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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 22 Apr 1927, p. 60

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W.l.LM E T T E . 'LIFE April 22, 1927 Davis' plays, is splendid drama an(l it gives the Players a definite o'ppor tunity to show acting ability. New England Setting _ School's Most Experienced Actors to Test Ability Ap.-il 23 With Play, "Icebound" By G. W . C. Style for the Modern Miss in their twenties are the envy Y of their teen -age sisters in the matter of footwear fashion. The smaller daughters are OUNG WOMEN anxious for advanced styles before their growing feet are ready for them. But now they can wear shoes that are distinctly of the vogue, · without sacrificing comfort or foot health. For Pool ~Piper designed these Modern Miss Shoes to be the last word in style-style built over juvenile lasts that encourage the normal development of the flexible bones and muscles of the .youthful foot. · Telephone University 9 7 J This week the people of the township will have an opportunity to see the very best work of the New Trier high school Dramatic club. On Saturday night, April 23, The Players (an inner group of the N. T. Dramatic club) will present · "Icebound," a three-act play by Owen Davis. The Players consists of those students at New Trier who have been in two or more major plays. Uembership in this organization is the highest hnnor that can he achieved in New Trier dramatics: and quite naturally it follows that the best and most earnest work of the school Dramatic club is produced hy this inner group. Last year the Players presented "The Passing of the Third Floor Back" by Jerome K. Jerome, and, although it was the first production by this group, it was admirable done. This year the Players have chosen as their annual Superpower had its origin in Tllinoi.., play "Icebound,~' the Pulitzer prize when, in 1895, transmission lines ~111' play of 1923. This play, which is per-~ plied electricity to Yatr~ City f f(Jlll ;t haps the · best-known ~f all Owen g-enerating station in Elmwood . The story is that of a group oi New England farm people who liv e in a restricted environment and who ..,L· Jives have become mean and big-ottecl. So shut away from the world arc thn that . they are swamped with pett, quarrels and worries that have grow; 1 all out of proportion. Honesty and sincerity have fled from them, an d envy and jealousy control their ac tions. The title suggests the barren ness C!f these lives. They are warped . shut m, icebound. Toward _the end of the play, onl' of the famtly does manage to rise tc, a height above the baseness of th r others. However, it is only throu gl1 the help of an honest and good-heart ('d · servant girt that he achieves this. "Icebound" is a very powerful pla \: it is a harshly dra\\'11 picture of ba.rren lives. Cut Is Buay Those fortunate ones who arc tak ing part in this play are working har d to make it the very best proclucti c,n that has ever been given by the ~('\' Trier Dramatic club. Thcv arc stri\ing to show their worth as actor .. FREDERICK E. LEWIS Resident North Shore Funeral Director Twenty-two years of successful professional service. Personally recommended by Chas. A. Stevens of Chicago and a host of others whom we have served on the north shore . . We personally attend all calls, rendering the most careful, courteous and conscientious service. Mrs. Lewis attends to all ladies' and children's calls. FRESH creamy richness/ Wilmette 55 Drink a glass of Bowman's Milk. Note how rich it is; how sweet and delicious in flavor. Use Bowman's Milk on cereals. In cook~ng and baking, too. !fow dehghtful, how appetizing 1t makes everything taste! And : always remember-Bowm~n's -Mil~ is a great health butlder. R1ch in the essential vitamins, rich in energy, and g.reatly effec~ive in building resistance to dtsease! ,___ Private De Luxe Ambulance Service The growing demand for prompt and reasonable ambu. lance service has made it necessary for us to add to our Limousine Equipme11t, an Invalid Coach which is the last word in Ambulance Service. Located in Wilmette. Our Pisplay Rooms · Are Complete Our Motto : "G.olden Rule" . DAIA.Y COMPANY MRS. F. E. LEWIS Lady Attendant Residence Phone Wilmeue 3 55 2 FREDERICK E. LEWIS Parlor Pbone \Vilmeue 3552 Mill\/

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