Illinois News Index

Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 26 Dec 1930, p. 36

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make: Electric. GARAGES BUILT LIKE FINýE HOTE.LS Convenent for Shoppers Women everywhere praise: their deai$ness, their quikk action, their con venient locations. Thèse new Elec- tric Parking Garages, at 30. Quincy Street and at Har-, rison and Wabash, have ended the Loop shoppers parking problem. In these unique garages electricity parks- their cars, untouched by hurnan hands. No êirty drivers leave grease on gears, Seat or wheel. Here cars'. are 'parked or deliverëd quicldy, without confusion or delay. Elere, close to famous State Street stores and smart Boulevard shops, a special package service signs for shoppers' parcels, and cares for them, until the: shopper is ready to leave. Here are rest rooms, writing rooms, tele- phones, Iockers, speciat facilities as attractively. appointed as a fine hoteL *great succees betore clubs anid orgafi- azations of the north shore, as well las in private recitals here,, bas a unique talent. Hi. fine-edged sense of satire and his remarkably keen sense of humor pervade his acted. songs and his satires on *-French, thesis drama, Vienniese operétta, and Russian drama. There is no broad-side humor. in Mr.1 Parker's compositions, but a subtie, eéver so délicate hint at. our foibles - and weaknesses. Whether speaking or singing, his voice is ad- m ir ably expressive, and bis gestures are picturesque and witty. Writes Oper a for Tenor, Re-scores It for Garden "Le Jongleur de Notre Dame", which is to be heard again at the Civic Opera House on Thursday eve- lngý, January 1, W.as originally writ- ten by Massenet to prove to bis crît- ics that he could write an opera with- out a heroine for a central figure. Tfhe role of Jean was scored for ten- or, but Mary Garden s0 liked it that she, persuaded Massenet to ne-score it for a soprano, which he did. Now, ironically, the opera that was written' around a tenor bas no prominent' tenor. rôle. The opera will be pre- ceded next '.r'ursday by Massenet's one act opera, "'La Navaraisse»., Eyes that have tws toun arrests. H 480 VMTÇ8()F NATIONAL PARKING GARAGES, INC. SSING FOLKC SONGS The Ukranian Chorus of Chicago, with George Benetzky conducting wil sing the following program at the Civic theatre on Sunday afternoon, Deceiliber 28, at 3 o'clock, under thé direction -of BerthaQOU.. .050 See héot these tuo close Park- j The 1931 show will be managed and financed entirely by the Garden Club of- Illinois, which is the- state fedéra- tion of garden clubs. This is the first time the clubs have vëntured on an enterprise orui is magnitude without assistance. Club exhibits will be more numerous,-and play a more important part in the show, and miembers will Ieave nothing, updone which. wilI con- tribute to the success of their first. independent venture., There a re eleven 'competitive class- es for the clubs, embracing thé fol- lowing subjects: *Model gardens. of living ý,ants, 10x20feet, includitg thé following types, modern, Eîtiish,. Dutch,, Japanese,, water, Italian, old- fashioned gardens and garden retreat; Shadow picture of landscapes, mod- erniistic bouquets, living room flower arrangements, service gate planting, sun room exhibits, .breakfast table decorations, dinner table decorations, table of nations, family table décora-. tiôn and junior garden. exhibits. The 'exhibition aréa in the Mar- chandise Mart is langer than bas been used for previous shows and has the advantage of being all on one floor, providing vistas of greater length and a feeling of spacioueness, of whicli full advantage will be taken in the design As in the past, garden ex- hibits' by parks and commercial bouses, illustrating on a life-size scale types of gardens sutable for Chi- cago. homnes will be a feature of the show. *Plans are being worked out for a compréhensive exhibition of the comn- mercial flowers and plants grown in the Chicago area. Other unusual fea- turcs wili be added. John A. Servas, who bas managed ail previous shows under the auspices of,. the Garden Club of Illinois, will again be. in'chargew S1The following bave -been appointed chairmen in charge of various depart-. ments Of tbe ;show work: Co-chair- men, Mrs. E.F,.à Pomero>y, of Crystal Lake, and Mns. josephi E. Callender, of St. Charles; finance, Mrs. George

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