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THE BAND
OF FERULLO.
VIII BE One OF Principal
Attractions
OF The Chautauqua Program
In August
Famous Ben Greet Players
Also Coming
lmperSOnatOfs, Lecturers And
Musicians
Will Also Be I'm Evidence
During The Week

Partial announcement was made
today of the Chautauqua program to
be given here this summer. Frances
co Ferullo, with what the Chicago
Tribune calls "the greatest band in
America" the Ben Greet players, DR..
Edward Steiner, famous authority on
immigration, Clifford G. Roe, noted
enemy of the white slave traffic, the
Floyds, in magic and mystery, and a
number of other big features are in
cluded in the list of talent to be en-
ioyed.
There is to be complete change
of music each day Of ChautauQua
week. The main feature will be Fer
ullo's band of thirty pieces. Ferullo
is considered one of the greatest band
leaders in America. The Kansas City
Post, after an extended FerulIo en-
gagement, said, "FeruIlo has made
the greatest personal success ever ac-
corded a band leader" Similar re-
ports have come from Chicago, San
Francisco, Denver, and other large
cities.
Some of the notable engagements
of the FerulIo Band in recent years
include ten weeks in Palm Garden at
Los Angeles, 16 weeks at the Coli
scum in Chicago, 18 weeks in Delmar
Garden in st. Louis, and five weeks at
Electric Park, Kansas City Last
season Ferullo and his band ap-
peared in st. Louis, Kansas City,
Wichita, Minneapolis and other cities
in the north and west The band will
give q program here on the afternoon
and evening Of the fifth day of Chau-
tauqua week.
A company of experienced actors,
coached personally by Ben Greet, will
appear here in "The Tanning Of the
Shrew,' one of the most popular
Shakespearean plays. The Ben Greet
players have appeared in every state
of the Union and at practically every
leading college in the United States.
Many times they have played in Eng
land, and in the royal presence. The
Ben Greets have the reputation of
not sacrificing action to scenery.
They rely ON their ability as actors,
and each member of the cast en-
deavors to carry out as nearly as pos
sible the intention of the author.
The Ziegler-Howe Orchestral Club
will be one of the attractions on the
opening day of the Chautauqua. In
cluded in the company are Franc
Ziegler, violinist; Charles t. Howe,
fiutist; Ferdinand Gardner, cellist;
and Mabel Abbott, pianiste. They
will present program of general in
terest TO people of all tastes. Another
| musical feature of Chautauqua week
will be a program by F. w. Kickbush,
noted baritone, and Jacob Reuter-,
violinist of international reputation.
The Oratorio Artists, famed through
out the land as extraordinary singers,
will appear here ON the fourth day
of the Chautauqua.
The Floyds, in magic and mystery,
have been booked for Children's
Night, and there will be musical
program in the same connection. The
Boston Herald brands Floyd "the
emperor of modern conjurers." Car
rying elaborate stage settings, beau
tiful costumes, and possessed of real
ability, the Floyds promise program
of unusual interest.
DIR. Edward A. Steiner, an authority
on immigration, will be one of the
Chautauqua headliners. He tells what
the immigrant has done for America
and the kind of citizen he had made.
DR.. Steiner is author of Trail of the
Immigrant" and his human interest