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,..ter ..... ,...,.....,.... ., Dif. fiealt M~·tel7 Pia~ GaiW ,..,._.. em ec.. B~ Ratlaeda L Pnbel "Better than 'The Bat' or 'The· Cat and the Canary'." That seemed to be heard many times after performances of "Number 17," the mystery play presented along the north shore recently by the North . Shore Theater Guild. Although it was one of the most di~cult plays to stage or to act, · "Number 17" flowed along with the same efficiency and ease characteristic of all North Shore Theater Guild productions. A larger number of . stage hands shifted the five different scenes in record time, and all of the mysterious noises were timed to the minute. This was the second play of the season, and was coached by the Guild's new director, David Owen. Otia Ia Star The honors for acting go to Sait10el S. Otis, one of the "old timers" of the Guild. Mr. Otis was quite out of the amateur class as the slightly inebriated cockney sailor, "Ben," with a sense of h u m o r and a great aversion for "haunted" houses. He had worked out hi~ .characterization in his u n i q u e, or1gmal way, and kept the audience chuckling between chills. Mr. Otis always gives the impression that the lines in a play are adapted to whichever personality he cares to assume instead of the other w.ay .around. A~ comedy characters are apt to do, though, he encroached occasionally on t~e ~ights of the !lther actors, yet one dtdn t seem to mmd it. He has such an engaging way about him. ]. Williams Macy.t another "old timer," again displayed his ability to live a part convincingly. As Gilbert Fordyce, the detective, he moved through the intricacies of mysterious noises and situations with freedom, holding the play together. One can always count on Mr. Macy to give the best interpretation of a part." Estremel:r WeD C..t The play concerned itself with the presumably vacant house, Number 17 which is discovered to harbor a~ alleg~d corpse. Fordy,·e meets Ben runmng out of the house in a London fog, saying he has found a presumably murdered man in the attic. Fordyce insists. !JPOn investigating, and forces the rtdJculously frightened Ben to accompany him. The house is discovered to be a rendezvous for ~i nals, 1'(ho are shipped out of the country by way of an underground railroad under the house. A girl from the house ne~ door, played effectively. by Zoe Comer, drops in from the skylight, in searclt of her father,- the body disappears, and at 4 :30 in the morning three strangers enter. M. Hawley Mertz as Mr. Brant, George W. Bartlett as Henry, and Mary Harding· as Mr. Brant's niece, were ex-cellently cast, keeping well to their characters as crooks. A master criminal, played by J. Lincoln Gibson with skill, almost gets the upper hand, but the end of the play finds him, Brant and Henry forcibly exiting via the underground railroad. The girl, a victim of circumstances, renounces her life and, with the help of Fordyce plans to go straight. The "murdered" man, taken by Eugene E. Macy, proves to be the father of the girl next door. He was merely "knocked out." And just before the curtain goes down, Ben produces a diamond necklace which he has "lifted" from the pocket of the master criminal, and which he hands over to the detective. Fordvce. "Number 17" was well wo rth seeing. Reports from the a&·ae to be held at WellesleJ eu'IY>~~,: · February, wiD be brousht to th ·---· ing of the North Shore .WeDelley February 21, at the home of Richard Llke. Mrs. Earl White anCI Mrs. Ralph Brown will attend the council and bring the report to the local meeting. There wiJI be a meeting of the Wells College club of Evanston, Tuesday, February 7, at the home of Mrs. Horace Dawson. At ~his plans wiD be furthered for the sene! of Lenten !ectures on books and readtng to be. gtven by Mrs. Anthony French M.c;mU at the Country club under ausp1ces of the Wells club. . The order of these was announced m a .recent Rlvlltw. Saturday members attended t~e card par:ty at the Stevens hotel whtch the Chtcago Wells club spons'?red. , The .North ~bore Oberlin W~n s dub wdl have 1ts February meeting the 27th at the ~orne of Mrs. Ro!>ert K. Clark, 780 Lmcoln avenue, Wmnetka. BENEFIT FOR CLINIC The Ladies· Aid society of St. ] oseph's church will give a benefit card and bunco party at the Gross~ Point village hall Tuesday afternoon, SCHOOL TO REVIVE PROM February 14, for the benefit of the The School of Soeech at Northwest- Dental clinic of the Grosse Point ern university is planning to revive its Health center. prom which has not been ~ven for some years. The affair will be held LOSES BROTHER BY DEATH on the evening of April13, and will be Mrs. Lewis Williams of 770 Rosea recoflnized university party. Miss wood avenue was called to St. Louis Naomi Merlin is cb.;lirman of the com- Saturday of last week by the sudden mittee for the affair and assisting her death of her brother, G. W. Fox. She are Miss Mary June Fellows in charl!e returned home last week-end. of the music; Miss Pauline Fitzgerald, The North End branch, Friends of programs and favors ; Miss Gladys Pfeffer, refreshments: Miss Helen Chicago Junior school, is to give a Thielen, decorations; Miss. Katherine luncheon and card party at Mrs. Peck's Hicks, business manager, and Rolley tea room, 738 Sheridan road, Chicago, Thursday, February 9. Myers, publicity. Six Portraits Regula,- Price $10 For Limited Time Only IIZS o.n..t- Aw. · Tei.UIIh·~- ltoYAL TIGER. 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