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th SAY ¥ May 7, 1927 WINNETKA TALK EASTMAN STAR IN ROLE OF FARMER IN "DETOUR" By Rutheda L. Pretzel In "The Detour" by Owen Davis, played during the past week by the North Shore Theater guild along tne north shore towns, Charles Eastman made the role of "Stephen Hardy" so human and true that it will be remem- bered long. Owen Davis knew farm- ers when he wrote the lines for his Stephen--and Charles Eastman knew farmers when he spoke the lines. He had all the important small gestures, too, knew how to slouch into a kitch- en chair and tug at a corncob pipe, how to put his hand in an awkward overall pocket, and he had a knack of pushing out his sentences in an over- the-shoulder way that made his Steph- en actually live. The play concerns itself with the struggle of Steve Hardy's wife, Helen, to nurture in her daughter Kate the passion for painting she had, and which she gave up when she married Steve. From the daughter's infancy until she is almost of age, the mother has talked of and planned for the time when Kate may go to New York to study art. For twenty years she and Steve have toiled with poor land, in a village where "being born and dead are the only things that happen," and she has saved pennies by the infinitely small sacrifices farmers' wives know, so that her daughter may get free of the hard life she has lived. At the opening of the play, the mother and daughter discover they have saved $700, and by selling an old fashioned bed they make up the thou- sand dollars needed. Tt is decided Kate should leave that day. Steve, with a farmer's unquenchable thirst for land, decides to buy 20 acres owned by Tom Lane, a neighbor lad who is in love with Kate, and Tom offers to sell at $1500 cash in order to pay off installments due on his new garage. A "Detour" sign has just been put up, closing the- road to his garage, and Tom is desperate for cash. Steve finds his wife has $1000 and demands it. There are hard words between the two, and Steve finally orders them both to go and never come back. They begin to pack a little fearfully, and a little excitedly, while Steve tries his hand at making supper for himself and Tom. After some clever dia- logues, an artist and his wife come in for eggs. Kate comes in to hear the artist telling Steve that a water-color of hers shows no sign of artistic tal- ent. Kate sensibly decides to stay at home, and she and Tom proceed hap- pily as a man takes away the "Detour" sign. Steve and his wife find them- selves where they started, and as the play closes, Helen is starting to save pennies again for Kate's children. Witherell Does Well James Witherell did some skillful work as Tom Lane in the third per- formance and the dialogues between Mr. Eastman and him were rich with the fine points of tonal inflection and gesture intended by the author. Gor- don Van Kirk as Ben Glenny, the small town political job-holder, brought out the breezy, matter-of-fact character of Ben that is so humorous. The part of Weinstein, a Jewish sec- ond-hand furniture dealer, was por- trayed by Moncure Paynter with a slap-stick comedy tone that delighted the audience. Malcolm Smith pleased as Dana Lamont, the artist, and Mrs. S. Paul Perry was charming as his wife. The two leading women's roles were taken by Mrs. Taliaferro Milton as Helen Hardy, and Margaret De Lay as her daughter, Kate. To You:-- if you have an IL BURNER in your home Prices declined again May 1st On Saturday, April 30th, we mailed out 1,000 Heating Oil Contracts to home owners and business houses in Wil- mette, Kenilworth, Winnetka, Glencoe and Highland Park. On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, dozens of these contracts were re- turned to us . . . signed by our customers of previous years. If you are interested in receiving one of these special contracts, we will be glad to mail one to you upon receipt of the following information. NEEEEEEAEEEEEEEEEEESSREEEEN"""". : i 2 1 NAME 2... canna dines i M L JADDRESS J re ras res i : 1 i NAME OF BURNER. ............ ; - i 1 CAPACITY OF TANK. .......... : aa eo ee a a BRAUN BROS. OIL CO. "For Fuel --Use Oil" TELEPHONE WINNETKA 1565