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30 WILME.TTE LIFE January 18, 1929 News o¥ the North Shore Clubs Unique Opportunity Offered Wilmette District Meeting ~----------~--------------~ A midyear meeting of the Tenth dis- To Discuss Fascist Catholic Club Will Hold Semi-Annual Italy·January 24 Meeting on Tuesday A semi-annual meeting and Public Schools of Fore1 "gn Affairs Will Francis Marion Arnold · to Give t nc · t ' Ill'mots · F e d era t'ton o f W omen 's \Vel fare day v.rJ'll be held by the W oSix W~ekly Lectures on Sculp- clubs, was held January 8, at the Highture, Architecture land Park Woman's club. man's Catholic club of \Vilmette p bl f Devote Program to ro ems 0 Italy of Today The meeting openerl at 10 o'clock in Tursclay, January 22, at the \Vilmett e The Schools of Foreign ~ffairs conthe morning with the singing of Woman's club, commencing at 10:30 Many dwellers in metropolitan Chitinue their Thursday ·5esstons at the "America." Mrs. Raymond Stevens, o'clock in the morning, with luncheon cago have been well content to journey Congr egational Church House, 1417 out to the University of Chicago, and president of Highland Park Woman's at 12 :30 o'clock. Reservations for the Hinman avenue Evanston, throughclub, welcomed the members of the have felt well repaid for the trip by the district, and Mrs. Harry Gracile, presi- luncheon are to be received by Mrs. added interest in life and the cultural dent of the tenth district, responded. Frank Barry, not later than Friday, out January. On January 24, the topic is ."Fas~ist ] anuary 18, it is announced. advantages which they have gained Reports of officers, routine, business. Italy" and of course the dtscusston from the courses in art appreciation and announcements followed. Presi The afternoon session will open conducted by Francis Marion Arnold. dents of the forty district clubs each with the club members singing "Old centers on M ussolini. Profe·s sor ~lyde It is one of the outstanding achieve- gave a summary of what "My Club Is · Black Joe," with Mrs. Charles Broad, L Grose of the department of htstory ments of the art department of the Doing" in about fifty words. Every accompanist. Mrs. Russell G. Flood. of Northwestern university wilt leaQ Woman's club of Wilmette that Mr. place, ayenue, and activity of club chairman of community service will the afternoon round -table. . He ~as Arnold has been prevailed upon to pre- work was thoroughly covered in these give a three minute talk. The speaker outlined the trend of the dtscusswn sent the most interesting features of reports. from the spiritual and cut- of the afternoon is to be Dr. John along the following line.~: these courses, in a summarized form, tural side to the practical and humble Lapp, clean of sociology at Marquette 1. Has Mmsolini estabhshed a permabefore the residents of Wilmette. fields of service. Not a single aspect university. nent reconstruction of the Italian Beginning Monday afternoon, Feb- was overlooked in the outlines of work Acting as hostesses for the day wilt Constitution? ruary 4, a series of six weekly lectures planned for thi s club year. he Mrs. Andrew Burghart, Mrs. A. 2. Is it a whole-5ome experiment, will be delivered bv Mr. Arnold in the At 12:30 lunchron was served hv M. Rodenkirk, Mrs. Charles Rindell, whether or not permanent? auditorium of the \:V oman's club. These memhl'rs of the Highland Park cluh. and Mrs. Arthur \:Vernecke. 3. It Italy's Balkan policy j.u~tifie(!? . lectures will deal with the sculpture The afternoon session opened at 1 :30 A meeting of the club was held at and architecture· of Egypt, Greece and with a salute to the flag. Mrs. Gracile the home of Mrs. ~{ax Kelling, 1112 4. Are Italy's colonial ambitions JUStifi eel ? Rome, and with all the marvelous artis- introduced Mrs. Ernest Nolting of Greenwood avenue, Frida)r of last 5. Is M ussolini a "dangerous person" tic manifestations of the Renaissance. Ravinia and Mrs. Ralph Bard, a mem- week. in Europe? The art of these periods will be her of the Highland Park \:Voman's The topic of ·study for the afternoon brought intimately before the audience club, who entertained the group with was England. The first number on 6. Has Italy a promising future? The afternoon session begins at 4 :30 by means of authentic monochrome re - a unique musical program arranged for the program was a review of "David productions of the works of art which two pianos by Guy M.aier. They played Copj)erfield." by Mrs. Harry Sherwin. and Miss Emma Rogers, in charge of best represent them, and a further a group of five select tons. -M ·ss Dorothy Biehl then gave a read- the clav's program, will pre 5ide. Intouch of inte·r est wilt be added bv the "Park Ridge School for Girls," its ing " "A Disastrous Announcement." vited g-uests and speakers at the dinner fact that the members of the audience place in th e responsibility of the dis- taken from the book review~d. The beginning at 6:15 are G. Castruccio. will be permitted to retain these re- trict and state, was discussed by Mrs. art feature of the program was a pa- Italian consul-general in Chicago; Dr. productions, as reminders and sou- F. ~L Tuckermann, state chairman of ner on "Old English China" written T . Alberione, and Col. Edoarclo Vianvenirs of the instruction which they the Park Ridge School for Girls. She hv Miss Marv Daegling an_ d read hY vini. In the evening at 8 o'clock, with have enjoyed. Mi ss Mabel Vollmer, president · of stre~sed the fact that the girls in this Mrs. Daegling. Mr. Arnold does not present his sub- school are dependent and not delinMrs. Harry Lombard arranged the Business and Profes.;ional vVomen's ject as an abstract or technical dis- quent, but emphasized the point that music program which consisted of se- club, presiding, Professor Henry R . cussion of the ancient masterpieces that delinquency is but a short step from lections from the Gilbert and Sullivan Spencer will give the address on he will review. On the contrary, he es- dependency when environment is at opears "Pinafore," and "The Mikado." "M ussolinian Italy." tablishes and defines the relationships fault. The slogan "U ake Illinois CotThe 'well known songs from these Professor Spencer i.; from the de~ between the art of antiquity and the ~age an Id~al American Home" is l:e- \Yere charmingly sung under the diMiddle Ages and the art of today, tng exemplified by e~ery cl.ub .wh~ch rection of Kennard Barradetl of the partment of political science, Ohio thereby adding a new touch of life has the welfare of thts fine mstttutwn facultv of the American Conservatory State university. He has had certain opportunities for first ·hand study of and i1;terest to the former. and in- at heart. of ~fusic and a former member of his subject. Several years ago he creasing the pleasure that ma~· he de~~ rs. \V. H. Schwedl~r ~ state chair- the Giihert and Sullivan Opera comrived from contact with modern works man. of press and publtct.ty, sp<;>ke of panv. who sang in recent reviYals of spent some time in Italy ·5tudying the phenomenon of Fascism in operation. of art. the tmpo~t~nce of the n.ght .kmd of their operas. Mr. Barradell was ahly Tickets for the entire course of six club pul~licity to c?mmumty ltfe. She assisted by Mrs. Grace Adams Swisher, In 1926 he spent six months in Europe lectures mav he obtained from Mes- also remmded her hst~ners of the great ;;oprano, and Alexander Grant, bass, observing post-war governments in . dames E. G. -Bentlev. Dwight Chaoma'1. debt of cour~esy \vhtch clubs owe to h tl b of the South Shore action. 0 1 mem ers Harry Clark, Alon~o J. Coburn, David newspaper echtors. M . Tickets may be purchased at the Mrs . .T ennie Nanga to, who sang a Opera ~ompany. ~rs. M. B. orrts door. Dinner reservation5 are to be Davis, Harr~r Hooker. Sumner Mason, Lester Mee, \Vitliam Schmcdtgen, Ash- group of four songs, has appeared pre- was thetr ~c~ompantst. made by Wednesday evening through Mrs. Wtlltam Wolff assisted Mrs. the church office, University 4203, it ton Tavlor and Gordon \\Tilson , mem- viously before the district. Mrs. John W _. Blacklidge, state Kelting as hostess. bers o( the art department of the Wois announced. Evervone is invited to chairman of public welfare, urged an man's club. attend. ·· Non members will be welcome. interest in the vari~us bills that are Woman's Exchange to Close pending: viz. "the women in juries," The Wilmette Womanys Exchange the automobile driver's license, the will close Friday evening, January 25. Made Special Chairman Jens iensen Inspires eight hour day for women, and the for Mound Marking Fund is necessitated by the new MethEoenihg Garden Club convict labor bill. She dwelt on condi- This odist church building which wilt ex.Mrs. Joseph Johnson, 478 Drexel tions in the State institutions and (Contributed) tend over the site of the Young Peo- avenue, Glencoe, state " t reasurer of The Evening Garden club of Wil- asked that magazines, small pieces of ple's House, where, by courtesy, the the National Society United States cloth, and old silk stockings be sent mette held a most interesting meeting the evening of January 8. at the to Dunning, and jelly to the children's exchange has occupi~d the first floor Daughters of 1812, has been appointed for a vear and one half. special chairman to raise funds for \\roman's club. Jens Jensen was the institutions. To inark this event, the Ladies aid marking Cahokia, or "Monks'" ~1:rs. vVilber R. Fribley, state chairspeaker. It was most delightful and helpful. Seldom has one heard a man of the American home and presi- will give a dinner at 6:30 o'clock, an Mound, which the state society intends to mark thi·s spriag. speaker who not only inspired one dent of the Chicago Housewives' entert~inment. and sale. upon the particular subject under dis- league, stressed the importance of The mounds situated in East St. 0. E. S. TO MEET cussion, which was, on this occasion, wives' and mothers' positions in their Louis are recognized as among the "Landscape Gardening in Relation to homes: advising ·them to think out for Wilmete chapter, Order of Eastern world's wonders. They have been Our Native Landscape," but who gave themselves their ideals, to know where Star, witt hold a stated meeting Mon- tapped .by pr?fessors of the University a most inspiring talk on patriotism, they are going, and what they are day evening. January 21. The meet- of Wtsconsm and were privately which put many of us who are native going to do when they get there. Mrs. ing wilt be followed by a compliment- owned, but recently bought by the Fribley's message may be summed up ary card party. born, to shame. State of Illinois. . It was a wonderful talk and one we in the following words, "Less legislaMrs. Johnson is also a very active tion and more home training." wilt long remember. Jesse Smith, superintendent of High- in March. Those elected were Mrs. WC?rker in D. A. R. circles, having Mrs. Gordon Wilson, chairman of the committee for the Flower show to land Park schools, gave a short talk Frederick Masters, Mrs. Ernest Not~ r~tsed the money for a chair in Conbe held from February 26 to March 3, on his progress in securing books for ting, Mrs. George Beaudin, Mrs. Jervis stit.ution hall, Washington, D. C. for Chtcago chapter. Newton, and Mrs. H. M. Gourley. at the Hotel Sherman, gave an outline the St. Charles School for Boys. She is also the new treasurer for This had been one of the most imMrs. Frederick Masters, second viceof her plans for the exhibit which met ~th a speedy response and great en- president of the district, presided at pressive district days ever held, and the Southern Woman's club of Chithe afternoon session. A nominatin ·~ each member felt a deeper sense of the cago and is deeply interested in plans thusiasm. The next meeting of the club will be committee of five was elected to choose responsibilities and joys of an active ~or a new clubhouse, for which a fund the new officers who are to be installed dub woman. has been created. held February S.