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Clora M*coweh Spoahr; Uxhibit t. In"* ldwad. *#<utb China tMiss Clara MacGowane as- sistant professor of art at »orthwestern univer sity, will i present'an.-illustrated lecture to the Art Seminar group, and'the memersof the Un»versity guild at Harris. hall onMonay afer- noon, February 18, at 2:15 ôn. "Mural Painting In Amierica." Thé special features of this meeting of the Art semunarof which Miss MacGowan is chair- man, wiIl include exhibits -of glass, china and.'silver frorn the collection of Mrs. Arden B. La ph a m; an exýhibition of &ttiffn pitings 'executed prior to 1865;-and a "Collectors' tea" to which north shore col- lectors have been invited as, guests of honor. Miss MacGowan's lecture on "Mural Painting ini America" will continue the study of American art which lias been the Seminar's pro- gram for the last two years. Sunce 1930 Aunerican art ha. becoÉie a'sub- j*ç& of great unterest throughout the country. Now. particularly. i. the ýozphasis on mural painting wliich *as begun last year on a large scale and with government recognjition. -Xiss MacGowan will -discuss mural' pnti*igs beginuing with the fnescoes of New England and continuig. through to the. present time, in-.' éIuding the Century of Progress. On, lier recent trip.,east she bas. seen ipany, of theý murals of whichb she.wili *Miss' Mac(Gowan bas had one-artist s-hows in Vienna in The Frauen ]Kunst* and in Paris at the American Mrs. HIerbert Philbrick, president of the Guild will preside. Miss John e. Merniman, chairman of the Junior committee, will have charge of the tea. Mrs. Wilbur Helm of the Re- ception committee, wil. assist Mrs. R. E. Wilson and Mrs. George F. Koester in' welcomi4ng of the honôr' guests. -Mrs. Arden B. Lapham, assisted by Mrs. Daniel Boone, will: arrange for exhibition two tables set with authentic Ïrticlesifor -boyhood4' periods of Washington and Lincoln. Those who will preside over the, tea urns will include: Mrs. Herbert' ýPhilbrick, Mrs. Walter Diii -Scott, Mrs. John Hl. Wigmore, Mrs. George F. Koester,,Mrs. Robent W. Millar, Mrs. Daniel Boone, Mrs. D. J.. Dun- can, Mr.' Walter K. Smart, Mns.. Bruce Scott, Mrs. Wilbun Helm. Mrs. Robert. W. Milar has pro- cuned for the exhibition outstanding sithetitie woelus, in oh- ad water colors executed prior to 1865. Aniong the owners of these works and others having interesting collections are Mrs. Jessie A. Vail, Mns. Wirt Hum- phries, Mn.. C. G. Little, Mrs., Harry Wells, Miss Elizabeth Whiteley, Mrs. Arthur Whiteley, Mrs. G. Prive Brown, Mn.. P. B. Wagner, Mrs. Williamn J. Hamilton, Mrs. George Hicks, Mrs. W, W. Pindeil, Mrs. Carl Perry Hubbard, Miss; Laura Knaggs., Mrs. W. D. Burr, -Mrs. Samuel T. Burke, Mis. Samuel W, McCaulley, Mrs. William McIde, Mrs. CharlesH. Perry, Mn.. Carlton E. Given, Ms.. Gien Buck, Mrs. É. W. Sundeli, Mrs. (Continued on page 41) Junior. League Play HU. On. More"Performance Id Skokie" at Club Art Show Sy JEAN FOX The Skokie as it used to be#* befone flne days of cernent high- ways and CC projects, is littie nmore than a hazy mernory.to nonth shore nesidents now; but in. the' landscapes of Frank. Peynaud of Ravinia, the suns ets, the magn i ficent. trees, and* the varylng seasons and weather of, those marshlands exist -impervi- ous to change. Mathevw anlso 11< s. William E. Genner of 1729 ighland avenue, is completing lier second year as treosurer of the Woman>s Catholie club of Wil- mette. She lias been a member of the club for about three years. Dram. Reading Progrorn for Junior School Feïends Mrs. Claude A. Welles -will enter. tain Evanston Friends of the Chi- cago Junior school Monday, February 18, at 2 o'cloclc, at lier home, 938 Ridge boulevard, Evanston. Enielyn Hazel-. dine Thornton, dramatic reader, will interpret,' "When Ladies Meet" by Rachael Crothers. The play i. said, to be "delightful and modern to the nt.h degree." Mr.. Thornton is a graduate of the Leland Powers School of the Spoken I have seen imanySkokie'landsicapes by ,Mr. Peyraud and other artists, but. neyer before, one. quite lilce "At Cl;se of a Stormy Day," the canva s ex- hibited ini the February show of local and Chicago painters wbich opcned last week at the Wornan's Club of Wilm~ette. Pùés1b1y the appeai* is a matter of sentimental association, for without doubt the volumunous brown, gold and rose clouds, the glowering black haystacks and the wavung rus- set grasses are venitable ghosts ris- iug from, nay own personal recollec-. tions of the old Skokie. Ini the same exhibit Mr. Peyraud shows "At Sundown-Skocie" and j6Wind and Rain." The family is fur- ther represented i two super-fine portraits..and a stili-life by Elizabeth Peyraud, and a portrait of Mn. Pey- raud done bySterba. Almost ail landacapes ini the group undicate careful selection. Carol Hoer- man submits "Wundswept. Dunes"; Edgar Payne i. the artist of the oniy picture of mouutains, "Consolation Lake"; Allen Phiibrick shows a meadow scene in iight values devoid- of detail, and a seacoast village, withW great detail. Holger Jensen ha. dnawn a courtyand in New Orleans; Louise, Keliey exhibits a Corsican iandscape, and Grace Brion a smalbtpesn harbor scene. malbtpesn Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wiltberger of Evanston will entertain a group of Kenilworth, fniends at a cocktail party r Fiday preceding the dinner, dance at the Kènilwot clu.b.: guesis. to coràe.ana nber of ed the