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ing the performance in an appearance a n Guild theatre, in New York City on Sunday night, Decemiber 18. Cecil :Smith of -the Chicago Tribune said of the dancer,. "For1 a number of years Miss Martin has devoted, herseif unremittingly. to the. per- fection of the Spani shanedir she has chosen to :make hier own.. Last night she- established, herseif as a genuinely accomplished danc-. er, sure in'her command of, ber body, and successful -i projecting b er moods, and movements force- fuliy out into the audience. ... Miss Martin' s compositions go. far beyond mere folk dance pat- ternis intheir scope.anidform. She. achieves a good continuity and fluency of movement, so that each single dance is cumulative in effe -C er. auienjce beconles more cons cious of the total in. oôd of each dance than of passing de- tails of technique, although ber footwork is dainty and precise and her use of her whole body suipple and communicative.", Mrs. Martin is the first to intro- duce into traditional Spanish dances "motion o! moveiTent," mhat modern note which ernphasizes color variation of castanets and helwork in- addition to the old g prano. and Janice O'Harra Rogers. harpist. -Miss Bernstein gave a àroup of traditional Hebrew songs accompanied on the harp by Janice O'Hara Rogers. Miss- Shearer was accompani.ed by organ, harp and violin. shire lane. A collection of 1vrs. nKetci1aL' s wuizK is on'display in the second floôr corridor of the building until. school closes for the Christmnas bolideys. Although she excels in her, portrait work (crayon sketches, pastels,. orý oils. usually of. children or young peo- pie). her v*ersatility is expressed in the landscapesand stililiEfe paint-. ings in, the.exhibit. Two cyclamen plants standing before a window are done iith f cility, a strong sense of c olor andf fine feeling, for their drooping, graceful stems and heavy. blossomrs. Peonies and big splashy dahliasare the subjec't of. other 'stili lifes, and a brass jug and oriental figure the center f interest in a fourth. Always the artis.t seems to obtain with littie or no effort* exact likenes,ses of the things she is painting. It is. of course,. this skill at cathin lkeness which m-akes her S so Successful at portraits. Natur- alyv the pictures o! her own daugh- S ters. Joan and Cynthia, are the rnost emphatic and startling in their life-like qualities. Mrs, Ket- chani is not afraid to rnake paint- ings of people beautiful and ap- Ipealiing. and the one painting of tJoan and the two of -Cynthiai ( Jerry)ý are excellent exampes of this charm. choreography but the music whuun she bas cornposed on authentic gypsy guitar rn'elodies. An original gypsy tango and an Aie grias thus created will be features of her pro- gram. Mrs. Martin's youth was spent in Cuba, and later she studied iii Spain with the leading mnasterS of t.he dance. Not content with re- n~rucring nnly folk dances, she has Hlazelet. and Paul Clovixs. Jr. In the landscape group is one in- teresting treatnent of many tree trunks. the tops and branches not shown: much bright color of vani- ous kinds is used' and the effect is a striking one of light and shadow. Branches of trees aiong the banks o! a snowbound stream !orm an in- teresting pattern in a winter land- scape, wbile sumnmer runs miot in a small farm scene tpainted àlm-ost go Symphony orchestra, ýr thedirection of Edgar Birch as organist. WILMETTE IFE