The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-17
N. DAKOTA CHAUT AUQUA
BETTER THAN BEFORE
Attractive Programs of Music and
Literary Features Whole
some Sports.
Special to The Journal.

Devils Lake, N. D., June 16.-Ths
North Dakota Ghautauqua, opening here
On June 80, and closing on July II, win
be greater and better this year than
ever before. Never in all its history
has a program been offered that includ-
ed musicians SO high in their profession,
artists so skilled in technique, enter
ers so marked in their feld-o thought.
To the great intellectual repasts pro-
vided is added the pleasure of bathing,
boating and swimming. The Chautau-
qua is especially interested in the chill
dren. The boys 'and girls clubs are for
the little men and women who attend
the assembly. No feature of Chau-
the work of the kindergarten. No tut
ton is charged, only small fee being
collected for the materials used. The
Misses Maud and Ruella Stevens are in
charge Of this department and are as
sisted by Miss Alice Thompson, pupil
Of the Chicago school of kindergarten.
The Chautauqua park is one of ideal
kept as near to natures designs as
possible. The aquatic pleasures are un-
surpassed. The great body of water
which the Indians called Minnewaukan,
meaning esprit Water is the last
remnant of the great inland sea of post
glacial ages.
Special Days.
Several thousand full-blooded Indians,
many of them having been participants
in the Indian wars and outbreaks
against the whites, will be camped on
the shores of Devils lake and will again
put on the war emblems and live over
again the days preceding war expedi-
tion against their enemies. Unless
change Of date becomes necessary, the
held on July IL. Other special days
are Grand Army day, July 10; Scandin-
avian day, July Il; field day, July IL.
The W. c. T. U. has for many years
held an annual institute at the Chautau-
qua This year it will be held on July
8 to IL inclusive, and the national or
ganizer and lecturer. Mrs, Mary E;
Hopper, will be present. DR.. Edward
L. Parks viii have charge of the Bible
school again, and Margaret J. Blair OF
the University of Minnesota, will con.
duct a two-weeks course in domestic
art.
A physical culture department and
literary and scientific circle are among
the features.
Entertainers and Lecturers.
The entertainers in part will be the
Byron ITOuDduOurS. the " fCallananS,
popular dramatists; Edwin Brush, ma.
gician; Phoebe Mao Roberst, reader;
Elma B. Smith, child impersonator; Pitt
Parker, humorist; the D. w. Robertson
moving picture company; Professor Pa
mahasika s fifty animal actors; William
I. Nolan, hpmorist; Miss Anna NJ. Sam
uel. impersonator.
Among the lecturers engaged are
President Worst of the North Dakota
Agricultural college; DR.. A. W. Lamar.
Professor D. LANCE of st. Paul, Belle
Kearney of Mississippi. Bishop Hartzell,
President Jailes j. Hill of the Great
Northern road, Major General O, O..
/ Howard, United States Senator Elmer
j. Burkett of Nebraska, Frank 81. Leon
ard of Boston, Mass, Christian Scien-
tist; Alton Packard, cartoonist; and B.
B. Haugan of Minneapolis.
Among the vocalists are Mrs. c. ii.
Bronson, late of Berlin; Ednah F. Hall,
the Sappho ladies quartet and the Lin
coin quartet. Miss Mary Cairns of the
Conservatory of Music of Oberlin. Ohio,
has been engaged as accompanist. -