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September 29, 1928 WINNETKA TALK 15 Frances Morris and Ralph Bellamy Score in "Rain" at Evanston "Rain," with Frances Morris giving a sterling performance in the role of Sadie Thompson and Ralph Bellamy playing with infinite understanding and dramatic success the part of the Rev. Alfred Davidson, is the week's bill of- fered by the Bellamy Players at the New Evanston. Both characters are rather difficult ones to interpret but no two players could have done them much better than Miss Morris and Mr. Bellamy did on the opening night. No cast could have given the leads much better sup- port than did the cast on the boards at the new Evanston. The part of Sadie Thompson is the first that the Players' leading lady has had so far in Evanston in which she could demonstrate her capacity as an emotional actress. Previously she has had "sweet" parts that called for no great amount of skill, but this week she plays a role that requires her to travel the emotional road from a spirit of devil-may-care persiflage to the depths of despair and of compassion. Bellamy has fared better in the mat- ter of previous roles than Miss Morris but his interpretation of Davidson, the fanatical bigot, the egotist, stands out as a triumph and easily tops the best of his earlier efforts here. The role is heavy and Bellamy handles it with pleasing ease. He throws himself wholeheartedly into the character and makes the Rev. Mr. Davidson terribly real to the audience--as Miss Morris makes Sadie. Richard Weight makes the part of Trader Joe Horn of Pago Pago stand out and Florence Le Cour does some fine bits of character work in the role of Trader Horn's wife, Ameena. Dr. McPhail is well played by another ver- satile and accomplished actor, William A. Lee, and Edwin V. McCarthy makes a very good Sergeant O'Hara, U. S. 'M. C. Alice Delbridge as Mrs. Mc- Phail, Laurett Browne as a strait-laced wife of the missionary, Davidson, and Russell Parker as the quartermaster of the Orduna are highly satisfactory. Minor parts are taken by Roberta Clark, Ross Porter, Mack Siegel, Frank Dane and Jack W. Bailey. "Rain" is a hard-bitten play that calls a spade a spade and slams home some wholesome truths. It holds up to just scorn the egotism of the relig- ious fanatic who in the name of God inflicts deep emotional injuries and it also reveals the essential human com- passion and capacity for understanding that lies beneath the tawdry finery of the so-called "scarlet woman." It is an excellent play and no one should miss seeing it. --C. V..K. Mrs. Rumry Organizes Glee Club for Students Mrs. Jean Hislop Rumry, music supervisor -of the Winnetka Public schools, has organized a boys' glee club at the Horace Mann school. About a dozen boys from the fifth and sixth grades are members. The first rehearsal was held Thursday of this week. BARRETT SPACH HONORED Dr. and Mrs. Amuel B. Spach of 228 Leicester road, Kenilworth, have returned recently from a summer abroad. While there, they spent six weeks with their son, Barrett Spach, traveling through Germany and Aus- tria. Barrett Spach has been studying organ in Paris for two years and will remain another year. This summer he was asked to play two Sundays at the American Cathedral in Paris, taking the place of the regular organist those two days. Women Use Softened Water for Shampoos Appreciating the importance of hav- ing pure, soft water for the home shampoo and facial treatments, 'many women of Winnetka have been going to the North Shore Laundry to get small quantities of the water which this laundry uses exclusively for all its laundry work. Soft water is equally essential for a good shampoo as it is for washing clothes, and the North Shore Laundry is only too glad to give those who call the water they require for their shampoo needs. All water used by the North Shore Laundry goes through their new water softening plant, the only Zeolite plant on the north shore. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Ridgway, 207 Cumberland avenue, Kenilworth, and Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Hannah of Kenil- worth left by train Saturday for Denver. They will get their car at Denver and motor through the Canyons of Utah. Mr. and Mrs. Han- nah will motor on to California and Mr. and Mrs. Ridgway will return to Kenilworth. ---- James H. Prentiss of 201 Cumber- land road, Kenilworth, left Monday night for Colorado, where he expects to spend his vacation fishing. Mr. Prentiss will be gone until October®1. Florist Shop in New. and Larger Quarters William H. Smith has moved kis flower shop in the Tower Court huild- ing, from the room fronting on Tower road, to larger quarters in the same building fronting the court and with a large display window visible from Linden avenue. Here he is enablzd to carry a greatly increased stock to meet the requirements of a rapidly increasing trade. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Weese have moved back into their home at 141 Kenilworth avenue, Kenilworth, after spending the entire summer in Bar- rington, IIL eanilie Powell 320 MICHIGAN AVENUE NORTH GOWNS WRAPS - FURS (> 2] hp dudicti i. ; e _ for Cros Ciré Satins, luxurious new Velvets, evening gowns of simplicity and ~~ or elegance, without elaboration = a, ... these were the important formal features of the re- cent Paris Openings. And we are presenting a charming new collection of these luxu- rious Paris Evening Modes . . each lovelier than the last . . . each distinctly individual. $75 to 31 05