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6 HOSTESS: "So glad you came, 6 Janle. But really, 1 thought today- o was your wash o JANE: "No more wash* days, for' me. Now 1 send my washin.g t th No T@II fHoward Laundry. They do wonderm No Toli fui work. And think of it, Tom'. shirt. corne back band finished for only 5cexeitra in their Ail Press Service!1"> S. W. LENT, Manager 0.11 COMAN us,. ega mat WiIlow Road, West of Sko kie Blvd., Winnetka PH'ONES WINNETI<A 855-WILMETTE 900 hie saj's, '<.was M try tb show Mtat these dcies are nof the scenic. ardui- tectu(ral and historical miuseunis u'hich tourisi bulletins so often make thcni secoi, bl, are really liv'ing cities full of active Peo Pie whose 'hf e is ver ' mui-h like our ozu». I have not tried Io gir/C a complete picture, but' nrevy a feu- sim pic comnients. Mir. ltWheetir's next' letter wpiii appear in an carly issue of WiLMEtTTE Lipe.________- Stockholm, Sweden. Liere-we are. in Stockholm where there are so many different levels that one bas the impression of a stage setting. Here you find to your -sur- prise that the ground level On one side, of a building bas become the fourtb floor on the other. Ail the knobby huIs that were. too rou gb and rocky to serve for commercial. buildings , have been used as sites either for -municipal: parks or for churches.' This produces a striking effect seen in the light' of thé, low winter sun, for the gilded cr osses, spires and crowns on toi) of tliese churches catch the warm red sunilight and, fairly burn so that from a. dist- ance the city appears dotted with points of flame, one on each hilI- top. Ini Stockholm the street cars are, painted a lovely light blue and do not have 'cloth window drapes as they did in Copenhagen. Also the re is a. certain laxity in the observance of etiquette s0 thiat the conductor, if he is busy, may not hiold the doors'ý openi politely for one to enter. But these cars certainly dIo clinb thie his for' us and charge only four cents for a ride. "Jawbreaker" Language. l are able to sno0p with greater tree-- domn. H ere the word for.-thl.anks"' souinds 'like "taxý," which gives, it. .a 'more pleasant mneauidig than it hias at home. The ele vator is- called a "hiiss," which Makes us feel like 'conI- spirators every. time ' we use onie. These are a ,very hardy pe.ole and thcvN do not hesitate to use a "jaw- brakr"where needed. Ani offie building near here lias on its 'door the namne of RIKSFORSA.KRING SANS- TA LTEN. stones fron the, casual observer. Fl Sweden,,bowe>ver, we find a retiur.i to, the more open cemnetery wvith. which we are familiar, and an increase ini the custom of having a familv gra.ve with one stone upon which niay be inscribed- the namhes of that familv coverin g s everal hundred years.. This requires a stone much taller thaîi the ones to ivhich.we are accistomied. l.Where individual stonles are tised it is commron to find the tiames inscrib- cd in script as asignature. Cheerful St.,'., Much of. the cold and ruggcd character of the country is expressed iniits buildings. A more.cheerful ex- pression of the requiremnents of climnate. appears in the porcelain stoves. They are buiît of shiny vwhite porcelain tiles i the forrui of an en- closed fireplace. The heating fluie. somnevhat smaller than the stove it- self and resemibling the.brcast of a fireplace in our comparison. -riscs nearly to the ceiling and is also tilcd with porcelain. The tiles. arc fre- quiently decorated Nvith color and re- lief. The soe ayi n sizc tromn about a foot>across to 0ab)out thrcv or four feet anIdnlay bce itier. round or square. They formi a very checer- ful.element of the iiiteriors and arc reaily quite efficient heaters. This time of the' year the sin sets a little after 2 o'cîock and it is' cark by 3 :30. This makes a long eei ng wbich is taken ,ad(vaiitage of.on Sn days bl ythe imerchants w~ho IligIvt 1up thieir 'store W'indols early for the saké of the -thousands of people : 'ho are out windoiv.shopping., The ',priiiPal_ commercial streets formn a gay sccne witli their 1ilîuminatedCl Cristnias decorationis. overhead anid thc lights froni the éheerful ,slow' wiIn(loNs shilling out on the throngs. of people. This interest ini the dispîays forced the city to prohibit m'heel traffic on several of the more' narrow streets on the 'Suniday nighit before the holi- days. Additiolial force is given to' the celebration of Christmas by having the holidays both on the twenty-fifth tom1 there is' to enclose groups of The most colorful scene of 'ail, we graves, and occasionally single ones, witnessed on tbe occasion of a, fire with bigh hedges and to cover .tbem in the building across the street froni during., the Christmas season with oiur room. The firenian's equipment evergreen branches, Tbis produces displayed more than the usual amount a cemetery which looks.-'very much of red and gold and the firemen them- like, a foirmai garden and bides tbe 'selves displayed consîderàbly more, 140 wm 4Srd Streot