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2 is, will testify to the INNETKA WEEKLY A Clean Newspaper for a Clean Community VOL. XIII NO. 30 WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1924 TWENTY-FOUR PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS THEATRE GUILD SEASON OPENS "The Enchanted Cottage" to be first of 1924-25 Season's Productions DEAN, PLAY DIRECTOR Set Definite Dates for Year's Performances The North Shore Theatre Guild made its first announcement of the season this week, with regard to its energetic and ambitious plans. "The Enchanted Cottage" by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero, is to be the first production. Later, the Guild players are to produce the "Square Peg," by Lewis Beach. The policy of the Guild is to produce plays which not been given in Chicago, but which have at- tained considerable success and dis- tinction elsewhere. Accordingly, the last two plays of the season have not been chosen, but will be either some plays which are playing now in New York or "Outward Bound," "Hell-Bent for Heaven," "The Serpent's Tooth," "This Fine Pretty World," "Queen Victoria," or "The Shewing Up of Blanco Posnet." The Theatre Guild produces inter- esting, distinct, unique, and enjoyable plays, which are new to Chicago, but which have established themselves in other communities as standard dramas. It appeals to the artistic and social group of the north shore commun- ities, and holds its claim for support upon the type of fine plays, its high standard of production, and its ex- perienced, non-professional cast. Its people who saw "Ice-bound," "Mary III" and "The Red .Robe" last year high degree in which they achieved their ambition. This is the fourth season of the Guild, and its record of high-grade plays and performances is to be continued. Dean is Director Alexander Dean and Gregory Foley, who were responsible, last season, for the direction and production of the Guild plays, are to direct its course again this year. The membership campaign is commencing this week, and those people who desire to be- come members and receive eight tick- ets for four performances, as well as six tickets for the three Playshop productions at Northwestern univer- sity are asked to send in their sub- scriptions at once to Mrs. J. C. West, 937 Gordon Terrace, Hubbard Woods. One of the features of the new sea- son will be the announcing of all dates for the entire season. These will be adhered to. In addition to the Play- shop productions of original plays by north shore people, the membership also includes several lecture-recep- tions given for its membership ex- clusively. The dates for the Winnet- ka performances are November 8 and 10; January 24 and 26; March 28 and 30, and May 2 and 4 in Jane Kuppen- heimer Memorial hall, Skokie school. The Kenilworth performances will be given November 5, January 27, March 25 and May 1. Performances will be given in Evanston, Highland Park and Lake Forest. Leaders In Casts Among the Winnetka people who are to appear this season are: Mrs. Laird Bell, Mrs. E. V. L. Brown, L. L. Buchanan, Mrs. Kent Chandler, Mrs. Dudley Cates, Mrs. Frederick Dickinson, Perry Dunlap Smith, Mrs. Alanson Follansbee, William (.. Van Horne, J. Williams Macy, Samuel Otis, Mrs. Louis Sherman, Mrs. Henry Tenney, and many other Winnetka people who will make their first ap- pearance with the Guild this year. Among those from the other com- munities that will appear are: Percy B. Eckhart and Mrs. Edwin Hedrics of Kenilworth, Ralph Dennis of Ev- anston, and Miss Muriel McCormick of Lake Forest. Altogether, with such a list of ac- tors, and the announcement of such plays, the Guild is looking forward to a greater season than has been ex- perienced by any non-professional dramatic group in Chicago. T. R. Adams Purchases Snider-Cazel Pharmacy T. R. Adams announces the open- ing of the North Shore Pharmacy at Hubbard Woods, which was formerly owned by the Snider-Cazel Drug company. Mr. Adams has been with the Ren- neckar drug company of Wilmette for some time. NAME STUDENT COUNCIL FOR THE SKOKIE SCHOOL Twenty-four boys and girls were elected to the Skokie school Student Council for 1924-1925, during the as- sembly period Thursday morning. This council meets once a week at the school and discusses matters of interest to the pupils as well as to the school in gen- eral. It also has charge of the assembly programs and is making arrangements just now for the big Hallowe'en party that will be held late in October. The council also offers suggestions and makes recommendations as to the administra- tion of school discipline. The 1923-24 council issued a pamphlet for the incoming pupils giving detailed information of the activities, the system and the emblems awarded at Skokie school. Last year's council was present at the opening of the school year, Sep- tember 15, to welcome the new pupils. The council members are elected from the seventh and eighth grades. One boy and one girl are chosen from each up- per grade session room. The pupils who make up the 1924-1925 council are Jane Barr, Lucille Blumenstock, Martha Etzbach, Mary Forrest, Madeline Kahn, Isabel Milton, Ruth Root, Ruth Shep- ard, Virginia Taylor, Betty Green, Ruth Offner, Dorothy Knackstadt, Arnold Bakkerno, James Christenson, Leon Dickenson, Robert Haskins, William Kurtz, Morton Mergentheim, John Por- ter, Robert Stephens, Richard Young, Felix Balak, Robert Kidder and Robert Walgreen. VOTERS' LEAGUE MEETS OCT. 13 Mrs. Walter F. Dodd to Be Speaker The second Monday in every month is to be Wianetka 'league of Womnici Voters' day. This month the date happens to be October 13. The board meeting will be held at 11:30 o'clock, - Community in the House League Mrs. Walter F. Dodd headquarters, the president, Walker Benson, presiding. Following the meeting, there is to be luncheon, a regular feature of the monthly league meetings this year. The program for the meeting in- cludes a brief account of the tran- sactions of the board, and the outline of the leagues's plans for the year, particularly for work in the current pre-election campaign. This is to be followed by the first of a series of classes in citizenship conducted by Mrs. Walter F. Dodd of- Chicago. These lectures are open, without charge, to the entire public of Win- netka and Kenilworth. Mrs. Dodd's subject at the October 13 meeting will be "Definition of Government, Reglistration, Party Mem- bership and Primary." Mrs. Dodd is co-author of "Govern- ment in Illinois," a director of the Woman's City club, of Chicago, and in charge of its citizenship depart- ment. She has supervised the teach- ing of government at the Southern Illinois Normal university. Any woman desiring to become a member of the league or to learn more about its work will be wel- comed at the first meeting. Details can be secured by telephoning Mrs. Harold Delay, chairman of member- ship, Winnetka 657-W. An old-fashioned political rally is to be conducted by the Winnetka League of Women Voters on October 31. Mrs. URGES VOTERS T0 REGISTER North Shore Growth Makes Personal Registration Essential ly requested in ceived this week from the So County Clerk Rpbert M. Sweitzer. Registration, Day, the message stipu- lates, is Saturday, October 4. Revision Day is Tuesday, October 14. In order to avoid the confusion and delay oc- casioned by the "sworn affidavit" on election day the name of every voter should be placed on the polling lists on one or the other of the above days, the county clerk emphasizes. The rapid growth of the north shore and all other Chicago suburban terri- tory has necessitated the discontinuance of the old system of having the elec- tion judges simply list from memory or consult previous polling lists in making up their precinct registers, Mr. Sweit- zer explains. Many new residents are found in the various cities and towns of the county who are not known by the election officials and whose names have never before appeared on local polling lists. It is urged that every voter be regis- tered. One person can register for all the voters in his family, it is explained. Hours 9 A. M. to P. M. Local election officials explained this week that the polling precincts will be open from 9 o'clock in the morning un- til 4 o'clock in the afternoon on both the Registeration and Revision Days. (Continued on page 6) COUNTRY DAY PARENTS PLAN ANNUAL SESSION Members of the corporation of the North Shore Country Day school will hold their annual business meeting Mon- day evening, October 6, at 8 o'clock in the school assembly hall to hear the re- ports of the past year's activities and transact other business. Immediately after this the Parent- Teacher association will meet. After the election of officers for the coming year, there will be a short talk by Miss Flora J. Cooke, principal of the Francis W. Parker school, on "Intelligent Visiting of School by Parents." The meeting will then dissolve into grade groups, each in its own grade room, where the respective grade chairmen will take up the problems important to their respec- tive grades. At the close of these grade meetings the entire body of members of these grade meetings will gather informally to inspect the new building containing the boys' gymnasium, showers, the kitchen and lunch room. Dear Annie, How are all the folks? We're all fine except the dog. He's got fleas. Milt took me to a church sociafofe last night over at Glenview. He spilled a cup of coffee all over my new dress. I'm going to get my hair shingled to-morrow. Won't I be a fright! Say, why don't you leave that old Fox River burg and get a job in a real town. Here's an ad for a stenographer. Why don't you apply for it? Lots of love, Arleene. WANTED -- EXPERIENCED, competent stenographer, pre- ferably one who has had municipal experience. Apply Mr. Noe, Village Hall, Win- netka. Good Positions are Offered in the WANT ADS wand well-known a C6 MME. HOMER SINGS AT NEW TRIER, OCT. 15 The opening recital of the Mac- Dowell Musical club series will be given on Wednesday evening, October 15, in New Trier assembly hall, by the world famous contralto, Mme. Louise Homer. According to those in charge, tickets may still be procured at the Winnetka State bank. It seems almost superfluous to at- tempt to describe the art of so great 4 singer as Mme. er, but the following excerpts ih ess notices will perhaps be Niptul. pice is of the true contralto ith a depth and richness sual ony, Homer's art is her radiant personality rough everything she sings." "She one of the very few modern dingers' who have been able to adapt pe gfand style of opera to the con- Y stage and while no one can sing trifles with more daintiness and grace there are very few who can reach the heights of the great arias which are fitted to be sung to the accompani- ments of ninety or one hundred musicians. Mme. Homer has appeared with the Boston Symphony orchestra dozens of times...... She has sung many times with the New York Phil- harmonic and New York Symphony orchestras, with the Chicago, Phila- delphia, Minneapolis, and Cincinnati orchestras...... In the last fifteen years, it is very likzly that Mme. Homer has had more orchestra en- gagements than any other singer." LOCAL WOMAN 0 G. 0. P. TICKET Mrs. H. L. Ickes Seeks U. of I. Trusteeship The north shore will be creditably represented on the Illinois State Repub- lican ticket at the November 4 election, with Henry Riggs Rathbone of Kenil- worth as candidate to succeed himself as Congressman-at-Large from Illinois, and Anna Wilmarth Ickes of Hubbard Woods as candidate for trustee of the University of Illinois. Congressman Rathbone, the Republi- can campaign book outlines, was elected in November 1922, and renominated, April 8, 1924, by a plurality of over 500,000 votes. He is a graduate of Yale university and of the law department of the Uni- versity of Wisconsin. He is a well- known lawyer and a practitioner before the Supreme Court of the United States, a lecturer in the National University Law school at Washington, D. C., and a former president of the Hamilton club. During the war Mr. Rathbone de- voted his entire time to patriotic ser- vice. He was chairman of the War com- mittee of the Chicago Bar association which handled over 2,000 cases a month of free legal advice and gave other as- sistance to service men and their de- pendents. Mr Rathbone is a well known public speaker and was chosen to deliver the Lincoln Memorial address on February 12, 1924, before the House of Represent- atives. He has, for several years, been active- ly interested in the furtherance of the St. Lawrence-Great Lakes-to-the-Gulf- of-Mexico Deep Waterways proposition and has toured the Middle West and South in the interest of that project. Mrs. Ickes, wife of Harold L.- Ickes, ranks with her distinguished husband as a leader in civic, educational and wel- fare enterprise, she is a native of Chi- cago and attended the Chicago public schools and the University of Chicago. She has always been active in civic and educational matters and is a member of the Episcopal church. She has four children. Village Employe Killed by Train at Elm Street Carl Ricks, 73 years old, 615 Orchard lane, was killed Thursday morning when he was struck by a Chicago and North Western southbound train at the Elm street crossing. The tragedy was wit- nessed by a large group of commuters. Both of the gates were down, but Ricks, it is reported, walked across the tracks, apparently unmindful of the ap- proach of the train, which was slowing up to stop at the Winnetka station when the accident occurred. The body was taken to the William H. Scott undertaking parlors at Evanston, where an inquest was held on Friday. Ricks was employed in the public works department of the village for many years. CHURCH JUBILEE INVITATIONS OUT Plans for Congregational 50th Anniversary Program Are Nearing Completion PROGRAM ANNOUNCED Pageant and Dinner Are the Prominent Features The Winnetka Congregational church is rapidly bringing its plans to a head for the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of its establish- ment in the village. During the week of October 19-26 an extensive program will be carried out. Invitations have been issued during the past week to 21l members and friends of the church. both in Winnetka and elsewhere. wherever non-residents or former church attendants are found. The committee in charge appreciates that it is not possible to combine in any lists the names and addresses of all those who have at different times at- tended or hdd an interest in this com- munity church, and it takes this op- portunity through the TaALk of extend- ing the formal invitation to all sugi, friends in Winnetka to attend the ex- ercises and to take such part in them as they may feel inclined to do. They will be very warmly welcomed. The following is the preliminary program as published in the invi- tation: Week's Program Sunday, October 19-- 9 o'clock--Assembly of school. 9:15 o'clock--Pilgrimage to the two previous sites of the church, with short exercises at each place, return- ing for the close of the services at our own church. 11 o'clock--Morning worship with anniversary sermon by Rev. James Austin Richards in the church audi- torium. 11 o'clock--Worship for boys and girls with anniversary sermon by Rev. Dr. Davies in Matz hall. 6:45 o'clock--Anniversary service and program of the Young People's club. 8 o'clock--Public service in the church auditorium conducted by the Men's class. Monday Evening-- Anniversary "get-together" dinner with special program, in Matz hall. Tuesday Evening-- Fellowship night, with songs and reminiscences, in the church auditor- ium. Wednesday-- 10 to 3 o'clock--Fiftieth anniver- sary of the Women's society, in the Neighborhood room, with luncheon at Matz hall. Thursday Afternoon-- Church 4 o'clock--Reunion meeting and social hour, in the Neighborhood room. Thursday Evening-- A religious pageant, "The Soul of Man," in Matz hall. No admission charge. Friday Evening-- Repetition of pageant, "The Soul of Man." Saturday Evening-- "Drop in" night at the parsonage. Sunday, October 26-- 9:30 o'clock--Church school, all de- partments. 11 o'clock--Morning worship. Ser- mon by Mr. Richards, "Looking Forward." 11 o'clock--Regular service of wor- ship for boys and girls with sermon by Mr. Davies in Matz hall. 5 oclock--Candle light communion service of consecration. Dinner Committee Busy Special announcements are being sent out by the Anniversary Dinner committee, of which Mrs. Ayres Boal is general chairman. The dinner will be held on Monday evening in Matz hall at Community House and prepar- ations are being made to accommo- date as many as 700 people. A pro- gram of special interest is being pre- pared under the direction of a sub- committee headed by A. Montague Ferry. This - will be an informal get-to- gether dinner at which old friend- ships will be renewed and neighbors from all parts of the village, having the common church interest, will gather for a social evening at the be- ginning of the Anniversary week. Friends who do not receive the invi- tation to the dinner, which will be be in the mail during the coming week, may obtain tickets by calling at Community House and asking for the "dinner committee."