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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 17 Aug 1933, p. 26

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its self wili be worth the.price ot ad- mission. Dreda Aves has been per- suaded to cone, from the Metropolitan Opera of New York to sing Amneris, and Martino Rossi,, famnous Italian baritonewith the Philadeiphia Opera company, will sing Amonasro. - The en tire Chicago Civic Opera orchestra * and stage band (100 pieces) will'fur- * nish the orchestral part,, while a chorus of 500 voices and. the Ouk- rainsky ballet, (also of the Civic Opera) will .be under the baton of, Maestro Vittoria Verse, conductor with the- Metropolitan Opera,. New York. These names alone give promn- ise of a very high class performance, while the scenery and props are, al to be taken from the Chicago Civic Opera, whereas, to give class to the stage,, toI say- nothing, of the camels, horses, elephants, etc., Which will greatly aid in the magnificence of this spectacular production. Among.the prominent persons, who will attend that eveniing, will be Governpr Ferguson of Texas, Vice- president Garner, and Mfayor Kelly. Many thousand seats have alreadN been soild at the opera's headquarters, 623 ILyon and Healy, building. Legion Auxiliary Plans Party foÔlr Hospital Vets The American Legion auxiliary. unit 46, will give a irthday party for the patients at the North Chicago hos-pital Wednesday afternoon. Aug- ust 23, at 2:30 o'clock. Cards wilI be folloved by refreshments. Those wlho are interested in attending, it is aninounced, are requested to caîl Mrs.. Trhomas Hall, 1008 Greenleaf avenue. Cards, magazines, and. jig-saw puz- zles are niucli needed at North Chi- *cago, the auxiliary memnbers say, and Mrs. Hall will gladly collect these article5 if thé doniors, will :teleplhonie her. SiLVER WEDDING PARTY Mir. and Mrs. j. M. Woods, 235 ntral Park avenue, were surprised a grôup of forty frie.nds ai-d rel- e Tiiesday, Auggst 15, in cele- uJ...., state Mathew 'Francis Photn Through:,her musical talent as. a marimbaà player, Miss Dorothy Mabel, Niegelsen of, Glencoe, bas be'en seleict- ed as a member of the marimba band. which will. present a series of the finest musical entertainments of this kind ever offered, and which will be gkiven as a special feature .at A Cen- tury of Progress, with Saturday eve-, ning, August 19, as the date of its initial performance. Every' evening thereafter,. for one week, this band, composed of one hundred young people and aduit marimbists from ail over the coun- try. will play for the public in the. court of the 'Hall of Science. The band bas been especially created as a Fair project and is playing under- the direction of Claire Oimar Musser of Chicago, and sponsored by Dea- gan, Inc., whose carillon chumes, ringing out over the Fair grounds, bave. thrilled thousands daily. 1The numbers to, be played will in- clude "Bolero," arranged ly E. Rossles, "Tannhauseir" and "Carmien" selections, the "Mignon" overture and Repaz' "Band Marchi," arra.nged by Mr. Musser, marimba artist. Upon completion of its engage- ment bere, the band expects to fulflîl sibsequent engagements in, New York City and other eastern points. Miss Niegelsen is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Niegelsen of 205 Hjarbor street, Glencoe, and is a sophoniore at New Trier High scboo. IEastern Star:Newj By E. G. P. Attention is called to the first meetiing of the chapter after the ai)- nual vacation. On August 21 there will he a stated meeting at 7:30 o'clock in the evening which, will lie followed by a card party after> thýe chapter closes. Evan G. Pyfer returiied, from, a tten days' trip in Wisconsin. 11 The fifty-ninth session of the Grand Chapter. Order of the Easternî Star will be hèld ini Chicago froin Oc- tober 1 to 4 inclusive with headquar- ters at the Drake hotel. The monthly meeting of the W\Nor-- thy Patrons club was lheld at Jo et,1 Ill., where a delicious chicken dinner was. served in the spaclous dl"linm room of the Joliet Country club. A fi ne program followed. SEND GREETINGS At its meeting Tuesday night the Villageboard .instructed the Village clerk.to. senda message of grecting to Village treasurer Harry:W. Miller, who is convalescing at Lake Toma- hawk, Oneila county, Wisconsin. Mi. Miller *has been in, poor health for several- months, and was for some girls were suite mates at Sulins col- to--indianiapoIis stfins lege, Bristol, Va,.- 0 0 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel. McNaughton Jiin Kraft, son of the Norman of Kenilworth spent their vacation ins Krafts, 1350 Ashiangi avenue, left St. Paul, Minn., as guests of Mrs. Friday forKraftwood, Elcliô, Wis. McN'aughton's relativýes. Mrs. George W. Hinman, 576 Oak street, Winnetka, has ber daugbter, Mrs. William H. Coburn of Berkley, Cal., as her guest for the s.ummer. 0o Mrs. Frank Gutbridge, 917 Green- wood avenue, entertained ber bridge club at luncheon last Tuesday. Claude Sutton, 1211 Asbland ave-' nue, returnedSunday f romi a busi- ness trip to Dètroif., "It is the desire of the goverui- ment," Mr. Zander explained, "that every line of' business, whether en- gaged in interstate commerce or not, shail be a part of this nation-wide recovery, movement. As rapidly as possible,' therefore, a special code for the real estate business as a whole. is being considered and this will'be submùitted.at a.special meeting of the board of directors of the National Association of Real. Estate boards." Before, this m eeting is held a ten- tative. outine of the code. to be con- sidered by the directors will be sent to, real estate' boards throughout, the nation and every board is invited to submit its suggestions for considera - tion. Should any :board, desire to send a special repre.sentative to the meeting, he will be welcome, it is explained. If the board of,:directors shail. have approved 'a code, it will be filed with the National Recover-y Admiinistra- tion. in Washington. It will prohably be several weeks then before a hear- ing. can be held and final official ap- proval. can bc obtained. Unassisted Triple, Play Features League Contest Tw,%o records were broken in a: Playgrotind Basebail leagiue gaine. -Monday night, at the Howard sclîool l)etween the .North Shore Special Brewers teamn sponsored by the Suib- urban Beveràage company and the Christian Science team. Bihll'ynich of Kenilworth, 'second hasem.an, for the Brewers conipleted a triple play unassisted, sornething which lhas neyer before'blappénedý in the history of the league. >'The: Christian Science team wvas batting and had *runners on first and -second. The batter rarnmed a lbard hline dri ve towards second which-[.ytich.caugh t. He then touched second base, retir- ing the runner headed for. third and tagged the runner -c oming intô, sec- ond bas e. The Brewers wvon the ganie 32 to 26, the highest score recorded in the league. Mr. and Mrs. .josepoh A. V. Turck

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