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WILMKTTE LIFE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1924 m «! :^s » GIVE PLAY TO BOOST POLICE PENSION FUND (Continued from Page 1) ryce, J. Lincoln Gibson and Walter Klauke. The executive staff of the produc- tion includes Jessie Royce Landi-. director: Sidney M. Spiegel, Jr., gen- eral manager: Robert Felsenthal. stage manager: Horace Sistare, busi- ness manager and Jean Scudder, prop of any such fund for police or firemen, provided, that the sum collected in erties any one year shall not exceed $5,000j „The Thirteenth Chair" is a mystery from sources heretofore mentioned in , ,)v Bayard Vellier, which enjoyed wh.ch case reductions shall be made eXtende(j engagements in New York fines fori and Chicago a few years ago. Lt was the first of a series of eminently suc- violation of municipal ordinances. 10. The board of trustees shall levy a tax annually of three-tenths of a mill. This is in excess of the three per cent limitation and not subject to reduction by the county clerk. When collected this tax shall be paid to the police pension fund. Trustees Handle Fund The Board of Trustees of the police pension fund comprises three members, all residents of the village and who receive no remuneration as such. Two are appointed by the Village President, and the third is elected cesslul mvsterv thrillers. THEATRE GUILD WILL GIVE THE RED ROBE' (Continued from Page 1) ally wins the Red Robe but loses his life at the hands of the disgraced wom- an. Vagret wins nothing more nor less than the moral satisfaction of having been just and principled, from the regular police department| "The Red Robe" is dramatic, a daring in an election in which all members'expose of French legal intrigue and a of the department are entitled to a (satire that should prove of unusual in- vote. I terest to north shore theatergoers. $1,250 Yearly Maximum The cast of characters is headed by Pensions are paid to policemen who have served twenty years or more and are more than 50 years of age and have ceased to be members of the force; to the widows and minor de- pendents of pensioners or dependent parents, except in case of re-marriage; iaw",er to policemen rendered disabled while x«_ "c Perry Dunlap Smith, of Winnetka, who has the part of Mouzon, the prosecuting magistrate; Mrs. Dudley Gates, of Winnetka, who plays Yanetta, wife of the victimized peasant; and Abram Mendenhall. of Evanston, who portrays Vagret, the conscientious prosecuting on duty, payable for length of time of incapacitation; to widows of police- men who die as a result of injuries received on duty. The pension is equal to one-half of the salary of the pensioner received at the time of his disconnection as a member of the force. The maximum amount of the pension per individual is $1,250 per year. It is, then, to augment this fund, that the North Shore Players are to be brought to Wilmette in a perform- ance for which they, as in all their appearances, receive no remuneration. All the proceeds above expenses of the production, will be directed into the police pension fund. An excellent cast has been secured for the Wilmette performances of "The Thirteenth Chair," many of the mem- bers of which will be recognized as young people of he north shore. Those who appear in the play are: Earleene Edwards, Melvin Wam- boldt. Neola Northam, N. Hawley Mertz, Everett Fox, Fanelma Schul- meyer, Helen Davis, Montgomery Major, Richard Bradley, W. Harlan Ware, Helen Sandford, Constance Park, Robert Felsenthal, Jean Hart- Mr. Smith has been seen in previous Theatre Guild productions, including "Twelve Hundred" and "Dear Brutus." Mrs. Gates, will be remembered for her remarkable portrayal of the title role in "Jeanne d'Arc." Mr. Mendenhall is an actor, playwright and director of wide experience. Excellent Support Others in the cast are Samuel C Smart of Winnetka, who has the part of Etchpare, the accused Basque peas- ant; Mrs. Leslie Parker of Evanston. as Madame Vagret; Samuel A. Otis of Winnetka, as Bridet; Beatrice Pease of Kenilworth, as Bertha Vagret; Mrs. Frederick Dickinson of Winnetka, as Madame Etchpare; Henry J. Cary-Curr of Winnetka, as the attorney general; Lloyd A. Faxon of Winnetka, as an of- ficer; Oliver Farnsworth of Evanston, as Delorme; Dorothy Todd of Evanston, as Cataliana. Performances will be at the Kenil worth Assembly hall on Friday evening, January 25; Jane Kuppenheimer Memor- ial hall, Skokie school Winnetka on Sat- urday, January 26 and Monday, January 28; Durand hall, Lake Forest on Tues- day, January 29, and the Evanston Woman's club on Wednesday, January yi ou are invited to come to Our Housewarming in our new home recently completed at 1810 Ridge Avenue corner Lyons Street Open House January igth Cadillac Motor Car Company Evanston Branch Dancing from p to 12 Saturday, January 19th Husk O'Hare's Aces I . ECHO OF YULE SPIRIT The women of the First Congrega- tional church have asked Wilmette Life to express in its columns their appreciation of the generosity of Cos- mn« Brothers in donating Christmas trees and wreaths at Christmas time. PRE-LENTEN SERVICES Rev. Herman W. Meyer of St. John's Lutheran church is planning a series of special pre-lenten song and de- votional services in the church. A definite program is being formulated. For Your Drug Store Needs Call Snider-Cazel Drug Co. Phones Wilmette 400-401 Wilmette and Central Ave*. TONIGHT! and tomorrow night HEAR THE BOYS PLAY' -- AT THE -- Benefit Band Concert FOR THE LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. BAND UNIFORM FUND -- GIVEN BY -- NEW TRIER HIGH SCHOOL BAND -- IN THE -- New Trier High School Audit onum BE SURE TO COME! Eight o'clock Admission, $1.00