Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 1 Nov 1934, p. 50

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CA Wr! METTE LIFE November 1, 1934 Young Artists on Final Program at Host House When A Century of Progress openi- ed, Gov..Henry Horner appointedMrs. Josepb Joyce of Ken ilwortb as one of tbe bonorary bostesses of the Illinois Host House. Last Monday f rom 4 until 6 o'clock, Mrs. Joyce sponsored the closing program of the season in the Host House in whicli four young north shore artists, Miss Vivyenne Morin and Miss Ruth Truska of Wilmette, Miss Marioni Ortseifen of Kenilworth, and John H. Mathison of Winnetka were presented. The reader of the afternoon was Miss Ortseifen, remembered bere- abouts for ber splendid work in plays given by the Playshop, Loyola Com- munity theater, and by the \Vo- man's Club of Wilmette. She eun- deared herself to ber audience just as sbe bas done tbe past few years ini her many favorable appearances before Chicago and nortb shore_ or- ganizations. Miss Morin, mezzo-soprano soloist, wbo bas- won widespread- recogni- tion as a result o 'f ber many musical activities, charmed those present with her clever little Negro spirituals and ber dramatic presentation of operatic arias. Miss Morin was ac- companied by .Miss Rutb Truska of %Vilmette, artist pupil of Mme. Eda Goedecke. John H. Mathison of Winnetka, graduate honor student of New Trier, a Nortbwestern university fresliman, and a member of tbe North Sbore Symphony orchestra, won an enthu- siastic applause for bis splendid pre- sentation of the following numbers: A-fiat "Impromptu" by Scbubert; "Procession," by Shasins, and tbe A flat "Waltzi" by Cbopin. In conjunction with the program, there was an exhibit of the photo- :graphic studies. by Clarence Buck- ingham Mitchell, wbo arrived in town last week from bis home in Santa Barbara, to be present. A hundred new pbotograpbs were shown in addition to the most popu- lar of tbe studies that were a part of bis exhibition last January in the Drake. Mr. Mitcbell's godmother, Miss Kate Buickingham, beaded the receiving line and Mrs. Rufus Dawes, Mrs. James Ward Thorne, Mrs. J. .Ogden Armour, and ber daugbter, Mrs. John J. Mitchell, Mrs. Carter H. Harrison, Mrs. Herbert L. Stern, and Mr. Mitchell's sisters, Mrs. Will- iam H. Mitchell and Mrs. John F. Shaw, joined the Illinois bostess com- mittee as hostesses. After, the program tea was served and a general inspection of the pic- turcs followed.-Contr.ibuted. b ,Have Bridge Club Mrs. Samuel fleager of Higbland Park will be hostess to ber nortlu shore bridge club for luncheon next Monday. Among the members are, Mrs. Edward Geither of Kenilwortb, Mrs. S. Baker Williams, Mrs. Her- maàn Goodhue of Winnetka, Mrs. C. C. Bradbury of Glencoe, Mrs. Rus- tell Gray> and Mrs. Arthur Caleb of Evanston, and Mrs. Corliss Nugent ,of Wilmette. Mathew Francis Photo Thiwmas H. Mathison, a Winnet- kan. zwho is a graduate of New Trier HI-Iqhsehool, and is nzw a freshimait in college. is a talented young pian- ist. fUe uas on th e program Monda y iifteriii at the Illinois I-I sf Horist. Chairmàn Lsts Ushers for Junor ýLeague Show Mrs. George Schulz is chairman of the committee on ushers for the j unior League Follies, sponsored by the Evanston junior league, and is being assisted by Mrs. Rodney Stark- weather. Mrs. Schulz announces that the following league members wi11 be on hand to guide guests to their seats at the performances t.o be given at the Glencoe School auditor- ium the evenings of November 1, 2, and 3: Mrs. Edward B. Anderson, Miss Jane *Blessing, Mrs. Rush Butler, Miss Elizabeth. Campbell, Miss Pat- ricia Downey, Mrs. Jevne Haugan, Mrs. L. E. Hart, Jr., Mrs. Peter Mayo, Mrs. Maurice Musgrave, Mrs. Kenneth McGrew, Miss Betty Lou Olmsted, Mrs. Robert Porter, Mrs. David Porter, Miss Elizabeth Patter- son,,Mrs. Rodney Starkweather, Mrs. Eugene Stevens, Jr., Mrs. Wesley Webb, and Mrs.. joseph Welles. To Open Winter Season Skokié Country club is asking its. members to reserve the eveniig. of Saturday, November 24, for the din- ner dance which will open the winter, season at the club.. Fine, music is to be a special feature, according to the announcement just mailed to the members. ,W. C. T. U. to Meel The Wilmette and.Winnetka W. C.i T. U. will meet at the home of Miss1 Lillian Struggles, 160 Spencer ave-i nue, Wilmette, at o'clock Monday, November 5. Ml'iss Vivyenne Morn of Wil- mette sang Negro sp>irituals and opera arias, at the Monda y after- noon, programs at the Illmnois Host House at A Century of Pro gress the final week of the fai. Miss Ruth Tru.ska, also of Wilmettc, * young artist pianist, uns her ac- Japanese Program Opens Month at College Club A scbedule of two or tbree, parties or programs weekly is listed on the Chicago College club bulletin for the month of November, beginning witb a Japanese entertainment to bie presented Saturday evening, Novem- ber 3, at 8 o'clock, by Mr. and Mrs. Michitaro Ongawa., Their program, entitled "The Far East," consists -of a variety of ancient dances, humorous stories, songs accompanied on Jap- anese instruments,'and a Japanese comedy in Englisb, a program laden, it is said, with poetry, romance and beauty, exquisitely performed with a fascinating display of costume. Mr.' Ongawa is a Samurai of the Tokui- gawas clan, which guided. the déstinies of the Japanese empire for nearly three hundred years as its actual rulers. At 12:30.Wednésday noon, Novem- ber 7, Mrs. Coxk-McCormack will be the club's. guest of honor at lunch- eon, after which she will reiview in- formally. "The Story.of My Death," a letter published under that titie in tbe London Times in October, 1931, by Lauro -de Dosis, 'an anti-facist poet, who neyer returned from the airpiane bombardmnent of Rome with anti-facist propaganda. This* bom- bardment took- place a few days be- fore bis letter appeared. The College club's Spanish class is meeting regularly every Wednesday from 6 to 7 o'clock, followed by din- ner, the conversations being held in Spanish under the directionof Dona Ester Perez de King. 1 0 Miss Marion Ortseifew, whose home is in Kenilwmorth, wuas one of fouir young people, ail front.the north shore, on the Illiinois Host flouse pro grarn Mo-nday afternooii. fier .conitributioitas in drainatic readiing. Calholie Daughlers fo Insfali Offlicers Catholic Daugbters of America, Quilmette Court No. 848, will hold its reguilar meeting Monday evening, November 5, with installation of new officers. The officers are: Laura McDaniels, grand regent; Elizabeth *Borre, vice-regent; Hattie Schwall, prophetess; Catherine Wagner, mon- itor; Helen Kremen, financial secre- tary, Pauline Bleser, treasurer; Ber- nice Steffens, historian; Ann. Peifer, sentinel; Florence Spitzer, lecturer; and Loretta Steiner, organist. The trustees are Margareýt Kalmes, May- me Peifer, Anna Leis , Catherine Sel- zer,. Mary Engels, and Carolina Bleser. Miss Mary Collins of Rôgers Park will instaîl the officers. Rockford Club fo Have Inaugural Banquet The Chicago Rockford club, will observe the receut inauguration of Dr. Gordon Keith Chalmers as presi- dent of the college, at a banquet to' 4,e given at the Chicago Woman's club this Friday at 7:30. The toast- mistress is to be Mrs. Andrew Mac-, Leish of Glencôe, who was the sec-' ond presiden t of Rockford,. installed, in fact, fifty years ago this fail. Among the -speakers wil.1 be Dr. Theodore Hun.e of the New Eng- land Congregational cburch Chicago, who was a classmate of Dr. Chalmers at Oxford.> Reading Circle Hostess The Wilmette Reading circle will meet next Monday witb Mrs. Louis Brucb, of Chicago avenue, Evanston. Uc.a tivities 14 ý,Social 3ircles By JEAN TEN BROECK They Liend Their Talent to Program ai Fair' November 1, 1934 Çà WILMETTE LIPE

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