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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 22 Mar 1924, p. 13

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~ WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1924 13 Last Chamber Music Concert On First Sunday In April HE last concert of Chamber music will take place at 4 o'clock Sun- day afternoon, April 6, in the Ken- ilworth Assembly hall. Madame Ella Spravka, a pianist of rare gifts, and Richard Czerwonky will play two sonatas for the violin and piano. The society also feels very fortunate in hav- ing secured for this occasion Mr. Boza Oumiroff, the distinguished baritone, who will sing a group of Bohemian folk songs. Mr. Oumiroff has been a very popular soloist in the vicinity of Chicago and has made a most favor- able impression whenever he has appear- ed in the city. He was received with enthusiasm. at recent concerts in Lake Forest and at the Saddle and Cycle club. Single tickets for this concert may be procured from Mrs. A. B. Spach or from Miss Helen Sears, both of Kenil- worth. A Chamber Music society has recently been formed which will undertake the giving of four Sunday afternoon con- certs during the season in a hall acces- sible to the six neighboring suburbs, Evanston, Wilmette, Kenilworth, Win- netka, Hubbard Woods, and Glencoe. Owing to the success of the Chamber of Music concerts given this season, and because of the interest shown in this kind of concert which offers some of the best compositions of great composers, a number of music lovers have founded this society. Mr. Howard Wells is the president, Mr. Walter Marx, sccretary and treasurer, while the board of direc- tors includes Mrs. Amuel B. Spach, Mrs. Philemon Kohlsaat of Winnetka, Dr. Harrison Mettler of Hubbard Woods, Mrs. Homer Cotton of Evanston, Mrs. William Barnes of Evanston, Mrs. Percy B. Eckhart of Kenilworth, Mrs. Albert Olson of Glencoe, and Miss Helen Sears of Kenilworth. As membership in this society has been limited, those living along the north shore for whom these concerts are to be given, are requested to send in their applications early. After Tuesday afternoon, April 8, and continuing until Saturday, April 12, the third annual exhibit of the work of the Art and Literature department of the Evanston Woman's club will be open to the public. The exhibition will be representative of various branches of art work done in Evanston and along the north shore, and will include in its exhibits paintings, etchings, sculpture, wood carving, cer- amics, pottery, metal work, stage craft, basket-ware, decorated furniture, tex- tiles, commercial art, and public school work. Mrs. Robert D. Cunningham is gen- eral chairman of the exhibition, Mrs. Albert H. Ullrich is in charge of paint- ings; Mrs. Frank B. Dyche, etchings; Mrs. Horace M. Capron, sculpture; Mrs. Frank M. Fargo, textiles; Mrs. Frederick Heer, decorative arts; Mrs. T. J. O'Connell, school art; and Mrs. Percival H. Truman, jury of approval North Shore residents doing art work are invited to exhibit without charge, and no commission will be taken if sales are made. -- A marriage that will interest her friends in the village is that of Miss Helen Whitman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Whitman of Evanston, former residents of Winnetka. Miss Whitman will marry Manley Stearns Mumford, son of the Rev. Manley Stearns Mumford of Monroe Center, Illinois, on Saturday evening, May 10. The ceremony will be performed in Evanston at the All Souls Unitarian church, the Rev. Mumford reading the service in the presence of relatives and intimate friends. Miss Whitman's sister, Mrs. Howard Henderson of Cincinnati, will be her matron of honor and Walter E. Browne of Evanston will act as best man. Following the service a recep- tion will be held at the Evanston Country club. --_---- Winnetka was represented at the military ball given by the Army and Navy club on Saturday evening, March 15, in the gold room of the Congress hotel. Miss Alice DeWindt and Miss Peggy Hunter took part in the pageant which was one of the features of the evening. Miss Mar- garet Mercer was also to have been one of the participants, but owing to illness, she was unable to be there. Miss Betty Copeland was a dinner guest of Miss Janet Lawrence that evening. --_--Q-- The North Shore Congregation, of a hundred or more members, gave a din- ner party at the Woman's club on Wed- nesday evening. The Polly Prim Shep... ars. nok) Smart and simple dresses for children. Exquisite layettes for infants, Lah 809 Oak St., Phone 1635 Winnetka ------ . Saturday evening, March 22, is the day Miss Mabel Burgdorf, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Burgdorf of Winnetka, has chosen for her mar- riage to John G. Herbon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Herbon of 1427 Central avenue. The wedding will take place in Wilmette in St. John's Lutheran church at 8 o'clock in the evening, the Rev. Herman W. Meyer officiating. A small reception for members of the family will follow after the ceremony at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Herbon on Central avenue. Miss Burgdorf will be attended by two little flower girls, Dorothy Burg- dorf, and Eleanor Herbon, and by two bridesmaids, Miss Mabel Burgdorf and Miss Dorothy Herbon. Mr. Herbon's attendents will be Julius Schilberg and Earl Herbon. -- ui Delta Zeta announces a spring ex- hibition of Evanston merchants at the Evanston Woman's club, March 28 and 29. Special features on both days will be: "Movies," donated by the New Evanston theatre, from 3 until 4 o'clock in the afternoon; a Style show by Rosenberg and company with Delta Zeta girls acting as models at 4:30 and 9 o'clock in the evening; and dancing from 9 until midnight. There will also be a cake-judging contest. The proceeds from the affair will be devoted -to the Sorority House fund. --Q-- Mr. and Mrs. Franklin deBeers of Glencoe, - have issued invitations to their most intimate friends for a small lance which they are giving at Skokie "ouniry club, Saturday evening, March 22. There will be tables of cards for those who do not dance. This occasion will be a "Farewell" party, as the deBeers are leaving Glencoe to make their home in Cali- fornia, where Mr. deBeers, who is a chemical engineer, is to be associated in business with the Sun Maid Raisin company. ite so Lo Wednesday evening, the Political Question and Answer meeting given by Mrs. Lowell Copeland and Mrs. Wil- liam G. Hubbard, was held at the lat- ter"s home, 840 Willow street. This meeting is the first of its kind to be held in Winnetka, and is still in the nature of an experiment. The members are get- ting together to gain insight into politi- cal questions, and to study politics in general. The subject Wednesday was "Precinct Committeemen, Their Duties Before and After Election." --0-- Miss Augusta Fenger of 602 Spruce street, was hostess at a small lunch- eon and matinee party which she gave in Chicago on Wednesday for Miss Helen Whitman of Evanston whose marriage will take place early in May. --O-- The series of lectures which Mrs. Anthony French Merrill has been giv- ing on Wednesday evenings was con- cluded this week. The last meeting was held at the home of Mrs. A. H. Barber on Scott avenue. LD Mr. and Mrs. John W. Hansel, Jr. of 382 Ridge avenue, announce the birth of a son on Wednesday morn- ing at the Evanston hospital. A. W. ZENGELER CLEANER AND DYER A trial order in respectfully solicited 810 ELM STREET Phone 144 NERY SEEN Sa The = Walden Road circle the home of Mrs. Kenneth Curtis, 693 Walden road, on Monday afternoon, March 24, at 2 o'clock. Mrs. Sidney Bartlett will sing a group of songs and Mrs. Walter Benson of Lincoln ave- nue will discuss the importance of every voter going to the primaries. Miss Maud Miner of Hyde Park will give a ten minute talk on "Effective Speaking." Os Mrs. John C. Marshall gave a small informal luncheon on Friday at her home, 1010 Pine street, for Mrs. Doug- las Taylor, who is leaving Winnetka with her family in the early spring to make her home in New York, and for Mrs. Thomas McLaren who is planning to go abroad. Mr. and Mrs. McLaren are depart- ing in the near future to spend two or three months in Scotland. --Q-- The Chicago Vassar club had a luncheon on Friday, March 21, at the College club, for the purpose of elect- ing officers. In the afternoon Miss Katherine Blunt, a Vassar graduate, an instructor in the Home FEconom- ics department of Chicago university, discussed the importance of including home making courses in the college curriculum. ---- Mrs. Coran F. Davis of 132 Bert- ling lane was hostess at a bridge- luncheon last Friday at the Rogers Park hotel. On Saturday evening Mr. and Mrs. Davis entertained the din- ner and bridge club at their hime. Mrs. Davis is leaving today for a fort- night's stay in Asheville, North Caro- lina. RR ¢ J--_-- Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Edwards and family, 902 Oak street, will move to New York the latter part of April. Mr. Edwards is in New York at the pres- ent time. Your Boy or Girl may now get a Regular Life Insurance Policy on any plan desired in the New York Life from ten years of age up Rates very low Will give you full infor- mation without obligation on your part. Write your name and ad- dress and mail to me. J. E. 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