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40 WINNETKA TALK September 15, 1928 Howard Preston Is to Sing Talented Baritone Selected for Last Afternoon Musicale BY RUTHEDA L. PRETZEL Howard E. Preston, baritone, is: to give the last of the Sunday afternoon musicales of this season at the Skokie Country club on Sunday, September 16, at 4:30 o'clock. Mr. Preston has appeared before audiences here and abroad, and is especially well known for his work in English opera. He is the possessor of a great, natural, rich baritone voice of wide range, and is endowed with rare dramatic instinct and talent. He is an American by birth, of Scotch and French ancestry, and has received his education in Chi- cago, Paris, Berlin, London and Vienna. He now resides in Wilmette. His program will be as follows: L Mephistophele's Prologue .......... Boito Wolfram's Eulogy of Love, from '"Tann- Loi RR Sai afer SRC CERRO Wagner "Nocturne" "Les Cloches" .... Debussy "D'une" Prison™ 235.0 Suh alias Hahn EF Art Fourdrain "L'Isba en Flammes' "Danny Deever" ®y request). Damrosch HANerseéelen™ . 50. 8.00 N.. Strauss *Cacilig" . ........».a eee Strauss "The Blind Ploughman" (by request)... RD GRRE ReNRTEY Clarke "The Crying of Water" ........... Tipton "Ballad of the Bony Fiddler". Hammond "Captain Stratton's Fancy" ....... Taylor Charles Lurvey is to be Mr. Pres- ton's accompanist. His excellent work as accompanist for Miss Helen Hedges at the last Skokie muicale will be re- membered. Woman's Society Board Meets Next Wednesday Wednesday morning, September 19, brings the first board meeting of the Woman's society of the Winnetka Congregational church. It will be held at 10 o'clock in the morning at Com- munity House. Mrs. Ayres Boal, who is president of the society, will be home from her summer home and is expected to pre- side. Other officers who will attend the meeting are Mrs. W. D. McKenzie, first vice-president; Mrs. Frank Ferry, second vice-president; Mrs. W. A. Mc- Kinney, recording secretary; Mrs. Warren Agry, corresponding secre- tary; Mrs. William O. Kurtz, treasurer. The members at large are: Mrs. J. O. Ely, Mrs. A. Lee Adams, Mrs. Car- rie B. Prouty. The chairmen of the standing committees who are also members of the board are Mrs. W. D. Truesdale, work; Mrs. Roger Ballard, luncheon; Mrs. M. K. Wilson, pro- gram; Mrs. George Gordon, world friendship; Mrs. Douglas Smith, flow- ers; Mrs. W. D. Rumsey, social; Mrs. Harold Weld, circles; Mrs. D. K. French, finance; Mrs. Roy L. Arey, publicity; Mrs. Arthur Cushman, house. Circle to Open Season The Lincoln circle will hold the first meeting of its season at the residence of Mrs. Leo P. Perron, 848 Tower road, on Monday, September 24. Mrs. Perron will be assisted by Miss Edna C. Wienhoeber. Members will begin their sewing for charity at 10:30 and luncheon will be served at 1, after which the sewing will be continued. Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Woodland of 336 Leicester road, Kenilworth will give a dinner dance for their daugh- ter, Virginia, during the Christmas holidays. Miss Woodland's debut was originally planned for Zhis, month but was postpone cause of illness in the family. Makes Bow Today Mr. and Mrs. Charles Daniel Frey are presenting their daughter, Eliza- beth, to society this afternoon at a tea which they are giving in her honor in the gardens of their home at 80 Locust road. Assisting Miss Frey from 4 until 7 o'clock will be Laura Jacoby, Mary Elizabeth Johnson, Jeannette Peterkin, Lillian Dudley, Eleanor Dur- bin, and Jean Purcell. Elizabeth Knode Makes Formal Bow to Society It is to be hoped that the two debut- ants whose parties are this afternoon will be as fortunate in having beautiful weather as was Miss Elizabeth Knode last Saturday when, in the gardens of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Mor- ton Knode at 955 Sheridan road, she made her bow to society. She was as- sisted by Miss Charlotte Picher, Miss Louise Lackner, Miss. Jean Stevens, Miss Alice Jacques and Miss Eliza- beth Warren. Miss Knode's frock was brought over especially for her from Paris and was of flesh colored marquisette with many soft ruffles on the skirt and with a large vermillion flower on one side. She carried a bouquet of valley lilies and orchids. » There have been affairs given al- most daily this past week for Miss Knode and the other debutantes includ- ing Miss Badgerow's luncheon last Monday at Indian-Hill, Miss Charlotte Picher's dinner dance last Wednesday evening and Miss Janet Kirk's lunch- eon, also last Wednesday. Among others who have entertained are Mrs. Ernst C. von Ammon and Mrs. Erskine Wilder who gave a luncheon last Tues- day at the Vista Del Lago. Miss Louise and Miss Antoinette Lackner entertained their friends Thursday at luncheon at their home. These girls are leaving next Friday for Vassar and will forego the rest of the debutante festivities until their Christmas vacation when Miss Louise will make her bow to society at a tea. Saturday afternoon, Miss Knode and the others in this year's group will be occupied with the two debut teas of the day and following that many of them will be entertained at a dinner to be given by Miss Marianne Steven- son, who has been in Winnetka this summer with her parents at 33 Locust road, at the Saddle and Cycle club. Later in the evening there is Miss Elizabeth Warren's debut party to be attended. Sets Wedding Day oR Photo by Reick A wedding of the autumn season is to be that of Miss Elizabeth Webster, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Towner K. Webster, Jr. and Sturevant Hinman, son of Mrs. George Wheeler Hinman, of Winnetka, on October 13, at 4:30 o'clock, at Christ church. Miss Web- ster's debut was an event of last spring at the home of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Strong, 1377 Tower road. Selling Tickets Here for Sousa Band Concerts Each week new groups are added to the list of those selling tickets for the two concerts to be given Saturday, September 22, by Sousa's band as a benefit for the Northwestern Univer- sity Alumnae association and the Ev- anston League of Women Voters. In Winnetka, in addition to the members of the Winnetka League of Women Voters disposing of tickets, those wishing to attend the concerts may procure them at the Adams Pharmacy. Tickets also are on sale at the Hark- ness Byrn Real Estate office, 8 North Sheridan road, Highland Park. : Tickets are being sold in Wilmette by Mrs. Shelby, M. Singleton, Mrs. Le- land Pierson, and Miss Helen Evans. Jean MacLeish Makes Debut at Tea Today Saturday afternoon, September 15, occasions the debut of Miss Jean Mac- Leish, at the early American home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Mac- Leish, 85 Wentworth avenue, Glencoe. Miss MacLeish is to be assisted by ten girls, some of whom also are mak- ing their bows to society this season: Louise Badgerow, Elizabeth Knode, Betty Frey, Louise and Antoinette Lackner, Charlotte Picher, Jean Stevens, Eleanor Durbin, Helen Hasel- tine, and Elizabeth Warren. Following her debut, Miss MacLeish will enter her sophomore year at Wellesley college. To Sew for Shops The Young Woman's auxiliary of the Winnetka Congregational church is to have its regular all-day meeting Wednesday, September 19, .at the home of Mrs. William H. Rothermel, Jr., at 510 Provident avenue. The mem- bers are asked to bring their own luncheon. Sewing for the holiday shops will be provided. at Last Skokie Musicale Mary Louise Fenton Completing Plans for Fall Wedding Miss Mary Louise Fenton of 818 Bryant avenue, whose engagement and approaching marriage to Gerald B. Horton of Wilmette was announced re- cently, has completed her wedding plans. The Rev. E. Ashley Gerhard of Winnetka will read the ceremony at Christ church, Winnetka, at 8:30 o'clock, October 17. The date of the wedding is the same as that of the bride's sister, Mrs. Stanley Morrill, formerly Beatrice Fenton, who was married five years ago in Chirst church. Mrs. Morrill will be the mat on of honor for her sister, and the maid of honor will be Miss Honore White of Evanston. Miss Vesper Getman of Evanston, Miss Pauline Wolff, Mrs. John A. Thompson of Wilmette, a cousin of the bridegroom, in whose wedding the bride took part last spring, and Miss Louise Swierman will be the bridesmaids. Mr. Horton's brother, Kenneth D. Horton, will be best man. The ushers who have been chosen are Craig C. Velie and Howard M. Sharp of Jop- lin, Mo., John A. Thompson, C. Wins- ton Tarbet of Chicago, William W. Miller of Winnetka, and Charles Mil- ton McCrae of Kansas City, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Sharp will be guests of Miss Fenton at her home during the pre- nuptial festivities. A number of affairs are being plan- ned for Miss Fenton, among which three definite dates have been chosen. Miss Helen Hardenbergh will give a party September 25, at the Saddle and Cycle club. On October 13, the Satur- day before the wedding, Mrs. W. T. Fenton, the bride's grandmother, who is a resident of the Moraine hotel, will give a dinner party for Miss Fenton. Howard W. Fenton will give the bridal dinner the night before the wedding at his home. Entertain Teachers On Monday, September 10, the open- ing day of school, the social committee of the Parent-Teacher's association of each school gave a luncheon for the faculty. At Hubbard Woods, Mrs. Seymour Olmstead, Mrs. Warren Shoe- maker, Mrs. Frank Payne, and Mrs. Irving Fish had charge of the lunch- eon; at Greeley, Mrs. James Donovan and Mrs. Charles Reynolds; and at Horace Mann, Mrs. Elbert Clark, Mrs. Robert Anderson, and Mrs. James Goetz. Dinner Dance for Buds Miss Charlotte Picher, daughter of Mrs. Oliver Picher, whose debut will be a November event, was hostess last Wednesday evening at a large dinner dance given in honor of Miss Eliza- beth Knode and Miss Jean MacLeish at Indian. Hill Country club. Miss Picher is leaving early next week for the east where she will attend a wed- ding in Philadelphia and visit for a week or so in New York City. P. T. A. Greets Faculty On Friday, September 8, the Parent- Teacher association welcomed the members of the faculty of the Win- netka schools. The new teachers were taken out driving and were shown the points of interest about Winnetka, Indian Hill, and Hubbard Woods. After the drive, Mrs. Hubert Howard, social chairman of the association, gave a delightful tea at her home for all members of the faculty.