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-I aL %- iLJ - . A %p A.a1) _#J " - .Makig ber home with her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Earle Poling, 913 Greenwood ave- nue, Hubbard Woods,_ this winter is Miss Martha I*elen Heirich, a young mem)ber of the faculty of the. music school at Knoxville college, Knox- ville, Tenn., whois on a year's leave of absence. A graduate of the.conservatory of musie at Oberlin college in- piano and organ, Miss Hein- rich obtameéd a leave of absence so. that she znight remain ini Chicago and do accompanying for, Maria. Kurenko., the conçert artisti at b er spécial reqluest. Several days a week she wül be engaged in this work for Madame Kurenko and her pupils, and also wil devote somne of her time to coaching i vocal accompaniment.> Miss Heinrich was born in India where her father, associated with thé United Presbyterian board; was engaged i directing rural projects along with government help. There she attend- ed an English schôool h the Himalayan moun- tains together. witb other American and English children. Her study Included work in an ex- tension department of. the Trinity College of Mu- sic i ngland, the British Dominions sending out spécial exammners and supervisors for the The Iast year in this school, Miss Heinrich won~ the AIi-India prize in mnusic awarded for 8uperiority over afl music students in the British schools ir. India. Then followed a year of travèl, first in Egypt where her father did extensivr- lecturing, and later i Europe. UJpon arriving in this country she entered the Oberlin conser- vatory for five years. lier musical experience includes church organ work, some in Oberlin, and some in churches in Pittsburgh, Pa., and Knoxville. While stay. ing here this year ber program iucludes study pmipan in~j~&3A ZiJixro, .nio, wiire iie *ivead e- fore ýcoming- to Winrietka. Connected with the Victor company, he was also responsible for taking Chicago opera to Akron upon several oc- casions for gala performape.es. A ccompounist K- "Yellow Strawù Hat'. the above photo- graph of a wbater color by Fritzi Brod, Chi;- -cago artist, i., characteristic of the exhibit. of water colors, etechinga and drawingÉ by, Mrs. Brodl now hanging in, the, main cor- rider of NVew trier High achool. Philadelphia Symphony' Opens N. U. Concerts For the fifth consecutive'yeam, the University college -of Norlhwetern univemsity is coutribut- ing to Chic ago's musicallife a concert series. the arrangements of these outstanding mnusic eveuts. The pogram, for this first concert of the- series wili vcousist of flach's Suite No. 3 iD major, Beethoven's Symphony No. 1inl C mninor, and Brahms' Symphony No. 2 in D major. This .year the Philadelphia Symphony orches- tra is celebrating its 4th anniversary as 'a musical organization. It began i 1899 when eighty, Philadeiphia musicians, conducted by. Fritz Scheel, gave two concerts. So successful A ntûnber of very different and educationa 1 art exhibits have been hung i the corridor of New Trier High school the last few years, under the sponsorship of the art department, of which Miss Catherin.e-Murphy is heid, but probably none quite as likely as the present to stimulate iriterest in the future of American art. In what direction are present art trends. de- flecting? In, the general directions taken by Fritzi Brod, the spirited and* original Chicago' artist whose water colors, etchings aud drawings are imcluded i the current exhibit, at New Trier?' The incorp,,oration of myriad texctile de- signs. (mostly flowers) in, ber pictures, usually on - the garmneuts of- women whom- she is so fond of portraying, and prominent hands are some of the most. indelible impressions-gained. Added to ail this is an elemnental daring ini figure drawig which few of ber conte mporaries are sufficiently uuinhibited to attempt, despite all that modern instruction bas attempted to, do in freeing the créative faculties of artists. Fritzi Brod is. flot afraid to make fat women look really fat, to emphasize bomely features, an~d, occaslotially, if necessarY, >tô show the ravages of time on a few faces. This does flot mean she favors the ugly or sordid. Bright, uplifting, almost carnival gaiety prevails in ber color schemes, and the frequent repetition of flower motifs in ber designs adds to a, sense'. of, elation. Mrs. Brod was boru in Prague and received her art training in Czechoslovakia. She camne to Chicsago as* a textile designer, and a few years later burst upon the Chicago art world. at the Grant Park art fair. Included in the show wnetnem uis 'n genious creative tiare will. go ou to better and better art forms, it will be- iuteresting to see. Fritzi Brod, it would seëém,> is still refining, SURf forniulating, stifl further seeking to unify and clarify ber ovu particular style- of painting. Show Painting by Four Miss Martha Helen Heinrich, pianiat and organist, on leat'e of absence from the music faculty of Knoxville college, Knoxville, Tenn., is living inl Winnetka , *is winter while doing accompanylng for Maria Kurenko, concert artist, and a number of her pupils. D mi- Jniver- son- of fer or wiltmette. in piano from rrequently seen in out the country. e ,bLr is *yar, the pieture ast week on the covers of tbe and the WILMETTE LIFE. Mr. one the paintings for several in past years. A weil known ;t and illustrator., bis wôrk is advertisig circulated through-