Morris tribune., 1915-07-02
CHAUTAUQUA ENDS
PROGRAM TONIGHT
Grand Musical Festival by Opera
Company will Close Success
full Season in Morris

Inc I'll DOraOC RranQ opera COM
pany in climaxes from the standard
operas will close the Morris Chau-
tauqua this evening and record
breaking attendance is expected.
Fine weather has prevailed all
through the week and the spacious
tent has been crowded every afternoon
and evening since the opening number
Monday afternoon. Those who have
attended the meetings say it is one of
the best Chautauquas ever held in Nor
ris. The Chautauqua is in charge of
D. D. Griffith. professor of literature
at the Chicago university, and Miss
Verna Stoakes, play supervisor. Both
are experts in their line and the
success of the undertaking is largely
due to their efforts.
The opening number Monday after
noon was a prelude by the Alpine
Singers and Yodlers. followed by au
ADDRESS by B.. F. Mcdonald who spoke
on '.Moonshine - His talk was
amusing as we'll as instructive al
though he covered old ground. His
presentation of facts came in a man.
ner that compelled close attention.
The Yodlers made tremendous hit.
Dressed in the beautiful costumes of
Tyrol and having perfect control of
the Voice their yodle songs thrilled
the audience. The imitation of the
mountain singing was so real that
one could almost feel the mountain
air as the singers reproduced the
echoes as they rolled down the
green valleys. =.
+ The Hinton, Mordella Co. gave de-
lightful dialect sketches and a one
man band furnished excellent music.
Cartoonist Colby. of Chicago, drew
some sketches at the afternoon ses-
| sion. Robert Patterson, an Irish ora
tor from Dublin, gave strong tenn
perance talk in the evening and told
how he started the "catch- my -pal'
movement. "-'
The Variety Club Of six pretty girls
gave popular vocal and instrumental
concert Wednesday afternoon which
was followed by Judge Estelle, pion-
eer juvenile court Judge. He ad-
vanced the idea that boys who were
caught in wrongful act but who
were not matured criminals should
never. be placed in a prison to asso-
ciate with hardened criminals. He
showed himself to be true friend
of the boy and his lecture placed an
entirely new view point on the bad
boy problem. He was greeted by one
of the largest audiences so far and
fully seventy percent of the audience
were men. Chas. Burke is an old
friend of Judge Estelle. Burke and
Judge Estelle became friends. at
Omaha few years ago when Mr..
Burke was studying law there and tie
Judge gave daily lectures to the stud
ents. While here Judge Estelle met
many of the prominent people of Nor
ris. Before leaving he expressed the
hopes that he would soon find time
to return to Morris for longer visit.
The Variety Club furnished the en-
tertainment Wednesday evening.
Messrs. Kruger and Putnam, upon
whose shoulders fell much of the pre-
liminary work in arranging for the
Chautauqua and looking after the
work of the committee which backed
a guarantee, feel pleased with the
success of the meetings. Monday
morning the deficit on seat sales
threatened loss but later in the day
all season tickets had been disposed
of. The committee feel jubilant
over the satisfactory programs. by
the company and the fine weather
which has Prevailed.