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WILMETTE. LIFE March 1, 1929 Show · a nd Tea Will Benefit N. U. Settlement Society Girls ·Will Act as Models for. Style Show and Tea BY EVELYN DUNCAN Katherine W itwet On Fashion Show Committee to Sing· at Spring ·----------------~Concert at Club J Affairs of any social significance during the Lenten season are alway,; few and far between on the north shore but there is to be a style show and tea in Winnetka at the Woman's club next Thursday afternoon .at 3 o'clock, which' will interest many in the Northwestern University Settlement which the profits wilt benefit. For what could be of greater appeal at this ragged edge of an unusually severe winter than spring clothes? And the committee in charge of the day of which Mrs. Warren A. Lamson is chairman, has picked exhibitors who will show a fascinating variety of frocks and garments. Among them are Marian Calkins of Winnetka who will exhibit sports clothes and accessories; Mrs. Walter 0. Wilson, also of Winnetka, maid's uniforms; Nellie Hanna of Wilmette, afternoon dresses and hats; Mrs. John Slade of the Layette shop of the Cradle Maisonette, Evan·ston, will display infant's things; Katherine Walker Smith, Evanston, lingerie and negligees; and Madame Marguerite, Chicago, afternoon and evening gowns. Mrs. Towner K. Webster is chairman of the Winnetka board of the settlement under whose auspicet3 the show is being given and several weeks ago she appointed the following committee to serve with MJ:43. Lamson in making the arrangements-Mrs. Robert Biddle, Mrs. Harry Wells, Miss Edith Kohlsaat, Mrs. Harve Badgerow, Mrs. Oliver Morton Knode, Mrs. Allen L. \Vithers, and Mrs. Francis Hardy. Among those who will serve as models for the gowns are Mis·3 Louise Badgerow, Miss Elizabeth Lamson, Miss Louise Nelliger, Mr3. Frederick Copeland, Mrs. Charles Goodrich, Mrs. Sturtevant Hinman, and Mrs. Morris Wilson. They will parade in a professional manner down a runway which will extend from the stage down the center of the hall so that each gown may be easily seen. Thirty tables, placed just at the sides of this run .. way have been reserved and can b_ e procured by calling any member of the committee. The music, which means much for the success of any such entertainment, wiJJ be provided- by Mrs. Ernst von Ammon and Mrs. Sydney Bartlett. Mrs. von Ammon will also. with Mrs. Herbert Butz, be in charge of the arrangement of the tea tables. Among tho~e who will pour are Mrs. Harry L. Wells and Mrs. Oliver Knode. The work done by the Northwestern University- ·s ettlement is well known to those interested in charity work in the city. Located at 1400 Augusta street, Chicago, it ministers to 80,000 foreigners mostly th0'3e of Polish birth, living in the square mile surrounding the settlement, of whom 25,000 are girls and boys over 9 years of age and 25,000 are children under 9. The Winnetka board is one of five which enable the work to go on. Tickets for the affair next Thursday may be obtained at the shops of the Winnetka and Wilmette exhibitors, Marian Calkitl's and Nellie Hanna, and at the door, according to instructions from t~e committee. Photo by Gibson Casebeer Photo by Malcolm Balfour Mrs. Towner K. Webster, Jr. (left) and Mrs. Francis Hardy, (rig.ht) are members of the Winnetka board of Northwestern University settlement who are on the committee in charge of arrangements for the large fashion show and tea to be given under the auspices of the board next Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock, as a benefit for the settlement. The ~ffair will take place in the Winnetka Woman'r:3 club. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Music and Infant Welfare. Shawnee Club Embarking Talks on Program at Tea Upon New Social Season Prenatal care, the care of the tiny March ushers in a busy program for infant and follow-up work with the Shawnee Country club and the membaby in his older years, all phases of hers of its club family and their · · f h I f w e If are socJety · friends. A glimpse of the program achvtty 0 t e n ant for the next two week3 confirms this. of Chicago, were clearly defined at the afternoon tea given by the Wilmette ·This evening brings the first inboard of the Infant Welfare society formal dance for juniors. The hour Wednesday afternoon of last week is 9 o'clock. Dinner dancing, cards, at the Woman's club. commencing at 7 o'clock, are SaturMiss Sara Place, Infant Welfare day's diversions. Dinner will be sersuperintendent, held the interest of her ved at 1 o'clock Sunday, March 3. audience with her explanation of the Monday, March 4, brings luncheon aims, accomplishments, and hopes of and pivot bridge for women. Thursthe society. Miss Taylor, district nurse day will be the occasion of a buffet at the New Trier station which the dinner, followed by progressive and Wilmette senior and junior boards pivot bridge. Friday, March 8, chithelp support, gave to her hearers con- . dren of the sixth, seventh, and eighth crete illustration of work with, and grades will have a party of their own, records of, a typical Infant Welfare Saturday, March 9, concludes the week family. with a dinner bridge. Preceding the talks, Mrs. Ernau The program for the week following Akelv and Mrs. Charles N. Evans, mem- is: hers- of the North Shore Musical soDinner Sunday March 10, at 1; ciety, ·gave a fine program of piano Monday, March 11, bridge tea at 2: tmtsic and songs. a steak dinner for men's night at 7, At the close of Miss Taylor's talk with the first swimming event. Durillustrated · by her case record, motion ing the evening, the Chicago Athletic pictures of a clinic at the station were Association team will participate in shown before members of the the two the dedication of the swimming pool, Vvelfare boards and their guests gath- whi.ch women may attend. ered about the tea and coffee tables Thursday, March 14, buffet dinner, made charming with their silver bowls progressive and pivot bridge: Saturbearing spring flowers and their silver day, March 16, formal dedicatior dincandlesticks with their pastel tapers. ner and dance. ~------Mrs. Hayes McKinney and Mrs. F. £. Parrv presided at the coffee tahle, Announce Troth while Mrs. Arthur Tavlor and Mrs. At a dinner given recently at the Ch~rles Eldridge poured at the tea Jordan home, 505 Maple avenue, antable arranged on the sun porch. nouncement was made of the engage.ment of Constance Ellen Jordan. voungest daugnter of the late Mr. and Club Dance Tomorrow In its plan for a well rounded club Mrs. Hubert Jordan, to William Salvear. the Woman's club of Wilmette ter of Chicago. formerly of Regina, includes a few affairs strictly social in Saskatchewan, Canada. t h('ir nature. One of these is the dance Saturday evening at the clubhouse, Club Auxiliarq Meeting which wilt be one of the large affairs The Junior auxiliary of the Womof the season. an's club of Wilmette will hold its Hosts and hosteSi.ses for the evenin~ regular meetinR' Wednesday evening, ·wiJl be Mr. and Mrs. Harry Barnhill, March 6, at 6:30 o'clock. Dinner will Mr. and Mrs. Kni~ht Blanchard, Mr. he fotlowed by bridge. Jl Miss Betsey and :Mrs. Charles Evans, Mr. and Mrs. Shapker, Wilmette 1068, is in ·charge Fred Parry, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard of the dinner reservations which are Starkel, Dr. anti Mrs. H. 0. Weishaar, to be made by :Monday evening, the Mr. and Mrs. Roger Williams. committee announces. Katherine Witwer, lyric soprano, is the soloist for the spring concert given by the ways ~nd means COf!lmittee of the Woman's club of Wllmette for he benefit of the building fund, on Tuesday evening, April 9, at 8 o'clock. · This will be the last concert given in the present auditorium and the sale of tickets will be limited to 450. Miss Witwer has a voice of genuine oeauty, brilliant and wa·rm, which is accompanied with a fine interpretation of her songs. She also has a very charming personality which has made many friends for her in the concert field. Miss Witwer's fame in the musical world has been rapid and deserving. Her first puLlic appearance was made here in Chicago as soloist with the Chicago Symphony orchestra in 1926, winning that privilege as the victor in the Artist contest sponsored by the Society of American Musicians. The following year she was declared the winner of the National Young Artists contest under the direction of the National Federation of Music clubs. She also won honors from the National Opera club of New York and was granted an audition with the Chicago Civic Opera company, which resulted in her engagement to sing Micaela, in the opera, "Carmen." Other membe~ of ilie ca~ wcre Mary Garden and Fern and Ansseau. Her success was a triumph for such a young singer and her recalls tp the applause of the audience were many, and musical critics were enthusiastic in their praise. Mis's Witwer has not only been sue .. cessful on the operatic stage but is a very popular artist in the concert world. Since her return from Europe this winter, she has been filling a heavy concert schedule, meeting with great success wherever she sings. Tickets for the concert are in charge of Mrs. Lester E. Mee, chairman of a committee consisting of Mrs. David Hall, Mrs. C. P. Dubbs, Mrs. C. P. Evans, Mrs. ]. T. Booz, Mrs. John H. Stackhouse and Mrs. William Harridge. Plan Luncheon, Musicale for Methodists March 7 For Methodist women all along the north shore, the women of the Wilmette Parish Methodist church are giving a luncheon and musicale at Shawnee Country club Thursday March 7. The luncheon hour is 1 o'clock, the music program will be given in the afternoon. Miss Elizabeth Huston of the Chicago Concert Opera company will sing Ch~~~~. h~ade~~c~~enWilm~ti:: b~~~h ~ of the Columbia School of Music, and well known in Wilmette, will play several piano compositions. Peter Grimson of Highland Park,' talented musician. will play the xylophone. Mrs. E. ~{. Stafford of 936 Sheridan road, Wilmette, is in charge of lunch· eon reservations. Mrs. William Holmes of 622 Central avenue heads a committee composed of Mesdames A. G. Ackerman, R. G. Burrows, W. W. Baldwin, Samuel Darst, J. E. Edwards, H. A. Fanckboner, W. G. Kimhell. William Mason, T. C. Moulding, Willard Thayer, Albert Weber. The Junior auxiliary ·o f the W oman's Catholic club of Wilmette will meet for Stunt night Monday evemn~ March 4, at 8 o'clock, in the ~St Fran:. cis Xavier auditorium. The ·' committee is eager for a large ·attendance. To Be Circle Hostess Mrs. F. E. Parry, 622 Maple avenue, . will entertain the Crescent circle of the First Congregational church Tuesday, March 5, at her home. Mrs. George F. Iliff, chairman of the hoste'ss com- Hamill, Mrs...-C; ~Batchelder; and -Mrs. NorDIAQ H. Hall mittee, will be assisted by Mrs. Harry ·