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April 19, 1929 WILMETTE LIFE they have done for for the community." 61 you, for me, and play, would he recover in time? This REVIEWS BRIWANT last n?t settled definitely until 8:45 on of December 26! But he .MUSIC CLUB SEASON the ntght and conquered and we had an ca~e Winnetka Organization Elects Officers for Next Year; Hear Committee Report · Mrs. Harry: L. Street wa'i elected president of the Winnetka Mu sic club at the annual meeting of that organization Saturday, April 13, at the Street ~esidence in Winnetka. Officers chosen to serve with Mrs. Street during the ensuing club year are Mr3. William D . McAdams, vice-president; Mrs. Arthur R . Dean, secretary; Miss Clara Harsh, treasurer; Mrs. Fitch Bosworth, social secretary. The program and membership . committee comprises Mrs. William Here is an opportunity,. to secure two D. McAdams, chairman; Mrs. E. Chanbeautiful lots located diroetly on the Skokie ning Coolidge, and Mrs. Everett L. Country Club. For information and special Harris. Mrs. Roland D. Whitman is again the chairman of the Artist-Reprice, phone or write cital committee, the other members of which are Mrs. Sidney F. Bartlett, Mrs. Everett L. Harris, Mrs. Dwight C. Orcutt, Mrs. Loui·s G. Schmid, and Mrs. Harry L. Street. A compre,ensive re\·iew of the past Glencoe, Ill. 770 Bluff St. season's activities of th e club, with particular reference to the brilliant Artist-Recital series, was presented at the annual meeting by Mrs. Roland D. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - = Whitman for the Arti· st-Recital committee. The report reads : "I think you will all agree that the high spo"t of our se ries this year, at least for spectacular success, was the Horowitz recital. But b efore revealing all that went on incident to that concert, let us go back to last fall at the beginning of things . "Only two weeks before our opening concer.t when Muzio was · to sing, we were called into conference with her manager, Miss Harshbarger. Imagin e our consternation upon learning that Madame Muzio had cancelled all h er contracts 'Due to the illne ss of her mother,' said _ Miss Harsl1barger, hut late r rumors have it that 11 ussolini demanded the diva's pre se nce to sing at the opera in Rome. F ortunate in deed were we to fill her place so adequately-a joint recital hy Edith Mason and Mr. Lazzari. bo th of th r Civic Opera compat1y, who gave g reat delight and incide ntly saved U3 a tidy sum. Horowitz a Se~tsation - a carefully protected community "It was a long interval between Octoarea, comprising distinctively individualized ber 29 and December 26. During all this time the star of young Vladimir homes set on wide lawns in a sequestered Horowitz was rising, ri sing, and Mrs. parkland, beautifully laid out by noted landscape Grant was like a soldier in a beleaguered citadel, staving off the dearchitects. · . mand.; for single tickets to hear this marvel. The committee met and, with Winding roadways .... houses facing in on the courage, but'not without some fear and English quadrangle plan . . . . the whole property surtrembling, concluded that this was an opportune time to use and profit by the rounded by a wide and high barberry hedge .... delightbig new High school gym. Easy to fully· secluded, yet open and park-like .... no unsightly say, now that it is over and done, but how many hours of discussion and poles .... no alleys .... homes and lawns of charming indiplanning? How about the acoustic·.;, viduality for as little as $17,500, for as much as $78,000 ...· and where a piano to try them out? If the wooden curtain is closed, where each group of houses in their own zoning. Convenient financing shall we place the piano? How will arrangements if desired. the regular subscribers be taken care of in order that they may (like Mrs. Drive out tomorrow. Follow this direction map. See these estates Gann) take proper precedence? How for yourself. many extra chairs do we need? How many can we use? Where can we get creak less ones? Tickets to be placed on sale in all towns from Lake Forest to TIH elosesl hiiJing tlisti11mwly Chicago! Daily reports to be secured rot~~mu,ity ""the Nrwlh Shore_:_ all utilfrom these fifteen box offices that we ities ""' ;, ,arul /ll·diotlit~g. might sell, yet not oversell! Arranging for the transportation of i.he huge crowd we hoped for (and got)! INDIAN HILL ESTATES "In the midst of this with hundreds of Managed By tickets sold and outstanding, our shifting of the concert from the auditorium to the gym was questioned by the Horowitz managers, and by us anLAKE AVI. swered. That alone was an exciting Loop OBices. 208 South LaSalle Street - State 0266 chapter. Indian Hill Estates Offices, Locust and Ashlud-Wi1 .2692·2792 "Then the flu-. Would schools and Sheridan Road OBices. Del Laao Discrict-Wi137-'0 theaters be closed- would public IVANSTO.N gatherings be permitted? Would he audtence of ·four thousand - turned people away and took in over and ab~ve all expenses a sum large enough to msure these concerts in the future and to maintain their present high 3t'atidard. · " . . Wtth January wmte~ came, real winterl And Alber.t SJ?aldmg had to overcome. the combtt:tatwn of post-holiday re.actJon, Horowttz and zero weather ~tth dangerol!-sly. icy streets. .He did tt and fu!ly JUstified our havmg re engaged htm. "Andres Segovia demonstrated an almost ~nbelievable thing, viz: that Ot~e can hsten to an entire reCital given wtth a guitar and enjoy the la'3t number as much as the first, and wish for more. To paraphrase the well known poem: 'Those who came to scoff remained to listen and enjoy.' "Your chairman was unfortunate indeed, in missing the last concer't a 3ong recital by John Charles Thon~as h~t if one may judge by comment s, h~ dtd what we have ~ome to expect each year-bro~ght the course to a triumphant endmg. "I ~orne now to the stereotyped expresston of thanks to my faithful com- mittee members. I won't say those things because I don't feel stereotyped at all. My appreciation goes too deep for that. I offer it fully to each and everyone of them and my hope is that this report may give to the club some " ; mall measure of understanding of what A meeting of the Alpha Phi Mothers' club was held at the Alpha Phi hou~e on Orrington avenue, Ev·atl'ston, Thursday, April 18. TWO SK: O KIE COUNTRY ·cLUB LOTS Specially Priced Ernest M. Kimball fllie Charm and Seclusion of an English Manor yet only 22 minutes from the Loop INDIAN HILL ESTATES ,,J,., BILLS REALTY, INC.