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Bring Back Yul* Spirit of Old, Jensen Pleads A plea for a revival of the finer and „hiir things that provide the real St of the the Yuletide it voiced m week by Jent Jensen, president rt/the North Shore MacDowell socie- ty in a letter to members of the or- ganization. <I like to see our festivalsâ€"and few they areâ€"more festive, more inti- mate closer woven into the human fabric," writes Mr. Jensen. "1 still live in the sweet memories of my boyhood days, memories of Yulcf Easter and Whitsuntide and they are worth more to me to-day than gold. "Yuleâ€"I like that word, it smells of great age and has a fine poetic ring to itâ€"is soon with us again. Of late years it has become a shopping feast and for the many just a com- mercial transaction. All its beauty and its poetry gone. "Its great message, be it christian or pagan, forgotten. Can we not bring back some of its former beauty? "Where are the Christmas carols and the groups that sang them? We THE LAKE SHORE NEWS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1921 need this sort of play in our lives. We need to revive the finer and no- bler things that make Yule festive and put it on a higher spiritual {ilane. It will give a different meali- ng to our Christmas celebrations and bring added pleasure into our lives. "1 also want to make a plea for placing candles in our windows there- by putting our North Shore villages in a real festive mood. •â-  The North Shore MacDowell so- ciety, a branch of the Edward Mac- Dowell association and devoted to the perpetuation of the ideals of the late Edward MacDowell, America's fore- most composer, is interested solely in tempering the commercial and ma- terialistic character of the age with a revival in the. communities and homes of a thorough appreciation of the Arts â€"music, art and literature. The national headquarters are loca- ted at Peterborough, New Hampshire, the former Home of Edward Mac- Dowell. Officers of the North Shore society, with Mr."Jensen, are: First Vive President, Mrs. M. W. Harwood-Arrowood, Wilmette. Second Vice President, Arthur Dean, Winnetka. Recording secretary, Rollin Pease, Eva ns ton, Corresponding secretary, J. Keeney McDowell, Chicago. Treasurer, Mrs. F. W. Meadows, Rogers Park. JOHN COLBY 6 SONS Comfy Slippers For Xmas Presents I am showing a beautiful line of DANIEL GREEN'S COMFY SUP- PERS, for women and children, in ALL WOOL FELT, SATIN and BLACK KID. There is only ONE COMFY SLIPPER, That's Daniel Green's. Let Colby's Gift Shop T happily salver "~r your Christmas problems HERE i* an unique shop in which have been assembled art objects and prac- tical gift articles from all over the world- selected for their unusual character and artistic merit* You will find it a veritable treasure house of things beautiful as well as uiefulâ€"from the moat inexpensive articles to the mors rare and costly objete d'art. Especially interesting are the Boudoir Lamp* of Pottery, Quaint >- English Brasses, Dutch Silver Pieces and Sets Iridescent Glass Pieces and Sets, Humidor*, Cigarette Boxes, Poker Sets, Desk Sets, and Artistes of Plain and Hand-TooUd Leather, think of*Gifts TfenK °r COLBY'S nqMrth "Wabash Avenue near Rfmaofah Shoes for Women and Children 1608 Chicago Avenue Evaaston, Illinois 1%%%%%%%%%%%%%^%%%%%%%%%%^%^ Order SERVICE FIRST Every Telephone Is a Long- /Distance Station Bell long-distance telephone lines are the voice highways of the nation. Every telephone >mong the 12,000,000. operated by the Bell System ihd its connecting companies is in potential connection with every; other and can be placed in actual connection when desired* This vast system of communication is at the disposal of die business men of America for NOW commerical useand may beusedlikewisefbrj^r- sonal messages between far separated friends. Call from your own telephone. "Long Distance." Ask for Get acquainted with the money and time saving "station to station" service, 0. Jfar (EljnBimaB They will be made up when you want them ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY m 0 Sold in Wilrtftf by RENNECKAR DRUG CO. SNIDER & CAZEL AND IN- ALL NORTH SHORE TOWNS SCHUMACHER CANDY CO,. HIGHLAND PARK. ILLINOIS (Not loMrporated) I&&&3&&&&