Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-02-01
Farm LOHNS
5 per CENT. interest once a
y6dr, 500 optional payments
with Davenport Savings Bank.
CHARLES BHGL6y

1t is understood that Rev. Samuel
Krell will give lecture from stereop.
ticOn views of scenes in the Philip.
pines under the auspices of the w. r.
c., sometime in the near future. He
will lecture at Melville Center Febru
airy 18th and 9Th and on the 9th and
10th at Bethel. There will be an adj
mission OF 10 and Is cents. 1t will be
of interest to everyone and his MANY
former friends will be glad to learn
from him the true conditions of that
country and the manners and customs
OF the people.
The Catholics are going to hold a
Fair on February o. % and "a in the
Court House Hall. The Fair is to be
one of great magnitude and one that
will surpass anything of the kind ever
given in Audubon Plans are all per
fected and completed and committees
appointed to make it success. Frank
Reinemund and Ed. Prick have enter
ed the field as contrasting candidates
in which the most popular one is to
receive gold watch, the decision be-
ing given to the one that receives the
most votes. A like contest for a $50. 90
silk dress is between Miss Verge Will
son and Miss Julia Mcclure. These
novel contests will be watched with
much interest by the friends of the
parties. The proceeds of the dinner on
the last day, Saturday, are to be given
to the Ladies' Columbian Club and,
we understand, added to the library
fund. This Fair is not an enterprise
to merely benefit the organization but
is one in which the town will be bene-
fitted, for the proceeds go for the i'm
provement of the church.
In attending lecture or entertain
ment where the performer comes
recommended very highly we too often
expect too much, but those who at
tended the third of the lecture course
given by the Columbian Club at the
Presbyterian church last Tuesday
evening, expecting an evening of rare
entertainment received it. Those who
went seeking that which was not ad-
,vertised may have been disappointed,
but all agree that the representations
were excellent. Mr.. Edward P. Elliott
stands with few peers in the arena of
lmpersonators. His appearance shows
natural ability coupled with training.
His style is pleasing and forceful. His
gesture graceful and artistic. His
facial portrays with rare initiative
ability the characters he represents.
Christopher Jr. is comedy with a
wide diversity of characters, but Mr..
Elliott gave each one freshness and
originality that completely captured
his large and appreciative audience.
Every phase, every shifting scene
showed immense versatility in the
actor. While he took all the characters
well, all seem to agree that as the faith
er he surpassed all others and showed
the greatest power 1t was an evening
rich in amusement and the cultivation
OF imaginative word picturing. The
artist breathes life into the dead canvas
and turns forth a beautiful picture
And SO Mr.. Elliott breathed upon the
audience his matchless versatility and
peopled the stage with strange new
characters, backed by the strength of
the master. The ladies are to be CON
graduated on having secured such
talent for our city. The next will be
in March, when DR.. James Hedley, the
famous speaker and orator, will deliver
a lecture.