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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 26 Nov 1927, p. 21

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Cal Te a TT WINNETKA TALK a ----y Jae November 26, 1927 19 New Trier Players Do Splendidly in [3 4 . » Inside the Lines By M. W. The New Trier Dramatic club pre- sents its first play of the season, "In- side the Lines," by Earl Derr Big- gers, Saturday evening, November 19, in New Trier auditorium. The re- hearsals for this play had been going on for some weeks under the coaching of Gordon Van Kirk, so that the cast gave a finished performance Saturday evening. Frank Gilchrist was splendid as Henry Sherman, banker and leading citizen of Kewanee, Ill, who, un- fortunately, took war time to take his wife and daughter to Europe where "everybody's broke, millionaries and all." Much to the amazement of the entire Sherman family, very few people in Europe have heard of Kewanee. The parts of Mrs. Sherman and Kitty Sher- man were played by Vivian Soukup and Harriet Williams, respectively. Robert Spiegel has the part of Joseph Almer, a hotel keeper on the Rock of Gibral- tar, where the plot takes place. Al- mer is a spy in league with Marie, a cigaret girl, played by Virginia Harvey. Jaimihr Khan, a servant in the house of the Governor of the Rock, was play- ed by Rollin Simons. Captain Wood- house, played by John Iliff, did nicely in his role of worrying one Jane Ger- son, and Major General Crandell, to distraction. The part of Jane Gerson, buyer for one of New York's Fifth avenue shops, is ably taken by Jean Marx, and that of General Crandell, governor of the Rock, by John Betak., Jean Thackery had the part of the charming Lady Crandell who took such an interest in the affairs of the poor vet rich Ameri- cans. George Cogswell was the dis- solute Capper who was "an Enelish- man and loyal." The parts of William Kimball. Sergeant Crosby and the Major Bishop were taken bv, Robert Brown, George Pearse, and Burton Ascheim. The entire cast took their parts with a naturalness and charm that is highly commendable. Judging by this first presentation of the Dramatic club we are looking forward to a fine year. Automobile Club Head Fights U. S. Auto Tax An eloquent plea for the repeal of the Federal War Excise Tax on pas- senger cars was submitted to the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives recently by Chas. M. Hayes of Winnetka, president of the Chicago Motor Club, and a mem- ber of the executive committee of the American Automobile association. Mr. Hayes was one of several dele- gates on hand to testify before the committee at Washington, when the American Automobile association was granted time to present to the com- mittee the reasons why the car owners of the country are insistent on the elimination of the burden of more than $65.000,000 which they now annually contribute to the treasury on account of the "hang-over" War Excise Tax on passenger automobiles. Noted Explorer to Give Free Lecture at Museum Dr. William Beebe, noted explorer and scientist, will give two free il- lustrated lectures at Field Museum of Natural History, on Saturday, Decem- ber 3, and Sunday, December 4, it is announced. Dr. Beebe has been leader of some of the most notable scientific expeditions of recent years, and is re- garded as an authority on subsea life. His lecture on December 3 will be on the subject "Wonders of Marine Life"; the December 4 lecture will be on "Beneath Tropic Seas." GIVES SUNDAY NIGHT TEA Miss Inez Virginia Webster, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Webster, 319 Oxford road, Kenilworth, entertained eight of her friends at tea at her home Sunday evening, November 20, Her guests were Miss Frances McConnell, Miss Gertrude Wiazenberg, Miss Jane Babcock, Miss Mable Anderson, Miss Clarabelle Buck, Miss Margaret Stultz, and Miss Jean Marx. The University of Illinois has the largest enrollment in its history. There are 8870. men and 3,163 women en- rolled. Of these 10,771 are at Urbana and 1,322 at the medical school in Chi- cago. Public utility stocks admitted to trad- ing on the Chicago Stock Exchange have a market valuation of more than $2,119,000,000, and represent 42 percent of the market value of all stocks dealt in there, METTE Ph. 2766 Appointments dvisable 1177 Wilmette Avenue WIL Does this School teach modern art? learn to really draw in this School? tions of those who inquire. modern art is. your course in design embrace? So run the ques- We, here in the Evanston Academy of Fine Arts, realize fully our responsibility to the aspiring young boy or girl. Shall we teach him to draw as it was done when we first were students? Aca- demic, solid, with thorough understanding of ana- tomical form, composition and value--or shall we only stress design and color as many think that We do both. Even now we are proud of our results. In two months we feel that we have made The New and the Old a splendid start. They draw--not mechanically. They are not copying by rule or in an unfeeling manner but they are learning to draw the figure intelligently, sometimes without the model. Our aim is that they should be able to draw, to ex- press themselves and that the drawings should look like the model. But also, they are being taught the new, beautiful solid ideas that are in modern art so that when they enter the world of art, professionally, a few years hence, they may be equipped to fill the need of their time. Instruction largely individual. Enrollment any time, day or evening. Visitors are invited. The EVANSTON ACADEMY OF CARL SCHEFFLER, Director Carlson Building Tower, Church and Orrington Telephone Greenleaf 1674 FINE ARTS TR Lr TR TT TTT Hi =

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