Recîtal Notes Such an amusing story came to us Wbout the dressing rooms of. the New Trier High s chool auditorium that we are only too glad 'to pass it On. It seems that one day. re- oently, Rachinaninoff and Milstein were in a profound. discussion about the inconveniences of thse. afore- mentioned ýdressing rooss. Just what was said pro and con in thse discussion is neither here nor there, btthe conclusion of the whole thing.was, that Rachnianinoff 'said, "Why, iny dear Milstein.,the dress- ing roos s t New Trier Hghý school are known ail over Europe 1" And why shouldn't they be knowny ail over Europe ýwhen they have beçn used by 0il thse eading'artists of Europe today, who have appear- ed in the Artist-Recital series spon- sored by the Winnetka Music club. A year ago- last winter wlién Eth- el flartlett and .ae 1Robertson, fa- mous duo-pianists, gaVe their con- cert at New Trier one of the mem-, bers of. tIsecommittee found, Miss Bartlett, during the intermissionof lier prograni, sitting in bher dressing roosu, a pile of cernent on one side of lier and mortar boards on the other. There she was with hier lovely yellow taffeta gown gathered about hier for fear that it might be- corne soiled. Quite atniospitable rooni for sucb a great artist. But :1 UV a ui~%si this. one 1" Hoýever, we might add tbat the occasion of thé pile of cernent and thée mortar boards was the con- îtruction in the, auditorium of one hundred extra. seats. It is now: possible for more Artist-Recita1 patonsto ndrôoom in tIse center on ,the ground Iloor thanl it bas been in thse past, although it is pos- sib!e both to see andbear f romi any seat ini tIe.audi- torium. j' Mlar ion GoureY (left) of 14invelka aPpears here in lite costumeteIast site Wore at thse )nglish village ai A Ceitiry- of Pro gress lust ii;um suer when she gave several Scotch dances uith Be'ssie McFadzean of Evanston. She zvill do th.e sawie, douces and also others in tihe recital to be gir'en Thur-sday iévning, January .10, ai the Winnctka Community Houise by the Pupils of Prof essor John» Dezuor. An- other popular littie entertiner is seve'n-year-old Heatl.erbeil -1MPherso» showsl, tibeve), Prof essor Deuvar's gr-aiddau isteri, t'ho wil b!)é onr of tlhc "stars"' of thé, Announce Lectures on Phases of Art' 'The' winter terni of the departnient of education of thse Chicago Art lustitute, wilI begin on, Jan'uary 7, and several new subjects ini the series of popular lectures, for laymien will be offereci. On Monday. mornings at 11 there -will be informaI talks in thée galleries on thse current exhibitions, and on Monday evenings at 6.: 15 there will be a course on thse paint- ings in thse permanent collection of. paintings. On Tuesday evenings the survey of art wlich11 Exhïbit On ai Art Institute The asinual exhibition of the Chi- cago International Salon of Photog- raphy îs now on at the Art Institute of Chicago.' There are one hundred and seventy-five photographs on exhibition, some f rom as reanote a country asý China. Others are firom ItAly, Czechoslovakia, Spai, South Africa, India, 'Eniland, Germany, Hungary, Belgiuin, Austria, Scot- land, Canada and Japan., The quality of' the work in this year's show bhas been set at an unus- ually high standard and the resuit i. that one may see a collection of pho- tographs thât will lift the art 0f plate manipulation to new heights.' The photograph has been grQwin.g steadily in popularity in the fast doz- en years and one rnay derive a great deal of pleasure ini studying the work turned ini by these camnera slethswhogo outito the worid to shoot things-people, animaIs, birds, trees, shrubs, the spring, suni- mer, fall and winter seasons, babies, Old men, laborers at work, machin- ery in full swing, lovely ntudes--,n iact, everything conceivable. The exhibition is filled with an' amazing variety of objects and is 'a delight to the eye. It will be at the Art institute until january 20. Syiphony WII Give Bach's -B Mmnor Mass A brillhant month will be openeci -by the Chicago Siniphony orchestra and Doctor Frede.rick. Stock this week with Tomford Harris as. piano soloist. J anuaryat.Orchestra H4all brings a scintillant array ofe music: there will .be three perfor .mance s of. Bach's Mass in B minor- with four soloists: Jeannette Vreeland, Rose Bampton, Dan Gridley. and 'Chase Baroemo--250 voices f rom the Apollo Musical Club, Doctor Stock an-d thse orchestra, on january 8-10-11. Gladys Swarthout, The eighty-pa ge booklet giving one thousassd rist; Lauritz Met- five biundred artists' naines, with thefr correct ' oprano; IE1isabeth pronunciations, schools to which they belong, ubermian,. vioiiwst; nationality, and dates of birth and death, or if Schnabel, pianist; living, showisg thein to le contemporary, wilI be ir Chaliapin, basso; ready early in january. the booklet is of pocket rgç Gershwin and size, convenient to carry, paper covers, and-it. measures seven an-d one-quarter incIses, by four <' !"-41uartt!r iiWlies, The author is George E. ,Kaltenbach who has been a member. of the Chicago Art Institute staff for eighteen years and who is thoroughly proficient in the Engfish, French, German and Italian langùages. Already about one thousand orders.have, beew received.