Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1914-06-19
'CAAUTAUQUA Was VERY GOOD
LITTLE FALLS PEOPLE ENJOYED
ONE WHOLE WEEK OF REAL.
ENTERTAINMENT

ONE WHOLE WEEK OF REAL.
ENTERTAINMENT
The Redpath- -Vawter Chautauoua
system closed a most successful week
OF entertainments here Wednesday
evening with a musical festival by tho
Volntano band, an Italian organization
OF 80 pieces. Although the weather
was rather inclement the people turn
ed out in large. numbers for the clos
ing program, which proved to be
equally as good as any of the others
That were put on.
On Thursday afternoon of last week
the nrst program was given. The Dun
oar Singing Orchestra, consisting O,
nve young ladies gave vocal and in
strumental selections, after which DR..
Ava M. Reitzel delivered lecture o.,
'Ihe Measure of Man. In the
evening the orchestra again appeared
IN concert and DR.. Fredrick Poole
gave an illustrated talk on the Panama
canal. He showed scenes from the
troplcl country as we'll as motion pic
lures OF work on the canal and Of the
operation Of the great gates at either
eho OF 1t. The lecture was very In
structlve and in order to get a better
ldea OF the immense undertaking Of
the United States in building this
great ditch, other than through this
lecture, one must make trim tn
Panama. w
On Friday beginning at $3.50 the
nrst session of the Junior Chautanona
OF play festival, was held. Miss RntR
ohaW supervised this work every
morning throughout the entire week
and the children were so deGohred
| wltn 1t That they were won It to leave
thelr play on the last day. The first
morning lecture was also held Friday
morning and continued throughout the
week, beginning at 10 O'Clock. These
talks were given by Prof. Fox, a yerv
able lecturer who handled his subject
admirably: In the evening the Him
ton -Mordelia company gave a musica,
and literary entertainment, after
which the famous Ben Greet PLAYERS
staged the play ''The Comedy of Err
rors.'' This is a Shakespearean plav
and therefore many thought that i
would be something hig6brow, but
those who witnessed it pronounced !.
revelation Of splendid acting and a
play which bubbled over with whole
some fun.
Saturday afternoon Rogers & Grill
ley entertained the audience with
music and interpretations and Hon.
Frank j. Cannon delivered a lecture
on 1.-The Mormon Kingdom of To-
day. Mr.. Cannon, who is considered
the greatest anti-Mormon force in the
world today, was a Mormon until
| about Is years of age, and his por-
trayal Of their life, and religion prov
ed very interesting In the evening
Rogers & Grilley again gave num-
Der of selections and readings, after
! which Gov. Robert B. Glenn of North
Carolina delivered an address, in
which he dwelt especially upon the
fact that parents owe it to their chill
dren to bring them up SO that they
will be a credit to the nation, to their
parents and to themselves. Gov. Glenn
has made a study of this problem ana
his heart is bent upon this great work.
The lecture will long be remember
ed and will be great lesson to many.
Sunday afternoon Schildkret's Hun
garian orchestra gave a short concert.
This orchestra consists of 20 pieces
and the music they produce is as good
as one can desire to hear. Following
them Hon. Elmer j. Burkett Of Me-
braska delivered an address on ''The
New Woman and the Young Man. i"
He stated that the woman of today is
unlike the woman of the past; in that
she has equal opportunities for educa.
tion with men and is playing an inn
portant part in public affairs instead
of being slave to man. He said that
equal suffrage would be one of the
grandest things ever given the Amer,-
can people, and that instead of it's
throwing the men out and causing
them to be servants, as some think. IT
would make it necessary for the men
to keep up their standard in business.
The evening program was concert by
the Schildkret orchestra. The mus,
clans made a great hit with the audi
ence. They played a number OF se-
lections not included in their program
by request and were very liberal with
encores.
On Monday afternoon the Swiss Al
pine Singers and Yodlers gave a con-
cert and Julius Caesar Maybe, a ma
tive Athenian, gave a lecture on
"America as Seen by an Oriental. {"
| Inc evening program, concert Dy the
Alpine Singers and Yodlers and an
educational entertainment by tho
Raweis company on Life in the South
Seas, were interesting, entertaining
and instructive. The latter entertain
ers are New Zealanders who have
been christianized and educated IN
modern schools. They appeared in ma
tive costume and sang number Of
their native songs, and exhibited many
kinds Of clothing and cloths made or
feathers and reeds, which were worn
by the New Zealanders of 60 years
ago. Il
Tuesday afternoon the Redpath
Grand Opera company entertained the
audience with music and operatlc So
lections. Following this Hon. Henry
A. Buchtel; ex-governor Of Colorado,
gave an address on the Antidote For
Pessimism. He said that he did not
ho1iovo in nonnlo heinu 1ivorcod mn.