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The north shore welcomed back Clarita Martin last Monday night when she' gave one of bier charmnig progranis of Spmnish dances at the New Trier High scbool auditorium. Mrs. Martin, wbo in private.1f e is Mrs. Mellen C. Martin of Win- netka, bas been on an~ extensive concert tour tbrough California, -and wben .sbe retturned fromi the west she gave a recital at the Town, Hall in New York' City. Sbe, for one, bas not proved an example of thé old saying that "noô prophet is Witbout. bonor, ekccept in bis own countryi" for Mrs. 'Martin bas, * always. been a great favorite bere and. bas hosts of admiring friends in ail the suburbsè- lest Monday's recital, proved a deligbt to see *with its lovely. costumes an4 perfect forin and rhtm. One was kept spellbound as, dance fol- * lowed dance, each seeming to be mnore lovely than telast.- Altbough mnany of tbe Spanisb dances ar smeha aike in their f eet action and move- mients of the baànds and arms Clarita *Martin gave them >variety with bier brilliant costumes and ber individual neptai. Her hands and f eet. are exquisite, and bier graceful body keeps perfect tinie to 'the difficult $panish rbythms. Although she lacs tihe.ç .aaity and, f&e of the,Sjpanish temp-, erament she does posses à. fine intellect and a *charm that give bier recitals refinement and delicacy. Onie of the favorite numbers and which was'en- cored was the El Garrotin ini wbich she appeared as a man, wearing grey trousers and a grey bolero jacket.' , In the El Relicario she wore a gorgeous white lace Vélasquez gown with a matcbing man- tilla; and there ivas a brilliant red gown, tight- fitting to the hips and with a cascade of ruffles * forming a small train, for the second number, Ley- enda. Another charming costume was the one worn- fer Malaguenas: it was like paisley, a gown With acc pert solo nuiuDC ments. -vel-.1 MeDernild. H.schakoff Us Next Symphony Solousl Fridav afternoon of this, week the Chicago Sytn, The Chicago Grand Opera company wilI present "Manon" this coming Saturday afternoon at the Civic Opera House with Hope Hampton in the titie role and Bentenelli as Des Grieux. Leo .Kopp wil'l conduct. Paul Longone, artistic director.of tbe Opera com- pany, bas arranged wbat be terme an "extraordinary concert" for the closing nig ht of tbe season ý(De- cember 22), whicb will be givep for. tbe beniefit fund of tbe company.. All soloists, il choristers, aIl musicians, ail stage- artisans and. members of tbe bouse-staff, and al conductors are volunteers, witbout pay for tbe occa- sion. Moreover, the. trustees of the *Civic Opera House are contributitng the great :theater 1 witbout charge. The iist of conitributors to the concert includes .tbe, season's outstaniding singers in aitlitnes: ffdith Mason, Hope Hanmpton, Jean, Tennysoni,- I4ucia- Diano. Margery Maxwell, Hilda Burke, and Janet> Fairbank, of the sopranos; Coe Glade, Sonia-Shar- nova, Helen Ornistein,- and Eleanor LaMance, of the mezzo-sopranos and altos; Tenors Cbamlee, Hacket and ýPaneGasser; Baritones Morelli, Frig.erio and Huehn, and Bassos Baromeo, Guidi, and-I.azzari are among the Voluù'teers. Annual Xmas Sung to Be HeId on LDec.. 23 Evanston and north shore, residents for some years have joined in a rather unusual type of Christ- mas music program in which tbe audience con- tributes the largest share of the prograni by sing- Uvanston. John W. Beattie, acting dean of North- western 'University2 Scbool of Music, will direct, and lie will. be assisted by Dr. William H. Barnies at the organ, and a quartet of brass instruments. Interspersed between the nunibers by the audience will be two groups of songs by the Haven Boys' Glee club directed by Mary H. Kiess. The. audi- ence and chorus will join in singing Silent Nigbt bt as the closing number. The Glee club will give the following selections: n- O Corne Emanuel..... ............ Ancent Plainsong n- * Lo, Hear a Rose-. .. ...... ... Praetorius n- First Noel....................... ....OÔld Engllsh Chlldren are having a gala time at tbe play, "jolly Robin Hood," wbich is now running every, Sat urday afternoon until the last of Decemnber at the Goodman theater. Mrs. Cborpenning, who di- rects the. children's plays at the Goodman, and Who bas already written for it "J ack and the Bean Stalk,". umpeldtiltàkiW" and several others, comibed the od*ballads for the sort of pranks childreni espe- cially -love, and wo ve them into a &story so full, of action thateven the very littie children will under- stand what is going on.ý The characters that 'ail children. love are there-, Tobin,. Big Little John, Friar Tuck, Alan-a-Dale. the; Sherif of. Nottingham and bis Worsbip .of Hereford (whose cruelty and greed makes tbemn the huitt of Rébin's ýpranks) and the Widow whosetbree M xUs Robin sa.ves f rom the gallows. The, story shows how Robin, a gay young lad, tried, to save the Widow f rom losing ber. land. to the flishop. of Herefoid, and was, made an outlaw hy the'Sberiff as a resuit; how he stole the war- rant the sherif sent into Sherwood forest for bis arrest. out of the .pouch of Wat-o-the-Crabtree while his men pressed food on hlm; how he received the golden arro w f rom the King's own hand, 'before the eyes of' the Sheri*f wh6 did fot pentrate bis disguise; bow he. saved the Widow's sons and escaped ini the Widow's clothes and other disguises;, Ilow be pretended to be a butcher and tricked the Sheriff into, going with him into Sherwood to buy bis "horned beasts," and finally bohw the, sheriff and the Bishop were forced ýto give up their ill-gotten gold to the Widow, under the eyes of King Richard, Who* takes away their offices, and then pardons. Robin Hood's band. WTbat- is called a' "regionalair t show," that is. taking a certàin, section of the country and inviting: the work of artists living ini that section, to send in their work for exbibition and sale, was given a. short time ago by theJohn Wanamaker. stores in Phitldelphia and New 'York. Prizes 'were. awarded bya jury composed of Robert' B. Harsbe,.director, of the Art Institute, of Chicago, Grant, Wood, 'of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Lloyd Goodrich, art' critic.: Fifteen butidred. dollars in prizes were awarded, One of tbe principal prize winners was Edward J. Deavy of Philadelphia, with bis "A Brigadier Heufetz to C'ive Recital avs and a uantata "The ide of pecially comoed for the occa- nafg, 'urora's. '<Beau Danube." l four days willl hoa Jascha Heifetz, famous violinist, wil m'ake bis only Chicago appearance in a recital on Sunday, January 6, at Orchestra hall for the benefit of the 'Travellers' Aid.. 1-1->'Y: