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WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1924 START CLASSES IN PLAYWRITING "North Shore People Urged to Enroll A playwriting class will be offered to north shore residents through the patronage of the Evanston Drama club. and the Evanston Community Theatre association, under the direc- tion of Prof. Theodore B. Hinckley . of the School of Speech, Northwestern : university. 'be given : technique but will make a study of This class will not only instruction in dramatic 'current plays staged in Chicago and : New York. A prize scholarship for the first ten 'weeks' course in the playwriting class will be awarded for the best original, unproduced play sent to Mrs. Carlos S. Andrews, 102 Keeney street, Evans- ton, before October 7. The judges for this contest will be Dean Ralph B. Dennis, Prof. Theodore B. Hinck- ley and Prof. Alexander Dean. Manu- 'scripts must be unsigned and ac- companied by a sealed envelope con- taining the name and address of the sender, and postage for the return of} the script. The playwriting course has been added to the curriculum at the School of Speech at Northwestern univer- sity. An extension class will be of- fered to those not attending the school. The playwriting group under Pro- fessor Hinckley has brought out a number of merited pieces 'of original work. Among them the three-act play, "His Honor The Mayor," by Emma Behl, won the Swarthmore Chautauqua prize of $3,000, and is now being piayed on the eastern circuit. With Professor Hinckley in charge of the playwriting course, the School of Speech wili aim to make this vicin- ity the center of original work in dramatic construction for the Western states, and in due time to rival the 4/ Workshop at Harvard university, which is under the supervision of Prof. George P. Baker. Among the laboratory productions of the playwriting classes conducted by Professor Hinckley were three one-act plays by Alice C. D. Riley, "The Black Suit Case," "Radio," and "The Sponge." They were also pro- duced before the Chicago Woman's club, the Drama club of Evanston and the Evanston Country club. Louise Ayres Garnett's three-act play, "The Perfect 38." and Martha Boyd Linn's one-act play, "It Never Fails," were also staged. Alice C. D. Riley's three- act play, "Amelia," and '"Dorthea's Dower," a one-act piece by Eunice Eddy Braaten, were given outside production. {LLINOIS PREPARES FOR MICHIGAN GAME Bob Zuppke's fighting Illini foot- ballers are rounding into shape for the feature battle against Michigan in the great Memorial stadium on October 18. They will be toughened by the Nebraska and Butler games, which are expected to be stiff. Few state fans can make the trip to Lin- coln to see the Nebraska contest but many of them are going to slip off for Saturday afternoon, October 11, and see Pat Page's aggressive Hoosi- ers from Butler do their stuff. Butler always causes "Zup" a lot of worry and the Illini coach will take nothing for granted. There are no reserved seats for the Butler game and a bright, sunny day will bring bundreds of fans to the stadium the last minute. Meanwhile the great question in the state is, "Have you got your seat for the Michigan game?" It looks as if the whole population of Illinois and adjoining states will be transferred to the stadium on October 18. It is a good thing that the structure will seat 65,000, otherwise there would be some disappointed fans pretty soon. But something like 40,000 of these tickets are gone and the watchword that the Illini managers send out is, "Don't wait too long." There is no limitation or red tape about Mich- igan tickets. Don't credit any story that all seats are sold unless G. Huff signs it. : Tickets for the Towa game on No- vember I went on sale October 1, and there was a big sale in prospect. Many people think that the Towa game will be even better than Michigan. Al- though the Ohio game on November 22 seems a long way off, many wise fans are booking their perches these days. : Power Pumps Installed on Public Service Work A new addition to the Public Service company's fleet is a six-ton drop frame trailer. It will carry around the trench digging machines used by the gas con- struction department. As the average truck will haul more weight than can be loaded on it, it will "require only a two-ton truck to walk away with this load. -The various. trucks owned by the Public Service company, whose jobs are to pump oil and water out of drips in gas mains, are being equipped with tanks and power-driven pumps. Until within a comparatively recent period it was customary to perform this work --which is part of the operation of a gas system and which goes on day after day--by, hand. The power-driven pump greatly facilitates it and thus saves time. There are now 373 vehicles in the company's fleet. The present is the season of the year when overhauling is done in preparation for the winter's work and this is in progress. BOBS STILL POPULAR Certain writers in certain eastern newspapers say the bell is tolling the end of the bobbed hair cult, because certain famed producers of revues are selecting for their beauty shows girls whose locks the barbers' shears have never touched. There's no sign of any such shift in fashion in the ter- ritory of the Public Service company, say the personal conductors of the company's retail sales department. Curling irons just have to be had when a girl bobs her hair. And the sale of curling irons continues un- abated in every town. FIRST AID TEAMS Twenty-four employes of the Public Service company are receiving instruc- tion in first aid work. They are as- sembled an hour or two each week in Chicago for the purpose. At the con- clusion of the systematic course followed they will take the Red Cross examina- tion. They constitute the fourth first aid team employes: organized. Ud (OS NN RH Including the Famous "BOOB McNUTT" By RUBE GOLDBERG "SHE. NoTHING THERE'S MOREe'N A MILLION READERS OF THE CHICAGO . HERALD Ano EXAMINE ) WAITING For YOU PROMISED TO MARRY ME. HERE'S THE MINISTER "AND NOW YOU Say YOWVE GOT A SY STARTING IN NEXT HERALD EXAMINER YOUR COPY TODAY FROM ORDER WINNETKA NEWS CO. 811 Elm St. "TOONERVILLE TROLLEY" By Fontaine Fox. "JUST BOY" (Elmer, Himself) By Fera. "FELIX," the Komical Kat By Pat Sullivan. Added to the Already Famous 8-Page Million Dollar Funny Section SUNDAY'S Phone Winn. 765