The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-08-17
CnAUTAUQUA IS OVER

Closed last Thursday and Everyone
was Satisfied with the Program.
Coming Again Next Year.
! The Leon Chautauqua closed last
! Thursday night, and when the big
audience left the grounds it was with
the feeling that the Chautauqua this
year had given the very chest OF sat1s-
faction throughout the entire pro-
gram, and the unanimous opinion
was that the Redpath-Vawter System
had more than made good with all
of their promises as to the program.
During the entire seven days there
was not single disappointment, or
substitution. And when the question
was brought up before the assembly
as to whether Leon wanted another
Chautauqua next year, there was
great enthusiasm manifested. This
year the full number of season tick
cts were not sold, but the local COM
mittee made a full settlement with
the management. After discussing
the matter it was decided that if we
wanted a Chautauqua next year 1t
would be necessary to raise the price
of season tickets to $500, as there
seems to be just about SO many peo-
pie in this vicinity who appreciate
the splendid programs furnished at
, the Chantauqua. The question OF
pledging an advance sale of 700
season tickets for next year at $500
instead of 900 at $3.50 was quickly
settled, and when the Chautauqua
! closed Thursday night Manager
Merry announced that the required
number except five tickets had been
pledged, and these were secured the
next day before he left Leon.
! "Wednesday afternoon the music
was furnished by the Heimerdinger
Entertainers, and they were Hum
>; dingers'' as Manager Merry called
then. With music and readings by
Miss Alma Heirnerdinger they made
r, themselves very popular. Then came
rGatetta and his trained animals, and
it was the best entertainment of this
kind we ever saw. Garetta has ac-
complished almost the impossi BILE
! with his pets. He opened the enter
tainment With fine troupe of
trained dogs. Then 'Prince' dain-
ty and beautiful little Shetland pony
did all kinds OF wonderful things,
picking out flags and colors, counting
and other tricks But by far the best
part OF the program was the trained
thirds First 'Garetta brought out a
troupe of trained canary birds and
fIhey did sa1T Kinds OF bird stunts
Then came the big show, the trained
Brazilian macaws and Australian
cockatoos- These pretty and intelli-
| gen birds seem to have almost human
intelligence. They carry flags, push,
wheelbarroWs, ring bells, fire pistols,
roll hoops, perform on horizontal
! bars, and ended the performance by
storming and capturing a miniature
! fort, pulling down the enemy's flag
and raising the stars and stripes, and
; then when fire broke out, raised
| ladders, climbed to the top and
poured water on the flames. Alto
| gether it was a big show.
; In the evening the Heimerdingers
again appeared in a pleasing pro-
gram ana James L. Lardner gave his
popular ascture recital, RILEY and
the Common People," He is an actor
as we'll as an orator and his recital
of numerous poems of Riley were
fine, and zach one was used in bring
ing out point in his lecture.
Thursday, the closing day of the
Chautauqus saw the largest attend
ance of the week. The music for the
afternoon was by the Pugh-Riner
Co. and they made a hit from the
time they appeared on the platform,
as they are entertainers of first
quality. The lecture was by DR..
Charles L. Seasholes, the noted
Baptist divine, his subject being
1.-THE Man with the Pick He be-
gan by relating that he had a dream
in which he saw large boulder in
his path and by it he found a pick,
with this pick he broke open the
boulder and found within it food,
clothing and other necessary good
things. In his lecture he recited ex-
ample after example to show that
if men are willing to work and
overcome obstacles in their path
they can secure the treasures of the
world. The speaker in his address
covered a vast field of active men
who have acquired great wealth
through their efforts and intimated
that he himself had met with mis-
fortune but by diligence had struck
it rich. The speaker possesses fine
voice and his lecture was interspers-
ed with enough humor to make it
both interesting and entertaining.
Thursday night was advertised as
"Joy, Night and it sure was an
evening of joy. The Pugh-Riner Co.
are peerless entertainers. Mr.. Pugh
is good singer and clever actor,
as are also the two Riner sisters.
Every number produced so much joy
that the audience continually bub-
bled over, and when the singer and
reader finished there was encore af- i
ter encore, and the big audience
nearly wore the members of the
company out.
AS closing feature of the Chau-
tauqua there was little after meet
ing, at which Hon. V. R. McGinnis