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April 29, 1927 . WILMETTE· LIFE "L,' ENLARGES ITS DIRECTOR ELATED AS I' GUILD GOES ON TOUR .___._'_'A-id_a_"_F_e_at_u_re_s_A_r_t_ ,E_xh_i_b'_·t_ _,.--~ WILMEnE HOLDINGS ~ "The Detour" Performances in Winnetka and Wilmette Features of Week-end as immensely pleasc.:d with the wurk of the amateur actur~, who have been placed under h i s direction. \Vhitford Kane, t h t' Goodman theater director who is. staging tht· season's 1 as t 1· r o d u ctinn of the ~orth Shore Tbeater l!ttilci. pronounced "Thl' D etottr" ready to g-o on tht road on \\" ·· <111 e sda,· of this \H' ..·.: k. when t h(' f i r s t C. J. Eaatman p e r i n r ma tH ~· J 3 Buys 450 Feet of Frontage at Linden and Maple; Asks At· tomey to Acquire More One of the largest deals in vacant real estate consummated in Wilmette in recent years, was closed a few \\'ceks ago, " ·hen 450 feet of frontage which has for years been .regarded rts a spectre in the battle against apartment encroachment, has been forever remo\'ed from the possibility of such a use. It has been sold to the Chicago Rapid Transit company for addition to the Linden avenue yards of the Evanston division of this company, and it is said that every other piece which the company has not already acquired in the district, between Third and Fourth streets and Linden and Maple aYenues, are to be similarly acquired. The 450 feet comprises two parcels, one being the northeast corner of Fourth street and Maple avenue, with a frontage of 200 feet on Maple and \\·ith a depth on Fourth street of 180 feet, sold by Lewis B. Springe.r and Fannie L. Springer to the Elevated railroad. .The other 250 feet, which the company recently ac(}uired, fronts on Fourth street, starting at the company's fence opposite where Laurel aYcnue int ersects Fourth street and extends south to the north line of the fifty foot lot' occupied by the residence of Peter A. Frimand, 318 Fourth . street. Lxprn~ing him~t·lf ~ I I ' ~( :. ,,. a s sdtl'duled in l lighland Park. "It has been a plra~ttrl' tn work with such ·a rapahle and \HII-halanrcd !..! rc~up ()f players," :-aid Kant·. '"hen t!tc b:-t rchtarsal wa-; m·(·r. "\\"htn 1 \ ., 111 "i d t' r t he hand ir ~q , " un d n which Owna Nearly a Block att alllatcur g-roup mu~t upt'ratt· tn ~d up :t pia,· of this charad{'r in surh a this latest ac(}uisition, the com, "hort time. without a hackgrnun<l of nan~· now owns the entire frontage on llr,,ic-..:-ir>nal experit·nrc. the re!'u!t.Fou-rth street, from Linden to Maple The dramatir ha\'t:' been . urprising. aYcnues. " ·ith the exception of the tall'nt to l>L' found on thl' north :-I1<11T Frimand fifty foot lot. l' t >lllp:trl·.:; fa \' Cll'ahly, r lwlil'\'t'. \\'it h There arc abo a few other lots on that aYailablc in an,· :-ertion (li the Third street and on Linden avenue I.'·Hlnt ry. Thc!'e JWuJ;It. rho~l·n iur "The rlirrctlv west of Third street, which Detour" l1aH' far c·xrt·cclcd m,· n;pecthe coinpany has not ye t ac(}ttired, but tation . . , high though tht\' wert· . .\nd '"hich. it i~ said, Addison L. Gardner . ~-· ~ 1"'t ,, ' ' l'\·cry 11ll'llliH'r of t hl· ·xort h Shore ~elll'!·a l attorney for the company has ~~~ ~~~-:w:a:.:. ~ ~ ~ , ~ Theater guild has llladl' nw ,,·nrk plt:ashl'cll directed to ac(}ttire hy purcha "e ant throw!l1 cnthu-,ia-;tir ;tnd \\·IIOkor condemnation. The pamtmg "Aida," illustratc.d above, which is a feature of the current h l' art c cl co-npc rat ion.' · ).[ r. Springer, in discussing the sale ;t rl exhibit at the \Vilmette Woman's club is the work of Irma Reisner (~lrs. K:1nc \\'a" a mcmhl·r ni till· original of hi s property, said there wa s but T>uhlin PlaYers. when tltn· f'tr . . t l·>tlred Ferdinand Bctzlmann) of 1630 Forest aveuue, vVilm e ttc. It ha s been exhibited one alternative. He frankly confessed in 1\e\\' York and in the 1[arshatl Field gallery in Chicago. Mr. Bulliet of the thi-> countr~'· He i~ a ..;trong- ia,·uritc that this \\'as far from his long~ Chirag-o Fn·ning· Po st Art \Vorld magazine wrote recently, "Irma Reisner ha; with Goodman theater audil'nre;-;. haYing played the lead in "T uno ancl the done a \'Cry beautiful <lecoratin· "Aida." with an old Egyptian ft:eling- com- cherished desire to develep this splendid tract into sornething which would Pa~·cork" and "The Pi~eon." a pia ,. bined Ycry well \\'it h modern realism and brilliantly decorated ." Irma Rei s ner, portrait and guere painter, is a native of Budapest, Hun- haYe been far more sightly and henefor which he was chosen · h~· John Gals-worthy. · This piece he al:'o <lircctecl. gary. She tudiccl at the National Academy of Hungary, the Chicago Art In- ficial to the village, namely, the site His other Chicago appearance~ in- stitute and the American Academy of Fine Arts in Chi·c ago. She i:' affiliated of a 54 co-operative apartment buildin£", costing, as his plans proYided. clude "R. U. R." and "Children of thl' with the leading art societies in the United States. ---------------------------------------------------------------~ $450,000. Moon," and in New York he wa s Part of Latham Estate prominent in the cast of John Barn-more's "Hamlet." He has been a:'sistcd ogan- owar . . . In ntertatnment uo to The tract is one which has been in in the direction of "The Detour" In· Annual Meeting Tuesday Give C. of C. Program· the Latham family for fifty-five years, Louis E. Laflin, Jr., of Lake Forest. The next meeting of the LoganThe team of Harry Scott, songster he said. It \vas originally owned by the late Hubbard Latham, father of a founder and first director of the Theater Tntime at Princeton uniYcrsit,·. Howard Parent-Teacher association is and story-teller, and Caroline King, 1irs. Springer, who also at one time '·The Detour" is being presented this scheduled. for Tuesday afternoon, May pianist, will provide the entertainment owned all the frontage on Maple aveSaturday in Jane Kuppenheimer Me- 3, ~t 3_ 0 clock at the How~rd school. feature at the :May meeting of th~ nue between Third and Fourth streets, moria] hall, Skokie school, \Vinnetka. !hts. \\·til l~e the annual busmess meet- \\'ihnette Chamber of Commerce as welt as several acres in the southand at the Guilmette Country cluh. tng t_ncludmg annual reports and the \\'CSt part of the village. \fonday, Mav 2. The cast is headed 1 electton of officers. Monday evening, May 2, in the CenMr. Springer stated that years ago. h~· 1frs. Taliaferro Milton, C. J. EastSeveral unusually interesting re- tral Cafeteria. when the tract was originally zoned, man, and 1fargaret · De Lay of \\iin- ports are anticipated and the program Scott and King a.re rated as among it \\·as classified as commercial propnetka: with J~mcs ~Vetherall. of F\·ans- in general wilt be up to the customa~y the best comedy teams in Chicago ertY but in some manner an error was ton. t11 the Jttventle male lead. The high standard of excellence. vaudeville circles and promises to at- mad~ in the final passage of the zonother members f!f the .company are Mrs. Atlens of E~anston ,vitl sing a tract a record attend~nce at Monday's ing act, whereby it was classed as Gordon Van ;r<trk. Wmnetka: Urs. group of songs and the school orches- session of the business and profes- residential. Authorities of the village, Paul Perry. Wtlmette: Monrur~ Pa~n- tra, under direction of Miss Catherine sional people of the community. at that time, and even later, Mr. ter, Glencoe, and Malcolm Smtth, Tw- Granquist, will plav. Other musical The meeting, which begins at 8 Springer said, agreed to correct the anston. f eatures arc promtse .· d . . Iu d e a b usmess . d'tscu.;- mistake and to return the property to o c1 oc k , wt'11 tnc Refreshments will be served bv the sion, followed by the entertainment the originally designed classification. NEW LIBRARY HOURS There was no particular demand for mothers of fi.rst grade children. · and refreshments. The \Vilmette Free Public Library it for a number of years and the matwill he open every morning at 10 ter was permitted to go by default, LUMBER CATCHES FIRE o'clock in the future, according to Firemen were called out Tuesday until in rather recent years, since Anne L. Whitmack, librarian. The morning to extinguish a fire . in the which time the sentiment in the vilrest of the schedule will remain the basement of the residence of John J. lage has prevented officials from maksame as heretofore. It will l>e open Dowdle, 500 Lake avenue, where a pile ing good the promises of the.ir pre~e e\·erv afternoon until 6 o'clock and of new lumber had become ignited. cessors to correct what was m realt~y on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday (Continued on page 56) Very little damage was reported. cYrnings, only, until 9 o'clock. n,· .. N ' ' - ' . - - . , . . . . , ., L H dp T A · IE · D I