Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-07-08
1914 CAAUTAuQUA
IS MAKING GOOD
Splendid Program Is Attracting
Large Crowds to Assembly
Park.

This years chautauqua is making
good. The attendance is better than
last year and the program, lectures
and all, are giving good satisfaction.
Willmar people are becoming proud
of their annual chautauqua and peo
pie are beginning to realize more gen.
orally the value of the wholesome en-
tertainment it provides for the com.
munity.
Last night saw the largest crowd
that ever filled the park auditorium
at paid entertainment. There were
between 1,5OO and 1000 people pack
ed into the hall, and the Chippewa In
dians on the stage made good in de-
picting their life and certain stirring
scenes from Longfellow's Hiawatha.
In the afternoon there was disap-
pointment owing to the failure to ar
rive of the baggage and costumes
which had been sent to wrong depot,
and came to Paynesville from where
it arrived on evening train. The Par
nells of this city gave the entertain
ing feature of the afternoon session.
The next best day in attendance so
far was the opening day, when Sig
nor Liberati with his band of picked
musicians and grand opera singers
gave two great concerts. His soloists
were good. Liberati himself is the
best cornetist who ever visited our
city and his baritone solOist was a
marvel.
The lectures Of the course so far
have been strong numbers. Judge
Sadler's talk alone was worth what
the chautauqua has cost the commun-
ity. His long experience on the mu-
ntcipal court of Chicago has given
him an insight into the causes which
lead to criminality and his talk teemed
with good advice to young people who
feel an attraction to the great cities.
One point was the absolute necessity
of maintaining a strict local censor
ship of the moving picture shows. In
Chicago such board has condemned
: at least thirty thousand miles of films,
and these, said the speaker, go out
to be used in towns that maintain nc
censor boards.
DR.. Gray gave thrilling descrip
ton of his voluntary life as one of the
City, for three months.
Sunday was the great musical day
of the chautauqua. The three solo
lists, Miss Grace Hall-Riheldaffer, so
prano; Miss Mary Dennison Galley
violinist; and Ward C. Lewis, pianist;
are all artists recognized as being Of
the first rank and gave concerts which
enthused the most critical of our mus
ic loving people. The afternoon lecture
by Clarence w. Wassam was won
derful performance. A rapid-fire talk
er of remarkable speed, he hit th'
= bulls-eye every moment. He SPOKE
very plainly and his plea for boys ami
girls was we'll worth hearing.
On July 4th Col. Geo. w. Balm gav'
a stirring patriotic address in the al
ternoon, and Madam Mountford o
Jerusalem gave her interesting inter
pretatiOns of life in the Bible Land
She had the costumes and curios from
the Holy Land and her illustration o
each sentence of the Twenty-Five
Psalm gave new meaning to many =
that great Scriptural gem. This ses
sion especially the music was MARIE
by the noisy crowd, which had bee
admitted to the grounds on account {
independence Day.
Miss La Follette's lecture on MOI
day afternoon on Woman's Suffrag
was a treat. Miss La Toilette is
worthy daughter of the great senator
Senator Robert La Toilette, and sl
made convincing talk for the caus
she espouses. The Hoosier quartet
were jolly bunch and pleased tn
audience. Father Daly's lecture o