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corne to Lhîcago i'ebruary IL. Tbose Who are in a position, to kcnow bave broughtlitbither the assur- ance that the Shan-Kar organization is mucb better in conception and per- formiance than anything one will find even, if one makes tbe trip to. India and hunts ont, the art ln its. nati-ve land. Shan-Kar bimself isaa high caste Hindu; bis company is iW con- siderable, part made up of bis pupils. His dance partuer, éalled Simkîe, but in realitjr a young French WoWnan, named Simone Barbiere, is claimed by himh to bave attained a perfection wbicb ble bas not. found in the female <lancers 'of bis own race. Givet Vari.ty .of Dances Tbey say that Shan-Kar's bauds are marvels of fluency, but lest one sliould ±liiaktkat inuùaad ancingis mereiy delicate and perbaps eff emin- ate, be tomes tbrough with such seenes as a peasant's dance, a group dance in honor of the worsbip of arms, a devil dance, wbicbi are equal- ly marvelous ini their stirring vitality. .There are instruments of various *kinds, mostly divided into drum and string groups. There are many va- rieties of drumns; in fact, a musician given uncier the auspices of the Wo- man's. club of Wilmette and will' be held in the auditorium of the:club bouse', Tentb -Street and Greenleaf avenue. Mme. Sharnova is àa foôrmùer Civic opera star. She was borninl- Chicago, of Russian parents, and, bas Sung with notable success in Europe as wel as in Amierica. She is popular for b er, beauty, bher cbarming.personality, as well as for ber splendid voice. -Arthur jDunham, wbo bas been coni- ductor of* the* Glee .,club' for many years, bas long been identified with American musical activities and bas attained a brilliant reputation as a virtuoso organist and. a fine musician. He bas been soloist with the Chicago Symphony orchestra and was con- ductor of tbe Boston English Opera company. lielias coin pos-ed various works in large forni for orchestra, chorus, organ, etc. He is knowu as the finest organ artist in America. The Glee club gives praiseworthy concerts. every year and among the artists who have appeared with it as soioists are GalliiCurci, Titta Ruffo, Florence Macbeth, and Mary Gar- den. The-.club was orgranized in 1912 *fifth appearance at' the regular Thursday-Friday subscription con- certs.. He first, played in ,1913 and more recently, in, 1925. A native of New York, Mr. Reuter, studied with Carl Roeder there, prior, to going to Berlin for ýfurther st udy.ý H-e made bis debut, in Hamfburg and bas done mnuch. concert work in this country and abroad. For three years he worked under the -direction of the Japanese goverùiment in, Tokyo. Brought to. Chicagocý by the late Dr. Ziegfield, Mr. Reuter bas long been a resident of. Chicago. At the Friday concert the 'soloist wiii play Dieter's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra and the Liszt-13usoni Spanish R1hafady. Mr. Stock'-a also programed Sinigaglia's Overture, "le flaruffe Chiozette," Dvorak's Symphony N'o. 2 in D minor, and Ibert's "Ports of Call.'1 Young Baritone in Recital Friday' William Blailock, talented young spite her youth, this child procugy bas been soloist with the Chicago Symphony orchestra and the Phil- harmonic sympbony Of New York. Boirn in Manitowocç, Wis., Guila bas spent most of bier short life in Chicago. . Her parents are botb mu- sicians. Cui la's'father was berfirst, violi1 teacher. It was. he: who first taugbt Guila,, devising -a system to interest hier wben, a mere.:cbild of tiwo,. afer sbe ,bad sbown intérest whenver she beard music.- Shie iearn- ed the four strings of thée violin by means of color. Notes were 'taught in" similar manner, and in sixmontbs she wvas able to read music.' makeo Début at Thrte A miniature violin was especially made for the infant, and at tbree she made ber professional debut and had a repertoire whidvheicuied 'Elgar's "Salut d'Amour" and bad niemorized ail the melodies of the "Bolierian Girl." WThe.n she was four and a haif, ber fatEer believed it would be wiser to bave another teacher for ber, so shie was placed undér the in- struction of Ray Huntington, assist- ant to Leon Sametini, who later un- dertook the direction of lier studies. coula ue plucked. It created a curiQus basa hum, with overtones emerging Plans Debut Tuesday a nd dying 'out, while the singer's voice On Tuesday evening, February 7, embroidered elaborate runs and me- there willb- -oncert at Kimbali lodiv d evices above. hall of interest to iiortb shore people. Product of the Ages Isabel Zehr, contralto, of Giencoe Ail this bas corne down fromn the, (Mrs. Ores E. Zebr) and Walter ages, worked into the conventions Spry, pianist will appear in a joint and refinements of bundreds .and recital. This wiil be Mrs. Zehr's thousands of years. Simiilarlv. the. firs frmlnn. £-nimnlhn.tiC1é minister, cornes frorn Memiphis, Tenu., 1 heimi'ediateiy Decame an object where thréee ear.s ago-Richarcj Bon- of interest to musical Chicago. frelli and Rosa Raisa, then traveling 1.-Edison Symiphony Soloist *with the Civic opera, beard hlm and At six she was soioist with the Edi- recomniended bis coming to Chicago son Symphonv orchestra, playing wbere he studied witb Francesco Vieuxtemnps' "Ballade and Polonaise" Daddi. Sbortiy afterwards. Isaac Van and two years later she nmade an ap- Grove discovered him, and Mr. pearance before the "miake America Blailock has since been bis student. mnusical" convention, of the' music Mr. Biailock is an excellent. exain- trades ln Chicago. also, plavilng manyv pie of the young American .artist ot her engagements. C..ormackc appears in recital. It washa some twenty-six years ago tbat Mr. an, become the world best loved tenon. best Y orkc B will be >r quartet by Tickets 'for the concert may be ob- Kraft, tenor, tained at Lyon. and Hlealy's luin aus ton. van-