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quite amazing and yet with such ease that the song seems to be no trouble at ail to sing. One of the things I have always admired in Lily Pons is that when she jumps Up .even to a D above, high C she always'.land.s squarely in the middle othe note, and stili a a rounded * fuli-.bodied tone. RrBs 'The first three records in the- al- bumn are 10 inch. the Éelections.,being Benedict's The Wren, two songs, of Debussey, Green and Mandoline, Hue's To The Birds, Liadow's Mu- sical Snuff-box, which, is dedicated to Lily Pons, Liszt's Comment Dis- aient-Ils?, Faure's Roses of Ispahan and Delibes',,Les. Filles des Cadix. The rema .ining 12-inch record is The Blue, Danube and Villanelle, theor- chestral accompaniment under the direction of Andre Kostelanetz, All o~f these nubers are performed with grace and charm but to me the most outstanding were the two least familiar, Liszt's Comment Dis- aient-Ils? and Faure's Roses of Ispa- -ban. The latter is sung with such quiet beauty that there is a hint of sadness in it. On the whole this is an album that one wilI play for one's granchildren in years 'to come when speaking of the great voices of "the good old clays." CiiflJr 5aVL As o mensi M cIDIute. They are. history making in that each is. uniqu iL i its way, the Italian exhibitioni because'it.is the first time, such priceless treasures, as Rap- hael's "Madonna of the Chair,"' and Botticelli's."Birth of Venus," have, ever beenï seen.in America, and they wi ll neyer be seen. here again. The: Italian government has made it' legally impossible agam to.-permnit their export to a- foreigncountry. The exhibition of "Haîf a Century, Of .Amician:Art" is unique i ýthat another fifty years must elapse be- fore uts counterpart -will'be seen, and al so because the 227 wo9rks exhibited have been divided. into five perio ds, each of ten years, fromn each of which have been selected represen- tative works. The past haif century naturally covers the most portenti- ous, the 2Tost pogrssive O apd the. most exciting period i the history of American art. Reminiscent of the golden days of the Century of Progress exhibition, crowds of people assembled at the operiing days of the exhibitions and literally swamped the attendants and guards at the doors. On the openmng day of 'the exhibition of "Half a Century of American Art" on Thursday, November 16, 7,073 visitors entered the institute-the 1/ ASKý YOUR DOCTOR.. ..SEE: OUR ROUT.EMAN J4,*awtLorn ffle/1o4iJ-,arn., DAIRY WILMErTE 114LI3 Plant: Skokie BoulevmA & ClveyRoad, HighlandI Park HIGHLAND PARK 3500 ENTERPIUSE 2223, maclie a beautiii recoraing of .iranz' lm Herbst and Schubert's lm Aben- drot. The former is sung with a quiet steady pace that makes it ail the more tragic; the latter with that gentle tenderness that only Flagstad More, vocal gymnastics are dis- p'layed in Rossini's Tarantella Na- poletana by Donald Dickson with R espighi's Nebbie as a companlon. This is the young baritone's first Masterpieces exhibition, .12,U tors icrowded into the gallerie Soloists, Chorus ýWill Sing With, Cbs. Chicago Symphony Do, You Kno' tha you can iva Christmas Clu4 ' Money . !ebruary 6; Ale on, riach 5, -an g, on Mareh, 19. er 1 UtH 5goWundt i- ore Overture delie."l rure, quarte; --mir )ar" and the Leon- II 3,al from "Fi- j ~ASSOCIATION 0F WILMETTE Charter.d and Supere4sed by the. United States Govems.aa 1185 WIU.ff. Avoua Teispbo.. WIU.ff. lSD I. e. steiui, on zuch.. on ý ý 1