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Nearly Everybody in Wilmette Reads The News News VOL. V, NO. 45. WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1918 TEN PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS SEEK FUNDS FOR WELFARE STATION North Shore Women Formally Dedi- cate Infant Welfare Station at Gross Point WELL EQUIPPED STATION Visitors Pronounce Work Success; Ready For Contributions New Trier Township is the smallest in the county except one. Yet her high school is one of the best in the state, her grammar schools are sec- ond to none, her churches and 'parochial schools seldom record a failure; now she has just established her third Infant Welfare station. Two are supported in Chicago by New Trier subscriptions; the young- est was opened on Wednesday at Gross Point and is to be financed by New Trier funds. It is hoped that the subscriptions will be volunteered and that contributions will be made by existing organizations without solicit- ation. Never since modern philanthropy and social service began to work along these lines, was an Infant Wel- fare station established with less pomp and circumstance, or at less ex- pense. Never did the most improvid- ent parents make less preparation for supporting their infant. The Bureau of Social Service said Gross Point needed a station, that it ought to be opened on September 18, and that they would supply a nurse for three months. The way was pre- pared somewhat by the weighing and measuring of babies conducted during the summer under the auspic- es of the Council of National De- fense. A small committee, headed by Mrs. Hope Thompson of Wilmette, got to work on the matter and found a fine spirit of co-operation in Gross Point. More than one excellent room Was offered, of which Albert Zeut- schcl's seemed the most available for the time being. On Tuesday morning, three of the committee, two district nurses and Mrs. Zeutschel got busy with brushes, mops, soaps, disinfect- ants, and a hose; they scrubbed and scoured and polished all day, leaving the place to dry over night. On Wed- nesday morning the same indefatig- ables, with two more to help, pitched in again, put up mosquito netting, drove out the flies, hung posters and curtains, put flowers in the windows, arranged the furniture, and by 1 o'clock were ready for visitors. A miracle had been wrought--order and beauty had been brought out of chaos ; and nobody dead but the flies ! Visitors came between 1 and 2, and pronounced the station among the most attractive and best-equipped they had seen. Between 2 and 4 o'clock 12 infants were received and were given the best advice available in the absence of the physician. People with influenza being barred from the station, the doctor could not come, as he was suffering from it. Much of our present equipment is borrowed. We should like gifts of some good tables and chairs, of rugs and money. We are happy to ack- nowledge gifts of comforters and small blankets (new"), a stove, a rug. the room itself, liberal discounts from the merchants, paper toweling, and much hard work. Subscriptions and gifts may be sent to Mrs. Hope Thompson, chairman. Wilmette, or to Mrs. V. C. Sanborn. Kenilworth. Infant Welfare A station was opened at Gross Point in the building owned by Al- bert Zeutschel on Ridge avenue, just south of Lake avenue. All New BREAK HABIT OF BUYING IN LOOP Wilmette Residents ^^ .d Be Shown nd Community How Home SV3 -ig Will Help Themse& PATH! aZE HOME DEALERS Buy-in-Wilmette Campaign Should Have Strong Influence Toward Home Buying (Continued on pag-e five.) Wilmette people will buy at home when it is brought strongly to their attention that they are aiding both themselves and their community by doing so. It is necessary to get them out of the habit of buying everything from groceries to automobiles in the loop district. For it is a habit with most of them, and in many instances an extravagant habit. The educational campaign which has been undertaken by twenty-six or more Wilmette firms in co-operation with the Lake Shore News should have a strong influence in turning people from this habit. Of course if every Wilmette re- sident were to buy in Wilmette merchants would soon be able to re- tire. This is not the idea, but it is de- sired that every prospective pur- chaser first give the commodities of the Wilmette dealers a thorough trial before going to Chicago. All kinds of tastes and all sizes of pocketbooks can be exactly suited right here in Wilmette. It can safely be said that Wilmette people are not buying their share of goods in Wilmette. The same is true of a good many other lines of business. It Aids Wilmette Of course business men have a personal interest in the Buy-it-in- Wilmette campaign. But from the standpoint of the public the irrtpdrtr ant consideration is the fact that buying in Wilmette will add ma- terially to the strength and pros- perity of this community and enable it to carry it out, in war times as well as peace, the tasks which are to be expected of a village of from 5,000 to 6,000 people. wsyssMW///y//////s//////s/y////s//?^^^ BENJAMIN J. GAGE APPOINTED TREE SUPERVISOR HERE The American Offensive Has Begun X Benjamin J. Gage, Superintendent of the Wilmette Park district, was Tuesday evening appointed Village Forester by the Village Board of Trustees at their regular meeting. He will conduct the new office with- out remuneration. Following the appointment Gage, who is an authority on tree culture and responsible for the splendid condition of Wilmette parks, told members of the board that he con- sidered the appointment in the light of a patriotic duty in the interest of the conservation of the tree life of the Village. The new Village official has been a resident of Wilmette all his life and has been associated with all Vil- lage activities, at present being par- ticularly active on war work in the community. Word has been received of the promotion of Assistant Paymaster Fdwin C. Austin, Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, to Senior Lieutenant. Ensign Paul Soule, 807 Forest avenue, is home on a ten day fur- lough before going overseas. Soule attended the Ensigns' school at Pel- ham Bav. New York. "Overseas" in the trenches in France a Wilmette man is awaiting the signal to go "Over the top" at daybreak. He is thinking of the folks back in the little town. He has just told his pal that it is the greatest little town on ^ the globe, because its people never fall down. It's only a few minutes be- fore they "go over". He is talking about the Fourth Liber- ty loan, wondering how Wil- mette is going to come through this time. He smiles as he thinks of what the Village did in pre- vious drives. And he secretly hopes that it will break its own record. Is he going to be disap- pointed? No! Are you going to give Chica- go the big end of your sub- scription, because your business is there ? This man comes from Wil- mette. »' That's the place he is think- ing of. That's the place he looks to for his morale. He does not ask much, but he expects the home folks--that's you--your family and all the rest of us, to do all we can in Wilmette just as he is doing everything a man can do for it in France. There is only one answer. Wilmette has over 300 men in service and you are going to back them up with all the vim and pep this town has got. Chicago can have your business subscription, but that fellow with a bayonet fixed on his gun, waiting for the signal to go after the enemy, is entitled to your personal subscription in this town. A Wilmette salesman assign- ed to your block will call on you personally. Don't give your subscription to any one else. He'll be there. If you are out, he'll come again. But do not make him call unnecessarily. Make your maximum sub- scription at home and make it promptly. Yours very truly, R. W. JORDAN. Chairman, Wilmette Liberty Loan committee. LIBERTY LOAN GUNS READY FOR "DRIVE" Arrangements Completed This Week For Biggest War Loan Campaign in Nation's History ASK UNDIVIDED SUPPORT Huge Sign Boards Announcing Cam- paign Are Erected; Electric Road Helps «WMW«««««^^ LOCAL CLUB WOMAN PARALYSIS VICTIM After an illness of over two years, Mrs. Wilfred C. Shurtleff succumbed to paralysis at her home. 815 Lake avenue, earty Wednesday morning. Funeral services will be held from the home Friday morning at 10 o'clock. Burial will be at Sycamore, Illinois, in the afternoon. Mrs. Shurtleff had been a resident of Wilmette for 27 years. She was a member of the Wilmette Woman's club. Besides her husband, she leaves four children. Alice, who has been teaching school in Milwaukee, How- ard, who is stationed at Camp Grant. Helen and Bernice. UNIVERSITY MAN SPEAKER AT CHURCH UNION SUNDAY The Wilmette Church Union will hold its next meeting Sunday even- ing at 7:45 o'clock at the Methodist church. The Reverend Dr. Anthony T. Home, of the Wellesley Founda- tion of the University of Illinois, at Urbana. will be the speaker. There will be special music. % By Phil A. Grau When the tocsin is bounded which will start the "Squads" on their rounds for the Fourth Financial Smash at his imperial majesty, by the #race of submarines, poison gas, liquid fire, lies, hypocracy, perfidy, treachery and satanic charact istics, emperor of the huns, W mette's platoons will be ready for instant action. Armed with verbal machine guns, loaded with irresistable arguments, carrying pencils, subscription blanks and receipts in their first aid kits, the Yanks who reside in the most beautiful suburb of the north shore will attack the neighborhood bank accounts in such solid formations that not a single loose mill will es- cape. And the beauty of it is that while they are prepared to fight to the utmost to capture their object- ives without loss of time, life, or even disposition, it is well to know that, for the most part, it will not even be necessary for them to aim at those whose dugout they will charge. Everybody is willing to surrender and be taken captive in this drive. There are always a few who have to be persuaded to do it cheerfully, but that's human nature for some people. Most of them have only a patriotic nature now, having eliminated the human element almost to an in- finitesmal degree. And then too there are those who can honestly and conscientiously say that they have been hit so hard by the war that they cannot do what they are expected to by those who do not un- derstand the new circumstances. They need not worry. Let them do the BEST they can. Nobody expects the impossible nut there are many who can do far more than they did in past drives, and there are many who can give more here in our own home town than they did before. To them Wilmette looks for that swell- ing of subscriptions which will make our quota easily reached. This ap- plies to the great majority of sub- scribers. That's not grammatical but it's expressive. It is hoped that they will let their own better selves he the arbiters in this most import- ant of Liberty Loan drives and gov- ern the tendency which has been manifested in every suburb of Chi- cago, namely to make the big end of their subscription "down town" be- cause they must make a good trade showing. Let it be understood that there is not the slightest desire to rob Chica- go or the Trade teams of anything they have justly coming to them. But it is emphatically declared by the Wilmette Liberty Loan committee that it is entitled to the undivided support of every subscriber in so far as his own personal and family subscription are considered. A word here may be added in re- gard to persons who are trustees for estates, guardians of orphans, or custodians of trust funds. They are morally bound to invest these funds for the benefit of those to whom they are answerable, in the best securities obtainable. Liberty bonds are the best securities on earth. They are practically backed up by a mortgage GIVE FREE LEGAL AID TO ALL REGISTRANTS Draft Board Announces That Legal Advisory Board Will Establish Headquarters at Wilmette Village Hall HELP WITH QUESTIONAIRE Men Are Given 7 Days In Which To Fill Out Questionaires After Receipt By Mail (Continued on page iWe) Men of New Trier and Niles Town- ships, between the ages of 18 and 36 inclusive, who registered for military service, Thursday, September 12, will receive their questionaires within a few days. The local draft board, with head- quarters in the Brown building. Wil- mette, while at work this week ad- dressing and mailing the question- aires announced that the Legal Aid- visory board would be in attendance at the Village Hall in Wilmette, daily from 8 A. M. to 9 P. M. except Sun- day, for the purpose of giving free advise and help to registrants in filling out questionaires. The Legal Advisory board was created for the express purpose of being of assistance to the registrant in filling- out questionaires and de- termining his status in the draft. The board is composed of lawyers who have a thorough understanding of exact method of procedure in filling out the questionaires. It is im- perative that every registered man appear at the Village Hall as soon as possible after receiving his question- aire. This will prevent the possible necessity of appearing at the draft board headquarters later for the pur- I (Continued on Page Four) WORK OR FIGHT 'Js your money in a non-essen- tial occupation? Are you spend- ing it in unnecessary ways ? Is it idle? Let the work-or-fight rule ap- ply to your dollars. Make them fight for your government by in- vesting them in Liberty Bonds or War Savings Stamps, or make them work for you by placing them in a savings account. There is no middle course for your money--it must work or fight to avoid being an idler and a slacker. You are doing a patriotic serv- ice by putting your money to work, by building up a healthy savings account. You are follow- ing the government's request and taking it from non-useful chan- nels and placing it where it will be df direct service. You are helping to provide the money with which the advance loan to the government anticipat- ing the Fourth Liberty'Loan is to be made. It^S^v0-. , You are establishing a com- petence for yourself, and thus al- so you are aiding your govern- ment. For with thrifty, inde- pendent and contented people holding the home lines, the na- tion need have no fear as to the outcome of the great war. Wilmette banks offer yon an opportunity for putting your money to work at good wages. They maintain splendidly equip- ped savings departments. They invite your patronage. Put the work or fight edict in- to effect today. WAMUMMW/OMff/Mr^^ Government lliiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiit Orders miiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiMiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiul Every Subscriber Should Read the Order Carefully Every Newspaper in the Country has Received the Follow- ing Official Order from the War Industries Board: "Discontinue Sending Paper After Date of Expiration of Subscription Unless Subscription is Renewed and Paid for With- in Three Months." (This Ruling Goes Into Effect Oct. 1, 1918.) This means that all outstanding accounts (or arrearages) must be paid, and that no paper in the United States can be sent by mail unless paid for in advance. In the past the Press has allowed subscribers to owe for a year and in some cases longer. Under the new order all must pay in advance if they wish the paper sent them. We have no voice in the matter. It is Government order. If your subscrip- tion is not now paid in advance, please attend to the matter at once. The Government has laid down the rule that we must fol- low. We ask you to co-operate,with us in carrying it out. >,JA»»AM»WJWJMWA»A>AM^^