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ecl ro ore rnusic series of the Winnetka MVusic club, annuaiiy lias extensive concert tours, is 'a star of the Fire-, stone Radio hour and g1uest star on other hours such as Genéral ~Motors and Ford. He is rated b>y Variety as the greûtest tenorý box-officedraw. Born in, Trenton, N. J., and first taught by his mother, he sang as boy. soprano soloist at the Ocean Grove, N. J., auditorium at fine,ad at twelve in the. Trenton Music, festival as co-star with Schumann 1Heink who predicted'great things for him. As a boy and young. man he worked hard tU> save money for a musical education, and finally:. at twenty obtained his fi rst .position as. tenor soloist in the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian ,church in New York. Later, ýoffered a «lan of $10,000 to study abÉroad: he turnëd- it down, peern his independence. and was offered a "Met". con- tract five years be fore he accepted. When he j did make his debut in 1933, he stopped. the show- with 37 curtain calis. Now he ranks amnong the eopay' niost iiopular mem'bers -an'd *as won, acclairn in the dozen ieading roils he has sung. His was the most successful concert tour ever revorded in Australia. outranking that of Melba herself as a box office draw. Crooks i"s the only, 4 memnber of the Metropolitan Opera ever to con- tinue a radio programn of his own for eight ccen- secutive years. Sidelights on the mnan are the fact he ývas I. awarded the honorary titie of Doctor by the Rockefeller foundatioti if the Fii slands, and Americati lenor As president 'of the North ShOre Musicialts', clbMrs. ,C harles N. Evans, '735 Walden road, Winnetka, presided at the meeting .and pro gram which opened that organization's activities for the season on Tit4sday_*eter- ?tooi at the homne of Mrs. James G. Shak- 35 Linden avenue, Wilmnette. Assistinig the hüostess were Mrs. Williamn H. Hammond. Mrs. E. L. Perkins, and Mrs. A. T. Williams. Mrs. Harvey A. Bush spoke on cur- rent events in music, and the foliowing program was presented: Fantasie, F minor ...............Chopin Valse Triste ........ .............. Sibelius Jeanne d'Arc" ..... . ..............Tschaikowsky Giromnetta ........................ ....... Sibetla Ali, love, but a day........ -............ Mrs. Beach M-% Johiann.............................. .... Grieg. Avice Evans, Soprano. Evelyn LaSalle at the Piano- Nleiocy from -Orpheus and Eurydice-...... Gluck Ballade...................... ........ .A. Perilhou Marion Bridgmnan, Flutist Waltzes. 01). 39.......... ...... ....... ..".Brahms Ragamuffin ............. ..John Ireland La Fille auix Cheveux de Lin.............. Debussy itel ........................... ...... Debussy Clara Maas, Pîanist lôyers, Mr. French'.s atm is to play rmusic that wiII appear, on, the Chicago Symphony orchestra programrs for the ensuing weeks. Anyone wvish- ing to hear the music is welcorne . attendance being thoroughlýy inform.ai, he, announces. The' programs are desligned to make listeners mrore familiar with the music they will* hear played by the Symphony orchestra, thus adding to their, enjoyment and understanding.: Although he wilI make an effort to announce the programs tin advance, Mr. French report.s.he cannot gûnran-. tee, to -adhere to concerts planned, ýas he WilI, conformn as closely as 'possible, to the Cicaýigo concerts. The concert s of re cordings are preserîted fort- nightly at Mr. French's house, ý503. Hawthorn lane, Winnetka, a-rdthose planning to be present are asked to cali him before the evening of the concert so that he will use a roomn large enough for those expected. On.. the scsosn's njeninig. concert, Wedines.day evening,, October 12, Mr. French xviii play Ra ch- rnaninoff's Second Symphony, Debussy's "Iber- la," and Ravel's "The Waltz,- the programi to be comipieted when the Chicago concerts .are announced. Those who wish to knowA, what nurn- bers wili conclude the first programi may cali Mr. 'French after Frid.ay for further information. -S in Concert Of partment of the Chilcago Uonservatory of Music, presents Jean Fardulli, baritone. ' and Leo Kopp. his accompanist, in an ôperatic concert at the( Chicago.Civie theatre at 8:30 o'clock .Wednesdayv night. October 19. The program, so unusual it is airnost iiuip±4--C edented, wili be composed entirely of arias, from ciassic operas. Mr. Fardulli is singing this season with, th-e Chicago City Opera, and bas appeared -it the Opera Comique in Paris and in leadinu upIer'l organizations from Russia to Spai. Fou t-h, from can unaer- and th( ber 15. in*u the .conicert, he' is to gi salso intereste( ,e next week. WILMETTE LIFE stand.