WINNETKA TALK Published weekly by Lloyd Hollister, Inc., 564 March 8, 1912, at the post office at Winnetka, Illinois, under the Act of March 8, 1879. Bubscription price $2.00 ¢ year. Lincoln Ave., Winnetka, Illinois. Entered as a ------_--. VOL. XVII. NO. 42 WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, DECEMBER 22, 1928 PRICE FIVE CENTS CHRIST CHURCH CALLS TO CHRISTMAS WORSHIP Observances in Winnetka Parish to Be Featured by Three Special Services Announcement is made of the cus- tomary celebration of Christmas in Christ church. At 4 o'clock on Christ- mas Eve the children will meet in the church for their annual Carol service. In the chancel will be the large choir of boys and girls; in the body of the church the congregation of children, with their "pound packages" and their Advent mite boxes, come to greet the Infant Christ on the eve of His birth. That evening at 11:15 the Midnight service will be held in the church. It will be a Communion service, the music provided by a special chorus of men. Chester FEwers, tenor soloist of the Fourth Presbyterian church of Chicago, has been engaged for this service. The program will be as follows: Midnight Service The Processional Hymn 72.. NPI . .Adeste Fideles Carols Hymn 78--"O Little Town of Bethlehem" or .....Jau H. Redner Hymn 546--' Silent Night, Holy Night" .... cag. anes ...F. Gruber Kyrie ...... cid eausveestcrs ova .Chase Gloria Tibi rips scams Paxton Hymn 73--"Hark! the Herald Angels Sing" A Er 0 a Mendelssohn Address Offertory Anthem ......... Adolph Adam Sanctus .in. B Flat... o.0.5. ... Gounod Hymn 83--""Thou Didst Leave Thy PHYOREY ier. a iicdina 0 Matthews Gloria in Excelsis ............ Old Chant Nunc Dimittis The Recessional Hymn 79--"It Came Upon a Midnight Clanar' 14. .5 dvi Gar ryew vu s i wee Taw Willis Christmas morning there will be a Celebration of the Holy Communion in the chapel at 7:30 and at 11 in the church a second Celebration with the complete choir of men and boys in the chancel and an address by the rector 5 the parish. The musical program will e: ...Gregorian Morning Service The Processional Hymn.72 .,..... 8..00 0% Adeste Fideles Shroter Kyrie*.. .. .........00 Tallis Gloria Tibl ..o 0 i000 Paxton Hymn 73--"Hark! the Herald Angels DIES" .. irre ven Mendelssohn Offertory Anthem ... Wiliam E. Haesche And there were shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flocks by night. And lo, an angel of the Lord stood by them. And they were sore afraid. And the ange] said unto them, Be not afraid. Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For today is born to you in the city of David a Saviour which is Christ the Lord. Amen. BORCtUS , . .. racic «srs tins fi Gounod dnus Del i dee Tours Gloria in Excelsis ............ Old Chant Nunc Dimittis' =... .....co¢e ot Barnby The Recessional Hymn T9--"It Came Upon a Midnight Clear". vw. v. .@edd wv Toh I% Willis Congregational Church to Have Christmas Services Special Christmas services at the Winnetka Congregational church will include the annual Christmas pageant and the candle light service. The pageant, entitled "The Adoration of the Kings and Shepherds," will be given at the church this Sunday after- noon, December 23, at 4 o'clock. The candle light service will be held on Christmas day at m... Dr, Nehemiah Boynton will preach at the church this Sunday morning. His sermon topic will be "Wonderful." Booze-running Pair Nabbed by Winnetka Police on Tuesday Caught by the Winnetka police with ten five-gallon tins of alcohol, valued at $750, in their possession at the cor- ner of Walnut and Spruce streets in Winnetka last night two alleged booze-runners were taken to the federal building in Chicago and turned over to federal authorities. The men, who gave their names as John D. Cuddy, 817 N. Eighth street, Sheboygan, Wis., and Anton Altmann, 1408 S. Eighth street, Sheboygan, were apprehended by Sergeant Ed Cum- mings and Patrolman Frank Rayburn. They were driving an Essex coach when arrested. The entire fifty gal- lons of alcohol, with the exception of five gallons which was kept for evi- dence, were destroyed by federal agents, Cuddy and Altmann are being held for violation of the Pro- hibition Act. Tuesday Scandinavian Church to Give Xmas Program Sunday The Sunday school of the First Scandinavian Evangelical church of Winnetka is planning two Christmas programs this year, as in past years, it being necessary on account of the limited facilities for accommodating those who always attend these pro- grams. The Primary and Beginners department will observe their Christmas Sunday evening at 6:30 o'clock. The parnets of the little tots are especially invited to this service. The Juniors, Intermediates and Senior classes of the school will have their program on Christmas Day, at 7 o'clock in the evening. They are planning to ob- serve a "White Christmas," each one bringing a present, wrapped in white, which will be sent to some orphans' home. x The job printing department's most important message to you this week is: Merry Christmas! LrLoyp HOLLISTER = INC. WINNETKA 2000 Masonic Chief Talk Photo Arthur C. F. Gedge, 1106 Elm street, has been elected High Priest of Winnetka Chapter, No. 276, Royal Arch Masons. Mr. Gedge has been prominent in local Masonic circles for several years. He is associated with Hill and Stone, real estate brokers, and is active in civic affairs. Wintry Blasts Give Promise of Activity for Winnetka Skaters The skating rinks in the parks at Hubbard Woods, Indian Hill and Sko- kie Playfield were ready for use this week with the appearance of real win- try weather. With freezing weather prevailing, the Park board promises good ice for the holiday season. A very gratifying response has been received to the plan instituted by the Park board to finance the cost of operating the rinks, over 300 member- ships having been issued to date by Sanborn Hale, the Park district treas- urer, with many applications coming in daily. This indicates that with skating wea- ther prevalent, the community will very generally support the plan to assist the Park board in providing adequate skating facilities. The fee for family memberships is one dollar, for which buttons are issued to each member of the family. The fee for persons not holding memberships is 50 cents for adults, and 25 cents for children for each day's use of the rinks. In This Issue Society News .............. Page 32 Club::Events ...cs oo 0.. Page 34 Editqrials--Shore Lines... Page 30 Theater News ........ Pages 52-53 MauasicNews .............. Page 36 Automobile Section... Pages 49-50 Boy Scout Activities. ....... Page 24 Classified Ads .......... Pages 54-55 GREAT HOROWITZ HERE NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT Outstanding Pianist of Decade to Play Before Thousands at New Trier Gymnasium "Many are called but few are chosen." That promises to be the situation upon the occasion of the appearance of Vladimir Horowitz, sensational Russian pianist, at the Leslie F. Gates Memorial gymnasium, New Trier High school, Wednesday evening, December 26. Demand for tickets to this Winnetka Music club program--one of the regu- lar Artist-Recital offerings of the cur- rent season--indicates a crowded house next Wednesday night, even though the club has found it necessary to present the program in the expansive new gymnasium rather than in the less spacious high school auditorium where the Artist-Recitals are customarily held. This demand for an opportunity to hear the foremost pianist of the decade has, of course, been unprecedented. The Horowitz recital will attract the largest audience ever to attend a north shore music event. Balcony Open to All It has been emphasized that balcony seats, sold at a reduced price to ac- commodate students, also are available to others. The designation as "stu- dent section," it is explained was made merely to attract students of music who would otherwise find it impossible to hear the master pianist, because of the higher cost of main floor seats. Holders of Artist-Recital season tick- ets will be given the best main floor seats in exchange for tickets applying to this recital, and with no added charge. A section" of the auditorium has been reserved for season patrons. Music critics have exhausted their supplies of adjectives in attempting to convey to the public an adequate impression of the great Horowitz. After attending last Sunday's recital in Orchestral hall. a leading critic said: More Than a Master "Horowitz showed _ himself something more than a mere master of the piano. The instrument even with all its pos- sibilities, was entirely subordinate to the personality of the artist himself. Horo- witz is a young man of slight stature but of almost superhuman command of the piano and with a power of expres- sion that is relatively miraculous. His fingers flew up and down the keyboard with uncanny speed and yet with unfail- ing accuracy. His playing of the Chopin etudes exhibited this marvelous dexterity. But joined to this agility was an ability to produce fortissimo passages, not with mere mechanical force, but with a dyn- amic intensity that was astounding. "But those who have heard Horowitz know that he is equally able to render adequately the lighter, more delicate por- tions of the pieces composing his pro- grams. Again his fingers fly over the keys but now producing almost inaudible tones. Almost inaudible but still each tone receives its full value. As one al- most spell-bound listener in last Sunday afternoon's audience expressed it, 'He's not a miracle; he's a mystery! " Transfiguring Personality Edward Moore of the Chicago Tribune commented, in part, in this manner con- cerning Mr. Horowitz' Sunday recital: 'Take a pair of hands a little more efficient and alert than the most gifted mechanism ever attached te a piano, add to it an expert knowledge of everything (Continued on page 6)