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illustrated lecture, "The Lure of the Forest," at the Wilmette. Masonic temi- ple on Monday night of this week. This program .was given under thé ausjýces of the Wilmette Chamber of Commerce, with President J. E. Worth- eni greceting the large audience in behaif of that civicrop T 'u the many Boy. Scouts, Girl Scouts and Camp r'ire (-iris at the lecture, Mr.. \heéer, whu b las been ini the L ited bttest' orest .serv îLe since .1905, said, i lie ilder peuple. hav'e dstroyed. they icurests,; its, up 'tu you youlnger peoiple tuto rîng thera back. Cite& Great Wrongs Three great wrongs have been douie' the trees,, it was stresseéd by Mr. W\.heel- er-ruthless Iumbermn.g that Senudes the lorest lands, carelssness that results ini destructive lorebt ires, and failure tu relorest lands that are now idie and ugly. Aîîuthergreat offens-more.than a wong and deserving of the severest punishuent-is thie jîtentionial starting ul tfires ini great forests, Mi. Wheeler. stated. Ie pointed out that thirty men ii thecir iivcs as rangers while battlung lorest fires thîsý year. Niany of the wild animais ineet, horrible and tragic deathis iin tiieblazes. 'fhiruýv away nu lire," cautioîîed Mr.' WhVleeler in telliing howý to prevent these conflagrations. A cigaret or cigar butt tOssed f romn a passiin car lias started iltire, than one destructive blaze. Mr. \\hIeeler said that organizations likec the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Canip Fire Girls were worthy oi the forests, On .accounit of fine traininîgi prevention 4)i lires. Shows Forests Useful Usefulness. ai forests i ipreventing erosion, inii heteicially infltiencung ran- falil, in ,,upplyiijg valuable commercial products, an ii sheltering wild anii- nuais, ývas stressed by -\,r. \Vheeler. Th71e beauty of the national forests, which attracted 32,000,000 vi1sitors Iast ye ar, was pleasiîigly brought out -by the lanteru stides which had been tinted by, Mrs.. Nellie Brenizer. .Mr. Wheeler said that, states are coin-. iig muré. and. more ýto realize the value Of f orests as re futges f ot gaine and. wild birds; that* Mýichigan lias planted 20 - 000,000 trees this year, and that Ilili- nois bas 8,000,000 idle acres that iiight avenuie. \V'Iilmette, was aniong the north shiore women wvho attended the luncheoni and business meeting of the (;anima Phi Beta Mother's club held on Octoier 1, at the Georgiani hotel. v. he active - teaching thi -Make1 Edgeewater I..ýn'cludes .Anythin That's Cloth ho E VERYTHING from dainty frocks to -heavy car- pets is grist for our miii. Nothing made of cioth is banned,, Il 'I '(I of I rai, Big Bear patr.ol, Marga.ret Iide- man, leader, and Betty Leach, corpo- ral; Cactus patrol, Lucie Dix, leader, and Jeanne Geither, corporai, and Bat patrol, Ruth Forster, leader, and Zo de la Chapelle, corporal. Atits, firstmeeting Monday niem- bers of the troop. learned toôniake 1150 Central Avenue Phone Wii.mette 3710 or 704 Main Office and Plant-Waukegan and Webster Aves., Highwood, 111. Phone Highland Park 3710 0 liloi