Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-16
FOR
LYCEUM THE BEST
Three Numbers in High School Course
This Fall, the First Coming
Oct. /.
LAST HERE LATE N NOVEMBER
Effort Made to Keep Up to Standard
OF Former Years Without In
crease In Price.

Some Of the best talent ever appear
ing on one Lyceum course has been
+ secured for the local high school this
year It is known as the C. " Best
artists series and from advance
claims it is best in fact as well as in
name The lyceum has been one OF
. the regular features at the high school
/ for some years past and needs no rec
Ommendation to those who have once
patTonized it, The price that has
/ been asked is low. 50 cents admitting
( to the entire course. Only high priced
artists have appeared in the past. The
idea has always been to give the best
in talent and sUn have the price 50
/ that every one can afford 10 enjoy the
+ program.
There will be three numbers on tho
course this year. all exceptionally
good. The FIRST entertainment viii be
given Oct. 4 Mrs Fennetta Sargent
Haskell, dramatic reader of wide
repute viii provide the whole even
{ ing's entertainment Mrs. Haskell has
given many of the worlds master
! pieces. such as David C0pper6eId. 8"
+ Les HiserabIes." etc, and has hal
tremendous success in her work. SKI
gave George Middleton's play. Nova
days" at the National Speech Arts as
ISOLATION in San Francisco in June,
and a Dickens evening for the Dick
/ ems Fellowship movement there. as
we'll as a week OF evenings at Chau-
tauqua. New York. in August and has
/ been enthusiastically received in the
leading cities and countries OF the
world.
Musical Company Oct, 20.
The second entertainment viii be
given Oct. %, by a musical company
composed of Signor Alberto Salyi, a
Venetian harpist, Miss Marguerite
Austin. an English vioIinist. and Miss
Florence Hodstrum. an American lyric
+ soprano. Signor Salvi was educated
in the Naples conservatory, C0mpler-
ling an s years course in . years and
winning first prize. His harp playing
I is termed a revelation Miss Austin's
early years were spent in South At
. RIGA. from which place she returned to
England. receiving the L. r. A. NJ di-
ploma from the Royal Academy in
London She was afterwards with
/ Caesar Thomson in Brussels three
years and has returned TO Europe
every summer for concert work in
+ Belgium Holland and England. Miss
Florence Hodstrum has risen to her
+ present high position by the wonderful!
power of her beautiful voice and her
fine musical equipment
The third company vii come to the
high school Nov, 20. 1915. This com
pany is composed of Antonio sala.
Miss Migonne# Meeker. and Miss Lois
Brown. Mr.. Sala. Spanish violinceIIist
to his majesty. King AIphonse has been
declared to be one of the finest 'CelIists
ia the world AT 13 he won first prize
at the Barcelona conservatory. Of
which he is a graduate Miss Meeker,
American coIoraJura soprano is able
with purity of tone and power, to sing
with perfect ease two and Qne-halI
tones above high c.
Miss Lois Brown, the young Ameri-
can pianist. has just returned from
FIVE years spent in Berlin. At the be
ginning Of the present season she was
booked TO appear with the Symphony
orchestras Of Berlin. Frankfort-on-
Main and many other European cities.
These hne companies viii undouht-
edIy draw a large attendance and
Principal Burton is anticipating she
most successful Lyceum season yet
enjoyed.
Elect BY Ballot