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January 15, 1926 WILM ET, T E LIFE 13 ! very ~y They Don't Forget BY M. A. E . I candy. l he (Chairman, Friendly Co-operation with Ex-Service Men of Woman's club of Wilmette) lt has hecn !'<Ollie tin1e ~ince a report ha s been gt ven I> y any llH' lll bcr of Th e Ex-Service committee. This docs not mean that work has not been going on, in fact, at no time since the Woman's Club of \\ ilmette undertook this gr.od work, has the commi tt ee kept closer watch on "our boys" than for the past few months, so that nothi.n g we might do for them would be overlooked. Through the co-operation· of the members of the club with the members of the committee, it has been able to render a great service to the men at the Great Lakes. lt is ::.urprising hu\\· much good can be done, \dJt:n each and en:ryone docs ju:-.t a little hit. Every week two or more members have been to the Great Lakes carrying book::., magazines, clothing, food, candies or tiowcrs. It really is very intere::.ting to take up several suits of clothing and have a group of men gather a round and ask your opinion a!'< to whether it is a good · fit or not and finally when the sui( is selccteJ, again telling them ho,,· well they lookand the\· n:rv oiten do. The l'hris-tmas party " ·as a gre:lt :- uc c e !'< :-.. Sc H :' n o i us bra,. e d the -;I i ppery \Hatllcr and \\'ith our arms laden "ith bundle:-, hoarded an electric car and \\'\.'Ill t() (~rea.t Lakes where WI.! w~.:re met 1)\· the lw:-.pital lnt:- and takl'll to < ·;ur unit~ ( 21 ll(lrth l .\~ \\T ali .~iltl··l and :-.tepped into the halhvay of the unil. \\'l' \\Trt· greeted by the boys, many of them already around the \.' h ri ~till a::.. t rL'l" placing the < >rname 11';.; upon it. :-=.<:n·ral oi the vi:-.itors helped thl'lll and ~u!lll tht: tree \\Ct:-. arra\·l·d in i h k "'tin· gar h. E \' er y man ·put :-<>IIH:thing on the tree so as to have a part in the merry-making. It realh· looked like an old ia..,hiont'd Chri--una~. ior the \\Tl'aths \\'l"rl' in e\·ery window and all electric lights \\'l' n· d L'l"O rat l ' ( I. \\·e dn·,,· <1t1r chairs around the tree ior111ing a rin:k where :-ongs \\'l"IT --ung and ).1 rs . :-=.nyckr entl'rtainl·d thl'lll with a reading ~uitahk to till· orca~ion. Sandwiches, coffee, cookies and cakes \H'H' s~.:rYL' d \\'hill' \\(' ~at ar<~nnd the t rl'e and then the boxes were distributed. These boxes contained many tt..,l'fttl article:- - warlll \\·ookn:;. caps and glove~. pocket comb ., playing rani:-. talcum po\\'der. etc. fn all, a en 20. In se- Ill- of nd w )." nho cy he he n IS, x- a ·n .. k, goodly supp ly of cigarcts an(l It was indeed a Merry Christmas and the boys did enjoy it. They are still talking of our kindness. A little later we are to give a birthday party and, on ~~arch 24, we expect to hold a sale of articles made by the men to he held at the home of one of our members. A very important sale was held at the clubhouse a few weeks ago wliich netted the boy s over $100. If we can help them to help themseh·es ,,.e are giving a great service, not only to the tnen hut to the world in general. Tf at any time you have clothing, mu sical instruments, hook.. plaving cards or magaziP ~ s, we are always glad ;, nd read .\· to call for them and take them to the hospital. New records for the victrola \\·ould be appreciated and they are always grateful for cigaret '; . 'J'hi;.; is not a complete rt'pOrt, hut :u:-.t enough to let vhu kno\\· that we s till !·ave the interest of the men at heart and wi . h to scn·c our club to the hc:-.t of our ability in capacity of their representatives at Great Lakes. BUDSON·ESSEX SALES AND SERVICE J. F. 911 LINDEN AVE. DAVIS TEL. WINN. 2268 es Sanital'y Value ol D·y Cleaning Even the question of dress 1s coming to be scrutinized from the viewpoint of sanitation. For years the medical profession warned against the unsanitary fashion of long skirts dragging on the street. Fortunately, or unfortunately , the profession has no complaint to make on that score today; but, that long dragging skirts were very unsanitary , and the indirect means of spreading disease, was universally recognized. ,)'cc e :, HORNER PIANO CO. Pianos Phonographs Radio Headquarters for e t d 11 7.(·hat Mr. K1·auss has to say next -week. ZENITH RADIO 1 52 1 ~herman Ave. Phone Greenleaf 464 The Only Cleaning PJant in New Trier t;:lS W ubin.ton Avenue · ~uss CLEANING ~ « DYEING Phones Wilmette 3400 Greenleaf 700 Wilmette, IIUnoie ., RUBY'S SHOE SALE On Our Entire Stock of ~litv FootweaJ for Women and OUldten Here'· Your Opportunity to Secure Chicago'· Beat Footwear at Radical Reductional WE have added 847 pairs of short and discon· tlnued linea of this season' a ahoe...-<>xfords, Strap Slippers for street wear, and £venin· Slippera. Value· from $12.50 to $18.60 '10% Discount . Examining Eyes and making glasses is a ll we _do, but we do that right. YOUR EYES -, I REDUCED TO $8.85 fpecialfak Prictr on Hosie1)' tmd BucAks 16 )'cars of successful bractice DR. 0. H. BERSCH Optometrist 1177 Wilmette Avenue Wilmette l<"or ·\ ··rolntm-..nt l~hone \VII. 2708 or Rt·M. '\VII. 1707 .ll![~~'!i~~';!~!nc