Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-07-08
CHAUTAUQUA.
Second Annual Event Now in Progress Rothschd Pav
on.-Promise of Very Large Attendance.-Excellent
Programs Afternoon and Evenings During the
Week, Ending Sunday. July 18th


The Wausau Lake Assembly CON
Quoted Chautauqua in Wausau a
year ago which could not have been
surpassed anywhere in the country.
This was the first event of the kind
ever held here, and while the
association made nothing the various
events were well attended, and our
people highly appreciated its efforts.
This year the management hopes to
give even a better event but let us
hope that it will not be followed by
such food as that which followed
the Chautauqua of 1912, which wiped
out bridges, dams, mills, ETC., through
out the northern part of Wisconsin,
and made no end of trouble.
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 O'Clock,
the pavilion at Rothschild was well
filled for the opening number. 1t is
thought there were nearly 1000 peo-
lie present. A. G. Schmidt, secretary
and treasurer, appeared promptly at
that hour making few statements
with reference to the Chautauqua;
that reserved seats would be as last
year, 5 cents; that seats could be re-
served for entertainments from the
close of one until the beginning of
another, but on no account could
seats be reserved beyond the en-
tertainment that was to come Mr..
Schmidt also remarked that they de-
sired our people TO make the Chau-
tauqua as democratic as possible:
that men would be allowed to take
off their coats or could come without
coats; that women, it was hoped,
would come without their hats, as it
Sould be more convenient, as they
were to remove hats at each enter
tainment. He then introduced S. b.
Tobey as the platform manager
during the ChautauGua. Mr.. Tobey
is president of the association and
he formally opened the Chautau-
qua with a brief address, referring to
last years splendid line of attractions
and with the expressed hope that this
years would be fully as good. Mr..
Tobey said that owing TO the St. Paul
passenger train being an hour late,
the Apollo Concert company was
unable TO reach the city in time to
give the opening prelude, SO the pro-
gram would have to be changed, and
that the lecture of Thomas Brooks
Fletcher would be the opening
number of the second annual
Chautauqua. The lecturer was
then introduced and gave splen-
did talk on 'The Martyrdom of
Fools A WauSau audience never
listened to a more rapid fire talker
than Mr.. Fletcher, or one who was
able to hold the attention of his
audience with more cloSeness. His
lecture was two hours in length and
it was filled with humor and at times
moved the audience to tears. He told
plain truths couched in such language
that there was not young person
who heard him but what will profit
by this excellent lecture. At the
close, Mr.. Fletcher spoke very highly
OF the pavilion and its beautiful sur
roundingS making it possible to have
the best ef accommodations. lie fur
ther paid the Apollo Concert Company
a very high compliment saying that the
wouli ever be OH time il not
prevented by iateneSs of trains.
The audience was given a chance to
stand up and take a rest and it was
further stated that another change
would have TO be made on the pro-
gram. That owing to train connec-
tions Father MacCorry was unable to
get to Wausau for the evenings enter
tainment as scheduled and for that
reason the Apollo Concert Company
would give their concert this Sunday
evening and the Father MacCorry
lecture would take place on Monday
evening.
The Appollo Concert Company is
of Mrs. Alta r. Wells, pia-
no and saxophone; Arthur Wells, ban
jo, mandoline and saXophone; Miss
Coyla NJ. Spring, reader and soprano;
Clay Smith, trombone, saxophone and
guitar, and G. K. Holmes, cornet, sax
aphone and flute. The splendid con-
certs given by the members of this
on Sunday afternoon and
evening, also on Monday afternoon
and evening, were such as to stamp
them as very high class musicians and
entertainers. Their new gold saxa-
phones built especially for them were
used on these occasions and very much
admired as we'll as the quality of
music produced. The company gave
great satisfaction, it could not help
but do so as it is great in its person