The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-26

is heard each Sunday at the Flrst frt soloist. sN competent judges. Besides a daily pri- vate lesson, she joined the classes in repertoire and voice teaching.
 When she appeared on Saturday afternoon recital program, singing "Visi d'Art" from La Tosca, Chicago critics said she amply proved her right to the scholarship.
 On another occasion she appeared on a program presented at the Central the ater, singing a group of songs, when her singing was again highly praised by the critics.
 While there she was encouraged to go, in opera, and it is very probable that in Mrs. Shackleford the future will give Birmingham another star In the operatic Armament.
 KIibansky, sings after the type of Lois Grayure, so favorably remembered in Birmingham, using Gravure's Tip method. He emphasizes the use of con- sonants, and stresse diction. Mrs. Shackleford has received several cards from the master teacher since her res turn, mailed from abroad. One came from his beautiful home, Villa Rieter, in Burgstrasse. He urges her to con- tinue study, and spend the winter under his tutelage in New York, saying, You have the Voice. Work"
 While in Chicago she had the pleas ure of meeting many celebrities in the music world, among them the great Scharwenka, who was Mrs. Gussen's s teacher in Germany. Herman Devries, the well known critic, heard her sing by appointment, and assured her that her voice would command a price.
 Mrs. Shackleford is a native of Vir- ginia, and began her professional work as soloist in Richmond, where she was soloist at St. Paul's Episcopal church, the largest and richest church in that city. K. Flaxington Harker was or ganist and director there at the time. Marcus Kellerman, prominent singer and teacher, was then located in Rich mond, and she studied with him for some time. Later she had a winter of study in New York.
 Mrs. Shackleford has a most attract i've stage personality. While her freinds and music lovers in general here would be exceedingly reluctant to give her up, they feel and know the future holds bright prospects for her, and that ere long she may be called into opera,
 City Planning At Allied Arts
 At the meeting of the Allied Arts club last Monday evening, Frank Hart ley Anderson, Birmingham architect, held the attention of the members with an excellent talk on City Planning. He used as basis for his remarks Warren H. Manning's City Plan of Birmingham saying; "The art of city planning is most directly concerned with an abili- ty to so analyze the problem as to dis tinctive qualities, either of geography, occupation or commerce, which when developed, will tend to make each separate individual city the most dis tinctive example of it's kind" But a plan is not enough, he insisted, A public civic conscience must be aroused, so that when people have begun to love and cherish their home town, there will be unity of effort in the adoption of plans or future civic development.
 He used charts to illustrate his talk, and showed one map of the city's small area in 1871, and another of what it may be in 1975-one of the nations greatest in area and importance. He emphasized the fact that parks pay, and said that increased park acre age per thousand population decrease the mortality rate by a greater pro- portion. He spoke of a plan for a scenic highway parallelling the mineral railroad on Red mountain, and other park plans where the city-wearied could get a chance to breathe country air,
 He spoke of the civic center, of the Ramsay plan, of memorial tower as another feature still to work for; the new city hall, library, and art gal lery; and stated that Birmingham has less money to spend in operating the city than any city in the United States near its size. Birmingham has far too small a proportion of home owners. Mir. Anderson was formerly connect. ed with Warren Fl. Manning, world famous town planner, of Boston, in his Boston office, and it was at MT. Man ning's recommendation that Mir. Ander' son came to this district with the T. | c. I. company during the war to pre- pare plans or the industrial towns of Westfield, Fairfield Heights, and Chick asaw, so he was able to speak with authority on this subject.
 On tomorrow evening the club will meet in the Administration building where a beautiful exhibit of wooo block prints has been arranged, and George | 0. Oakley, New York artist and au. thority will address the membership.
 At a meeting in the near future Mrs. Jerome Vandiver will read Ed. where a beautiful exhibit of wood block prints has been arranged and George
 ALICE GRAHAM