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WILMETTE LIFE April 12, 1929 Kenilworth and Evanston uQuagmire" Strong, Students Make Posters to Announce -Gym Exhibit Scouts in Week-end Hike Weird Portrayal Vi let Ray HEALTH AND HAPPINESS IN THESE MAGIC RAYS ·UNJV. 4523 '"·'" T oJ·, lftJ·rutrlll;o· L-&L ,,..... «-- IW1'1111111Ure I 71% Church Street T llriDl Ma-L=-- Co Posters advertising the gymnasium demonstration at New Trier High school Friday of this week were made by several young artists who are students at the school and during the last week were on display in bll'siness places along the north shore. These ters were collected and shown at :he exhibition. They were made by the following students: John Hauber, Sherw.ood Palmer, Lauretta Anderson, Thelma Hayshar, Mary Thaleg, Vivian Lorenzini. Charles Jones, and Baylis Wolff, all of Wilmette; Ethel bel Harlan, of Kenilwqrth; Gertrude Vink, Marguerite Ilg, James Will, Caryl Salinger, Jane Knowles, and Margaret Pay berg, of Winnetka; Robert Long, aiiiiC · of Glencoe, and Jane Didriksen, of EvEvaoaton anston. There's Nothing Quite Like An Orrington Summer By Critic The astounding fact about "Quagmire;" which was presented this week at Annie May Swift hall, Northwestern university, is that its author, Miss Anne. Frierson, is a young student at the university. Thr play, which is quite a tremendous thing, posseses all the distinctions of mature and experienced authorship-in depth , organization, plot, and characterization. The play is built around the superstitions and beliefs of the Gullah negroes of the Carolina coast. The mood is heavy with the weird chants and moans of the negroes throughout :Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Lindsley have I the play, which opens with the prayermoved from 121 Dupee . place to their ful chant~ of the ~.ld .neg,;o mother and new residence, 260 Oxford road, Kenil- cl~s~s With the voices of departed worth. spints. The action of the play takes place twenty years ago in an old cabin and the stQry concerns Mary, the mulatto daughter of old Pearl and the step daughter of Ole Man Eddy, and her lover, \Villie, the village "sheik," ""ho wants Marv to go to the citv with him. Mary\ parents and all the negroes in the village endeavor to break Mary's infatuation, and to ca t a spell over her that will make her despise \Villie and love. instead; BlackBoy Ben, her parents' chosen suitor. The sacred household goddess is Barsheba, a halfwit \voman who had been rescued from the quagmire swamp, and \\"ho. it is believed. could never die. T o her, all the negroes bring gi its of goats' teeth, rabbits' tail s. and other . charms . entreating that ·she deliver :\lary from her infatuation for \Villie . 1 ~lary longs to be free from these superstitions, wh_ich she holds in conI tempt, but what becomes of her after the death oi her baby, and because of her love for Willie is brought out in I the dramatic close of the play. 1 · Marie E. Taylor gives a splendid interpretation of :Mary, and proves herself to be an emotional actress. Although Sterling \V. Ross plays the part of Ole Man Eddy very well, he seems too young. The title of the .charac.ter indicates an old man with grey hair, at le_ ast. Mr. Sterling is not that. Bertha Mosely Lewis, as Pearl, the old mammy, could not have been better cast: Lillian Cave Thompkins. who played Barsheba, had one of the most difficult and by far the most unHIS Spring and Summer, dwell at The loyely roles in the play. Her characOrrington . . . Evanston's exclusive hostelry teriz(!tion of the cackling, ugly, half. . . famed for its luxury of living, its gracious witted old woman was outstanding. Robert Dunmor~. in the role of Blackhospitality, its nicety of service, its homelike charm Boy Ben, was fine. Isaac Clarke a;; in the midst of quiet elegance. \\"illie did not somehow ring true. He did not throw himself into his part, For comfort, leisure, happiness-there's nothing \\'as not strong enough, and appeared a quite like an Orrington Summer. Come today. A little amateurish. The Spell \Voman few delightful suites are now available . . . fresh was done exceptionally well by Leila and cool as the mountain air ... at rates no higher Barton. Too much praise cannot be given to than for less desirable accommodations. t~e beauty, rythm, and power of the hnes of the play, although the dialect For reservations call was at times rather difficult to underUniversity 8 700 stand. The play was presented by the Tmvn and Gown Playshop of Northwestern university and th~ Drama club of Evanston. It was directed by Charlotte Barrows Chorpenning. po Thirty-one Kenilworth Boy Scouts, under the direction of Robert W. Townley, and twelve Scouts from Troop 3, Evanston, who were guests of the Kenilworth boys, took a weekend hike last Friday, Saturday, and Sundav to the Cabin-in-the-Woods in the Forest Preserve west of Glencoe. Friday night a game of war was played. On Saturday sixty Scout tests wese passed. Saturday evening a snipe hunt "vas held, in which the following boys showed unusual ability : Joe Harrison, Ben Matthews, Henry Egge rt , Robert Fulton. Robert Robertson. Harry Weese, and Si McKinnon. The Scouts returned Sunday morning. of Negro Beliefs \1 ] r r [ b s T,- c ~ 11 :r II d b s ····· J v d h Cl A ~-- \oV C( ~ t< d a a t ' \V q T l ,G]k OIUUNGTON ORRINGTON EVANSTO,=~ILLINOIS ~ LARGEST AND FINEST HOTEL SPENDING VACATION HERE \\'allace B. Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. \Vallace L. Miller, 627 Lake avenue, who is a freshman at the University of Michigan, returned last Friday to spend this week of his spring vacation with his parents. Wallace has just been initiated into the Beta Theta Pi fraternity and has recently received his numerals in both football and basketball. He will return to school on Sunday. .i Mrs. Frederick A. Klock, 1109 Greenleaf avenue, has as her houge guest for some time, her niece, Miss Marian · - - - - - - - - -.....- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' Shackleford, of Saginaw, Mich. -------- l