October 25, 1929 WILMETTE LIFE 4S Dawes' Return Gives 1· Renewed Impetus to World's Fair Plans Fresh impetus \\·as given to the plans for Chicago's Century of Progress exposi tion by the return {rom London o n a whirlwind vis it of General Charles G. Dawes, United States ambassa dor to Great Britai n, and chair man of the world's fair finance com- I mittce. The ge neral's faith and pride in the ""nrld's fair proj ect wa~ he st exprcs-;ed in a statement made to ncwspat,er men at the railroad station, \\'hen. after l explaining that he \\'as here o n pn\'att' and \\'Orld's fair busines s, he declared : : "It gives me great pleasure t o bt ! back · home for a time-it is always a ~r<:at pleasure and a great inspiratiO'It to return again to the imperial citY 0f I Chicago." t ~t' neral Da \\'es, upon his arri,-aJ, re iuscd t o make any s·tatemcnt rt'garding tht· \H1rld's fair until he had had time t< ) iamiliarize himself \\'ith the dctaib , ·i all the. developments. there han IH.: l·n since he left Chicago ior hi ·: post at the Court of St. Jame:-;. The economic and sociological impllrtancc of Chicago's ~candina\'ian citizeus \\'as stres~ed in an address bY Hn ins C. Dawes, pre~idt· Jlt ni 1h.c W(1rld\ iair, at a luncheon gi\'tll at tlH . Ta\'Crn Club in honor oi Proi. Carl :\I ille!', of the Stockholm Fine . .·\rts , . \ cademy, hy the Joint Scan dina rian nnmcil of the Chicago \\'orld's Fair . ' :\iter pointing out the many high I ,,ftices held by c·itizen s of Scandina,·ian origin, ~Ir. Dawes de-clared that "You ran tell your people at home that one : nf the greatest exhibits they will see ; at the world's fair in 1933 \\'ill he tlw : progress and success achieYed hy their · t~wn people. There will be plenty o · · rotHn at the exposition ior your art. ,-our sc ience and all oi . ynur culture_ ! \ \' e wi II need a ll o i y0ur know lcdgt' 1 and that of the other peoples oi Ettrt)pe to ma 1 {e the fair the greatest the · wnrld ha s ever seen." 1 I I i 1 1 1 Plan Return Engagement of American Opera Co. : The American Ope r a l\m1pany ~1a :; met such an en thu siastic popular n·ception in th e two-week en~agcmen t whi ·h i it concludecl at the ~Iajcstic theate r. ('hica~ro. Saturdav night October lf). I' that ,~tans have aiready ~een made for a return date next s·pnng. That fJcr 1 has made known by ~Ir s. \\'atler Bor- 1 r!cn .. president ?f the Americat~ Oper:1 Soctety of Chtcago, Inc.. whtch h;1-; spo n :-~o r ed the appearance of the cot~l pany. .M r s. Borden expns~ed her sc· lf as high ly pleased with th e reception accorded tht: company by both press and public and a s anxious that the hu~J dreds who have been turned away fro'm ,·arious performance s of the la st tw ;) weeks be given a!wther opportunity !0 I :->ee their favonte operas done 111 English under the ma ster touch nf \ ' ladimir Rosing. Ultimately, it is the unspoken hope of many interested in opera in English, that there will b~ a ptrmanent company estahlis~ed it! \hicago for that purpose. Ch1cago s nn portance as a center of musical expression and. development warrant s it, matw believe. I For the Season of Opera we present in the Second Floor Salon a distin9uished collection of Evening Gowns , Interpretive Style Originations bg ~[rs. James :M. Kraithefer. ~frs. Fred \V. Harvey. and Mrs. Charles A. Barton motored to Delafield, \V;s .. Tuesda v of this week to visit Jam es Krafthefer and Gregory Barton, and other Wilmette boys who are attending St. John's Military academy. Mr. and Mrs. Karl D. King-, 914 Greenwood avenue, motore(t last we ek to Cleveland, Ohio to visit Mr. King's brother and his family, the Charles Kings, returning to \Vilmette on Monday. -o- JU:'fl YORK 1 600 MICHIGAN BOULEYARD, SOUTH I cmCAGO 0. ..... . _ . . . , at 731 Llaeola Road wiD epea *·t Deeember lith for the Soathera Resort Sea.-