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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 17 Nov 1928, p. 29

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_. emcee fg November 17, 1928 WINNETKA TALK 27 Christmas Mail to Foreign Countries Should Start Soon The "overseas" holiday period of mailing begins about November 15, and in anticipation of an increased number of international parcel post packages being mailed from that time up to the end of the holiday season, the Post Office department advises north shore residents who wish to send Christmas presents to foreign countries to mail early, The following list of dates shows approximately the latest date of dis- patch from New York of articles in- tended for delivery in foreign countries at Christmas time, it being suggested that the mailing of articles be made in advance of the dates indicated: List Sailing Dates Argentina, December 1; Australia, November 9; Australia (Sydney only), November 24; Austria, December 8; Azores islands, December 4; Bahamas, December 20; Barbados, December 16; Belgium, December 14; Bermuda, Decem- ber 22; Bolivia, December 6; Brazil, De- cember 8; Bulgaria, December 10; Cape Verde islands, November 21; Ceylon, November 28; Chile, November 29; China, November 26; Colombia, December 13; Costa Rica, December 12; Cuba, Decem- ber 22; Cyprus, December 5; Czecho- slovakia, December 12; Danzig, Decem- ber 12; Denmark, December 12. Dominican Republic, December 15; Ecuador, December 8; Egypt, December 5; England, December 14; Estonia, De- cember 8; Finland December 8; France, December 14; Germany, December 14; Gibraltar, December 10; Greece, Decem- ber 8; Grenada, December 15; Guade- loupe, December 6; Guatemala, December 18; British and French Guiana, Decem- ber 7; Dutch Guiana, December 1; Haiti, December 14; Honduras, December 15; Hungary, December 12; India, November 21. Bombay (only), November 28; Ireland (Northern), December 14; Irish Free state, December 14; Italy, December 11; Jamaica, December 19; Japan, December 2; Latvia, December 8; Lithuania, De- cember 8; Liberia, November 17; Luxem- burg, December 12; Madeira, December 5; Malta, December 11; Martinique, De- cember 6; Manchuria (Harbin), Novem- ber 18; Mozambique, November 17; Netherlands, December 14; Netherland East Indies, November 12. Newfoundland, December 19; New Zea- land, November 23; Nicaragua (Blue- fields), December 11; Nicaragua (Cor- into), November 29; Norway, December 8; Paraguay, December 1; Palestine, De- cember 5; Panama, December 15; Persia, November 21; Peru, December 6; Philip- pine islands, November 26; Poland, De- cember 8; Porto Rico, December 20; Portugal, December 10; Rumania, De- cember 8; Russia, December 8; Salvador, December 18; Scotland, December 14; Siam, November 18; Siberia (Vladivos- tok), November 16; Sierra Leone, Nov- ember 23; South Africa, November 21. Spain, December 12; Straits Settle- ments, November 18; St. Kitts, December 6; Sweden, December 8; Switzerland, December 14; Syria, December 5; Trini- dad, December 15; Turkey, December 10; Turks island, December 15; Uruguay, De- cember 1; Venezuela, December 12; Vir- gin islands, December 15; and Yugoslavia, December 10. Art Institute in Tribute to Franz Schubert's Work In regard to the universal homage being paid to the great musical genius, Franz Schubert, on the one hundredth anniversary of his birth, every organi- zation having anything to do with music or musical instruments is called upon to assist in commemorating the event. The Art Institute of Chicago responds with pardonable pride when it calls attention to the fact that for nineteen years it has been giving two concerts every Sunday afternoon dur- ing the season, in Fullerton hall, at which Schubert's melodies, with others, have been constantly on the program. In the Institute's museum collections there is also a rare and valuable group of musical instruments, known as the Alice E. Getty collection. The collec- tion includes 110 musical instruments representing more than thirty different countries. Among these are many un- usual primitive instruments. There is a lyre from Madagascar with a resonator made from a human skull; an Ethiopian horn made from an elephant's tusks; an Ethiopian harp of the type used 1500 B. C.; a Lama trumpet from Tibet; a Sulu xylo- phone; a Borneo drum used in mar- riage ceremonies; a one-string fiddle from Siam; an Italian pochette, or pocket fiddle, formerly used by danc- ing masters; a French hurdy-gurdy; an Eighteenth century Spanish guitar inlaid with ivory; a Florentine mando- lino; a Chinese sheng, (a forerunner of the modern pipe organ) with twenty-one bamboo pipes and only eléven notes; a soung or boat-shaped harp from Burma, said to have be- longed to a Burmese princess; a hand drum, or budbudika, from India, used by snake charmers; a vina or bin, with gourd resonators; and a sitar, a fa- vorite musical instrument of India, having a body of ostrich egg shell overlaid with wood, inlaid with ivory. This interesting collection will be found in Hutchinson Wing, Gallery H9. 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