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8 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1925 mp-- DON' IS A HIT AT THE CENTER Community Drama Players Stage Besier Play BY OBSERVER "Don" by Rudolph Besier was pre- sented to the public by the Commun- ity Drama Players of the Community Drama club Wednesday and Thursday evenings. The play itself, very differ- ent from anything yet attempted by this group, brought home vividly the hopelessness of defying the world's rigid conventions. Evidently no repu- tation or lifetime of purity is safe from the innuendoes of the evil- minded. The play, therefore, lent it- self to some rare bits of character- ization. Stephen Bonington, "Don," the hero of the play, an idealist, naive and very impractical, was done by Lloyd Faxon; a difficult part, with trying situations, in which Mr. Fax- on acquitted himself with real sincer- ity. The father and mother, Canon and Mrs. Bonington, were extremely well portrayed by Mr. Henry Cary-Curr and Mrs. Charles Karnopp, both of whom are always welcomed by a Win- netka audience. Mrs. Karnopp's long and difficult part was one of the fea- tures of the play. General Sinclair by Mr. Yoder gave the audience a chance to laugh here and there, and Mrs. Sinclair was very satisfactorily done by Mrs. Merritt Lum. Ann, the betrothed of "Don", was prettily characterized by Miss Grace Merrill, who has a very agreeable personality on the stage. Mr. and Mrs. Thompsett, around whom the plot centers, were very well presented by Mr. Norman Anderson and Miss Mary Harding. Miss Harding cer- tainly did creditable work, coming in at the last moment to fill a vacancy caused by illness. Mrs. Poff as the maid made the most of a small part. Great credit is due Mrs. Taliaferro Milton as director for overcoming every conceivable difficulty that could arise from illness, delays, and lack of regular attendance. With more certainty as to their lines on the part of a few, and a sharper pick-up on cues, the play would have been one of the outstanding things done by the Community Players. The properties, in charge of Mrs. Alfred Freeman and Mrs. Harry Cadenhead, were well selected, and the faithful stage crew, Mvron Harshaw, Charles Baker, Gerrit Van Der Hoogt, Clar- ence Happ, Ryerson Gates, and Talia- erro Milton rendered the usual unsel- fish unapplauded assistance. C. M. T. C. TO STRESS ATHLETIC FEATURES Athletics will be given greater at- tention in the Citizens' Military Training camps this year than ever before." Every effort is now being made at Sixth Corps Area headquar- ters to secure qualified and experi- enced coaches from among reserve officers of the corps area to serve as instructors in the C. M. T. C. and as- sist the regular army officers with the various forms of athletics which will be provided at the camp. Few people who have not personally visited one of the Citizens' Military Training camps realize the variety of athletics that are available to young men in attendance. A partial list of the athletic events would in- clude baseball, football, volley ball, basketball, pushball, swimming, tennis, boxing, wrestling and field events of all kinds. Athletics are not haphaz- ard events of the camp for the amuse- ment of the young men in attendance, but are as carefully planned, thought out and supervised by competent coaches as any other training feature of the camp. They form a very im- portant part of the training of the young men in the camps, because it is possible to teach team-work, sports- manship, toleration, respect, obedi- ence and benefits to health from proper exercise through properly conducted athletic events with a better chance of success than in any other way. This will be good news to the young men who are to attend the C. M. T. Camps and expect to enter the fall try-outs of football and basketball teams, for in addition to the expert coaching they will receive in these lines of sports at the C. M. T. Camps the military and athletic training during the 30 days in the out-of-doors will harden them, so that they will be in wonderful con- dition to enter these try-outs. BUYS VACANT PROPERTY Henry Bartholomew of Chicago re- cently purchased a large vacant lot at Spruce and Cedar streets, where he will erect a residence this summer. The lot was purchased from Gleason and Perrin, local real estate operators. Antwerp is a bigger city than Wash- ington, D. C., but Washington has over six times as many telephones as Antwerp. the | 'COMMUNITY HOUSE CALENDAR WEEK OF APRIL 20 Monday, April 20 North Shore Sewing Guild. Morning--Women"s gymnasium class. Kindergarten: Afternoon--Social girls. Basketball. Evening--Men's gymnasium classes. Triangle club. dancing--boys and Tuesday, April 21 Morning--Folk dancing for women. Kindergarten. Brush and Pencil class. Afternoon--Boys' gymnasium classes-- motion pictures. Evening--Young women's gymnasium class. ' Friendship Circle gymnasium class and club. Classes in English for foreigners. Teachers--Supper. American Legion rehearsal. Motion pictures. West Elm Street circle. Wednesday, April 22 Morning--Women's gymnasium class. Kindergarten. Brush and Pencil class. Afternoon--Basketball. Evening--Basketball. Czecho-Slovakian club. American legion rehearsal. Thursday, April 23 Morning--Folk dancing--women. Kindergarten. Afternoon--Camp Fire Girls. Fancy and Aesthetic dancing for girls. Evening--Boy Scouts. North Shore Branch of Illinois Na- tional Association of Triangle Gar- deners. Triangle Sisters. Friday, April 24 Morning--Women's gymnasium class. Kindergarten. Afternoon--Rotary club luncheon. Motion pictures. Camp Fire Girls. Blue Birds. Pathfinders' club. Evening--Motion pictures. Basketball. Motion pictures. Saturday, April 25 Evening--North Shore British American club. Boys Return From Trip to Adventure Island Camp Charles A. Kinney and a group of boys return today from an eight day trip to Adventure Island camp, where they helped place the first log in the new buildings being erected on the island. Logs for the main building were cut during the winter, in addition to which Mr. Kinney purchased a large log dwell- ing erected by one of the first settlers in Door County, and had it dismantled and taken to the island to be used for a shop cabin. While on the island the boys spent part of their time cutting down trees to make space for a ball field. From now until July 1, when camp opens, a crew of men will be steadily at work getting the new camp in readiness for a successful season. Mr, Kinney plans to make numerous week-end trips with small groups of boys during May and June. Mrs. Katherine Braun Is Summoned by Death 'Eunera] services for Mrs. Katherine Braun, wife «of Christian Braun, of Lake avenue,® West Wilmette, were held from St. Joseph's church Thurs- day morning of this week, Rev. J. A. Neumann officiating. Burial was at the church cemetery. Mrs. Braun is survived by her hus- band, three sons, Joseph, Herman J, and Leo, four daughters, Mrs. Mar- garet Bauer, Mrs. Gertrude Schultz, Mrs. Barbara Herbon and Mrs. Anna Milnikel. Mrs. Braun was 66 years old at the time of her death and had been a resi- dent of Wilmette for many years. Burns Prove Fatal to Mrs. Elizabeth Meaney Mrs. Elizabeth Meaney, widow of John B. Meaney, the former chief of police of Glencoe, who died last fall, was burned so severely while at- tempting to extinguish a burning pile of leaves last Tuesday that she died later at the Evanston hospital. Mrs. Meaney was 55 years old, and lived with her son at 439 Skokie road. Funeral services were held Thurs- day morning from the Sacred Heart church, Hubbard Woods, Rev. Freder- ick Haarth officiating. Burial was at Calvary cemetery, Evanston. Mrs. Meaney is survived by her son, Howard J. Meaney, and two brothers, John J. Maloney of Wilmette and James E. Maloney of -Chicago. Mrs. Stanley H. Twist of 968 Fig street, has been in New York visiting relatives for nearly two weeks. Miss Virginia Buchanan, 591 Cherry street, is visiting friends in St. Paul. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN MEMBERSHIP DRIVE Door to door canvassing of the busi- ness district and a special reduced mem- bership rate will feature a drive for members which will be conducted by the Winnetka Chamber of Commerce in the near future. At an executive meeting of the officials of the organization, held in the Commu- nity House last Wednesday evening, it was proposed to amend the by-laws to reduce the membership fee to $10 per person. The former membership fee was $25. Another amendment was that no firm shall have more than one vote. These propositions will be voted upon at the adjourned meeting to be held Wednesday, April 29, at which time the annual election of officers will take place. Builds $30,000 Residence in Hubbard Woods District Orval Simpson of Hnbbard Woods is building a new frame and stone veneer cently to William McNear of Evanston |ing $17,000 at 401 Hawthorne lane, and to build a frame residence costing|W. B. Davey 4 a ria . veneer residen S ; $10,000 at 256 Woodland road. Christy de aig Brown to build a frame and brick veneer house costing $15,000 at 233 Ridge ave- nue, E. N. Tourje of Chicago to build a frame and brick veneer residence cost- Read All the Want-Ads When you attend the Woman's Worl®s Fair, look for a small booth "No. 449" opposite the Flower Booth and near the Art Gallery and you will find the famous Riverside This product try and as such is included in this The Nuts Winnetka people may ob- Salted Nuts on sale. is a Woman's Indus- great enterprise The Woman's World's Fair. will be sold in small bags as well as all-size boxes. tain these goods from Moran & Potter at any time. Do not fail to visit our booth at the Fair. Meet your friends there! | Riverside Salted Almond Co. residence at 865 Auburn road which will "Booth 449" cost $30,000. Other building permits were issued re- nig 2] Washind made siriple Begin with next weeks wash- ing to know just what a CONLON ElectricWashercan do for you. Over 200,000 families are to- day enjoying satisfaction from CONLON-Built Washers. 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