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Evanston Theatre Filled By Pleased Audience Last Night SOME FAVORITES RETAINED Outlook is Bright For Good Enter- tainment i n t h e Future. The career of the Evanston Stock company for the new year opened moat auspiciously Monday with al- most a capacity boose In holiday frame of mind in the seats and a company inspired to do their best to reflect credit upon their new director and manager behind the footlights. It was apparent last night to the habit- ual frequenter of the Evanston that there was a new force at work behind the scenes, and before, too, for that Batter; for the music furnished by the orchestra was of a distinctly high- er quality than that which has been given In the past. Plot of Play interesting. ~The play "The Third Degree," by Charles Klein, Is one of real dramatic merit. Interesting from the moment of the rising of the curtain on the ftrst act to its final fall at the end of, the fourth. The story hangs upon the forced confession of murder, wrung from toe good-hearted but weak and dissipated husband of Annie Jeffries, the struggle of the young wife to ob- tain the assistance of the Jeffries fam fly, by whom the son had been cast off, and the final intended sacrifice of her happiness and good name for the sake of the family honor and the fair fame of the young wife of Mr. Howard Jeffries, St. It would be a pity to spoil the pleasure In store for the reader when he goes, an he should by, sH means do, to make one of the of the tale aa told by the of the company by further outlining the play. The role of Annie Jeffries Is taken by Miss Randolph, the new leading lady of the company, and played with a naturalness and force which ore to know that^ in the process to which the stock cempany has bees subjected, Mr. Minturn re- mains to give his strength to the Miss Russell, as Mrs. Howard Jeff- ries, Sr* and Mr. Charles Peyton, in the character of Howard Jeffries, Jr.* were also wen iweiTejl, and the con- tinuance of Utefr connection with the theater Is gratifying to their many ad- mirers. Mr. Peyton displayed espey cisl strength throughout the first act. Miss Russell Is always entertaining and her name in the cast always af- fords pleasurable anticipation. The paucity of women's roles crowded Miss Leicester into the character of maid, but^ffisTa^dlenco^e^^ their ap^ preciation of her retention In the com- pany in the greeting extended to her on her appearance. It was a pleasant surprise to find In the haughty Mr. Jeffries, Sr., an old friend who has furnished many a laugh to the frequenters of the thea- ter. Mr. Satterlee showed that he is able to please in a serious as well as comic capacity. The other members of the cast, though In subordinate parts, did good work and materially helped in producing a most satisfac- tory performance. City i¥S^ii^;ti-%_ Bartlett Announced This Morning, fir Rates fori 912Taxes. tllGH SCHOOL HIGH Sanitary Tax is Much lower Than Last Year On Account of JuttlDecision. it win ttoaoi at a dram njne feet long by m tit diameter got up aloft so •»,•*.. ■ounds on deck, but to recstre other sound we*e» on * "rearer* difMaf mto unite ftw each direction. An eta* bieal appliance connected with » lamp ahowTby a small tight the *V rootion shsnis thjt ,■ tmaA- S0ming4 '■• . "i^'^i'n ■-■.:'" - *■ Proof to tfis Contrary. N. U. BASKETBAU TEAM RETURNS for her boailj applause over and over. Braaston is not to be disappointed but *a"n.'if>*¥mHl-- in this **i»gt in the personnel of the company. Miss possesses a charm of man- attraetrfe personality that win Immediately win for her the re- tard of the) patrons of the theater and ability as an actress to it Mr. Minium was warmly welcomed in the part of the He has long been a msesiie m nrvanston, and it la a Coach Grady and his band of bas- ket hearers hare returned from a short vacation to get into condition |--I*at year for the games which Northwestern will have shortly after the opening of the school. The men are all in good spirts after their long rest and. are prepared to go back to hard work. While the season to date has been hardly successful, the Northwestern team baring suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of Lake Forest, the men are getting into better shape and they expect to come back strong. Shortly before the closing of school they defeated the Armour basketball team by a heavy score. This team held Chicago to an 11 to 7 score. The men who are back for the holiday pr tice are: Lamke and 8eanlon. for- wards; Aldrlch and Parks, guard*, and Whittle, center. City Treasurer Charles H. Bartlett has today announced the tax rate tor this city for 1912, the basis upon which the tax mils are made up and upon which the tax must be paid in The equalised assessed valuation for 1012 exceeds that of 1911 by near- ly a third of a minion dollars, and while the school, county and state rates are increased, the city rate shows a marked decrease, as was fore- east In these columns several weeks ago, immediately after the announce- ment of the decision on the legality of the Juul law. the equaiiaed valuation was $11,021,698, and fin* this year, £11,355,727. The tax for different purposes as compared with last year, is as follows: ALL FOR THE SAKE OF BETSY Whan Cot J. J. Mai Yacht and his yacht agoCoLJ.J. riourniahel the New York Mew York a Mew York of the -CoL John Jacob of the 1911. 1912. State ........ ___$0.35 $0.38 County.............. .56 .62 City ................. 1.42 1.33. High school......... .55 .86 Sanitary district...... .71 .49 First Park Inst..___ .23 .16 N. W. Park Dlst..... .36 .48 School Dlst. 76......2.02 2.15 School Dlst. 76......1.72 1.77 From these figures It will be seen that the total tax rate In that part of school district 75, in which there is no park district, this year is $5.73, as eampared with $5X1 last year; in that part of the same district in which the park district is located this year the figure is $6-21 as eampared with $5.97 last year; in that part of school dis- trict 70 in which there is no park dis- trict the rate this year is $5J5. aa compared with 85J3 a year ago, and in that part where there Is a park dis- trict, SUB this year, aa against $5.56 last year. The Sanitary district tax and the dty tax are both materially reduced because of the decision of the Juul law, and the unexpected increase In high aehool tax. more than oaT- the decrease in every part of the in the part of school dis- trict 76, where the park district is tea * of 5 cents in the rate,, dty treasurer announced that the tax hooks have not yet been de- to him, and probably will not T understand that a number of wo- have learned to smoke clanm," said the frivolous observer. *? dont believe it," replied Mr. Meekton.*The kind of cigars women buy nobody could smoke." . "vR" ■ Fortunate Ltsehtsnsteln. Liechtenstein, the smallest of rope's sovereign states, has a mon- arch, » parliament, but no taxes and no army.- It la preparing to celebrate the second century of its indepen- dence. 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