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ILMETTýE LIFE Publihed weekly Iy LLon> JILLIsTEE INC, s132-123j6 Central Avenuci7lmette, Illinois. Subaciption prie $aayeaf., Entered as .econd clave matter March 13, 1924, at the ýpost office at Wilmette, Illinois, under the act of March 3, î879. VOL. XXIII, NO. 26 WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, NO0VEMBER 'l, 1934.' PRICE FIVE CENTS FAMILY IiAY AT CHURCHES HERE SUNDAY, NOV. 4 Wilme tte Churches Join in Chicago Area Projeet; "Corne to Church," Slogan By the Rev. James T. Venekiasen Presiden t, Wilinette, Min isters' Un ion Sunday, November 4, is to be ob- served generally in the Chicago area as Familv Day in Church. Heartily endorsing tliis project, the churches and pastors of- Wilmette have re- (juested me to extened a cordial invi- tation to the families of Wilmette to attend the churches of theïr prcf- erence on that day. It will 1)e a goodly company which we join in this celebration. Not only in tbe Chicago area, but in almost the entire na tion, is this feature being empbasized.1 Forty denominations of Christians, cooperating witb the Na- tionalI Council of Relgious Education, are uniting in a simultaneous em- pbasis on the Christian Home this year. One large denomination bas a program for "A Year of Emphasis on the Christian Home." Let us join this goodly company by making this a great Sunday in Wilmette. Fine Combination It is a fine combination that is effected by this emphasis-tbe comn- bination of home and church. The founders of tbe American Republic considered three institutions funda- mental: the home, the churcb, the school. Two of these unite for this special event. The home is basic in civic consciousness and temperament; as goes the home, so goes the com- munity. The churcb is also basic in civic righteousness and integrity. As goes tbe church so goes the com- munity. Let us, help to combine the two in a civic project of civic integritN and rigbteousness in Wilmette this year. It is a worthy ideal to strive for- a Cbristian home. To foster a relig- (Continued on page 5) MEN'S GROUPS TO MEET The next meeting of the Men's club of the North Sbore Congregation Israel will be beld at the temple in Glencoe Wednesday evening, November 21. This will be a joint meeting of ail of the men's groups affiliated with the vani- eus churches in Glencoe. Further de- tails will be given later. Community hest Drive He re Nov. 18 to Déc. 3ý The. Wilmette Community Chest association,. of which Henry, Fow- er, 1404 Forest avenue, is president, met, Tuesday night and set tbe. two weeks beginning Sunday, November 18 and ending Sunday, Deceniber 3, as tbe period for the annual Coni- munity Chest drive. The charity and welf are agencies participating ini the funds of the Commurkity Chest and details of organization for the work wiIl be ready for. announce- ment next week, Mr. Fowler ad- vises. I PRESIDENT The Rev. Jantes T. Venekla.çen, minister of the.First Presbyterian chuirch, Ninth street and Greenleaf avenue, was elected prc.idcnt of the Wilmetfie Min isters' inime aia meeeting of. the organaization held Monda y of this wmeek ai the hoe of the retiring presiden, the Rev. Johit G. Hindley of the First Con- gregational church. Ministers of the Protestant churches in the v4iage comprise the inmbership of> the union. Welfare Board Locates in New Headquarters The Wilmette Welfare board is now located in its new and com- modious beadquarters at 1131 Green- leaf avenue, wbere its work will be carried on under tbe direction of Mrs. John C. Blaylock. For tbe first tim e in its history the board is now pro- vided witb ample room to meet its needs and permit of an expeditious bandling of tbe diversified services it renders to the needy.of tbe village. Wbile the major burden of'relief falîs upon the state, many. emergencies arise whicb require immediate atten- tion. In This Issu e Amusement Directory .... 67 Aviation................2M Book Comment.......52 Boy S couts ............. 26 Church -News .. . . -...... . 16 Classified Ad......... 68-70 Club Pages........ .40-45 Editoria1-News-Comment 38 Girl Scouts ......... .... 20 Hom e and Garden...... 64 Home Modernizimg . ... 22-23 Junior Life ............. 18 Music..................40 New Trier News......... 34 Society Pages......... 42-51 . Chrîstoph-er MorleyWill1 Open -Sunday Club Season ____ 4' 't Offer Free Ducats to IIlini-Wildcat Game Two good reasons for wanting to be in on thé fun at Dyche Stadium Saturday afternoon, No- vember 10! First: That fast-stepping Illi- nois eleven will be on hand to unveil its bag of tricks. Second: It will be Home-Com- ing Day at Northwestern. This combination promises* a fuit bouse and you will want to be among those present. Why flot attend as guest of 'Wî.- M£mTELIVE? Tbree readers wilI enjoy this game free of charge. They wiIl be the winners in the Football Con- test conducted in this issue. Read the côntest rules anid get into the competition 1 Winners of free tickets to the Northwestern - Wisconsin game November 3 are: Firat prze--Mrs. M. 1. Stensil, 1327 Central avenue. Second prime - Mise Margery Taylor, 1323 Central avenue. SThird prize-Miss Agnes Ma- guire, 530 Linden avenue. Gov. Henry Horner to Talk in Winnetka Gov. Henry Horner bas-accepted an invitation from a group of friends on the nortb shore to speak in Winnetka Thursday evening, November 1. The meeting will be held in the New Trier Higb school auditorium ini order to accommodate the predicted. large attendance. The meeting will begin at 8 o'clock. Henry F. Tenney wiIl preside. Legion Auxiliary Board TeHolds Session Tonight TeAuxiliary unit. of Wilmette Post 46, American Legion, wiII have its first board meeting of the year at the home of Mrs. Gertrude Johnson, 231 Six- teenth street Thursday evening, No- vember 1, at 8:15 o'clock. The group bas been honored by having one of its owni members, Dr. Beatric Hawkins, installed as chaplain of Cook County Salon of the Eight and Forty. Arm.s, Investigation Dinner Meeting Topie Dr. H. A. Orvis will be the speaker at a. dinner meeting in the, Wilmette Baptist cburch Wednesday evening, November 7, bis subi ect being, "Arms and Armament." Dr. Orvis bas made a tborougb study of the arms in- vestigations and bas spoken on tbe subject before many nortb shore groups. An.open forum will follow the lecture. The public is invited. to hear Dr. Orvis. Reservations for the dinner are to be made witb Mrs. C. H. Jones, Wilmette 4421. Distinguished-AmericanAuthor Lectures on "«Streamlines in Literature" November 4 Christopber Morley, the distin- çyU'shed author. will inaugurate the 11t ea':o'i of the Wilmette Sun- day Evening club November 4, when bce deliver' bhis lecture on s'Streami- 'iiie' iii tItrature" at tbe First Con,ýre-rat.c1naI churcb, Wilmette, at There are in this country and in England a few copies of a siender blue-gray booklet of verses (lon-, sînce out of orint) with tbe title "The Fighth Sin" on tbe cover in large black letters, and beneath it in small letters, modestly, the namc C. D. Morley. Those wbo own tbis littie book prize it highly, not because it is great poetry (the author would, he the finst to deny it) but because it is the maiden effort cf one Cbristopber Darlington Morley. Thie Christopher Morley, known also as Kit and Chris, was born at Haverford, Pa., May 5, 1890. His parents are botb Englisb by birth, .tbough tbey have lived for many vears in this country. His father, Frank Morley, the distinguished mathematician, is a graduate of Cambridge university wbo came to Haverford college in 1887 as prof es- sor of matbematics. Dr. Morley, an Englisb Quaker, came from Wood- bridge, tbe lovely littie town in Suf- folk (tbe home of Edward FitzGer- ald) to which bis son bas paid tribute in "Sbandygaff."1 Win& Rhodes Scholarship Mr. Morley spent bis early boy- hood in Haverford, returning later as an undergraduate at Haverford college wbere be graduated in 1910. He was awarded tbe Rbodes Scbolar- sbip to Oxford, representing 'the state of Maryland. He began writing at New College. Mr. Morley's first novel, "Parnas- sus on Wheels",' was publisbed in 1917. Tbis novel projected a new bero in the world of letters, Roger ýMifflin, the Prince of Booksellers, a quaint, sbrewd, funny little bald- beaded prince, but royal ail the same, and it introduced a new idea into tbe world cf reality, that of the wagon booksbop, wbicb bas since been carried out in variouls ways in many parts of the coun try. Falme. Columnist Traveling extetisivelyr in al parts of the world, Mr., Morley bas writ- ten prclificall y, bis works including many novels, essays and plays. He now conducts "The 14owling Green" column on tbe Saturday Re- view of Literature and, in between times lectures and writes bis books. GUESTS IN KENILWORTH Mrs. J. M. Treynor of Glendale, Calif., and Mrs. S. W. Gardiner cf Los Angeles, Calif., were guests last week of tbe George H. Riglers, 700 Cummings avenue, Kenilwortb.