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At Woman,, Club Frank Peyraud to Transform Woman's Club Stage to Studio Cornelia for Production of Painting daughter of BY R.. L. P. Otis Skinner, talented t Of~ t he we 11 k nown ac or b Skinner, drew a capacity crowd in the The Wilmette Woman's club will be clubhouse of the Woman's club of transformed into a studio on WedncsWilmette on Wednesday afternoon, 4ay afternoon, February 8. The presiding artist wiD be Fra!'k P~y~aud, J anuary 25. Club members stated it nationally famous for has stnkingly the first time that the auditorium beautiful landscapes, and for many was was crowded, and crowded it was. years a leading member of the north Yet so those who were forced to stand shore art colony. With his canvas and and others who found only ·seats at easel on the stage in the club assemthe very rear seemed to preserve the bly room, !vir. Peyraud will produce good-nature for which American p~oa finished oil painti111 in full view of his audience and, as the work proceeds, pie are noted. . As Mrs. Hayes M~K.i~will explain and discuss the subtle ney, president of the club, ~a1~, It processes by which the colors and was a boost for the new auditonum, moods of nature are so accurately por- toward which the ways and means d. . committee is striving. Miss Skinner more than fulfilled the tn/he members of the Woman's club feel highly complimented that Mr. eager expectation of tlte me~bers a~d th Peyraud has consented to appear be- their guests, for she. IS eqJJipped ":1 fore them in this way, and are also a charming personabty bes1de~ ~avmg keenly appreciative of the educational the necessary amount of trammg to "put her over with a bang." Her advantages of such an event. In general, the appeal o! pictures sketches were of her own making, and is inclined to be purely emotional, par- were so cleverly composed that they ticularly when a background neces- Seemed extremely natural and simplesary for their .appreciation from~ tech- and true to life. She doe sn't seem to ·ng or to have noticenical standpomt has been lackmg. In do much gesturl able body "mechanics" for getting into order to have this, it is neces,ary to have some acquaintance with the a character, and yet somehow there methods of the artist and with the stands the woman she is impersonaling, vivid, real, and Miss Skinner herproblems that he must meet. When this has been acquired, a good self is obliterated. The effect is unpainting has a double appeal, and is canny., Her first number was an American a source of double enjoyment. Mr. Peyraud's standing as an artist is as- girl in Paris trying to telephone a surance that everyone who hears him French dressmaker, and at the same will be given ~ n~w and valuable ~n time hold a bright conversation with aight into the sagndica.nce of good pic- her friend. As in the sketch that foltares. lowed. in which a French midinette Another attractive feature of Wed- bids adieu to her American soldier nesday"s afternoon program will be a shortly after armistice, Miss Skinner short musical by Mrs. Edwin Blut- did much of her talking in French. A hardt of Kenilworth. Mrs. Bluthardt certain type of southern girl, with a has a contralto voice of unusual rich- sugared drawl. was next portrayed. ness and beauty, and has won the en- Ostensibly going to the Sistine chapel thusiastic applause of many discrim- in Rome to view the art, she literally inating audiences in Chicago and else- humps in to a southern chap, and the where. time is spent in discovering mutual 11te morning session opening at 11 acquaintances. Miss Skinner's fourth will be devoted to literature and drama. sketch touched a tragic note, when she Two current books will be reviewed acted the part of a girl member of a by dub members, one. "A Daughter "song and dance" vaudeville sketch, of Samurai" by Mrs. J. Melville Brown, waiting for a snowbound train to the other, "Jalna," by :Mrs. William arrive after midnight in a small town A. Durgin. Immediately preceding the of Iowa. 1 o'clock luncheon, Mrs. Hope Thomp"Homev. ork," in which a Philadelson will give a review of the drama, phia mother strives to help her son "Behold that Dreamer." with an algebra problem, elicited many chuc.kles from mothers in the Childhood Education club, as did the fussy English woman Council Meets in City on the Calais-Paris express in the folThe Central Council of Childhood lowing number. Pathos swept the end Education meets again February 4, in of the next, that of a girl sitting on the Central Eleanor club rooms. 17 the beach of Barbados, talking to a North State street, Chicago. The man from New York. Miss Skinner's aoming session will open at 11 o'clock. program ended .with one of the intiwith two sections, the first. the pre- mate glimpses of a woman on a boat kindergarten, the topic for which will bidding ~oodbye to her friends on the 1»e "The Effect of the Nursery School dock. She obliged with an encore. on the Kindergarten Curriculum." The ~vin~ a French poem by Veherin. on MCOnd group will be kindergarten-pri- the savage November wind. ·ry-elementary, with its subject, -original Expression in Plastic, PicArt Exhibit Closes torial. and llanual Arts." The noon hour occasions a luncheon The North Shore Art League exhibit aeeting, under the general topic of closed with a league meeting last WedaUP.e"ision-teacher t r a i n i n g. The nesday evening in Matz hall, Comker Will be Frank D. Slutz of the munity House. Lionel Robertson, one ~UJIIa~ Teachers college, who will talk of the prominent members of the -rhe Master Teacher." league, and a member of its board of directors, gave a talk on "Modern De~ign in Interior Decoration." He showed documents from Paris and Munich, and lantern slides from the interior· of the "lie-de-France," loaned him by the French line. - ~~~----......,....._---;......_.....,.~- I Catholic Club Prog~am to Feature Ftne Arts The members of the fine arts d~ partnient of 'the Woman's ~athobc club of Wilmette ~11 be gu~sts at the home of Mrs. Wilham F. Knppes, 1112 Sheridan road, Friday afternoon, Febru· a ry 10, at 2 o'clock. . Mrs. Frank Thale, fine arts chatrman has prepared an unusual program for 'that day. Miss Helen .O'D~nnell and Miss Grace Ludwig wtll .11ve. a Valentine sketch under the d1rect1on of Mrs. Charles Broad. The art feature will be an illu:;trated talk on "Etching" by Miss Betty Weber. . Mrs. M. B. Morris, music cha1rman, has arranged to have the study of the opera, "The King's Henc~man." Mrs. Harry Lombard will tell tts story and Harry. Lombard and Mrs. _A. W. Bermingham, Mrs. H. W. Bettmghaus, Mrs.. C. Broad, Mrs. ~harle.s N?rm~n, and Mrs. F. J. Rothmg will smg 1ts arias. Mrs. Krippes will be assisted by Mrs. James Johnson and Mrs. Arthur W. McMillan. · Burgess J . to Address Neighbors "Getting Education Quickly" to Be Topic of Lecture by Eastern . Professor of Note The regular meeting of the Neighbors wiD be held next. Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, With the program . in charge of the department of _educa- · tion, of which Mrs. ~eorge R1chards is chairman. There wdl b~ a c~ange of program from the one prmted m the year book and in place of "Youth Challenges' the .(burch" by Jam~s Waterman Wise, the members w!ll hear Professor Bur~ess .Johnson, Llt. D. of Syracuse umverslty, Syrac~se, N.' Y., speak upon "Getting Educatlon Quickly." . The speaker is professor of ~nghsh and is director of public relations at Syracuse was formerly professor at Vassar c'ollege, and a member of the editorial staff of Harper and company, and Dutton and company. · Last season he spoke before the d Executive club of Chi~ago a~ everrone who heard him 1s unammous m his praise. Everyone approached on ·d "G~ t Professor the sub" Ject h as sat · . ,, "£ you can. H e 1s splend1d· ] ohnson 1 F The Tuesdays during ebruary are busy ones for the Neighbors and its departments. On Februar_y 4, the ~rt and literature department 1s presentmg two papers on painters of the Italian Renaissance-"Ve ron e·s e" by Mrs. Richard Johnston, and "Corregio" by Mrs. Frank Cherry; February 21, a birthday luncheon with special offering in the program is scheduled, and February 28, the meeting of the depa~t ment of music will take place wtth a paper by Mrs. Edwin Bluthardt on "Bach, , Handel and Their Forerunners. y b . h ld The Young Mother's clu IS to f o. its next meeting at the home o .,tts d secretary, Mrs. W. S. He ges, 1' 68 Washington avenue, with two assistant hostesses, Mrs. C. E. Jarchow and Mrs. E. O. Anderson. The evening of the meeting is Monday, February 6, and the hour, 8 o'clock. Prof. John J. B. Morgan of the department of psychology at Northwestern university is the speaker of the evening, whose subject is announced as "The Psychology of the RunAbout." In addition to Mr. Morgan's lecture, Mrs. George Betts, who is in charge of the club's devotional work, wifl give a talk on "The Deve1 opment o f P rayer Life of Little Children," and Mrs. 0. E. Geppert will play several piano solos. M h , Cl b t oung Ot et S U 0 Heat John J. B. Morgan Next Merrill Lecture to Be on uyrue Stories,, Next Monday afternoon at 2, Mrs. Anthony French Merrill is giving the third of her series of lectures on current literature and events at the Wilmette Woman's club. . "True Stories" will be the topic of this lecture. The fourth talk in the course occurs February 20. Mrs. John C. Mannerud of EvanstO!l is chairman of the literature department, which is sponsoring Mrs. Merrill's lectures. The remainder of the committee consists of: Mesdames Ira Reynolds, Thaddeus MacRae, 1 \V. Fisher, ] r.. Frederick Bq__wes, William Harridge, I. Melville Brown, Benjamin F. Blymyer, H. E. Holdaway, Gordon Culver, and Attan Rossman. Sew at Club Today for Lake BluR Orphanage Today brings another all day sewing meeting · for charitable institutions which is sponsore.d by the philanthropy department of the Woman's club of Wilmette, at its clubhouse on the corner of Tenth street and Greenleaf avenue. Work starts at 10 in the morning ·and luncheon is servetl at noon. Women of the village are invited to attend. whether or not they are members of the club. The first day of February's sewing is for the Lake Bluff orphanage. and is in charge oi Mrs. C. G. Smith, chairmcfil., and Mrs. Lee English, Mrs. Lewis B. Springer, Miss Harriett Latham, and Mrs .. Saniuel Darst. Upton Close Gives Evening Lecture at Woman,s Club Upton Close, adventurer, explorer, student, comes to the Woman's club of Wilmette to · rrive an evening lecture Wednesday, February 15, at 8 :30 o'clock. His talk will be a vivid recounting of his eight years among Chinese diplomats. bandits, generals: and students. which he brings to his audience under the topic, "American Barbarian in China." Mr. Close has been lecturer for the BABIES FRIENDLY TO MEET University of Washington on Pacific Asian life, languages and history. His The Babi~s Friendly is having its knowledge is considered so remarkable next meeting Thursday at 1 :30 o'dock. that he is regarded as one of the most at the home of Mrs. Carl Sterner, 1520 reliable authorities. Lake avenue. · GIVES LECTURE COURSE A series of lectures will be given by Rev. William C. Bower of the Chicago Theological seminary- at the Capitol building, room 601, under the auspices of the Graded Union of Sunday School Teachers, on Fridays at 2 o'clock. The general subject is "The Curriculum." On February 3, the topic will be "Changing Conceptions of the Curriculum," and on the subsequent Fridays, "The Contest," "History," and "Technique" will be discussed.