Show A IRENE less than ten years ago this chi cago violinist of polish descent made a professional debut that brought enthusiastic paragraphs from metropolitan critics says ad vance press notices of miss St who will appear in the stake taber nacle on friday night jan 19 today she has thousands of devotees who declare that she has no superior among the women violinists of amer lea ica the ovations which she has re calved in chicago cincinnati new york and columbus have been rivaled in sincere enthusiasm by smaller but no less appreciative audiences in tit hundreds of other widely distributed communities where she has appeared unquestionably irene St Is a marvel violinist in her audiences have sat some of the most severe and critics and the universal comment has been superlatively complimentary bhe she seems to hold her audiences under a spell of musical wizardry and enchantment her numbers are played with masterly touch and her violin evokes remarkable tone pictures her playing Is much like a man a in its strength ard Urill ty but her art puts into her rendition the delicacy that only a auw guiran ail can attain miss Is capable of giving not only the great sonatas and con on bertos but also the smaller and fre irs more popular numbers her descriptive pieces have been the sub eject of frequent comment her classical music Is played deftly remarks one critic but it Is when in the encores she gives the old familiar numbers that she steals into the in faer lier most recesses of one s soul no one rejoices more thoroughly in miss s success than does director harry dimond of the metro poli conservatory chicago to x him she gives much of 0 the credit for the success which she has attained for several years he as her teacher k and this one time concert master of the chicago symphony orchestra was among the first to acclaim her one of a the ral musical sensations of the present generation appearing with miss shy are mr george B imbrie baritone and miss magdalen massmann a capable piano soloist and accompanist remember the date friday jan 19 for this great number don t tall fail to take it in v |