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THE M'HfeNEY PLAIND1ALER, THURSDAY, JAKUARY 7,1932 ' i * * ? ' • r, <V«« Lehmann Returns to Civic Opera in Lohengrin; Pampanini to Sing Nedda . *• * " % • /.' ••< • i. * j:<-v MAMA 0LSZEWSK4 as Ortrud LOTTE LEHMANN El Twice +* (> Told Tales ^ 4 - Item iaf Interest Taken Ftok the Files of the Plaindeak* of X^ats Ago SLOCUM LAKE Brilliant Performances Will Feature Eleventh #5;;f-V'?Week on Chicago Lyric Stage. \ » *•* i. %*•?'* .' • i '• .1 Oniytiiree jtoare, weeks of opera ,rem kaflln befoie the close of' the 1931-32 ,'K " » #eason aif the Civic Opera House, Ghicago, and in this final period will be ^ Xi- staged some of the rrtost interesting performances' of a season which has % t»een rich in variety^ both in repertoire % r:-*•; #i«J artists. " % %he eleventh week of opera will gee Madame Lotte Lehmann, one of Europe's greatest favorites, again In the casts. Her first performance will be as Elsa in Warner's Lohengrin on Wednesday, January 13, and for this* opera the Chicago Civic Opera musters what Is probably the greatest cast to be found anywhere in the world. Egon Pollak. beloved Wagnerian authority, will be at the conductor's desk, and on the stage with Madame Lehmann will be Madame Maria , '& filszewska as Ortrud, a role which jjs a lg considered by many as her finest f>har?.cts::i2t!on; Mnfson, th6 outsiandlfig i^TVoherit of the part of our day as Lohengrin; Hans Hermann Nissen in his brilliant characterization of Telramund; .Alexander Kipnis as Kinjj Henry, another magnificent portrayal and Eduard Habich making a major role of the compara< timely minor part of the King's Herald. The, balance of tlje week Is devoted to repetitions of works whlchr have proved among the most popular of, the season. The week will open on Sunday, January 10, with the second and final performance of Parsifal, and there Is again every indication that every seat, will be sold for this great presentation of Wagner's masterpiece. Mlgnon is the Monday night offering with the same, cast that sang it for the New Year's Eve gala, including Margherita Salvl, Coe Glade, Tito Schipa and Vanni-Marcoux. On Tuesday, the dQubie hill of Cava Iberia Rusticfma ?jgd I Pagliacbi will be given, this ••""Tune with Madame Rosetta Pampanini as Nerlda in the Leoncavallo drama and an. otherwise unchanged cast which Matures major artists in practically every role. Rosa Raisa is the Rantuzza. Louise Bernhardt the Lola, Maria Claessens the Mama Lucia, Antonio Cortis the Turiddu and Augusto' Beuf the Alfio in Cavalleria llusticana, with Isaac V-an Grove conducting. Charles Marshall as Canio and Vittorio Damiani as Tonio complete the triangle In I Pagliaccl, with Frank St. Leger in the pit. A scintillating cast Is announced for the performance of La Boheme on January 14 with Rosetta Pampanini as Minii, Margherita Salvi as Musetta, Charles Hackett as Rudolph Vittorio Damiani as Marcel, Virgilio Lazzari as Coiline and Salvatore Baccalonl as Schaunard, with Roberto Moranzoni conducting. A special non-subscription performance of Verdi's Alda at popular prices is scheduled for Friday evening, Janvary 15. The performance -vas booked as the result of a deluge of letters and telephone calls received by the opera company immediately after the announcement that a Saturday matinee performance in December would be the season's last of Aida. Claudia MuzlO, Who sang the first Aida of the season, will again be in the title role, and Charles Marshall will sing*. Radames. Otherwise, the cast, is the same as that eff another performance earlier in the season, with Oyrena " FIFlT YEARS AGO - The New Year's party at the Riverside House on Monday evening was attended by about one - hundred and forty-three couples, and as usual everybody had a good time. Smith and Snyder bought on Tuesday last, of Ben Tonyon, nineteen hog's that weighed 7650 pounds, for which they paid him $459. Also on the same, day twenty-three hogs of Mike JuSten, that weighed 9950 pounds, for which they paid the sum of $597. » . * * Van Gordon as Anrneris, Augusto Beuf as Anionasro, Virgilio • Lazzari * a*', the High Priest and Chase Baromeo as the King of Egypt. Roberto Moranzoni conducts. . ; , : . For the Saturday matinee, Ponclilelli's La Gioconda will have its second hearing of the season. In this opera the ballet appears in one of the most beautiful numbers in all opera--The Dance of the Hours. The title role will be! taken by Rosa ltaisa. Cvrena Van Gordon will be the Laura; Sonia Sharnova the blKuJmother of La Gioconda, La Cieca; AntS^lo Cortis, Enzo; Cesare Formichi, Barnaba, and Chase Baromeo, Alvise. Emil Cooper will be at the conductor's stand. The Saturday night popular-priced^ performance will be devoted to the ever-popular Rossini comedy. The Barber of Seville. The cast which is singing it on the Civic Opera stage thi? season is one of the most interesting in its long and successful record with our resident cpmpany. The principal changes from previous seasons are the assignment of Vanni- Marcoux as Don Basllio, a role to which he brings all of that amazing originality and painstaking outline of detail that have made him one of the finest singing-actors before?" the international public; Vittorio Damiani, newcomer to the Civic Opera stage this year, as Figaro, and Salvatore Baccalonl as Don Bartolo. Margherita Salvi gives us a delightful portrayal of Rosina and Tito Schipa itepeats his beautiful singing and amusing acting in Bis characterization of Count Almaviva. Roberto Moranzoni conducts. SUNDAY, Jan 10--at 2--(Popular prices, 75c to $4). PARSIFAL (In German). (Final, Performance). Consecrational Festival Play in three acts by Wagner. With Leider, Maison, Ni*^ sen, Kipnis, Habich, Baromeo. Conductor, Pollak. MONDAY, Jan. 11--at 8--MIGNON* (In French). Opera in three i^cts by Thomas. With Salvi, Glade, Schipa, Marcoux. Ballet. Conductor, Cooper. TUESDAY, Jan. 12--at 8--CAV- -ALLERIA RUSTICANA and I PAG LIAOCI (In Italian). Opera In one act by Mascagni, and Drama in two acts by Leoncavallo. With Raisa, Pampanini, Bernhardt, Claessens, Cortis, Marshal!, Damiani, Beuf. Conductors, Van Grove and St. Leger. WEDNESDAY, Jan. 13--at 8--LOHENGRIN (In German). Opera in three acts by Wagner. Wltib Lehmann, Olszewska, Maison, Nissen, Habich, Kipnis. Conductor, Pollak. THURSDAY. Jan 14--at 8--LA BOHEME (In Italian). Opera in four acts by Puccini. With Pampanini, Salvi, Hackett, Damiani, Lazzari, Baccalonl. Conductor, Moranzoni. FRIDAY, Jan. 15--at 8-- (Popular prices, 75c to $4). AIDA (In Italian). Opera in four acts by Verdi. With Muzio, Van (lordon, Marshall, Beuf,' Lazzari, Baromeo. Ballet. Conductor, Moranzoni. SATURDAY, Jan. 16--at?--LA GIOCONDA. (In Italian). Opera In four acts by Ponchielli. With Raisa, Van Gordon, Sharnova, Cortis. Formichi. Baromeo. Ballet. Conductor, Cooper. SATURDAY, JAN. 16--at 8--THE BARBER OF SEVILLE (In Italian) Comic Opera in three acts by Rossini With Salvi, Schipa, Damiani, Marcoux Baccalonl. Conductor, Moranzoni. FORTY YEARS AGO , G«0. W. Owen is the only nitif in McHenry; on Lake counties that has given a horse a record of 2.21%, raised and developed by the owner. Erastus Richards, the father of Mayor E. E. Richards., of Woodstock died in that city on Wednes4ay last* in his eighty-first fear. #' John I. Story; landlord of the Riverside House, is building an Ice House and Cooler in the rear of the hotel. I It "will be 1& by 18 and 16 feet high.1 It is being built in first class style) and will be a great convenience to the popular hotel. i { Notwithstanding the terrible weather of Friday last, the New Year's Party, at the Riverside House, drew1 out o"e hun<fred and ten couples and all report a splendid! time. | New Year's day was one of the worst of the season in this section.- It rained nearly all day and in the evening a snow storm set in and by 12 o'clock it was a small sized blizzard, - TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Butter was firm at 32 cents on the Elgin board of trade Mond'ay. A large crowd of young people enjoyed the excellent skating, on the mill j pond on New Year's day. j| Mr. and Mrs. Eli Brink are this week packing and shipping their household goods to West ' Chicago, I where Mr. Brink has a good position with the Borden Milk Co. , J The rainy d'ays of the past week! have caused the iceman more than a little worry. In a few more days the. broad smile will again adorn the countenances of the dealers, of the frozen goods. ' ! While returning from the milk factory one morning last week Emil Ffeffer's team suddenly took fright and ran away. They were stopped near the river bridlge on Water street, With but little damage done. TWENTY YEARS AGO The store building of Fred Schnorr on the Weit side is being repainted and otherwise improved for two strangers who have rented1 the place and will conduct a first-class shoe store therein. From reports that have been current during the past week or two we are led to believe that several business changes will take place in McHenry during the coming spring. Nick F. Freund is now a resident of this village, he having moved his family to this place last week, and is now occupying his beautiful new home on Park avenue. Butter was declared firm at 36 cents on the Elgin board Monday. '• Pioneer Piano Maker The first piano made in this country was made In Philadelphia in 1775 John Bohrent. Really Persian . The Taj Mahal was planned by Ustad Isa,a Persian, and is Persian ;• architecture rather than Indian. It is of white marble outslde and Jeweled flibsaic inSide. ' Great for Soma Flalka It would be a great world if empty !leads could be used as parking space tor ideas.--Miami Herald. Look do«e!r Vertical cracks in masonry, due to settling of the foundation, are most likely to develop around window and ; 'toor oppnltigfC J . - {With winter weather absolutely uncertain with skiddy pavements certain to confront us at this season of the year, it behooves you to look to your brakes. With readjustment and relining you can travel the highways with H~i*j rt n • •pj* vv care-free safety. - Let 8 look NIlEI'em over tomorrow. . DOWE & HAWLEY DODGE AND PLYMOUTH CAES I mpairing of all makes of cars md trucks . Junction U. S. 12 and 111. 20 and SI '327 . " McHenry TEN YEARS AGO The county road and bridge committee met at Woodstock, Dec., 29 and bought twenty-two horse graders and twenty drag scrapers from the Gallion iron works- The rain of Wednesday morning sort of put a crimp in the ice business, but a d&y or two of real snappy weather will again set the gang back to work. Over at the Borden field approximately 765 tons have already been harvested. The knicker fad has made its appearance in McHenry, a number of young ladies having made their appearance so attired on the skating fields here. Employes of the Tejrr^ Gotta factory, after being: given a couple of extra days for the Christmas vacation, worked all day Monday, New Year's, gives evidence that the plant Is being kept comfortably busy. tarred Ivory Toft have doubtless often pondered Just how the tiny ivory figures that people use for charms or amulets ar* carved. They are carved with tiny Instruments hardly bigger than needles, under water. So met! Hies, of course, the work is dollfie through a magnifying glass. Emmet Geary of Wauconda spent last Saturday afternoon at the home j of his father here. ' Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dowel! and daughters vyere callers at McHenry last Saturday afternoon. ! Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Brooks were callers at McHenry last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Bacon and children attended the Miller theatre at Woodstock New Year's afternoon. Mrs. Blanche Mead of! Crystal Lake spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Nellis. Mr. and Mrs- Albert Baseley and son, Claude, of Wauconda and guests, j Mr. and M/s. Jack Now and children of Antigo, Wis., were callers last Wednesday at the W. E. Brooks home. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Shaffer and son, Stanley, of McHenry were callers Sunday evening at the home of Henry Geary. . Mr. and Mrs. George Eatinger of Wauconda were callers last Monday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dow ell. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Bailey returned to their home at Davenport, la., last Wednesday, after spending the past few days With relatives at Oak Glen Farm. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Converse and daughter, Frances, spent New Year's eve at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Duncan at Mylith Park. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Brooks were dinner and afterhoon guests last Saturday at the h6me of* Mrs. Lucile Rohman, in Chicago. Miss Myrna Bacon and. Eugene Hughes of McHenry attehded the theatre at Crystal Lake Saturday evening. Rev. and Mrs. Frank Taylor of Wauconda were Saturday afternoon callers at the W. E. Brooks home. Mr. and Mrs- John Blomgren were Sunday dinner and supper guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lusk at Volo. Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Brooks of Waukegan spent last Tuesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Brooks. Mr. Brooks and son, William attended the installation of the Masonic lodge. Chesney Brooks was a* caller Sunday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Larabee at Bristol, Wis. Mr. and MIrs. John Blomgren attended the movies at Crystal Lake last Wednesday evening. Mrs. H. J. Shafftjjf and Mrs. John Jt. Knox of McHenry spent last Tuesday afternoon at the home of their father here. ' , Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Davis and daughter, Helen/ of the "Elats" spent Sunday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Bacon. Farrell McGill and Clarence Hudner of Wauconda spent Sunday afternoon at the hbnte 'of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Converse. j Leslie Foss was a business caller i in Chicago last Wednesda^. " Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mtilholland and children and friends of Chicago spent , New Year's and the week-end at their home he|e. Mrs. Clara Smith and Mr. and M*s. Jos. L. Haas and ft'rs. Louise Werden of Wauconda enjoyed New Year's 'it the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Williams at Crystal Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Wm- Foss and daugh. ter, Pearl, and sons, Leslie and Jr., accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Foss and children of Crystal Lake to Libertyville New Year's eve and spent the evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Foss. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Williams and son, James Howard', of Crystal Lake were Sunday dinner and afternoon guests at the home of Mrs. Clara S m i t h . j . . Miss Janette Foss of Crystal Lake spent the week-end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Foss. Miss Pearl Foss and Wm. Berg of the "Flats" were callers at Woodstock Sunday evening- J. D. Williams of Crystal Lake was a "caller in the home of Mrs. Clara Smith last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Esping and Mr. and Mrs. Frank August of Wauconda spent New Year's and the week-end with relatives at Davenport, la., and Moline. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Nellis spent New Year's at the home of their daughter, Mrs- Blanch Mead, at Crystal Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Darrell and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews and sons, Robert and Lyle, enjoyed New Year's at the home of Mr. and Mrs. LiDoyt Matthews at Crystal Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthew^ and Mr. and Mrs- Elmer Esping and Mrs. Arthur Boehmer of Wauconda attended the installation of the officers of Nunda chapter, O. E. S., at Crystal Lake last Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews attended a New Year's watch party at the home of Mr. ari$ Mrs. Harold Stroker at Wauconda last Thursday evening. SPRING GROVE About thirty-five friends gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Britz Wednesday evening, east of town, for a farewell party as they are moving to their new home at Fox Lake. The evening was spent at five hundred. At the close refreshments were served by the guests. The peoT pie of this coimmunity are very sorry to lose the Britz family from their midst, but wish them the very best in tbeir new home. " The many friends of Mrs. George May will be glad to know she itslowly improving but is still at this writing confined to her bed. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob J. Miller and family and Mrs. J. J. Freund spent Wednesday at Johnsburg. Mr., and Mrs. Kenneth Lopeman and son, John, and Mr. and Mrs. Seliam Pierce motored to Chicago Thursday and spent the day with Mr- and Mrs. John Hoffmeyer. Martin Nimsgern returned home Saturday, having spent the holidays with his brother, Robert, and family at Waukegan. The girls' club met at the home of Mass Eva Weber Sunday, in honor of Mrs. Norbert, Klause. A very pleasant afternoon was spent. A t the close refreshments "were served. Mrs. Ida Freund and1 daughter, Shirley, spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. St. IIoff. . Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Oxtoby spent New Year's with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Volbrach at Wilmot. ; Silas Pierce was a New Year's dinner guest of Reed D. Carr and wife. Mrs. Bern Watts and son, Edward, motored to the city Wednesday, returning Thursday. ' Her daughter,, Nora, who spent the past week with relatives and son, Wilbur, who is employed in the city, returned with her for over New Year's. . ' Father Weitekamp and N. N. Weber motored to Sterling Sunday afternoon to visit the former's brother. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Richardson and family spent over New Year's with their parents at McHenry. > Mr. and Mrs. Anton May and daughter, Frances, were New Year's supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roth* ermel at McHenry. .. Herb* for Flavoring. The kinds of herbs in most general ose for flavoring food in this country are parsley, sage, thyme, savory, mar- Joram, spearmint, d\jl, fennel, tarragon, balm and basil, in the order named. Parsley leads, because it is nsed. both as a garnish and flavoring. Sage may surpass it as a flavoring only. * • - -.-SffL :. Itoformatiaa ^ When a pet rat clicks its teeth *it U Showing conterituieut, like a purring cat, according to two scientists of the WlsClr institute.1 . '. Care of Goldfi.K Keep goldfish cool. The air in the ordinary living room is too warm for them. When the water is too warm goldfish will come to the top of the< bowl for air. Then is the time to change the water. ' Cottoa's Superiority A cotton-picking sack made of cotton lasts 3.6 times as long las a sack wade of burlap, and a picking sheet •lade of cotton is 1.8 times as durable *s one made of burlap, according to estimates by the bureau of agricultural economics, United States Department of Agriculture, based upon cotton fcraW reports. ^ ^>1 ' - . • "i I. I ^7" . Self Sticker* "Ego," writes an amateur etymologist from Erie, "has always seemed to me, as being that bumptiousness which Inflates pompous persons with the Importance of their big I's. Would you mind," he requests of the Dlspatch- Heraid, "giving me your definition of the word?" "Not at all," complies the editor. HEgo is the glue that enables a ~*an to get stuck on himself." . Plaindealers at Bolger'g. MILK PRICES ^Effective Jan. 1st Quarjts • - - • lOdf • P i n t s ; _6o Creatti--half pints 15c Cream--pints - 28a PCNTIAC ANNOUNCES A NEW 6# A NEW V-8 Owl Not Long Lived Carl W.i Neumann, a German.authority, says that the life expectancy of the owl Is 6o\^ears, but th'* is not unusually long Compared with that of otl\er birds, such as the falcon, vulture, golden eagle, Bwan, goose, eider duck, raven and parrot. Franklin the First The first American newspaper printed in a foreign .language was the I'hiHtdelphia Zeitung. Benjamin Franklin established it in 1732, That'* Honest \ A lie has to uflghty good to be worth anything, ftnd a fellow ought never do it unless he's darn slick at .It. Hard to Spin Mohair *: Mohaly; the fine lustrous hair of the Angora goat, is harder to spin than wool because the hair scales are hot Beauty Beauty lis a great thing, bat beauty of garment, house and furniture are tawdry ornaments compared with domestic love. All the elegance in the world will not make a home, and I would give more for a spoonful of real hearty love than for whole shiploads of furniture and all the gorgeousness th world can gather.--O. W. Hotasa. /St- Tarrier Doga The AmerJ#an Kennel club does not recognize any breed of dog by the toame of Black and Tan terriers, Which, hovyever. is sometimes applied to the Manchester terrier frequently called "rat terrldf." There is a recognized breed called Toy Black and Tan. 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