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nity of meeting every one else. Games wert also ptayed and enjoyed, w aiding in tbe sociabilîty and informai- ity, and nione.'of the women feel at al 'new" after thîs. With the stage set like a beautiful liv- ing .room, with floqwers, armn chairs, -and lamp the two artists of the afternoon t feit 1Irnmediately at home and at . iaeI by the programn presented to It -by Ru- doijh.Reuter, panist, and James Arthur zikimunds, barltone. lirs. Geoig-jIirving 7 B&Il, chairman ôfý the munie department, gracefully Introducedthé two 'men, .who more than lived up to the anticipation of the Neighbors not only by their remark- able artistry 1)ut also by their delight- fully hunian and- Informai pers. raities. The limpid purlty of the. Bach Chorale was balim to tired nerv es, and -waià an exquisite openlng for the afternoon.. Mr. Reuter has a mont engaging inanner of speaking about the. unusual numbers of his groupe, and before playftg 'the two Weber compûsitjons, reniarked that he 'i eels theyr are unjustiy negiected. Al- thlugh he nt!a 9 o~ f the roaîantic pe- rIareas' mi tome when ptayed in their entirety, single movements are most attractive and shoiiid be ofts-ner performed. They should, wh-n played as Mfr. Router plays them! Mr. Edmunds, accownpanied with exquisite sympathy by Emily Archibald Merril. possesses more than hus share of good looks and quickly won his way Into the hearts of hie listeners by al.3 rich, full, emootil volce, bis perfect enuncla- tion~ and his lovely songe. One forgèts wjiiie listenlng to hlm that it 1, a voice singing, for It ta, guch a beautiful me- dium for expressing the meaning of the songe preeented, a fiawless vehiele for hItorpretiing fine words. The, clarity cf Haydn, the eômbernesof the Schubert anuber,, the passion of the Schumann, Ml,. R outrgmave a mranficet inter- andChae second "Fgue"as oeduber uatlen*MrJohnIlMr da'to upa, nd thsondeietrifed tere audience ybisIbid ar. Reutergaov-e m odniems.It sreomed thaf he couidFlot ' Playentins mCore prfIythan*Fuuea o ume th ciassicists, but It Is as a player of the modemn music that Mir. Reuter outdoe himself. The Franck was a giorlous tran- sition from the oid to the new, s0 the con- trast between a Bach and a Debussy waà, not too sudden, and great. ..... Mfr. iReuter oxplainedtii. "tango" of ~ Schulhof, wheIltkewtise wiote the much- 9 , disputed "Kitten on the Keys,"l as being ~ ~ : an examplo of the ulta-modertl, and as such should be listeui.d te wIth Interet and patience. Mfr. $chnliof la vot7 much anl et4Oist a4nd moernist iln music and4 le very popular abroatl and Piayed a great dealIniiipublie, His mu- >*:; ê stc 18 entiir l issoant adwt n ........ the ex4reme an fu or à hng.se stuce the dgys t i51l sg, the a'wltz, as ..IM- 111 whe e f te fr 1itae Woiuid Of Io...... ..........hite grliudfolde, wtad roanos the mststl.och sefn. lue piang. ¶l wieniaus the Srausms-i terealmost lfemithe lu teir boutyf sud grat ce.ut Ioey a sculdiitl éteiradSzs140ad3- othàsdt onyaStrussy. It writeandMelnhPikhl-ad hie wIII fniMrhReatr a uedton e foe, aId lenft thed wetathleeplasud etla- eaustesf our addixi 6,00 he scial Théo ands erfoe r- qaefott urpent goe arision ofeire. en tai s u ilaned s1-0ad3- thrattusttpuenonmaculins in theimet w r frn ,plinSl leI theeefl the n eraev ader hiaWause. of1» evrydepartment. ever could hope tobve. Z f~ #