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34 WILMETTE LIFE November 11, 1927 News o¥ the North Shore Clubs Zinovi Pechkoff Speaker at Club . I h"\'C At Woman's Club On Society Program BY R. L. P. Officer of Foreign Legion to Tell W omJn · s Club Tales of 'fhc incidental music, which the Adventure \\.ilmette \\'oman's club has planned Thl· \\"o!llan\ cluh oi \\.ilmcttc is anticipating <)Ill' oi the hc~t programs ui it:' yc:ar on the occa:'iou of President'~ day \\"edncsdar. Xovember 16. ~Irs. Harry S. Gradlt.'. president of the Tenth di~trict, will be the guest of honor. The pn.)~Tam in the moming, which will commt.·ucc at 11 o'clock, will be de\·otctl to Book re\·icws of "Brother Saul." hy Don Byrne, ~i\·en by Mrs. GorcJon Culver, and ··~[other India," by Katherine Mayo, gi\·en IH· Miss Anne \\"hitmack of the Puhlic -librar~·. These reviews will be followed by ·a r~view oi one of the current plays gn·en by ~lrs. John Boddie. Luncheon will be scrn~d at l. Major Zincwi PcchkotT of the French Foreign Lcgion will address the club in the afternoon on "The Human Side of the Foreign Legion." Major Pechkoff was a soldier in the \Vorld war ·and after eight years of distinguished service, was raised from ··Knight .. to ··officer" in the Legion of Honor. The speaker of the afternoon is the son of ~faxim Cork\·. Various missions have taken hini· to mo·s t of the countries of the world. He has been decorated nine times hy the French gove:-nmcnt and cited at numerous other times. :\fajor Pechkoff has a Stf'ry to tdl which is intenselY int<·re~ttin~~. dramatic and informati~·c. On l~is previou~ tours he has spoken before principal colleges anrl uni\·ersitics in the Ea:'t, ht.·iore chambers of commerce and board:\ of trade, hcforc business mt.·n's organization:'. hcfore womtn 's clubs and in churches and private hom6. Soldier, diplomat. student. the:-c· three words de,crihc Major Pecl}koff. It is to the human side of evc·ry indi\·idual that his talk:' appeal. The music of the afternoon will he given hy B. Fn·d \\'ise. tl nor. . ~f r. \\·ise'=- pnpularit~· as a soloist brings him to this cluh for his second engagem<·nt. He has a beautiful Yoice and sing~ with a keen appreciation for the words of his son~s. Karleton Hackett oi th<· C'hicago E\'enin~ Post has said oi him. "~f r. \\"isc has a tenor voice nf fint.· r1uality and he sings with unrlerstanding. His dcli\·cn· of the recitati\'l' 'Deep<·r and Deeper Still,' was excdlcnt. Th~rc was appreciation for the word~ ;md the vocal command to t:xpn::-s it with force." ~----------------------~ Neighbors to Have Open Meeting Day Minna Schmitt to Bring Figurines to .Illustrate History of Woman's Dress :\n npl·n llllTtin .L! \\ill he hl·ld ll\ tlJ, . !\cighhors club ni Kl·nil\\'orth on 'i'uL· ~ day, r\on·mbn 15, wlwn . llll'lllhl.'r:i arl· irtc to bring as many gul·sts a:- thev choose. The day is desig-nated a·.; Prt·sident's day as at thi.; tinw ~~ r:-. . llarr~· S. (~radle, prl'sident nf the Tl'llth di . . trirt. and the prt·~irlenh :111d offict.·rs \)t all tlll' \\'OIIH'n's clubs in thi.., di.;trict will ht· itl\·itt·fl as gn~sts oi thL· ~ t·i~hhors. to ha,·c this year, is proving not so incidental. The young artists who appeared in programs so far have hl'l~ll artists with talent and have given g<·nuine pleasure to their hearers. Last we~k's artist was a student of Korthwestcrn university, John MacDonald, whose haritonc ,·oicc, with its smooth t~xture and deep, mellow tone which is alrnost hass, foretells a su~cessful future for him. He has a friendlv smile that wins his audience even before he sings. He was accompanied expertly hy ~fiss Marie Colliton. His numhers were "On the Shore," by Neidlinger; "In Questa Tomba" bv Bct.'thmren: "Song of Hybrias th~ Cretan," by Elliott: and two encores .. ~1y Ain Folk," by Lemon; and ··Giv~ a Man a Horse He Can Ride" b)· O'Hara. ' Prof. Bertram Griffith Nelson of the l" niversity of Chicago gave a reading of that dramatic tragedy, ..Cyrano de Bergerac," hy Rostand. It is the storv of a man who li\·ed in Paris in 1640 who had an enormous nose, of which he was very sensitive. The plav was first given in Paris in 1897, an~l was h~tjled as the greatest dramatic triumph ot years. The author was declared another Shakespeare. Richard Mansfidd brought the play to America and it still stands as the masterpie~c of this generation. Prof. Nelson read it with masterful interpretation, making the characters distinct and ali\'e and ke<.·ping the thread of t_ he story ~lear. It was the best reading of that pia\· · we h1tve heard. ~Irs. Arthur J. Dixon was elected h~· the hoard of directors of the clnh to take.· the place of the treasurer, Mrs. F. 1!. Tolman, who resigned because of illness. · The <auestion of the Phi J i p pin c Islands is one that Americans are vitally interested in. and the \\'oman's society of the \Vinnetka Congregational church is to have an opportunity oi hearing about them on \\'cdut'sd;;a\·, November 16. · The sp<;akcr for that aiternoon is the Re\'. Julius S. Au).{ttr, who has hcen in the PhiliJ>pines since 1916. ~I r. Augur has studitd the people of the great island of M indanoa, and has had a hand in all kinds of work among the variou~t tyJ>es and temperamcuts of hi.s (~is-!rict. His letters in the tl'n vcars since he first went there -arc a n·;ming history of the religious, social. and indu!\_trial dc,rclopmcnt of the Island people. · This promises to be a most interest ing and enlightening address, and it i=hoped that atl the women of the Society and those of the communitY wtlo are interested, will attend. · .. There .will be a board meeting in the Can.tp !"·re roon! ~t 9:15. ~ewinK will begm Ill t11e !\ttghborhood room at 10.:3~ and at .11 o'clock. ~Irs. Fredtrirk · Dtckmson wrll entcrtam the wrtrh.- r' witJ1 a rcadin~. Luncheon will ht· stned at 12:15. The prn~ram oi the afternoon will ht· a most inh'rcsting and unusual kc · turc on "Three Thousand Y(·:tr... oi \\'omen and Tlwir Costumes," b\' :\Irs. ~lina Schmitt. presid<·nt of tlh.' ~rhmitt College of Scientific Costuming nf Chirag-o, a" welt as the active head ·)i the Schmitt Costume company. which ranks as one oi America's ion·mn~t costume concerns, carrying as it doe~. . ixty thousand costnmt.'s. manv ni which are the creations of t hi, rri~l:lrk ahle woman. Thr lecturr will he illn..;tratrd ln· ~Irs. Schmitt's famous col lrrtion o.f fi~urint·s. drcssl·cl 1n authl·ntic costumes tl<·pictinJ,! e\·en· modl· C\I rlrcs:\ amtlng women from the rarlit·'t age:; down to tlw pres<·nt tlav. Ah,-a,·,; inten.·~tecl in an,·thin~ prr.taining ·t., romauce ancl make h('lir,·e. shr ha-.. hronght to her wt>rk thr,st' ctna]itit·" of prrsc,·<·rancr. applifatinn. and ..;int!h- tH"" of purposc which t.'thur<· "tu·ces~. and this lerturt· i:-. thl' cn .. tallizatit)ll nf ~ va'\t funrl of inform;~tion ~atlwn·d from many ,·cars of <'11Ctl('!'S r\·..,t·ari h and ionnieying- to all part.- of th(' world. ~frr;;. Schmitt. 'd10 c;lltH· to :\111cric ;t a poor C.t·nnan ~irl. ;1nd ,\-hi) !ta . . attained such n·markahl(· -.neT··...... i, jn:-tlv prnlf(l oi tht' Dl·l!'rtT J.!.. D .. acquin·cl aftl'r slw had rt·:tclwd tltt· ag"e nf 58. · Foreign Legiuo~, will at its l'\ovcrnhcr 16, II uman Side of the B. Fn·d \Yist·, tenor, of songs. ~~ axim Gorkv. ;md an offi~er in the :\I ajor Zinovi Pechkoff son of address the cluh meeting on "The Foreign Legion." will sing a ~rou1> Wilmette Voters League to Give Annual Bridgt The board of directors of the \Vilmctte LcotJ.!UC of \\'omen Votcrs met at the Village hall Thur.;day mornin~ · Novernbr~ 3. Mrs. Shelby :\f. Singleton, presHlent, was in · char~c of the Send Plea for Clothing for Great Lakes Vets Thrrc· is an urgent call for wintt·r ttnderg-armcnt~ and otlwr warm rloth- session. Mrs. \Villis H. Hutson. 1112 ElmPla.ns for an C\'ening mc:eti'1~ to he wood a\'t.'nttt, opened her home Friday held 111 Novemhcr were discu-,~cd. Gen. Xo\·emhcr. .J, for a can) party given J)~ the coimmttee of the \\'oman's club of Charles G. Dawes. who ,\.<ts to talk at \\:ilmette for friendly co-operation the C\'ening meeting, h~" post ponc:d his Wellesley Group to M ett wtth ex-sen·ict.· men. F.ach member of address until early spring, and another The nC'xt meeting of the North the committee was rest>onsible for one speaker wi!l be secured. The hoard also voted to hold its Shore \\. dleslt·y circle wilt take place table. annual card party in Fehruarv. The at 2:30 o'clock. Tuesda\'. November 15 'fbe money raised is to huy fuel. at the home oi ll rs. F.. 1.. Scheiden~ food, and clothing for the families of report of the representatives at~cnding helm. 704 Lake a\·eitUc. \Vi1mette. Mrs. the men at Great Lakes hospital, who the last meeting of the viltagc board Alfred Bridge Benefits for Vets in'!'. hut t'"f)('Cia11y und<'rwea r of all ..,izes for men in {·nit 31. the unit cart·d for hy the committe for co-onf'ration with ex-service n1en, of the \\'om"n':; duh of \Vilmdtt'. . At1y01W ha,·ing articles. is asked to pleasr send thrm tn l 12 Elmwood a\·<'nue. or call \\'ilmcttc 1447 if tlw articles are to h<· coll<'cted. The regular monthlY Jl1(·t'fing nf tiH' committee wit1 hr lwlrl ~fonclav. ~o verilher 14, with ~frs. Frank B. \\·t·\·er. 357 Cumh<·rland a\·emtc.>, Kenih,·orth, at 10:30 o'clock. B. the assisting hostess. · The program of the aftt·rrwon wilt he gin·n m·er to talks entit1t.·d "1927 Discus:'ts College." Ta~·lor of E,·anston will he.· have no compensation. TO ILLUSTRATE LECTURE The North End branch, Friends of on Friday, Kovember 18, commencing at 10, and continuing until into the I. u nc hton was 'trn·rl. Thl· Tttt.·sday club met for luncheon ~ftcrnoon. Luncheon is served at Another group met Thurscla,· aftt~r and hrid~t.~ this week at the rt:-idence noon and school children are wclconw. noon with ~frs. \Y. E. Roh~rtson. 521 of ::\.1 rs. Frank Brown, 9.J5 Michigan Sewing this month is for Infant \reiCentral an·ntH.', to con·r card tahle". a\·enue. fare. ma~:; hazaar to he ,l.!'in·n Dectmbt·r Chicago Junior school will hold its regular monthly 111ceting Tuesda)·. NoPREPARING FOR BAZAAR A ~roup of memhl·rs of the A:'socia t- Yc.·mhcr 15. at 8:30 o'clock, at the ed ~ui.ld" of ~t. Angu .. tine's Episcopal Sm·erei~n hotel. Joseph Muller will church nH·t for thl· da,· :\fonda,· at tlh' ~i\·e a lecture on "Southern tTtah.'~ SEWING DAY NOVEMBER r8 home of :\f rs. J(l';t.·ph :\f arsh~tll, 1040 ron·ring the Zion National Park, Brice The next da~: of philanthropy sewing Elmwoocl <t\"t.·nu<·. Tht.· time was ~in·n Canyon and Crdar Breaks. He will at the \\'oman s club of \Vilmctte falls illustratr his talk with slides. over to work rm pillows for tlw C'hrist- of trustees was read, and an open discussion of the report followed. Mr~. James G. Elder. membership chairman, re(>orted the · drive for ne\\' melubcrs was progressing rapidly, and one of her captains, Mrs. A. I.. Fuller 1ed, with fifteen new memhers to her credit. N. K. E. C. LUNCHEON Alumnae of the National Kindcrl!'<lrten and F.l<'mentary collrJ!<' will ' hold their month)~· 1unr1won in th<' \Valnut room of Marshall Fields. at 12 o'dock on Saturdav. No\·rmhrr 12. ~r rs. lbrn· G. Phillips, nrl'sidl'nt of the ~a tiona1 Ahmm;w "'"sociat1nn. wilt nn·sirlt·. and thr Junch<-on will lw fotln'""" hr a meeting of the excruth·c hoarrl of the association. - n. WELFARE BOARD MEETING Til<' \Vilnw·tte ho:trd of tlw lnf:mt \V elfare ~ocietv wi11 nwt>t lf onrl·"·· No,·emher 14. with Mrs. Ralnh ~f ooch· . . 1235 Ashland avenue. at 10:30 o'dork. Luncheon wi11 h.- served and a 1msincss session will he hrtd at 2 o·dock. 7.