Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 8 Nov 1934, p. 14

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(iwdnq~ THEF WILMET1.E SUNDAY EVENJNG CLUB Op ened- its 2Oth se ason on Sunday, 1 vening, Nove»ber 4, with an address by the well known author, Christopher Morley. The meetings are held in the First Congregational church at 7:-30 o'clock. Seven churches are united in the work of this club. No admission is charged. The. club is sustained by contributions of $io or Iess each year f rom a group of interested citizens and the -balance is made up in f re 1e-will offerings. Everyone, young and old, men and women, are invited to attend the outstanding programs of this club. New residents in the community are especially invited. The attendance usually includes people f rom other suhurhs on the north shere. The program for the balance of the season fol lows: Sunday, NovemberYIYlth- PROF. JAMEFs A. MUNDY ANI) HU CoI.OR'D*CIIORUS OF 6o VOICFq: wh;ch delighted great audiences at the Hall of States,,at the World's Fair and also over the radio throughout the summier, will prescrnt their great spiritual, "The Heart Cry of the Negro." Professor Mundy will direct and several of the most important soloists of the oroanization wiIl he heard. john Burdette, baritone, "IChicagoland, Favo-irite." who won the Chicago Tribune.prize in bis rendition of OP' Man River will sing OP' Man River on this occasion. Suauday, November 18th- CHJARLES WAKEFIFLD CADMAN, the noted author of Indian Music includ- ing "lFromn the Land of the Sky Blue Water"' cornes with bis notable quartet for a return date. This quartet consists of Arthur Kraft, the widely -known lyric tenor;. Helen Freund andý. Constance Eberhart, botb forrnerly of the Chi- cago Civie Opera, and Eric Russell Cooke, popular concert artist. Other com- positions of Mr. Cadman 's are "IAt Dawning" and «'I Hear a Tbrush at Eve."1 Tbis company will present an entriely. new program. Suaudoy1 November Z5th- DR. ETIHAN COLToN, authority on international re- lations and author of "The X Y Z of Cornmunism"l and other books will speak on '"New Deals at Home and Abroad."1 Dr. Colion bas just returned f rom bis fourteenth visit to Europe since thé war, making special st udies of the situation in Germany, Italy and Russia. He was in Aus- tria wben Dolfuss was killed and in Berlin .at the time that opponents of the Hitler regime were put *to deatb. Dr. Colton during the World war and later during' the Russian Revolution had.. charge of American relief for the students and professional people of Russia, provided by the colleges and universities- of Arnerica, the Y. M. Y Brayton Eddy Branson DeCou Myrtyl Ros ap2k C. A., the* Y. W. C, A. boards and the Laura Spelrnan-Rockefeller Foundation. Hisý territery extended f rom tbe German border. through European and, Asiatic Russia. His staff consisted of about tbree hundred people. Suudoy, December 2nd- HON. NELJ.E TAYLOE Ross, director of the United States 'Mint, former Go'vernor of Wyoming and the first woman governor to be elected in the -United States, will speak on "The Drama of Government-the Backstage Story of Washington."> Governor Ross so directed the affairs of the State of Wyomning that she achieved nation-ivide reputation. As her two-terni of office drew to a close, she issued a challenge to ber opponents "'to point out a single act of mine wherein 1 have failed because 1 an a wornan, and wherein a man would have succeeded because he is a man." That challenge wvas never met. Mrs. Ross is an excellent speaker. S5unday, December 9th- JAMES SAWDERS, who spoke before this club two years ago on Cen tral Amierica -will speak this year on "The West Indies-and the Spanisb Main.", Mr. Sawders is one of the best knoivn authorities on this Iubject and illus- trates bis lecture -vith beautif ul moving pictures -made by bimself. Those who beard himi on bis former visit will recail the clarity with which he presented bis facts and the heauty of bis pictures. Sunday, December J6th- MYRTYL' Rosi, who bas been receiving a real ovation during the past year in the presentat.ion of a prograrn of imonodramnas bef ore universities and colleges, ivill present ber rendition of «Queen Victoria." The scene is January 8, 1864, three years after Albert's death. Miss Ross' clever character development in the use of two contrasting moods of the queen bas been most widely and fa'vorably commented upon. Miss Ross' inonodramias are in reality comnplete plays. Her sketches are original and brilliantly do ne. She studied 3z Volumes about Queen Victoria to perfect ber sketch of England's gieat Queen. Sunday, Decembir Z3rd- SIGNOR EUGENJo F. CROIZAT will present I'Gems of, European Art," illustrated by more than a 100 stere- optîcon slides sbowing the masterpieces of Europe. These slides are made by a new process whicb makes thein 60 faithful to the original that to bear Mr. Croizat is like taking a tour through the art centers of the world. Signor Croizat wvas born in the nortb of Italy and bas traveled widely in aIl the great countries which are fa- mous for art. He b as lectured before the universities b5X ~ in France and before sixteen French academies. In recogni- tion- of bis work the Frencb Ministry of Education in 1930 placed hirn at the. bead of a list of five lecturers Charles Wakefield Cadman Jokin Burd ette Capeî.wn frem T'on Hofnuanjs "Front Cari. to Cape" 14 As A/ic. Dmue as Shoam jin Cori Von Hof man's Pictuires WILMETTE LIFE

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