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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 10 Feb 1938, p. 32

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The Artjst Recital committee of the Ninnetlca Music club, headed by 'Mrs. Roland D. WVhitman, under whose' direction the Artist Recital con- certs are held at Xew Trier Higb school, is con- sidering programs fo 'r next season,,and expects' sc'on to be able to annou.ice one. or more cf the. arit or 1938-1939. The committéebas. upon three 'dramatic oc- casions in the past, picked unknown' artists o1 great menit who,shortly, thereafter became sen- s aions in, the mnusic world. -This same search for talent is still going on. "Crû fismanship ipiIodaerni'Art",u'ill be the subject o! the lecture which Edmu>td Giesbert, oifhe art ct4$rtmenf of. the Univer'sityyof Ch i- cago will presePut ut Winpetka Comrnunit 'v House Friday eveiig of this week at 8 o'clock iiiider the auspest of the N.orth Shoare Art leogue. Mr. Giesbert studied at the Art Institute in Chi- cago and the Academie of Fine Arts in Vienna. He, pursued private studies in Paris under a number of distinguisbed paintens such as George Bello,.ws, Hawthorne, Andre L'hote and others. He is a graduate of the institute and a master of the Vienna academie. In Vienna he won the masters prize.. and the Logan medal at tbe institute. He is noNv teaching at ýthe Art Institiite as %Yell as at the uniiiersitv. Art League Plans Mtardi Gras Bal The question of costumes-costumies extrava- gant, amusing or original, costumes of manyý kinds-is puzzlinçf the heads of members of the Reservations are to be made in advance and m2ust be received flot later than February 21 by Miss Leola Spafford, 1111 Spruce street, Win- ,ietka. The three spectacular incidents when th-e committee ciscovered new mnatenial were, the concerts by Kinsten Flagstad. dramatic ,soprano; Mfarian Anderson, contralto, and Viadimar Horo- witz. -pianist., -h'en :Flagstad came to New Trier' for the.first.time a subscriber said. "WVho is she? I nieyer heaYd oi ber." The reply,% was.. "You may. flot have beard. of ber. but %-ou. shall soon." The singer today is almost unequalled in opena and on the concert stage. Marian Anderson sang bcfore a. white.audi- ente for tbe first time when sbe came te 'Vin- netka. These %vomen are among the bigbest paid singers in the music .field. today anid are known alover the world. Viadiman Horowitz, now a %yorld famôus pianist, pIayed bis first concert in.the artist recital Éeries for sucb a small surn that the comxnittee gave bim a bonus. His per-, formance drew so many~ people it was necessary ýto move the audi1ence into the big gymnaim and even then hundîeds wene turned away. 'Music lovers came from as far as Benton Harbor and Terre Haute to hear himi. Servin-g on the au-xiliary- artist recital commit- te asitig:ith thec plans for th comirg seaý son are the oloin:Mn. and 'Mrs. B. F. Affleck. Mn. and Mrs. C. H4. Arnold, 'Mr. and Mrs. G. 1. Bell. Miss Jennie K. Boo-m.r. Dr. andMNrs. E. V. L. Brown. M_\rïs Hermon. B. Butler. MNr. and Ms Morton D. Cahn. nr. and M-\rs. F. Goddard Chenev. Mr. and 'Mrs. M\avnard A, Cook Mriz Marion Cotton. Mn\f. and M-\rs. Leonard L. Cowan. Mr. and 'Mns. Harry A. Cnaig. Mr. and M'ns. C., Colton Daughadav. MnI. and Mfrs: Hamnilton Daughadav. Mr. and Mns. Percv B.Ekart. \Mr. and Mfrs. A. E. Fagen. 'Mr. and 'Mrs. Herman Felsenthal. MNI. and «Mrs. Robert M. Felsenthal. Mrs. Stephen A Foste, Mr. and Mrs. lattbewv P. Gaffne, M'Nr. and MIrs. V- liam B. Hale. M r. and MNrs. Foster Hannafort-. Nf r. and MNrs. George T. Hellmuth, Mrs. William G. Hihbard. MIr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hovve, Mr. and «Mrs. Rush Hussey. 'Mr. and] MNIs. Paul P. Kelly, 'Mr, and Mrs. Jasper KinLy man), 14 Wasingltonlavenue, \\iime the program. Anna Chinlund acconpý Sherman wbo is a mezzo. contralto, a Parkçer of Evanston pflayed the viola for one c.f Mrs. Sherman's selections. I.arz Hollowav. son oi Mr.,aeid Mrs. Harrv C. Hollozia-, .589 Shc'Ëiddyz road,- G-encoej for- .iicrli*,a stildent o-f voice with Herman Dé-'ries of Chicago, -has beeni study-i#1 abroad since, Iast J-uyust. He plans to rernamnt in Europe a year and is uoïc working ini Paris' as 'the trnpil of L.ouis lt,-jot, the lcading bas: singfer of the' Opera Comnique. North Shore Residents Loan Works for Exhibit As a special ieature of the curnent Weisen- born exhibition, MI1ss Clara MacGowan, assistant professer of art,, Northwestern university, will speak o~n "Rudolph. \Veisenborn: His Place in Modern Art" at 8 o'cIock, Wednesdav evening, *February :16, at the gallenies, 333 North Michigan avenue. Chicago. Mr. Weistnborn's exhibition is a. retrospective one, containing nearv'90 draw- iig. temperas and ois executed since 1922. Iticluded in the shows are sevenal %vonks owned hv north -shore residents. Twvo drawing, "Fritzi' and ,'Montgomery Major," and an cil, "Day Ma- jor.- are 'loanc(d by -Montgomery Major of NVil- mette. Mrs. Charles Major of 'Wilmette has in- cluded ber tempýera painting~ entitled "Nude." M'nf . and Nf rs. James P. Prindie III of Winnetka are the owners of "Blue Platten" and "Glass and Bottle.» A -Stili 1,i1f e" ivas loaned by Mr. and . Mrs. Chiarles C. Reck-ett of. <pnpe'a. II..ndI LUI ýilire(l ine Lr iKounds opera class is conducted- ried 'Mrs. by Bernard Canton, stage manager with the City d Natalie Opera company, and by Erma Rounds cf the obbligato Chicago Conservatory cf Music, director cf mi:,sic for the Wilmette. Presbyterian churcb. 32 WILMETTE .LIFE i i ':1 4.

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