Inside a pearl as large as a big pea, has Just been constructed by Gallopin 4k Co. of Geneva, fifteen months being spent on the work. The empty pearl weighed forty-five grains and in df> ameter is less than an Inch. This pearl watoh can be worn on a ring or as a pendant and cost $6,000. Parisian* Find Rent a Burden. Rents In Paris have increased heav- ily within the last decade. The num- ber of vacant dwellings is constantly decreasing and many citizens fear that within five or six years they will eith- er have to pay unbearably high rents or move outside the city OOD Dress- ers demand art in clothes, the nice touchy the ive tojl&jtlarac- (e arwJtH«/finest ianshW GEORGE J. EBER Ladies9 Tailor 1 and ■ Custom Tailor The Wilmette •4NH :yit&j0£k AUTHORIZED TO DO A BANKING BUSI- NESS UNDER STATE SUPERVISION CAPITAL and SURPLUS $57,000.00 Safety Deposit Boxes 'TpHE Bank is now m> Safety D yfty of patron valuab and b ence with one of the Vault The right h conveni- protection *fe 1 u t e pi • etc., besides tl ving this home. The equipment contains three hundred boxes and they are becoming very popular at the reasonable rentals asked. The officers of the Bank invite inspec* tion of this new safety deposit box system. CENTRAL AVE. AND TWELFTH STREET S Wilmette, Illinois. 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