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40 WINNETKA TALK July 30, 1927 VISTA DEL LAGO IN PRE-OPENING EVENTS (Continued from Page 1) Vista del Lago was open early to permit the members and their guests to indulge in a bit of inspection, before the evening's entertainment began. That inspection was a jaunt devorgh old Spain, with a bit of California in- fluence to brighten things. What they saw was this: Esplanada Big Feature A long esplanada, which interpreted from the Spanish means a prominent walk, with a mission bell tower over a big room, the lounge at the south end. In the center of the west wall a nook in which hang three mission bells augmented by a typical Spanish fireplace depicting Cervante's life of Don Quixote. To the right of the en- trance to the lounge there is a Span- ish fountain, imported and unique in tile design. Enter the lounge and there is Spain brought to America. It is called the Sorolla lounge and on the walls are copies of the famous murals done by that famous painter. But there is more. There is a great Spanish casque, and on a pedestal there is a miniature Spanish ship of the trader type. Then there is the furniture and that too is of Spanish design. A stroll north on the esplanada brings one to the grill. Very near the entrance to this room there is a typi- cal Spanish window, reaching the floor. In the grill there is Spanish furniture and on the walls are posters of fam- ous bull fighters. Over the door there 1s a bull's head in fancy colors. A stairway leads from the esplanada to the first floor, where are found the I ker rooms, outside of which there is a long walk called the embracadero. That is Spanish meaning a wharf ex- tending into the water. This walk doesn't do that, but the unit itself is so close to the lake that that one on the esplanada could easily imagine he was over the water. The kitchen is at the north end of the embracadero. Encourage Life in the Open Dotting thé 'embracadero and the beach are tables and chairs and vari- colored parasols. To encourage life in the open, the club has arranged to serve meals to those who happen to be in bathing suits. Everywhere one looks there is found Over the arches on the embracadero we read San Luis de a Spanish name. | | Vista del Lago Club Which Stages Gay Pre-Opening The Sorolla Lounge Francia, Santa Ynez and other names. Those are famous .old missions of Spain. On the floor of this beach level there have been painted grotesque and amusing pictures. The inspection at an end, the even- ing of entertainment began. An orches- tra produced gay music while vari-col- ored flood lights played on the beach. Miss Isabel Cline, soprano, Tecently connected with Ravinia opera, sang several songs and won applause. Span- ish songs were sung by El Senor Don Alberto S. Gutierrez, who has just completed a tour of the United States with the Orpheus Grand Opera Con cert company. Other features which rounded out the program were a vol- leyball game between gaily bedecked girls in bathing suits on the beach, a burlesque bull fight between two young men, and Mentora, the Spanish dancer: After the entertainment there was dancing on the esplanada. View of Vista del Lago Beach wy be ne The Esplanada Cosmo D' Almada Baritone, Sings Before Students Cosmo D'Almada, baritone, an inter- national singer who is vacationing in America, contributed his talents to the National Kindergarten and Elementary college for its closing assembly of the summer session on Thursday of this week. Signor D'Almada will return to Italy in the autumn to continue his engage- ment in opera both in Milan and Rome, and later in Cairo, Egypt, and Spain. He is now an American citizen and one of whom Americans will be increasing- ly proud. Because of his Spanish blood he is, perhaps, more at home in the music of that country, although he sings in several languages. His con- certs over W. G. N., the Tribune sta- tion, have introduced him to the radio audience and those who have met him and heard him at close range pro- nounce him an inspirational singer of great excellence. Signor D'Almada's program Thurs- day consisted of seven groups of songs in six different languages, the Italian, German, Spanish, English, Latin, and French, and included many old fav- orites. President Baker and the college faculty held a reception in honor of Signor D'Almada immediately after the musicale when the guests of the col- lege were able to meet the artist. Mr. and Mrs. Fay O. Smith, and their family, of 848 Spruce street re- turned to Winnetka Sunday. They had spent three weeks at Pelican lake.