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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 7 Nov 1924, p. 22

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HE FLAYS SOME IMilan Lush in Recital November 14 MODERN PLAYS Hinckley Lectures Attract Wide Attention The public. which i~ following the lectures on "Modern Drama" hy Theodor~ B. Hinckley, given under the auspi- 22 WILMETTE Ll We Want Y.ou. . 't o Come Back ' ces of the Drama club at the Evanston \\'oman's club on Thursday mornings from IQ to 11 o'clock is immensely enjoying itself. Mr. H!nckle~ has. sound knowledge. a cosmopohtan v1ewpomt and That's why we use only the gives his material with wit and eloquence, it is exp lained. . best ingredients in our cakes, His first attack was on an Amencan weakness,-"Do audiences think?" and pies, bread, and rolls. We're almost persuaded his listeners that '!'e check our brains in the coat-room wtth sure that after one trial you'll hats and overshoes. The lure of "The Miracle." which set New York and all come back again. the country talking, dissolved like a mi st before the lantern of Mr. Hinckley's wit, and the plot showed itself lx1th illogical and tawdry. His second attack was a second barrel from the same gun, this time directed (Left) 'rhe moat recent plaotopaph of Q..- ~ of Ro~mania, i~ ~ against such melodrama as "Seventh royal robes which Her Majeaty auto.raphed for Malan Luak In apprecaatHeaven." This popular success showed of hia playi~.. (Ri.ht) Portrait of Milan Luak painted br hia mother·· This itself, shorn of clever modern produc- pic:ture waa ac:c:eptecl and exhibited laat aprin· at the Chac:a·o Art lnabtute. tion and verbiage to be almostt a twin ister to our old favorite "The Two OrMuch interest is being evinced the c~ming rec.ital of Milan Lus~. phans." The entire Playwriting class Wilmette violinist. which will take place on Fnday evenmg, November 14, m (now a part of Jl.:orthwcstern univer- Kimball hall, Chicago. . . . . ity ) is plann ing to go to "Seventh Featuring Mrs. Lusk's rec1tal wtll be a fantaste on Scotc~ fol~-melodt~s, Heaven" and learn how to "put new wine hy Bruch. interpretati?n of w~ich. has gained the talented arttst wtde accla1m in old bottlcs,"-()r, perhaps 'tis the other in American and fore1gn mus1c c1rcles. . . . . . . When you get a good Thing way about-to put old wine in bottles Jean :MacShanc, pianist. will give her t.htrd Chtcago rectta~ m conjunction with seductive, pre- Volstead labels. with Mr. L~1sk. Frederick Schauwecker w11l be the accompamst. Remember where you got it When it comes to such vital drama as "White Cargo" now playing in ChicaMrs. Louis Brush was hostess at go, Mr. Hinckley gave his audience a luncheon Monday at the Orrington new sense of values by his clear-cut anhotel for members of her Reading ciralysis. A thematic play with the text : "England is wasting the best blood and Ll\ cle. 1129 Central Avenue -(}brain of her young manhood in her effort to exploit V{tst Africa," proves Among the fathers who attended Wilmette Illinois' greatest rival for confer- "Dad's Day" at the University of Illithe thesis before our eyes by showing th~ ·~p rot" of climatic effect, monotony, ence honors durin~ the past decade nois were Mr. Adkin, Mr. Marsh, Mr. I l~k of family and social life, drink and will invade the Stadium to settle the Cullen and Mr. Jordan. ..a.:>ciation with native women ahd the hitterly contested supremacy for 1924 reaction of these things Oil several speci- when Ohio State plays the lllini in the mens of clean, high-grade, English last game of the season, November youth. "It is a man's play and a man 's 22. State-wide interest attends upon this P,roblem attacked with truth and courgame and foot ball fans will flock in .... he says. thousands to witness another classic "It is a curious commentary on American viewpoints that many people who battle such as the two traditional s stage year after year. Ticket wil! sit unshocked through battery :1fter rival has been exceedingly brisk and the b.attery of bed-room farces and "Follies" sale crowd may rival the throng which ~ilt comment on such a play as this a3 packed the Stadium at the Michigan improper. Fortunately, a big and intel- game, for the battles with Chic;ago l~ent public is coming into evidence and Minnesota are both "away" games which witt support plays which are real and the fans want on~ ·more look at J11e4t and not just whipped cream." the Illini and "Red" Grange before i ~his series of lectures has only just the season closes. Many orders are tdln and is open to the public at a very coming into the football ticket office llllilerate charge. these days. Eight times in the last ten years the Illinois-Ohio State games have tion Causes Slump the conference championship. in Building Records decided Three times the Buckeyes won the . · xcitement attendant upon the elec- title by their defeats of the ltlini iti tion caused a slight slump itl the num- 1916, 1917 and 1920. Four times the ber of building oermits issued at the Orange and Blue was enabled to Village hall this week. Seven were figure in championships by licking the granted, two of which were for new Buckeyes in -1914, 1918, 1919 .and 1923, dwellings. while they kept their slate clean by A. L. Shapiro will build a two-story tying therefor in 1915. It has been a battle of rivalry beltrfck dwelling and garage at 814 with Sheridan road for $21,000; A. E. Hall, tween Coaches Robert Zuppke of the two-story brick veneer dwelling, 1725 Iltini, and Dr. Jack Wilce of the Lake avenue, $13,000; ]. E. Caps, 100 Buckeyes as well as a team affair. foot steel smoke stack, 415 Main Zup has come out on top five times street, $1,500; E. A. Ecklund, brick and Wilce has triumphed four times garage, Marston's resubdivision, $1,000; In leading his men against the Illini. We will make the following allowance this rt·ason the Bt¥:keye John A. Ronan, frame and stucco ga- For race, 910 Greenwood avenue, $600; mentor is itching to even the count. on the purchase price of a Lovekin:Kelly Sanders, front porch, 1442 Wil- With one of the strongest teams in mette avenue, $500; Arthur Smith, the conference he is determined to do For any old tank heater, · $10.00 frame garage, 1416 Forest avenue, $200. it this year. 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