Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-09-19
ChautauQua.


lecture Environment was made by
the platform manager. Prof. l. A.
Downey, AT $3.50 concert was given
by the Tyrolean Alpine Yodlers,
which carried the audience by storm
Their singing was magical and the
twisting tones of the yodling was
inherited rather than taught, beside
the singing several violin and either
n lmbers were rendered. This COM
p my for forty weeks appeared in tn e
famous Switzerland scene in The Trip
Around the World" at New York
Hippodrome.
Tine second concert was given at
night by the same company after
which Frank Dixon gavehis celebrated
lecture San Outgrown Constitution.
Mr.. Dixon comes OF q family of cele-
brated speakers including Thomas
Dixon and A. G. Dixon. His lecture
was received by highly appreciative
and enthusiastic audience. Mr.. Dixon
is conservative radical and believes
in viewing things as they are rather
than to take always the pleasant side
or the views we have taken since the
beginning of time.
Tuesday at 2:3o Prof. I A. Downey
gave series lecture, 1.-The Culture
Epochs Theory" followed by con-
cert by Brodbeck-Such Company,
Miss Brodoeck, the soprano, is know
to the Woodstock people having visit
ed school mate several years ago,
the training of her voice and wonder
full control with which she has mas
tered every vocal cord mere than
charmed her audience. Mr.. Such
violinist rendered several numbers of
we'll selected and difficult compost
tions, he was accompanied by Mrs.
Such, finished musician.
Dr. Paul NJ. Pearson, director and
organizer of the Chautauqua Assici.
alton and professor in Swarthmore
College at O'Clock Tuesday deliver
ed lecture ''The Joy of Living"
Tuesday evening the second concert !
was given by the Brodbeck-Such Co..
followed by lecture with experiment, !
'Tne Wonders of Science" by Reno
B. Welbourn.
Wednesday the subject of the series
lecture by Prof. Downey was "Self-
preservation"
AT $3.50 The Detrics appeared in
emusic and Magic" His tricks were
for the greater part new. Mrs. De-
trio, in the musical half of the pro-
gram was the star, playing the piano,
jingling the tambourine and whistlir g |
at the same time.
AT O'Clock, Rosani, Prince of |
Jugglers. gave an entertainment, the
performance of his wonderful feats
together with his keen wit kept his
audience in laughter.
The Detrics, appeared for the Sec
ond part of their program at 80 fol-
lowed by Dickens representations by
William Sterling BATHS, in costume
makeup and monologue. Mr.. BATHS
demonstrated to his audience show
many complete persoEalities a single
mortal may have. One moment the
artist is the fawning, silly-face6 Uriah
Heep, from David Copperfed cloth.
language and all, the next moment he
is Little Nell's grandfather, crying
out his pathetic sdeeches OF love for
his little girl. The most novel part
of the program was 1.-THE rapid chang
ing of his makeup, paint, wig and
costumes in plain sight, of his audi
ence.
Thursday at 2:30 Prof. Downey
gave his series lecture, "Enjoyment
through Culture. F." Prof. Downey, as
platform manager las conducted the
from start to finish with
out hitch, his series of lectures have
shown him to be phi. chologica
scholar and student. The Common
wealth Male Quartet gave concert
at $3.50 which was enjoyed from start
to finish.
Each evening session has been con-
clu1ed by several reels of instructive
,,at;ape picfuro l