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44 WILMETTE LIFE April 1, 1927 "Spooks" A Good 1 accomplished his introduction. The act closes with the violent and sudden Piece of Mystery· · 1 ployee death of Silas Willoby, . also an em~ of the former owner who ha, Play Com posttton just finished outlining the terms of the "Spooks" Written by Robert J. Sherman. Produced by the Minturn Players. Presented at the New Evanston Theatre. will and has scaled the envelope containi~g the agreement of the heirs to remain three nights in the mansion. Helen: "You seem to have just as much time now, as you did before you ·were married, Alice. I think it's wonderful." "Well, for one thing Helen, I have removed washday from my calendar by giving the weekly laundry to Bill The Washington Laundry Man. Alice: Alice's example is followed every week by 3000 bousewives who find it much more satisfactory and economical to send their weekly wash to The Washington Laundry, chan co do it at home. The second act takes up the tale on the second evening. In it are unfolded a number of supernatural events, endCAST Elliot Butterfield ... Mr. Jack Marvin ing with th·e death of Inspector Ry~n Aunt Judy .... Miss Henrietta Tedro of the police, who has been called m Marion Blackwell .. Miss June Kerwin The third act, of to investigate. Sam .......... Mr. Hamilton Ohristy course. carries the story on into the Doug-las Blackwell ................ . ............... Mr. Harry Minturn last evening. The climax is reached Laurette Payne ................... . when Miss Brown, ·a police aid and a ........... Miss Margery Williams nurse, suddenly accuses Aunt Judy of Silas Willoby ...... Mr. Earl Jamison ,V. U. Messinger .................. . being the perpetrator of the crimes . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. Eugene McGillan and of having caused the death of the Inspector Ryan ..... Mr. Willis ~all . two men. The old colored woman is Police Officer .. Mr. Eugent McG1lla.n l\liss Brown ...... 1\liss Nancy Harris startled into speaking, thus incriminating herself and her son, Sam. It is a well developed plot and an excellent ·By HUB. piece of play composition. I vredicted last week, after a brief Now as to the staging of the play. perusal of the play, that '>'Spooks" The scene was well laid out. The ap I would be well worth seeing. It ful- parc.:ntly supernatural occurences w~re filleQ my every expectation. It was nicelv executed and entirely startl111g a masterpiece of mystery play com- in tfH:ir effect. I might recall Olll' position; it did move ra.pidly and the or two oi them. Attention is called h~' a voice "from the dead." to a book on interest was sustained throughout. the table. .'\s the actors start for it. "Spooks" opened with a thunderstorm; the thunder-did exactly what the CO\'Cr is suddcnlv flung back and thunder is expected to do and had a a page tears itself out and di~appear good time at it. So did tilt· audience. up the chimne\·. Tn_ another tn~tan~·c a vase on the maqtle stH:ldenh· fltl';o; Ill The· first scene is the exterior of an to a million pie·n·s- ;ul(l 11:1 onl· j., tl(';tr old colonial man~ion, which bdottged to the late Simon Blackwell. \\'bile it. Very well done. the weather is playing around with itself, Elliot Butterfield. one of the heirs to the <:state, enters .from the. front of the theatre, climbs over the footlights and bangs ot~ the door. He is linalh· admitted to the iront room of the hnu-.;e hy Aunt Judy. th.ought to he a deaf-mute servant of the former l l\' nn. Tbert' iollo\\';o; a s\\·ift presentation of thl' remainder of the seven principle characters and thl' author has I'm a-fraid I can't name the he . t ar tor for the evening; there wasn't any best. They were a II at the pra k (If effort. I may sav. IW\\'eHr. that ::\at~\~ Harris achirYecf the triumph oi l11 ·r season in the chararterizatiotl r,i \! i~ " BrO\Yn. the nurse. She wa!-1 al\' :t ·., in character ancl radiated p~.:r;-;on;dit ,. ft om her first entrance to the f111 t1 r ;:rtaitt She had an important part t11 tlw --ttr cess of the play and did it well. I KEEP YOUR COAL BIN FILLED You can safeguard the health, comfort and happiness of yourself and family by keeping your ·bins well filled with the right kind of coal or coke. Don't wait for the blizzard. If your supply is running low, re-order now. Many hundreds of homes on the North Shore are heated with Consumers Guaranteed Coal and Coke; It is the safest, most dependable and economical fuel. "Every ton must satisfy or we remove it and refund your money." BUY YOUR COAL ON APPROVAL EVANSTON OFFICE 1 o 1 5 Church St. Phope University 4500 @tsumers @mpal!)' COAL - COKE - ICE ~ BUILDING MATERIAL THROUGHOUT THE NORTH -GLENCOE OFFICE 7 1 2 Glencoe Road Phone Glencoe 7 5 · DELIVERY YARDS SHORE DISTRICT