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CRITIC "MOURNS" END . Program on Record I .OF RAVINIA'S SEASON WILMETTE LIFE Champion Of Women Tennis Stars IAGNES GEORGE APPEARS IN ART TBEAm CAST . pertoire Performances at · Community House Miss Agnes George, an actress of rare versatility and . unusual charm, is appearing with the Chicago ' Art Theatre company in repertoire at Winnetka Community House during September. Mis5 George came to Chicago in Morris Ge5t's "The Miracle" and seeing the great future for a permanent repertoire company in Chicago decided to remain and join Ivan Lazareff's company, in which she has been a valuable and busy member for the past two seasons. Previous to joining "The Miracle" company, Miss George was a member of the Neighborhood Playhouse company in New York, and has had long and successful experience on the New York stage. Her versatility is amazing and is repres~ntative of the Chicago. Art theatre's ideal of each actor, a fintshed, adaotable part of a perfect whole, ready to play a hero or a butler at a moment's notice, with equal accuracy and enjoyment of the role. Last week. for example, Miss George portrayed the blind and tragic "Bertha Plummer" in Dickens' "The Cricket on the Hearth"· this week, in sketches of Russian 'and American Life, she plays ~']en \Vhalen," the wife of a l~ght house keeper in the sketch by Wtlbur Daniel Steele entitled "Ropes"; uNatalya Stepanovna Tchubkov," a Ru~ sian farmer's daughter of uncertam vears in "The Proposal," a sketch by Anton Chekhov; and Mrs. Mary Rigley, the wife of a pastor ,of a Refo~,med church, in George Kelfy s sketch, The "Flattering Word." Tnen in "The Marriage of Balziminoff," by Alex. Ostrovsky, which ls to be presented September 19 and 20, Miss George takes the role of "Akulina Gavrilovna Krasavina, a scheming, obese old professi?nal matchmaker. And in the final btll. a translation from the Spanish of Sierra's play. "Wife to a Famous Man." she is the long-suffering, humble, but adamant wife of .the nation's idol-a hero-ofthe-moment-aviator-who allows her to run a laun<irv to support him and their children v.;hile he basks in the admiration of other women. idle ancl spoiled. VISITS KIN HERE Mrs. Fred Derrick. after a nrofes.,;onal soiourn of S(>veral months at Hollvwood. Cal.. is visiting her cousin. Mrs ." T. B. r.rommes of 423 Central avenue for a few davs hefore her return to England. . ACCEPTS HOSPITAL POST Miss Lois Schulz of 1314 Isahella street left last Thursday for Augusta, Ga .. where she has accepted a position as instructor of dietetics at the State University hospital. She also wilt supervise infant feeding and special diets. September 7. 1928 Gala PerfotmaDce Marks Termination of Most . Brilliant BY RUTHEDA L. PRETZEL Hail and · farewell, Ravinia! The gala closing night at Ravinia on Labor Day could not make one entirely free from a sense of mournfulness, for it was with genuine regret that thousands of patrons bade the opera stars adieu until another year. . In the seventy-two nights at Ravinia, there were thirty-three different operas given. "Martha," "Marouf," "Pagliacci" and "Aida" were given four performances each ; nine operas re. ceived three performances each, "The ] ewels of the Madonna," (second act), "Fra Diavolo," "Romeo and ] uliet," "Manon (Masse net), "Lohengrin," "Andrea Chenier," "Mme. Butterfly," "La Boheme," and "Cavalleria Rusticana." Fourteen were given twice and six operas once. Two novelti~s were outstanding, "Marouf," in which Mario Chamlee and Yvonne Gall scored so heavily; and "L'Heure Espagnole," by Ravel, which was immediately popular, but with only a small section of the audience, principally those who knew· French and who have had some acquaintance with modern idioms in music. Many of these operas will be played by the Chicago Civic Opera company during the winter, but one looks back with longing to the nights of hearing them out of doors, where so much charm is lent them by the surrounding tall trees, the gay swinging lanterns, and the delightfutly informal spirit of it all. Thanks to Louis Eckstein and those who have made the little opera house in the woods possible! Atl the stars and members of the casts of the four operas given Monday evening seemed to be in exceptionally superb vo . .:e. It will be remembered that the first act of "Fra Diavolo," the second scene of the second act of "Don Pasquale," the Nile scene from "Aida," and the third act of "Martha" were heard. All have good tunes, and · plenty of chances for the stars to show off their voices, and that they succeeded in "putting it across" was evidenced by the prolonged applause. Undoubtedly the majority of the audience approved of Mr. Eckstein's plan of presenting all the stars on the last night. L-------------------------------------~ Portrays Variety of Roles in Re- Vernette (Mrs. G. V.) Lewis, 1420 Lake avenue, became women's tennis champion of Wilmette last week when she vanquished all comers among the fair sex in the annual tournament on the Village Green courts conducted by t · e Wilmette Playground and Recreation board. Mrs. Lewis last winter won the fancy skating event in the municipal ice carnival. She is also a star basketball player and swimmer. ........,__ ~---------..!Harold L. Ickes Gives Legion Talk on Dahlia Culture Harold L. Ickes, of Hubbard Woods, gave an instructive talk on dahlia culture at the regular monthly meeting of the \Vilmette Evening Garden club The regular monthly meeting, held Tuesday evening. He explained to on Tuesday, September 4, was a fine, the club the methods used to produt:~ lively and interesting one. Mrs. Or- such a wealth of bloom as one sees ville G. Daily of 618 Tenth street was in his garden on Tower road during the charming and capable hostess of l August and September. the evening. 1 The garden club was especially illIndividual interest in the unit's well' terested in the exhibit of Mr. Ickes' directed work is steadily mounting to own dahlia seedlings. Among them a more than encouraging degree. Ex- was one which he has named Anna cellent reports were given on the ac- W. Ickes. It was given a rating of tivities of various committees. 86 per cent last year at the trial In order to permit closer co-opera- grounds of the American Dahlia sotion with the· Parent- Teacher associ- ciety at Storrs, Conn. It is the only ation, the regular monthly meeting dahlia from thi~ region which h:ts ever date has been changed to the second been rated by this society. Mr. Ickes Monday evening of each month. has several other seedlings at the Mrs. T. L. D . Hall was elected to trial grounds this year and hopes to the post of sergeant-at-arms to suc-1 get ratings on them. ceed Mrs. Carl Kennacker, resigned. At the October meeting of the club The Legion post and the Auxiliary there will be a talk on mushrooms. unit, it was learned at this meeting, . are to combine bi-monthly for the purHEAR FLO~IDA DIVINE pose of providing entertainment and The Rev. George B. Laird, pastor of refreshments for the disabled veter-1 the First Presbyterian church of Coral ans at the Great Lakes hospital. Mrs. Gables, Fla., will preach at the First \V. E. Richmond is the chairman of Presbyterian church Sunday morning, the unit's committee for this affair. September 9. at the 11 ·o'clock services. Plans for the Waukegan conven- Hi~ su~ject wil.l be, "B~ead of. L~." tion were discussed. The president Th1s wtll be a Communton servtce. is especially anxious to learn of the unit members who are .definitely plan- and masterfully rendered several piano ning to go to Waukegan on Septem- selections. ber 9, 10, or 11. Members having exAfter delicious refreshments, the tra room in their cars are urged to evening closed with enthusiastic anso advise Mrs. Arthur Johnson as ticipation of the next meeting in Ocsoon as possible. tober. Members will be advised, at Miss Ethel Flentye very graciously a later date, of the next meeting place. e Au Xi 1i a r y . I GIVES HOUSE PARTY Mrs. George Pattison, now of Glencoe and formerly of Wilmette, entertained a group of friends at a ten day house party at her summer home in the Lac du Flambeau region in northern Wisconsin recently. Her guests included Mrs. George Emrich, Mrs. T. A. Copeland, Mrs. ]. C. Mannerud, Mrs. Morton L. Paterson, and Mrs. N. P. Colwell. HOME FROM HONEYMOON Mr. and Mrs. Norman Clark (Eloise .Arms) returned August 31 from their honeymoon, a three weeks' motor trip in northern Minnesota and Winnipeg, and are occupying their apartment at 2207 Ridge avenue, Evanston. They stopped in Minneapolis for a visit with the Alvin Bowes. Eugene Loren (Sonny) Hall, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. D. Hall of 935 Elmwood avenue, entertained a group of his small friends at a party last Tuesday afternoon. His sixth birthday was the cause for the celebration. RETURN FROM CAMP Six Wilmette girls have returned from spending the summer at Camp Rryan Afon, Wis. They are Jane Burrill, Martha Tencher, Ellagene Porter, Jane Spinney, and Jeanne and Eleanor Culver. Miss Elizabeth Millar of 510 Washington avenue has as her guest. Miss Katherine Rand, of Newton Center, Mass., for two weeks. Miss Rand was a Mount Holyoke classmate of Miss Millar. -oAfr. and Mrs. John Clarke Baker and family of 347 Maple avenue returned on Tuesday of this week from Sault Ste. Marie where they spent a week. They returned by way of Green Bay, Wis. -o-Mr. and Mrs. S. John Duncan-Clark and family of 228 Wood court returned last Tuesday from Saugatuck, Mich., where they spent six weeks at their summer home in the Art colony.