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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 3 Sep 1927, p. 7

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September 3, 1927 WINNETKA TALK 5 Ravinia Slates Double Bill for Closing Program An afternoon of American Music will be given at Ravinia on Sunday after- noon, September 4th, this ending the concert series for the current season. A program has been arranged for the Chi- cago Symphony orchestra by Eric De- Lamarter, conductor, in which the works of several of the most represen- tative American composers will be fea- tured. Miss Mary Lewis, American so- prano, will appear as a soloist on this occasion, singing a group of songs dear to the hearts of all English speaking people. Alfred Wallenstein, cellist, and Walter Hancock, violinist, will likewise be heard in solo numbers. Sunday night, September 4th, Char- pentier's celebrated opera "Louise" will be given, with Yvonne Gall again in the title role, in which she has already won the acclaim of all Ravinia patrons. Ed- ward Johnson will be opposite her as Julien, while Leon Rothier will be the Father, and Julia Claussen, the Mother. Others in the cast are Margery Max- well, Gladys Swarthout, Philine Falco, Jose Mojica, Louis D'Angelo and Ruth Page. Louis Hasselmans will conduct. The season will end on Monday night, September 5, with the dazz- ling of world stars in the _principal roles. In "Pagliacci," Lucrezia Bori is to be heard as Nedda, with Giovanni Martinelli opposite her as Canio, and Guiseppe Danise in the role of Tonio. George Cehanovsky will be Silvio, and Giordano Paltrinieri, Beppe. Elizabeth Rethberg will sing Santuzza in "Caval- leria Rusticana," with Mario Chamlee as Turriddu. Gladys Swarthout is to be heard as Lola, and Desire Defrere, Alfie. Anna Correnti is cast as Mama Lucia. Gennaro Papi will conduct both operas. Mrs. Walter Fisher of Winnetka, who is.Ruth Page, premiere danseuse of the Bohm ballet, and also of the Ravinia Opera, was leader of the dancers for the fifth of a series of special performances for patients in the Chicago State hospital Thursday. The program was given in an open air theater on the hospital grounds by the Adolph Bohm dancers. --0-- Mrs. Walter Bemis of 682 Ardsley road, who is moving to California, en- tertained sixteen of her friends at luncheon and bridge Wednesday. Mrs. Philip Mallen, 920 Pine street, entertained sixteen guests at luncheon and bridge Wednesday, August 31. --O-- Mrs. Dick Payne of 595 Elm street was hostess at a small dinner at Sun- set Ridge club last Saturday evening. gud BEAUTY SHOP PHONE 2176 WINNETKA We Specialize in SCALP TREATMENT Distinctive PERMANENT WAVING a _ EXPERT OPERATORS ETHEL M. TAYLOR, R. N. Prop. 818A ELM STREET High School Girl Wins Bathing Beauty Contest Miss Evelyne Pence, a student at Deerfield Shields High school, won first prize in the bathing beauty con- test held at Jewett park, Deerfield, on Saturday, August 27. Miss Pence will go to Waukegan for four days as the guest of the American Legion. She will be furnished with a car, a chauffeur, and a chaperon. A suite at the Hotel Clayton will also be at her disposal. Mss Pence, who was entered from Bellevue, Ky., will be a junior at Deerfield this year. She is the daugh- ter of Edward Pence, who still resides in Kentucky. Among the affairs given for Mme. Julia Claussen of the Ravinia Opera company was the dinner Monday eve- ning given by Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Hayes of 483 Sheridan road. The affair was given not only for Madame Claussen but also in honor of Charles Peterson's birthday. Motion pictures were made of the party. Music and dancing followed the dinner. VISIT INDIAN TRIBES Cecil J. Clark and his niece, Miss F. Beryl Speck, formerly of Hubbard Woods, and now residents of Evans- ton, have returned from a three weeks' trip into the Tusayan country. They outfitted at the Grand Canyon of Ari- zona and camped through the Hopi and Navajo Indian reservations, visiting the pueblos of Moenkopi, Hotevilla, Orai- biand, and Walfi. Arriving at the first mesa the day before the Snake dance they saw this most gruesome of all ceremonies, and the rites preceding it. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Sutcliffe of 610 Spruce street have returned from a week's boat trip to Duluth, They went on an Illinois Steel company boat, and had as their guests some Kentucky friends of Mrs. Sutcliffe. ---- Mrs. Preston Boyden of 806 Rose- wood avenue is expected home today from Nantucket Island, where she has been spending the summer with her children, at Wauwinet Inn. They have been gone about two months. --(-- Miss Mildred Miller of Chicago has been spending the week with her aunt, Mrs. Charles Kreger of 717 Willow road. She will return to her home | Monday. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Guthrie of 730 Walden road, with their three children, Priscilla, John, and Bob, and Miss Mar- jorie Olson of Kenilworth, left Thurs- day morning for Fish lake, Wis. They plan to return to Winnetka Tuesday. John returned about a week ago from Camp Soso, where he had spent the summer. ---- Mrs. G. W. McCormick of 552 Haw- thorne lane left yesterday morning to attend a house-party on Long Island, New York. She will be there for two . weeks. --C-- Mr. and Mrs. Wilmarth Ickes of 703 Walden road have announced the birth of a daughter, Elizabeth Anne, July 28. ---- Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Replogle and family of 910 Oak street, have re- turned after a month of vacationing in the northern pines of Wisconsin. The Webb School of Dancing 525 Chestnut St.,, Winnetka All Subjects -- Private Lessons Classes Phone Winnetka 2689 @<- Luxite Silk Vests $1 and upward. 'Telephone Is Your Da Going Away to Attend School? If so, you will find it most convenient to pur- chase her requirements at this store, where forethought has been shown in selecting just the right garments she will want. Kickernick Bloomers and Combinettes Silk or Cotton. $1.50 to $6. Phoenix Silk Hosiery. $1, $1.50 and $1.95. Perrin Washable Silk Gloves. $3.25. Beauty Culture Ask her to visit our Beauty Salon before leaving. The first impression of being well groomed is a lasting one. TOILET PREPARATIONS Burnham's, Hudnut's, Colegate _ and Marinello. VENUS SANITARY PRODUCTS G. L. ZICK & CO. The Store of Quality and Service : In the New Humphry Bldg., Elm Street at Chestnut 930 Winnetka Formfit Brassieres. 39¢ to $1.50. Treo Formfit Girdles and Corselettes. Imported Chamoisette Gloves. 59¢ to $1.95. ughter RR------ sr EE ---------- . pS ------ PRCT os

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