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18 WILMETTE LIFE rech, but they could not bring Hammelehle to although the guards worked for over an hour. Police could not account for the sudden sinking of the boys, as the water is not very deep at that point and there are no treacherous holes where a swimmer might be caught unawares. Their theory was that the boys had eatera something before they went in swimming which had given them cramps when they went in the water. September 3, 1926 Chicago Boy Drowns in Lake Off Kenilworth Christian Hammelehle, a 19 year old boy living at 452 St. James place, drowned while S.\vimming with two friends Saturdav afternoon at ·the south end of the Kenilworth shore line. Christian had waded about 300 feet intn the lake and started swimming hack to the shore with his friends. As they neared the beach, Hammelehle and Herman Vodrech, who were with him. sank. Hans Bear, the other boy who wa s swimming with them, came to the rescue of Vodrech. .He swam hack after Hammelehle wh tle guards on the beach were resuscitating Vo~- Hub to Remain Open Starting today, the Hub, Henry ~· Lytton and Sons, Evanston store, wtll remain open Thursday, Saturday and Tuesday evenings. This schedule wi.ll be maintained in the future. It ts hoped that in this way the many patrons of the store who are unable to do their shopping during the day may do so at night. A full force of clerks will be on hand to take care of the evening trade. it is announced. !REVIVE COMIC OPERA Century Theatre Comic: Opera Company of New York Comes to Auditorium in Chicago Three Nights a Week LO f. The coming of the Century Theatre Comic Opera company of New York to Chicago's Auditorium theatre for a limited engagement, beginning September 1, is announced by the Messrs. Shubert as the beginning of a regular system of comic opera revivals. The first two weeks, "The Mikado" Mrs. William A. Schertz of Pittsand "H. 1L S. Pinafore," will doubtless burgh, a house guest at the home of ~frs. Russell Cooke, 331 Cumnor be followed by the bringing down to her sister, Mrs. Henry Riggs Rathroad, Kenilwonh , entertained her the present public of other classic light bone, left Tuesday for a ten-day motor operas in ot her seasons. The plans bridge club at luncheon Thursday. . trip with friends to Minneapolis. include not ·only the Gilbert and Sullivan masterpieces but also the compositions of other great composers of comic opera and its Continental coun terpart, opera comiques. Two seasons ago the Shuherts began the pnlicy of making a big comic opera revival each spring, the fir st . of " -hich was "The ~fikad o." Last season the second spring offering was th e spectacular presentation of "H. M. S. Pinafore" in the Century theatre . Other :-;elect ion s for future re-staging were De Koven's "Robin Hood," Planqucttt's. "The Chimes of Kormandy," and Balfe's~ "The Bohemian Girl." These plans ""ere the res u·l t of t h c remarkable renascence of real comic opera on Broadway in the past i<·,,,·cars. nf which th e remarkable success of "The Student Prince." "Prince. s FlaYia" and others arc samplrs. The Ccntun· Theatre Cnmic Opera company com(·s to Chicago for a :-.hort engagement thi s fall to dl"trrminc whether this fo rm of an1uscmcnt i:-; to ·precede Chicago's regular annual ~ca son of seriou~ opera in the Auditorium each n ·ar in the future. Similiar plans conte;npl:tte the inclu:-.ion nf the Boston Opera House. the Chicago Auditorium ancl other large npcra housb in a circuit with the Centun· Theatr e in ::\nY York as tl~ e produci;1g center. at Bt~ffalo-war excise tax dllditiOf'Uil-term.r if JesinJ ~filton Aborn. ""ho staged the entire presentation s of "The ).Jikacl n"' and "Pinafore," i ~ delegated by the Fiffe-paumger, twD-Joor Co«h Shuherts take charge oi their elaborSix charming co/.H options ate cc.mic ctpera program for the futtt re. The cast fm the inrmer opera in cludes what the,· term an ideal ca-.t (li Gilhtrt and St~lliran comedians ancl singers, including Frank ~foulan as KO-ko, \\"illia1i1 Danforth a~ the \1 ikad o. Chnrlcs E. Galaghcr as PoohBah. the r\ew Japane se sopran o. Hisa Koike. as Yum-Yum. :tella De ~1c1 t · as Katisha. \\'illiam Clark a" ~anki Poo, Celia Branz as Pitti-Sing and Jcan BeYerly as Peep- Bo. " ·it h \1 ax Hirschfeld as mu sical dir ector. J ,ane PRICE Children Compete in Sand Modeling Tests Sand modeling contests ior tl1e championship of the village playgrounds were on the schedule for Thursday afternoon this week. Through local contests the five best sand modelers were se lected from Vattman park, Laurel school playground and the beach, to compete at the beach for the honors. Vattman park \\"as represented by Mary White. Vincent \Vhite, Eleanor Steen, Reta Harrer, and Jane Brandt. Laurel playgro~nd had as its representative s Eleanor Culver, Virginia Hays, and Mary Jane Curtis. The beach was represented by Jane Engle. E ugene Loughrin, Robert Meter and Marion Michelson. Miss Clara Tuttle of Chilicothe, Ohio, has arrived in Wilmette for a visit of two or three weeks at the home of her brother, Dr. Arthur Tuttle, 913 Central avenue. Dr. Alice Tuttle was expecting her sister and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Litttefield, of Rochester, N. Y., to come to Wilmette Thursday for a visit with her. Series 8o 1838- Ridge Aveaae ..- - OllNr C.s ':1· l.r7t C. J J 5-pwcnger., 4-door · ,.-passenger., 4-door · 7-passenger Limousine 61 S.JM-·"' tJtilil IMt .Jtiri· rl r,., if w;,NJ · · $p.,a 33SO J4Je GreeDI.ea-1 so ·vanston, 111.