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January 29, 1927 WINNETKA TALK 13 "ERSTWHILE SUSAN" Newest Offering of New Trier Dra- matic Club to Be Staged in Audi- torium February 19 By G. W. C. A small Pennsylvania Dutch town, full of wunbeautiful, narrow-minded people; a mean old Dutchman whose brain is warped and who rules his children with a strap; a lovely girl, suppressing herself and her own fine ideas because of her fear of her father; an eccentric woman, once an actress, who earnestly wishes to bring beauty to the Pennsylvania Dutch people. Here are some strong ingredients which, when mixed together, surely should form a plot containing many laughs, many dramatic moments, and not a few tears. And that is just what these ingredients do, for they form the basis of a play called "Erstwhile Susan," the author of which is Marian De Forest. "Frstwhile Susan," which was first produced in 1916 with Mrs. Fiske in the title role, has been selected by the New Trier High school Dramatic club for its second production of the sea- son. They will present the play on Saturday, February 19, in the New Trier auditorium. This play is a splendid vehicle for actors who really are willing to give to the utmost that they may make a fine production. It is a subtle play, for underneath its sugary coat of laughter there is a fierceness, almost akin to tragedy. The author has thrown the spot- light on those Pennsylvania towns- folk of which she writes. To be sure she turns the spotlight on in such a way that the humorous side of these people is shown. However; the dark side of them can also be seen--their narrowness, their selfishness, their total lack of education and the finer things of life. And among these people --his people--is one Barnaby Dreary, a man who governs his motherless children tyrannically and keeps his young daughter from everything ex- cept work. He thinks of her not as a human being but as a sort of ma- chine, made to wash clothes and scrub and cook for him and his sons. His theory is that "the place fur females is at home, a-doin' the work." And his sons, big animals that they are, accept this theory as being quite natural. As for Barnabetta, the daughter, who really has a fine mind and is eager to RAY SPECIAL THREE Photographs for the price of ONE, in- cluding all sizes and finishes. All Frames sold now at 209) Discount For Appointments Phone UNIVERSITY 2238 Qs 0 Hoyburn Building 615 Davis Street learn, she is to be pitied. She, too, accepts her father's idea about women, and works and works until she almost loses her personality, until she is more of a machine than a living person. Then into this community of Penn- sylvania Dutch and into the Dreary home comes Miss Juliet Miller, erst- while Susan, a woman who is eager to show those narrow people all that they are missing in life and how they can better themselves. She also de- sires to help Barnabetta and free her from her sordid surroundings. To ac- complish this she marries Barnaby Dreary, just winds him around her little finger. Then sparks begin to fly. The whole Dreary family, with the ex- ception of Barnabetta, are uneducated and crude in their actions and ideas. The new Mrs. Dreary is educated and eccentric, and her extreme sophistica- tion clashes constantly with the Drearys' minds. How she .conquers the family and the town, in spite of the fact that one of the sons dug up an unsavory episode of her past, is the play. And an exceedingly inter- esting play it is. A Lips of 844 Spruce street is in St. Francis hospital convalescing after a serious illness. Isabel Richardson Molter to Sing MacDowell Songs Isabel Richardson Molter, soprano, |' who has just returned from a recital tour, will give a MacDowell benefit program at the Woman's club, Evans- ton, on February 10, under the auspices of the Evanston MacDowell club and the Delta Omicron sorority of North- western university. Mrs. Molter is in Wilmette for a few weeks before starting on a recital tour through the South. Mrs. Molter has been giving programs for the past few weeks in the East, appearing as soloist with the People's symphony on Sunday, January 9, and in her own recital at Jordan hall on January 13 before a large, enthusiastic audience. She also gave a recital program on January 11 at Perkins institute, Water- town, Mass., and at the Woman's club, Cheshire, Conn., on January 14, and a sacred program at the Wesley Method- ist Episcopal church, Worcester, Mass., January 16. Harold Molter is his wife's accompanist at the piano in all her appearances. Mr. and Mrs. Wirt Farley of Walden road leave Monday for a ten day trip to New York. The Best FURS FUR SERVICE Expert Remodeling Cleaning, Glazing SUPERIOR FUR SHOP 1122 Central Ave. Wilmette Ph. Wilmette 3527 PERSONAL SUPERVISION OF FRED A. MILLER "Here's a Noon Hour Program Worth Tuning In On." E. A. DANNEMARK, of the Dan- nemark Electric Company, is one of the "regulars" at the "round table" luncheon. daily --No. 2 of a series. 1 BEGAN going over to Fred Miller's Central Cafeteria when it first opened in 1925. The Round Table group is one organization that anyone can join without invitation, ceremony or dues, and the informal daily meeting of these North Shore business men at luncheon puts new interest in any man's working day. I tune in on Fred's good food at 12 o'clock Central Cafeteria Standard Time, and the program always comes in fine! CENTRA CAFETERI Central Avenue East of Wilmette Avenue WILMETTE I A