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Z. · january 3, 1930 :WJLM£TTE_. LIFE Circuit ThMtre·"Announces Change in Schedule for Pla~s of Next Play of Circuit Theatre BY J. A. S. World W at Theme W atcb Old Year Out at Shawnee Tuesday Eve Among those who entertained small groups of friends on New Year's eve at Shawnee were Miss Minerva Kraft and her brothers, Howard and Leonard Kraft. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Henderson and Mr. and Mrs. John W. Iliff, had as their guests at dinner and .breakfast Mr. and Mrs. John W. Behr and Dr. and Mrs. George Webster of Wilmette, Mr. and Mrs. Anson Sweet of Park Ridge, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Turnet of Evanston, and Mr. and Mrs. Martin Burlingame of Wilmette. Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Zech were also among those who entertained several friends. Among the members who entertained together were Dr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Grisamore, Mr. and Mrs. Albert N. Page, Mr. and Mrs. C. Miles McDonald, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Fogg, Mr. and Mrs. Earl R. Neir, and Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Dorman. Mr and Mrs. Leroy J. Steffen were host ~nd hostess to several friends at dinner. Mr and Mrs. E. A. Glenz of Glencoe also entertained a group of friends. I . Betrothed ~ Drayer-Potthoff Wedding Occurs New Year's Eve Charming in its informal simplicity was the ·wedding which took place New Year's eve at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Earl Drayer, 10~4 Elmwood avenue, Wilmette, when their daughter, Miss Jean Lambert Dray.er, became the bride of Edward Fredenck Potthoff, son of Mr. and Mr~. F. W. Potthoff of Cincinnati. The Rev. Vere V. Lope'r of the Wilmette . Congregational church read the serv~ce at 8 :JO o'clock, before the mantel m ~h~ hving room which was graced a.rttstlcally with palms, ferns,. arbor . VItae, and lighted candles. Mtss Manan . Thayer of Kenilworth played the weddmg music and at the close of the ceremony a re~eption was held The bride wore a gown of eggshell frost crepe fashioned very si':lply in princess lines with a long sktrt and mousquetaire sleeves, and held a c.olonial bouquet of white roses and whtte sweet peas with a pink rose in its center. Mrs. Drayer's dress was of blue flat crepe. After a short wedding trip, :\Ir. Potthoff who is a member of the faculty ~f the college of educ~tion. at the University of Illinois, and Jus bnde will be at home at· 905 South First street, Champaign, Ill. Among the out of town guests at the wedding were Miss Frances 1IcGinnis of Poseyville, Ind., ~Iiss Marian Baker of Urbana, Miss Cora Miller of Chicago, S. ::\lax Corey of_ Champaign, \\.illiam Sohns of Detrott, and ~[r. and :Mrs. A. B. Lambert oi Cleveland, the bride's grandparents. ~frs. Potthoff is :1 graduate of the l'niYersity of Illinois and a member of :\lpha Phi sorority, and the bridgegroom holds degrees from ~[iami uniyersity and the Cniversity of Ch.1cago. The Circuit Theatre association, formerly the North Shore Theatre auild, is announcing a change in its play schedule, a change made neces .. aary largely by the enthusiasm of the holiday season. Plans for the year included a production of "The Rise of Silam Lapham" by William Dean Howells, for ] anuary, but the play has been shifted to the third position of the season and will be done in March. The reasons for this change are easily eviden-t; it was found that as extensive a production as the Howells play could be done over the holiday season only with considerable difficulty, due to the large cast demanded and the extensive production work, and because of the many conflicting events and the many diversions from serious rehearsal for the members of the cast and the production committees. So, as a worthy substitute, th~ Circuit Theatre production committee is now at work on a production of "The Return of the Soldier" for the January tour. "The Return of the Soldier" is a North Shore Girls Ate in dramatization by John Van Druten of New Junior League Play a novel of the same title by Rebecca Several north shore girls will be inWest. Miss West is a novelist of some . cluded in the cast that will open the repute and Vari Druten is well known second Junior League play of the se~ as the author of "Young Woodley," a son Saturday, January 4, at the Harns play which has had recent success on theater. "The Princess and the Gobthe legitimate and cinematic stage. lins." is the play to succeed "The ..The Return of the Soldier" has had Patchwork Girl of Oz." professional production in London but Miss Emily . Pope, Miss. Ruth Holl_onot elsewhere, and is produced by the way, Miss Margot Atkm, an~ M1ss Circuit Theatre association by special Louise Badg6row have parts 111 the arrangement with Peters, Ltd., of Lon- play, and Miss Betty Pain as ·ists with don. It will he played on the regular the publicity. Circuit Theatre circuit, from January 15-25, inclusive. True to the implication of its name, Progressive Dinner Hosts A group of young married v~~plc the play is a \\'ar story, and of the World war. It is of a serious nature, gave a Dutch treat progres~1re umbringing in its plot some of the ner Tuesday. They commenced the pathetic-ness but none of the actual evening at the homes of the \\'illia.m horror of war. .\ young captain of Whites (formerly residents of \Vilthe British army is returned home mette) and the John 1\ cwcys, in Ha · from the front, entirely sound in body, vinia, th n prog_;:essed to the homes but suffering from shell shock which of Dr. and Mrs. Charles Galloway tn has brought on a state of amnesia. Hubbard \Voods, and the A. ~Iik::, In this mental state, the eYents of the \\rights in \Vinnetka, and concluded past fifteen years are entirely removed the dinner at the residence of ~1 r. from the mind of the man and he4 and 1\Irs. Griswold A. Price in Evansthinks and feels as he did in t1is youth. ton. Later in the evening they all atHe returns home ignorant of his ex- tended the New Year's eve ball at periences in war, even of his marriage the EYanston Country club. and the years spent with his wife, and with his mind filled with the events Hold Open House which held his attention fifteen vears 1\Ir. and :Mrs. Harry Kimhark, f0rtnbefore. The play and the comi)licaerlv of £yanston, who nHw((l into, tions which arise are treated by the author in a serious and intensely in- their new home on Indian Hill road teresting manner, and the climax -is. of last fall, held open house tn a group course. the restoration of memory, un- of Evanston and north shore friends der tl"!_e guidance of medical experts Sunday, December 29. assisted by the associates of the period to whtch the young man's mind had New Year's Eve Hosts returned. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. -Redfield of 1131 "The Return of the Soldier" affords Forest avenue, gave a dinner for fourmuch opportunity for convincing act- teen guests at Shawnee Country club ing, and it will be presented by a cast New Year's eve, later entertaining of the best and most widely experi- their friends in their own home. enced amateurs on the north shore. Samuel S. Otis ts serving the Circuit theatre as chairman of the production atre guild. To avoid possible confucommittee for the play, and it is un- sion in the minds of its friends, the der his direction that the entire pro- Circuit theatre managers wish to anduction is being prep,iired. Mr. Otis nounce decisively that the change is is among the best fitted of the organi- of name only, by virtue of an agreez-ation's directorate to assume this ment with the T~atre Guild, incorporchairmanship, and the north shore au- ated, of New York, and that all acdiences may expect a completeness of tivities of the traveling theater will be technique from the actors of the play carried on under the new name exactand :i_n interesting attractiveness in ly as in the past under the name which the settings of the English country has become so familiar to the residents home in which the scenes take place. of the north shore. It is hoped that This is the second production of th e new name also will- become familthe ninth season of the Circuit theatre, iar in usage, since it is so completly and the first activity since the change descriptive of the true nature of the of name from the North Shore The- organization. (Photo by Toloff) Announcement of a betrothal of interest along the entire north shore was made, when, last week, Mr. and 1frs. 'vVendelin P. Seng of Wilmette made known the engagement of their daughter, vVinifred Rosamond, to Oscar Joseph Hollenbach. son of ~[,·. and Mrs. Charles Hollenbach of ('!J icago. The wedding is to be an c\·cnt of June. Balabans Return for Stay on North Shore Announces Engagement A. ]. Balaban returned Thursday to :'\ew York, and Mrs. Balaban and the three children, who came west with him to spend the holidays at their home at 162 Euclid avenue, Hubbard \Voocls, will go back to K ew York next week. Several parties, most of them in Chicago, have been given for the Balabans. The private kindergarten in \Vilmette, .previously attended by Cherry Blossom and Ida Joy, kept open the Monday and Tuesday before Christmas so that they could see their friends. Their small cousins, Patricia Ruth Myers of Wilmette and Dottie Janc Jacobs of Chicago, were " -ith them until Christmas. .Mrs. J. D. 1\ielson of EYan ton. formerlv of \\'ilmette, announces the engage1;1ent of her daughter. ~fargaret Alice, to John Leonard Fix, son of ~[r. and ~Irs. F. W. ·Fix of 30-l Raleigh- road, Kenilworth. The anllouncement was made at a small luncheon December 31, at the Black Oaks. ~[iss Xielson attended the Art institute of Chicago and the Academy of Fine Arts in Evanston.. Mr. Fix is a graduate of the University of Illinois and a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. The wedding date has not been set. Luncheon Hostess at Club ~Irs. Charles V. Julian, 1612· Highland avenue, was hostess to twenty guests at luncheon and bridge Friday, December 27, at Shawnee Couatry club. Among the guests were 1lrs. Lowell Weir, Miss Ellen and ~[is Lora Marthens, and Miss Rousseau McClellan all of Indianapolis, Ind. Circle Meeting J anuaty 7 The next regular all clay meeting of the Crescent circle of the Wilmette Congregational church will be held on January 7, at the home of Mrs. C. P. Evans, 616 Gregory avenue, Wilmette. The chairman of the luncheon committee is Mrs. S. M. Singleton. Sh~ will Has Class Reunion be assisted by Mrs. E. E. Trimmer, Mrs. Lloyd Quayle (Betty Older) of Mrs. E. L. Ames, and Mrs. ]. B. DenPlymouth, Ind., who passed the · Christman. mas holidays with her family, the Clifford Olders, 1026 Elmwood avenue enLuncheon for Bride-Elect tertained a group of her. friends from Miss Marion Ortseifen of 337 Essex the Chicago Art institute, where she road, Kenilworth gave a luncheon and was a former student, at a class rebridge at her home Thursday, De cem- union, last Friday afternoon, December 26, in honor of Miss Katherine ber 27. Lawler of Chicago, a January bride. A I Have Tea Sunday Mr. and Mrs.· Charles W. Triggs received about one hundred of their friends Sunday afternoon, December 29, at their home, 1041 Ashland avenue. Engaged Mrs. L. K. Loeb of New York and Columbus, Miss., announces the engagement of her daughter, Mildred, to Manuel Magnus, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hans Magnus ·of Hubbard Woods. t .