Illinois News Index

Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 29 Mar 1929, p. 30

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30 WILME T T E L I ·F E March 29. 1929 Lorado Taft Will Give Lectures on 1933. World's Fair Lorado Taft, not,ed sculptor and member of the National Commission of {.'inc Arts, will lecture on the Chicago \Vorld's Fair at Chautauqua, N. Y., this summer, it was announced by Dr. Allen D. Albert, assistant to Rufus C. Dawes, . president of the centennial association. · According to Mr. Taft, the World's Fair would be the proper place for the erection of an historical museum of sculpture and architecture in which \\'Ottld be exhibited reproductions of all 1he great masterpieces of the world. "All school children and university students have read of the · ancient 1\'0rks of art. and they hear of them a s recognized trea sures of ciYilization, hut conwarati\'('1" fc\\' have had the oppor tunit,· to \'iC~\· them," said Mr. Taft in disct;s sing hi s dream palace, \\'hich would he built along the lines of the famous Trocadere, in Paris. hut larger . "Sculpture is a matter of shade and lighting and with the \Vorld's Fair architectural commission paying the attention it i~ to the problems of artificial lightin~ effects, such a display as 1 propose could easily be one of the mo..;t 1ttractive features of the 1933 expo:-;ition." ··························· GRAND OPENING SPECIAL! Satu·day, Ma·· e b )Oth to Ap·il 6~ NEW Styles NEW. Features NEW Colors The very latest and smartest of typewriters-Remingtons. Coronas. Royals. Underwoods. Don't be without one of the convenient machines. The New 1929 Model "40'.' 7 Tubes - -All Electric See them on display Typewriter Department. third floor, services and repairs for you. Convenient payment plan. ATWATERLNT RADIO In This Beautiful POOLEY Cabinet for only 1 $5 down balance monthly Varietv of the West Is Offered Summer Tourist The variety of the \Vr·.~ t. from the highest peaks in the Rockies to thr dazzling Ctah and Arizona canyons. io;; offered the summer vacationist in the nine escorted tours .announced this week by the Chicago and North \Vestern railway. Ranging from eleven-day trips to Yellowstone and Rockv Mountain National parks, to month-long trip·,; to Hawaii, the tours are selected to suit the taste of all travelers. The first of the tours \vill leave the North Western terminal June 15, recognized as the first dav of business vacations. The · Yellowstone-Rockv Mountain National Parks-Colorado ·Springs tour is expected to he the most popular of all ~· ith thirty-two trips scheduled starting ] une 15 and leaving ever~· two or three days until September 7. rivaled only by the · Yellowstone-Salt · Lake City-Colorado tour with twentythree scheduled trip,;. · More than 3.000,000 people visited the · national parks and monuments last year and this record is expected to be shattered long before the summer is over this year, according to C. A. Cairns. passenger traffic manager of the North We·,;tern. The nine tours are arranged in routes to cover California, Yosemite National Park. Bryce Canyon, Cedar Breaks, Rocky Mountain National park, Salt Lake City, Colorado, Colorado Springs. Yellowstone, Zion and Grand Canyons. Lake Tahoe, and Hawaii. Chandler's 6 3 0 Davis St. Sll9 COMPLETE Nothing Else to Bul' FREE INSTALLATION Read the Want Ads I '. Two Famous Names in Radios ATWATER KENT-POOLEY CABINETS Never before has such quality been offered at this low price. A genuine Pooley cabinet, beautiful in proportions, rich and mellow in finish; the marvelous Model "40" Atwater Kent radio--known the world over for its power and simplicity; a magnetic speaker, of clear, natural tone. There are only a limited number-get yours now! Marionette Fellowship in Revue Production April 6 "OIIa-Podrida Plus," a variety program, is to be the fifth and last production of the season of the Marionette Fellowship. The performance for subscribers, to which each is being extended . the pridlege of bringing a guest, takes place Saturday cv,ening, April fi, at the \\'oman's club in Evan;:,ton. Among the numbers are continuations of "The Taming of the Shr<'w" and "The Tragedy of Tragedies." written in the manner of Shakespeare and Fielding by Paul M cPharlin. director of the Marionette Fellowhip plays. 1Ir. McPharlin at present has a . cries of articles running in the Chicago Evening Post every Tuesday, describing his methods of modeling and constructing marionettes. Mrs. John B. Boddie, 1356 Green- CONVENIENT TERMS-IMMEDIATE DELIVERY Canadian NORTBSBORE MUSIC: & RADIO SHOP SHERMAN AVE. at GROVE ST EVANSTON and 609 DEMPSTER ST. · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·· · · · · · · · · · iil>adfit: wood Circle, will 11 be hostess to the Babies · Friendly, April at 1 o'clock.

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