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II WILMETTE LIFE February 15, 1929 'T'HE Chicago Swedish J. Glee club, H. William Nordin, conductor, \vill sing for members of the Masonic fraternity in ·W i 1m e t t e and Kenilworth next . Thursda v evening. February 21. i;1 the auu1torittnl of the Wilmette 1\Iasonic tentpie. The progratn, which will consist of · thret' groups of songs, · interspersed with patriotic readings, is to be given under· the auspices of Wilmette lodge, No. 931, A. F. and A. M. The Chicago Swedish Glee club is an · organization of more than forty y cars standing in Chicago. I -----..___;,___,___ __________ Swedish Glee Club to Sing at i11asonic Temple · _. "Lombardi, Ltd." Given High Grade Performance Here By Critic "'Lombardi, Ltd.," .is a three-act play that guarantees about four chuckles a minute, and if one happens to understand a smattering of Italian, the rate is raised to five. Therefore, one can easilv deduce that the Woman's club of Wilmette knew how to please hundreds of people when it selected "Lombardi, Ltd.," for prese.ltation Tuesday and Wednesday evenings in the club hon1e for the benefit of its ·building fund. No Sherlock Holmes calculations were necessary to find the humor and "punch" in the play, for everything swept along with the same breathtaking speed in which things sweep along in real life, and yet there was time to absorb t:Ie essence of all the situations. ·Mrs. Charlotte Chorpenning did a good job of directing, and the actors fairly shone with ability. Of J. Lincoln Gibson, who played the role of Tito Lombardi, a New York dressmaker. one can say in Tito's own vernacular, 41 He one da1.1' fine man!" Mr. Gibson has been seen in North Shore Theater guild plays occasionally, and this critic has always been impre~sed by his superior character work. As Lombardi, he seemed inspired, full of the turbulent, kaleidoscopic emotions of the Italian dressmaker, speaking with amazing spontaneity, at all times keeping the illusion of the character. And if anyone thinks that is easy to do. let him try it! The story concerns itself with Lombardi, who i too much of a · genius at designing clothes for wealthy women to lend an ear to his manager when. bills come in and money does not. He finally loses an actress whom he loved, and is only . aved from losing his shop in the nick of time. The play closes happily with Tito realizing 'his love for his chief assistant. X ora. Situations calling for pathos were aptly handled by Mr. Gibson, and by Mrs. John \\'. Behr as Lida. Mrs. Behr struck a deeper note as the show girl who has temporarily stepped off the straight and narrow path. There was candor, but a sincere and sympathetic treatment ot Lida. Some very delightful scenes were those in which Marion Ortseifen, as Daisy, and John B. Panushka, as Riccardo, figured. They were the very spirit of naive, romantic youth, and so genuine in their acting that they Mrs. Guy L. Sparks of Indianapolis, Mrs. Fred B. Crossley, 600 Washmade a tremendous hit. Dorothy Rohol spent this week with her daughter ington avenue, has as her guest this and Mary Martin were charming mani- and her family, the Frank Thales week and next, Miss Martha Jenkins kins, actinK with a wholesome touch : 710 Linden avenue. ' of Elgin, formerly of Wilmette. ahnd Anne fBohddie made an amusing c aracter o t e model with the perfect figure and a vain longing for waffles. \Villiam F. Weldon gave an unaffected interpretation of the harrassed - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . : but likable business manager, and there was good acting by Mrs. George Lamb By R. L. P. as Nora; Mrs. Mayland Challinor as The Hon. Bertha K. Landes told of Phyllis, an actress ; Esther Gilbertson the hard work, the adventure and roas Mollie, the chief seamstress; Mrs. mance of being mayor of the city of ]. Nye Macalister as the temperamental Seattle, at the Wednesday afternoon society woman; Dr. W. W. Hawkins as meeting of the Woman's club of WitMax, the theater manager; Fred Borg- mette. Mrs. Landes' talk was followed feldt as Tarrant, the man of the world; with absorbed interest by members of and Mayland Challinor, the express- the club. She intimated that it wasn't man. impossible for any of them to become The atelier of Lombardi was elegant- officials in the political world. ly and tastefully furnished through the Mrs. Landes regards motherhood courtesy of Mrs. Ernst Von Ammon of as an invaluable preparation for politWinnetka, from her shop in Spanish ical life, for the experience gained in court: and gorgeous gowns displayed rearing a family and conducting a home during the show and in intermissions is very practical training for political were supplied oy Mrs. N. A. Hanna of office. A city ~he described as being \Vilmette. Mrs. John B. Boddie was only a large fam.ly of homes, and the general chairman of the entertainment, council is the head of the family. and during intermission was presented Homemaking, she said, is the biggest with a basket of flowers by the cast. profession in the world, and calls for Through the courtesy of the Worn- the greatest amount of poise, intellian's club of Wilmette the play is being gence, and judgment. Women who taken tu. Great Lakes tonight, to be have had this experience and have arpresented before the disabled war vet- rived at the age where they have more erans there. leisure time ought to take an active "The Bats," one unit of "The VaCTa- interest i11 the affairs of the commun,., ity. Not only do they need the stimubonds," furnished music during inter- Jus of outside things, but the communmissions under the leadership of Robat Stephens 0 f \Y' tk ity needs them. Children no longer mnc a. keep to the four walls of a home, and Seats. were blo~ked off for several in order to see that the influences and 1 ,arge dmner parttes. a had been an- atmosphere of the outside world are nounced at a previous club n1ceting. , right, a mother should see to the moral and social conditions of the communCongregation Sisterhood in ity,. . Moreover, Mrs. Landes is of the opmton that women should be repreegu ar eeting Feb. 20 sen ted in the village or city council, The North Shore Congregation and feels that they can easily get' Israel Sisterhood will hold its next representation by uniting and agreer~gular monthly meeting \Vednesday, ing on a woman to ba~k. She advised I< ebruary 20, at the North Shore every woman to exerctse her right of temple in Glencoe. Sewing will begin franchise, to elect people to public ofat 9:30 o'clock followed by a general ~ce v.:ho will serve with. honesty and meetmg at 2 o'clock after which a mtegnty. As for women m office, Mrs. joint program by Mrs. J erre Roth- Landes felt they could act much more child and Rabbi and Mrs. Kobald has independently on all questions because been arranged. The first part of the of their great interest in the home, and program will be a group of songs by be~au~e !he sa)ary attached to public Mrs. Rothchild. Rabbi and Mrs. Ko- offi~e tsn t as vttally necessary to them bald will then give a music-reading or a_s tt wou.ld be to a. man. She emphainterpretive recital called "Melodrama stzed agam and agam the need for the by the French" of "The Witch Song" right kind of people in office, whether text bv Ernst von Wildenbruch at;d man or woman. "The curve of progmnsic by Max Schillings. ress,:' she said, ':is not '!-lways upward, Mrs. Kobald will be at the piano and but tt wol!ld ~e. tf the n~h~. people asRabbi Kobald will be the reader. Tea sun:ted thetr ctvtc responstbthty and exwill be served after the · program. erctsed their privilege of voting." 1· At Woman's Club New Trier Swimmers · Sink W aukeganites in Twin Encounter In a non-league meet with Waukegan at the Indian Hill pool Wednesday afternoon, the New Trier Junior and Senior paddlers royally swamped the visiting nata.tors. the New Trier Juniors winning by the tune of 35 to 7, while the Seniors sank their opponents by a 39 to 18 cou11t. In the Senior divi,.;ion, Wauke~an was able to conquer in only two of the events, those being the diving and the 100-yard breast stroke, but in the diving New Trier was hamrcred by the loss of their star performer, Don Granstrom, who is now a ninth semester man. In the Junior meet \i\·aukegan received an even 'vorse drubbing for they were not able to carrv off a single event and the only e~ent in which they were able to place second was the diving. due to the fact that New Trier had but one diver entered in the Junior meet. The summaries are as follows: St>nior 1\lef't 100-Yard Relay-New Trier. Time 1:27. Diving-Hu!';sey (W.), Enchelmeyer' (N.), Wabah(W.). 40-Yard Swjm- Ro ,)s (N.), Larner (N.), Hussey (W.). Time, 21. 100-Yard Breast Stroke Lima CW.), Sprenger (N.). Heineman (N.). Time, 1 :19. 100-Yard Back Stroke - N. Granstrom (~.), Christiansen (W.), King (W.). Ttme, 1 :20. · 100-Yard Swim-Roos (N.), Wolmer (W.), Baker (N.). Medley Relay- New Trier. Time, 2 :24. Junior Jlef't 10.0-.Yard Relay-New Trier. Time, 1 :37. Dtnng-Barnard (N.), Cohen (W.), Peterson (W.). 40-Yard Swim- Wilder (N.), Coffin (N.), Taylor (W.). Time, 24. 40-Yar? Breast Stroke Zinner (N.), Darhng (N.), Drew (W. ). Time, 29. 40- Yard Breast Stroke-Witt (N.), Rompel (N.), Kramer (W.). R I M . A CORRECTION In .lat.;t week's issue of \VrtMF.TT£ LI~E tt was stated in a head line that Mtss Jean Munro was elected president of vVindsor chapter, D. B. E., while the accompanying story. correctly annou~ced that Miss Munro was elected Pret3tdent of Cambridge chapter. Wu.METTE LIFE regrets this error. Bianca Gwendolyn Pace, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Vincent P. Pace 127 Linden avenue, entertained at a v·~len tine party for twelve of her small friends last Sunday on the occarsion of her seventh birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Pace entertained the mothers and fathers at tea and a late supper.