The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-10-04
WATTERs0N is ON The LIST
Noted Editor Will Be Here
on the Night of Nov. Is.
INDIAN BAND GOOD ATTRACTION
Lyric ,GIee Club; Ernest Way Oneai;
Kellogg Party; Mrs. Isabel
6eecher,, Admission.

Citizens of Mankato are to be pro-
vided with an exceptionally strong
course of lectures and entertainments
this coming season of l907-O8 by the
Young Mems Christian association who
have by this means endeavored to sup
uly this city with good and whole
some pleasure and profit at a very
low cost. Since the Youngs Mems Chris
tian association took hold of the course
six years ago such men as LaFollette,
Hobson. Denote, Riis, General Howard
Vending and others have been here
and given their message to the people.
This coming season the leading lee
ture will be given by the weelknown
citizen, Mr.. Henry Watterson. Besides
him, there will be five other exception
ally strong numbers; In providing this
city with such high grade of entertain
ment at prices ranging from one dol
lar to two dollars for six evenings
they are to be commended for doing
a great public service. Parents are
puzzled over what entertainments to
permit their young people to attend,
can overcome the difficulty by buying
course tickets and save much money
by doing so.
List of Attractions.
Following is list of the attractions
and their dates which will compose
the coming seasons course. A twenty
four page pamphlet giving complete
information concerning the talent will
be ready for the public next week.
Monday evening, Nov. 4.-The United
States Indian band, the only profess
sional Indian band in the world, with
James Riley Weelock, fullblooded Onei-
da, as director. Professor Weelock, the
leader, is we'll known throughout the
east where he was formerly director
of the Carlisle Indian University band,
and later as the director of the profess
sional Indian bands that played at the
prominent expositions and summer re-
sorts of the country. Since 1908 when
he had his present band at the st.
Louis exposition, where his work COM
pared favorably with the best bands OF
the country, he has toured the entire
country and presented his band in
concerts in the leading musical centers
and has met with universal success.
His band is composed of twenty-six
Indians representing twenty different
tribes. All the men are graduates OF
some school and can both read and
write good english They are the only
real American band.
Watterson Among The Number.
Wednesday evening, New. l3-Henry
Watterson, editor of the Louisville
Courier-Journal, and prominent Ameri-
can citizen, will give his world fame
GUS lecture and tribute to the martyred
president, Abraham Lincoln. Never since
the days of Webster, Calhoun and Clay
has such oratory been heard as given
by Watterson when before an audience
that packed the immense Auditorium
at Chicago on the anniversary of Lin
coins birth few years ago, when
for over two hours he held the audi
ence spellbound with his matchless
tribute, and this from one who had
been a confederate soldier and states
man.
Friday evening Dec. l3.-Lyric Glee
club, Arthur Scott, first tenor Alvin
Jones, second tenor; Paul Archibald,
baritone; Thomas G. Polk, basso and
Mary Agnes Doyle, specialist in Irish
dialect and literature known as the
"Coleen Bawn" of the lyceum. The first
part of the evenings program will be
regular quartet and solo work with
readings and the last fifty minutes
Ia sketch of Gilbert and Sullivan's
comic opera, "The Mikado." This lat
ter part is done in costume and is
making tremendous hit.
New Man in the Field.
Thursday evening, Jan. ERNEST
Wray Oneal, preacher and lecturer will
give his popular lecture on Popular
Fallacies." Rev. Oneal is recent adj
dition to the bigger lyceum field and
his work is being well received every
where.
Thursday evening, March, 6.-The
kellogg Haines Singing Party, Miss Julia
Bruer, soprano; Miss Jenneatte Fodde,
Contralto; John Eichenberger tenor;
William A. Goldberg, baritone and Will
liam James Breach, pianist. This COM
pany is made up of professional sing
ers of exceptional merit, and have been
drilled in their work by Mrs. Kellog
Haines and several leading opera stars.
They appeal to the best patrons of
entertainments. They present a strong
program of songs and also give as q
portion of their evenings work several
scenes from the leading and best eng
lish operas, in costume.
Wednesday evening, April 2.-Mrs