Illinois News Index

Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 24 Dec 1936, p. 16

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From four to nine people," she answered. "several girls. a cornedy skater." Gladys Lamb cbattered so fast about domptoethy fewt'hicbmofanIy ay engagement- that I was impelled this Ica en m0m ibis t dhnof ogeter.A prt she took, a vacation. "Well, askwhen sogenr-tu i tht sor ony o thikoe is, that and facilities, terminal ons in its she Brooklyn," in.bier mother only one day I ;saw "and lives bi frlaughed, ceskating-ulssIhodaareffrMy hld -unes. We My own favorite sport, wbich is skiing. during'our New York engai .ement. But in view of the fact. that, the .sI!b- ha& to corne out here rigbt %away for ject of this piece is one of the star i.e. ,skaters in the country, itmigbt be best to confinie enthusiasm and details to at Lake Shorek pkaing A year ago I. Iearnied a lot about figure skating from Marion Eddy,, one of the nortb sbore's prominent ,katers. The ôther day I took,,my second lesson, f rom an equally charming woman skater, Gladys Lamb, who is the.pro at the Lake Shore Country club in Glencoe. She is staying at the Sherman botel and is dividing lber time betwéen tbe Lake Shore club and the Chicago Arena, wliere she and lier 'tibnd, -Norval supervising skating activities. Cotisequently she asked nie to meet her at. the Arena. which at the moment was' not Baptie, bave the season's contract for especiaIly conducive to an interview, what with great quantities of 40-foot overalled workmen, and dust everywbere By the expédient of asking bluntly. Berger is the best skater to have corne "She Lamb. Miss said 1 found out that the girls earn about out of Chicago," is now.in Kansas City, but she will corn- $,50 a week end thé*,cnmedian on skates. aot$75.1 .t. seemed to me _girls.who nationals." EarIy pete.'in the Cab. prefer skatinxw to typing_ woulrl have Start "How young a child cani you: take ? more fun andmore money by.taking to Miss -Lamb said even a four-year-old the ice as a career. j nass on this voc)atioril init. free!of chaàrge. Theé Convergation turned.to the relative merits of the wvaltz and the rhumba on skates. but Miss Lamb got no further t-hian to sgay .ev eryone -Wan ted.,to learnl thé walt-z. which is reallv difficuit hecause ht re0onires peilrfect balance. There arose a commotion at- the door. and, the .commotion proved to be a delegation of ex-Pupils fromn St. Lionis and, KansaF City in the walke of Mr. Baàptie. We gave- un-. andct Miss Lamb came back to the exigencies, of findinçr her skating clothes at the Sherman in order to aninfe2r Srintill.ating at the opening of the Lake Shore Country club the next day. "WAish 1 could move mv truniks into the*Arepia.*" she rnurrnured. flashing ber eri-s and eyelashes at the management. At my last look the management appeared to be weakening. *Hits for Nice'lob pipes for ammonia, conduits ini profusion, -preparatory to the opening on Cbristmias eve. Wfridell Hall Remembers Namesakes at Christmas, No it;' We found' a quiet nook, however, i ~' Nmke Santa" And room given lier during a crowded convention period' does nlt bave space -for ber trunk, and she is i a dither tryinig kflUwII YuUIIsLCI Iave a "Wendellwse the atipellation, unon tbemn to find ber skating clothes. We finally settled down bowever for real conversation about figure skating and by 4. o'clock bad forgotten aIl about the Duke of Windsor's (King Edward VIII to you) broadcast. This omission will undoubtedly cause our grandchilreii tef berate- us for unforgivable unaware- Zilcb or What-have you." These 100 and more christenings have been goinz on ever since the red-head started mi,kinoe some 15' years aL-o. There's a WVen Hall in Sbenandoah, la. Another in.Detroit. Others i Chicaeo. At least 100 of them. How many, he doesn't know. Yes.- there's even an Shore Country club," sug- sn sys I asked ber about clothes, the subiss' Lamib. "Lrast year they of eternal interest to wonien. "For ject smaàll 'a and lewarringhouse inclucieci the names ýi.season they bave a rink indoor skating, sports. clothes. For sioned' officers, 46 ser j. t~he > ssh as neyer failed him rinuc.T corporals. Illinois rai skating Better lothes," ç ski las t 0 e md o-r. except for the for bocic y'and. a large' rink, about M00outdoor, ont points 25 names, rink, indoor an on possible is, re they )rfigure skating. And I~Ifpetiod rScetly when she did a by ý 100 -ants. 46 t ith d 'fir and

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