The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-31
CHAUTAUQUA
Friday Afternoon.

INC pieluue vi Tue AFTERNOON was
given by the Chicago Ladies. Or.
chestra, and they rendered "Orpheus'
| by Offenbach as an overture and this
was followed by flute solo by Miss
Cramer THE Humming Bird" Ted
Snyder's Medley" The War Songs OF
the Boys in Blue, The Sweetest Girl
in Paris" violin solo by Miss Lutz
by request and the program closed
with Rossiter's popular selections
from current operas. These young
ladies are all gifted artists and their
music not only indicates extensive
practice, but wide acquaintance with
the musical world as they can take
up any piece and render it with the
skill and enthusiasm of an expert.
They are. not only musicians, but they
are all ladies, and their personal be-
havior is as charming as their music.
The lecture by Senator Thomas P.
Gore, of Oklahoma, followed. Senat-
or Gore was introduced by Postmaster
George True and his subject was sup
posed to have been Social Duty" but
after the general introduction he
gradually drifted into a discussion of
the political features of the day and
the peculiarities and eccentricities of
the tariff. Intersperscd and inter
woven in his talk was vein of humor
and fund of stories, which held the
audience in good nature for over an
hour and half. His address seemed
to reVOlye around three main points:
first, the character of our citizens;
second, the country'S institutions and
its laws, and third, the character of
the country. Under these heads he
discussed immigration and the chang
ing of the foreigners in to Americans,
the great special interests of the
country and the privileged class, the
great question of direct and indirect
taxation, reciprocity, international
peace, the initiative and referendum
and last, but not least, the possibilit-
les of the next presidential election in
1912. He was interesting and humor-
GUS and held the crowd in close at
tention, though there was too much
politics injected to suit many of his
auditors.
Friday Evening.
The closing evening of the Chau-
tauqua is at hand and the woods
which now vibrate with life and vital
ity will soon be quiet and forsaken.
The prelude was a forty-fve minute
presentation of the work of Prof. Eng
lish and Miss Newton. The features
presented were largely the same as
those given in the morning, but not
so extensive. The prelude opened
with a tent and scamp fire scene on
the platform and at a given signal the
Indian braves returned from various
directions from their hunting trip, and
they had joyous Indian dance
around the camp fire and related the
incidents of their trip and while this
was going on, suddenly they were at.
tackled by the scouts and after the
confusion and excitement had cleared
away 1t was found that the Indians
had been driven off and the scouts
were in possession of the camp. The
entertainment given by the scouts
were the various gymnastic and physi-
cal culture feats seen in almost any
thoroughly equipped gymnasium and
comprised exercises in hopping,
tumbling, walking on all tours. somer-
5aults and other tricks of a like char
acter. This was followed by pyramid
building in different forms ana a box
Ing match, the contestants being plac-
cd in barrels. All of this afforded
great entertainment to the audience.
Miss Newton came on afterward and
presented folk song and drill by six
young girls dressed in Japanese fash.
ion. Two young ladies rendered vocal
solos, and seven Indian girls also took
part, and the last was a folk song and
drill by six young girls dressed in
white with red, white and green sash.
es. The display altogether was unique
and very interesting.
The closing concert by the Chicago
Ladies' Orchestra was a request pro.
gram and comprised twelve selections
from their extended collection of ov-
ertures, grand and comic operas and
their medley and patriotic music.
The ChautauQua this year has been
great success and as far as we know
has given universal satisfaction to all