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N. S. ·Art League H11s . N otflble Paintings in E~hibit at Orrit~tlon Including in its entries a number of the paintings which formed a part of the recent successful art show of the Wom.an's club of gvanston, the first show of the North Shore Art league to be hung in Evanston is on display at the OrrinJton hotel Hung in· cooperative interest with !h~ art projects ~f the University guild, 1t IS healthful ev1dence of artistic effort that is being extended by talented and studious painter folk . of the north shore, and significant testimony to the possibilities of this section in the future, if the mid-west is able to keep at home its ambitious creators. There are a number of portraits included in the exhibit, in the majority, after .Jhe manner of the usual exhibit, the entries are landscapes, there are some purely decorative canvases, a few etchings, some attractive flower paintings and several bits of still life. It has its novelties, like every nonprofessional and some professional art shows, and there is · evidence of ex- owe PMture plctve that 1a oae o~ ·t~~eifii~--~~~~~~~m,.,ftll,~~;,;.:;·~; ,eriment in the newer schools of art ~teat of the emaller picture& Peras well as adherence to. the traditions. U.:: b':eR=.,.~=·whl~~ lin. Elisabeth IIIUant, for example, a valle~ ,uJai'e IIUI'I'Ounde4 by eoftl~ baa broken away from the time-honored clark backcrounda In portalture lD her "Portrait" of the woman In the American beauty cown, sketched ap.lut IIcht neutral baciQrround with fteah tonea almost white. Helena Challe Johnaon enters two oddiUea In her "Romance·· and "Milk Street." The former as a decorative arrangement of a pair of DreadeD china flguies which has unique fr&ml!f.:· the a..,tter. which was In the Woman · club show, depicts a chlld's place at the table-his luncheon dolly with lte amusing animal flgu~. his Brittany mug and the cow that poura milk. In her portrait, "NataUe," Sara. Croeby Buck has capitally employed the petunia shades wlth vivid scarlet and two distinctly different shades of green-jade and a Chinese-blue-green-and effected an lntereaUng study. Hazel Elwell shows a superior portrait In her '"Russian Peasant." a smlllng old lady In gay garb and a pose. after the fashion of some of the familiar Czecho-Slovakian paintIngs of peasantry. There Is another attractive "Portrait'" by Inna Koehn. full of color and vitality. Anita Willets Burnham In her ..Decoration'" offers a bit of bluff edge and grove with a fascinating flash of lake blue through the trees-a lovely little bit of landscape. A. F. Brooks, an old gentleman of 89 years, still active In his pursuit of painting, enters a soft appealing shaft of IUUDlintJl-; 811DIIhlne upon the 11ark. etorm-rl44en valley. Shades of eoft bronae-greene are beauUfuU~ blended In this. There 18 cUetlncUon In the ftower piC.. ture by Grace II. Haskins. "Spring Of· ferlng," In which lllace, white and purple, are combined with tulips and presented with much appeal. Edna Roceraon Cook otrers two entries, one the ap. Pro&ch to a Lincoln street house In Evanston, the other ~·At the Font.·· freeb and brilliant of color and forceful of brush stroke. Frank Peyraud baa two beautiful landscapes, and Jlargaret Calkins Taylor enters several of her paintIngs of housea and lanclBCapea that have a pec~llarly charming Individuality. Elisabeth Englehard enters two delightful etchings, one a "Susan baby"" at the b~akfaat table, the other a Skolde land· acape. This ezhlblt will hang at the Orrlqton untll .Saturday. It commands the Interest and encouragement of those to whom the cultivation and development of local talent have real meaning. I. F.D. a rifted _,. lettlnc clown a rolllng hOia and mountain lllopee, with ~ The Illinois reforestation campaign starts in 1928 with a quota of 1,000,000 trees to be planted. ------- . . the ver)' latest colorsSpecially· priced NOW BEING . SHOWN T Announcins The Completion oj Our EnlarseJ Evanston. Store by FLOOR-O-LEUM CARPET co. ..,. t i I A comprebensive stock of Silver - of Watches - of China and Glass- of Gold and Semi-Precious Stone Jewelry and of that distinctive merchandise so desirable for Gifts enables us to renJer a Greater Service to Our North Shore P atro~s ·we shall appreciate your visit to tLe New Store It will cost you nothing to have our representative show. you this new line of · carpettng. SPAULDING & COMPANY ]ewelers 1636 Orrington Avenue _ at Church Street, .Evanston PARIS CHICAGO 1007 DAVIS STREET EVANSTON '