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Kay 4, 1928 · WILMETTE LIPB comical Aubrey. He was excetlentll supported by Irene Wicker, who 1s dynamic. and fair~ glitters with dar- . ing ideas. Mrs. Laird Bell as the deaf · aunt brought in many chuckles with her "Don't shout, I'm not deaf," and her usual able characterization. As Sprules, Oliver Fransworth desenes much praise,.·· making his butler just subtle enough ~ to elicit plenty of laughs. Julia Hanks Mailor made a ~ widow, playing with humor: Paul Faust capably took the role of the crude brother of the butler who disjuises as Maitland; and Charles Eastman gave a good portrayal of the real Maitland. William Pearce scored as the solicitor, and Lloyd Faxon made his small part of the gardener stand out. Miss Edith Phillips, a newcomer in the guild, ·appeared as the maid. 'TONS OF lOllY" I ROWeliNG COMEDY I. ' )/ B~ Ratlaeda L Pnt.l "For laughing purposes only," might have been printed on a sign posted conspicuously on the stage of the various auditoriums on the north shore, where the North Shore Theater Guild appeared this week and last in "Tons of Money," a rollicking comedy by Wills Evans and Valentine. For "Tons of Money" offered guild members a few hours of absurdity, an evening of ·nonsense and mirth. As witne~sed at the first performance, which was at the Central school Miss Catherine Cook, .1017 Greenleaf auditorium, Glencoe, "Tons of Money" avenue, returned from R o c k f o r d rated a high percentage in laughter. college, where she is a student, on The lines are extravagantly humor- Friday and spent the night here on ous, and the cast put them over with lier way down to Champaign where nerve and spontaneity that made the she went Saturday to attend the Uniplay sparkle to the last minute. There versity of Illinois Spring formal. She were unfortunate pauses for prompt- returned t!l Rockford Monday. ing, a rare occurence in the Guild -aproductions, but these were occasioned Edmund Wells Pridmore, 339 Oak by several changes made in the cast circle, returned home Monday after an at almost the last minute. On the absence of three weeks. Mr. Pridmore whole, the performance was one to be was vacationing at French Lick with viewed with keen delight. his brother, J. E. 0. Pridmore, a ChiDeaiaaed for Lauabter cago architect. Those in the audience who searched -o-for a hidden motive, a significance to M iss Donna Garretson is leaving 912 SPANISH COURT 1168 WILMETTE AVE. the string of incidences that rapidly Wilmette Friday for Champaign to Wilmette 4085 Phone Wilmette 467 followed each other, were disappoint- attend the spring hops given by Theta ed in "Tons of Money," for the Delta Chi fraternity. domestic adventures of Aubrey Henry Maitland Allington and Louise, his wife, proceed in a kaleidoscopic manner. If there is a motive, it is Aubrey's desire for tons of money to pay off his creditors. When Chesterman, his solicitor, informs him that Important Notice! Something a brother has died and willed him a life interest in $170,000, the Allingswell for your eyes to feast OD tons are overjoyed. Gloom quickly DOW stock--an extra apecial follows, for Aubrey feels that although he has tons of money, if he fine worsted doth in a sharp, owes tons of money and pays tons of money. he won't have tons of money dean cut finish Ha:ringboae left. He is informed that upon his pattern-the English Czaze--. death the fortune goes to his brother, George Maitland, whom he supposes di«aeot blue- browa -grey, to be dead in Mexico. Suddenly Louise has her first brilliant idea and unLlre anything you haw 1ee11 glowingly tetls Aubrey he is to stage an explosion in his laboratory and be be£~ The new 2 button wide blown to pieces, thus cheating his roD sack cutaway ~ect il the creditors of a share in the fortune. Aubrey objects dolefully. but brighttype model evaybocly il wild ens when Louise suggests that he make a get-away and return in three about. \Vortb yaur while to SUIT · TOPCOAT weeks (after a mock funeral) discome in to aee what -30 wiD do. guised as his brother George Maitland, who will claim the waiting fortune, and marry the widow. MORRIS VBHON, PrftU.,_ Complicatiou Arise When Aubrey, in a cowboy outfit, TO YOUR ORDER shows up, Chesterman spoils the plan by announcing the fortune goes to the widow. Louise cleverly persuades Aubrey to pretend to drown and return later as Ebenezer Brown, an old 7 Qllall~--llnt. aatl AI~ friend, who will fall in love and marry Dtl·..., her. But after Aubrey's second mock death, a brother of Sprules turns up as Maitland to get the fortune. He &.w.rllel is enthusiastically greeted by Jean Everard, a romantic widow. who in$1~· a.dMI sists she is his deserted wife, just as she had insisted to Aubrey's Maitland. In answer to questions from Louise and her aunt, Miss Mullett, who is persistent and also a little deaf, the imposter feigns loss of memory. When another man appears as the real Maitland, and Aubrey enters as a dignified parson, Louise finds herself hopelessly involved, and the situation is screamingly funny. The end of the- play occurs when Chester1641 ORRINGTON AVENUE man announces that taxes and solicitor's fees have dwindled the fortune Open Taaclay, Tbanclay aad Saturday Evmiap down to one pound. As the cheerful, irresponsible Aubrey, Louis Ellsworth Laflin Jr., made a decided hit. It would .be bard to imagine a more engaging, obliging, Sport Hat by Knox N.A.HANNA&Co. ·correet Style Bia1erValae Low Cost m Better Clothes MADE o., r..t. Al"-