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36 WILMETTE LIFE February 21, 19.30 Vista del Lago Events Large Cast Takes Continue in Popularity In Style Show Part in "Close-Up:' evening, February 22, will Benefit for Club . __-----------~ beSaturday Oll.e of unusual celebratLQ!l at the BY JEAN TEN BROECK I Red letter days are to be the Barnstormers' days at the Wilmette Wom~n's club. On Friday and Saturday, r ebruary 28 and March 1, this informal group of players will appear in its annual production for the benefit of the ever swelling building fund for the Vloman's club of Wilmette. The play which heralds the Barnstormers' coming this season is 41 Close-Up" from the pen of Helen Hill of Evans-. t?n. Under !he intensive, comprehenss·lve coachmg of Mrs. Charlotte Chorpenning, who directed the most scccessful "Lombardi, Ltd," of last year, the large cast rushes from one rehearsal to another in order that the clever entertaining PlilY within a play ma~ greet its audiences as a finished. production. This week the actors in ··Close- · Up" and the roles they will play, are Miss Louise Badgero~ of Winnetka c:nounced. Many of them already are known to Wilmette and north shore one of the season's debutantes i~ among those who will model for' the audiences. Marian Ortseifen is to be Mona sty~e show the Winnetka board is sponVane; Ralph Whitney takes the part sonng for the benefit of the NorthC'f Bruce DeLisle; :!ebecca Fitch Sara we.stern university settlement, at the Stebbins; Lea J. Orr, Benny Zi~gl'!r; Wmnetka Woman's club March 17, at Robert MacLean, Mead.o ws; Mrs. Gar- 2 :3~ o'clock. Children's clothes, riding ret Johnson, Mrs. J. A. Burrill Anne hab1ts, sport dresses, suits, afternoon ~hitmack, Josephine Pridmore: Mar- f~ocks, and evening clothes all will be Ian Wolf, Mrs. W. T. Jones Tourists· dl.splayed uy a group of society girls. Betty Marshall, Fairy Bickford· Fred Ttckets for the event may be purLippen, Rugged Darebanks; Mrs: A. E. chased at the door. r::eirnes, Ivy Feathers; Mrs. ]. B. Boclche, Mrs. Feather; Dr. W. W. Hawkins Sol Samuels; Rutherford Lee Richard Travers; Mrs. Bernard Bro~n. Bara Clow ; Dorothy Rohol, June Dawn ; Mrs. Paul M. Schoessling, Sue Gordon· ~helm~ \fancinelli, Velte Lupez; Rosa~ · ' fht: \Vilmette Arden Shore board lmd M tits, Enf ante Day; Anne Boddie, Joan Rawford; Robert Smith, Junior held tts regular meeting last week at Darebanks; A. C. 'fisd.elt, Jr., John the hom.e of M:s. Myron West. During Pa~ushka, Jack Eddington, Three the sewmg, whtch constitutes the main Sh1rtfronts; Mrs. Thomas Mintz part of the day's session, many dresses Gloire De La Blaise; Stanton Van~ and bloomers were made for girls of Inwagen, Marquis De La Blaise· Mil- the summer camp. tl!ed Fla ;;kered, Delicia, George Clarke, . The Wilmette board has been furnishCammcra Man; Fernando Maione a l':lg the Arde11 Shore camp with pracDancer; Katherine Panushka, Und'er- !;cally all of its silverware by collecttng soap wrappers and panels from ~tudy. A new supply is . Mrs. John B. Boddie is general chair- soap flakes boxes. greatly needed for the summer camp wan of the entire production. and anyone having such wrappers or panels may send them to or phone Mu. Willis Huston, 11 t2 Elmwood Shawnee Club Holding avenue. Any amount will be received Open House February 22 gratefully, the board announces. There will be open house all day toThe Boy Scout troop organized at morrow at Shawn~e Country club to the Ar1en Shore winter camp is in need ~el~brate the first birthday of the club ?f umforms, and anyorte interested m tts new ~orne and bowling, billiards, ~~ Arden Shore who has outgrown or ha~dba.11, pmg pong, cards, dancing, dtscarde~ Boy Scout .suits, is requested sWtmmmg, and skating will be in prog- tC? cont_nbute them to the scouts. The ress all day. Tea will be served and gtfts wtll be most welcome to the Wil!here' will be dancing from 2:30 o'clock mette Arden Shore board, it announces . m the afternoon until 6, while dinner Recently in giving a list of members with a special entertainment will be of the Wilmette board1 it was incorse.rved from 7 o'clock until 9. There rectly announced that Mrs. William wtll also be dancing from 9 until 12 Cornell is a member. It is Mrs. Frank o'clock. Cornell who belongs to this group. On Sunday Mrs. Charles H. Dennis Sleds give boys of the winter camp and her art committee invite the mem- a.n opportunity for out-of-door recrt>abers of the club to a reception musicale tH:m, ~nd it is sleds they lack. Any c~n ~nq tea in honor of the exhibiting art- tnbuttOns of this kind sent to the ~sts ·. the faculty at the Chicago Art camp now can be repaired and put mstltute. The reception, which will be away until next season. h.eld at 3 o'clock will close the exhibitiOn that has been on for two weeks. Soap Wrappers, Sleds Boys Scout Suits, Arden Shore Needs Club Vista del Lago, where a dinner dance ai_!~ bridge commemorating Washington's birthday will be one of the largest affairs of the season. A special entertainment committee has been appointed for the event and its members, Carroll Schaffer, chairman; R. W. Clark,. vice-chairman, and L. A. Weary, have been giving their time and effort for it's success. Several interesting features are to be a part of the evening's festivity. The host and hostess committee for the dinner dance and bridge includes: Messrs. and Mesdames ]. C. Marshall, M. C. Martin, W. W. Gilgis, Charles Henning, E. M. Antrim, Erskine Wilder, T. R. Benson, F. K. Benzing, E. L. Hi~ks, Jr., H. JI. Engelhard, ]. H. Bnggs, J. B. Coombs, Evan L. Ellis, Thomas A. FitzSimmons, Marshall Forrest, F. E. Hinckley, Byron V. Kanaley, E. H. Powell, Frank F. Stover, Warner H. Nelson, Dr. and Mrs. Elbert Clark, and Dr. and Mrs. Louis yv. Sauer. The Sunday afternoon musicale at tl~e Vista del Lago was beautifully gtven and was received with enthusiasm by members and guests alike Miss Harri~t Mason, gifted young ~orth shore pianist, played a charmmg program of music themes with splendid merit, and \Villiam Gre-en operatic tenor, delighted his audienc~ with his arias from -operas which he sang in four languages. .The Vista del Lago's next musicale \nil take place Sundav March 2 with Mrs. John W. Hansei, Jr. and' Mrs. Malcolm MacHarg giving the program. A capacity number of north shore residents gathered at the club last Monday evenmg for the open ping pong tournament the Vista del Lago sponsor~d. Tables were arranged along e1ther std~ of the long dining room for the game in which many men and a few women participated. Y. 'sushini won the cui? and W. I. Tobey of Evanston recetved second prize, a ping pong set. ¥r. and Mrs. Robert N. Golding of Wmnetka were host and hostess for t~e family dinner bridge Tuesday evenmg and Mrs. Golding is to be hostess for the bridge luncheon at the club today. . Afternoon Style Show; Bridge Delightful EVent The committee in charge of tickets and the members of the Junior auxiliary of the Woman's dub of Wilmette reported a sale of one' hundred or more tables fo: the afternoon bridge and fashion show so successfully stage at the Woman's club last Saturday afterl,oon. . From ~he stage brightened by attractive chatrs, a table bearing its vases of. roses, ~nd the grand piano where M1s~ Mane Flentye played incidental mus1c, the models stepped their way do~n a carpeted aisle in the auditor~um ::tnd on into the smaller auditorm!ll where tables also were arangf'd. PaJama ensembles, sports attire, suits, afternoon frocks, and evening gow!ls,· all of the newest mode, were displayed by memb~rs of the auxiliary. Among th?se actmg as mannequins were the :M tsses Jane Triggs, Vera Thaleg, Betty Hunt, Mary Mack, Ruth Bower ~~etsey Shapker, Virginia Bixby, Mar~ 1an ~ook, Mary Harris, Vera Hoerber, Manan. Born, and Bessie Weiss. A pnze was given at each table and et the c.l<;>se of the revue, membe~s of the auxthary served their guests with coffee and cake. Bridge Benefit a Success A charming event of the mid-winter season, one of a social nature with a purpose philanthropic, was the afternoon bridge te~ t,he Associated guilds of St. Augus.t~ne s Episcopal church gave recently at the home of Mrs Perry L. Smithers, 711 Lake avenue: Tables for bridge were arranged th.roughout the living rooms and the w~nner at each table was given a prize. \\ hen the game was ended coffee and delicious sandwiches were served. Proce~ds from. the affair will benefit the p~tlanthroptes to which the guilds contnbute. Win Prizes at Club Fete Mrs. Th<?mas L. Grisamore, 411 Lake avenue; Wtlmette won the sec.ond prize for the most ·~ttrac~ive woman~s costume at the Mtd-Wmter carnival held last Saturday evening at S~awnee C?untry club. George B. Dormah. 510 FI~th .street, Wilmette, won second pnze 111 the men's costume contest M~. and Mrs. Robert S. Babcock of· ~hlcago won first I!,rize~ for their Russian costum~s. The skating rink was decorated. wtth colored lights, the lat~er of whtch were also placed uniquely 111 large blocks of ice. . . . Attend Banquet D~. Aver¥ A. Shaw, president of Demson umverstty at Granville, Ohio was guest of hono~ at a banquet given last .Saturday evenmg by the ChicagoDemson Alumni assQciation at the Palmer House. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Mons of 157 Woodstock avenue, Kenilworth. Dancing in Carnival Ball Entertaining Spoke Ten to ~poke Ten of the Wilmette Presbytenan church Tuesday1 February 25 at the home of Mrs. Barker, 730 Cen~ tral avenue. The morning sewing will be fQr the Presbyterian hospital and the afternoon study will be lead by Mn. H. F. Riley. E. L. Stone asststmg, will be hostess Mrs. Milton ~· . Barker1 with Mrs. Miss. Catherine Smith of Winnetka and Mtss Ruth Jones of Evanston have been chosen among the most popular students at Lasell seminary in Auburndale, Mass., to give a specialty dance at the annual winter carnival costume ball which will take place Feb~uary 22.. They are also students of htgh rankmg scholastically and be~on~ to a number of the student organtzattons. Skok~ Dance .February 22 Skokte Country club is giving a dinner dance Saturday evening February d Carleton .Ross, '.fo.ri. Hildebr;Lndt 22, ,in ~elebration of George' Washing- R~ssell ·Cooke entert.a ined 'fi{ty of !th~ tons btrthday. Favors and decorations fnends last .. Saturday evening at etr wiU be in keeping with the holiday. ~ance .a~ · the Ke.n~l'Yorth club. . a