The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-04-11
BIG FEATURES.
or THE FORTHCOMING CHAU-
TAUQCA PROGRAM IN THIS
CITY ARE ANNOUNCED.
Two-Day Musical Festival, One of the
Innovations. Bohumir Kryl and His
band Soon to start ON Third Chau-
tauqua Tour.


season. The program is brim full of
good things and not few innova-
uons. There will not be a dull hour
from stait to finish.
One of the innovations will be a
two-day grand musical festival during
which there will be nothing but mu-
sic, aside from the literary lectures
OF the morning hour speaker
On one day OF this festival, Marcus
a. keilerman. the great dramatic BARI
tone. who has appeared i'm solos with
the Damrosch Orchestra, the Theo-
dore Thomas Orchestra, the Minneap-
oils symphony Orchestra and other
widely known organizations, will give
recital. Mr.. Kellerman has also
appeared i'm grand opera in Berlin and
other foreign cities. but gave up a
promising career in grand opera to en-
gage In leider and oratorEo singing.
In the evening of the same day. the
Cathedral Choir will appear In one of
their musical programs. The rep
ertoire OF the Cathedral Choir includes
short modern oratorios by such COM
posers as Buck. stainer and Schneider
also number OF old hymns, secular
solos. duets. quartets and choruses
Of very high order. finally closing
with a finale OF an operate nature.
ON the next day of this festival, 30
humir kryl and his world-famous
band will present program in the AT
ternoon including cornet solos by Mr..
kryl. This Is the third season of Mr..
Kryl and his band on the Redpath
Chautauauas this year. there being n
unanimous call for them everywhere.
In the evening of tho same day
Kryl and his band will be heard In an
other concert during the first part of
the program and the latter part will
be given no to selections from grand
opera by the Denton Grand Opera
Company. accompanied by the band.
These grand opera players will ap-
pear I'm special costume. In fact 1t
will be n grand finale to these two
DAYS. such ~ has never before been
seen al chautauqun.
Anotiser announccmont which will
be greeted Nth interest ana enthu-
siosm Is the coming OF the Ben Greet
Players. This comaay made the tour
of lilo Hedpath Chaitauquas last sea-
son and this season will appear on 13O.
There will be thirteen actors i'm the
company. including Percival Vivian.
who made so many friends on the
Chautauquas OF last season.
All Ben Greet plays are given
with the minimum stage effect. There
IL nothing to detract attention from
the play itself. Every actor IS ex-
perienced and each plays his part
with Tho sole purpose OF depicting
the character exactly as IL should he. |
Correct dIction and pronunciation are
distinguishing characteristics of the
Bcn Greet players.
a special feature OF the opening day
will be concert by the Dunbar Quar-
tet and BELL Ringers. Carrying a peal !
% 20O bells made In Europe, this !
company will furnish q program of in
terest TO old and young.
This opening concert will be given
In three parts. One part will include
vocal quartet selections. the second |
will consist OF instrumentaI numbers |
ON violin. cello and piano. and the |
third division will include the famous
bell ringing.
The Kellogg-IIaines Singing Party |
viii present i'm special costume an
evening Of light opera. probably CIV
ing the entire rendition of Lovely
Galatca." This organization is one
Of the best known I'm the Lyceum and
Chautauqua world today.
One of the several lecturers who
viii speak here Chautauqua week is
to deal with the Japanese problem In
ffs' NNNhNN1 SUBJECT WHICH nus
been discussed u great deal during
the past year and yet one upon which
people outside of California are but
little informed
Montaville Flowers. under the
theme Of Color Guard and Picket
Line" will fully discuss this important
subject.
Having lived in Ohio and California
Mr.. Flowers has been able To study the
Japanese problem from the viewpoint
OF both eastern and western people
lie mentions the fact that $4,000 of
tho $4,000 japanese i'm the United
states live i'm California. In 1878 the
number was scarcely 100.
The usual emphasis will he placed
thautauQua week on work among the