Over the next year-and-a-half, the Schlotters and their 15-year old son, George, developed social ties among the moneyed bclans/b of that suburb, and Mrs. Schlotter was well-known in the ladies' clubs and community organizations. b..../b The house was the first of the Dawes bHotels/b, which later opened similar establishments in other cities, begun by Evanston resident and future U.S. Vice-President, Charles Dawes, in honor of his son, Rufus, who had drowned in a swimming accident ...
