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24 · WILMETTE LIFE, FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1924 DIRECTS OPERA Mrs. Marian V. Cotto" Produces "Robin H ood" DIRECTORY ·BEST SELLER" AltHough it receives tittle . comment from literary editors and IS seldom reviewed on literary pages, the telephone directory is th e modern "bestseller." There are now 17,716,500 . h d h b "hello" books pub I IS e eac year Y the Bell system alone. They issue 2,500 different directories, twice each year, r equi_ring 41,725,000 pounds of I with whi~h ~e Gr~se Point Health paper costmg $1.. ~,575. . T~e total Center is affiliated, wtll be held Friday expens es 0 ! pubhs~mg thts lmme~se evening of this week at Hull House 800 amount of mformat1on for the talkmg C . · public is' $8,134,750. ~- Halsted street, htcago. Speakers will include George W. Perkins, Anton INSTITUTE IN DINNER ]. Cermak, Dr. John M. Dodson Dr A dl'nner and ad)' ourned annual meet- ]. S. Pritchard and Mn. Theodor'e B. ·ing of the Chicago Tuberculosis Institute, Sachs. · Mn. Albert N~ Page is Wil- ·-~~iiiiiiiiii;iiiiiiiili£.~ mette CLainnan in Annual Y. W. C. A. Drive ==- :::. BIG GOAL "Help IS $183,000 ~ RUNABOUT · I I ,, May 5 ==' Girls Help Tbem-1 selves," is Slogan LEGI Winne Exau "Hdp tho g;,!, to Help Them· " '"·" This will be the rallying cry for Chicago and north shore women Ma y 12-22, when the Y. W . C. A. will hold · its annual canvass for $183,000, with which to cayy on for another year the work in its thirteen branches and centers. Wilmette women will be active in the work of renewing old I subscriptions and getting new ones,. · for the Y. W. C. A. Mrs. Albert N. Page, 901 Asht:md ave~ue,, is chai~"Robin Hood," a light opera by man .of the Wtlmett.e d1stnct and IS · Reginald DeKoven, to be given by the workmg to secure W1lmette women as members of her team, who will renew Music ~epartment m Ne~ !ncr High old subscritions and secure new ones teh<>?l tn the school audtto~mm on the for the Y. W. C. A. Mrs. Albert N. l evenmgs. of .May 2 and 3, ~~ under the days of the canvass. It is hoped to expert dtrec!tOn of Mrs._ ~anan V. C_otsecure fifty teams of home women ton, supervtsor of . mustc at the h1g.h representing womens clubs and s~hool and a leader m north shore mus1c churches in Chicago and suburbs and Circles. thirty teams of business and p;ofesMrs. Cotton has assembled all the sional women by the opening of the dramatic and musical resources of the canvass on Yay 12. high school for this climactic producSome of the ways the Y. W. C. A. I tion of the school y~r. ::r'he school serves the young women of the city symphony orchestra, w1th M1ss Susanna in such a way as to deserve the sup- Armstrong as director and accompanist, port of public spirited men and women and the Bon' and Girls' Glee club will were suggested bv Mrs. William P. be especially featured. There will also Sidley of Winnetka, who is general be a special group of dancing girls enchairman of the canvass. listed from the student body. In fact, all What Y. W. C. A. Meaaa parts, with two exception, will be taken "Y. W. C. A. service mea~s aid and by students. pidance in the securing of emplo,.- . Assisti~,g ~rs. Cot~fn in t~e dir~c ment. It means a home, either un- tion of Robtn Hood are lltss Eliader the Y. W. C. A. roof, or in a safe abeth Stanwood, dramatic director, Miss room that the association has found Olive L. Grover, in charge of designfor her. It means a friend in need, ing and painting the scenery and through the emergency bureau which "Jimmy" Griffin of Northwestern, forcares for girls in trouble or difficulty: merly a professional dancer at the It means "a gym and a swim" to re- Edgewater Beach hotel and now a stufresh tired nerves and bodies; a dent in the University Schol of Speech, chance to study' and improve oneself director of stage-formations and danein Central Branch's "Spare Time ing. School;,. tr3:ining i.n good citizenship The presentation of "Robin Hood" through busmess guts' clubs; ~umm.er is enthusiastically supported by the encamps where the self-sup~orttng &:1rl tire high school, and particularly by the may _spend a happy and tnexpens1ve Student Council and the Hi- Y. vacatton; and a downtown club house A . 11 seats for both the .Fnday and in the heart of the loop where she may rest, read, write or meet her Saturday performances will be refriends . More than 30,000 girls made served. use of this service last years. The Y. W. C. A. is 72% self-supporting. Paintings Delight Crowd That is for every dollar it costs to maintain the Association, the girls at New Trier Exhibition themselves pay 72 cents. Surely the Those who hjve not already seen men and women of Chicago will not the paintings by north shore artists begrud~e the other twenty-eight now on display in the mess hall at cents I" New Trier had better go over at the first opportunity and inspect them. There are, in all. fourteen pictmes R. H. Schell Purchases in this display. The four by Karl Buehr"lndian Summer," "New Eng) New Store at Deerfield land Svmmer," "Landscape" and "My R. H. Schell and company owners of a chain of department stores on Daughter"-are attractive. Also there the north shore have purchased the are shown works by Edgar Rupprecht, Deerfield Mercantile company locat- Anna Lynch, A. L. Brooks, and Laura ed at Deerfield , Illinois, and took pos- Van Pappelendam. By Frank Whitney session of the store on Monday. there is an interesting piece which he calls "lt's Scotch." It is a composition April 21. including Highland hills and a little Purchase of the Deerfield store group of native cattle. Many' of the brings the total number of Schell and spectators were pleased with the little company stores to six. picture's texture and coloring. The The company has been located on well known artist, William Wendt, the north shore for several years and contributed two lovely pai1itings, done has stores in Wilmette, Winnetka, in his delightful style...::"Distant Hills" Hubbard Woods and Glencoe. and "Landscape." AID F~ I . · · · The Lowe·t Prleed Two·Paaeager Car The Ford Runabout is the most economical car for penonal transportation known. I I Priced lower than any other motor car, ita maintenance ancl running expe~U~ee ue in keeping with ita preeent low co.t. 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