The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-08-20
ENGLISH MUSICIANS
PROVE MOST POPULAR
Hand Bell Ringers Prove the Feature
Of the Assembly at Lacrosse, Wis.
REV. DR.. HOPKINS LECTURE,
We'll Known Divine Talks on the Gold
en- Fleece.
Lacrosse, Wis, Tribune, Monday,
July 81

LACROSSE, WIS, tribune, MONDAY
July 81
The big C%hautauqua is to come to
Lacrosse again e year. Manager
Panzlau announced last night that up
wards of 500 tickets were signed for
and assurances from others that would
Bring it up to the required 1000 neces;
sary to meet the Redpath-Vawter con-
ditions.
The Lacrosse Chautauqua rounded
up with n program that would have
done credit to any first class lyceum.
Almost every number was above the
average grade and the high standard
was more than maintained to the last.
The concert of the Royal English
Hand Bell Ringers was equal to any.
thing which ordinarily would have
cost from rs cents to $3.50 for seats.
This artistic company won golden
opinions ON Saturday in spite of the
fact that M of their number vas dis.
abled through an accident at Eau
Claire, in which a finger was crushed
under n of their huge trunks. The
eight players looked quite attractive
in their uniforms as they formed three
sides of a square on the platform with
III scientifically constructed bells be-
fore them. These bells are not strung
up to be struck on the outside, but ev-
cry bell is picked up and every note
is separately operated by the players.
This hand bell music is not altogether
new. A quarter of a century ago a
company of Swiss players visited this
country and since then an English
company, the story of which was writ
ten for the Tribune and published ON
Saturday. The charm of the music
must be heard to be appreciated.
Whether in the performance of some
classic Of Mozart, Meyerbeer, Weber
or Wallace, or a simple air like Aud
Lang Syne' or as an accompaniment
to a vocal rendering of Annie Laurie
1t is irresistibly attractive.
The present company was organized
about ten or twelve years ago in Eng
land and since then has won all the
laurels at the great annual contests
in that country.
The Redpath Bureau in their quest
for the best they could find for their
Chautauqua circuits brought this COM
pany over at great expense and they
will be heard in many a city during
the coming weeks.
On Saturday afternoon these bell
ringers captured the crowd at the
Chautauqua in a half hours program
and in the evening they held the great
assembly s%pellbound as they presented
"Heliotrope,' THE Dawn of Life"
and others. Merry Bells with it's
tuneful presentation of English chimes
fairly won all hearts. Variety is CIV
en- to the entertainment by the COM
pany's vocal quartette, which is of
such excellence as to win frequent re-
calls.
This band of young Englishmen will
certainly find a warm welcome in
America. We suggest to them that
they will meet with a still prompter
response if they appreciate the Amer
lean sense of humor and throw into
their encore numbers a little more Of
the life and wit of pretty little songs
and rounds, especially in their quar-
tette singing.
Or. Hopkins Great Talk.
The platform on Saturday afternoon
was given to the Rev. Frederick Hop
kins, the well known topic preacher
of Englewood, Chicago. His chosen
subject was The Golden Fleece"
based upon the mythical story of
Greece-the story of the Hellespont,
The lecture held the crowds in close
attention for an hour and a half. DR..
Hopkins does not think in a groove. He
holds independent views and he pro.
claims them in an independent way.