Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-08
CARRETTA ANO
PETS PLEASE ALL
PROGRAM YESTERDAY AFTER
NOON WAS ONE or AMUSE-
MENT AND INTEREST.
LADIES ADD TO FUN
Heimerdiroer Entertainers Offer an
Excellent Diversified Program
Miss Alma Heimerdin0sr
Talented Reader.

The program at the chautauqua furn
ished nothing but genuine amusement
for the large crowd in attendance yes
terday afternoon. It was . pleasing
diversion to leave the serious and
Notwithstanding lectures for time
and indulge In smiles and laughter In
duced by pleasing entertainment. And
| the children were not the only ones 70
! catch the spirit and wreathe theil
faces In smiles at antics OF the educat'
ed pets on the platform. The grown.
ups" greatly enjoyed themselves, des'
a feeling Of uneasiness and uncomfort'
ableness.
Garretta and his pets were the cen
ter of attraction yesterday afternoon
and they made . great hit with the
large audience. Garretta has succeed.
ed in bringing animal intuition into
wonderful development Of reasoning
powers and the feats which his dogs.
birds, and above all the little pony
Prince performed were simply
marvellous.
Heimerdingers Please.
The Heirmerdinger entertainers also
met with favor. Miss Alma Heimer-
dinger proved an able and pleasing
reader and the several readings which
she gave yesterday afternoon display
ed her talents. She was forced to en-
core q number of times to satisfy the
audience. Her associates proved them
selves very clever on piano, violin and
xylaphone.
Dogs Lead or.
Garretta commenced his program
with his troupe of poodles, which have
the appearance of little ball Of fur
but for the fact that the clippers had
tickled their rear pedal extremities.
The feats of these little fellows were
really amazing, and far above the U.s.
ual stunts of the CANNES seen In
regular dog and pony show. They do
everything but talk and their con-
scious bungling of the masters en-.
deavors brought many q peal OF
laughter.
prince" the diminutive horse
was next put through his feats which
were equally as astounding as the
canine troupe. Prince picked out any
handkerchief which was placed on .
rope before him that the audience
might call out. regardless of color OF
position. He would also unite
handkerchief from any one OF his four
legs as easily as II he were possessed
of two hands. This was not all Of the
little fellows feats. He would count,
add, subtract, divide by the pounding
of his fore hoof upon the platform
and tell the number the audience
might see At to call out.
. - Birds Arc the Best.
~ Garetta's birds are by far his great
est attraction and their feats reflect
great credit upon him as their trainer
and master. A large troupe Of sixteen
cockatoo's perform one neat and diff
cult trick after another, some OF which
seem to be almost beyond their In
stinct. Garretta presented = number
OF macaw birds, their bright plumage,
beautiful in Its blending OF colors
bringing forth many q murmur Of ad-
miration. Not . few ladies were Ask
ing themselves the question, wouldn't
that wealth Of feathers be perfectly
lovely upon my hat?' There are but
few of these birds in captivity that
have been, trained to do even the
simplest feats. Garretta's troupe Is
considered among the best in the coun-
try.
AS a whole GarrettAs entertainment
proved most pleasing and many would
have been glad to have had him re-
main last evening and put on more OF
the tricks Of his pets.