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For Miss EVe|IS
A GIFTED SPEAKER.

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Miss Katherine EveIts Gives an Excellent
| Performance.
Miss Katherine J. Everts has, TO say
the least. the gift Of self confidence. She
did something last night that many an
orator or elocutionist assured by long ex,
perience of the public favor, would not
have dared to attempt For one hour
and thirty.fve minutes without any inter
missions, she delivered, unaided, her
dramatized version of "To Have and to
Hold" When one considers that the or
dinary platform lecturer is called long.
winded If he occupies more than an hour
Of time, the magnitude Of Miss Everts'
undertaking may be imagined. The
large audience was as quiet toward the
close Of the selection as at its beginning.
This alone is volumes of praise for the
speaker. A high wind at times threat.
ened to interrupt the proceedings, but
died away without seriously discommod.
ing Miss Everts. The young lady had
three things in her favor last night. Frs,
Of all. she is an excellent elocu,icnist.
Her voice adap,s itself easily to the diff
ferent characters portrayed and in any
phase carries easily 10 the tarthest cor.
ner OF the auditorium. At the close OF
the selection it was fully as strong as il
had been at the beginning Her enua.
cia!ion is very clear Gu. and perfect and
makes her very easily understood.
Another thing in her favor was the
selection tina, she had chosen. Ever since
Mary Iohnson's prisoners of Hop."
enjoyed so great a run OF popularity,
anything that that author might desire
to place before the public would be
assured OF respectable hearing. ITO
Have and To Hold" accordingly was
treat to most OF the listeners last night
Miss Eyert's dramatizatlon of the book
is remarkable piece OF work, and she
had no difficulty in getting her auditors
interested in the fortunes OF Ralph
Percy and Lady Jocelyn Lee. Once
Interested, they followed the footsteps of
these Characters throughout. From the
opening scene in the meadow. where
Lady Iocelyn is bought for I2o pounds
OF tobacco, TO the last scene OF final for
giveness. the attention never tagged.
An exceptionally good biz OF work and
one that perhaps made the greatest i'm
preston, was the rendition OF the rescue
in the haunted wood.
Last, bus by NJ means least. Miss
Eyeris is very good looking. Her ap.
pca,apce on the platform is graceful
and winning. something that can no. be
said OF most Of the clecutionists of the
day. 1t will be strange, indeed. if Miss
Evct.s does no. become favorite with
ChautauQua audiences.
The Chau.auqua grounds were almos.
deserted today while the visitors touk in
the various excursions tha. were offered.
There are no sessions OF the summer
school he'd on Wednesday. and from the
number who went to the mountains, this
midweek vacation day appears to b.
very acceptable. Pro.. Larimore man
aged an excursion to Boulder falls which
left here early in the morning and did
not return until late this evening, Eighty
Chautauquans went on this excursion 10
saY nothing Of strangers and ,ownsp:o
pie. Every mountair rig in town tia.
would hUld more than two people was
needed to take the crowd up the canon.
The fai: sex were greatly in the majority
and in fac: formed almost the entire
party, but here and there some young
man would be seen trying to look as
though b, were enjoying himself. All
the excursionis.s reached home safely
except a few couples who preferred their
own company exclusively and took
single rigs. These are not expected to
return until after dark. The Colorado &
Northwestern also hauled tour car loads
to Ward and Mont Alto.
For this evening, after the band con-
cert and orchestra have had their in.
nings, an unusually attractive program
Will be rendered. Miss Irma Haight
will sing The Lorelei;" Louis Rischar
will give Musin's "Mazurka de Concert" :"
! Miss Mabel Sharp will sing "My Heart
at Thy Sweet Voice." from Saint Saen's
opera "Samson and Delilah," and DR.. J.
Raymond Bracket will give his intense.
lly interesting lecture on the Develop
.men. of the Style of Raphael" Those
who have not already heard this lecture
or seen DR. Brackets collection of liant
ern slides. have no idea OF the treat in
store for them.
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