Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 28 Dec 1933, p. 30

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*On Monday, january 8, the Wil- mette, Kenilworth, and Winnetka. Leagues of Women Voters wili meet together to. enjoy an ail-day program. of unusual interest. The meeting will be held at Winnetka Community Hou se, starting at 10:30 and ending at 3. The morning will be given'over to a discussion of women in. indusritry, and the ,afternoon speakers will con- cern tbemselIves witb the legal. status of womnen. The first speaker wilLbe Annetta 'Dieckmann who is« metropolitan in- dustrial secretary of the Young Wom- en's Christian association. of Chica- go. 0f great interest to every citizen is the new Civil Works Administra- tion program, and inasmucb as Miss Dieckmann is a, membr-.the only woman mnember--of theý Cook County Advisory board on the CWA, much that seems mysterious and difficuit *mayv be exÏ,1a1Iid and clarifikd in ber> interpretation of its activities. She is also chairman. of the scbolar- ship committee of the Affiliated Sum-' mer Schools for Workers which is better known on the north shore as the Bryn Mawr and Wisconsin Sum- mer School for Workers. Winnetka is acquainted witb thi§ project largely through the activity of Mrs. William B. Hale who has long been active UY-- raising money for the Bryn Mawr complex relationships to industrial and economic situationis.' Itemfs of current interest among Women in in- dustry will constitute the main por- tio6n of Miss Dieckmann!s talk. She wiIl 'telI of trends, in employement, of tbe effects of the NRA on women in induistry, of developments in theý State Departmenit of Labor, and o! efforts whicb are being miade to im- prove tbe standards of housebolcl em- nlannn.'. Lorna1 Doone Jackson, prima donna zWth ric& coittralto voice who brings to ber work beauty and charmi, and in w'hose personal it y theisee color and magnetism, ui0 sing Pnez! Wednesdai, aflernoon a! thse Woszan's Club of Wiltintte uipontishe occasion of its msid-u4nter musicale, Heralded alike on operatic amd concert stage, she ha: iad shiowered uipon. her the nation- teide praise of promineizt critics. She is making a re-appearance be- fore club audiences whq, rernembher ber unIs entisusiasm. R. E.,:Putt! ison.KfiWe of .Wil- Mette delivers one of his construc- live addresses up.e.insisenat pub&i questions next Wednesd.ay upon tise occasion of the ail-day meeting of tihe Womzan's Club of Wilmtette.> His talk, given at 10:30 o'clock in theise mrning, is ~meiný a prou p -whose "sole purp ose is to assis! in developing a better informed and a c le a rer, straighter thinking Arnerica." "A New Face" Is Progtam for Catholic Club Junioirs The Juniors of the Woman's Catho- lic 'Club of Wilniette will havre their next meeting Tuesday evening, Janu- ary 2, at 8 o'clock, the programi being "A New Face" by Madam Helena Rubenstein. A representative f rom the Helena Rubenstein salon will bring to the juniors news of "skins and make-up," with newest modern suggestions by Helena Rubenstein just cabled from Paris. ,Semi-annual reports will be given by officers and . committee heads. Hostesses for the evening are Mrs. Charles W. Campbell, Miss Vivyenne aEvents of the day of significance in aworld hr things are happening thick and fast, a talk on. dramia, a sub- - je.ct always timiely in initerest, and a. mi-season mu*sicale with outstanding talent are on, the program menu for the'Woman's Club of Wilmette when it convenes for the first time in the new year Wednesday, January,3. R.. IE. Pattison Kline.of Wilmette. Mrs. Fred E. Parry, and Lorna Doone Jackson, opera ýand concert singer, witb Lucile, Turn er,. violinist. and Rhea .Shelters, pianist. will be pre- sent.ed to clubi members and, guests. Mr. Klinie opens the morninz ses- sion at 10:30 o'clock with. the first of- a series ,o! tWo lectures. on happen- ings in. th e resent-day world, inter- preting, their import witb the elo- quence and force witb . whicb bhis, gptekinîg is credited. Instructive and entertaining. sound' with logic, and. cultural. and delivered by a ma-n of magnetic personality. his talks appçal to a thinking audience. Mrs. Fred Parry's talk on crama will follow bis lecture. and precçde' the one o'clock luncheon. Lorna Doone Jackson has charmied Womnan's club mnembers %vith, ber voice, her beauty, her charmi, and ber dramatic alility. Tn ber "Carmen," she bas won, perhaps, ber most strilç- ing success in, opera. Correctness of art, a voice of rare quality and radi- ant ýmanner and personality are the diplus essentials which have wvon noted recognition for her." Chicago critics bave said of her: Glenn Dillard Gunn; Herald and Examiner-"dLorna Doone Jackson. one of the best of the Carmens. demonstrated that she also is an effi- cient and, experienced reitai e voice rtains its vitality even. when, disciplined to the. restrictions of the small song. 'She has well character- ized enuniciation, expressive diction, the talent to tell the lyric story. She bas vitality in her tone and magne- tism in her personality?" Edward Moore, Chicago Tribune- ""à- p--i ---- A- - m2 .tgt neir men cards ie Jonson. ss Shelters wllincluùde piapo va hber ,acçomp'nyuu*g. - ~'- 4* sugge~ IV

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