The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-07-17

the city Tor travelling companies.
The entertainment on the opening
day, which was Wednesday of last
week, was given by the Metropolitan
symphony Orchestra, a splendid musi-
cal organization of twenty pieces. The
orchestra was probably the best musi.
cal number that was ever given IN the
chautauqua platform here.
Thursday afternoon the speaker
was Dr.. Euclid 3. Rogers, whose sub
ject vas americas Biggest job" Mr..
Rogers is an interesting and enter
tanning speaker, with a gift of oraory
that kept his audience in close atten-
ton
The evening entertainment was fur
nished by the Raweis, the New Zea-
landers, who have appeared here be-
fore. They put or an instructive enter
tainment, principally concerning their
native country, and it was illustrated
with beautifully colored slides.
The preludes for the day were fur
nished by the ~Bohannans, musical
entertainers, and to say that they
were fair about lets them out.
Friday was one of the best days of
the week. The afternoon program
was furnished by Arthur Rachel, mon
ologist, who gave The Melting Pot"
Mr.. Kachel's Interpretation of the
varied characters in the play was
splendid, and no number of the week
was more enjoyed by the audience.
Friday evening came one of the big
numbers of the course, a lecture by
Captain Richmond P. Hobson. The
weather was threatening and the
muddy roads prevented a large num-
Der of out of town people from getting
here, nevertheless there was a big
crowd present. Captain Fobson's ad-
dress was a splendid one, much better
in fact than had been anticipated by
B~rookings people who shared the popu
lar idea that the Captains chief stock
in trade was the Merrimac. Mr.. Hob
son is not an orator, but he is a pleas
ing speaker and on the whole made a
fine impression. His lecture, how
ever, is a little too long, in fact it
was two or three lectures in me-. He
started out and gave a splendid ad-
dress upon character building, going
from there to the need Of a larger
navy for the prevention of war and
ended up with a regular Quincy Lee
Morrow temperance talk. He is not
the warlike individual that the news
papers have pictured him, but is a
man of peace, so he says, but he be-
lieves that the best way to maintain
peace is to have a navy large enough
to fight for it. His temperance talk
was about the most practical we have
ever heard. He did not get up and
boiler about the evils of intemperance,
but furnished cold statistics by the
yard to prove that drinking does not
pay from any angle. After he had put
the Demon Rum to route, he was
ready to quit, and so was the audience.
He waited expectantly on the plat
form, but none of our young ladies
rushed forward to kiss him.
The entertainment for the day was
furnished by the Sarah Ruth Bates
Concert Company, and it was the best
of the week. Sarah Ruth is about the
most entertaining, jolly, rollicking per.
son ever seen here and was a whole
show in herself. 1t is to be hoped
that she m back next year and
that they give her an entire afternoon
or evening, and We will guarantee her
the biggest crowd since Ringling's
circus was in town.
The Saturday afternoon lecturer was
Glenn Frank, secretary to the presi-
dent Of Northwestern University. Mr..
Frank is young, but that did not seem
to hinder him from going ahead and
giving one of the most entertaining as
well as instructive lectures of the
week.
The major portion Of the evening
entertainment was given we to Ed
win Brush, the magician. Mr.. Brush
put on a splendid entertainment, one
that was enjoyed by the older persons,
as we'll as the youngsters, although
the latter made more of a demonstra.
ton over it. Mr.. Brush put on a lot
of good new stuff and he talked enter
tainingly while he worked.
The music for the day was given by
the Craven family orchestra, consist
ing Of Mr.. and Mrs. Craven and four
daughters, and it seemed to please the
audience very we'll.
Sunday morning a religious service
was held at the pavilion, under the
direction Of the Brookings Ministerial
Association, and as it was free the
house was packed. The sermon, a
splendid one, was given by DR.. Wesley
H~unsberger, the speaker of the after
noon. DR.. Hunsberger is an old
preacher, or rather q former preacher,
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