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as hin COME SEVENIS DIFFICULT PLAY Cast of Exceptional Skill Needed for Theatre Guild Performance "FUNNIEST COMEDY" Shows in Kenilworth on February 24 BY GUILD CRITIC Reports from headquarters of the North Shore Theatre Guild are to the effect that the production of "Come Seven" is progressing in a satis- factory manner, and the indications are that it will be the most popular play the guild has presented. Atten- dance at a rehearsal a few nights ago disclosed the fact that the players en- trusted to interpret this play are a most capable group of amateurs. Difficult Production "Come Seven" is not an easy play to produce. In the first place, as we all know, comedy and farce comedy are the most difficult of all plays to act, for a player must be fair- ly well equipped technically before he can delineate and project the type of role usually found in plays of swiftly moving action. When the comedy in question is one of the character of "Come Seven" it is doubly difficult because all of the eleven characters of the play are negroes and the player must not only sink his own individu- ality into that of another race but must also acquire his mannerisms, methods of speech, etc. That the guild players are succeeding as well as they are, therefore, indicates that they are possessed of considerable versality. Mr. Percy Eckhart, Mrs. John Marshall and Miss Whitehead are particularly effective. Commedy of Fun There are still some people who are under the impression that "Come Seven" is a story of the well known "crap shootin' art. Quite to the con- trary, this splendid comedy by Octav- us Roy Cohen, originally produced at the Broadhurst theatre in New York, is a play in which all of the char- acteristics of the southern negro are most skillfully portrayed by a man who knows and understands them. It is by general consensus one of the funniest commedies America has ever duced. : Announce Dates . The play will be presented in Lake Forest at Durand Hall, Lake Forest University, Tuesday, February 20, at the Woman's Club in Evanston on Wednesday evening February 21, at the Skokie School in Winnetka Thursday and Friduy, the 22nd and 23rd, and at Kenilworth Club, Kenil- worth, Saturday, February 24. In ad- dition to the regular musical program to be furnished by the North Shore Theatre Guild orchestra, there will be a group of negro spirtuals sung by a quartette composed of Mrs. Asa Cooley, Mrs. Stuart Bailey, Mrs. J. Williams Macy and Dr. Lazear. The entire production is un- der the direction of Miss Lillian Fitch. Davies | Kenilworth Happenings Those who attended the Pirates' Ball given by the Kenilworth club on Tuesday evening, February 6, had to walk the plank before they could join in the festivities. Pirate costumes were essential, no one was permitted on the dancing floor who was not in costume. The ball was voted a grand success and the credit given to Mrs. Frank Ketcham, who had charge of the arrangements. The Opera Club orchestra furnished the music, which was exceptionally good and suited to the occasion. Mrs. Henry Riggs Rathbone was hostess at a Mah-Yongg party given at her residence on Sheridan road, on Friday afternoon of last week. On Saturday, Mrs. Rathbone entertained at luncheon at the Union League club, followed by a matinee party. Mr. and Mrs. Leon M. Allen will leave this week-end for a month's trip through the Imperial Valley and will visit Kenilworth friends at Pas- adena and San turning home. The Board meeting of the Neigh- bors was held at the home of Mrs. Mark Cresap, president, on Tuesday morning. After the meeting, Mrs. Cresap entertained her committee at luncheon. Miss Miriam Shattuck has gone to Flat-Rock near Asheville, North Caro- lina, for two months. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Ellis, who are staying with Mrs. Ellis' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Grant Ridgway, will leave this week-end for a brief visit in De- troit. Mrs. Edward Parmelee will enter- tain a few friends at dinner on Fri- day evening of this week. Mr. John D. Rathbone, who has been recuperating in California for the past month, will return home today. Mesdames Robert Berger, Grant Ridgway, Sidney Y. Ball and C. G. Littell, entertained at a progressive dinner before the "Pirate's Ball," on Tuesday evening. Mrs. Mark Cresap, 239 Essex road, entertained a party of eighteen young people in honor of Mark Cresap, Jr., on Friday evening, February 2. Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Reichmann will spend the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Taylor, Jr., 431 Essex road. 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This time Johnny comes with a new feature comedy under the title of "Sure Fire Flint," taken from a story by Gerald C. Duffy, known for his stories filled with pep and dash. Those who remember Johnny in "Burn 'ém Up Barnes" will certainly welcome him in his latest photo play. In "Sure Fire Flint" Johnny will keep everyone in high spirits; he is always doing things that will bring a thous- and laughs. This picture is filled with many a thrill, especially the one where he races his automobile across a rail- way crossing only to have it demol- ished by the dashing express train es, where he holds up a card and has it punctured by a rifle ball from an alert Heinie sharp shooter, not omit- ing the big cabaret shots, where John- ny proves himself a regular Vernon Castle. There are many other scenes that will bring forth true hearty laughter. Mr. Hines is surrrounded by a cast of well known people. including the beautiful Doris Kenyon, Effie Shan- non, Robert Edeson, Edmund Breese, J. 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