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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 27 Oct 1923, p. 3

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WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1923 LOCAL TEACHERS the Forest Folk hold revels and re- joice over their new friend, Tommy." Ideal Child's Operetta The operetta is full of life and fun. candle stumps and he will fashion the most wonderful stage effects ever seen upon land or sea. The true secret of his art is that he make believes his No. 13 Doesn't Bother Police When It's Fines Thirteen arrests for violation of the BECOME AU | HORS The songs are child-like and attrac- | stage, and the spectators see,.in Make- | speed laws and two for disorderly con- tive. You find, for instance, nice non-| Believe, scenes which are not there | duct sums up Sunday police activities | ; : : . : , * a sense verse like this, sung by the|1t all. The scenery is only in people's |i, the village during the week. Those Tortoise as he leans upon one of the| minds. Once a photographer took a Miss Douglass Whitehead Pens "The Forest Court," an Interesting Operetta owls, and slowly moves his head from side to side: "0, the little bird that sings Has a useful pair of wings, >hotograph of one of Mr. Beatty's riumphs of stage effects, and all that was there was the drop curtain down and covered with plain white cheese who have appeared and paid fines for speeding are: A. Youngberg, Evanston; Walter Collins, Mes. E..D, Evanston ; Weil, Glencoe; Frank Underhill, Evans-{| png Fan he has some feet with Sho Sib a Hine Gf any kind upon | oy: G. A. Nelson, Glencoe: Charles}l | Er ittle toes it. And what are the dish pans, paint, Qian as UT SR) | 4 : d % iggins, Chicago; Edith Dalstrom, Chi-}{| And the creepy centipede, he has] and candle stumps for? Oh, they are Sos ; > A PRETTY FAIRY TALE Willard Beatty Writes Work on Stage Craft Two books by Winnetka teachers have recently come on the market-- "The Forest Court," an operetta by Douglass Whitehead in collaboration i Hr ) 3 as stage craft. The introduction to this { my mind, his mind, and her mind, we Toasters etc. appliances. | with her sister, with music by Grant- book is written by Frederick Burk, | should find them, one and all, indi- Yyrelebl | Schaefer, and "The Shepherdess and | President of the San Francisco State | stinguishable blank-gray drop cur- PARR & POWELL { the Chimney Sweep" by Willard Beat- ach Soioge., iT re tains upon which, by proper training WINNETKA PREC Te Ed E SIA 3 litehead and Mr. 'ashburne alli in Make-Believe, Experience paints. 1 ty in collaboration with Ley A Cuddy were formerly members of Burk's| And this is life too. 748 Phone ox Rubbing Alcohol and ' Mary McCauley. Miss White-| faculty. Concerning Mr Beatty's] : ; Elm St Winn. 122 beats a shiver every time as an { 3 ; ; fi. 4 5 Yi le ys 'Ready there? All set--lift the . aid to circulation { head's book is published by the Ar-|part in "The Shepherdess and the curtain' Excollent tor Hmberin uh athict thur P. Schmidt company in New | Chimney Sweep Frederick Burk -- and relieving pri nie 1 Joints York, Mr. Beatty's by Rand McNally Writes: in Chicago. all the legs he needs, But the Tortoise has to crawl where e'er he goes. If the flowers pay their rents, It is just in perfume scents And snakes can wiggle waggle any- where, And the monkey has a tail, he can hang upon a nail, But the Tortoise has a heavy load to bear." Mr. Beatty's part in "The Shep- herdess and the Chimney Sweep" is A True Artist just suggestions which he carries across the stage to stimulate the im- wgination of the spectators. "You will see by this that Mr. Beat- ty has reached the bedrock of all true art. It shows, too, what art is, because we can now realize that all art should be what it is in the Land of Make-Believe--a means whereby cach human mind builds within it what it most truly desires. And that is Life. Probably if a photographer should take a picture of your mind, William Wilson, Evanston; thur Suther, Chicago; Guy Green, Chi- cago; Eugene Harks, Chicago; Mulvanny, Northbrook; Louis iyvanston, cago, Everthing Electrical at our new location Electric Irons Curling Irons Also repairing on all Electrical Ar-{| John J.|| Scherer,|| --because, when the body chills, the nervous system puts the mus- cles in motion. This "exercise" drives the heart faster and has- tens the flow of warm blood. A rub with and lame muscles. Immediately : : removes perspiration odors. Ad- | "The Forest Court" is Miss White-| "Mr. Willard Beatty is a stern-ap- opted by leading athletic clubs, | head's second published operetta, her | pearing Puritan of upright heart, and hospitals and training camps first being "The Stolen Flower Queen." The new operetta is a fairy play. The story runs as follows: "Tommy and h's friends are on a picnic playing games in the woods. Tommy, all boy, like thousands of poses to climb a hill. Tommy remains and falls asleep. Fairies mischievous- ly plot to teach him a lesson by cast- ing a spell and showing him what harm thoughtless pranks mean to For- est Folk. Tommy is tried in the For- est Court, Judge Owl presiding. He is about to be sentenced when the Rabbit and Tortoise bring word of a past good deed Tommy had done in saving a butterfly caught in a spider web.. The butterfly proved to be Silver Wings, messenger of the Fairy Queen, freed from the net of an enchanter. - Tommy is pardoned, and For this Christmas-- Give Photographs kd sud" 3 one Arrange for your sitting now. to look at him you would never sus- pect that he is a man with a secret, consuming vice. But he has one. Tt is art--the stagecraftmanship of Make- Believe. Give him four boards, a bolt of cheese cloth, a pot of paint, two Favors for Hallowe'en For the dinner, the dance or the party we have appropriate favors and decorations. Prices this year are very fair. See our windows. Smiling Service Community Pharmacy CHAS. R. PATCHEN 574 Phone Lincoln Ave. 164 Service & Transfer A Money's-worth is always to be found when you call on the Scully Storage Co. real value in every way. If you have any local or We give COMMUNITY HOUSE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd throughout the U. 8. One of 200 Puretest preparations for health and hygiene. Every item the best that skill and con- science can produce. Pharmacy ELM AND LINDEN Winnetka 2 7he Rexall Drug store gas. No Shortage of Gas This Winter Depend on gas for heating purposes. Strikes, shortages, soaring prices and trans- portation difficulties threaten other fuel but you may be sure there will be sufficient Save the coal pile. Install a Radiantfire "The Ghost Breaker" Tommies, muddies the spring, switches bright tin dishpans, and five tallow € 0s rea er Adams | _off flower tops, pulls up a baby tree, T = . | and breaks branches. Some one pro- ) ee '8 long distance hauling to be done, no matter what its na- ture, find out about our serv- It will save you time Gas Heater. We have portable types to be | used in chilly rooms or permanent Fire- ice- place heaters. i "and trouble. If it's done with heat you can do it better with gas. See Our Fall Display te le North Shore Gas Company SALLY STORACESTRACEER @ FIREPROOF STORAGE PHONE WINNETHA 232 _6F PROUTY ANNEX

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