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members. They were V illage Ir i- dent Harry C. Kiinë,e-Village Man- ager Boyne H. Platt. and VilIagte Trustée George F. Iliff. Ingeneral the themne of their talks was the "Village Budget,"ý and this was fully coverd., But many other angles 'Of Village activities, niany prbesof Villagemnaeent and service were, also treated by the speakers, who revealed' a thorougb knowledge of the municipal. affairs entruited to their direction. Accounts of the «talks by TrustéeeIliff and Village manager Piatt will be pub- lisbed in next week's issue of Wimîmfe LiFE, lâck of space preventing publica- tion of aIl tbe talks at this time. *Présidenit A. C. Wolff of the CViam-7 ber of Commerce first introduced, President Kinne, wiio spoke as f ol-, kows: 1 am very glad indeed to he- calleà here to present to the meembers of the Chambher' of Commerce sotie of the problemis whicli your board bas in raising sutfficient money by taxa- tion to concluct tbe vilage of Wil- mette in the manner whicb we kniow aIl of *o'u:wanlt done., 1 have been an associate member of the Cham- ber of Commerce for some y cars and highly regard the' opinions of its members, and also appreciate their here in Chicago. For those wno cati travel we would like to suggest a trip to New England, one of the Most beautif ul regions in the United States and easily reached f rom -Chicago. A trip, toNew England, will long, be remeêmbered. Cati you. imagine anything mo re beautiful than a quiet road runuing:for miles along a rough seacoast?, Or anytbing More dlelicious than a shore-dinner eaten at night at some littie cou ntry inn, witb sea-food. fresbi that d afrom the 'ocean? Orý miles of road, winding througb the Berksbir 1e his, the mountains green wit 'h dense foliage, an d perhaps cov- ered. with a gray -.mist,? Beauty a.aid History And ýail this, country is, interesting not onlv for its beauty but aiso for its histor 'ical significance. It was bere in, the» Berksbires that, Anti Lee, a Quaker, wbo, had fled f rom. religinus persecutionv in England,' witb herý followers settied and buiît their homes and cailed the , town "Shaker V'illage." Here she and ber friends ived and died; and the bouses are now standing empty.. Hardly a mile catp )e . traversed but recalîs' some ituportanit. bistorical, incident. The Wilmette Public. iibrary bas prepared a speciai collection of books on this fascinating section and wàIi display tbem duning the foltojwiing week: Hendersoi-A Loiterer ln New Engiand. Cape Cod, Plymnouth, B3oston, etc. 'the board, are very anxious ;to briaig a spray of calla flles, Her sister, Loi this about. However, we bave certain of til/e, carrie'd a prayer book zvith a ,problems which most of you may mnarriage to Harold J. Stef eis, also of understand, but, in view- of the fact- tbat probably some of you. may not a great extent, to the excellent service1 know the mechanics orising .moiiey w this be the case if the present as- by taxation, I WMl give, YOU iust a. sessed valuation of $14,500,000 continues, .brief outtine -of the maniner in.which or drops iower. we must raise our budget f rom 'year Dffirait to Cut Budget to year. The embers of the board have beeti in the first place, we are lilmtted by tryiiig very hard to find 'some means 1 w asta) the a mount, we can. ralseby whereby they couid reduce our tax ievy ~Utax warrantslôte exet or ïU:) - . Ptthe- leviy WOuld 'again reduce our hand te, operaï power te raise taxes. However. bby reasôf i ucesoive. tax #ëof our sound financijal'condition,4ue, te into cash by spray of li WilHî'tfr. sof the vil for lier aowever, if we are oblIlged tu cntinu- aiiy dtip into the -taxes ln arrear for. niaking up our deficit fromn year to Yeair, we wiii ultimateiy exhaust that source of revenue and beobliged to look for Other sources from whlch we can raise a Sufficient amount of money to con- duct the village in the manner in which it is noV beiWfg conducted. Especially would accumu- rid it unneces- Mr. and' Mrs. Rayfond A. U tîcipation war- 924 Fifteenth street, will have Rfelent cash on their house-guest for two wi a ge u ntil e a e h M i s a n s b o h r V ct r B E 1 be converte s ans rteVitrB doen of taxes. beck, of Worcester, Mass. ventures in enterm.aainngswn Bangsa-Old Cape Cod., Early-So This Is Boston. Bullard-HistOriC Summer Haunts f rom Newport to Portlanid. Rtawsen-Fromf Here te Yender. An historicai picture of the trails and highways which went 'from here to yender' through' New Engiand, and New York durlng the seventeenth,, elghteenth and early nineteenth cen- turies. Beebe-Boston and the Boston Legend. Greene-L1fleWinter. Lifeona New England farni. 1,-Gjee club niouncles. schoolàan-