Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 16 Jan 1931, 2A

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God 1 ,e wl! show his motion picture of. the saine title> îexf Sunday eve- ning, january 18, at the Wilmef te Sunday Evening club. This film has been called the most remarkable mo- inpicture of its kind ever made. Persons in charge' of, the programn préeit onef the biggest evenings of the year. :Witb Captain von Hoffinan',s lec- ture f0 guide and interpret, the movies penetrate into Africa and peer intO the enchantedl inner circle of the black man's bewitched Étf e andbis superstitions. Adyttiture, drama and romance, colored by Captain von Hoffmýan's insight: and hu mor, à~ar- acterize tbe lecture. Pometrat. Jumgles The pictures lead far into the hid- den places of spirit-baunted jungles, behind the scenes of the psychologv of savage peoples. "Jungle ,Gods,"y simple in its picturization, is a dramna of life -and deafli, telling of weird religions, of voodcoism, of quaint marriage ceremnoules, and ail the de- tails, st range and bewildering, that make up the daily routine of the black man's existence. Filmed by Captain von Hoffmnan on bis lat est expédition to Africa' in 1925-1926 wbile lie was 'living with and studying the, aboriginal tribes, the picture, Jungle. Goda," repre- seRfs ont chapter ini this explorer's life which is of itself a~ drainatic ad- venture. He was borti in 1889 in Riga, in the Baltic provinces of Rus-, sia, and was educated at the Military' S Academy of St. Petersburg. At the' age ouof fourte n hie ran âway froin the Academy to liglit in the Russian- *japanese .war. He. was wouncled, promoted, d'ecorated for conspicuous, gallanfry and made a Knight of St. George. -At tht end of the war be Ssailed -to America where he becamne an expert cineina photographer. In, this *capacity he traveled -the globe motion -picture producers. luU. S. S"erve In 92Captain von Hoffman was or: more. 'in the st, 1censfls bt for 19ju issu recently.i Wilmefte's population is now 15,- 233,1 an« increase of 94.9 percent overt 1920, ihen it was 7,814. 'the popula-1 tion of -Winnetka bas increased 81.7 percent sne1920, f rom 669 4 2- Fifty years 'ago Winnetka was' larger than Wiln'ette.. In 1880, ac- cordiug to the offciai cnsfl' p op ulation of Winnetka was 584 and, tbat of Wilmeffe. 419.,. Since 1890,1 bowever, WjImette bas neyer been beaded by its neigbbor to the north. lu the ten years f roi# 1880- to'- 1890 .Wilmette's populatio n jumped. 248 percent, from 419 to 1,458. The largesf percentage of popula- tion increase for a ten-year period in ,Winuetlça was from 1910 f0 1920. In 1910 there wer e only 3,16$ people in Winnetka, 'but by 1920 the number had increased to 6,694, an increase ol 111.3 percent. Wiluiette's population. in, 192û was 7,814 and in .1910 it îvas 4,943. Kenlworth and Glencoe, the other two New Trier township villages, also bave mnade remarkable' population gains. Twenty years ago only 881 persons ived in Kenilwortb. The rate of population increase > in that village was not rapid front 19.10to 1MO but in~ the bast feu years ké*nilworth's population lias more than dotibledj increasiug from 1,188 in~ 1920 to 2,501 in 1930. Glencoe's population i* now 6,295, according to the official census fig-. ures. In. 1920 it.was 3,381 and in 1910 1,899.- 'At sons This 1910, present there are 37,019 per- living in. New Trier fownsbîp. figure is almost treble that af when the population of tbe ship was 12,532, and à substan- ýncrease over the 1920 figure oî mn, of its board of directors, re- ported that the institution had a very satisfactory growth during the ,yearv 1930, ini spite of adverse businiess ,çon-t ditions. The following directors.of. thec bank, Were reelected: Harry C. Ed-1 monds, estate managem en ts; ay- monci. G., Kimbeil, président of tbe Kimbeli Trust, and Saving.s bank,. Cbicago ..E. B." Knudtson; B. W. Lynch, riée-president. of H,.:M. Byl- lesby and company; ThomasMud iug, preàident'of the Thomas Mould- ing. Brick. company; -David Nelson, president. of the Nelson. Brothers Laundry company;: Alberît- N. Page,1 vite-president and treasurer of thelc Q. R. $.-DeVry corporation; Gilbert1 H. 'Scribner of Winston and com- pany; ýDan G. Stiles, treasurer of the Railway -Terminal and Warebouse company; Robert. Stoddard', vice- president and treasurer of tbe Milk1 Bottle Crate company, and A. C. Wolff, president of Wolff-Griffis, mnc. Ail officers of the bank were re-i elected. They are: E. B. Kiuudtson,. président; Robert Stoddard, vice- president; G. W. Chaf ce, cashier; N. A. Schwall, assistant cashier, and* R. R. Jenness,. manager of the real estate lban -department. Pr. A. C. MëGffier t to Speak at Gong'I Quirch Dr. Arthur C. McGiffert, Jr., Pro- fessor of church history t the Chii- cago 1Theological semnary, will preacb' the sermon at the First Congrega- tional church Sunday mornjng, jami- ary 18. His subject will be "The Two Voices."- Dr. McGifYert has supplied the pulpit of the Congregational. church en a number cf previo ,us occa- sions. Before coming ,to the. Chicago Theological seminary, he was for sev- .rat years pastôr of one of the promni- tient Cougregational c h u rc be s in Lowell, Mass., and is well known botb as a minister and as a teacher. who wrote of what he knew, wil brin g to the.tiortit shore audiences of the' Circuit. theatre a' play, 1llled with exçitement and thrills. Frowneçl on in Chicago because:of the c om-. parison i ol rwwith presentt day.affaira as they are,, this thrilling play is being produced ounftle north shcfre circuit *ith thé permission of. the chiefs of. police of' eacb of thie north shore toWns. An unusuial cast' bas been, assein- bled fdr this unusual play, a tast made, up of ninieteen men and ontel girl. M'iss Joi Sini,'a newcorner t0 the north short, is.to 'lay theont feminine part, of 'Irene ayes. It is- adifficult part, onie calcùlated to try the ability of auy actress, - but* Mis1 Sim ,brings to ber. portrayal coiaider- able experience, botb on tbe: profes-; sional and the. amateur stage, and ber playing of this robe sliouldbe ont of. the higb points of the production. Pimifips Ha$ JamL« Tht leading role of Captain Mc- Quigg is played by E. Grant Phullips of Evanston. Mr. Phillips, a new- comer to tht Circuit theatre coin- pany, bas several rolts witb the Country club players of E.vauston to, bhis credit. He takes the powerful captain's rote creditably. Nick Scarsi, gangster deluxe, the terror of the southwest district, is played by J. Lincoln Gibson. Mr. Gibson needs no introduction to uorth short aud- iences. His annul appearance with the Circuit theatre' is looked forward to by many, and, his robes woubd fill *a good sized page were they f0 be listed here. James Witherell of Ev- anston' is cast as joe Scarsi, Nick's younger brother, and it is about bis misbehavior tbat the play hiuges. These and miany more make up the company wbich is rehearsing "The Racket" for presentation, and Circuit theatre managers. take pileasûre in. presenting this' New York -Success to the audiences of the ilorth: shore. Comnang This Month "The Racket" will play in Wilmette on Tnesday, Tanuarv 27, in EvanItoh ILL Paul Randlev "of' Electric sbop, 1151 Wili went f0 the Evanston hg day of this 'week for obs :has lbeen &uff£ring -wii 'ailhiàenf. IHc-vas baclç onWdmsa servation. n v tIn£'1 ~tiakidney' i iatic at bis home rgu , È, irl

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