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'Miss Page will do soneof the ifosi popular. successes of bier recent, New~' York.recital -tvo- Island songàs - "Tropic" and "Possessed." a group of "Humoresques." Sh.e and Mr. Kreutz.- berg NViIl do..togethler "Promieniade" music by, Poulenc and a ý"Fantasie* to miusic by M ozart. Kreutzberg will do.tbe niewest crea-. tion. -in bis .repertoire "Till -Eulen- sigel" wbich %vas insp ired of course bthe,.famous Strauss tone poem. a merry piece of foolery whicb Freder- ick Wilckens. has set to nîusic, bisi f4mo us "Tbree Mad' Figures" and1 'aster* ofCeremonies," "Tree Huni-, garian Dances," and a lamentation of Christ :on tbe Cross called ',Peeta.". Kreutzbergwas à child wonder on the, European stage when lie was six years old. Then, iii his own words, "lie hiad to forget a little ail about the theatrical wordY and go to schoo." fHe was notably a bad pupil in thle ballet school and dropped that phase of art entirely, being fascinated with music and painting. - After finis.ing scbool lie went to tbe aca- demy to. study art and became "very quick a good costume designer." - But one niglit after a party in the ex- citement of the moment lie did some dance improvisations just foir the en- joymient of his' friends. A producer IEfrew Zirnbalist, interéna!ionially poilJar )?uisiaan '4oinist; Tc'-ilgk, a. recital Jf'tdncsday oveping, March 8. at the New ,Triler I-igh sehool auditorium. T/he concer-t îil l b thte last of 'a seasoni of. succcssf ni; preoglrapï.ý- spolsorcd b-'. the Win- netka Mlusic ciub. Unique Instrument to v ear wvas aimou;nced lhy the board of clirectors Frîday nrig ok ig a special iiiectiîîg the preceding eveîuing at the Evaniston club. F allure to rallv. sufficieîît guar-anteed support frorn ticket hiolders q.1 pr 1evious s 1easoils andl fromn the uisual guarantors j after an.extensive canva ss. wvas cited bvthe directors. as the reasun foi- taking tis action. whichi results in aui indlefi- nite postponleienlt of the silver annpiver- sary j ubile 'of- the. festival. The dJirec- tors took this step. thev stated., rather thaii face, another loss or lower the highý musical standards set ini former vears. Décision. of the directors was ruade. N-it.h great reluctance, especially In view of the fact that the plans. were already well adva.nced. A choruis of 600 voices, which had been, practicing sitice be.fore Christmuas, wvas regarded as evetî finer' than last year's superb body. A tentative ýporalad been prepared wlhhin- cluded the rundering of Gustaf Niahler's "Eighth Sytnliuîîv- and Berniard Rog- e er-.' )'The kxodus.'bth of which wvould have heen l)reniiere reîîderiings in AAmer- ica. Hoivever, planis being developcd thiis iveek will make it possible for the chorus to present these choral works in connection with a series' of concerts, assisted by the Chicago SSymphony orchestra. On-e plan siig- Winnietka Musiîc club, possesses. among better known gifts, an un- cçanny ability to, play almiost any in- strument that, cornes into his hands>.. N*obody has ever shownliim a, musical instrument that , after. a moment of concentrated examination, hee bas not been -able ýto, play, it is said. And this strange instinct came -valiantly to bis rescue once eariy in.his career. Whe n, as a youth of. eighteen lie came up. be fore, the faculty of the Petrogkradconservatory for, bis final examination, lié learned just before. entering the sanctumn of the .iur'r that during al .tbe years hic was studyitig the' violin tbere under Professor Auer, 'le vas supposed to bave had knowledge of,.the piano too, Part of. tbe examinationi, he discover ed to h;, dismnay, wstbe task of plaiiw i Beetboven piano sonata at sighi. and lie had nevrftotiched a piaànô further than to get bis A for viollill- t un ing. Whien he w-as finishied, he xis 1un- structed to play the whole thing o\vert again-this timie fromi memorv. Ile dlid so. After a moment of silence, the roonm broke untanimiously into ap- plause - an unfrieard-o[. deinonistra- tioi.. Tbis ainazing performance seeiib, little ishort of rnagic, Todav ZimbaIIs't gil-Cnicagoal, w'no *lias uancedall0au 0oIOK over the world, in opera and in con- The thereini takes its naine t'rom cert. The Orient knowvs ber; she has the distinguislied Russian scientist wbo been the premiere danseuse at Ravinia conceived tbe idea which has developed for many seasons; and now this new into this incredible instrument. In ap- alliance of Kreutzberg and Page pearance it resembles an orchestra con- whicb bas its initial performance Sat- ductor's stand: it bias an uprighit rod urday is announced as a culmination extending vertically from the top and, in the blending. of two personalities. a. looped horizontal bar extending fromù the side. It is. played by waving the Wednesclay evening at the ENvani,-1 ton Woman's club. Treble Clef Club to Sing With Ensemble. The Chicago Treble, Clef, quartet, vi'll be the guest artists at the pro- grarn this Stitday afternooîî bv the George Daschi Ensemble players in Fullerton hall of the Chicago Art in-, careful inspection. However, he stil prefers bis violin. Tickets for the Marchi 8 concert miay be obtained from Mrs. Bessie' Gr ant at the Winnetka State bank. Mischakofl Quartet Coming to Kenilworth T1he prograîn to be giveur by tie * was accompa .uy, 1 bert, Glberi and others. iavorites c -t Sullivan, is for (c) "The Year's at the Spri T he .......b ......e . beig Chicago Tel lfQuartetiý erg .Trio, opus 999...... .......Scl ainong Allegro moderato Her- Andante un poco mosso- Friml, Scherzo Frinil, Allegro vivace (Rlondo) Piano. Violin,,Violonciello, 75 YEARS OLD Mme. Marcella Sembrich, famous opera star, celebrated ber seventy-fiftb birthday recently. She was prima donna of the, Metropolitan, Opera bouse fromn 1,883. to 1908.