The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-07-30
GOOD PROGRAMS
DRAW CROWDS
Oenison Chautauqua Which Opened
Saturday, Well Patronized by
Appreciative Crowds.
FRIDAY is TO BE A BIG DAY
Business Men Send Customers 1000
Free Tickets for Friday-More
to be Given if Needed.

Denison annual session of chautau-
qua opened for the seven day session
on last Saturday afternoon and from
present indications it will prove to be
a record breaker, both in attendance
and the class of entertainments.
The big tent and all the equipment
arrived in the city last Saturday morn
ing and were transported to Wash
ington park, where the assembly is
being held The equipment this year
is all brand new and presents pleas
ing appearance. While the weather
has been hot throughout the week the
attendance at the programs held thus
far has been enormous. The largest
attendance of the session so far was
last evening, when over two thousand
people congregated to hear the famous
Thaviu band and the grand opera sing
ers. The big tent was packed to it's
capacity and hundreds of people were
compelled to stand up outside the tent
during the entertainment.
Over one thousand season tickets
were sold for the seven days enter
tainment and those who are attending
tn, sessions regularly are more than
pleased with the entertainments fur
nished thus far. People generally
are of the opinion that the lectures
are much better than those that were
heard last summer and another feat
ure that is appealing to the patrons is
the morning lectures conducted by j.
R. Hanley. These lectures are being
held at 10:90 and in the neighborhood
of over a hundred persons are on hand
each morning to listen to the inter-
esting lectures delivered by Mr.. Han
ley.
Mr.. George S. Dalgety, the superin-
tendent, is proving popular with the
chautauqua patrons. Under his su-
pervision the chautauqua has been con
Quoted without hitch of any kind.
The people of Denison and locality
have come to recognize that enter
tainment is one of the necessities OF
life and that the chautauqua as one
of the pastimes is one of the pleasures
to be found. Never before have as
many farmers and residents of nearby
towns attended ci2aItauqua as have
this year and possibly this can be ac-
counted for by the fact that automo-
biles are becoming more numerous
and those who own machines bring
their friends to Denison to attend the
programs. To visit Washington park
while the evening session is being held
one would almost imagine himself on
Michigan avenue, the great automo-
bile boulevard of Chicago. Hundreds
of machines are parked around the
SQUARE each evening and to avert ac-
cident at the close of the entertain
ment it has become necessary to have
a police officer in charge, who directs
the course of the autos.
Below we give synopsis of the pro-
grams held thus far:
Saturday.
Saturday afternoon was the Spanish
Ladies' orchestra, and it is safe 10
say no one was disappointed with their
offering. They in fact exceeded eX-
pectations. The members OF this
company are graceful and tuneful.
They present a program that capt.
Yates the musicians and appeals to
the popular fancy.
This company is one OF the best
which is in the chautauqua and ~
ceum business It's concerts consist
of selections of both classical and
popular music, and are rendered IN
such a variety that they please any
audience. Each member of the COM
.pany is an artist and they have played
together so long that they are one OF
the most wonderful musical organlza-
tions in chautauqua work. They ap-
near in Spanish costume and make
very pleasing appearance. Their
work here Saturday was particularly
pleasing. to the patrons and the man.
agement alike.
Denison folks, who pride themselves
on being somewhat more than ordi-
narily clean in politics, heard story
at the chautauqua Saturday evening
of rottenness in the same direction
that made them literally sit up and
tate notice. The story was that OF
Inaee A. z. Blair, of Portsmouth, O.,