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- Vol. XI, No. 46 ly Record of Community Events ¥ WEEKLY TAL IS, SATURDAY, JANUARY RY, 1923 TWENTY-FOUR PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS 'DUR NEIGHBOR CHINA, HUME LECTURE TITLE i Noted Authority on China - Will Speak at Community House Sunday Evening FOUNDED FAMED YALI Entire North Shore Invited to Lecture The coming of Dr. Edward H, Hume, authority on China and her problems, who is to speak at ¥ o'clock Sunday evening, January 28, at Winnetka Community House, has aroused much interest among the people of Chicago and vicinity. During the week Dr. Hume has ad- dressed several groups in private homes of Chicago people, and today he is giving a talk on "Shantung" be- fore Chicago business men at the University club. Our Neighbor China--Topic The subject on which Dr. Hume will speak tomorrow evening is, "Our Neighbor China--A Study of Person- ailties and Tendencies." In this he will tell of the men who are moulding society in politics. industry and cul- ture, and will discuss certain tendenc- ies that demnad attention--tendencies that make other nations anxious. He will also touch upon certain progres- sive movements which indicate that all in China is not despair. The medical college of Yali, or "Yale in China," which Dr. Hume has built up at Chanpha in the Province of Hunan, is today the only institution of college grade in a province of 25- 000,000 people. It is one of the five leading foreign colleges in China, the only medical school receiving effective co-operation and financial support from the Chinese. There is a student body of 400 ycung men who receive in- "§truction from an American trained faculty of 40 members. One rather novel custom which exists in connee- tion with this institution is the sending each year with Yale university of four specially chosen. seniors, called "One- year men," who leave for Yali immedi- ately after graduation and spend a year at the Chinese college, giving instruction to the students and coach- ing in athletics. Knows Chinese Leaders _.Dr. Hume, during his period of ser- ' vice in China, which dates back to the year 1906, when the college was first founded, has become personally acquainted with many of the highest government officials, including the 'present president, and many of the leading business men of China. He is a brilliant speaker and intimately acquainted with political, industrial. economic and social, as well as medi- cal problems in China today. Hear Men's Quartet William B. Hale will introduce Dr. Hume and a men's quartet will be in- cluded on the program. Seldom are the people of the north shore given the opportunity of hear- ing so great an authority on a subject so little understood. Residents of Glen- coe and other north shore communi- ties, as well as Winnetka citizens, are invited to attend Dr. Hume's lecture, and as no sedts are reserved, those wishing good seats are urged to.ap- pear at the gymnasium - somewhat early, as it is feared the auditorium will not be adequate to accommodate ~ all who will wish to hear Dr. Hume. Dean P. C. Lutkin Speaks at Christ Church Sunday Dean Peter C. Lutkin of the North- western University School of Music will be the speaker at Christ Episco- pal church Sunday morning, January 28, at the regular 11 o'clock services. Dean Lutkin,~who is known to every music lover on the north shore, will speak on the subject, "The Place of Music in Public Worship." In addition to being one of the fore- most music directors in this section of country and a recognized authority on church music, Dean Lutkin has achieved distinction as one of the compilers of the new hymnal of the Episcopal church. Council Committee Discusses North Shore Line Franchise At the last regular meeting of the Village council the matter of the franchise of the Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee railway was referred to the council judiciary committee for consideration and report. The North Shore line's Winnetka franchise expires May 24, 1923. Theatre Guild Players Are Diligently Rehearsing for Unique Comedy TO SHOW AT SKOKIE Dates for Play Are February 22 and 23 Woe an' tribulation; love and laff- ter; African bones an' genuine dia- monds! Those are some of the ingre- dients ingeniously mixed together into "Come Seven," the comedy hit which is in the course of preparation by the North Shore Theatre Guild. Unique Production "Come Seven" is called one of the most unique plays of the day. In addi- tion to being a great evening's enter- tainment, it also is an accurate, inti- mate glimpse into the lives of a cer- tain type of the negro of today, it is explained. Two years or so ago George Broadhurst saw the dramatic possi- bilities in Roy Octavus Cohen's darkey stories then running in the Saturday Evening Post. He called Mr. Cohen into conference and then and there commissioned him to write a play in which the most famous of his charac- ters should appear. "Come Seven" is the resplt, and Broadhurst produced it at his theatre in New York, where it had a successful run of several months. White Cast in Black Face All of the eleven characters of the play are negroes, and the theatre guild players are busy experimenting with various shades of make-up from ! light mulatto and chocolate browns all the way to black of the deepest hue. They also are perfecting their negremdialects unde: he inne of an able 'director. The playing of a negro comedy by a white cast all in black face is a distinct departure in amateur theatricals and the theatre guild directors are hoping that their efforts to get away from the beaten track and provide a wide variety of dramatic material will meet with the approval of the guild members as well as the public generally. After "Come Seven" is out of the way two other plays of unusual interest, new to Chi- cago, will be produced: this -season. The Theatre Guild has received so many requests that they again give their plays in Winnetka, that the Board has decided to present "Come Seven" at the Skokie school in Win- netka, rather than at New Trier. The Winnetka performances will take place Thursday and Friday evenings, February 22 and 23. OLIVER WALTER VOLTZ IS CLAIMED BY DEATH Funeral services for Oliver Walter Voltz, son of Mrs. Martha Voltz, 510 Linden street, were held Thursday afternoon from the Congregational church. Rev. James A. Richards, pastor of the Winnetka Congregation- al church, conducted the services. Burial - was in St. Peter's cemetery, Shermerville. Oliver Voltz died at 11:40 o'clock Monday night of apoplexy. His death was a severe shock to the younger people of Community House, where he was one of the most popular mem- bers. He was born in Winnetka in 1901 and lived in the Village: throughout his life. He graduated from the Gree- lev school and attended New Trier High school, leaving his studies to manage his mother's store at 510 Linden street, in the absence of a brother who went to war. He im- mediately showed himself to be one of the most progressive and congenial business men in the Elm street busi- ness section. He was an all-round athlete and an expert golfer, having at one time held the Martin Cup in the Winnetka Play- field association. of the Triangle club at Community House and for a time was its presi- dent. He was also a member of A. T. Sherman Lodge, No. 892, 1. O. O. F. IN NEW HOUSE Mr. and Mrs. G. Edwin Bradstreet, who have been living at the North Shore Health Resort, awaiting the cogmpletion of their new home at 334 Ridge avenue, have taken possession of the home. 'nounces the coming of Dr. He was a member. Firemen, Wives, et. Al. to Masquerade Tonight Tonight at 8:15 o'clock the Win- netka fire department will answer a' call to come to the Community house. As aids to the firemen, their wives and friends will accom- pany the department. But, the summons will not be to extinguish menacing flames, for tonight the Community House is to be the scene of the annual Fire- men's Masquerade Ball. The event, in the planning for many weeks, promises to be the most pretentious affair ever at- tempted by the local volunteer as- sociation, and a record turn-out of citizens is anticipated. The celebrated Vagabonds, well known for their splendid work on Community House Motion picture programs, will furnish the music | for the Masquerade. TASFGRTION MEN'S CLISS TORI Noted Missionary Speaks Here February 11 "The Transfiguration" will be the subject of discussion tomorrow at the Sunday Morning Men's class at Com- munity house. This subject, the class leaders an- nounce, will be considered from two standpoints. First, the climax in the self-discovery of the Messiah mark- ing the time when Christ experienced the greatest proof that He was the Messiah. Second, The Transfigura- tion as an experience entirely compar- able with our own experiences in every- day life. The Sunday Morning Men's class an- Joseph Taylor to speak at the session on Sun- day, February 11. Dr. Taylor recently returned from China, where he has been a missionary for many years in CAST "ON TOES" FOR INDIAN HILL REVUE Everything in Readiness for Monstrous Minstrel- Musical Comedy Revue SHOWS JANUARY 29-30 South Winnetka Talent Exclusively a ~ Everything is in readiness for the "Jollies of 1923," the minstrel-musical revue which will bé staged at the New Trier auditorium Monday and Tuesday nights, Jan. 29 and 30, under- the auspices of the Indian Hill Im- provement association. The cast and chorus, comprising some of Indian Hill's most talented artists, have been thoroughly rehearsed under the di- rection of Joe Bren, and with a final stage rehearsal, the "actors and ac- torines" will be awaiting the rise of the curtain on the opening perform- ance. "Never before in the history of North Shore entertainment," it is de- clared, "has more interest been mani- fested as in the forthcoming event. One "paramount reason advanced is because the combined talent of sing- ers. dancers and dramatic performers is very unusual, a combination of 'stars,' as it were." Cain Is interlocutor The minstrel scene will be pre- sented and staged in true mistrel style, with the burnt cork comedians telling their jokes. jingling the tam- bourines and rattling the bones; President J. E. Cain, of the Indian Hill Improvement association, himself a former theatrical star, will pose as interlocutor. In a Palm Beach party Charge ~of Work at" Chengiu in theseene;-- such well known voices as western part of the Chinese empire. Dr. Taylor has worked for years among the people of this little un- known city of upward of 1,000,000 souls. It is a great metropolis hidden in the obscurity of western China and because of its very aloofness from the outside world should provide an in- esting subject. "The Situation in China Today," will 'be Dr: Taylor's suject- before the Men's class. He will give aithorita- tive facts concerning 'the political eco- nomic and social life of the great re- public of the Orient. There will also be recounted some of Dr. Taylor's ex- periences during the Chinese revolu- tion. Skokie Parents and Teachers in Meeting at School Monday There will be a meeting of parents and teachers of the Skokie Public school Monday afternoon, January 29. Parents will be invited to attend the school sessions in the afternoon and later hear an address by Principal Beatty in the Assembly hall at 3 o'clock. ' The hope is expressed for a large attendance at this interesting school visit, and it is especially requested that the visitors remain for a cup of tea and a social hour following the address. There's no fiction on the Classified Page. It's all-wool genuine fact. That's why wise people read it. Invest Your 'Savings in Good Real Estate those of Mrs. C. Russell Small. Mrs. J. H. Gilson and Mr. Sherman Orwig will be heard: There is a hotel sketch, a black face travesty wedding, a clever flirtation travesty in which Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ascheim. will per- form, and a gorgeous Oriental scene with all the trimmings--sheiks, ladies of the harem and others. In this scene Mrs. Asa Cooley will sing "Song of India," and little Helen Smith will dance Oriental dance. Mrs. Joe Bren 11 impersonate the famous Yama Yama dance of long ago and dittle Elinor Bren will be her pocket edition. There are many other features too numerous to mention, but all in all it looks as if it going to be a "five dol- lar show for the price of one." Tick- ets are now being reserved at Adams' pharmacy. The performances begin at 8 o'clock each evening. COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL LAYS CORNER STONE Pupils, faculty and friends of the North Shore Country Day scheol par- ticipated in an impressive ceremony Wednesday of this week on the oc- casion of the laying of the corner stone in the new school building now in course of construction on the cam- us. P The corner stone, gift of the clas of 1922, was laid with fitting ceremony with addresses by Willoughby Wall- ing, who spoke interestingly of the custom of corner stone laying and its significance in the life of the school, and Principal Perry Dunlap Smith, who laid stress upon the hope em- bodied in the new building and the evidence of good faith in the people who made the structure possible. Each grade in the school placed | something in the box enclosed in the corner stone indicative of what 'the school is at present, and what it hopes to be--a cross-section of the present school, samples of work done in the various grades, pictures of the school rooms and even caricatures of many of the pupils drawn by one of the upper grade pupils. : Fifty Cent Haircuts Gone; Barbers Now Charge Sixty No more 50 cent haircuts on the north shore. That was the announce- ment sent forth by Wilmette, Kenil- worth, Winnetka and Glencoe ton- sorial experts this week. Haircuts for north shore men will now be 60 cents per, the raise hav- ing been effected to comply with the Chicago scale. . MARGARET SANGER TO SPEAK HERE JAN. 31 Birth Control Authority to Give First of Sinai Con- gregation Lectures FIRST TALK OF SERIES Lectures to Be Given at Woman's Club Wednesday evening, January 31, at 8:15 o'clock, Mrs. Margaret Sanger will speak at the Winnetka Woman's club on the subject, "The Meaning of Birth Control." The lecture will be the first of a series of lectures on diversified topics to be given under auspices of the North Shore Branch of Sinai Congregation. Internationally Famous Mrs. Sanger has attained interna- tional fame as a leader in the birth control movement, she wag the only woman to deliver a paper last year at the Birth Control conference in England to a large body of the most prominent physicians and thinkers of England. This was considered a great honor for a woman, especially. an American woman. : Mrs. Sanger is head of the American Birth Control League. . Lecture on Psycho-Analysis On Wednesday evening, February 7, at 8:15 o'clock, Dr. A. A. Brill of New York will speak on "What Is Psycho- Analysis?' Dr. Brill is a pupil and translator of Dr. Freud. He is con- sidered one of the few men writing in English on Psycho-Analysis who is an authority. His book, "An Introduc- tion to Psycho-Analysis," is regarded universally by physicians as reliable and authoritative. "Flappers"--A Topic On Wednesday evening, February 14, Mrs. Forbes Robertson Hale land will speak on "Flappers--Girls of Today and Women of Tomorrow." Mrs. Hale is a member of the famous family of English actors and has great charm as a lecturer. : 4 Tuesday evening, February 20, Prof. George L. Scherger, head of Armour Institute, will speak on "Our Country and the Changing World--America and the Nations." As Prof. Scherger spent all of last summer in Europe studying conditions, his message should be of particular interest. Against his fine, comprehensive background as a his- torian, he has been able to place pres- ent, pertinent facts that are certain to be of vital interest. Tickets for these lectures may be secured from Mrs. I. M. Portis, 822 North avenue, phone Winnetka 1292. O. T. R. Club Invites Boys to Attend Sessions of Fun The O-T-R club, comprising boys of high school age and over, will have a reception night in their room at Com- munity House, January 26, at 8 p. m. This club was organized and is direct- ed by boys of high school age. The meetings are very interesting and full of fun. Among the coming attrac- tions are a series of talks by men of local prominence. § "Boys," reads an announcement, "if you want a clean, wholesome and thoroughly pleasant time become a member of the O-T-R. You are not obliged to join if you come to the re- ception; all we expect of you is to come and hear about a really inter- esting club. We have as our sponsor a man whom everyone knows, Mr. J. W. F. Davies." Legion Men Plan Several Entertainment Novelties Winnetka Post No. 10 of the Amer- ican Legion is planning events of un- usual interest for the late winter and early spring months. At the regular legion session Tues- day evening of this week, the mem- bers discussed preliminary arrange- ments for an athletic exhibition some time in February, another benefit play by the North Shore Players to be given in March, and a Minstrel Show to be staged in April, d The Legionnaires are busy these days in the matter of filing the Illi- nois Bonus applications and assist- ing other ex-service men in securing just claims in that connection. NEW ARRIVAL Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hoyt are re- ceiving congratulations on the birth of a son, Howard Henry III, on Jan- uary 5, at the Evanston hospital. i Of Brg