Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-24
Y, N. 6. A|. COURSE
HAS BEEN SELECTED
Association Will Put on Series
of Eight Entertainments
During Season
EXCELLENT TALENT SECURED
Famous AdoIph Hahn Festival Or
chestra, jackson -sammis Company,
dorado Taft and President H. H..
seerIey, of State Normal Among the
Number-course to be Of Eight Num-
bers.

have been closed With the bureau 1Or
the eight companies, or lecturers, as
the case may be. The committee which
is the best and largest course ever put
on in this city, and among the array of
talent can be found some artists and
companies, as the Adolph Hahn Festi-
val Orchestra, Leonora Jackson, Lor-
ado Taft, the sculptor, to say nothing
of such men as Hon. Walter NJ. Chan
dler of New York, and Presi-
dent III. H. Seerley, of the State Nor
NAL school, who have even more than
a countrywide reputation.
Roughly divided into three groups the
course will consist of three high class
musical numbers, three lectures. and
two so-called popular numbers. This
has been done, that the tastes of all, rs
nearly as possible, might be satisfied
Owing to the cost of su#h an array
of talent, the price for the season.
tickets has been advanced from 81 to
$1.50, and at the latter price it Will re-
quire a full house at each conoer1 to
however, has one more number than
usual. The single admission tickets
for the concerts will be thrty-1ive,
fifty and seventy-fve cents, excepting
for the three heavier numbers. Or
these the Adolph Hahn Festival Or
chestra comes the highest, and single
tickets for it will be fifty and seventy
five cents, 81 and $3.50, and for
dorado Taft, the lecturer, ald the
Jackson-S ammis Company. fifty and
seventy-fve cents or 81. The fee for re-
serving seats will be either fifteen or
twenty-five cents for the entertainment
according to the metho usel by the
purchasers, as the double p'an of last
year which proved so satisfactory viii!
be again employed this fall.
The Musical Numbers.
Foremost among it's kind and at the
head of the attractions, with repu
tation that extends beyond the limits
of the United States, stands the
.Adolph Hahn Festive Orchestra, of
thirty instruments, and three special
soloists. This orchestra is conceded
to be the best and highest priced num-
Der exclusive of the Chicago orches-
ira ever booked by the association.
All but one player in it are regular
first part players of the Cincinnati
Symphony Orchestra, which is one of
the four greatest in the country. Hell
en- Garter Mcconnell is the contralto
soloist with this orchestra. The single
admissions for this concert will be
from fifty cents to s1.5O, according to
the seats.
Next to the Hahn Orchestra comes
the jackson -,Sammis Company, head
ed by Miss Leonora Jackson.
probably the most distinguished
lady violinist in the country.
With her is Sibyle Sammis, a
soprano of great power who for sew
eral years was the soloist with Brooks
Chicago Marine Band, and Mr.. Charles
E. Clarke, a most excellent baritone.
and Alexander MacFadyen, pianist and
accompanist.
Miss Jackson has played in all the
large cities of the continent and has
appeared in recitals with such stars
as Melba, Nordica, Patti and Paderew-
ski. She has been. coached, while in
Europe, by the great Bohemian master,
Sevcik, the teacher of Kubelik Sew
eral years ago Miss Jackson and
dppCdlSu pClOIS d Sludll dQ
dience one hot summers night at the
Presbyterian church, which was said
by those who attended, to be the mu-
steal event of the year.
Second only to the DISBURSEMENTS
Company is the Lulu Tyler Gates
Company. another of the musical fea
lures. While musical number, this
entertainment contains many of the
popular features, including besides
Mrs. Gates, reader and baritone, Mr..
Walter B. Hall; violinist, Ebba
Hjertstedt, and accompanist Grace
Gilmore.
The Three Lectures.
First among the lecturers is dorado
Taft, one Of the country's first sculp-
tors. Those acquainted with this
branch of art need no introduction to
him. The subject of his lecture will
be "a Glimpse of a Sculptor's Studio,
or How Statues Are Made" Mr.. Taft
has statues from his studio decorating
almost all Of the larger cities of the
United States. He is an instructor in
the Chicago Art Institute, and brings
the interior of the studio with him
onto the stage, and models and moulds
with clay, while he talks.
Hon Walter NJ. Chandler, of the
New York bar, another of the lee
turers, will lecture on "The Trial Of
Jesus From Lawyers Standpoint"
Mr.. Chandler is practicing attorney,
and last year proved the best drawing
lecturer put out by the bureau. He
is brilliant, polished speaker of ex-
cellent presence.
The third lecturer. President II. II.
Seerley, of the State Normal School,
of Cedar Falls. needs no Introduction.
His lecture will be American Schools
and American People" 1t was this
lecture, or rather, but small part of
it, which created such stir and made
such an excellent impression with the
members of the Searchlight Club. be-
fore whom Mr.. Seerley spoke last wins
ter.
The Popular Numbers.
To please the public taste for some-
thing popular and catchy, the follow
ing two numbers have been included
in the program: The Tyrolean Yod-
lers and Concert Company, and Car
ter. the Magician. The former is an
organization Of singers and yodlers