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WINNETKA TALK HH ST tr HH: HIE -------- December 10, 1927 Drama Reviews "SMILIN' THROUGH" Produced by the Threshold Players at the Glencoe School Auditorium Friday, December 2. Cast Sarah Wayne ..Mrs. Katherine F. Postle Mary Clare ....Miss Rutheda L. Pretzel John Carteret ......... W. Albert Kemp Dr. Owen Harding ..Robert G. McMillan Ellen Harding ...... Miss Sally Nohelty hathleeen Dungannon .........e.sss aT OR Mrs. Harry I. Miller Willie Ainley ..Henry C. Champlin III Kenneth Wayne Jeremiah Wayne Moonyeen Clare FE Joseph K. Shippen ....Joseph K. Shippen ...Mrs. Harry I. Miller By H. A. Armstrong "Smilin' Through," that brilliant three-act drama by Allan Langdon Martin, first made famous in Chicago at the Cort theater several years ago by Jane Cowl and later adapted to the screen with Norma Talmadge in the dual roles, was presented by the Threshold Players of Glencoe at the Glencoe public school auditorium last Friday night as the third of that or- ganization's major productions since its founding a little over a year ago. To say that the play was less than exquisitely staged, beautifully present- ed and admirably directed would be to trifle with the truth most grossly. Naturally, there were places where the producton needed slight bolstering but it is one of the most difficult plays to produce that could possibly have been selected and, from any technical stand- point, cannot be too highly commended. The scene is set in the Carteret gar- den and is the same in all three acts. Taking up the story chronologically rather than in the manner in which it was presentéd, Moonyeen Clare, the betrothed of John Carteret, is killed 16 Prouty Annex, Winnetka Coal--Coke Delivered Promptly Telephone 653 Winnetka Te NORTHSHORE c.. "A Satisfied Customer Our Greatest Asset' OKEAN FURRIERS EXCLUSIVE SHOP Winnetka Member Chicago Industrial Manufacturing Furriers Pre-Christmas 567 Lincoln Ave. and Remodeling Sale Our yearly January sales have always been noteworthy events on the North Shore. This year our sale starts BEFORE Christmas and is combined with a big Remodeling Sale to make it the biggest of its kind you have ever seen. North Shore women will save hundreds of dollars. 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War Brings Reconciliation The war over, Kenneth fails to write and Kathleen learns that he has left the hospital where he has been con- fined because of shell-shock and wounds and is greatly worried. A short time later Dr. Harding, coming through the garden gate for the first time in three years, tells John Carteret that Kenneth Wayne wishes to see him. Carteret refuses to see him. The boy comes, nevertheless, and tells Carteret that he cannot marry Kathleen because his physical condition would be but a burden on her happiness. Dr. Harding, knowing that it is but the hallucination of a shell-shocked mind, defies Carteret and calls Kathleen, then leaving. Ken- neth, however, tells Kathleen that he doesn't love her, lying in order to carry out his resolve not to burden her. Kathleen looses her grief and scorn on Carteret, scourging him for his selfishness and for having alienated Kenneth's affections. She then tells him that she is leaving him. Carteret, stunned by her determination, calls Dr. Harding to help him, apologizing. He then feels so good that he apologizes to Kenneth and the curtain falls with the reunion of Kathleeen and Kenneth and the reunion of John Carteret with Moonyeen Clare. Gives Brilliant Performance To Mrs. Harry I. Miller, playing the dual role of Kathleen and Moonyeen Clare, goes the honor of the evening. Cast in two difficult, delicate parts that would be easy to slight and just as easy to over-do, her work was brilliant. Joseph K. Shippen, cast as both of the Waynes, was equally outstanding. W. Albert Kemp was rather uncon- vincing as the old John Carteret, his manner and action denoting youth rather than age. As the young Mr. Carteret, however, his characterization was excellently handled. Robert G. McMillan as Dr. Owen Harding was also much more outstanding as a young man than as the same character in ad- vanced years. At times however, his interpretation of the elderly Dr. Hard- ing became certain and the old phy- sician lived for the audience. Mrs. Sally Nohelty as Ellen Harding, the housekeeper, made the transitions of time and age truly, without apparent ef- fort and was entirely convincing. The part of Willie Ainley, Kathleen's neigh- bor and lover, was well taken by Henry C. Champlin ITI. Rutheda L. Pretzel as Mary Clare, strictly speaking was entirely herself by brought this character out of the very mediocre standing that is ordinarily occasioned bv the lines and caused it to become a real part of the play. And Miss Pretzel, with Mrs. Katherine F. Postle, handled the ex- tremely difficult prologue, designed merely to prepare the mood of the audience for what followed, and to somewhat explain the background of the play, in a manner that entirely ful- filled the requirements of the author's intentions. "Smilin" Through" was delightful indeed. Fred Skeel of 338 Woodstock ave- nue, Kenilworth, will join his wife and daughter in Tucson, Arizona, for the Christmas holidays. He will leave shortlv for the West m--pe Mrs. Kenneth John Mearns of 51 Warwick road, Winnetka, entertained at her home on the afternoon of De- cember 1, eleven of the Gamma Phi mothers. --O-- The Phi Nu Beta Alumni association is giving an informal party this eve- ning at the Shawnee Country club preceding its Founder's day banquet tomorrow at the fraternity house. Bt Jp - HJ AE 565 Lincoln Avenue Winnetka "ey DRASTIC REDUCTIONS i mii nr) Clearance Sale | Now | Dresses - Sports Apparel - Gowns 2)