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April .23, ·1926 ANNOUNCE ARTISTS · . l FOR VESPER CONCERT WI L ME T 'T E· L I f·E Reader at Spring Luncheon·· Seder, Organist, and Mme. Arendt, .Soprano, Featured at Concert Sunday Another artistic treat awaits the capacity audienc·c which. is sure- to assemble next Sunday afternoon, April 25. in the Baptist church auditorium . for · tile fourth month-end Vesper conccrt . . These musical eYents have attr~ctcd a large appreciative following o! north shore lllthir Jm·er:> . Credit for their succes s is. largely due Mr. \Villiam H. Barnes, organist of the Baptist church, who:-;e intimate acflttaintanccship with .the trading- figures in the world of ch'urch music accounts for the outstanding talent which has l~L'l'n brought to the village for these \"c sper concert . Sunday afternoon's affair will be '1 joint recital bv Edwin Stanlev Seder concert organi". t, and Mme. Else Har~ than Arendt, soprano, both of the First Congregational church, Oak Park. ?\either Mr. Seder nor ).{me. Arendt 11eed an introduction to the north shore, as they arc among the most popular recitali sts in the Chicago district ~md have charmed many aucli- -----------------------------------------------------· LAUNCH MOVEMENT FOR ~BETI'ER GOVERNMENT' Committee Calls - ·Meeting of Wilmette Citizens for May 10 to Discuss Plana Better Government! ( That is the greate st iss ue before the people of Illinoi s and strenuou.s efforts arl' no\\' being made to convince the voters of \Vilmette the iss ue is one in which they are vitally interested. A committee representing the churches and other organizations of \\'ilmcttc is no'.'.' making arrangements to holti a public llll'cting and dinner on ~Ionday . ·ening, i\[ay 10, for the purpose of forming a local Better Government ass ociation, to be affiliated with the Better Government association of Chicago. This committee, which will be enlarged, consist s of James C. Crossley, chairman. Hoyt King, Frank L. Millington. Ralph 11. Rice. and \V. C. Reinhold. An attracti,·e program will be arranged and an outstanding speaker \\·ill be engaged to di:Scuss the se 'ous situation " ·hich i ~ developing all o r the t"nited States because of the failur of the pe pte to "go to the: polls and vote" at primary and regular elections. Tn di scu ss ing the project a well kno\nl leader of the Better Govern{' llCt' l\ . ment movement' said that "Wilmette Broadcasts from KYW has shown a greater interest in the is~fr . S eder. \\·l1n \ra-; horn in 'l'ok\·o sue than anv of the other towns around Japan, has had the benefit oi a worid: ~hicago," a-nd he continued, "It is the wid e exp ·ricncc in his cho . ; cn fielc! ' of most important question now before the musical activitv. He is a ·Fello\\" of people. \\-hether the government affairs t h L' Am rrican Cui ld of Organ'i st s. diare to he !cit in the hands of gangsters rl'rtor of the Organ clcpartment of who favor crooks and make victims of \"orthv.:cstern university, and has been Erma Blaine ~[cKendry a well known dramatic reader, wilt give a group the people. or are to be taken over by at the Tiirst Congregational church of 'poems and a onc-act play at the Spring luncheon of the Woman 's club of the better clement of the population, is oi Oak Park for the pa~t t<·n years. vVilmette \\·hich is to be held \Vcdnesday, May 5, at the Edgewater Beach a matter which onlv the· voters can presiding at the largest church organ hotel. She will l)c remembered for her splendid acting in "The Pelican," re- decide. The governrnents o.f Illinois, in the ~fiddle \Ve. t. cent Theatre GuiiCI production. Possessing a great dramatic power, beautiful Chicago and Cook county are exactty ln addition, U r. Seder\ playing is Yoice, and charm, ~Irs. McKendry interprets the finest in literature and art. of the type which the people of the state, county and city are wilting to \\'til kno\\"n to the millions whd listen Her program:; .arc always a delight to her audiences. in on the radio. Since last \"o\·cnil>er Another artist of distinction on this program will he Frederick Newell permit. The men and women who he has played 1,100 compo~itions over \Vood, one of Lhicago's leading tenors . Catherine Wade Smith, \'iolin · t will ignore their responsibility in this matthe radio, principally from sratwn al~c give a group of numbers. Sh~ was a soloist with the Symphony Players ter and fail to vote at primary and · regular elections are not good AmeriKY\V. He has aci:e,)ted an invitation this season. to give a series of rccitab at the Reservations for the luncheon are to be made with Mrs. E. D. Fuchs, 1043 cans-and more than thal'-they are actual enemies of the Republic. They Sesqui-Centennial Exposition in Phil- Chestnut... street. " are permitting the looters and the con:.tdelphia this year. · sorts of criminals to seize and hold the ~fmc. Arendt, too. ha~ had a di~tin- Winnetka Composer government. guishcd musical career, and i:-; ran ked "If everv citizen of this commonamong the first half-dozen ~opranos Attend Biennial in East wealth wo-uld consider voting as the in Chic_ago by the c:itics. I:Jer n~usical In the music accompanving the movmost important duty which confronts educatwn was acqUired enttreh· 111 Eu- . . · · , 41 him and her. and would got to the polls rope. Her father. Dr. Ha~ns Harthan, mg ptcture, The Btg Parade, now and \'ote. the gangsters would be clriv.en a well known German composer and being shown, "S\'·<eet Little Woman By A. H. H. out of office at the next election." pianist, was director of the Imperial O'Mine" by Mrs. Floy Little BartReiort' a cro\\'d that filled the Odd Conservatory of Music and her I lett, of Winnetka is used .as the FL·llo\\·'s hall in \Vilmdtt- lrt..;t Thurs- Dr. Hans C. Peterson lllother wa~ a noted . ~l)ncert and "mother" theme. oratoria singer. Mme. Arendt has ap-, Carrie Jacobs Bond,· ~Irs. H. H ..-\. day evening, a cla:->s of iour young can- E T · · t . t wtt . h sue 1 I B eac h , G ena B ranscom b , .LOlllse . Ayers c,.1ct ates \\'as gtv~'n · . . d cgree. ans uropean . np peare1 1 many t tmes as soots 1 t t1e I 111t1aton· d ·tl >lc o rgantza · t'1ons as th e Ch' , he '"or· k \vas con terre · · d. Jw ·a l11ghk · 819 Lm · nc )t , . tcago ) Garnett o f E ~ vanston, an d 1-1 · oy L'ttt 1 e ,1 - Dr. Hans D C. Pet~rson f th E' l d P en t Apoll? Musical cluh, the Chicago Bartlett, arc among the very few . . , . · . · a,·enue. ean o e 11 ~ 1 1s 1 e ar'1f . ,) a d nga I c Itt I), H aye1n Cl tor a·t ; sonety women who have. he en asked and are effictcnt staff trom Shcrtclan lodge, t\o. ment at Crane Technical High school. and at th~ Evanston festival. The scheduled to appear and pre;ent their (,()2. oi Highland Park. A large num- Chicae-o, is leaving for Denmark April cotH·ert heg1ns promptly at 4 o'clock. compositions at the annual Biennial of her oi visiting mctnhl'rs was present 29. The stav. \d1ich will continue oyer four mo-nths, accord~ng to Dr. Wot)1en's Clubs at Atlantic City in from Highland Park and from Evans) J · Peter~on, is for pleasure only; and he CANVASS VOTE ear Y une. Historical Song- Minia- ton. and a good lively time wa~ the. looks forward to the time of his life, The Village })oarcl 111et t'lt aciJ'ourtled tures and . Et he iq,uette )>Y \ork ¥rs. rc"'ttlt ot· .A. · d s Ill · N orway an d Bartlett wdl sung songs by a ~ew ·' . Tl1·' . . orcltestra "" T. ~l1cr· as 1 Je It<IS m~y f rten session Thursday evening of this week artist. , man lodge, :\o. 892. \Vilmette, furnished Denmark. H~ ..,·ill also visit Berlin and to canvass the vote in the annual viitil" . . mu~ic. _ and refreshments were Lei[)z.icr - ,. , where he received his higher lagc election Tuesday. ~ ~ened. education. Part of his trip will con~:..dna Dean Baker Speaks sist of a trip to Elsinore, the srcne of Ed The entertainment committee of the "Hamlet," as he believes his English on Re tgtous ucation IL)Cal lodge is planning to . have a hig. dasses will profit bv his imnressions. WATCH FOR POLL LIST! President Edna Dean Baker of the special celebration in commemoration He will also investigate the "Folk High Publication of the names of National Kindergarten and Elemenof the 107th anniversarv of the estab- School," a .ttnique educational institute those residents who voted at tary college appears on the program lishment of the order ln America. on used extensively throughout Denmark. the Primary election will be- for the afternoon session of the sec- the evening of April 29. The Rebekahs Beyond this he has no definite plans. g-in next week in \VIL~IETTE ond annual convention institute of the will join with the Odd Fellows in this Chicago Council of Religious Educa- celebration. and a very interesting and PREPARE FOR NEXT PLAY LIFE instead of this week, as tion. to be held in Chicago, Monday, entertaining program has been preRehearsals are going forward steadp1tred. · announced. This list of names April 26. ily on "A Pair of Sixes." the next The session will be devoted to the The first degree staff has been production of the \\'ilmf'tt<' Opera was obtained by the Wilmette of the religious training holding weekly rehearsals, in prepara- and Drama club. which will he staged League of v\'_omen Voters at consideration of the child in the home, and Miss tion for the conferring of this dramatic May 5, 6 and 7 at the Byron Stolp the polls and is t,o be published Baker will spealk on "Worship in the llegree at the schoolhouse in North- school. The play is being nresented at the special request of the Home." The afternoon session will be brook, on April 26, at which time there under the auspices of the Methodist Wilmette Forun1 for 100 Per held in the Immanuel Baptist church, is to be a regular meeting of the North Deaconess orphanage at L:\ke Bluff. A 2320 South Michigan boulevard, and Shore Fraternal circuit. It is expected to which the proceeds will go. Cent Votfng and the League of other sessions will be held in the that there will he a large attendance strong cast has been selected for this \Vomen Voters. Y. M. C. A. auditorium and the La- from all the T. 0. 0. F. lodges in the clever comedy am' a pleasing production is assured . Salle hotel. district. w·.·· Springtime Finds Odd · Fellows :Busy at Work and Play pJ r . .(