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40 WILMETTE LIFE October 26. 1928 North Shore Theatre Guild Opens Season Next Month Brilliant Comedy In Ranks of Brides-Elect and Benefit Workers · Season's Premiere for Theatre Guild.___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. BY JEAN TEN BROECK · If a stranger in our midst were to ask us to list, what in our opinion, were the most distinctive organizations on the north shore, we unhesitating1y would include the North Shore Theatre guild. It is . not only unlike any other dramatic group in our villages, but is unique in this country. Now is the time of preparation for the season's premiere of this band of traveling players on November 8, 9, 10, and 16, when they offer their audiences, "The Man with a Load of Mischief." The information we have about this production comes to us expressed thus: " 'The Man with a Load of Mischief' -surely the title alone is a great drawing force for the brilliant comedy which will be the first of this season's productions by the North Shore Theatre guild. The play has been described critically as one of the finest, if not the finest, high comedy of the past few years, and its author, Ashley Dukes, has seen this, his first p1ay, enthusiastically ·received on the continental professional stage and eagerly sought after by the American Little theatres. "According to Mencken, Mr. Dukes, in · 'The Man with a Load of Mischief,' 'has struck the real art of .comedy, anu his delineation of character and story forms one of the most intriguing evenings spent in the theatre.' "The play deals with the love and intrigue extant on the continent and England during the regime of NaP.oleo_n. '!' e are introduced to a wayside mn m England, off th·e mainroad to Oxford, where the innkeeper and his wife . bemoan the fact that no travelers have come their way for some time. But no sooner are the laments uttered than word comes that a group of travelers are a~proaching the inn, and a Lady, her Ma1d, a Nobleman and his Manservant arrive. But the;e is more to th~se people than at first is apparent. Tragedy, love and mistrust of one another are present, and the maneuvering through this intrigue of lo':e and mystery supplies the rarest enJoyment. "The guild's technical department, under the new leadership of Richard \Voelhof, has designed and executed on~ of. the most interesting sets in ~UJld h1story. The action takes place m. th~ old tave:~ hall, most picturesque With 1ts low cethnP" and its giant beams. The characters in their authentic earlv nineteenth century costumes will fit into the setting and blend with their surroundings in a manner which will bring out the very flavor of the story. "An able ·cast under the direction of David Owen is rapidly being trained for the presentation. The play is one of the hardest ever attempted by the Nort.h Shore Theatre guild, and it will reqUJre the greatest ability and effort from those who play in it. " 'The Man with a Load of Mischief' will play in Glencoe on Thursday November 8, at Central School audi~ to~ium; in Win.netka in Jane KuppenheJmer Memonal hall on Friday and Saturday, November 9 and 10 and in Wilmette on Friday, Novemb~r 16, at the Woman's club." Many new subscribers have been se~ured ~uri!lg ~he. membership campatgn whtch ts shU m progress in every town along the shore. Mrs. Sherman Aldrich of Hubbard \Voods is general chatrman for the drive, assisted by the village _chairmen, Mrs. Robert ]. Stoddard, m Wilmette; Mrs. James C Murray, Kenilworth; Mrs. Merritt Lum, Winnetka; Mrs. Dwight C. Orcutt, Glencoe. The campaign will continue until the time of the first play. Photo by Gibson Casebeer MISS LENA C. RAPP Photo by Abernathy MISS ELIZABETH STUTSON Photo by Reick MISS VIRGINIA BIXBY Announcement of the engagement and approaching marriage of Miss Elizabeth Stutson and Bradlee Pruden of Cleveland, Ohio was made Thursday night at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willis Stutson of 479 Sunset road, Winnetka. ! Mr. Pruden is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. Pruden, former residents of Wilmette now living in DeLand, Fla. ·The wedding, which has been se.t for December 27, will be a quiet affair in the bride's home. Miss Stutson was graduated from the University of Illinois last June and Mr. Pruden was graduated in 1927. She is a mem her of Sigma Kappa sorority, Mortarboard, and Theta Sigma Phi and was Woman's editor of The Daily lllini. He was a lieutenant of the R. 0. T. C. and is a member of Theta Upsilon Omega fraternity, Scabbard and Blade, Pi Tau Sigma and several honorary dramatic organizations. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Rapp of 1125 Elmwood avenue announce the engagement of their daughter, Lena Catheryn, to Maxwell Robert·,; Rust, son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin M. Rust of Chicago. Miss Virginia Bixby of 1104 A"Shland avenue, is chairman of the group of members of the Junior auxiliary of the Woman's club of Wilmette who . will serve refreshments on Tue.;day evening, November 20, at the evening bridge given as a benefit for the building fund of the mother club. Those, who with the chairman, who will act as waitresses, will be: The Misses Helen Ellis, Mary Mack, Rosaline Mills, Marion Born, Betty Marshall, Mary Martin, Alma Muehlberg, Bessie Weiss, Florence Cook, Marion Cook, Gertrude Brown, Dorothy Fuller, Edith Adkins, Elizabeth Michelet, Alice King, Florence Branson, Betsy Shapker, V{inifred Adkin.;, Ethel Gilchrist, Ruth Bower, all of Wilmette; Dorothy Pedigo and Marion Thayer of Kenilworth; Elizabeth Stutson of Winn~tka, and Genevieve Emrich of Glencoe. Philanthropy Bridge Is Pence-Reinhold Wedding Vista del Lago Is Scene Next Week, s Large Event Takes Place November 3 of Late October Parties Next Wednesday brings to \iVilmette one of its largest social affairs of the winter season, the annual bridge party sponsored by the philanthropy department of the Woman's club of Wilmette at the club house at 2 o'clock. Several plans for this affair make it unusual. Those who do not enjoy playing bridge where there is a large number of guests may make up their own groups and play in private homes at any time they please if they present th~"ir tickets to the chairman, Mrs. William Holmes, by October 31, and receive their prizes, one for each table. During the weeks preceding the affair, a campaign to sell every member one ticket has been underway. Assisting Mrs. Holmes in making arrangements for the benefit are Mrs. Walter C. Farrar, ticket chairman; Mrs. G. F. Iliff, chairman of prizes; Mrs. F. E. McCullin, table reservations; Mrs. Charles Kraft, refreshments; and Mrs. George K. Webster, chairman of the philanthropy department, Mrs. Kerry C. Meagher, Miss Annie Dingee, Mrs. A. ]. Nystrom, Mrs. Willis H. Hutson, Mrs. J. R. Ludwig, Mrs. Theodore J, Moreau, Mrs. J. L. Camelon, and Mrs. H. E. Cutler. As autumn days slowly approach the colder ones of winter, plans for thjs oncoming season at Club Vista del Lago shape themselves to conform with the cozy, colorful interior, which will necessarily be the scene, now, of all club festivity. Today, at 1 o'clock, a large bridge luncheon will be given by the club and for tomorrow evening a formal dinner dance has been arranged. The Hallowe'en party will be an informal dinner dance Wednesday evening, October 31. The wedding of Miss Beatrice Isabel Pence, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Harrison Pence of 826 Forest avenue, Wilmette, to James Packard Reinhold, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William C. Reinhold of 1005 Ashland avenue, Wilmette, will take place Saturday evening, November 3, at 8:30 o'clock, in the Winnetka Congregational church. A reception will follow the ceremony at the home of the bride's parents. Miss Marjorie Pence will be her sister's maid of honor, and the bridesmaids will be Miss Betty Jane Pence, Miss Lydia Sprenger of Kenilworth, and Mrs. Edwin A. Robson. Ralph English of Wilmette will serve Mr. Reinhold as best man, and ushering will be Robert F. Pence, Lindley Servis, Frank Millington, and Edwin A. Robson . . After a wedding trip through the East, Mr. Reinhold and his bride will be home after December 1, at 7409 Hoyne avenue, Chicago. Voters League Tea Today Mrs. Lester E. Mee is opening her home at 1227 Chestnut avenue this afternoon for the fourth in the scr.les of teas given during the membership drive of the Wilmette League of Women Voters. Assisting the hostess will be Mrs. J. J. Johnson of 1100 Michigan avenue. Tea for Visitor Mrs. A. W. Hawkes of Montclair, N. J. arrived Tuesday to be the houseguest of her sisters, Mrs. C. C. Carnahan of 700 Central avenue, and Mrs. B. C. Hawkes of 157 Kenilworth avenue. Mrs. Carnahan and Mrs. Hawkes Luncheon Hostesses will entertain at a tea Friday afterMrs. Arthur W. Allen, 803 Chest- noon in Mrs. Hawkes' home in honor nut avenue, Wilmette and Mrs. Frank of their guest. Gallagher, 228 Woodlawn avenue, Glencoe will be joint hostesses next Mrs. Aaron S"eer of 606 Laurel aveWednesday afternoon at a luncheon nue gave a luncheon and bridge Tuesand bridge at the North Shore Golf day afternoon at the Wilmette Golf club. club. Honor Charles McCues Among the parties being given for Mr. and Mrs. Charles McCue, former residents of Wilmette who are soon leaving this part of the country, was a surprise meeting of the H and W club last Thursday night in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Crossley, 600 Washington avenue. Mrs. Willard Thayer gave a bridge luncheon Tuesday afternoon in her home at 121 Robsart road in honor of' Mrs. McCuef