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THB LAKE SHORE NEWS, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1918 THE LAKE SHORE NEWS Established 1912. With which is combined THE WII.METTE LOCAL NEWS Established 1898 ISSUED THURSDAY OF EACH WEEK by •The Lake Shore Pnbllnhln* Company 1222 Central Ave., Wilmette, 111. ■■alajcsa Telephone................1021 ■Editorial Telephone................1*20 Wlnnetka Office Telephone........888 SUBSCRIPTION.........$2.00 A YEAR ___________Strictly in advance__________ Address all communications to The Lake Shore News, Wilmette, Illinois. Anonymous communications will be passed to the waste basket. The same applies to rejected manuscript unless return postage is enclosed. Articles for publication should reach this office by Tuesday afternoon to insure appear- ance in current issue.__________________ Resolutions of condolence, card of thanks, obituary poetry, notices of 'entertainments or other affairs where an admittance charge will be made or a collection taken, will be charged for at regular advertising1 rates.___________ Entered in the postofnee at Wilmette, Illinois, as mail matter of the second class, under the act of March 3. 1879. BAPTIST WOMEN ELECT OFFICERS AT LUNCHEON The Baptist Woman's Society held its annual meeting at the home if Mrs. E. A. Beach, 1114 Ashland aven- ue on Friday,March 1. Luncheon was served to fifty after which officers were elected for the ensuing year as follows: Mrs. Harry D. Davisson, Pres.; Mrs. Francis C. Stifler. 1st Vice Pres.; Mrs. 0. W. Schmidt. 2nd Vice Pres.; Mrs. P. R. Finlay, Sec'ty.; Mrs. Henry L. Beach, Treas.; Miss Annie L. Beach, Program Comm.; Mrs. O. W. Schmidt, Finance Comm.; Mrs. H. G. Bortffeldt, Work Comm.; Mrs. R. E. Smith, Membership Comm.; Mrs. E. A. Tucker, Flower Comm.; Mrs. Howard Bowen, Cal- ling Comm.; Mrs. A. E. Shlbiey, Soc- j ial Comm.; Miss Minnie Bolla, | Luncheon Comm. j Reports of officers and committees i for the past year were read and showed all departments to be in most satisfactory condition. $ MONEY IN OUR WANT ADS $ t-t-t-t-t-*-*-*-* Seot< Jordan, Cndy M. Jordan, Wllniot Wa(taker C. H. JORDAN & CO. FUNERAL DIRECTORS E««abltMhed I MM Phone 44S «12 Davla Street. Bvanatoa 104 (V. MICHIGAN AVENUE 1522 E. 53RD STREET, HYDE PARK THURSDAY. MARCH 7, 1918 Are We Unworthy The Trust? In every part of the village there are organizations of women doing war relief work. Circles, large and small, are engaged in making the hospital supplies and . the clothing which the men of the army and the navy need for their safety and com- i fort. In the number of its organizations Wilmette is making a reputation for herself, but in these organizations there is yet room for many, many women who have not yet found their proper place in the group. Only about one-third of the women of the village are engaged in war re- lief work, a proportion which is far below what ought to be the case. Only about a third of the homes are observing the food regulations. Only about a third of the people are mak- ing other change in their manner of living than the necessities of the times make unavoidable. We must assume that it is the same one-third in the three instances. The problem for the country is how to bring home to the delinquent two-thirds of the people of America the solemn fact that we are engaged in a war which is going to tax our strength and our endurance to the utmost, which is going to call upon us for the sacrifice of our treasures and our resources, for the lives of our men and the labor of our wom- en. It is the inertia of the great mass of the people of America which is the greatest difficulty to be over- come before the country will be able to rise to its full strength. It is inertia which is keeping women out of war work, inertia which is pre- serving in the unpatriotic homes the old regime of the free use of food which ought to be saved, inertia which is keeping so large a portion of the population steadfast in the old way, the easy way, the way of no sacrifice, no hardship, no change from the old program of the time when we were free from the weight of a war against the greatest mili- tary power which the world has ever known. Hitherto we have been given the opportunity to put ourselves volun- tarily upon a regime of war econo- my. We have been put upon our honor to practice the self-denial which we ought to practice. Hitherto the system has failed and the appli- cation of compulsory regulation of the details of our lives seems to be the only solution of the situation. The American people seem not to be able to realize the immense tri- umph it would be for us to achieve of our own free will that height of self-control which is indicated in a sticcessful application of a voluntary program of conservation. Today there is little promise that we are going to show ourselves hip enough to be worthy that trust. "The Highway Commissioners of New Trier Township will receive sealed bids for work on the various roads in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd District of the Township as follows: Grading, Hauling and Spreading Stone, dur- ing 1918. The bids must be in the hands 'of the undersigned on or before Mon- day March 4th. at 8:00 o'clock P. M." WALTER S. CROZIER, Clerk, 601 Greenwood Avenue, Glencoe. Illinois." KM BROIDERY, PLEATING, BUTTONS HEMSTITCHING lOci yard—all colors IIRINft YOUR WORK IN BEFORE SHOP- PING, READY WHEN YOU GO HOME Mall Orders Given Prompt Attention LOUIS J. WROBLE 136 So. 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Phone 590 Office: 513 FOURTH ST., WILMETTE, ILL. TELEPHONE WILMETTE 1304 Beg to announce that we have an organization capable of planning, planting and caring for your Gardens from early Spring until Autumn. We fur- nish and plant trees, shrubs and roses. Make and maintain lawns and do everything connected with "Gardening." All work under the manage* merit of an experienced Private Gardener with plenty of expe- rience in all branches. References. . WILD FLOWER GARDENING A SPECIALTY No Chars* for Consultation m McCLURG'S m k Sale Now On ' H Thousands of worth-while books of every kind and description are offered at prices that represent only a fraction of their cost during this week only. March 4th to 9th, Inclusive Practically every class of books is repre- sented, including books for young people to the works of standard authors in uni- formly bound sets. Special tables of books priced at 10, 15, 25, 30, and 50 cents while they last. Shopping Hours 8:30 A. M. to 5:30 P. M. A. C. McCLURG &. CO. 218-224 S. WABASH AVENUE BETWEEN ADAMS AND JACKSON 10^. What the Bell System Is Doing SPEED is the essential element of the times and the hour. The telephone operator is a trained public servant. Before she is allowed to take her place at the switchboard she undergoes a systematic course of instruction, so arranged as to develop alertness of thought, concentration on the work in hand, re- sourcefulness in emergency, and speed of action. To handle the great volume of business pass- ing over its long distance lines alone, the Bell System has specially trained 12,000 operators in long distance methods and practices. Upon the speed in handling messages, de- veloped by these thousands of operators, depends the usefulness of the Bell System to the Govern- ment and to the public. Speed, in the transmission of messages which have to do with the construction of air-craft, ships, munitions, and the like — with all Government activities in fact—will be a factor in saving human lives, since these appliances will bring nearer the end of the war. was CHICAGO TELEPHONE COMPANY pm*f.v-» imiMii J r^a-