Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-07-15
.CHAU|I'AUQUAI| /. j y. ASSURED S J ! \:
FOR COMING | !! ! \ { | ! Year /: !
eyARAN7oRs sign ] /. & CONTRACT GO 4 'I'll
FOR ANOTHER G cHAUTAu. !.
s,:s QUA IN 1915.
AL SESSIONS LARGELY ATTENDED
Quintanc and HIS Band Were the
Featul es OF the Closing 4 i
Es.t 3 Evenings Program. X 5- ;sss

The 1914 Chautauqua closed on
Hast Friday evening with an excel.
lent program given by Quintano and
his band. Before the closing Of this
years sessions, eighty-two business
and professional men had signed the
contract to guarantee another Chau
tauqua for 1916 The signers believe
that the Chautauqua Is vital factor
in the social and educational life 81
the. community. and are OF the opin
ion that it should be an annual event
The sessions which closed on las
Friday evening were all largely at
tended. The lectures and musical at
fractions were Of a high order, anl
gave general satisfaction to the pa
irons. q. .ss. u,
Mr.. Fred B. Wolf, who presided al
superintendent OF the Chautauqna il
a very able manner: left on Friday
evening for Lake View, Iowa, where
he is presiding at "a Chautauqua this
week. Mrs. Wolfe. who spent the
week III Manchester, accompanied he
husband to Lake View. 4. 3 J. N "a
The morning hour lectures, by j
Manley Phelps, were all greatly en-
Ijoyed. Il. :. Z 4. ..s:s, III, N. $3
The work of Miss Ada Pemberton
I in the Junior ChautauQua was very
Interesting for the little folks. The
children met every morning at nine
O'Clock and enjoyed the interesting
stories told by Miss Penlberton.
On Wednesday afternoon for half
an hour and that: evening for forty
five minutes the Alpine Singers and
Yodlers, six in number, four ladies'
|and two gentlemen entertained the
audience with their songs. They sang
songs Of their native land tTyrol, as.
well as American mum hers. Among
the numbers rendered were the
,yodle song tof the Alpine child, the
wonderful Alpine echo song and other
pleasing selections. Following the
musical program on Wednesday after
noon. julius Caesar Nayphe. q native
Athenians appearing in Grecian cost
'ume.s gave u very interesting adress
on Z. 'Ameriea&as Seen by an Orient.
az Ne has been al rsgtdsnts et this
country tor light years and told the
story OF his native conn Try and PALE,
stine. He resided in PALESTINE for.
many years and gave some, very in.
teresting $descript ions OF the mode
o. living, the manners and customs OF
that place. He was assisted by six
young ladies' attired in Oriental eos
tune and descriptions Of the curious
manner Of betrothal, confirmation OF
marriage, marriage ceremony proper.
prayers and other phases Of life made
his address very entertaining as we'll
as instructive. f4: !s3 ~
s Wednesday evening after the
musical program by the Alpine Sing
ers' and Yodl lers, the RaWeis company:
appearing in native costumes OF the
New Zealanders, entertained the aud.
iencet In their portray OF life In the
South Sea islands. $$s Their program
was kind y Of polynesian play;
picturing With the aid Of steropt icon
views a wond story 5ot the Oolds
wild life Of the u savage tribes Of
the South Seas and comparing tt
with the life there today. The stor-t
les were told by Mr.. and. Raweis.
The, company sang weird songs, the
love songs, the canoe choruses, the.
war chants OF the old days and the
pictures displayed the wonderful
scenery Of that country. E 81 ~ l5t
The Redpatll5 Grand Opera Quartet
very pleasantly entertained the au-,
diences Of the afternoon and even
ing on. Thursday as the mus usical fea-
ture of the program with q number,
Of operate sele ections. On Thursday
afternoon the lecture, The Antidote
for Pessimis m was very ably deliver
ed by Hon Henry "A. Buchtel, ex-Gov-
ernor of Colorado and chancellor Of
Denver University. N 5.s
N Thursday evening the audience was
very interestingly entertained by
Prof. Montrayille Wood with his
scientific demo ohstrat ti0ns with the gy-
roscope, his car that runs on one
rail, and the ultraviolet ray. His
experiments were wonderful and IN
spring. With the gyroscope he per-
formed feats Il that were. greatly en-
joyed by the audience and with the
powerful violet ray showed the eff
fects. Of the various colored light
effects. His program was novel and
very instructive. y f S ( & Il. (, iss
]. On Friday afternoon the musical,
feature Of the program was by
Quintano and his band Quintano and
his thirty musical artists are from
Italy and they rendered some very
selections. The lecture of
the afternoon was rendered by Faher
Austin Fleming The subject OF
his address was "Oil for Affe's
Machinery. The address was very.
interesting and instructive and not
wfths landing the intense heat OF the
afternoon a large audience was in
a,3:s%s5s
SAY PORTER FAXED ALLEGED
HoLDUP.
The following is taken from the
Dubuque Telegraph Herald, regarding
the alleged, holdup at Epworth last
Wednesday night: e.
Detectives who have been investi-
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