Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 31 Jan 1930, p. 28

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· WILMETTE LIFE January 31. 1930 TICKETS GO RAPIDLY Only 900 Can Be Sold for Edna St. Vincent Millay Anxiety that there will be many disappointed would-be patrons of the forthcoming appearance here of Edna St. Vincent M itlay, Ameri.ca's foremost ,.,. oman poet, when she g1ves her program at the Haven s~hool, Evanston, F ebruarv 12 is pursumg members of the Zeta Phi Eta speech sorority who will bring her here. Ticket5 went on sale last week, and those · in charge have been be~ie~ed with calls for them. They are hmtted to 900 because that is the seating capacity of Haven school, and Evansto? has no larger auditorium for thetr accommodation. Many who have hea"d Miss Millay elsewhere are eager ro hear her again, and others who have iong awaited the opportunity to he~r her are clamoring for tickets. It IS possible that dle seat sale may be closed by this date of publication; but there are no reserved seats, and those n1ho have tickets all have equal opportunity in seating arrangement. Proceeds from the reading will go to the scholarship fund of the sorority. It will begin at 8 :30, and will include readings from Miss Millay's most ~ amous 1-oems included in her books, "'fhe Buck in the Snow," "The King's ; Henchman," "Renascence" and others. She is reported an exquisite reader, and a. bright-eyed, sensitive, smiting. and ~. light Y9Llng woman who has fascm..tting stage presence and magnetism. She was born in Rockland, Me., and attended Vassar where she began her writing. She was graduated there in 1917, and her various books have been published since then, creating a great · stir and placing her highest among American women poets now living. I If tickets are still available, they may be procured at Directs Art Shows ' I .,. Ar &e~Schln featurer l1em···l~ey l1ave eve~yll.in«J lhtll i.r new from ll.e ne"elt'J fabr-ic.r h> t1o.Te little OOtJc'i1e.r U,(\t are inde.r~ri bable · · ~et tna'ke tJ,e we~rer l()ok· 6'{)h., ·· .ro .rmat'l. H()w aclorable l ... · · · · · · · Photo by Koehne Eva Karon Schur, Inc. North Shore Hotel Building EVANSTON ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chandkr~, Evan~on. Where Hospitality Is Friendly F YOU are irked by the cares and expense of a private home ..... dwell at The Orrington . . in quiet elegance and homelike charm 'mid hospitality that is always thoughtful. considerate and friendly as your own fireside. I Ultra Violet Ray Lamps $35.00 up HEALTH AND HAPPINESS IN THESE MAGIC RAYS Mrs. Charles H. Dennis, serving as chairman of the art committee of Shawnee Country club, is supervising one of the outstanding events in art circles of the north shore this season, ia the club's successive showings of various types of art exhibits in its ballSunday Mrs. Dennis, with a room. group of assisting hostesses, received at the tea which formally presented to club members the showing of works by r.1embers of the faculty of the Art institute, including paintings, portraits, etchings, charcoals and others. Rollin Pease was soloist. The display will be hung for four weeks. Mrs. Dennis, as a member of the board of managers of the Chicago Women's Symphony orchestra, is one of the group in charge oi the bridge to benefit this organization, to be given at the home of lv(rs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick in Chicago, February 5. HOLD BRIDGE TOURNAMENT The Shawnee mixed bridge tournament, which has been on now for three weeks, and which will continue until February ~7. will hold its regular weekly play next Thursday evening, February 6. Players are allowed to discard any three scores and prizt:s are being given to the winners. TO CONDUCT RETREAT The annual retreat will be conducted at the Mallinckrodt High school from January 29 to February 1. The retreat will be given by the Rev. Francis X. Busch, S. ]., professor of dogmatic theology at Seminary of St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein, Ill. Father Busch is a 9rother of the Rt. Rev. Bishop Joseph · F. Busch, D. D . University 8700 ~··o·ltratio· Plto·e Today Pre· ltome Nerth Shore Talking Machine Co. 71 :a CHUlCH STREET, EVANSTON Univ· .f523 7.f2 ELM STREET, WINNBTL\ Winnetka 3.f7.f ORRINGTON EVANSTOl -~LLINOIS SILE Evanston Show Room 162o SHERMAN AVE. Grunluf 481.1 DTOMATIC THE NOISELESS OIL BUP.NE" Hubbard Woods Show Room goo LINDEN AVE. Winnuka 65o Gretnleaf 700 ~ Eootuton's Largest and Finest Hotel

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