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September 1, 1928 WINNETKA TALK 3 EXPLAIN FUNCTION OF FEE SYSTEM AT BEACH Park District Head Makes State- ment Appealing for Co-opera- tion from Residents Editor's note: The following has been submitted by the Winnetka Park District as a "statement to the public regarding operation of Winnetka bathing beaches." It is a matter of vital interest to every resident of the village. BY GEORGE B. MASSEY (President, Winnetka Park District) The Winnetka Park board provides two public bathing beaches in Win- netka, one at the Lake Front park and the other at Elder Lane park. At both beaches life guards and neces- sary equipment are provided and in addition, at Lake Front park, a well equipped bathhouse with facilities for storing clothing and with dressing rooms, is maintained, under the super- vision of a competent matron. At both beaches playground apparatus has been provided, and an annual water carnival is held. The expense of operating these beaches is about $3,000 per year. In- asmuch as the annual tax income of the Winnetka Park district, available for the maintenance of the entire park system, is only about $35,000, and be- cause the Park board believes that as much money as possible should be used for increasing the park acreage to the west of the village while it is available, the amount of money which can be spent for the operation of bath- ing beaches is very limited. Adopt Fee System * For this reason, two years ago a system of fees was adopted whereby residents of the village may have the privilege of the use of the beaches by the purchase of a season ticket at a price of $2 if secured before July 1 and $3 after July 1. For persons not holding tickets, a small fee is col- lected for the use of the beach and the bathhouse. The revenue derived last year was sufficient to provide for an addition to the bathhouse and for the purchase of additional equipment, as well as to provide a lifeguard at the Elder lane beach. . The fee system has an additional important advantage for Winnetka residents, in discouraging the use of the beaches by undesirable out-of- town people, thereby rendering the beaches less crowded and more at- tractive for Winnetka taxpayers. There is no other legal method where- by the Park board can exclude non- residents from Winnetka beaches. Seek Co-Operation For the foregoing reason, it is felt that there should be universal co- operation with park officials on the part of Winnetka residents who use the beaches, by obtaining tickets. The record of tickets sold this season shows a reduction below the number sold last year, and this statement is therefore being issued as an appeal to Winnetka residents who have not al- ready paid their share of the cost of beach operation, to do so at the ear- liest possible date. Tickets may be obtained from San- born Hale, treasurer, Winnetka Park district, Winnetka State Bank, or from the matron at the Lake Front bath-house. Community House Staff Entertains Little Tots The Community House staff gave another picnic for children of the Chi- cago Commons and their mothers Thursday of this week. There were about seventy in the party. Lunch was served at the Community House lawn at noon, and in the afternoon the par- ty went to the beach. Men Will Promote Interest in Cause of Flower Guild Interest in the work of the Chicago Plant, Flower and Fruit Guild will be promoted by a booth which will be erected at the Flower Show of the Men's Garden club to be held Septem- ber 7 and 8, in the Hotel Sherman. This will be the first downtown flower show to be held in Chicago dur- ing the summer, for amateur exhibi- tors. Exhibits will be invited from all amateur gardeners, and the show will attract garden lovers from throughout the Chicago region. Medals and rib- bons will be awarded for the best specimens of every flower now in bloom; and there will also be prizes for floral arrangements. Several extensive exhibits from com- mercial houses are promised, among them displays of named varieties of gladioli and dahlias of the rarest vari- eties, The Plant, Flower and Fruit Guild wishes to interest the co-operation of all garden owners, in sending flowers, vegetables and fruit from their gar- den, to the guild booths maintained at the North Western and Union depots, Chicago; from which they are dis- tributed to the shut-ins of Chicago. The booth in the North Western sta- tion is open daily, except Saturday and Sunday, and that at the Union depot is open on Fridays. "Slow" Signs Will Warn Motorists at Linden-Willow Road Still another measure of safety for auto traffic is being taken by the vi' lage this week in the way of erecting "slow" warning signs at Linden avenue and Willow street. This is one of the busy corners in the village, due to the extensive through traffic on Willow, to and from Center street, and north and south on Linden to and from the business sec- tion of the village. : The signs are made of heavy metal, with reflective glass showing up -dis- tinctly at night with a red "bull's eye." The sign is one adopted by the stan-- dards committee of the United States department of commerce for highways. The improvement was authorized by the Village council some time ago on recommendation of the Streets Drain- age and Forestry committee, of which Trustee R. L. Raclin is chairman. "Boats and Boating" Is Community House Topic "Boats and Boating" has been the general theme of conversation at Com- munity House this week, with Miss Mary Williams and Mrs. J. D. Pierce leaders in the discussion. : Mrs. Pierce returned Monday from a pleasant three weeks spent on "Home Craft," the trim new house boat of Mr. and Mrs. Pierce which plies the Fox river and Fox lake, and Miss Williams returned Tuesday from her trip to Eu- rope. She went over in July on the Steamer Ansonia and returned on the Berengaria. There is much to relate about the pleasures of a trip on these well-known trans-Atlantic palaces, and likewise there are volumes to be told about the beauties and comfort of "Home Craft" Miss Williams is secretary to "Chief" J. W. F. Davies, director of Com- munity House activities, and Mrs. Pierce is assistant treasurer of Com- munity House and the Winnetka Con- gregational church. PLANS VACATION TRIP Miss Kathryn Flynn, of the Commu- nity House office staff, leaves next Monday for a two weeks' vacation in Wisconsin. NEED MORE TROPHIES Skokie Playfield Sponsors Would In- terest Merchants in Presenting Cups for Next Season Interest manifest in the various cup tournaments at Skokie Playfield this season has prompted the suggestion by some who are foremost in the manage- ment of golfing affairs here, that an early beginning of plans be made this fall for next season to insure an array of valuable cup trophies which, it is felt, will attract village-wide attention. As a municipal course, it is pointed out, Skokie Playfield should have and does enjoy 'liberal support from Win- netka citizens. Back of the suggestion for a greater number of trophy tournaments next season, is the belief that each of a number of business men of the village may be induced to post a cup trophy, or some similar award to stimulate inter- est in Playfield activities. Play Important Events Much interest is centering this season upon the Winnetka Park Board trophy event, the Fell trophy, as well as in the Roche trophy. Qualifying rounds in the latter will be played today, Sunday and Monday. Tomorrow, in the finish for the Fell trophy event, will be played a 36-hole match between W, Washburne and H. Carpenter. In the second round for the Park board trophy, Fred Johnson defeated John Whitaker, 3 and 2; R. Runnfeldt defeated Joe Franco, 4 and 3; P. Runn- feldt won from C. Waterton, 1 up; J. A. Belmont beat Jim Whitaker, 3 and 2; E. Barthell took honors from E. Hartshorn, 3 and 2; V. Eckart was winner over F. Belmont, 1 up; Rettie beat Ted Schultz, 3 and 2. P. T. A. Groups to Help Teachers "Feel at Home" On the opening day of school, Mon- day, September 10, the social com- mittee of the Parent-Teacher associa- tion of each school will serve a lunch- eon for the teachers of their school. During the week preceding school (next week) Mrs. Hubert Howard, the social chairman, and her assistants, will take the new members of the faculty for a drive around Winnetka, Indian Hill and Hubbard Woods. At the end of the drive tea will be served at the home of Mrs. Hubert Howard. - It's not all luck whether or not your vaca- tion is a complete success. Some folks order WIN- NETKA TALK sent to them while they're away; some don't--but wish they had! Just call our Circula- tion Department--say when and where. They'll do the rest. NORTH SHORE TO VIEW ART THEATER DRAMAS Ivan Lazareff to Bring Reper- toire Company to Winnetka Community House Ivan Lazareff, director of the Chicago Art Theater company, which is play- ing in repertoire at Winnetka Com- munity House during September, was for twenty years an artist of the Mos- cow Art theater, as well as founder and director of the Maxim Gorky Stu- dio in Moscow. Playgoers will remem- ber him as the Mad Emperor in "The Miracle," a .role which he created. When the Moscow Art Theater company returned to Russia after its enthusiastic reception by Amer- ican audiences, it left behind with regret one of its oldest and most important members, Ivan Lazareff, because Mr. <Lazareff wanted to build in America a theater based on the method and ideals of this Rus- sian group. After playing in "The Miracle," with Laurette Taylor in her New York production of the panto- mime "Piefrot the Prodigal," and ia a revival of the dramatized "Cricket on the Hearth" (Dickens) in New York, in order to learn the American audience and the American taste, he decided upon Chicago as the location of his theater which should represent perfection in art and a repertoire of the best in drama. Actually "Live" Play In the Chicago Art Theater com- pany, as well as in the Moscow Art theater, it is explained, each actor is an artist, each play-a unified entity. The idea which is its ideal is: "Thea- ter is the life of the human spirit upon the stage, not the clever imitation of G. | this life, but the actual living itself, upon the stage. The play, itself, we know, is fiction. But the interplay of human emotiens in its situations, de- mands absolute truth if it is to pro- duce the highest type of aesthetic pleasure to the audience." How successfully this ideal has been achieved is attested by a statement made by Virginia Dale, dramatic critic of the Chicago Journal: "The work of the Chicago Art thea- ter makes evidént the very things for which the Moscow Art Theater was admired--imagination, resourcefulness, and an engaging naturalness... I have never seen anywhere a less self-con= scious group... Like the Moscow Art Theater company, Mr. Lazareff's play- ers preserve and augment the value of the lines of the play by keeping in character, and their silences are filled with meaning:" 3 i Change in Schedule ; A change in the schedule of plays to be given has been made since last week's announcement. The new and improved repertoire is as follows: September 5 and 6-- "The Cricket on the Hearth," Charles Dickens. September 12 and 13--Sketches of Russian and American Life. \ § September 19 and 20--"The Mar- riage of Balzaminoff," Ostrovsky.» | September 26 and 27--"Wife to a Famous Man," G. Martinez Sierra. ° The date of the special children's matinee of "The Cricket on the Hearth" remains unchanged--Wed- nesday, September 26, at 3:30 p. m. 3 Dean of Girls Invites : Conferences Next Week Miss Elizabeth E. Packer, dean of girls at New Trier High school, re- turned from her vacation in the east last Monday and is back at her desk in the high school. She will be there every ' morning until the opéning of school on September 10. Parents or girls wishing to consult with her 3r¢ advised to telephone the school offic for appointments. , PRR |