Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-02-29
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Directors Of League Hold Meeting
and Decide the Matter Sc:
cure Some Excellent
Talent.
WILL BE FIVE NUMBERS.
Representative Of Redpath- -vawter
Bureau Here and Meets
With Directors.
WILL BE FIVE NUMBERS.

At q meeting of the directors of
the commercial league Friday night
it was finally decided to put on a
municipal lecture course for next
winter in this city. The league has
had assurances from both the city
schools and the women's clubs that
active support would be given such a
venture and with these assurances,
they felt encouraged to father the
course.
A representative of the Redpath-
Vawter lyceum bureau was present
with the league and the matter sat
5factorily gone over. Saturday
a board composed Of President Perry
of the commercial league, supt. Kel-
ly Of the city schools, and three rep
resentative women OF the city met at
the Wardrobe and selected the course
for next winter.
A five number course was decided
upon, containing two lectures, one
entertainment and two musical feat
ures. The talent included is COM
posed of the best the Redpath-Vaw-
ter people have to offer and was care
fully chosen with an eye to the.
wants Of the ordinary people who do
not care for lectures too heavy, or
musical numbers too classical.
DR.. Edward Steiner. author, lect-
urer, college professor and recognize
ed authority upon the Immigrant
question, was the first choice Of the
committee who selected the talent,
and it is felt will prove one of the
strongest features offered. DR.. Stein
er is personally known by Grinnell
students OF this city, who have sat
under his teachings. He is knows
also by readers who have had their
eyes opened by reading "The Trail
of the Immigrant" and have read
and re-read his other books.
Nels Darling. a business man Of
Oklahoma City, Okla, speaks upon
Community Building. He is a lect-
urer of great wit as we'll as wisdom
and is in demand all over the United
States where people are interested in
their communities. In SO far as the
Commercial League are back of this
movement, 1t was thought wise to
have such man upon the course for
next winter.
Katherine Ridgeway, who has
been one Of the most popular enter
tainers for several years. has been
until the last year unobtainable for
Iyceum bureaus, but having appear
ed in this city twice, she is we'll
enough known that further mention
OF her ability as an entertainer is un-
necessary
The Cathedral Choir with Thirlow
.Lieurance as director, comprises nine
OF the eountry's highest salaried
choir singers under the direction Of
Mr.. Lieurance who is known among
musicians as second only to Cadman
as authority on Indian music and
songs. He is a composer of marked
ability and his compositions have
been played and sung by Webster
City people for years This is one of
the two musical numbers for the
lecture course.
4 Bohmir Kryl and his two young
daughters, Marie Kryl, a pianist,
who recently eceived the distinction
and the prize which went with it
OF being the best trained child musi-
cally in America-and Josephine
Kryl, violinist, who has been re-en-
gagged as violinist with the Thomas
Orchestra this coming winter. This
trio Of artists will delight not only
the musical people Of the city. but
especially the young people, many of
whom have read of the strict train
ing undergone by these two daugh-
ters Of the famous bandmaster whose
band appeared here at the Chautau-
qua last summer. Kryl and any of
his family will always find "a warm
welcome in Webster City.
The price for season tickets has