The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-08-22
OskaIo0sa ChautauQua
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REPORTS OF THE 1912 ASSEMBLY

burg and cornet and clarinet duets by
Miss Goodelle and Miss Willoughby.
Miss Kirkner added to her laurels as
a reader and received repeated en-.
cores. One of the most pleasing con.
tributions was the, redition of THE
Holy CITY," the, eornet solo being
taken by Miss Goodelle, - with the &C.
compartment of the orchestra. The
whole concert was thoroughly enjoy
ed by one of the largest audiences of
the chautauqua.
Mondays Fine Program.
Monday is usually an or day in
Chautauqua life, but although there
were no lectures or entertainments
during the morning hours, the balance
of the day was filled with exceptional
ly strong talent. The program so far
has been one of extraordinary merit
and as a rule the various entertain
ers have been heard by large audi
ences. The management this year
have been very fortunate in having
: a large sale of season tickets and in
some repsects this fact has come as
a surprise but on second thought the
reason must be evident to all. The
Chautauqua Is now located within the
easy reach of large numbers who in
previous years could not attend on &C.
count of the distance. Then again
the fine new auditorium has proved
aotf IN nj
practically all of the talent are loud
/ in their praises of the acoustic prop
critics and the other conveniences that
are now at hand. The first half of
the program is now past and we
know what it is and. the last half
promises to be just as good, If not
better than the first If you have en-.
joyed the talent so far, you surely
cannot afford to miss the last, as 1t
may be the best of the feast.
Tuesday the full work of the chau.
auqua was again resumed after the
rest of Sunday and part of Monday.
The people seemed to be helped and
benefited by the rest and entered
into the work of the last week with
great expectations. In this chautau-
qua there has been no big days-no
best days, as all of them have been
exceptional in their merit and the tai
ent has been so distributed that some
of the best talent has been kept to the
very last. Miss Edith NJ Nichols con-
tinued her talks on the Elementary
Work of the Sunday School at 1000
a. M and at 1O:45 Madame Mount
ford gave lecture on the birth and
childhood of Jesus Christ.
| On Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock
Madame Mountford gave her very in.
teresting Interpretation of the twenty.
third Psalm. These lectures are most
important and are being we'll receiv-
ed by the people. Madame Mountford
, is a native of Jerusalem and her full
name Is Lydia Mameroff Won Finkel-
stein Mountford. This gifted lady
will remain during the balance of the
chautauqua and will speak on various
features of Bible History and will op-
en- up to the people newer and clear.
er meaning to this sacred book.
Afternoon Session.
The Chautauqua Ladies' Orchestra
opened the session with one of their
popular preludes and rendered six
numbers and one encore. Miss Kirk
er also recited a popular selection and
received an encore. This young lady
has made quite hit with the people
during her stay in Oskaloosa. Her
selections have been well chosen and
her dialect recitals have been particu-
larly happy and pleasing. Mr.. Charles
r. Taggart, the Vermont Yankee en-
tertainer, occupied the remainder of
the afternoon session with his unique
and varied entertainment. He first
presented a German music teacher,
playing the piano with one hand and
keeping time with the other. A char
acter sketch showing Mark Twain
being interviewed by reporter from
the Daily Thunderstorm; business
meeting of New England school
GARD was held and the vital question
of throwing out dead languages was
seriously considered by the members.
| Then came a character sketch of
an old Scotch violinist and his inter
view with a book agent. This gives
an idea of the general character of
this entertainment and interviewer In
these selections were various imita-
tics of bird calls, the Scotch bag-pipe
on the violin and musical descrip-
ton of Poes Raven" Ventrlioquism
was also made use of and then Aunt
Betsy" entertains the new minister
and lastly gave several samples of
trick" playing on the violin, using
the instrument in diuerent positions
/ The entertainment was interesting,
varied and indicated the great versatil
4 ty of Mr.. Taggart in his chosen
work.
Evening Session.
The farewell appearance of the
: Chautauqua Ladies' Orchestra was In
the prelude of the evening. They
gave two selections of a popular char
acter and received an encore. Miss
Kirker recited and also received an
encore. A beautiful selection was
then given In which Miss Goodelle
rendered cornet solo. which was
much appreciated. BY special request
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