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"tie, yet kindly observations on man ad] "and his weaknesses produced gales of 8 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1922 GUILD PLAYERS STAR MUNICIPAL COLUMN Edited by the Village Manager CLEAN-UP WEEK IN MIXED MARRIAGES"... cromner vem Enthusiastic Audiences Wit- ness First Tragedy BY i..-L..S: There is one vital subject of the day of which the North Shore Theatre Guild can never again claim ignor- ance. Namely, the situation in Ire- land today. It was presented to two very large and enthusiastic audiences at the Winnetka Woman's club on Thursday and Friday evenings of last week. It was presented forcefully, dramatically and convincingly and withal so delicately that each specta- tor could carry away the convictions he brought with him absolutely in- tact. It takes rare genius to handle re- ligion on the stage and neither offend nor antagonize the audience. That genius St. John G. Ervine has cer- tainly displayed in his four-act Irish play "Mixed Marriage," which the Theatre Guild Players so ably pro- duced. The cast was small, containing only six characters, but those six have be- come real personages in the minds of the audience. Eckhart Real Star John Rainey, the father, played by Mr. Percy B. Eckhart, will long be re- membered as the acme of all that is stubborn, pig-headed, bigoted and un- reasonable and yet "right" in many ways, but woefully wrong in his deeds. So narrow and rigid a Protestant that he bent backwards, professing to be all that a Christian should be and yet--holding the peace, happiness and welfare of his native city in the hol- low of his hand--was willing to throw it all away rather than allow his son to marry the Catholic girl he loved. Even at the end with the city in tur- moil, soldiers firing into the mobs, | his house in ruizs and his son's prom- | ised wife dead at his feet, he trium- | phantly asserts he was "right." The] pathos of his wife as she contemplates | the havoc his prejudice has wrought and yet is able to pat his shoulder | consolingly, is the high spot of the drama. Mrs. Whitely Well Cast The wife was beautifully portrayed by Mrs. Arthur L. Whitely. Her part not only carried the pathos but the humo: of the play as well. Her caus- laughter and generous applause. Tom Rainey, played by Mr. George Martin, was an exceedingly difficult part but excellently played. Its very difficulty lay in its briefness and gen-| eral awkwardness. As the younger son, just emerging into manhood, al- ways shoved aside, made to run er- rands and promptly "shut-up" when- ever he ventured an opinon, he sy both amusing and pathetic. Mrs. Boyden in Clever Role \ Nora Murray, the Tovable Catholie) girl, about whom all the fuss revolves, | was cleverly portrayed by Mrs. Pres- | ton Boyden. She and Hugh, her | lover, played by Mr. Ogden Cook, | aroused a great deal of sympathy. | Selfish and self-centered as youth and | love always are, yet Nora rises to | great sacrifice in the last act, as sha | realizes that the human is smaller than the state and happiness achieved at the cost of human pain and suf- fering in others can never last. She dies content, having been shot down by soldiers in her effort ft» save Michael O'Hara. . Mr. Cook was a very reaistic lover and caused many sighs among the feminine spectators. Mr. J. Lineoln Gibson, as the vision- ary, idealistic Catholic, Michael O'- Hara, won real interest and close at- tention during his pleas for a united Ireland where neither creed nor cate- chigm should divide man from man or man from woman. 5 Rival Professionals We feel that the general attitude " {s'that onr North Shore Theatre Guild is rapidly passing beyond the amateur and can soon be classed as profession- al. The one setting, the general cook- ing, eating and living room of the Rainey household, where the com- plete action takes place, was designed by Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Bond and cer- tainly looked like a real representa- tion of an Irish workman's home. A complete miniature model of the stage, together with pictures taken in Belfast, were on exhibition in the club rooms, forming an interesting as well as educational feature of the eve- ning. Mr. Guy Stuart Bailey deserves much praise and credit for his ad- mirable training and direction. Give Open Air Play No small amount of the evening's pleasure was produced by the North Shore Theatre Guild orchestra, ably conducted by Mr E. C. Kaumeyer. They played five difficult selections brilliantly and smoothly. Altogether it was an entertainment long to be remembered and if some of us prefer to laugh and have a "happy ending" there are also many designated by the Village as Com- munity Clean-Up Week. Village wagons and trucks will collect all household rubbish during this week, providing the material is placed in containers on the parkway. A regular schedule for the several districts of the Village has been arranged, and will be found elsewhere in this issue. In case rubbish is placed on the park- way after the day indicated In the schedule, a special collection will be made upon request to the Village Hall. Residents are urged to make a special effort to clean up all accumu- lations of rubbish during this week. Let's make and keep Winnetka clean. In this connection, it should be un- derstood that the Village has no authority to expend public funds in cleaning up private vacant lots. It must therefore depend upon the pub- lic spirit of citizens in cleaning up vacant lots in each neighborhood, and the Village will co-operate by hauling away all such accumulations, placed on the public parkway. Several requests have been received at the Village Hall by citizens who wish to use the manure covering placed around fire hydrants for win- ter protection. Any resident who wishes to use this for fertilizer is wel- come to remove the same from any hydrant in his vicinity. DOG LICENSES The Village records show that a' considerable number of dog owners of the Village have failed to take out dog licenses as required by the Munic- ipal Code. Under a new ordinance passed last year, dog license fees be- come due and payable on January 1st of each year, instead of on May 1st, as was formerly the case. It is sug- gested that all dog owners take steps te secure a license at once. Unless ihis is done, it will be necessary to authorize the Police Department to initiate enforcement measures. COUNCIL MEETING At the meeting of the Village Coun- cil on Tuesday evening, May 2nd, Trustee, J. D. Pierce was elected presi- dent protem of the Council for the coming year. Special Assessment proceedings were started for replacing the side-| walk on the notth side of Ash street, in front of Lots 11 and 12 Block 10, Provident Mutual Land Association Subdivision, west of Provident Avenue. An informal public hearing was held on the question of re-paving Lin- den Avenue and Gage Street in Hub- bard Woods, which was attended by a Targe number of interested property owners. Considerable difference of opinion developed among the prop- erty owners as to the improvement desired, and the Board requested that those interested arrange for a meet- ing of property owners to agree on the form of the improvement and to appoint a committee to confer with a committee of the Council. The Village Manager was instruct- ed to take up with the Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee Electric Railway NORTH SHORE WOMEN must have been delighted with the u clear statement made by Village Man- - ; ager Woolhiser last week explaining Raise Funds to Help Wo- men's Union Colleges On Saturday, April 29, a luncheon was given at the Auditorium Hotel in the interest of the Women's Union Christian Colleges of the Orient. The seven colleges included are doing a remarkable work in training women leaders for their respective -countries and it is due to their phenomenal growth that the need for buildings and equipment has become urgent. To this need the women of America --eclub women, college women and women who are interested in educa- tion in a broad way, have responded with enthusiasm and a movement is on foot to raise $2,000,000 by January 1. 1923. To this $2,000,000 another $1,- 000,000 will be added from the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Fund. The cam- paign is progressing favorably in other parts of the country and Chicago is not willing to be outdone. At the luncheon, Evanston reported over $11,- 000 and Winnetka, $2,000. The money raised in Chicago and its environs will be used for the Administration Building at Yenching College, Peking. 600 Attend Luncheon. Six hundred people were present at the luncheon, Winnetka, Highland Park and Glencoe each having a table reserved for its delegation. The principal speakers were J. Leighton Stuart, President of Peking University, Dr. Ernest Burton of Chi- cago University, recently returned from an educational commission to China, and Mr. William Hung, secre- tary of Chinese students in America, who is returning to China to teach at Peking, China. Pacific to the Fore. Dr. Stuart, in his brief speech, pre- dicted that in the near future the civilization of the world would center about the Pacific as in times past it centered about the Mediterranean and later about the Atlantic. "In that day," said Dr. Stuart, "America will be to China the near East as China will be to America the near West. What is being done in China is therefore of the greatest interest to America." Dr. Burton averred that the greatest of China's undeveloped resources is her womanhood, and the Woman's college, one of the means by which it is to be developed. He explained that Yenching is the antique name for Peking and means capital of the state of Yen which is the ancient name for China, Yenching being the capital at the time of the Trojan War, and of Samuel and Saul. Reports at the luncheon totalled over $30,000 toward the Administra- tion Building at Yenching. The puild- | ing is to be an adaptation of Chinese, Roman and Gothic architecture. The motto of the college is "Fresdom through Truth for Service." the matter of requiring limited trains to stop at the Indian Hill station be- canse of the great danger to high <chool students, resulting from the high speed at which these trains now pass the station platform. NEW PUMP AUTHORIZED The Council has authorized the in- stallation of a 3-million gallon centri- fugal pump at the Water Plant, to provide additional capacity to serve the increased needs of the Village, and to give added reserve capacity in case of fire demand. VILLAGE OFFICE HOURS The general offices of the Village will be closed on Saturday afternoons during the months of May to Septem- ber inclusive. The Village Manager can ordinarily be reached by telephone on emergency matter during the closed hours, by calling Winnetka 54. The Police and Fire departments will be open at all times; prompt service on electric agd water trouble can be secured during office hours by calling Winnetka 860 and during closed hours by calling Winnetka 5. LEWIS A. VOLLMANN FRESH, SALT & SMOKED MEATS POULTRY - FISH - OYSTERS - SAUSAGE 796 Elm St. Phone Win. 1 and 333 of us who occasionally like to see a serious and realistic phase of life so conscientiously portrayed. With two comedies to their credit this year, one an American play and the other an English production, it was certainly a wise choice to select as the one tragedy of the year this wonderfully written Irish play of St. John Ervine. Give Open Air Play The Guild's fourth and last play will be an open-air production of "Two Gentlemen of Verona," at Ravinia, and it will certainly be eagerly anti- cipated by all who have been so fortu- nate as to see the Guild's three pre- vious productions. Dr. Charles E. Geisse Osteonathic Physician Phone Wil. 2u3. 1150 Wilmette Ave. RESIDENLE PHONE 537 00000000000000000000000000 Why have the worry of Sunday dinner on your shoulders? We can furnish you fresh chicken cooked to your order. Mrs. Smith 819 Oak Phone 112 Winnetka Public Forum Every reader of the Winnetka Talk the advantages that would come to Winnetka if the business section of our village were adequately lighted. Now it is up to some of our public spirited citizens to start the circula: tion of a petition for signatures, or to call a meeting to bring the question | of improved street lighting before the trustees of the village. "BLUE BIRD." IN NEW LOCATION Dr. C. H. Eldred and Dr. R. W. Con- nor moved their offices this week from the Cox building into the Village Theatre building on Wilmette avenue. Women Voters, League in Final Meeting of Season The Winnetka League of Women Voters will hold its last meeting of the season Tuesday afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock at the Winnetka Woman's club. Mrs, James W. Morrison, who ranks prominently among the civic workers of Chicago, will speak on the subject, "Women in the Party". A cordial invitation is extended to every woman in the village--whether a member of the league or not--to at tend the meeting, which will be the last until October. x Identification. As a means of identifieation a Iuro- pean scientist hns ~on ned X-ray photographs of poreor's fingers with their finger prints : edd rltddododddddddddddtdtod C0009 0PPPPPVPPPPIVIIVIITIIVIVIIIVIE ITY POV VV VYVVIVIVIVVVYN POPPI PIPIVIIVIIITYW | ALD LA 4 AA ALLL POPPY | | Winnetka 1446 557 Chestnut Street than the usual reasons proud of the town. Our personal specialty best transfer service Phone 6 PROUTY ANNEX A Worth-while City Most all folks are proud of their "home town." They wouldn't be worth much if they weren't. 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