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*Helen Hedges, lyric and coloratura soprano, has promised to' include at least one opera aria-thle difficult "Bell Song" froni Delibes' opera, "Lakuxe," on ber program at Winnetka Community House, Monday evening, january 29, when, she. gives a Joint recital wvitb the Swigart Trio under tbe direc- tion of Rutheda L. Pretzel. The Bell Song gends ber'bird-like voice caroling through trills, scales, and cadenzas,, showing off ý her artistry., . erfaithful adberence to pitcb,. and the' clear brilliance of, ber voice. Delibes bas ingenilously used belîs in bhis orchestration of the song, to give character to it. In the opera, Lakme sings of the younggirl wbo runs througb a wood, daringierce animals by cbarming them with the sound of ýa bell which inkles sharply as she runs. Suddenly she is confronted by a ýstranger who is, more hantd- some than the R4àhls Lakme baseendogtr they soar to beaven. It was Visbnu, Brahma'.9s son,, sings Lakcme, and since that day in tbat darkwood a trave ler, hears the sound of a little, bell ringing, bringing baèk to biln the legend. Ail throuýgb the aria the singer imitates tbe sound of ýthe bell ringing, and famous coloratura sopranos for years have considered it a test ef ail of theïrvocal talents. *Critics bere and abroad bave been eloquent in praising Miss Hedges' rendition of the aria. * Believing, tbougb, that opera arias are more or less of a 'prepared thrill' for an audience, Miss Hedges prefers to schedule xnany short songs, for eacb song is a new challenge to the artist. She must establish a new mood, and for each song she nmust make a fresh effort to court the attention and sympatby of tbe audience. The story must be clearly "put across,» and it must be sung witb supreuxe artistry, every. note perfectly turned out with the nlost. delicate, sensitive nicety. Miss, Hedges has miastered the art of lyrie narrative-whicb means that ber program. in Winnetka on January 29 wiIl be one of unusual appeal. Miss Hedges tells how she uinwittingly- caused the internationally famous orchestra leader,. Ossip Gabrilowitsch, to spend a whole day-of bis valuable time trying to locate ber for an audition. When Richard Crooks reluctantly attended a small recital given by Miss Hedges several .years ago, he came to stay tep mintes-but remained until the end, and rushed forward. to shower Miss Hedges- witb compliments. She bas been' soloist witb. the Chicago Symnpbony orchestra, the Tri- miiQU'A City symphocy, the Cleveland syni- Phonv... and the Dasch Little* svm- The Nortb Sbore Art league is holding a black and white exhibition includinig sculpture, prints, photographs, drawings. and-pen and ink sketches on january 25, in the L.eague studio at' Comnmunity I{ouse inWinnetka. This exhibition will be held in coruxection with a lecture on "The Present Situa- tion in Art." by Chales Fehenis Kelly, dean of the. Art school and curator of the. Museuni at the' Art institute in Chicago. Mr. Kelly is an international autbority on Chiniese. art. Entries for the exhibition should either be frarned: or mounted 'with at least two-inch mats and must be lianded in at the office of Community House hy january 20. 1AUl classes >of the leaguehave been. resumed again. The sculpture classes on. Moixday- mornings. with James Cady Ewell as instructor; painting on Tues- daysý and Wednesdays, with Allen Philbrick teac h- ing: Thursdays 'and Fridays are reserved for Art league me mbers; Thursday nights Max Gündlach .is. sponsoring a group.of pai*nters-,$aturdav, morn- ings El-izabeth Peyraud is teaching oils to aduits, F.duia. Joansen is instrucetor for the juniors, and Fath Degenhart is guiding the childreni iii drawing.' Vladimir Horowitz,. internationally keiown yoting' Rtission pian ist, .n'iIl give. a concert, in Orchestra hall this cona'ng SupidaY afternoopi, (lamwry 21), at 3:30 tarder the management of HenrY E. Voegeli. Opening New UDivisiosu A special divisioni offeringa a vomplete and widely varied curriculum in prof essional art traiing to graduating bigh. school students will be enrolled- February 5 at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, 18 South M-ichigan avenue. TPhis mid-year enroîl- ment mak, it possible for students to begini their training imrnediately rather than having to wait for,tbe f aIl terrn. tRTET C TO Sugrud Onegino Swedîsh Songster, Us "D[alila" Chicago is to see and hear another celebrated operatic personality not heretofore presented in local lyrical drama, and again to give acclaui to, the out- standing favorites of past weeks in its fourtb and second to last week of its experirnental revival of civic. opera, the success of which aI ready seerns amply indicated by consistently growing patronage. Appearing only once~ with the newly f ornxed Chi- cago Grand Opera conlpany, Sigrid Onegin, Stock- holmi contralto of French and Gerrnan parentage, whose concert, appearances here already have en- shrined ber in the bearts of music loyers, sings the role of, Dalila in,Caijîlle Saint- Saens'. ingratiating -scoring of a biblical theme, "Samson et Dalila," to be given in.-lFrench at' the Saturday matinee (january 20'>.. With Ma-- daine Onegin is to appear, also for LTH lit he first tinte before local oea goers, Pasquale Ferra, golden voiced tenor of Italy, in the role of Sam- IDispIay Art B3ooks An exhibit of work donc by stu- *dents at the American Academy of *Arts, 25 E. Jackson boulevard, Chi- cago, is on display this week at New Trier ..High school. *A Mozart quartet and a compositi Philharmonic quart et of Chicago inî at 4, o'clock ast the Keiluorth 1 lub. T this wiiter's schedule o the Nor concert Shore. t-be tN umber. lyed by the ry afternoon aseries in at.socition. WitIi symphogiy This Friclay afternoon, Frederick Stock will conduct the orchestra in Mozart's Symphony in E fiat .major; Copland's 1First Symphony; the sec- ond series of Ravel's Orchestral Fragments, and Doctor Stock's' ar- rangement of Selectionsfrom Act1iII of ý"Siegfried."