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The inelodrama of yesterday is the coniedy of today! Proceeding 0o1 this premnise, several prof essional and amateur theaters througliout tb.xe country have secired excellent resuits. Xide is the faine, for exanmle, of Christopher Morley's group, who resurrected an old theater ini Hohoken, New jersey, and there presented a startling array of theat- rical antiques.,rnuch.to- the loy of and a 1roa of an. admiring follown frorn New York., In fact, the pop)u- larityý. of this particular venture soon spread until travelers to. the great city were, shortly crossing the river to ýpartake of these rare, entertain- ments. This year itrigit. be said that H-oboken will corne to' the north shore, for the North Shore Circuit, theater lias elected to produce as- its first showin1g of the séason "Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model.." Here'is the old -time "nieller dramnier" par excellence, -a play lu which every thrill ever known'to theaterdorn is sure to beincludtd. No Retouthing The iiortlh shore will scec Nellie" just as onîe i.ht have seeni it in its heyday ab)out 1880weua travelling conpaliy came to the *'old "Ôpry ,house- iii the sr-nalL town, or even in the, hig city, to be faced by au ex- cited popuit1act which positivély julrnpedi at 'every thriil that carne * across the gas iootlighits. As regard,~ the play itself: A short and decidedly, naive explanation ap- ,prise s the audience that Nellie is the trué lheir tiv a large and vast fortune, actuallv the largest iii -New Yor4k City. Cruel fate lias stolen lier -%vlîeix * a babe froin the. arrns of lier inother. the ricli Nfrs. HorUvu. whvlo now séarclies for lier in vain. Nellie's cousii, t he'desPicable Walter Horton, fcariig that lie Will inheérit none of,É Ille vast fortunle should Nellie be1 fouuid, contrives a series of. stu- PçII(Ous episodes to put, lo.vely, Nellie out -of the Nvay. l'le villain stops àt ,îot!'..g. ultiinately blowîug 1up, Ile Brooklyn. lbridge to gain his end; -whichi dastardly act will be presentedt witlî utrnost fidelity on the uorth shore stge- o the Circuit theater. i -AIl- _"QLIk_ wnoô are arnong the ucst amateurs UMe north shore can supply. Though not entirely complete, the company will iniclude Mrs. G. T. Eggleston of Ev- anston as Nelîje, Frank J. Morre of Glencoe in the role of Walter Hiltoni, the viillain, and 'Joseph, K. Sliippen of Glencoe as Jack Carroll, a YQ.ung inventor, the handsome hero. Samuel S. Otis of Winnetka will, direct the production, and Johin Allen Stewar t of Evanston, business manager of the .ýrganization, will. manage the com- paýny and its tour on -theý north, shore circuit. Precariaus Situation To return te 1930, the ýoutcoine o f the subscription campaign now beiàgý conducted by the Circuit theater, and, l)v' that. the future of the organiza-. ltion, is still-a thing te be determined. Being en tir ely u ne n d0we d, and pledged to invest the proceeds of each season for the productions of that year, the. Nort h Shore Circuit' theater finds itself at the moment ini a ve" ry precarious 'position. North shore residents are found very loath ie subscrib 1e to the organization this seasoni, even thougli the animal dues of eiglît dollars, when considered in Aiîe liglit of the eighit tickets whicb ýit means, brings the cost down te but o;; e dollar for each admission to thé, plays. "Business depression" and lbard tinies" are the reply on) ail hauds, but unless the hard-working local committees mneet with more success soon. thle eutire organization of the Circuit theater will have to be abandoued. Plans for "Nellile" will proçeed, optimistically, until1 Novelrn- ber 1, and if returns of that date can- not warrant a continuance of the little theater-this year celebrating its- decennial anniversary-thie doors will close on that date and the Circuit. theater will cease to be*a part of the if e of Chicago's north shore. Circuit theater, affairs are in the hands of, a large, local commnittee in each of the toWns in whichthe plays are pre- sented. Any, commiittee memnber, or Mr. Stem-art in the studio at Evans- ton1, will be very willing to talk with ali who are interested in the theater and in seei»g its work continue ways keenly interested in the work of the Center, opened her very interest- ing home for the partyr. The financial returns were most gratifyijig as over $160 was taken in. Added to the in- t erest of the party was a brief talk by Mrs. Post ;who is incharge of -the Martha Washington Home. Mrs. Post gave a. very enlightening resumé oi the work she is, doing with the de- pendent crippled chidren in lier home and, of the great: necd, there is fur funds t6 carry ou the work and if ever ydu readers have: triedto, find a. home for a depen dent crippled child vyou must realize how nmuch this work deserves your support. Mrs. H.ubbàrd of 'the Industrial De- Pa ,rtrnent of the Chicago Tuberculosis institute then preselited some ývery interesting statistics in connection, with the work ýof' the C. T. 1. in schools and industrial plants. Health Center work-wvas started in 1915 andý siîc e -t hen centers have been .estab- lished, in eiglitcen conîunities with a staff of. thirty nu~rses working iti the rural and urban districts. lui al of these centers the -,vork is carried on --i cooperation with tlhe focal health officers. Prevention of dis- ease, pgrtieularlY * tuberculosis, te- gether with child lîealth educatioîî are the results striven for. An appro- priation of $5,O0O a year is used Ii researcli work. There is also a le nd- ing library contaiîîiug books on Al angles of tuberculosis and allied sub- jects.. These books are free te the public. Suniiniig up her talk, .\Mrsý Hubblard wished us to unde'rstaiid that the aim'of tlîe Chicago Tube- culosis institute is te establislî geîi- eral lîealth education and prevention of tuberculosis and their health cen-, ter nurses workiuig iii cooperation with the local physiciaîîs stand ready at a11 times to render anyassistance required. G raduates of New'Trier Rank. High in Engineering Four New Trier Higli schoçol graduates who are noW attending the Scout mhovernent on the nortb shiore, the executive committee of the North Shore Area council at a meet- ing Tuesday nigbt of this weelç took initial steps to finance an anibitious expansion prora to be carried through- in the next few years. Aconirittee was appointed to ini- .vestigate and determine the 'amount. and the rnetbod of *raising the money. Basing the cost of. operatien of the, move ment during: the past two years and taking into consideration its growth and operatiîig csts. in the fut ure,. it is egtiiated that 1b arnount to beultimateIr raised shold. be placed at $100,000. The fund campaigg contemplates not rnierely the annuat Scout budget requirrnents, but includes as welle provision for necessary expansion ai Camp Mýa-Ka-Ja-Wan near Elcho, Wis., and the establishment of addi- tiolnal week-end camps In -various, sections of the Forest Preserve. Committe at Work Prelimînary phases of the forth- coming campaign are to be worked out by a committee, which will make its report- and recorrmendations i the near. future.. The towns ebae within the North Shore Area council are Wil- mette, Kenilworth, Winnetka, Gien- coe, Highland Park, Highwood, Lake Forest, Glenview, Northbrook, Lib- ertyville, and the Mundelein-Rouxîd- out area. The meeting of the executive coin- rnittee of the Nc#th Sbore Area couincil at which these matters were discijssed was heI4 at the Green Tea Pot in Hlighland Park. More than thirty mnembers of tlie cornmittee at- tended the session. Acting President Hlenry Fowler pre- sided. Among other members present were: James R. Goetz, ban G. Stiles, Kari. D. King, Charles A. Steele, R., F. Doepel, W. H. -Williams, Henry K. Urion, Ralph H. Rice, Robert- Mc- Neil Buruns, Harold W. Snell, Uarry W. Stannard, John H. Rumbaugh1. Raymond Roth, Gilbert E. Porter IIII, Fre-d A.., Rugen,, Leland Olds. 9., ment runs nign wn ,n , vs .exa.npfle, , pa-ilq JCIIIillil --k Nellie is bound te th.e railroad tracks o f a rondo, by Castelnuovo-Tedesco; the company, thie operating revenue~s and a giant locomotive rushes iiead- The Kenilworth Study Class at- Bruch's "Fantasy"; "Romanze," by and the net income for the quarter long down upon her-or at another tended the Wednesday matinee ail the his teacher, Auer; the Schubert-Ach- ended September 30, 1930, would have peint when., tied and gagged under Harris theatre this week en masse ron "Waltz in A Major"; Debussy's been approximately $367,000 greater; a slowly descending elevater, with and enjoyed the play, "Uncle ý"Afternoon of a Faun"; "Sevilla» by and for the twelve-rnonth period end- the,,meckiiug laughterof the villain Vanya," in which Lillian Çish is Albenii-Heifetz, and, Ravel's "Tzi- ed September 30, 1930,,it would have ýrnig nfe rNellie awaits a: starrigi- gane." , heen appreximately $417,0W0 great.er, ringig luber ers, t isexplained