Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-07-12
Mandan Chautauqua Has 40 10
Assured Future and All
Missouri Slope Boosts
Bismarck Anxious for Neigh.
bors' 10 Realize Every Ex.
peCtation Expressed
Saturday and Sunday VIII
Be The Big Days and Nights
Of The Session

The two bigs days of the Mandan
ChautauQua are left, Saturday and
Sunday. The best part Of the pro-
gram is left for ne last TIhatlis one
OF the reasons that so iaanyZMill be
there tomorrow and that "a. number
will 90 today. 1t is theuJbest Chau'
tauqua in North Dakota already and
If the people of Bismarck and the
Missouri Slope can make it SO that
Mandan ~Chautauqua will be the big
geSt in the United States.
1t is the most beautiful spot ir
North Dako where the sessions are
being held. Right south of Mandar
and nesting down by the Heart Riv-
er, within half a nile Of the Mandan
railroad station are the grounds. The
trees arc massive and many. The
SADIE is dense, but let's in the sunlight.
There are swings by the dozen and
wells Of the purest cold water. said
to be the finest water in the state.
A hundred tents shelter parties every
night: Many are staying there for
the entire ChautauQua session.
Yesterday afternoon the Chicago
Male Quartet, the great musical or.
ganization of the Chicago Consistory,
are singing. This attraction also sang.
last night. 1t made a great hit with
the people and the members were
called back many times. DR.. Hill. pre-
sident of the Worlds Peace Forum,
spoke yesterday afternoon, being sub
stituted for Hon. James z. Watson
Of Indiana, who had been called to
Washington and was forced to cancel
his lecture engagements. Last night
there was a full concert by the Chi
cagostM Male Quartet.
This Afternoon Norton's orchestra
and band, zone of the most famous
musical organizations in the country,
will give the prelude. This will be
followed by a lecture by Charles
Howard Plattenburg at three o'clock,
Mandan time. a..
Tonight there will be a great band
concert by Norton's orchestra and
band. va
Today and tonight will be marked
by a great musical treat any many
music lovers of Bismarck will go over
and attend. The hack service for
those who prefer to walk the short
distance to the grounds is we'll man.
aged and prompt as we'll as efficient.
Sunday afternoon at half past two
Norton's Band and orchestra will give
the prelude. After that Robert Par
ker Miles, one Of the greatest lee
turers in the world, will speak. Fiji
teen years ago he passed Castle Gar
den as a penni!ess lad. He has been.
the cO-Worker OF Moody and Booth
tucker. He has been the guest of
Gladstone and rope Leo XIII. AS a
star writer on the New York Journal
he has stirred millions to deeper reli-
sious thought. He forced New York
to show humanity to it's working girls
and it's more luckless. He was just
a short time a village pastor. Today
he is the great man on the lecture
pltform.
Mandan has been ap%prcciative Of
Bismarck's interest in her Chautau-
qua and she intends to send a great
crowd to the exposition. Bismarck
should anticipate. Let hundreds go
over again and get their moneys
worth and a good deal more from a
Chautauqua that will bring benefit 70
all the people of the western half of
the state.
Hon. John T. Sullivan, the gifted
lawyer and orator of Mandan, is the
platform manager again this year, and
is handling the work even better than
he did last year..