Society Night at Playhouse Helps Library

[illegible] night was gala night at the [illegible]. The reason was a benefit performance by the Evanston Stock company for the public library, an institution in which the society folk of Evanston are deeply interested, if their presence in the playhouse that night is to be construed as an expression of interest in the library.

Every seat sold
Every seat in the house was sold [unclear] before the day of the performance and every opportunity to participate in the event taken early. For the occasion the management of the theater had chosen "Green Stockings," the play in which Margaret [illegible] appeared two years ago in Chicago so successfully, a choice most happily upheld Monday night. It was an ambitious thing for the stock company to do, to match their work against that of theatrical stars of the first magnitude and that so fresh in the minds of the theater going people. That they were able to produce a satisfactory performance of "Green Stockings" is proof that the presentation of work had no terrors for the players at the Evanston theater.

Gave Their Best
The inspiration of an enthusiastic [illegible] was reflected in the acting of the stock company; each member of the cast gave of his best. The play itself is interesting, but it was the [illegible] work of the players which made of Monday night's performance a most satisfactory evening's entertainment.
Advantage was taken of the occasion for Mrs. George Craig Stewart to present to the representative body of Evanston people the cause of the public library. Its embarrassed financial position, the untiring efforts of the board and the librarian to give to the public the maximum of service for the minimum of cost which it is to be hoped fell on fertile soil and will be [illegible] of a full harvest of interest in the affairs of the library--an [illegible] which concerns so intimate [illegible] of the city.

Spoke in Behalf of Club
[illegible] Mrs. Eugene Garnett in her habitual [illegible] and happy manner spoke in [illegible] the drama club, of which [illegible] president, Mr. Harry L. [illegible] appeared before the curtain to [illegible] for the organization [unclear] management, to speak for [unclear] of a worthwhile company to [unclear] city such as Evanston where [unclear] of such a work is great. In between the second and third acts Mrs. Dorothy Dickson and Mr. Donaldd [unclear] gave an exhibition of social [unclear] which was heartily applauded by the audience.

The Boxholders
The boxholders for the evening were Mesdames Eugene H. Garenett, [unclear], Alfred H. Gross, [unclear] A. Stgarr Best, Ira B. [unclear] G. Raymond Cook, T. W. Robinson, [unclear], W. A. Bisley, W. A. [unclear], Elpicke