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November 1, 1929 ·wl L M E'T T E LIFE 11 RNDSPUUUNGSnuNGS FASCINATING VOCATION · That's the Job of the Puppeteer Who . Brings Tony Sarg's Troups November 14 ~·. ~ · ., · ~ .... I Presiding like an Olympic god over the . pestinies of a troup of wooden dolls, even such engaging puppets as those of Tony Sarg, is not exactly the easiest job in the world, · according to Charles E. Sea,ri-e, head puppeteer ·and Wilmette is to have a lingerie shop AT KENILWORTH CLUB dire·ctor of the Tony Sarg marionettes. :t\ovember 2, is the first Footb~ll supwhich ar~ making their annual visit to of quality-yet one of moderate Chicago and the tiorth · shor.e this per anq dance at the Kenilworth club. Mrs. · Ralph Huszagh and Mrs. Samuel month in a revival gf one of their prices. A choice. selection .is offered earliest successes, "Rip Van \VinkJe.." Clark are hostesses. Friday, November 8. wilt' · be the first bridge luncheon of of impo_rted lingerie. tailored made- . Surgeon, tailor deluxe, hospital attendant, wardrobe mistress, singer, the season, with Mrs. George C. Rich to-.measure negligee and fine hosiery . imitator of animals (voices) from the .ards and Mrs. Clyde P . Ros~. · the · ~ J1ostesses. cock o' the morn to the much m2 ligned donkey, these arc but a '· few · ot hi s daily occupations. ~.fr. and 1vfrs. M. LeRoY Minor 929 · Seated on th.e hip of :Mr. Searle, a s Sheridan roa(l'. \Vilmette ·are plat;ning he talked to an interviewer was none to ' leave the first of next week to tour other than . the notoriously sharp- to Kew York to vi sit · their' daughter, I I 59 Wilmette Ave. tongued Dame Van \\Tinkle, who had Sarah who is at the Briarcliff School in an impetuous moment lost her hea.d. for Girls in New York. They will be gone for about two weeks or ten days: 1 Expert String Pulle1 "There are 500 strings ope1·ating the twenty-five puppets which appear in this production,:' said 1£r. Searle, "and if so much as one of the strings becomes entangled, you would be surprised a·t the alacri.ty with which high comedy can change to tragedy. "\ \ ' e have five puppeteers; and ·they mu~· t handle swiftly and surely the .~t nngs which move the marionettes ahout on the stage, in "' addition to reading their line s, singing the.ir s~)llg; and in the case of the animals, become as Established 1 9 2. 1 perfect as is hun~anly possible in imitating their various. noi ses. Then too Main Oflice f1 Plant-WAUKEGAN ~ WEBSTER AVES., HIGHWOOD, ILLINOIS · the puppeteer who handles Xichola s \ "c dder,, the tavern-keeper in "Ril> :Van Phone Highland Park 3 71 0 .\\"inkle,·· must furnish the smoke for his pipe. SERVICE STATIONS "One really becomes quite an ex: I pert surgeon after a few years with · puppet shows," he went on to say, 1150. Central Avenue holding out Dame Van \Yinklc as an I 578 Lincoln· Avenue 653 Vernon Avenue I 07 S. Genesee Street cxamj)!e, "fo·r the· little creatures are Phone Wilmette 704 Phone Winnetka 6 3 8 · Phone Glencoe 865 Phone Majestic 16 7 5 always coming apart, losing ~heir Phone Wilmette 7 48 heads or an ' arm or a leg at a most critical moment. · "And my apprenticeship as a t~ilor is long past. You would be surprised We renew them for you at such insign~ficant cost. Restore the newness-f~eshen faded ho\\' these little folks . are constantly patterns and colors-put back · the wear that time has taken out. And all you need is getting th eir clothing torn despite thC' care with which mv assistants and I our telephone number. try to hat~dle them~" . · CALL US NOW-·I T PAYS! Jealous of Charges "You seem to speak very fondly of Neckties too. and Glov~s!. You' li be surprised when you see how we put freshness and them almost ·as if they were flesh and smartness back into them. blood children," one· ventured. ~lr. Searle siniled, "\Vell. we do ge·t rather Those suits-a good cleaning and presstng will ptit a lot more wear into them-give ·th~m fond of the little actors; I suppos·e it's that conscious look. of success. from . constantly looking after them and caring for them · year a'fter year." We can give more than quick cleaning service on top-coats and overcoats.·. We brighten the And ·added. · "But we haven't carried colors-revitalize the fabrics. or been carried hy our 'emotions quite as far as the puppeteers of the old world. There, in many instances, the art oi puppeteering has been handed down for generations from father to Men;s · Suits thoroughly dry cleaned ~ Ladies' Coats th.oroughly dry and up son;. and they beconie so attached to .P cleaned and finished .. and pressed . . .. their little charges that they become Men's Overcoats or Top Coats yery jealous if anyone else handles or ~ Comforters and Drapes dry cleaned cP and finished .'. in any way cares for one of the tiny dry cle~ned and pressed . puppets:" 7 Neckties cleaned cleaned ........ The question most frequently asked and pressed ..... . .. . . in relation to the marionettes, he told Ladies' Plain Silk ~r Wool Dresses us. was, "How tall are they?·· They A::od ' dry cleaned and .!)ressed . .... are really only two feet in height. An Optical Illusion Please call the branch in your community and our courteous service man will call. The optical illusion that the puppets ' ; are actually life-sized, he explained, is due to the fact that stage, properties, and dolls are built to an exact matheMember National Member Master Cleaner matical scale; and the human ey'e after watching them for sometime with Association of Dyers and Dye ..s Association of nothing by which to gauge relative and Cleaners the North Shore height accepts the marionettes as being of human proportions. That is why a human figure appearing on the stage at the end of a performance seems so very gigantic-as if Gulliver indeed, were stalking among the Lilli- ATTENDS HOMECOMING FETE Mrs. Edwin Hedrick's mother, Mrs. putians. Douglas Crooks, Kenilworth postmas- ·M-elvin T. Roberts, and her sister, Mrs. J t A th 0 t" · · ter, attended the homecoming celebra- C. T. Eames, who have been visiting . . His ey~s tun~td ;:sti:ei;\:!ard the tion at his alma mater, Knox college, Mrs. Hedrick at her 304 Melrose avebody of Dame Van Winkle which still last Saturday. "fhe Knox football team' Mrs. Hedrick at her home 304 Melrose lay across his knee, and the ititerview- 1 w~n .a 14 · to 7 football victory over avenue, Kenilworth, have returned to ·· er left him preparing to perform a Ilhn~:>1s · college before a large home- their home in Rocbester, N. Y. They major operation on the little lady in commg- crowd. were here for about two weeks. order that she might be in re.adiness f,,,,,.,,,.,,,,..,.,,,.,,,.,,.,,.,,,,.,,, ·.,.,· .,.,.,.,.,.,, ···· to put on her very best performance in the forthcoming . shows. The marionettes will appear at the Jane Kuppenheimer hall at Skokie school, Wirinetka, Thursday . afternoon and evening, November 14. .,.,..,.H.,·············"· AND NOW! ASTA~MARIE TBE FIRST DR·Y. CLEANING PLANT W~TB TBE CHAIN ST. ORE SYSTEM 1£rtriint <tTlrnurrs1 .~ur. 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