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May . ll, 1928 WILMETTE I LIFE l$ Lew Welsh Stars in Flag Waving Play at Evanston This week I GIVE BENEFIT SUNDAY Ouilmette court 848, Catholic Daughters of America, is giving a card and bunco party Sunday evening, May 13, at St. Joseph's halt. Bunco, euchre, five hundred, and bridge will be played. Mrs. Phillip L. Hillinger of 1620 Sper~er avenue is chairman of the affair. ... I l Lew Welsh, well beloved character m:m of the Evanston Players, steps up into a lead part this week in The antique Candelabr'um illustrated at "Friendly Enemies," a war echo at the left is of very unique style. Ideal the Evanston theater. Welsh lends for use on a radie cabinet or in pairs N. J. Phillips and her daughMrs. to the part all of his ability as an on a console table. The lamp stands actor and makes it stand out as a ter, of 1003 Michigan avenue, have re2 3 inches high, is band wrought and turned after a trip abroad. They visitreal dramatic achievement. comes in antiqued brass or cop- $ 00 ed Egypt, the Holy Land, Greece, Albert West, as Henry Block, the· per finish, complete with cord . · Turkey, Spain and France spending other of the two friendly enemies, most of the~r time in Egypt and the plays his part in a workmanlike man- Holy Land. · ner, ably supporting Lew, who is Karl This Old English lantern with its artistic perfora-aPfeiffer. An excellent characterizations crutes a cheerful glow. Hung in your hall Among the attendants at the wedor reception room will suggest the hospitality of tion is given by Gertrude Le Brandt, ding_of Miss Ardelia King of Evansyour home. It is hand wrought of antiqued copper a newcomer, who portrays Mrs. ~on and J. Alton Reitzel of Chicago o~ brass. Size 1. llh x 4lh 50 Pfeiffer. wucd complete watb · on Saturday, May 19, will be Miss bracket or 24" chain. The other two imoortant parts, Wil- Elizabeth Thompson of Wilmette, who liam Pfeiffer and Walter Stuart, are is entertaining for the wedding party well done, respectively, by William this evening. Rath and Bruce Me Leod, both strangers to the local stage. Maude Fealy is the daughter of Block, June, and Beatrice Leiblee ts Nora, the maid. Block and the elder Pieiffer were both born in Germany and emigrated to America as young men. Block is an ardent supporter of America's participation in the war and, unknown to his friends, is a member of the secret service. Pfeiffer is equally loyal to the Fatherland. The two, friends at heart, nearly come to blows every evening over the war. Without telling his pro-German father, William has enlisted in the army and has obtained a lieutenant's commission. He is engaged to June and asks her to break the news to his father. Neither ~he nor her father nor Mrs. Pfeiffer, however, manage to screw up their courage to the point 320 MICHIGAN AVENUE · NORTH . of actually telling him until Vvilliam comes home, in uniform, the day be- 1 }ust Soutl. o/ tlae Bridge fore he is to sail for Franc.e. Meanwhile the elder Pfeiffer has negotiated with Stuart, a German spy chief in disguise, to contribute $50,000 for pro-German propaganda in this country. Stuart tells him that" $25,000 of the money will be used to help put a quick end to the war. Pfeiffer renounces home and family F0 R FT E R N 0 0 N R E V EN I N G and friend s when he finds that his son has enlisted, but later returns in an attempt to keep \iVilliam from go11 ' ing with his regiment. The son sails, however, and the ship he is on is blown up two milP.s off shore by a charge of dynamite in the coal bunkFrocks, with or witl1out sleeves ers. Pfeiffer finds that his $25,000 financed the plot and promptly turns .. the choice of fashion and feminine American. He determines . to kill Stuart. Chicagoans. To l1ave one made ex. . \Villiam . escapes intact, Stuart ts captured-and so to bed. elusively for you .. is to know The play, in the main, is a blatant bit of flag waving, saved from melothe joy of a superb creation dramatic mediocrity and the role of mere propaganda, however, by humor . 1n the Paris ~anner. and real dramatic power. It is not a perfect vehicle for Welsh but, nevertheless, a good one. \Vest, Miss Le Brandt and Rath are exceptionally well cast. 218 So. WABASH AVE. . CHICAGO, ILL. ·:i...:::::£ ~ ·0 · 15 .. . ·.,:-,·~ · · · · · e:::::;;:;, . ··-=:r ·~ ·· ·.:::ze :··~ · · .::s: ~··~ = Mail ordtra promptly filled. Goods will bt aent C.O.D. if dtaired. $ 11 Chiffon Gowns A ·o Made to Your Individual Measure Chiffo~ $125 OPEN BARRINGTON OFFICE The opening of a new branch office at Barrington is announced by Gilbert D. ] ohnson and Brother, real estate firm wbo maintain a Chicago office at 110 Dearborn street, Chicago. . The Barrington office will be located on ).fain street just west of the Northwestern station. The purchase ami sale of country estates. acreage. business and residential · properties will be handled by the Barrington branch. · M·iss Chri~tine Baumann of 279 Littdrn avenue, Winnetka, has left f9r a stay in California. No Alterafion CJwrges on wo1·hroom J,·esses ... , . ~