The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-11
Initial Undertaking Is Backed by the
Woman's Civic League and
Promises to be a Big
Success.
DATES JULY 81 TO AUG. i
Fine Line Of Talent Has Been Sc
cured and Arrangements Per.
fected for Pleasant, Profit
able Session.
rspecial to The Gate c1tv1

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NAUVOO. ILL.,, July 1.-THE Wom-
first big chautauqua. All arrange
ing date has been set for July 81,
running to Sunday, August /.
Tuesday afternoon the Dixie Jubilee
Singers will give full concert Ey-
!erybody knows the Dixie singers.
They have been on the platform for
the last twenty years and If you have
eyer heard them, 1t is all the more
necessary for you to do it now.
In the evening the Dixies will give,
the prelude while Ash Davis, the car
toonist, will give the entertainment.
There is only one Ash Davis and he
lis the best cartoonist Of the day. His
cartoons have a purpose.
Wednesday the DiXies will give
full program in the afternoon, whila
Herald Kessinger will deliver his "a
nous lecture, 1.-THE Almighty Dollar
in the evening. KessinGer is the
youngest lecturer on the platform to-
day. And the only reason he is there
lis because he has brains and knows
how to use them. AS national lectur-
er, he has been heard in every state
|of this country.
Thursday afternoon, Caps orchestra
Twill give prelude in the afternoon
and full concert in the evening.
Caps orchestra is composed of col
!lege music teachers who spend their
vacation on the chautauqua platform
1T is an American orchestra that can
play American music and does play it.
Thursday is farmers day and for
that reason, Col. Bob Seeds has been
secured to talk to the farmers. The.
state school Of farming of Pennsyf
Iyania has sail that Bob Seeds has the
best farm and is the best farmer IN
that state. What he has TO say he has
learned through hard work on the
farm. Every farmer ought to hear
him. He will speak on How God
Made Soil Fertile" Seeds goes back
year after year to some towns and
joy him more.
+ Friday Is children's day. Caps Or
tchestra will give a prelude. presentin,
Ia program for the children. Mae
Enderly will entertain the little tots
latter that. She is woman of rare
ability, has appeared before the ia
nous actress Madam Modjeska and
has received her endors ement. Her
program consists of medley child
rhymes, stories, dialect and piano
Ilogues.
The evening entertainment will he
la concert by the Caps orchestra.
Saturday afternoon will bring the
Olson Concert company to Nauvoo.
They will give full program in the
afternoon In the evening they will
give the prelude. Gilbert Eldredge
will give the evening entertainment,
consisting Of costumed character
sketches and representations. He IL
ten men and women in one. His
Samantha Allen" is surely worth the
price. If you cannot laugh listening
ito Eldredge. there Is something wrong
with your liver.
big day will be Sunday. The
Olsons will prelude and give fu'l
concert in the evening. They present
song selections. solos and duets, piano
selections, representations and read
ings. ~
The lecture will be delivered by
Charles Edward Russell. AS so many
people feel that the news from the
war zone Ia not authentic, the manage
ment of the chautauqua has engaged
a lecturer to tell about the conditions
over there, who is not afraid to tell
the truth. everybody who remembers
MIR. Russell's magazine articles about
the beef and other trusts. knows that
MIR. Russell is not afraid to tell what
he has seen. He has Just returned
from Europe. where he has visited
both battle lines. This is one great
chance the people OF this vicinity
have to hear the truth about the con.
ditions over in Europe today.
Special care will be taken Of those
who wish to go to Nauvoo prepared
to camp there during the chautauqua
No place along the Mississippi has
such an ideal location for a weeks
outing.