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WILMETT:i LIFE .August 20, 1926 ·Hear Brilliant Talent at Rathbone Musicale Mrs. Henry Riggs Rathbone entertained at a musicale Friday evening in her home at 312 ·Sheridan road in honor of her sisters, Mrs. \Villiam A. Schertz of Pittsburgh, and "Mi ss Edith Harney of ~Iilwaukee, \\'is. Cyrena Van Go rd on of the <:hicago · Civic Opera company, Mrs. W.. D. Hess, reader. and ~~i s s Phy.llis Eileene Barry . of the Londonderry Trio, gave the program, together with :Mrs. Rathbone, who read several poems from her new book, "On Wings of Song," which is soon to come from the press. Miss Barry, who lives in Glencoe, gave several numbers on the cello. There were fifty guests present, a great many of them members . of Chicago society. ~Iiss Dorothy Rose. 753 Twelfth street , \Vilmette, and Miss · Margaret Norain, 120 Mary street, Hubbard \rVoods, returned Friday of last week from a fortnight's trip to Niagara Fall s, Quebec, ~fontr e al and Toronto. CLERK-CARRIER EXAM Applications are being received at the Wilmette post office for examinations for the position of clerk-carrier in the local office. R·e ceipt of applications will close September 8, 1926, it is announced. TILDEN AND RICHARDS AGAIN WAGE NET WAR Champions to Compete in Chicago for United States Intersectional Championship . J LO Flf1t-1~tssmger, ,ane PRICE two-door Coach Six &hMming color options · Series 8o ~ I J ToM ~~~~Ridge BAY . & Sox, lxc. - Mr s. Edith ~IcLau g hlin and her daughters, Kathleen, Marjorie and Eugenia. of Yate s City, Ill., have been the ~)rohably the grcate~r tenni s tourgu ests this week of ~{rs. Joseph A. ney 'in the history of Chic ago will take Friend in her home at 1520 Washing- place this week-end, August 19, 20 21, tnn avenue . and 22. at the Chicago ·T0\\'11 and Ten ni s club. Ridge and Thom e avenue s, in · the form of the Simpson Cup Mat ches for t;1e U. S. Intersectional Team champi onship. Th e fact that' Bill Tilden , Vinny Ricl1ards, Franci s Hunt er and the re st of the tennis notable s of th e countrv . have decid ed to play here fo r th e fir st time thi s vear in th e mat ches " ·hich just precede the D;:l\·is Cup Chall enge round and the Nati onal Singles ch ampi onships assures that Chi cago and vicinity \\'ill sec som e sparklin g round s of tenni s. All of the national star s \\'ill lw on hand \\'ith the exception o f Billy Jolm stonr. who has decid ed to stav in th e Ea st and mi ss· the great competition in order to get in some privat e pra ctice sess ion s just pri or to the hYo big match es \\'hich decide th e int ernation al cham pio n ships. 'I'h<' magic racqu et of \ rinny Rich a rd s. \\'hich ha s topprd Tilden's mas ter strok es on three occasion s this year. \\·ill he swiging at it s hest. 'filclen has . ent forth wont to the effe ct that Richards ha s beat en him for the la st time this vea r, hut onlv th e Simpson Cup ma tcl~c s and th e ~a ti onal Single s \\'ill tell the ston·. Tt is exp e ct e d~ t oo , that ~bnual Al c mzo and \Vall are J ohn.son. along \\'ith Fran cis Hunter , will furni sh Ric11 arcls and Tilden some stiff comp etition. F or the se play ers it i:' the la st big tournament the,· \\'ill he in until thc v cross racqu ets th e Kational Sin gle ~ . The fact that \\' right. Ham ancl An der so n of the Canadi an D ;n· i ~ Cup Tc fl m are playing in top fo rm wilt make thing-s intrre sting for Lott. llcn ne sse,·. \\'illiam s. BrO\nl and the re ~t of th e western clan . \\rhr thrr or n ot our loc al players ar c superior to Cana da's he , t ha s ah,·an bern an ar g ued qur . tion . The~· wili meet in the Simp · snn Cup ~~a tche s. There \\'ill he eight tram s rnt cred. ancl cllch team will ent er t"·o mr11 in ~inglr s and one tram in douhlr s. An rlimin ;lti on cn ntr st will · follow and th e hc "t plavc·r s will surviv e. Local offi cials sta.tc tllC'\' ha,·c so· arr ange(] the . checlule that ·there will hr tenni s of ch ampi nnship calibre playrcl nn each nf the four daY s o f the totHIICV. There '"ill h.e mo re than fo t~r thou-hotly hy Pierce-Arm sand rrsrrvcd sr ats available at each performance and season ticket s arc now bring sold at tl1e Chicago Town an(l Tennis club . The new stand, " ·hi ch is just being completed afford s a " ·mHlcriul view of both tournament court s. Gcmg-c Lott. Lucia 11 \Yillam s and ,Tohn Hcnnrsse~· will represrnt the ~fiddle \\'est and it is expected this .(!'roup will put in a few up sets. Local fans are strongly boosting the se men and have conficlence the" \\'ill defeat the men from Canada, the Phillipine Othw C11stMJHIIIII CoM/Ja . nlavers and sevc-ral morr including s-passcngcr. 4-door · · $3150 \Vallace Johnson aml perhaps Alonzo 7-passc:ng.cr. 4.,door · · · · nso ancl Hunter. 7-passenger Limou9ine · · · HSO \Vrav BrO\vn and Cogshell witt play 111 Buffalo-war exriJ"e '111x ~ for th.e Missouri Valley and Tn~ra Terms if tluir1J ham and either Chapin. or Arnold Tones of Yale will represent New England. Richards and Hunter form the douhles co11Qhination from New York. Berklev and B. l C. Norton will come from the South "-'hile Gonzolos an,d Ar~P'on will he the two from the Phillipine Islands. · at .,.. , Ave. Bvaastoa, m. I Miss Marjorie R. Wightman of Hi!!hland Park is visiting at the Alfred H. Hill home at 1411 Gregory avenue.