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WILMETTE LIFE April 12, 1929 News·of the North Shore Cubs Club Sets·April 23 for Annual ;Meeting Catholic Club ·Plans All Day Session: to Hear Chief Forester and Radio Artist The annual meeting of the Woman's Catholic club of Wilmette will be held at the Woman's club building on Tuesday, April 23, commencing at 10 :30 o'clock in the morning. Luncheon wiU bt- c '!"ved at 12. Mrs. Frank Barry, who is in charge of luncheon reservations, asks that they be sent to her .before Saturday, April 20. Ransom Kennicott, chief forester of Cook county, will be the speaker of the afternoon, ~. nd Rudolph Winter, radio artist over KYW, will sing. Hostesses for the day are to be Mrs. Raymond May, Mrs. Guy Gladson. Mrs. Dougla·3 ~'ilson, Mrs. C. H. O'Re ly, and Mrs . John Collins. Friday afternoon the fine arts department closed its· season's meetings with a program, an observance of Shakespeare's bir~h, given at the homt: of Mrs. Herbert Morin, 635 Maple aveThe hostess was a ssisted by nue. Mrs; John Budinger and Mr . Frank ~· :dger. The Southern Woman's club of Chicago, . of which' Mrs. Edgar Foster Alden of Winnetka is retiring president, held its annual meeting Thursday .at the Hotel ~aSaJJe. The all day sesst.on opened wtth the report of the prestdent, the ~eport of officers ·. !he report of commtttees, and the revtston of by-laws. . Luncheon. followed the trat~sact~ng of the busmess procedure, wtth the aft ~rn_oon devoted t~ the election of officers. and the electton ,of delegates.. The Southern Woman s club of Chtcago will hold its annual spring luncheon in the Red baJJroom of the LaSalle Thursday, April 25. The occasion will mark the installation of newly elected officers and directors. A splendid program is being arranged and noted guest speakers will be present. Southern Woman,s ~lub . Large Assemblage Holds Annual Meettng Hears Elinor Glyn Neighbors·Will D· H · Elect O: ffi.cers tSCUSS apptness BY CRITIC Open Sculpture Exhibit at Georgian on April 14 Beginning Sunday afternoon, April 1-t. an exhibition of the works of the young sculptor, C. Warner \Villiams, will be held at the Georgian hotel. The affair will open with an informal tea in the French room at 4 o'clock. This exhibit will be held under the auspices of the Hoosier Salon Patrons a. sociation, of which Mrs. C. B. King is chairman. Preceding the tea, Mr. Williams will give a talk in the library of the Georgian on sculpture in general, which he illustrates · in a most interesting anrl unusual manner by choosing a model from the audience and doing a basrelief head in clay to show ho\\' he does heads of people. The meeting opened with the roll call answered by quotations from Shakespeare, and proceed _d hy "A Tribute to \Villiam Shakespeare" given by Mrs. George Beaudin. Mrs. Charles Broad arranged cuttings from three famous scenes from Shakespeare's plays. The first was the court scene from "The Merchant of Venice," with Miss Helen O'Donnell taking the part of Portia, Mrs. Forrest Miller, Antonio, and Mrs. Frank Thale, Shylock. Mrs. Henry Prosser gave the dagger scene from "Romeo and Juliet" and Mrs. Broad · the Jetter scene from "Macbeth." The music of Shakespeare's time was given by Mrs. Walter Bermingham, who was assi·3 ted by Mrs. Sam11<"l Wright of Chicago. They illustrated the music of the period of the "Bard of Avon" with four selections, "Who Is Sylvia?" "Mistres C\ Mine," with the setting by John . \lden Carpenter; "Hark. Hark, the , .. <irk," with music by Schubert. and "Come Las.,ies and Lads" arranged by Granville Bantock. About sixtv women were present at the tea givrn by the board for new members Monday. April 8, at the Woman's club building. The annual bundle clay for St. !\fary Training school will be held April 16. Anyone having articles to donate mav leave them at St. Francis Xavier auditorium any time during the day. A benefit for the church building fund for the new church of St. Francis Xavier parish is being sponsored by the Woman's Catholic club to be held at the Evanston Country club Saturday, May 25, at 8:30 o'clock. A program of entertainment and dancing will be arranged and refreshments will be served. Mrs. ] ohn Boyl. ton is general chairman. She wiiJ be assisted by Mrs. C. A. Barton and Mrs. Frank Oelerich, in charge of programs: Mrs. Arthur Boylston, Mrs. Frank Dacgling, Mrs. Frank Barry, printing and advertising: Mrs. George Ludwig. Mrs. Daniel Coyne, Mrs. James Tarleton, Mrs. Harry Baker. Mrs. William Wolff, refreshments; Mrs. ]. D. Pahlman, junior committee: Mrs. John Boylston, Mrs. Henry Schmidt, Mrs. James T. Burns, Mrs. Charles Bunte, Mrs. \Villiam Mooney, Mrs. John Fisher, Mrs. Frank Brownson Circle Will Hold Annual Meeting The rlrownson circle, of which Mrs . George H. Beaudin is pre8ident, will hold its annual meetin;{ at the Rogers Park \Voman's club Monday, April 15. at 10 o'clock in the morning. Members ,,·ill take their own box luncheons and coffee will be served. A large attendance is clesirrd for the all dav session. Officers' reports and comniittce renorts will he read in the morning. New officers will he elected at 1 o'clock and a program will he given at 3. Each member is requested to bring an article for the \Vhite El ephant sale. To Observe Founders, Day Invitations have been sent to north shore members of the Alpha '\i Delta fraternitv for the annnal Founder'·3 Dav banqu et to he held April 17, at the. Northwestern university chapter house. The guests of honor wilt indude Mrs. Anne O'Connor Pettibone. P:::ttional president, Mi ss Almira C'hrnc\·, one of the founders. and Mrs. Oliv<· Johnson Thompson, past national president. Wellesley Group to Meet The next meeting of the North Shore \\\·ll<" slev circle will he an informal progressive bridge partv for members Tucs(lay. April 16, at 2 :30 o'cbck. at the home of Mrs. John H. McClellan, 1716 Rid£Te avenue, Evanston. Mrs. Thomas Lord and Mn. \Villiam M. Kaiser will be co-hostesses. Tea will be served at the conclusion of the g-ame. Widger, ~Irs. N. P. Zeck, Mrs. John .T anette, Mrs. Max Kelling, Mrs. Forest 1{itler, and Mrs. J. P. Budinger, tickets. Chicago's elite aU turned out to hear Madame Elinor G1yn expound on the subject of the "Quest of Happiness" Thursday evening of last week in the Red Lacquer room of the Palmer House. The program and buffet supper, which was sponsored by the Chi cago Salon of Fine Arts was attended by several hundred pers~ns. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed Elinor Glyn, even though he t1'ay not have agreed with her entirely. Among those present were the Baroness Violet Beatrice \Venner, who entertained as guests at her table Harold McCormick, Hanna Butler, Mrs. Howard Colbv of Kansas City, and others. Miss Marion Dixon, Samuel Thaviu, Stanley Zaring, and Baron Von Linde, were among those present. Guests at Madame Glvn's table were the British consul general, Goclfre~· Haggard and his wife, and Howard Linn. Madame Glyn, who was introduced by Mr. Haggard. wore a tight fitting rrovm of white brocade satin ·with long sleeves and a short train. \Vhite georgette crepe hung from the cuffs and was trailed about impressively during her grandiose gestures. Her hair was parted in the center and braided on each side, with small pearls entwined. Madame Glyn, in her talk, offered advice to women on how to he attrac~ive to the opposite sex. exploited clramaticalty on the topic of love, and disroursed brieflv on the subject of "The Quest of Happiness." "In our quest of happiness." said Madame Glvn, "\Ve must ask ourselves. what -do we reallv want. riches. fame. love? Success is- the emptiest thing- in the world. Every clay we should trv to make some one else happy. and that is a sure way of gaining- l1appiness ottrselves." As for love. Madame Gh·n warmed with rnthttsiasm over the - word. <lnd stated that love is the only intoxicatingiO\·, and a divine emotion. Of course·. shP hastenecl to add-there are manv different kinds of love-there is mother love and love for friends, but the greatest love is that between man and woman! She will later write a novel higger than "Three \VeekC\" in whirn .; he wilt denict "onP splc11did hov rtncl one sp lendid girl. whn will he not too !T oocl or not too hart." · ~[adame Glvn advised th e women to he so attracti~e to their friends of th e "masculine sex that the latter will feel the sunlight has gone " ·hen they have departed." "Be mysterious," she told the ·women, "for men love mystery in a woman." Lorna Doone Jackson, forinerly of the Chicago Civic Opera company, who is always in demand for musical programs, sang a group of selections, among which was her popular rendition of "Habanera" from Carmen, "Quiet" by Sanderson, and "Clavelitos," by Valverde. Miss Jackson has a rich contralto voice that has magnificent power and resonance. Helen Burnett Koch, pianist, who had made her musical debut the week before at the Playhouse, played a group of numbers by modern ~_omposers, among whom were Gershwin and Percy Grainger. She played particularly well the famous "Rhapsody in Blue" by Gershwin. Although there ~ere many representatives of Chicago's social register, there were also many whose names are not written in the Book, and these included writers, and particularly "Eiinor Glyn fans." Annual Meeting and Luncheon April 16: Marie Sidenius Zendt to Give Music Program The next regular meeting of the Neig-hbors will occur Tuesday, April 16, at 12:30 o'clock. This will be the annual meeting and luncheon, with Mrs. Clyde Ross as hostess. At the election of new officers, which is always held at this time, the following members wiJJ be presented: Mrs. Harry Harrison, for vice-president; Mrs. Louis Jones, for recording secretary; Mrs. Leon 'T. Ettis, treasurer; Mrs. Cyrus A. Barr, for chairman of the d~.: i 1a rtment of philanthropy: Mrs. Walter D. Launder, chairman of the art and literature department; Mrs. E. fohn Hicks, chairman of the social committee. At the close of the luncheon. after the reports of the officers and committees. Mrs. Marie Sidenius Zendt ,..,.ill sing. This announcement in itself is most attractive, for Mrs. Zendt has sunn- at other occasions in Kenilworth ancCis very much admired. ·The department of education met last Friday at the home of Mrs. Harry \Villiams. Mrs. Esther Harcourt gave the fourth reading of her series of dramatic morning recitals. At this time she gave a resume of Russian drama and gave excerpts from various plays. Her last program will consist of an outline of the American drama followed with a dramat ic reading of some typical play. This meeting will be at the home of Mrs. John \Vilds, 244 Oxford road. Attention is called to the coming meeting of the Garden Study class which will be held on April 23, at 10: I 5 in the morning, at the home of Mrs. Anthony Kates. 206 Kenilworth avenue. Mrs. John Lind of Kenilworth will give a ·talk on "Making a New Bloommg Garden at Small Cost ." Mrs. Lind has heen a successful and ardent gardener for many years and has abundant and ,·aluahl e information at her tongue's end to aid others interested in having gardens and in growing flowers. This department is a new venture of the ~ eighbors and has met with enthusiastic support. Members are asked to remember the date. RUMMAGE SALE IN MAY The ~orth End branch, Friends of the Chicago Junior school, "ill have a rummage sale in May. Discarded clothing, shoes, furniture, or anything "ill he most acceptable and will be called for if Mr,:,. Walter A. Kleve of 1812 Farwell avenue, Chicago, i5 notified. · TO TALK ON 44 RACKETEERS" The North End branch, Friends of Chicago Junior school, will hold its regular monthly meeting Tu.esday, April 16, at 8:30 o'clock, at the Sovereign hotel, Chicago. G. L. Ho3tetter, exsecretary of the Chicago Employers association, will give a talk on "Racketeers." V ASSARITES TO MEET The North Shore Vassar club will have its next meeting on April 15, at 2:30 o'clock, at the home of Mrs. Charles Galloway, 940 Private road, Hubbard ~· oods. Mrs. Thaddius Stanwood will give a book review. ,