Illinois News Index

Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 12 Oct 1939, p. 44

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tures'or men, women and children~, this collec- tion la composed entfrely of some twenty-flve phofographs of architects who have'contributed. to, the building development in this part of the North Shore, a.,residentiol section noted the world over. Mrs. Morrison has photographed many. famous People, but neyer before to' our kniowledge has she brought together at one timne pictwres repre- sentlng a single field. of pbrofesslonal endeavor. Of real historical significanceto this locality, o! educational value certainly, and of a genumùely high artist quality are these twenty-five studies. lncidentafly there are, too, at one end o!' the room a few o! Mrs.: Morrison's icture !wm en, just to lend contrast to thi special gro up of men. No collection o! architects, naturally, would be complete without' that dean o! them ail, Frank Lloyd Wright, now residing i Wisconsin, or the famous Dlavid Adler of Chicago, or Ellel Saarenen of Detroit, who won second prize in the Tribune Tower c ontait, dsgdthe Crn- brook school, and as been engaged to work on the new public sebool goirig Up in west Wi- fetka. Ail have had a part in deslgnig im- portant homeés and pilier buildings on the Northi Shore, and ail exist in this show, almost as real as Mlitlself. Jena ed o her prize in the group is a study o! Jens ithe renowned landscape architect, seat- boors in the Uight and shadow of the trees mubs lie loves so well. A former resident nette he now makes his home at Ellison rs. Roy West of Winnetka also represents This photograph of Ernest Ben>cert, the Wnnetka archtect, is representative of the photo graphy. e x h i b i t , "An Architectural Record," wvlich Heten Balfour Morri son is holding October 3 toi17 et the Winnetka Wom- an'a club. Each picture is an artiatic studI in1 itself. Mr. Bevkert represents the group 'of i/oung modems in the showo. the borne of Mr. anda- Mrs. Harold H. Enuott, 670 Longwood aven~ue, Glencoe, for the benefit of the student music fund of the Illinois Opera guild, two opera boxes were presented, one to the music department of Lake Forest college and the other to the mnusic department o f New Trier Hlgh school., These are two of, thirty-seven boxes which Winl, be given this season by- the. guild so that students of music in the Chicago area may have an1 opportunity. to learn tu know, and lové this, gÉeat art form,.- tight st udents will oc- cupY a box each Thursday. night durlnig the season of ýseven -weeks, which means that jni ail fifty-sîx students fromi each school will re- ceive a ticket as a gift. Accepting.the boxes from' Mrs. ýJames G. McMillan, of Winnetka, president ofthe, guild, on behaif.o! NeWTrier was Mrs. Wesley F. Bradburn and.on behailf o! Lake Forest collegeé was Robert Fergueson. The guests whogathered at the Elliott home, Sunday evening to lend their support to this project of the guild, the student mnusic fund, had the pleasure of bearing a musicale by Jan- ice. Prter,, oprano. and Howrd.Roberts, bari- tone, tnembers of the Chicago City Opera com- pany. A number was graclously sung by Ken- neth Morrow, operatie tenor, who happened to be among the guests, and an operalogue of "'Louise" was presented by Mrs. B. F. Reinking of Highland Park. Mabefle Howe Mabel accompanled the ar- tists, except when Mrs. Howard Jones. volun- teered to play for Miss Porter when she gave as request encore "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Lite." Uer other numbers were an aria from "Cavai-. Clarkc, and Chariq four ail Winnetka ten, James TicJçi o! Wlnnetka, Geo, Winnetka, Paul Theodore Lamb, anid Maurice Web nerric icriammoni, the :asi o! Glencoe; Spencer Beman re Elmslie, Dennison Hul Of ,hweihker, Dwlght Perkins, rnest Benkert of Wxnnetka, state architect. Edwin Clar to a flighiy successuli group or concerts. Head- ing the list o! renowned artists who will appear in the auditorium of the Highland Park Hlgh school during the coming winter le lovely young. Hertha Glatz, contralto star of the Chicago and Salzburg opera companies, who will appear on November 22. Fritz Kreisler, who recently arrived in this, country from Europe,, wlll appear i Highland Park on December 12. Following Kreisler, Don-- ald Dickson, well-known to radio listeners. as the Jan . .Whitney, manager Of the opera ýcom- pany, speaking on behalf of a self-sustainig opera in Chicago, said that houses 85 per cent filied would assure the meeting of ail expenses. He then introduced Count Giovanni Ca rdelli who spoke of the amazing history whikh opera has enjoyed and forecast for At a still greater future. Present at the musicale with him Was Countess Cardelll, and Mrs. Jason Whitney was another guest. Mrs. McMillan, in commenting upon the work of the Illinois opera guild, whose functions are

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