Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-07-11
Saturday and Sunday Marked the
Final Days of Successful
Series of Entertain
ments.
THE INIM1TABLE BOB SEEDS
Frank Dixon Sunday Afternoon and
VIM. Rainey Bennett in the
Evening.
THE 1N1M1TABLE BOB SEEDS

The Strollers strolled into Chau'
tauQua Saturday afternoon, and in
quality and volume their welcome
grew until, late in Sunday evening
the last item on the program closed
this years Chautauqua. The new
singers appeared on the program
first in Highland kilties with pro-
gram of Scotch songs as their pre-
Jude to the lecture of Col. Bob Seeds
The lecture proved to be American
humor set to Scotch music, and the
combination pleased. A male quar-
tette is always popular, and The
Strollers fulfilled the time worn ira
dition. They sing together, and
their close harmonies sometimes are
set of with the sparkle of humol.
The second tenor, Mr.. Whitehead,
also plays the violin, and the heavy
rich bass of H. P. Thomas is the
background of all the fine musical
effects wrought by The Strollels.
The finish of The Strollers' singing
has been greatly appreciated by the
tents full of people who have heard
them these last two days of Chau-
tauqua.
Bob Seeds! That is all of him
that can be properly reported! His
face makes you laugh. He arrived
Saturday and passed on, but we are
all laughing yet! His jolly face adj
vertises his fun. He calls his lecture,
1.-The Mistakes of Life Exposed" but
his lecture is not one of the mis-
takes! The title of his lecture is as
good as any other he could choose
on which to hang the aggregation
OF witty jokes and hilarious sallies,
the quips and quirks of homely hui
NOR and of pertinent philosophy
with which he entertained the big
Chautauqua audience on Saturday
afternoon. The lecture was con-
venient and fictitious string on
which Boz Seeds strung his pearls
of fun, and everybody wished that
the string were longer and that his
witty jokes would not come to an
end.
Bob Seeds jokes! Their collector
is a Pennsylvania farmer. He de-
clares that in Pennsylvania God
made so much land that he had to
stand much Of it up on its edge. The
jolly farmers face radiated optimis
tic happiness as he declared that his
farm is so steep that his cattle fell
out of the pasture! Of the long face
OF certain ancient types of religious
folk, Bob Seeds declared that it was
not religion such people had got but
dyspepsia. Concerning the children
of his own family, Bob declared that
he would not take millions for any
one of them, nor pay five cents for
another! Speaking Of mankind, the
lecturer brought down the house
when he declared that when he said
man he meant woman, because man
embraces woman! If you laugh
while you are eating you will never
die of dyspepsia, declared the gen.
ial orator and he added, mot as long
as you Hve!" 1t was a full minute
before the hilarious laughter moder-
ated enough for the speaker to pro-
coed. Mr.. Seeds propounded the
conundrum: How far can a rab-
bit run into the woods?' "Just half
way!s was his answer. eff he runs
further he will be running out!'
1.-The worlds all right. It's crack
erjack, its daisy Of world.
Laugh, and the world laughs with
you; snore, and you snore alone!"
was a sally that convulsed the great
audience.
Bob Seeds was great on hens.
They are the only things that make
a fortune laying around, he declar-
ed. "Ive raised many chickens" he
cried. After a suggestive pause he
added, With fork" Speaking the
eulogy of the little American men.
Bob Seeds cried in sprean eagle ora.
tory style: May she 20 On to glory
and renown, and nay re: cor asver
set!"
The funny storie. u he lecture
were many Of them Of ancient WHIT
age, but on Bob Seeds tongue they
seemed fresh as newly laid eggs.
Moreover, they seet.ed natural and
we're much to the poipI of what he
wanted to say, which IS more thar
IAN be said of many Of the jokes
leard on this years platform.
the lecture was pervad-