Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 5 Jan 1933, 4b

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.Noyes ail eofvinnetka. iTnedates for which wilI bc announced later. Information about the series May be obtained by telephoning Mrs. John Vennema of Winnetka. Mr. Chiapusso brings to the north shore a fresh interpretation of music. Hie bas the f'aculty of presen.ting bis programs, in an unusually interesti.ng waybotb to the layman aman to the prefessienal, and bis personal knowl- edge of the music and of the great musicianis of the old world i stre- mendous.. His lectures are authori- tative and autbentic, and are (lelivered with.a quaint charni. He is a native of tbe Netherlands but, studied in Germany. and France. .11 1911 lie won the. Frenchl- Musical. prize at. Paris against -thirty-i .asirnts, many of whom are famious today. The judges were Corot., Harold Baucr, Philjpp, and Pugno. A superio r pianist and interpreter r.Chiapusso bas made nîany tours iun Europe playing in London, Berini, Amsterdamn, the Hague, Paris, and other cities as well as extensively in the United Stats. His critics say of him "His technique is of the stupen- dous kind-the kind that surniounts ail difficulties witb an case that niakes tbem seein non-existant. He hias a tone of fine singing quality. His interrîretations are ever manlv, hish luster. sets were also used. Those peuring were Miss Mary Lou Cotton of Winnetka, a Univer- sity of Chicago student; Elizabeth Kelly of Kenilworth, a Vassar under- graduate ; and two Northwestern co- edS, Miss Ruth 'Shepard and Miss Alîce Feakins, both. of Winnetka. Appeiziers,' cookies, and ýcakes were set on 'the. lace-covered ,antique ta- bles. Geoirge andl'Estelle Swigart and Pauline Manchester, opened their prog ram with the "Nel Gwyn Dances" -suite of Edward German, following it with a- group of Russian numnbers., The Beethoven.trio in B. fat major wvas followed .by Mr.ý Swi- gart's own arrangement of Mendels- sohn's "'On- Wings Of Sonig." Per-. winge's -Cradle Song," Hartmann 's "Peasant Danice," -and the Arensky trio ini D mîinor concluded the after- noon'fi piograân, Dr. Zia Bagdadi WiII Speak at J3aha'i Temple "God and His Manifestations" m-ill be the subject of the talk to be given by Dr. Zia Bagdadi of Wilinette, at the Foundation hail, Baha'i Temple; Linden avenue and Sheridan road, Wilmnette, on Sundav aftern.oon, Jaaruary 8, at 3:30 o'clock. noons of each montb at this theater. Alfred Brown and, Robert Merri: man- will. be Musketeers, the former playing thepart of Porthos, and the. latter -that-of D'Artagnan. ]lil'IJen- Kins, will play the role. of De Treville.' the captain of the king's guards. The play itself'is a special dramatizatioli. oï the faimous novel bv Dumaàs wthicli. bhas been written by Marie Agne,, Foley, whoý is> also the director of the play.ý In addition to this play, the play- ers will aise presentý one one-act, play at each of -thae .performanàces. On Satut-day tbey wilI. present *'The Lost Temfper" by, Florence Crockr Coînfort, and. on .Sunday, "ýCalita;.n Joe" by Alice Gerstenberg. Bo'th ot these .autho rs are, Chicago womtén who are well known for their chil- dren's. and, Young people's plays. Attend New Year' Festivities at Shawnee Club One of the most popular places on the nortb shore on New Year's ev e was Shawnee Country club, which wasfilled te everflowing with mnem- bers and guests. Among those who Mr. Bickham, a University of Chi- cago graduate and research.expert, first presented bis plan in October, 1930. Hie proposed an. emergency .work -fund of $3,000,000, which, he calculatedwould keep 10,000 men em- ployed one year the plan being to have jobless men, perform. useful work and to recei.ve pay :for that work nta of a. charity grant for remaining !idie. Pl& n Made Operative On October 22, 1930, the relief coni- mission voted $1,000,000 for thie carry- ing out of Mr. Bickham's program.. ,Men were. put, to woûrk cleaning. Streets' à nd, alleys, eh opping .down dead trees' in :the forest, preserves., clearing way rubbish:in. spots which had. become unsightly and doing other similar jobs, Men were hired only upon recommendations f romi so- cial w'orkçers, and none was permitted to earn more than the social worker- whto reconimended hirn thought niec- essary for bis family. Sees Jobs For 50,000 With an appropriation of $500,00,0 out of the latest federal loani, 15,000 heads- ofifamilies who previously had been unemployed, were paid for work of this kind ini December. Mr. Bick- hamn believes that if the appropriation %vere increased to $1,500,000 the numi- ber of relief carners would be in- LEASE WILMETTE HOME Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Watkins of Chicago have leased the Charles Bar-. tons' home at 1216 Chestnut avenue. Mrs, Barton bas gene te live with ber daughter, Mrs. Thomas Kulîman., in Kenilworth. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nail cf States The p1.ub >5 liiwlIcme.J UV Peake, Mr. and Mrs. George Salerno Stats. he pbli is elcme. all of Wilmette; Mr. and Mrs. How- GUIDE-LECTURE TOURS ard Spurgeon of Glencoe; Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Horsman,,Jr., cf Win- 'Prebistoric Life" at 3 o'clock 01 netka, and Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Stu- Monday, January 9, wilI be the sub- art of Winnetka. A party of twelveý ject cf the first of next week's guide- Wilmette people entertainedtogether lecture tours for the general public and these included Mr. and Mrs. Wil- teo be given at Field Muiseum of Na- liam McGibbon, Mr. and Mrs. C. tural History. On other days at the Miles McDonald, Mr. and Mrs. Earl sanie bour subjects wilI be: Tuesday, p x 1T ;, .. __A kf_ grant for renlaiing Idle. 2. It furnishes a suppl3v of labor ttp municipal,- county, and state govern- mnents for work whieh imight other%%is'ý- remain undone for lack of tax funds. 3. It neither usurps nor duplicates the functions of existlng social agencies, 'but utilizes thesc organizations to safe- guard the earned relief fund agalnst waste or exploitation. 4. It is economical, _the cost of ad- ministration averaging Iess than 5 pet- cent of total expenditures. liu ulugrclul . usua iurjuicn-aise left at tne samie lime for 1>uke _-o-- ton. . university at Durhani, N. C. Mr. andc Mrs. Vernon Louckes and Jeizo Shiohiara, whose home is in 0o daugliters, 224 Sheridan road. re- Tokio, Japan, spent Christmas weék- Mrs. Otis L. Heath, 1426 Asbury Miss Roberta Beckler, 632 Abbots- turned Monday from a ten days' visit end visiting Bently McCloud, Jr., avenue, Winnetka, will entertain bier ford road, 1(enilworth, Ieft Monday witb Mrs. Louckes' parents in Nasb- who is a. classrnate at Princeton. bridge club Friday.. for bier school, in Maine. ville, Tenn. Bently leaves Sunday for Princeton.-

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