Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-07-08
BRILLIANT PROGRAM
FOR CHAUTAUGUA
Finest Talent Ever Secured
Makes 1915 Chautaugua
Best Ever
ALICE NELSON WILL SING
Famous Prima Donna Will Delight
Alma People With Some
Rare Singing

The Redpath Chautauqua program
announced for our city this season, in
both music and lectures, will eclipse
all former ones. The fact that Alice
Nelson, prima donna soprano of the
Metropolitan and Boston Opera Com
panies, is to sing, is worthy of the
widest mention. This is the first time
so noted an artist has appeared on any
Chautauqua circuit and the musical
journals have been devoting great
deal of space to the announcement as
on Chautauquas for the most famous
musical artists.
Alice Nelson is known both in Eur
ope and America as one of the great
est singers of this generation. She is
Southern woman, having been born
in Nashville Tenn, and the South is
, rightly proud of her worldwide sue
cess.
Miss Nelson is said to be the only
great artist who has made success
in grand opera after having first made
reputation in light opera. After ap-
pearing as prima donna of the Bos-
tonians, and later touring with her
own light opera company in both this
country and in Europe, she suddenly
decided to devote herself to grand op-
era. She made her grand opera debut
in Italy and won immediate success.
More will be published in these col
umns about Miss Nelson in later is
sues.
Another innovation on this years
program is represented in the modern
play-"The Servant in the House," by
Charles Ram Kennedy, which is to be
presented with William Owen in the
title role Heretofore all Chautauqua
plays have been mostly from Shakes
peare or of other historic origin.
William Owen, who heads the "Ser-
want in the House" company, was for
twelve years at the head of his own
company. At the age of twenty-t three
he was playing "Mephistopheles" for
Lewis Morrison in Faust He took
Mr.. Morrison's part in this play for
six months. He has appeared in near
ly all Shakespearian roles. He has
played the part of David Garrick in
" David Garrick" and Ingomar in On
gomar." He played leading role with
Julia Marlowe in McVicker's Theatre,
Chicago, and in the original role of
Josephine, Empress of the French" 4"
appeared with Rhea, the great French
actress, in Broadway Theatre, New
York.
Band Day will be given the usual
prominence with concerts both after
noon and evening. francesca Pallaria
the leader of this years band, attended
the Milan Conservatory, Milan, Italy
at the early age of nine years. At
nineteen he graduated and soon after
became soloist in one of the bands of
Naples. Later he was director of the
band at Philadelphia, Italy. Coming
to New York he organized his own
band. For four years he played in the
band of the Battleship Kansas of the
United States Navy.
DIR. Charles f. Barker, physical dir
ector Of President Taft during his ad-
ministration in Washington, is to lee
ture on this seasons Chautauqua pro-
gram on "How to Live a Hundred
Years." He will give a demonstration
of the physical exercises in which he
instructed President Taft and many
other men prominent in national life.
Montraville Wood, we'll known sci
enlist and inventor, is to give some
wonderful demonstrations in a pro-
gram Of three parts on Popular Sci
ence" night, in which he will be as
sisted by his daughter.
Ex-Governor Shallenberger of Ne
braska, recently elected to Congress
after a most remarkable campaign
will speak on the sixth day upon "Po-
litical Patriotism" This will be
known as Patriotic Day."
Frank Dixon, the widely known lee.
turer, brother of Tom Dixon who
wrote the Leopard Spots, and of DIR
A. c. Dixon, pastor of the Spurgeor
church in London, will deliver his vi
tai and highly entertaining lecture or
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