The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-04
AT THE CHAUTAUQUA TENT.
Extra Chairs Had to Be Brought in for
Two Performances.

The Community Chautauqua, which il
being held on the seminary campus, wa,
greeted by still larger audiences yester
day than Wednesday, rs extra chair:
being used in the afternoon and evening
The matinee performance was given by
two young men from New York, Godfrey
0Hara, Irish tenor and composer, and
Wing Tabor Wetmore, impersonator and
humorist. These two fairly captivated
the audience with variety of selections,
classical, popular and original compost
tions.
Perhaps the most ambitious endeavor
of the performance was The Violin
Maker of Cremona, a Commute playlet
embracing four characters. This was a
favorite piece of the late Richard Mans
field, and Mr.. Wetmore, who was at one
time member of Mansfield's company,
gave it with an intelligent grasp of the
fnesse and histrionie possibilities of the
piece, the equal of which is seldom seen.
Mr.. Wetmore gave number of readings
in a lighter vein, which, judged by the
appreciation of the audience, were excel
lent
Mr.. OHara sang number of songs,
including some of his own composition,
and added a unique speciality, when, with
the assistance of large victrola, he
played some original songs which he had
himself composed and sung into the Vic
tor accompanying the same on the piano
and singing duet with himself, making,
as he amusingly suggested. "a quintet"
This part of the program Mr. O'Hara re-
peated by request at the evenings enter
tainment, the first part of which was
well taken care of by these two talented
performers.
Arthur Delroy, president of the New
York Psychic society, gave very inter.
'sting and entertaining lecture in the
,vening. He calls his talk" an exposi- |
ion of all the popular forms of mind
'eadinq, slate writing, answering sealed |
questions. with the serious demonstra-
ion of character reading from hands, |
and faces. Mr. Delroy's |
method is rather unique, as he steps up
'oldly to any well-known person the au-
ience chooses to designate and to the
abstraction of those present reads from
pecimens of handwriting or hands vari-
us characteristics with amusing exact
ess.
Possibly his best stunt is the answer
ne upon piece of paper previously
called in bottle, questions put by the
udience in bold "spook writing" which
an be plainly read all over the tent. He
lso reads questions sealed in an enve- {
'pe by feeling same and taking a
pasm,' whimsicslly explaining after
ards that the "spasm' was the means '
Y which he accomplished the deed.
Mr.. Delroy's explanation of hypnotsm, 1
what it is and how to avoid it," was I
ost instructive, and he showed by I
cans of model how the fake hypnotist
,parently floats a woman in the air. T
The evenings program was a series Il
witticisms from the moment Mr. il
Hara sang his amusing original "Pret- a
:, Pretty Creature" Vintage 1900 till t
r. Delroy even managed in his last Fl
ost serious talk on personal develop
ent to introduce a number of really
tertaining stories and Jokes. o
To-day the Dunbar Singers, four pref "
girls from the sunny South, together d.
tn Worth Allen, banjoist, gave the aft Il
moons performance, and this evening Il
ey will divide the program with Fred el
ck Ward, the great Shakespearian au- O
Ority, actor and lecturer. Now that G.
e third century anniversary of the n,
-th of William Shakespeare is being m
ebrated throughout the entire English. a,
aaking world, Mr.. Wards lecture, m
ich is very interesting and amusing. r,
well as instructive, will be of special ",
portance to the students of the great 10
poet of all time.
Judging from the large attendance and
high standard of entertainment -
RES Chautauqua will be gratifying pa
cess, and those guarantors who have l.
rked so hard to make the venture a ~
cess viii feel that their efforts have ~,
been in vain. -