Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 8 Apr 1927, p. 44

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WILMETTE Mr. and Mrs. William Levett of 723 Cent r a 1 avenue entertained forty guests at a dinner dance Tuesday evening given at Ye Olde Haylofte i11 Evanston. The party marked the twentv-first year of Mr. Levett's connectio"n with th<' Illinois Bell Telephone company. LIFE April 8, 1927 ·=====:::::;=::;::::;.:::::::::::.;:;::::;::;:;::;;:; The Finest of Concert or Dance Orchestras FRANK SPAMER Music and Entertainment 1108 Laurence A,·e., Chicago Phone Longbeach 6370·6371 National championship; · 2. Wisconsin High School championship; 3. Wisconsin Class B championship; 4. Private High School championship; 5. Milita.ry K ew Trier High school athletes are and Preparatory Schools' Academies training for the fifth annual Marquette university National High School Re- championships. lay Carnival to be held in the Marquette stadium at Milwaukee on SatMiss Mary C. Lowell has returned urday, May 7. T hi.r ty- three high to Simmons college in Boston after sch ools have been entered in the event. spending the spring vacation with her \\'alter Eckersall is to be honorary re- parent s. Mr. and Mrs. George C. feree of the carnival. Lowell of 900 Ashland avenue. Before That all classes of preparatory coming to \Vilmette Mis s Lowell atschools may compete and have a tended the Junior prom at Harvard, chance, the Marquette carnival is di- which was preceded hy a fraternity vided into five sections, as follows: 1. dinner. New Trier Athletes in Marquette U. Carnival "Smiling Through, A Dangerous Play But Well Handled I "Smilin' Thro!Jgh" "' rittt·n by Allan Langdon Ma rtin. Produ <' d by the Minturn Playe rs. Pre!'ented at th e N e w Evanston . CAST Sarah ·waynt' . . . . Miss N a ncy Harris Mary. Clart' ...... MisH .Tune K(·rwln J ohn CartPrd . . . Mr. Harry Minturn Dr. Owe n Harding . . Mr. Willis Hall EI IC'n . . . . . . . . . Miss H enri e tta Tedro Kathh·t· n Dungannon .............. . . . . . . . . . . . Miss Margery \Villiams Willie Ainl·' Y ......... . ........... . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. Hamilton Christy K enneth ·wayne ... Mr ..Jnck Marvin J eremiah \Vayn e . . Mr. Jack Marvin 1\Ioonyce n Clare ... . .............. . . . . . . . . . . . Mi!:ls :\Targery \VIlliams Bu Ill!B TWELVE NINE ASTOR STREET n.vo Blocks West of the Lake Shore Drive at Division Street Chicago's Most Exclusive Neighborhood . Typical Chamber T;.velve Nine Astor Street· Today .... See These Magnificent 6 and 7 Room Apartments S ITUATED in the very heart of Chicago's finest residential distrier-Twelve Nine Astor Street presents an opportunity for an infinitely more convenient and aristocratic home. Typifying quality in . every detail-the apartments of Twelve Nine A~tor Street provide every facility for luxurious living yet at a cost that is surprisingly moderate. A limited number of six· and seven room units with three baths are still available on a rental basis that has already attracted many prominent families. Your visit of inspection will reveal the most appealing apartments you have ever seen. \Vhat a beautiful. delicate 11iece .oi artistr y-" Smilin' Throug-h." The kind of a play that's m os t e ffective on th e screen-yet encounters dang-er in ever.\· line on the stage . As the curtain w ent up arHl I was looking- m·er the pro gram. Haml et\ in structions to th e play<'r :' in Hill Shakespear e's renown e d ancient century ma stcrpil'Cl' , slid un heralded into my mind. You know the one- "Speak the words, I pray thu~ as I pronounce them to you . trippmgly on the tongue. And if YOtt mouth e .them, as so many of our play ers do, T \\'Ot!ld a s lief the town -cryer spoke m\· line s.' ' From th en on I -sa t petrifi ed- and T sta ye d th at wa~· tmt il the middl e of th e second act. T wa " ..;o a fraid that plrt\· wa s goin g- tn br . I hu g-e c o m e d~· that T alm os t fnr _crot tc1 wake ttP \\'h en I di sr or (' r <' d that i: wa c; b r in g \\ ell hatHll('cl. "Smili n' Throug-l1" did g-o a cross and it ',\ aso flll rrl with s\\·ec t. poig·na nt h '!~ ,,1 lntmancs-; that it '"ill line:r r wi th ~1 ·l· aucli r ncr fo r dan to come. T o sta rt with it wa s Tri . ; \t :t nd 1 havr n't br cn Tris h all 111 \ ' l'f r wit ho tlt finding so mr thin g- se ntim en ta l all (·llt atwthin g· r l.;r that' s Tr is h. \fa n.(<·r~· ' \\' i11i an1:' pla,·rcl t\Y O part s cli fGcult. deli cate parl s-ras ih- m· rrrl nt w :tn d st as eas il~· sli!!htccl. ITrr ltandli n ~.: I ju of thrm \\'as hrilliant- atHl tl1 at\ lie Iri sh hlarnry. \Vhilr T'm about it. 1 want to ,ero on record as an adYora h' of morr and better old -man part s fc·r H ;1rn· Minturn. H c pla~· r cl t hr part of John Carteret and a mort' · stuhh o n ~ or conceited olcl cu s.:; nr\'rr QTar~ · d an Iri sh garden . . Hi .; part was excellent 1" written and plan' cl \Villi s Hall tn1,1, the part of Dr. Owen Harclim. '. an ntlt·\ old gentleman. I don't nerd to :1 dd anything- to what T've said bc·fnr c· ahout him. As the Frcnclt sa,., "Tln t g-oes without' saying." The most of vott arc famil iar " ·ith the pia v. Tt ·was considrrcd one of the highlights of the sta~c a f<' W years ago and Jane Cowl, playing- the lead. made for herself a name that \\'ill not soon he forgotten. Then 'Norma Talmadge hrought it to the scre e n \\'here it also achiencl phenomina 1 popularit~·. As T said. it enconnt{'r ~ danger in every line. There were part. in the Minturn production that were on·rdone hut taken as a whol<' and even hit hy bit. it was in most ca~t · ' excellently handled, and it was beautifully staged; the set being welt built and effect ivc ly proportioned. I " ·a.., welt pleased with "Smiling Through ." 1 ' ).Jr. and 'Mrs . Eugene O'Rilev ha ,.<. returned from tl1eir. wedding t~ip and arc at home in Chicago. Mr. O'RileY is a brother of Mrs. F. ]. Bartsch c~f 335 Fourteenth street. Immediate Occupancy ,. Inspection Daily TELEPHONE BITTERSWEET 8931 0. E. Tr on n e s Organization, Exclusive Agents 3 6o Lahl-Scraped-Cieaned-Reflnlsht··l EstlmntPs Free Ra·dwood l'loo·s 441 N. DEARBORN ST. N. Michigan Blvd. State DUMPU FLOOR CO. Phone Delaware t&89 Chll·ngu

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