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26 · WILMETTE LIF.E April 15, 1927 in English is peculiarly different from Speaker Pays' High that in other languages. It has only recently been looked up to as an art. T r i .b u t e to Little The theatrical she defined as "the Theater Groups Here. p.roduting of a studied effect by stu- · Paying high tribute to the work of little tht.·ater g.r oups in Evanston and along the north shore, Mrs. Anthony French Merrill, speaking on dramatic literature at the Evanston Country club Wednesday morning, April 6, ! spoJ...e most encouragingly of the future influence of the neighborhood group, or the "art" group, upon the commercial stage. I Taking for her subject "New Honors for the Stage," Mrs. Merrill discoursed informatively and inspiringly upon current drama and contemporary dramatic literature. "Everyone," she said in part, "owes a certain service to every great art and has an obligati on to give it a certain amou.nt of study for its intelligent understanding." Economy plus travel comfort far surpassin1 Theater Ia Significant your expectations.. Round trip fares from j The advance of merit in the theater $1 70 to $190. From Montreal or Quebec of the la st fe\\' years which has reyou will sail down the beautiful St. Law.. deemed the drama from its position as renee-the mighty water boulet~ard to Europe a negligible art among the English-then only 4 days open sea. Direct sen·ices speaking people and put it in ·its proto Liverpool, Southampton, Glasgow, Belfast, per pl'ace . along.side music, paintin~~. Cherbourg, Antwerp, Hamburg. sculpture and other· fine arts, has made the theater significant in the .pursuit Summer Season-1 9 2 7 of cultura l gain, she belie-ves. I :;-; 1lan:, $::~.-·-all t·Xpt·nst·s-pt·J'sonn II~· t 'H\'ol'tt' d- Introducing her .rema'rks Mrs. Merl·:ugland. FnUit'l', HollitlHl. Jh·lgium. .\lf1st ('0111])11'1· · j t j fl(·J':ll·~· With 111 ' 1 Xi 11lU 11 I ht· !H'fi ts. rill drew dL;tinction between the theat ·aitlu nutl Empn·~~ Tutar~. $~:.0 anti nt·· trical and the dramatic-the one a .\!ways t·atTy ( ':uutdian Padfi·· Exprt·ss ( 'omp:tlt~· ·s 1 matter of stage mechanics, the other Tnt ,·dlt>rs' t 'ht ·qUPl', ll\'1-:'llti:tl·lt· t · \ t·n·wJw··, .. }'nil luiurmntlou und snlliu~ tlutt·s t'rom lnt·ul :.tf'UIIlshill ug .. ut:., or a "great art worthy of the finest conE:~rl K Ornt ·l', l'. & X. \\-. Station, \\"iltndlt·, ··r T~. K Elworthy, St··amI sideration." shlp t ~~·J~t-ral ~\g·pnt, 71 E ..J nd.:so11 HI Hl., '1\·lt·phon.- \YaiJash 1~~o~. t 'hi I The dominant quality of the poly··ag-n, Jll. Fnr Fr\·ig·ht apply \t. \\· . ·\. Kittt·rmastt-r, (~t'nl.'ral \\'· ·sL··t' ll Frt·ight .-\g-t·nt, ~qo Tlw Hookt·ry, t ' hil·ag·tl, Ill. glot mass of Americans is not the dramatic quality of other races, she 1 reminded. By tcmpe.rament we are, as a nation, opposed to the popular idea of the stage. It is the first '\·ice" to he renounced Lv Puritan inheriWorld's Greatest Travel System I tance, and the hi~tory of the dram a - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --·- - I to CoUegiate Tourr.to Europe Canadian Pacific ! died, if insincere means-a conspicuous and noticeable aim at prominencr on the part of the actor and distaste ful to the appreciation of true art . Sincerity, fairness and truth are necessary to the real drama-no calculated effect for a purpose. Dramatic art is the power of life itself carried by natural feeling and em.o tion." She cited an interesting · illustration in the variance of the one from the other in that portion of Edna Ferber's "Show Boat," in which Magnolia. grown and observing the sophisticated N e\\' York stage, contrasts its artificiality with the genuineness of emotion that characterized the river boat playing. Brander Matthew~, author of "Rip Van \Vinklc Goes to the Plav"- a \'Olumc recording impressions of the country's most scholarly dram at i c c.ritic vie,\'in~ his field after an inter val a\~'ay from it,-has ·been for years. she opinioned. America's leading criti( and teacher in the field of the dramc~ . Ko one, she stated, has done more to raise the level of criticism and to develop a hcttcr standard among audi ences. She reYic\\·ed other books of the drama and several outsta·nding New York plays. contrasting their salient l'haractcri:-.tirs and quality in illustration of new modes and manners in the theater. She paid enthusiastic tribute to the Goodman Memorial theater, the theater at Yale, to Sidney Howard and other significant high spots in contrt.nporary drama. Yc:;tercla~· morning, 1-.lrs. 1-.ferrill discussed "Keystones," the last of the ~ c rie s \\'hich she has deliYered und er au s pice ~ of tl1e f\·anston \Vell s Col lege club, and which have been among important cultural occasion s of th\.' I 1.f' ntl'n season. I I ANNOUNCE EASTER SERVICE Thi:- t·,·ening "Thl' Crucifixi8n" will i>l' ..,ung, ;tt illl· Church oi thL· Illliy C'olllft~rtn . ~uncia,· there \\'ill he t"·o celeh~atifHh (lf tht: llol\' Cutnnntnion. one at ~ o'c lock and on; at 11 o'cJ,H·l.: A large choir is t·xpccted at tl1r latL". service and there '"ill he a violini~t . \\·,Tk . fro111 K~·nynn collt:g-t'. Ca111hil'T I~nhcrt EASTER The thought of Easter creates a beautiful pi([ure in our mind . . . . chimes ringing .... church steps, the scenes of smartly dressed people .... the advent of Spring .... the official opening of a season we so eagerly look forw.ud to. · And, indeed. this joyous season ushers in so many activilies that an abundance of Time is necessary to enjoy them. Time is what we sell; and Time is the reason why J,ooo housewives give the weekly wash to Bill the Washington Laundry Man . "University 5 900" will bring him to your home. too. I Kcnvon has rl'ttll'lll'd thi" Ohio to spend his Easter vacation \nth his parL·nts. ~lr. and ).frs. Hnl>nt I . Ken.,·on oi 1011 (~reenwo6cl a \'l'llttc . Stomach Disorders .\ Ia rgt· JU'rN·ntnge of hotly dlsord crs "gtw may "" uttrlhntell to Acidosis. 1\luch tlhwmntort 111141 freftnently serious de· n·lutmtents result from this condition. 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