The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-12

i TODAY AND TOMORROW.
i. Afternoon-chIcago Festival Quiz
|tette and Robert s. Seeds.
/ Evening - Chicago Festival 0uin.
tette and Louis Williams.
i FRIDAY, AUGUST IS.
Afternoon-Dunbar Quartette and
Bell Ringers.
/ Evening and II. 9. Hui.
bert.
Especial to The Gate C1ty.l
| HAMILTON, H., Aug. 1.-THE larg-
est audience since Sunday attended
the chautauqua yesterday. Between
ffty and seventy-iive people frou,
ed the big tent at the evening lecture.
The program for the afternoon was
ia full concert by the Heron Sisters.
They form a musical organization
which pleased the audience. Their
afternoon program was as follows:
/ Orchestra
! (a) Toreadore. from Carmen. (b)
Tho Rosary, by Nevin.
/ Violin The End OF Perfect Day.
1 Reading The Family Plate or Hay-
ling Their Picture Took.
! Quartette OF stringed Instruments
ita) March, Farren; tb) Spanish
Dance.
Readings-(a) When the Northern
Band Played Dixie; (b) What's the
/ Use.
Orchestra-(a) o Lovely Night.
from Love Tales OF Holman; (b)
medley of Southern Airs.
/ Reading-(a) Sally AIMS Exper-
fence, from Aunt Jane Of Kentucky;
lob When Grandma Was Girl.
violin-(a) The Swing Song; (b)
Blue Bells Of Scotland.
The evenings program opened with
a prelude by the Heron Sisters.
There was one thing about this mus
Iical organization that delighted the
women in the audience, and that was
the exceptionally handsome dresses
worn by the young women Of the com
ipany.
The program for the prelude was:
4 Orchestra-An- American Fantesy.
Readine-{a) The Last Picture, by
lKipling: (b) The Plant OF the Littlo
lBisque Doll; (c) You Can't Play Every
instrument In the Orchestra.
The last half OF the program was OF
Japanese songs and poems, the young
women. appearing in Japanese cos
tune.
! To the veteran chautauqua goer Z
lis interesting to note that every year
There is some one feature which
makes its appearance In every mus
lical program and one note which Is
struck by every lecturer. This year
1.-THE musical companies run to Jap.
Ianese costumes and every lecturer
ito date except Burns, OF the noun.
ltatns, has fought the European war.
Writ Speaks on World War.
4 The lecture Of the evening was by
sIr. Loyal Lincoln Writ Of Boston
who spoke on the European war. DR.
Writ sailed early In May for Europe
.by combination Of circumstances
he failed to secure passage, as he ha
planned, on the Lusitanfa, but sailed
ION the same day as the i'll rated
steamer The wireless reported tc
them while they were yet at sea- the
sinking of the Lusitania. Their vessel
Iveered south and sailed through the
Strait Of Gibraltar and reached port
at Naples in safety. He was In Rome
when italy went to war. He heard the
great italian liberty bell ring in an
Inouncement that the king had signe
the decree, and he was one OF the
ten Thousand who stood before the
palace and saw the king and queen
come to the balcony, and saw the
queen kiss the tri colors and fling the
banner out In token of war. DR.. Wiz
said ITALY went to war from be
meath. 1t was the common people VIII
demanded war. the king did not want
It, but the people wanted to regain
their lost provinces. The people
said to the king, give us war or wei
give you republic and the king CAV
them war. l am no prophet or son o.
a prophet, but / believe Italy VIII be
a republic within twenty years.
"An hour after the queen had kissed
the flag. the news that Italy had Join
ea the allies was flashed to Franc=
and in the trenches the men sang the
Marsfllais and Italy's flag was run Ut
with the flags of the allies wherever
they hoated. The Germans In the
nearby trenches heard the song and
saw the flag and knew what it meant
and they sang The Watch on the Rhine
france never before heard such g
duet as came from those opposing
trenches.
II is Sad Paris Now.
From Italy I went to Paris, and
nv friends, Paris is the saddest sight
in the world. FIfty out OF every one
hundred women in that city are In
mourning: one out Of every two men
lis soldier, and every other soldier is