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ernor for lus signature, aY týa1i. Barrett, president of the Illinois Auto- mobile club., Being an emergency mea- sure, itî will become effective thé day the governor signs it. "-Under the Traffic Code, as; passed, jurisdiction over minor violations was restricted to courts of record-circuit, county, cityand munmicipal-because 1a jail sentence was included. in the pnl ties and justices of the peace and police magistratescannot, under the law, im- pose jail sentences,", explined'Mr. Bar- rett. "Further, one oftemies provided was $500, while these lower courts are restricted Io maximum fines of $300. *By returning these minor violations to these lower- courts, these c ases will be expedited and considerable incon- venien ce to motorists removed. Courts of record sit iii county seats, f requently many miles f rom the homeé of the inotor- ist who may have received a 'ticket' -for a traffic volationr. '1hen, too, these *higher courts are too often clogged with other litigation, necessitating unreason- able delay in the disposition of traffic cases. "Experience under courts of record,. as provided in the Traffic CM~e, has con- vinced everyone that minior traffic viola- tions should be handled by justices of thepeace and police magistrates, and the anieided bill received practicallv unani- mous support in the legislature. "Charges of reckless driving, driving white intoxiçated and leaving the scene of an accident (bit and run) will con1i- tinue to be tried.in courts of record, as heavy fines and imprisonient are pro- %'ided for each of these violations." Broadcasts WilI Mark ,Meit System Progres A new series of radio broadcasts and a special eight-page issue of the Illinois Voter marks. the, progress in Ilinois of the campaigu of the Na-ý tional League of Women Voters to abolish the spoils system and estab- lish a mrit system for government troduceci. Mvr. Durnam reports: "9with the present upward swing of the piano business, it is reasonablé to estimate that the combined Steinway piano orders represented by dealers present will amount to $3,000,000 this year."y Lyon and Uealy formally in- troduced the new piano thisweek. direction of Edgar Nelson. will pre- sent Handel's oratorio *"Israel ;il Egypt" at Orchestra hallU Tuesday evening. Miarch 3. In several respects this will be an unusually interesting, concert. This will be the first complete per- formance in Chicago of this great choral work, depicting as it does an imeportantm a pe rio dnin the history. of th hildrent of Israel, Thecoer will also be of special interest to al who enjoy choral music as the story is very largely told by the chorus. There are more than twenty numibers wýhich will be sung by the club. The well1 known,.duet for two, basses,' "The Lord Is a. Man of War," wiIl be sung by, ah the basses of theclub. The sopranos -, Sydnie .Smithi Cooley, Col! tralto. and Glenn Bennett, tenor. 1This work of Handel's is consid- ered by many to bc bis greatest choral1 composition. Romain Rolland calls it the 'ýmost gigantic effort* made in or.atorio"ý and,.another authority refers to it is "the most.perfect, ex- ample of choral oratorio." This is the Apollo club's sixty-fôurth season and t here is every reason to expect that. their rendition* of "Israel, in Egypt" w,àill be a masterly one and one which will be greatly enjoyed by music, loyers. Tickets for this perf 'ormance arc- now on sale. at the box office in Or- chestra hall, as well -as the Apollo, club's office on the balconY of Lyon kk Healy's store. ___________ ~urrPhone University 7210 living room fiarnilure.. * DAVENPORT lph.olstered Througo. $19.0 STO VISIT WEST Mr. and Mrs. John W. Powers, 307 Cumberland avenue, Kenilworth, are leaving on Saturday for California.ý They are going to San Francisco, Del Monte, Los Angeles, and then to Phoenix,. Ariz., before return ing home March 159 at which tie thefr so n, John, Jr.,.'returns, from .Law- renceville for this spring vacation.: SOJOURN IN FILORIDA Mr. and Mrs. George W. Gardiner of Evanston have gone to Melbourne, Fia., to stayý until 1. mr. Gardiner is Prudentiial"» Insuratce agent in Wilmette, a position hée haî held the past Il years. wz n jncumr no LOUNCE CHAIR Upholstered Thr@ughouf: m 5 (Pobric Maferals Extra) UNI. 7210 il, -u 72123MAIN STREETU EVANSTON mffl»mmmmRý ÉBUM"