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amateur one-act plays presented with, very littie scenery and the most hasty1 advance preparation Waving a dust cloth as only an in- efficient, absent-ninded servant can, and carrying on a voluble conversation withl bier own reflectionin a mirror and with imaginary, suitors, Mrs. H. C. Hall', asl Vangie, g ave a masterful perf ormance of- the, love-sick houise-maid and won a hearty applause from main floor and gallery. Not only 'was' lier rendering of negro dialect,beautifully Srn-ooth, but hler exasperatingly- deliberate move-, ments,,and gleaming teeth and staring i IeYes behind -a black make-up compared tavorably %vith acting on a professional stage. Ethel Barrymore as. succe ss- fulin ii Scarlet Sister.Mary" need flot i ha ve closed ber show. Mrs.. Paul C. Lang, Miss Patsyi Flentye, Miss Anne Whitmack, Mr Is. i H. 0. Weishaar, and Mrs. Conrad, Frykmati were the five intiniate friends who soughit to assist Mrs.. Ernest H. Freeman, the distraught housewife, af- flicted. with Vanigie and many other complications. Awe-inspiring and very carefully .dressed, .MXrs. Charles . Moody llayed the part of the -wif e of the president of "the company." The actresseswere not required to inemor ize. their parts, if ýthey pref-erred to read. them, 'and this was responsible. for nain amusing hesitations. H.oW- ever, whatever %vas. lost in the inies- was more than recovered by the verve a nd gesticulations of the players. 'Jhrée characters only (a Russian peasant, a Rtissian aristocrat, and hier! lady's mnaid) appeared in the flrst of the two rehearsals, thus permitting Mrs. Bernard Birowii, the director, to give carefnl iidividual instruction and dis-. Jlav tlîorouighly her capabilities. Her apt ptupils wvere Mrs. G-'eorge N. Iamhl, Mrs. Roy 'F. Best and 'Mrs. Rollo Gullîcksuni. A plodding walk,'a deel) voice, and painstaigeuncia- tion > were assuîned 1 Mrs.. Gullickson as, the peasantwoman. Mlrs. Lamb, the 'Russiati aristocrat, looking brisk, and dasiig in a r(iing outfit, climaxed thel action w~ith, "ýTherewill alwaYs be a master class of brains,"I and swept frotu the stage victorious. The entire play -we.ll nrformedMrs. Best. vho MILK 'S YOU'RE AND SURE. PURE junior princes; nTLY-à. Ha rriet Gleason, max shal. Public installation of officers will take place Truesday evening, December 19, at 8 O'clock, in the Wilmette Masonic temple. SA FE