The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-04-02
ATTRACTIONS FOR
1914 CORN PALACE [.A|C
HAVE BEET SECURED
The Committee Has
Booked Some Rare
Features.
FURELLO'S BAND
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FURELLO's BAND
Mitchell Girl fots Musical
Fame Will Sing During
the Week.

The feature attractions for the
Corn Palace of 1914 have finally been
secured. With a t%hirty-five piece
band of national repute, u soprano
soloist of operate fame, and nine
vaudeville acts OF the very highest
order, every indication points to a
program at Mitchell's Corn Palace
festival next fall that will surpass in
strength and popularity that of any
previous year.
The Fcrnllo Band.
Tho musical organizations which
have appeared in Mitchell on the oc-
easion of Corn Palace week each year
have been of national, and often of
international reputation. The stanr-
ard of entertainment this year will
not be lowered. Ferullo's Band, an
italian organization of long success
in American and European engage
ments, will be here. Thirty-flye pieces
in number, the band is one that can
be reckoned upon to pleace the most
fastidious lover of band music. AT
present Ferullo's band is making a
tour of the United. States. A soprano
soloist will accompany the band.
Mitchell Girl Will Sing.
Mitchell people will wax enthus-
iastic over the announcement that
Mrs. Bechtel Alcock, of New York
City, has been secured for the Sept
ember festival. A former Mitchell girl
then known as Miss Merle Tillotson,
she has climbed the heights of music
al lame until at present she is accord
ed a position in the very front rank
of American operate singers. With
her husband, Mrs. Alcock has been
singing this past winter in New York
III concert work and with the Century,
Opera Co. Walter Damrosch, direct
on of the New York Symphony Orch
estra, is lavish in his praises of Mrs.
Alcock's ability. This summer MI.
and Mrs. Alcock will go to London,
where they will appear in two mat
inee musicals under royal patronage.
Later they will sing at Milan, Italy,
with the, National Grand Opera Co.,
under the direction of Signor Di Mac
Chi. The Corn Palace committee con-
sidered themselves unusually fortu-
nate in signing the contract for Mrs.
Alcock's appearance.
Vaudeville Attractions.
In other years there has been some
criticism of the preponderance
of either musical or vaudeville feat
on the program. The committee
has labored to the utmost this year
TO seek TO eliminate any possible cri-
ticism of this order. In booking the
present attractions they feel more
than confident of the success of their
efforts. No expense has been spared
meet every possible angle of the
public's demands Nor a top-notch pro-
gram.
There will be five inside attras-
tons, four fAr the outside free attrac-
tons. Perhaps the most spectacular
act will be that furnished by the
Conroy Divers. The diving and smim-
ming feats il. glass tanks upon the
stage are of the most entertaining
and exciting order. The Gruber Ele-
plant, Horse, Dog and Pony Act, is
one of rare possibilities in the way
of entertainment. This act wan storms
of applause in every theatr, of the
country where it has shown. An aero
batic feature will be seen in the Seven
Arabs. The Orpheus Comedy Quartet
is booked as the best and highest
attraction of it's kind in circus
and vaudeville fields. Three horses
and four people will figure in Gran
dal's Riding Act, which completes the
program of inside vaudeville num-
bers.
The free street attractions consist
of Rallo the Limit, who. is a somer-
sault artist on roller skates; Hard,
The Highwire Performer; and the
in two acts of comedy and
acrobatic work.
Program n winner.
The aim of the Corn Palace COM
.ittee,y consisting of l.. J.. WEIGH,
John Nichels, D. T. Becker, M. f.
Patton, w. A. Wheeler and N. Jensen,
has been to get away from the prece-|
aent of former years and to offer a
which will appeal without
fail to every class of spectators. The
program for the coming season,
drawn as II is from. circus vaudeville
and musical fields presenting the
very best OF attractions, is sure to
fulfill all expectations. sIn style of
acts there will be no duplication of
any kind, Il