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WINNETKA TALK January 15, 1927 New Models Just Arrived Hats-- Coats-- Dresses-- UNIQUE STYLE SHOP B. COPLAN, Prop. 1126 Central Avenue Phone Wil. 2403 LECTURES AT COLLEGE Percy Eckhart of Kenilworth, vice- president of the board of trustees of the National Kindergarten and Ele- mentary college, spoke on "The Devel- opment of American Art" before the students of the college Thursday after- noon in Harrision hall. Norman Hess of 1526 Washington avenue, Wilmette, who is a pupil of Walter Knipfer, will give a piano re- cital from WSBC, Chicago, on Wed- nesday evening, January 19, at 7435 o'clock. ment from Evanston to attention. Being '"'off Season," Okean 567 Lincoln Ave. Do You Know that... You can have your fur garment re- paired, relined or altered in one day? YOU CAN AT OKEAN'S | We have recently moved our entire FUR depart- 567 LINCOLN AVENUE, WINNETKA which enables us to give your fur work immediate No need for you to go longer than one day without your fur coat. Bring it to us in the morning and we will have it all ready for you to wear the same evening. ...and the | cost will be very small. It is our aim to keep our employees | busy, bring your fur coat in now! Ladies' Tailoring Department in connection SENSATIONAL OFFERS IN FUR GARMENTS. we are offering our en- tire stock of furs at greatly reduced prices. Established 14 years on north shore. WINNETKA Ph. Winnetka 2752 Furriers sealed caps. Greenleaf 820. 'New Cream Top Milk a Comes from Tubercular- tested cows. Sanitary hood Ask Our Drivers Or Phone Wilmette 3029-- * The cream taken from this milk will whip 15¢ per quart GLENCOE PLAYERS HEAR ABOUT LITTLE THEATER Miss Sue Ann Wilson of Drama League of America Tells History of Movement At a meeting of the Threshold Play- ers of Glencoe on Tuesday evening, Tanuary 11, at the home of Miss Ruth V. Thomas, 595 Sheridan road, Miss Sue Ann Wilson, executive secretary | of the Drama League of America, spoke on the drama, and especially the Little Theatre movement. She spoke of the dramatic ritual found among the primitives in their celebrations of feast days, and the beginning of dialogue in Greece, which was followed by the introduction of a third character by Sophocles. This in- troduced conflict, which is the basis of all drama. Drama gradually became more secular, but degenerated as it developed. Rome took it over and made it a gorgeous thing, on the order of a circus, which made is an outcast of the church. In the Dark Ages it was kept alive by minstrels, and fin- ally the church took it over again as a form of religious education. It grew too large and was given over to se- cular control, and the earlier forms of pageantry were then evolved in market places, on movable platforms. Paris Starts Little Theater As the players began to stroll about the country, they attracted the at- tention of kings, and some were in- vited to become a permanent part of court life. Then came the Reforma- tion, and players were considered as being of a lower social cast,--and un- til about twenty years ago people of the theatre were regarded as outcasts. The drama developed along very tra- ditional lines until about 1889 when KING OF ALL SUPERS Buy your radio with a thought toward the future. Consider the outstanding qualities of the Super Zenith: a long distance powerful set with the un- usual feature of three stages of Audio Amplification (most radios have two.) Ask us for a. demonstra- Ghe @hickering Studios Carleton Kaumeyer 527 Davis Street ~ Evanston HI Gelephone - Greenleaf 3230 Andre Antoin in Paris started the first Little Theatre in the world. Old tra- ditions were broken, and acting was done for its own sake. Soon there were other little groups in Germany, England and Russia, breaking old pre- judices and interpreting realistically. Chicago was the first city in the United States to form a Little Theatre, which was done in 1911. Almost simultane- ously, similar groups sprung up all over the country. America approached the Little The- atre in a pioneer spirit. Because plays had to be given in barns, attics or school basements, the settings neces- sarily had to be very simple. Play- wrights wrote plays especially for these groups, and there has developed a defi- nite suggestive and simplified staging art, an art that Broadway is now taking on. Schools Encourage Drama Miss Wilson then told of the specific activities of some of the existing Lit- tle Theatres in the country, and pointed out the fact that universities and even high schools are having special drama departments. Glencoe, Miss Wilson said, is a part of a tremendous movement in this country. The Little Theatre players know good plays and put them on, regardless of box office receipts. There is a fine spirit of comaraderie in these groups. Our country has developed all branches,--all the costuming and stag- ing is done by the group. In concluding, Miss Wilson said the church is again putting on plays and endorsing them. "We are living and working with something that is very vital and alive," said Miss Wilson, "and where it will go, no one knows. [ think we are in a third big Renais- sance of the drama, working towards a different drama and finer play- wrights. . . . . We are in a crusade, which has a banner of community service, and we are going towards real, worthwhile dramatic art. . . .. » After questions and discussions on the Little Theatre movement, delicious refreshments were served. Two one-act plays are to be given at the next meeting of The Threshold Players, which will be in National Drama week, between February 13 and 19. This will be given for the active and associated members. Another evening of two one-act plays will be presented at the March meeting, at which associate members will be in- vited, besides the three act play to which they are entitled to come, which will probably be presented the first part of June. Kenilworth Cagers Get * Ready for First Games Basketball teams are now in the pro- cess of organization at the Kenilworth community gymnasium, according to recreation director Robert W. Town- ley. The first games will probably be scheduled with Wilmette teams and will be played in the very near future. The Kenilworth Night Hawks, weigh- ing 135 pounds and under, are open for the scheduling of games with other teams and will play any Monday or Thursday night. Arrangements are be- ing made through Mr. Townley at the Kenilworth Community club. SPEAKS IN OMAHA Miss Edna Dean Baker, president of the National Kindergarten and Ele- mentary college, will speak before the Kindergarten-Primary club of Omaha, Friday, January 14, on "Scientific Method in Solving Behavior Problems." There is a large group of N. K. E. C. alumnae in Omaha, and the local chap- ter of the Alumnae association is plnning to entertain Miss Baker dur- ing her visit there.