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WINNETKA TALK July 17, 1926 Gay Pantomime Calls North Shore Youth Ravinia Presents Fanciful Programs for All Children Children's day at Ravinia! Only to those of us who have grown up at its doors, who joyfully welcomed each of the programs especially arranged for Thursday afternoons by the Chi- ago Symphony orchestra under the direction of Frederick Stock, and the New York Symphony orchestra, con- ducted by Walter Damrosch, can fully appreciate the value and influence of those hours of delightful music given to us at a time when our music tastes and habits were being molded. And even today, the hearing of one of those selections played for us then, brings in retrospect the same Ravinia Park, but with a large audience of brightly be-ribboned and be-sashed little girls, listening eagerly to orches- tra concerts, with only occasional solo divertisements, and attentive little boys with Eton collars, all rushing to see the "movies" during the intermission. We see again the gracious smile of Walter Damrosch as some venture- some little youngster toddled down to the very front to stand in open-mouth- ed amazement watching the musicians, only to cry out in fear when he realized he- had strayed far from an anxious parent. Today, with its even more elaborate- ly featured programs, its much more comprehensive carnivals," Ravinia is still playing an important part in the lives of the many children of the north shore. The Thursday afternoon programs are still offered to children under 12 years of age without admis- sion charge. : This season, Miss Isabel Cline of Kenilworth is in charge of the chil- dren's programs, assisted by Mrs. Wil- liam Sutherland of Glencoe, vice chairman. Mrs. Annette Jones and Mrs. Arthur F. Byfield of Highland Park and Mrs. Floy Little Bartlett of Winnetka compose the members of the advisory committee. Miss Cline, experienced in the hand- ling of children, is making available to the kiddies of the north shore, the best in art; the best dancers, actors and leaders in its other branches, about whom we have read and have longed to hear. Not only are visiting artists brought to Ravinia, but the Symphony orches- tra still plays for the children numbers they learn to appreciate and love. And if we may be permitted further personal comment, among the little tots of today's Thursday afternoon concerts, are the children of some of the same be-ribboned and be-sashed youngsters of earlier Ravinia. The orchestral programs begin at 3, and various forms of entertainment com- mence about 3:50 The last weeks in July offer fea- tures to suit even a child's varied taste. Thursday afternoon, July 22, a pantomime will be given by the North- western Children's Theatre of Evans- ton under the direction of Mrs. L. G. Kranz of Evanston. The production will be the story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. the fascinating tale every child old enough to be read aloud to, has heard, and has thrilled at the hearing. The cast of children presenting this fanciful tale will be large. LUT THT HR UD The Current Topics class will meet Friday, July 23, at 2 o'clock, at the home of Mrs. Theodore Coyne, 597 Provident avenue. + BE Plan Advent of Music Club Season in Fall Midsummer may seem to many a period for cessation of the strenuous activities and demands of a club and social season, but to the new officers and committees of the Winnetka Music club, it is a time of opportun- ity, a time when plans are made for the oncoming season of recital and club programs. Those who will Girls of Park Ridge School Enjoy Ravinia The Winnetka Ravinia committee, under the direction of the chairman, Mrs. John Vennema, 849 Willow road, and Mrs. J. Williams Macy, 966 Hub- bard lane, chairman of the Hubbard Woods committee, assisted by Mrs. William Thrall, 416 Elder lane, Win- netka, entertained fifty girls and two teachers from the Park Ridge guide the affairs of the club throughout the autumn, winter Autumn Bride school, at Ra- vinia-P ark, Thursday after- noon, July 8. Box and early spring are: Mrs. Dwight C. Orcutt, presi- dent; Miss Clara Harsh, vice-presi- dent; Mrs. Guy Stuart Bailey, re- cording secretary; luncheons were served, made up by members of the Winnetka committee. Mrs. A. W. Shaw, Lo- cust road, provid- ed the ice cream Mrs. William cones served af- Thrall, social sec- ter luncheon. retary; Mrs. Har- Eleven Win- ry L. Street, netka women as- treasurer. With sisted in enter- the exception of taining the girls, the newly elected Mrs. William A. president, who Xhrall, Mrs. J lives in Glencoe, Williams Macy, the officers are Mrs. Dudley K. residents of Win- French, Mrs. netka. Ralph Yager, Those in charge Mrs... George of arranging the Stanley Parker, programs given Mrs. Warren monthly in homes Crawford, Mrs. of the members Sidney F. Bart- will be Miss Clara lett, Mrs. John Harsh, chairman, Vennema, Mrs. and Mrs. Warner H. Robinson and Mrs. William Sherman Hay, of Winnetka. Mrs. Roland D. Whitman will serve as chairman of the artist-re- cital committee, assisted by the Mette. following mem- bers: Mrs. Sidney F. Bartlett, Mrs. Mrs. Asa B. Cooley, Mrs. Everett L. Harris, Mrs. Percival Hunter, all of Winnetka. LULL UTE TCR LL) Circles Arrange Picnic The Rosewood and Skokie circles will entertain fifty children from the Chicago Commons, at a picnic Tues- day, July 20. The children will be brought from Chicago by instructors, met at the station, and taken to Com- munity House, and then to the lake. Luncheon will be served, games play- ed, and the children will spend most of their time swimming. Mrs. W. F. Thiehoff, 1172 Hampton- dale road, Winnetka, chairman of the Rosewood circle, and Mrs. Richard A. Ballenger, 1453 Asbury avenue, chair- man of the Skokie circle, are in charge of the day's program. WOH GIETHIni uin Exhibit Portrait The portrait of Miss Beatrice Ripley, done by George Gibbs of Philadelphia, will be shown Sunday at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Ripley on. Indian Hill road. Mr. Gibbs, who is a writer as well as a painter, is doing other work in Lake Forest and Lake Geneva. Miss Beatrice Metzel October has been decided upon by Miss Beatrice Metzel as the time of her marriage to William Parish White. The engagement was announced last week by Miss Metzel's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Metzel of Kenilworth. Miss Metzel's fiance is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George E. White of Wil- Warneyr H. Rob- inson, Mrs. Ham- ilton Daughaday and Mrs. Sher- man Aldrich. Besides a lovely concert given by the orchestra, a group of Indians gave dances and told Indian leg- ends to entertain the children, who make their annual pilgrimage to Ravinia Park with eager anticipation. Their joy, we are told, is an inpiration to their hostesses. nn THT ann Yacht Club Popular Spot A spot attracting many members of north shore society interested in sports aquatic combined with hours of social diversion, is the Sheridan Shore Yacht club. There, every Saturday after- noon, the women members and their guests indulge in bridge games in the club rooms, followed by the serving of afternoon tea. Friday evenings, danc- ing is the attraction. Saturday's race will commence at 2:30 o'clock with the seven star boats of the Yacht club, the en- trants over a ten mile course to the Belmont harbor where the Chicago Yacht club makes its home. The craft will moor there over night, and at 10:30 o'clock Sunday morning, in com- petition with the Chicago Yacht club "pups," they will race over an eicht or ten mile triangular course. The Chicago Yacht club will be host at dinner Sunday to the members. LCT LETTE TT LTTE ATL HH The marriage of Miss Eleanor Semelmeyer to Duncan Jackson took place Thursday, July 8, at Santa Barbara, Cal. Old friends of Miss Semelmeyer and Mr. Jackson will remember them as residents of Glen- coe, now living at Santa Barbara, Cal. Members of Skokie and Guests to Hear Twilight Musicale On Sunday, July 18, at 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon, Rudolph Reuter, a figure of prominence in the musical world, will present a program at the first twilight musicale of the season at Skokie club. Mr. Reuter has been a soloist with the Chicago Symphony orchestra for the fifth time in the season 1925-26. From season to season the number of his concert engagements has steadily grown, so there is hardly a section of the United States where he has not successfully performed. His success in his European concert tours of 1922-3-4 has won for him ardent praise. The press of Budapest said to him, "We became acquainted with a splendid artist, a producer of tonal charm, found so seldom in the virtuosi of these days. Reuter's great asset is his ability to turn his great technical powers into things of musical and tonal beauty. An ingratiating style and a phantasy that climaxes without harshness." The press comments that follow his career abroad and in the United States are enviable. Program BOUPTEE™. a coir vereravs Baech-Saint Saens GavOttes a homens sever vee, Brahms-Gluck Caprice genre Scarlatti ....Paderewski Nocturne in F _ sharp ........s..- €hopin Berceuse ....... ves cdi dans Chopin Rallade in A flat ..iveeiiecinea. Chovin Valse limpide ev. . Salis, ..... E. Collins 1ayE ......s CFT TR AE MRR MacDowell Meloy icant... ciigh cous MacDoweil "Tiny TLil-li-tse" (from "Old China')... W. Niemann M. Infante Gitanerias Norrland Scherzo Jootus Land ..........cc00000000000n Scott TROIS vam nes * 3° «hound + 32m Tschaikowsky Staccato' Etude .............. Rubenstein SD A To Give Music Lecture Recitals in Winnetka Mrs. Thomas H. Mclnnerney will open her home, "Wynwood Lane," Winnetka, on Wednesday afternoon, July 28, and August 4, at 3:30 o'clock, for two lecture recitals by Lee Patti- son, who has concluded a series of four illustrated music talks in Lake Forest at the homes of Mrs. A. A. Carpenter and Mrs. Clyde Carr. The program at the residence of Mrs. Mc- Innerney will be a repetition of two of the Lake Forest lecture recitals, the first, "Chopin," the second, "Six- teenth and Seventeenth Century Music." The patronesses for the Winnetka series are: Mrs. Lyman Walker, Mrs. William C. Boyden, Mrs. Mancel Clark, Mrs. Arch Shaw, Mrs. Heyliger AeWindt, Mrs. Aueust Magnus, Mrs. Murray Nelson, Mrs. William H. Roehm, Mrs. William P. Sidley, Mrs. Mrs. Norman Harris, Mrs. William Sherman Hay, Mrs. Donald McPher- son, Mrs. Grant Ridgway and Mrs. James Simpson, Mrs. Rudolph Matz, Mrs. John W. Scott, Mrs. Henry Ten- ney, Mrs. Frank Bersbach, Mrs. Dar- rel Boyd, Mrs. William G. Hibbard, Thomas McInnerney. LC TET Mr. and Mrs. Markham B. Orde of Glencoe announce the engagement of their daughter, Margaret, to Brownell T. Bradstreet, son of Mr. and Mrs. Percy W. Bradstreet of Winnetka. Miss Orde attended Sweet Brier college and Mr. Bradstreet is a grad- uate of Cornell university. ITE