Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-16
SELECTS 1H[ COURSE
Railway Y. NJ. c. A. Decides on
the Entertainments for the
Winter Season.
Washington Can Not Be Secured,
and Riis Selected in His
Stead-The List.
Course Will Cost More, by $500,
Than Any in Associations
History.

Inc entertainment committee OIL tne
Railway Y. NJ. c. A, at meeting held
Saturday night, decided definitely upon
course. The list is an excellent one.
seven in number, consisting of three
concerts, one impersonator and reader
and three lectures. Booker T. Wash
ington can not be secured, as was
wish by the patrons and committee
alike, but in his stead the committee
has been fortunate in securing Jacob
A. Riis, the noted reformer and social
settlement worker, whom Theodore
Roosevelt has called the most use
full citizen Of New York"
The committee and Secretary Eel
bingham have worked harder than u.s.
ual in planning next seasons course
and have met many obstacles. The
idea was to secure the best, even if it
might be necessary to incur more eX
pense than in previous years, and
compel a slight advance in the reserved
seat charge. The first consideration
of the committee was the ACCESSIBILITY
and possibility Of securing Booker Il.
Washington for the leading lecture
and the Theodore Thomas orchestra
for the principal concert. The com
mittee was q unit for these two num-
bers alone would be 5000 greater than
any other previous entire course. There
We're conditions, however, that the
committee demanded, and these condi-
lions would not be listened to by tho
or the Chicago musical organization
The requirement of the committee in
the Washington case was that Mr.,
Washington should promise a definite
date for his lecture, and with the or
chestra that Theodore Thomas should
conduct the recital. Mr.,
T. /. WATSON, of the committee, had
a personal interview with Mr.. Wash
ington last week in Iowa City, and
to the committee at the Satur-
day night meeting that the colored or
ator's answer was evasive. Mr.. Wash
ington is combining his lectures largely,
or as much as possible, to localities
where he can secure endowments or
assistance of some kind for
his school, the Tuskeegee Normal anc
industrial Institute, at Tuskeegee, Ala
In the matter of Mr. Thomas directing
the orchestra upon its appearance here
1T was learned thru correspondence
that Mr.. Thomas will not, under, any
leave Chicago and that
the recital would be in charge of the
assistant conductor il secured AS
date more than two or three week,
m advance, and then possibly not at
all II was decided best not to incur
the increased expense for the lecture.
IN view OF Mr. Thomas refusal to act
the same conclusion was arrived at.
In Mr. Washington's place in the
series OF lectures the committee has
secured Jacob A. Riis, of New York. for
MS lecture en- THE Battle With the
Sum-" The lecture will be Illustrated
with stereopticon views made from
photographs taken both night and day
oy Mr. Riis himself in the different
tenement districts and slums of New
ork, while acting in the capacity of |
police reporter for the New York Sun.
AS substitute for the Thomas concert |
he committee has secured four of the |
soloists of the Thomas orchestra for a
grand concert. The personnel of the
aggregation is Bruno Steindel, the ia
nous celloist, who, for three years,
prior to his engagement with Thomas |
lcted as celloist for the Philharmonic
Club of Berlin; Mrs. Steindel, pianist;
Mrs. Marguerite Wunderle, harpist; |
Mrs. Clara Trimble. soprano.
The opening number of the course,
n October, is T. P. Brooke's Chicago |
Marine orchestra, of twenty-seven
pieces and the third concert will be by
IN aggregation of fifteen musical art
SITS from the bureau of fine arts, Chi
ago. The ensemble comprises triple
quartet, and with the company are
hree soloists. The concert will be I'M
Ter the personal supervision of Nine.
Johanna Hess Burr. who will also APP
year on the program.
The other lectures of the course will
'e by Hon. Jonathan Prentss Dollver,
# FIT. Dodge. Iowa's junior senator, and
I L. Harbour, of Boston. editor of the
Youths Companion. and author of
ONE 700 stories published in that
ournal the st. Nicholas Magazine an6
Iarper's Bazaar. Mr.. Harbour's lee
ura will be of humorous character.
The entertainer of the course this year
will be Isabelle Garghill Beecher, who
S considered one of the best imperson-
tors and readers before the American
,ublic today. In selecting Mrs. Beech
r the committee took as her chief rec
the fact that out of 100
tiles in which she appeared last sea-
on ninety-eight have made requests
or her return again this year.
The course is certainly all that the
.atrons could desire and at the end of
he season the committee is of the be-
ef that the general opinion will be
hat it is the best in the history Of the
ssociation. 1t will be more expensive,
v $780, thar any previous course.