Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-09-10
fine COURSE
IS SECURED.
List I High Glass Attractions to be
Offered to the People by the
Ladies Of Methodist
Church.
MOST EXPENSIVE YET GIVEN
AList Of the Numbers and the Dates
Upon Which They Will
be Given.
MOST EXPENSIVE YET GIVEN

course for the coming fall and win
ter; to be given under the auspices
of the ladies of the Methodist
church, have been secured and the
dates and other arrangements are all
completed. There are to be five
numbers on the entertainment
course this season, as follows:
The Russian Balalaika Orchestra.
Oct. 10.
Congressman Victor Murdoch.
Nov. Is.
The -Four Artists Company, Dec.
IL.
The Bergen-Narx Company. Jan.
%.
Phidelah Rice, March Is.
The opening number of the
course, the Russian Balalaika Or
chestra, is made up from a number
of musicians from the Imperial Rus
sian Orchestra, great musical or
ganization which for years has been
maintained for the entertainment Of
the royalty of Russia. The orches-
ira is great novelty and fine at
traction for the first number on the
course. Their speciality is the bala-
laika. musical instrument from
which the orchestra Is named, and
their program is unlike any other
given in any country.
~ Congressman Victor Murdoch of
Kansas, the second number, is one
OF the well known orators of the
country. If you want to be rejuven-
ated, lifted into clearer atmos-
phere, inspired with a new set OF
ideas and "a new interest in life. you
should sit for an hour under the
sledge hammer blows of Hon. Victor
Mnrdock's rhetoric. Mr.. Murdoch is
the new type of orator, who has re-
Gently come to the platform to de-
liver glowing message to the peo-
pie of America. He is nothing If not
fearless and aggressive. He is a man
who not only does things, but says
things with force that sets you to
thinking along new lines. You have
no desire to sleep while he is talk
ing, and you couldn't If you would.
He is a live wire, throwing OFF
showers of electric sparks that keen
his audience keyed up to the high
est pitch Of alertness and attention.
The Four Artists Company, which
appears in this city on Dec. IL, com
prises four splendid musicians
Jacob Reuter-. violin soloist; Miss
Clara MariesLen, pianist; Miss Klare
M. De Vine, soprano soloist, and
Frederick w. Kickbusch Jr., bari,
tone. They are company of versa
tile artists. one of the good ones now
before the public. Their concert In
this city will doubtless be among
the musical treats of the season.
The fourth number of this seasons
program of entertainments
Bergen-Marx Company--is headed
by Alfred Hiles Bergen, baritone. II
we are to Judge by what some of the
musical critics say, Mr.. Bergen's
style and interpretive ability form
a composite of such great artists az
DR.. Ludwick Wullner, David Bis
pham and Emilio de Gogorza. Hi:
voice is high baritone with 6
range of nearly three octaves. ant
his dramatic instinct is wonderful a.
is evinced by his singing OF Loewe':
most dramatic ballad Edward
then in the lighter vein Annie
Laurie" with wealth of tona
beauty and artistic style that is in
imitable. At times he surprises hi
hearers by the daring and origina
way in which he casts aside tradi
tional readings and gives thor
oughly artistic. yet totally differen
reading than has been heard before
In his originality lies his greatness
The Leon Marx Trio will appea
with Mr.. Bergen. This trio Is com
posed of Leon Marx. violinist: Mr.
Hans Dressed, violincellist. and MI
Carl Machlin, pianist. under tn
direction Of Mr.. Marx. Their work
both as trio and as soloists, will
be an important part of the even
ings program. Mr.. Marx is one Q
the most distinguished violinists Il
this country. At the age OF twent
he held the position of first yiolinis
with the Theodore Thomas Orches
ira and later on played solos accom-
panied by this famous organizatio
with which he was connected fo
ten years. Mr.. Marx has also pla,
ed with seidl and his orchestra 9