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E Social Happenings in Wilmette â- j*,muTH nELCHCM. that Benited all wfttatte north Marie de tentative Caea Elizabeth of Beldam, will hold • aale of laces at the home of Mrs. Ernest Eeckltt. 1120 Forest »»«me. ETanstoB- The appeal tne countess i. making Is In the hope, not alone of restoring the lace Industry of Bel- gium, bat. by doing so, to save the minds of the women hi that strict** country who have lost everyuiiat;.â€" homes, hnehends and sons. This charming woman, who Is apeaklng In behalf of her suffering countrywomen, relates In the simplest manner the conditions of her people since the out- break of the war, â€"is Mlwojltsg, sot so much by the recital of harrow- ing experiences, as by a belief in the sanctity of the brotherhood of num. which she kindles. "Inasmuch as ye bars done it unto the least of these my brethren, ye have dons It unto me." gj m For this charity, which Is most commendable, the sal* will be held this afternoon between the hours of 3 snd 6 o'clock, with a most attractive musical program following a short talk by the countess at 8:80 o'clock. She will speak on the making of the different kinds of laces, and any one bearing her Is anxious to aid In re- storing this art industry, which other- wise may be lost to the world. The money secured will provide the mak- en with food as well as supply them with material to continue their work, and renew their Interest In life. There will be on display laces of every va- riety of style, ranging in price from one to one thousand dollars. At the close of the afternoon there will be a raffle held on a luncheon cover. Invitation* have been issued by Mesdames Foster Branson, 1119 Lake avenue, and Arthur J. Taylor, 836 Central avenue, for a reading to be given next Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Taylor at two-thirty o'clock. Mrs. Hedburg of Chicago, a reader of wonderful ability, will pre- sent "Madame Butterfly." Mrs. Charles 8. McCoy, at bridge Wednesday afternoon at her ham recently "war. 7*9 Mrs. Banjsmin Hawkea will enter- tain at luncheon and bridge today at her home, hi Kenilworth. Covers will he laid for twelve. Next' Wednesday evening, Mr. and Mrs. h. L. Beach will open their home at 1887 IshhMid avenue, for an "Ev- ery Member" church dinner and so- cial gathering. This promises to he one of many good times that no mem- ben should mum. Among other Inter- esting things, will come the discus- sion of the new church building pro- Dr. and Mrs. Frank Smith Lower, will entertain at Five Hundred this evening at their home. 814 Hill street, the occasion being their eleventh wed- ding anniversary. There will be three ^===; ,"1 Wilmette Societies â-¡ and Clubs â-¡ The Junior Methodist church under the direction-of Mr. Boy Kirtland, closed then* series of nlletlngB for the year with a picnic at Riverside last Saturday. The party, forty-seven In number, started from Wilmette about ten-thirty o'clock, on two huge' hay- racks, returning late the same after- noon, and Included the following young people: Esther and Ruth Morse, Dorothy Rodman, Margaret Rodman. Richard Rodman, Arline Woodcock, Elenora Reed, Jesse and John Shurt- leff, Ethel Mae Sturgeon, Virginia Moore, Genevieve Emrtch, Milton Em- rich, Elite Warner, Ruth Stoker. How- ard Warner, James Melville. Minetta Bachman, Arax Boyajian, Margaret Stafford, Rebeccah and Lillian Fitch, Harry Kirtland,. Marguerite and- Har- old Lundberg, George Emrlch. Walter Pattlson. Dorothy Tyler, Lydia Weber. Vesper TDottman, Kenneth Page, Mar- jorle Smith, Gertrude Wheeler, Todd Wheeler, William Osborne, Ralph En- glish, Dorothy Glover, Louise Steph- ens, Beatrice Rand, Harold Rand. Paul Stoker and Elizabeth Simmons. Mrs. George L. Emrtch, Mrs. L. F. English, Miss Helen Kirtland, and Messrs. Hazen Patterson and Roy Kirtland were also members of the party. The Merry Matrons' club was entertained a week ago Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Paul Holnson, 2411 Park place. Mrs. Raymond Wheolock wee hostess to the Comancl Card club laat woek. Tuesday afternoon, at her home, 718 .Ninth street. luo oecond division of the Ladles' Aid society of the Methodist church mot Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Milton Barker. a aow and very unique way o< doe* i the meetings of the year was In iroouced last week by the Washing- ton Avenue circle, when they gave a delightful picnic luncheon at the home of Mrs. D. K. Dickinson, 511 Washington avenue. M,« Cuaries R. Reese, wa«* hostess the Large Tuesday Luncheon and Utdge club this week at her home, ir? Ft.eat avenue. ^ <.u„ of the Friday Luncheon *ad . hlgft clubs will be entertained this neek uy Mrs. Mason at her home hi Kenilworth. iu« Coxy Corner circle will hold a ...ectlug next Thursday afternoon at o.c residence of Mm. H. E. Moore. 122,1 Elm wood avenue. mxa Frederick D. Bnckman. 831 ..AkwQdL avenue, wan hoateea to the Tuesday Luncheon and Five Hundred club this week at her home. The Womane Mission and Aid so- .Ax of the Wilmette Baptist church met at the home of Mm. A. E. White, lose Greenwood avenue, last Friday afternoon. In the absence of the pres- tdent. Mm. J. D. Grieg, the vlce-prest- aenu Mm. W. M. Burns, presided. The rrogram of the afternoon wa charge of Mm. & Frank Taber. and the sneaker wen Miss Gale Milbuf. a graduate of .law Chicago Tram- b>£ school for Mlsahmsrles a had but recently Irihliil from Mex- ico Miss MUhuf gave a mo «etu« an well en saaUaUh* the people, the Urn and Mexico, sad The Phtlathea class of the Methodist church were delightfully entertained Monday evening by Dr. Maude B. Sands, at the home of Mrs. Thomas Keene Gale, 1024 Lake avenue. This afternoon the Woman's Mis- sion society of the Baptist church will meet at the home of Mrs. A. E. White, 1030 Greenwood avenue. "Mexico," will be the subject under discussion, with Mrs. B. Frank Taber as the leader. A most interesting service was con- ducted last Sunday at the Congrega- tional church, the occasion being Its fortieth anniversary. A feature of the service was the presence of four of the former pastors of the church. Rev. aVP. Wheeler of Aurora, 111., the first pastor of the church; Rev. 8. T. Kid- der of Madison. Wis., the second pas- tw! Rev. John H. Carr of Castle Park, Mich., the third; and Rev. W. H. Walker of Talladega college. Alabama, the seventh pastor. A remarkable fact is that all of the former pastors are now living. In the evening the young people of the church met at the home of August Specht. 1138 Greenleaf ave- nue, the house wherein the church was organised forty years ago, for a social time. The weddka* M M»sa Ver* tt*rwood Plummer. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Porter Plummer, to Sidney E. Scholes of Chicago, was quietly cele- brated laat evening at the home of the bride's parents. 888 Colfax street. E\ anston. The ceremony, at 8 o'clock, waa performed by the Reverend Ar- thur Rogers of St. Mark'* Episcopal church In the presence of the immedi- ate families. Both Miss Plummer ~ Mr. Scholes era wall known In mette social circles. The hride'a gown wus of hand em- broidered net and she carried a show- er of lilies of the valley and orchids. The decorations at the home worn In pink pew*â€" and snap dragon, with swansonla ana marguerites In the din- After n wedding trip through the Delia of Wisconsin. Mr. snd Mrs. Scholes will be at home at 1618 Shot- win avenue. Chicago- Mrs. John M. Turtle. 888 Woodbine avenue, returned Sunday from an ex- tended visit in New York. Mr. and Mrs. Rainhold H. Pules*** of 826 Tenth street announce the birth of n son on Saturday, May 86. Mn. Dr. Crlpnen of Waterloo. la., is the guest of her sister-in-law. Mrs. W. C. Shurtletr, 815 Ltke avenue. Jtew. EL P. Wheeler of Aurora. 111., was the weekend guest of Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Newey. 486 Lake avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Barrett, 814 Fifth afreet, left Sunday evening, tor • four weeks' visit in Cleveland, O.. and In New York city. Dr. and Mrs. Veach have dosed their home st 818.Forest avenue, snd are < now at their summer home, lo- cated in Chautauqua, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. J. Melville Brown. 788 Eleventh street, had as their guest over Sunday Rev. W. H. Walker of Talladega college, Alabama Mrs. James H. Smurr, 421 Eighth street, will return tomorrow, from Springfield, 111., where she was called by the death of her mother. The many friends of Miss Margaret Millen, 1128 Greenleaf avenue, will be pleased to learn of her recovery from an operation for appendicitis. Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Morley of 1804 Ashland avenue, returned Sun- day from an extended trip through Canada, and to Muskegon, Mich. Rev. S. T. Kidder of Madison, Wis., snd Rev John H. Carr of Castle Park, Mich., were the guests over Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Joy, 812 Central avenue. Miss Kathleen Jordan, 605 Hill street, and, Miss Marlon Tettow of Evans ton. returned Monday from a ten days' trip to Toronto, Canada,and NMAgara rails. , Ah--. Frederick Cain, and Miss Jes- slcu Cain of 907 Central avenue, have gone to Ocean Park, Cat, where they will be the guests of Mrs. Csln's mother, Dr. Jessie Forrester.' Mr. William C. Shurtleff, 815 Lake avenue, left Tuesday evening for Clear Lake and Waterloo, ta.,"whew a convention of the Royal Arcanum is being held. He will return Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. H. Searle Hendee, as- sociate editor of Popular Mechanics, have returned from Cornelia, Georgia, where they were married on May 6. They erenow established in a bunga- low In Wilmette. Mr. and Mrs. William C. Shurtleff and daughter. Miss Bernlee Shurtleff, returned to their home at 815 Lake avenue, last Thursday morning after a three weeks' trip In the east, stop- ping in Washington, D. C, Old Point Comfort, Va., Atlantic City and New York city. .. Last Friday an all-day meeting of the Illinois Bank association was held at the Chicago Golf club, located a«. Wheaton, 111. Representatives from the north shor© towns were Messrs. John Schaeter. Wilmette State Ex- change Bank; M. K. Meyer and Henry R. Hale, Wtanetka; F. A. Andrews, G.'encoe, and Messrs. Efskla SudW coe of Highland Park. to JLong where they sines) the Miss Ostrom. daughter of Mr. and Mm. Charles 8. Ostrom. win go to Berkeley. Cat. next week, to take a summer course at Berkeley univers- ity. The Sunday aejRol of Christ church hnvetta aasxnal frolic la SkoUe »sf*J}arnoon. There will be the usual program of field sports " "ffghe- weather frowns will be made to the house. Mrs. Lyman. BsSsd started on Tues- day for a charming trip that will laat all summer. , Washington in toe first place to be visited and from them Mrs. Baird goea to the Berkehlrea. Later plans are not yet completed but the warm months will be spent wher- ever them to promised the most com- fort and entertainment. Mr. Jesse Smith of Highland Park gave a talk on the preservation of wild-flowers, charmingly illustrated with colored photographs, to the chil- dren of the first grades la the public trrHWrtf. In the gymnasium of Com- munity house, Tuesday afternoon. The bright attentive faces of the chil- dren followed the speaker with closest attention end each child received a flower on leaving the hall. An exhibition of the work done by the pupils of the Church school this last Winter will be held In the gym- nasium of Community bouse, tomor- row afternoon, from 3:30 to 6:30. The exhibit will be open Sunday morning, so that those also who were unable to come In the afternoon may avail themselves of the opportunity. The planting of the ivy by the senior mem- bers of the Church school will take place at 10:80 in.the morning outside Community house and the gradua- tion exercises with the children's chorus are to he held In the church at the regular eleven o'clock service. nnnsannannnnannannsnaBananaw saw b New Trier Jottings | Winn etka Athletics have held the center of the stage this week at New Trier. After a period of comparative inactivity, championships and teams seem to be the chief topics of conversation and notice*.,^___» __,_____._____ To begin with, the golf team car- ried off the championship of the Su- burban league on last Saturday. The New Trier experts are Harold Graver. Clarence Cormack, Robert McElroy, Hugh Whitelaw and Husted Meyer. On last Saturday-the baseball team defeated Morton high school by the score of 8 to 2. This was the last baseball game of the season. At general assembly, on Monday morning. New Trier emblems wen awarded to the members of the varl cus teams who had done excellent work during the year. There was much cheering and clapping of •hands, for under the leadership of Clarence Brown, nine "rahs" were given tor each one given the covetea N. T. In green and grey. The first to re- ceive them were eight girls who nad achieved excellence In at least five different forms of athletics. The girls so honored were Hazel Jones, Doro- thy Brown, Elisabeth Shlpman, Eliza- beth KJuibuli, Beta - Thompson, Ethel Blaslus, Ora MacDonald and Winifred Bartholf. Next the award waa made to the boys devoted to the game of baseball. These were Ogden Cook, Clarence CormaclgShclby Singleton, George Hicks, gBurch Schultze. Donald Sam pie. B |h • WhH daw, Edward Pringts. John Bellows. Henry Beeseh. Merritt, Broach. Theodore Cox. Edward Parmelee. Leroy end Paul Sample. • 8iwg\ »BB^u^BWrBwW.. W*Mt » . we^PfJL- iwhBj"***f^h5^toBI"pe> basketball team were next celled to the front as follows: Edward Parme- lee. Hugh Whitelaw. Burch Schultze. John Bellows. Jim Patterson. Ogden Cook and Hovey TInsman. Then, amid much cheering, came the championship heavy-weight basketball team, which suffered no defeat during lesson. Its members were Ralph Connor, Paul Sample. David Nether- cot, Andrew Dlgre, Shelby Singleton. Harold Graver and Clarence Cormack. Last to receive honors were the members of the swimming team, cham- pions of the Suburban league. The boys of this group are Rogers/jWeld, Prentice Couffer, Tom Pope, Stafford. Wallace Baxter, Ogd< Francis Allen. Jack Searle. Lawrence McCurdy. Chester Ambler, Hugh Whitelaw, Gardiner Cole. Sidney Hu- guenin and Ralph Thorsen. The members of the golf team men- tioned above were also given emblems. Honors for track athletics could not be awarded because the biggest meet of the season comes next Saturday aft- ernoon on New Trier Held. It is called the North Shore meet and to entered by five schools: Lake View, Nicholas Senn, Evanston high school, Deerfield and New Trier. Each of these schools has a strong track team, and a One meet Is assured. Advance announcement Is being made, details to come later, of the summer work in athletics to be offered this year. The numbers enrolled In these classes the past two summers have been so large that an expansion seems warranted. This season both Mr. Chllds and Mr. Hyatt will be re- tained. There will also be a woman Instructor for the girls and women- Provision to to be made for all forms of athleticsâ€"any sport you can think of, tennis, golf, swimming and so forth. Amid all this athletic activity, the intellectual side of life at New Trier has not been entirely forgotten. A four course dinner was enjoyed by the twenty members of the Honor society On last Friday evening In the lunch hall. The tables were decorated with flowers and place-cards brought from Italy last year by Miss Packer. A pro- gram of toasts followed the dinner, led by Mr. Brown as toast mas tor. Miss Packer, Mr. Walker, Mary Quayle, Marcelle Laval, Ruth Lleber, Elisabeth Shipman, Hovey Tinsman, Malcolm Melville and Theodore Cox each gave a brief response. Tuesday was tho last day of recita- tions for the seniors, their examina- tions beginning on Wednesday morn- ing. The annual school exhibition scheduled for Friday evening of this week. The entiro plant will be open for Inspection by visiting friends.. Ex- hibits of the work of the year in many of the departments will be placed on view. Something or some one Inter estlng will be found In every room. Come and see us. Wil- Miss Blanche Day. daughter of Mr. and Mm. C. I* Day, Is home from' Vasaar. Mr. and Mr* Fort** cadenhead and their eon George leave tor a trip to California at the close of the school session. Mrs. Charles L. Byr**. who to in the Presbyterian hospital, to recover* lug to the satisfaction of her family and friends. _, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Chlckvring with their children, Tuesday morning, leave town to «*»* the summer In Lakeside. Mich. Mr. and. Mrs. John A- Rogers of east WUlow street, take their family. English Public School. the famous English pubUo ' was founded by John Lynn In Vmlts aim! Kenilworth. 111. Phones 1041-1042 . ETHEL ive me your subscriptions an Good Housekeeping a 1170 SEW r the Cosmopolitan, Magazines. 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