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glass 4 J WINNETKA TALK A Weekly News-Magazine for Winnetka VOL. XV, NO. 48 WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, FEBRUARY 5, 1927 PRICE FIVE CENTS LEO SOWERBY SOLOIST WITH LITTLE SYMPHONY Eminent Pianist-Composer to Ap- pear on Evening Program Here Monday, Feb. 7 Monday afternoon and evening, Feb- ruary 7, brings the Little Symphony orchestra of Chicago, under the direc- tion of George Dasch, to New Trier High school for the last concert of the afternoon young people's series and the fifth concert of the evening series. Although the afternoon series ends with the fourth concert, there will be two more evening concerts, March and April. These are held under the aus- pices of the New Trier Orchestral as- sociation. Interest centers in the soloists for the twaq concerts. In the afternoon, Fran- ces Anderson, pianist, will play Men- delssohn's "Capriccio Brillante," Opus 22, B Minor, with the orchestra. This program will also include the sympho- nic poem, "Finl ndin " by S'helius: two excerpt ----"Carmanvy" and "Hunoarv." from the "Foreign Lands" Suite by Moszkowski; and a "Southern Rhap- sody" by the American composer, Lu- cius Hosmer. Leo Sowerby, Soloist The evening concert will feature, for the first time on the Orchestral asso- ciation programs, the appearance of Leo Sowerby, famous American pianist and composer, and the performance, for the first time in .America, of a re- cent work by Francesco Malipiero, the most interesting figure among contem- porary Italian composers. The work, which is not of great length, is entitled, "Variations Without Theme," for piano and orchestra. The orchestra will ba augmented to nearly fifty players to enable the performance of this inter- esting novelty. Other numbers on this program include the "Prelude, Chorale and Fugue" by Bach-Abert; Debus- sy's "Afternoon of a Faun"; the ever- popular "Sorcerer's Apprentice" by Dukas; a group of numbers for the strings, and the brilliant "Caprice Espagnole," by Rimsky-Korsakow. Play His Composition Mr. Sowerby will be represented on the program as composer-pianist in a "Prelude and Toccata," which he has adapted from part of an adagio and a complete toccata for harpsichord by the famous English composer, Purcell. The Sowerby arrangement, which is for piano and string orchestra, is mod- ernized only as to style, with practi- cally no change of harmonic atmos- phere. Mr. Dasch and the members of the orchestra have spared no effort to make this program of unusual interest. Churches Plan Combined Lenten Season Services Arrangements are being made for a series of union services conducted jointly by the Episcopal, Congrega- tional and Scandinavian Evangelical churches, of Winnetka, during the Lenten season. These services will be held Wednesday evenings and the evenings of Holy week. Further an- nouncement will be forthcoming as soon as all arrangements are com- pleted. y : VIEW PUPPET PLAY Country Day School Pupils Present Initial Performance; Will Show at Skokie Next The Puppet players of the North Shore Country Day school gave their opening performance before the school, at the morning exercises Monday and Tuesday. The play was an adaptation of the "Staff and the Piper," a fairy story by Howard Pyle. Six members of the Ninth grade have been working on these puppets as their project in art, shop and dra- matics, and have constructed the stage scenery, created and costumed the puppets themselves, and then were the stage hands at the performance, guid- ing the puppets through their antics. The story of the "Staff and the Piper" concerns a piper, a princess, a shoemaker and a troll, and is in four scenes, namely, the exterior and in- terior of a cottage, the pit of the trolls and a palace. The Puppet players will present this play before the Skokie school and also the Horace Mann school, within the next two weeks. Three scenes from "Julius Caesar," by Shakespeare, were presented by the Seventh grade of the North Shore Country Day school, at a morning ex- ercise, on January 27. Green Bay Widening Plan Abandoned by Villages The Glencoe Village board an- nounces that it has received so many objections to the proposed widening and repaving of Green Bay road in connection with the joint plan with Winnetka to thus improve Tower road and Green Bay road, that the project has been abandoned. This report was received by the Win- netka council, Tuesday evening, and like action was taken by that body, the proposition having come originally from the Glencoe board. The Winnetka council, however, will make some improvements in the way of widening and giving other desired fa- cilities at the Sheridan road and Tower road intersection, which matter is now being studied by the Streets, Drain- age and Forestry committee. Local Officials Attend Municipal League Meet Frederick Dickinson, village attor- ney, will represent Winnetka at the meeting of the Illinois Municipal league, at Springfield, February 9 and 10, and it is quite probable that H. L. Woolhiser, village manager, will also attend. B. F. Langworthy, special assess- ment attorney, will be one of the speakers. Mr. Dickinson also is on the program and he will preside over the legal section for city and village at- torneys on Thursday. It is before this section that Attorney Langworthy will make his address. INDIAN HILL MEETING The Indian Hill Improvement as- sociation will meet Tuesday evening, February 8, at 8:15 o'clock, at the New Trier High school. Bridge, with ten good prizes, has been arranged for the evening, as announced by the com- mittee in charge. : " 3 §i Await Word From Reynolds Family Located in China Members of the Winnetka Congre- gational church are anxiously awaiting word from China from the Rev. Paul R. Reynolds and his family. The extent to which the recent dis- order in China may have affected them is a matter of conjecture, but we be- lieve they have not been seriously dis- turbed. A recent bulletin published by the American board of the Congrega- tional church contains the following: "Rev. Paul R. Reynolds, of Fen- chowfu, who has succeeded to the work laid down by the late Dr. Watts 0. Pye, in consultation with Chinese leaders has divided his field for evan- gelistic work into nine districts, with a Chinese as superintendent over each. Tn this way the supervision of the 114 churches and the 200 preaching places, organized by Dr. Pye, will be pro- vided for more effectively. In August Mr. Reynolds and several other mis- sionaries started on a three-months' tour of the Shensi field, intending to nass on into Mongolia, where the Christian movement is spreading in an interesting way." This item will be particularly inter- esting to Mr. Reynolds' many friends in Winnetka. Legion Calls Members to Important Meeting Monday The next regular meeting of Win- netka Post, No. 10, American Legion, will be held at headquarters in Com- munity House, Monday evening, Feb- ruary 7. All ex-service men are cor- dially invited. The meeting will start promptly at 8:15 p. m. so the members are urged to come early. Important matters are to come up, it is stated. Plans for the big drive for new members have been completed and will be presented to the post by Vice Commander Howell. Attention is called also to the big open meeting of the post to be held in Matz hall, Community House on Feb- ruary 17, at which time State Com- mander Ferre: C. Watkins will be the guest and speaker. All ex-service men are reminded of the fact that all war risk insurance must be converted before July 1, this vear. This is absolutely the last date that insurance may be reinstated or converted, it is pointed out. Adjutant Rogers has information regarding this important matter. Council Appoints Zoning Commission for Village The Village council Tuesday eve- ning passed an ordinance, which is to become effective February 7, provid- ing for a zoning commission, the per- sonnel of which is the same as that of the former hoard of appeals. The com- mission will hear all cases relating to re-zoning by amendment to the zoning ordinance. There are several petitions now pending for consideration. The members of the commission are Stan- ley Farwell, Robert Kingery, Charles L. Byron, S. S. Beman, and C. T. Da- RRA EE ee PRELATE TO CONDUCT MISSION IN VILLAGE Rt. Rev. N. S. Thomas, to Be Guest of Christ Church Par- ish During "Crusade" Week Rev. E. Ashley Gerhard, the rector, the vestry and the Congregation of Christ church have completed plans for a "mission" which is to be conducted in the parish from February 20 to 27 by the Rt. Rev. Nathaniel S. Thomas, D. D. They call for a week of inten- sive effort along definitely evangel- istic lines and they promise much of inspiration and interest, not only to the people of the parish but to all Win- netkans, it is pointed out. This "Mission" will be generally sim- ilar to those which have preceded it in past years, conducted by Bishop Paul Jones, the Rev. Franklyn Cole Sher- man, and others. This year, however, it is a part of an extensive plan which originated at the General convention in October, 1925, and which is known as the "Bishop's Crusade." Hear Great Leaders Through the national organization of this Crusade a committee has been appointed in the Diocese of Chicago, of which the Rev. Duncan H. Browne, rector of St. James' church, Chicago, is the chairman, and which has or- ganized the Crusade throughout the diocese. On the north shore meetings will be held at St. Luke's, Evanston, and the Church of the Holy Spirit, Lake Forest, under the leadership of such nationally known clergymen as Bishops Manning of New York and Stearly of Newark. The period of the Crusade in the diocese is from Febru- ary 13 to 20. Powerful Preacher The Bishop Thomas Mission, there- fore, is the special effort of Christ church to share in the program of the Crusade, and will occupy the second of these two weeks. Bishop Thomas comes at the invitation of the rector of Christ church. who worked under him during the early years of his ministry in the missionary district of Wyoming. He is known throughout the country as a man of strong personality, a powerful preacher, and one who will bring to the people of Winnetka in this Mission a message of great inspiration. There will be special services in Christ church on Sheridan on both Sundays of the week, and meetings in the Parish House morning, afternoon and evening of each of the week days. Further in- formation will be found in these col- umns next week. Winnetka Building Permit List in January $109,000 Building permits in Winnetka for the month of January totaled $123,650, in- cluding five residences, $109,000; four permits for alterations at a cost of $11,150; one for a garage costing $500 and one for a commerical building costing $3,000. Despite the cold and snow in January, building operations continued throughout the month with little cessation. =