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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 31 Aug 1928, p. 41

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August 31, 1928 WILMET.-TE LIFE 41 Howard Preston Is Next Artist for Skokie Musicale By R. L. P. TiCkets Now Selling ... for Sousa's Concerts T i c k e t s now are on sale 'for the two performances of Sousa's band on September 22, at the Patten gymnasium, for the benefit of the Associate Alumnae association of Northwestern university and the Evanston League of Women Voter~. They may be purchased at Chandler's, 630 Davis street, at the Community Kitchen, 600 D~vis 5treet, and from Mrs. U. S. Grant at the Commercial Trust and Savings bank, 701 Davis street; Evanston; and at Harnkess and Bryn's Real Estate office, 8 North Sheridan road, Highland Park. I . Sunday afternoon, September 16, will bring the Skokie Country club musicales to an end for this season. Under the direction of Mrs. Dwight C. Orcutt, artists of high standing have been enga'!ed, and the fact that capacity attendance always greets them proves that these Sunday afternoon musicales are popular. Howard Preston. of the Chicago Civic Opera com'pany and the Ravinia company, will give the entire program on September 16. Meanwhile, there is the delightful Mr. and Mrs. Dwinnell Slater of musicale of last Sunday, August 26, to Hartsdale, N. Y. have been visiting be remembered. Miss Helen Hedges, Mr and Mrs. Leon M. Allen in their soprano, and Richard Wagner, 'cell- home at 258 Melrose avenue, Kenilist, both pleasec1. with their executions worth. Mrs. Slater was formerly Prisof highly interesting programs. Miss cilla Allen. Hedges g;we a brilliant performance in spite of the fact that the day before :;he was unable to speak, due to a severe case of grippe. Her tone was transcendently beautiful in rapid passages, in ornamentations and in sustained phrases. At all times she sang with an appearance of ease, but those who have had experience in singing over a cold know the strain involved. He-r numbers were of a modernistic trend and they seemed to be exactly suitable for her voice. Color and warmth, an amber quality, was immediately apparent in her first number, "Cantares," by Turina, and in "Swans," by Kramer, she had the clear, thin flute-like tone. "Las Locas por Amor," about women who are "crazy for love, was another delight. Art her numbers were gracefully sung, with delicacy and power -artistically used. She is a fine artist. She was accompanied by Charles Lurvey, who accomplished the rare thing of being exactly in time with the singer, hardly missing her rhythm by as much as a hair. Richard Wagner proved that the 'cello is indeed coming into its own. · He opened with Goltermann's "Andante from Concerto No. 3," in which he showed a fine appreciation for the spirit of the music, with warmth in sustained phrases and clarity in the decorations. In Popper's "Concert Polonaise," he rose to an impassioned climax and then changed the mood to one of melting melody. Debussy's "Ariette Oubliee," had the peculiar warmth of tone given alone to the Other numbers·. Rameau's 'cello. "MertUet," Brandoukoff's "Elegie," and Perrin's "Gavotte," all showed a fine understanding of the music and thorough mastery of the technique. He was enthusiastically applauded and came back with such happy encores as "Le Cygne," and a LaForge "Melodie." He was given expert accompaniments by Grace Leach Orcutt. The only regret this critic felt was that the accompanists didn't have a better piano to play on. A Toloff Portrait in Oil Colors Done By Our Artist in the Studio Special Until Oct. 1, $15 (Regular price, S3 5) JOStph D. Tolof'f Out Photographs Lice Forever 518 Davis Street Phone Univ. 2118 Pure, ·Sweet Milk fresh from the farm! Users of Bowman's Milk are ever-delighted with · its superior flavor. So sweet, so rich in cream, so fresh and pure -no wonder it is the favorite milk of Wilmette families t But try BQwman's Milk yourself. See what a rich, delicious milk it really is. Use it in all cooking and baking. It is the only sure way to get that natural fine flavor which makes home baking so much better. Order from the courteous Bowman milkman who passes your door. Or telephone Wilmette 55. We know you will like it-will never be satisfied with less. a CELEBRATE JOINT BIRTHDAYS · Mrs. M. R. Rosen of 1045 Elmwood avenue entertained thirty children Tuesday afternocin at a lawn party for her two young daughters in honor of their joint birthdays. The birthdays of Lois Anne, who is 8 years old, and Betty Jane, who is 10 years old, fall in the same week. Mrs. Jesse E. ·cooley of 625 Eleventh street and her son, Clyde, left Thursday motning for Ritasca park in northern Minnesota. Mrs. Cooley will stay there for a month but Clyde will go to St. Thomas' college at St. Paul, Minn., the middle of the month, to register as a freshman. -oMrs. F. E. Davenport of 404 Gregory avenue, will be hostess today to a meeting of the north shore alumnae of Chi Omeg_a. Lunch~on will be served at 12:30 o'clock. BowMAN DAIRY COMPANY MILK -------

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