The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-21
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Musical Day Tomorrow Haney Bigelow Debate was
Interesting. Stock Holders Meeting Thursday.

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! lection more difficult. His instrument
is also of the best and he plays with
taste and judgment. Miss Edna h.
Lowe followed Mr.. Springer in mis-
cellaneous program of readings, in
which she introduced 1.-THE Butter
fly" the story of young girl who
was courted by young preacher and
! after she had refused him, tragic &C.
cident revealed the true state of at.
fairs and the story ends-just as it
should. Other short sketches and
readings We're given which indicated
the scope of her ability and she finish
ed the program by the rendition of
The Kentucky Cardinel," a monolo-
que which filed the last half of her
time. Miss Lowe is In Oskaloosa
for the purpose of delivering series
Of health talks or lectures at the
morning sessions of the remaining
days of the chautauqua and her work
as public reader is gift that she
has acquired in connection with her
Iother work.
The Evening Session.
The stormy weather interfered ser
iously with the evening attendance,
but some of the brave ones rugged
themselves out in rain coats and hats
and enough came out to make up a
goodly company. Sid Landon, or Hap
ply Sid, as he is called by his friends,
was never better than he was under
these discouraging conditions and the
people that came out secured not only
their own share of the pleasure, but
also that which would have gone to
the other fellow that failed to come
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ludes of the evening were given by
Miss Edna e. Lowe, who recited THE
Hazing of Buckley" a college story
which had a brisk opening, but hui
initiating end, hazing that failed.
ROLAND e. Springer contributed
with his mandolin, "Old Kentucky
other selections. Sid Landon is a
the best and in this program he i'm
personated Celebrated Literary
Characters" His entertainment is
! distinctly original in that he not only
reproduces these characters in face
and dress. but reproduces as far as
possible the tones of their voice and
their manerisms and peculiarities. In
this program he also recited some
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or presented. He has his makeup
table and mirrors in plain view Of the
audience and all the time that he is
/ busy with his transformation he
keeps up running fire of stories and
comments which keeps his audience
constantly on the edge of expectation
and the wonder is, what's coming
next
Mr.. Landon does not claim to be a
lhumorist, but at times he fairly
lsparkles with wit and humor as was
shown in his story of THE American
Boy" The first character presented
was that of Henry Wadsworth Long
FELLOW" and his recital was Tell ME
mot in Mournful Numbers, Life is but
an Empty Dream" Next came good
old Bill" Nye, or more properly, Ed
gar Wilson Nye. Nye was not only
a humorist but a philosopher as we'll,
and the recital here was Our Ameri-
can Boy" which was gem. After
this came Edgar Allen Poe, the poet,
and after a short sketch of his pecn-
liar character, he recited The Story
of the Sounding Sea" in which was
given the romance of "Annabell Lee.
This was followed by reproduction
of Mark Twain, or Samuel l.. Glenn
ems, and in recitation he gave Child
hoods Happy Hour" as given by Mark
Twain in an after-dinner speech at a
banquet in New York in honor of his
10th birthday. Lastly, Lord Alfred
Tennyson, of England, was presented
and his recitation here was that beau
tiful and yet pathetic selection,
Crossing the Bar" This being the
closing number, it came like bene.
diction to the whole program. Sid
Landon was all right and We would
not have missed that program for all
the storms in creation.
The Big Debate Tonight.
Another change has been made
necessary In the program for this
evening Hon. Richmond Person
Hobson, the famous congressman
from Alabama, was expected to take
part in a joint debate with Hon. }.
Frank Hanley, of Indiana on the sub
ject of The Disarmament of the Ma
tions,' or international Peace
Hobson is now in the midst of hot
political campaign in Georgia and he
is a candidate for the U. S. senator
ship from his state and as matters
were close to settlement his con-
tract for this and several other chau-
tauqua engagements in Iowa, were
cancelled. The chautauqua manage
ment Immediately arranged with the
Hon II. s. Bigelow, of Ohio, who is a
high authority on constitutional ques-
tons, and he will debate with ex-Gov-
, ernar Hanley on the question:
Resolved, That the National Con
, stitution Shall be Revised"
Ex-Governor Hanley takes the neg,
I alive and Hon. II. S. Bigelow the at
, firmative. Mr.. Bigelow was president
] of the late state constitutional con-
vention in Ohio and is great speak
err If you ever enjoyed a good old
/ fashioned debate, you will surely en-.
, joy this. Don't fail to come and
: hear it. .a.|
/ After the shower of Monday even
2 ing, Tuesday opened with fine cool
J weather and the sessions were quite
: we'll attended. Miss Edna E. Lowe
} began her talks on Health and spoke
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