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44 WINNETKA TALK April 2, 1927 Helen: "You seem to have just as much time now, as you did before you were married, Alice. I think it's wonderful." Alice: "Well, for one thing Helen, I have removed washday from my calendar by giving the weekly laundry to Bill The Washington Laundry Man. Alice's example is followed every week by 3000 house- wives who find it much more satisfactory and econom- ical to send their weekly wash to The Washington Laundry, than to do it at home. Phone WILMETTE 145 "Spooks" A Good Piece of Mystery accomplished his introduction. The act closes with the violent and sudden | death of Silas Willoby, also an em- Play Composition) "Spooks" Written by Robert J. Sherman. Produced by the Minturn Players. Presented at the New Evanston Theatre. Cast Elliot Butterfield ...Mr. Jack Marvin Aunt Judy ....Miss Henrietta Tedro Marion Blackwell ..Miss June Kerwin Sam cova Mr. Hamilton Christy Douglas Blackwell ...... ccc ennnn ss Margery Williams Silas Willoby ...... Mr. Earl Jamison W. U. Messinger ........ 0000000000 OS EAL Mr. Eugene MecGillan Inspector Ryan ..... Mr. Willis Hall Police Officer ..Mr. Eugent McGillan Miss Brown ...... Miss Nancy Harris By HUB. I predicted last week, after a brief perusal of the play, that "Spooks" would be well worth seeing. It ful- filled my every expectation. It was a masterpiece of mystery play com- position; it did move rapidly and the interest was sustained throughout. "Spooks" opened with a thunder- storm; the thunder--did exactly what thunder is expected to do and had a good time at it. So did the audience. The first scene is the exterior of an old colonial mansion, which belonged to the late Simon Blackwell. While the weather is playing around with it- self, Elliot Butterfield one of the heirs to the estate, enters from the, front of the theatre, climbs over the footlights and bangs on the door. He is finally admitted to the front room of the house by Aunt Judy, thought to be a deaf-mute servant of the former owner. There follows a swift presen- | tation of the remainder of the seven principle characters and the author has ployee of the former owner who has just finished outlining the terms of the will and has sealed the envelope con | taining the agreement of the heirs to remain three nights in the mansion. The second act takes up the tale on the second evening. In it are unfolded a number of supernatural events, end- ing with the death of Inspector Ryan of the police, who has been called in to investigate. The third act, of course, carries the story on into the last evening. The climax is reached when Miss Brown, a police aid and a nurse, suddenly accuses Aunt Judy of being the perpetrator of the crimes and of having caused the death of the two men. The old colored woman is startled into speaking, thus incriminat- ing herself and her son, Sam. Itis a well developed plot and an excellent piece of play composition. Now as to the staging of the play. The scene was well laid out. The ap- parently supernatural occurences were nicely executed and entirely startling in their effect. I might recall one or two of them. Attention is called by a voice "from the dead," to a book on the table. As the actors start for it, the cover is suddenly flung back and a page tears itself out and disappears up the chimney. In another instance, a vase on the mantle suddenly flies in- to a million pieces--and no one is near it. Very well done. I'm afraid I can't name the best ac- tor for the evening; there wasn't any best. They were all at the peak of effort. I may say, however, that Nancy Harris achieved the triumph of her season in the characterization of Miss Brown, the nurse. She was always in character and radiated personality from her first entrance to the final curtain. She had an important part to the suc- cess of the play and did it well. with the right kind of coal or coke. Don't wait for the blizzard. low, re-order now. most dependable and economical fuel. EVANSTON OFFICE 1015 Church St. Phone University 4500 KEEP YOUR COAL BIN FILLED . You can safeguard the health, comfort and happiness of yourself and family by keeping your bins well filled If your supply is running Many hundreds of homes on the North Shore are heated with Consumers Guaranteed Coal and Coke. It is the safest, SS "Every ton must satisfy or we remove it and refund your money." BUY YOUR COAL ON APPROVAL (©nsumers (Cmpany COAL -- COKE -- ICE -- BUILDING MATERIAL GLENCOE OFFICE 712 Glencoe Road Phone Glencoe 75 DELIVERY YARDS THROUGHOUT THE NORTH SHORE DISTRICT