Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-07-14
SOME TALENT
That Will Be Heard at Our Big
Chautauqua Which Begins
July %

tiful Oriental hangings of every descrip-
ton; Nayphe. himself. is dressed in the
costume o: an Oriental prince at first
and then as shepherd, and then ag ain
in some other costume Of the Oriental.
He doesn't change his costumes, but
rather drops one off when he is thro with
it, and displays another underneath, SO
there is no time lost. Every minute he is
on the stage he is in action; he reminds
one of what human volcano would be
like; he is like poetic and symphonic
edition OF Billy Sunday; he is as graceful
as swan. while his words have both
the beauty and the cadence Of melody.
And so he goes on bringing the Orient
to the Occident, the ancient customs to
the modern America, but all the time re-
manning an Ameri can. He brings on the
platform with him five or six, indeed do
not know how many young ladies also
dressed in the costumes. and while he
never pauses speaking for moment he
More than this. he gives. with the
assistance Of these young ladies', the be-
trothal and the marriage ceremony as it
is performed in the far East. He also
shows the Oriental's method Of praying.
he sings some Of their songs. His lecture
is almost stupendous; it is so dramatic,
big and beautiful.
He gives two lectures: the other is on
the Twenty-third Psalm. Anything like
an adequate description of this is beyond
the power Of words to convey. He gives
light on the Psalms that is new to
everyone and beautiful beyond COM
parison.
An entertainer who will greatly inter-
est you is Noah Bellharz. man whom
haye tried to get for five or six years.
His Hisworkpartakes Of Ratio. Landon, and
Newens. altho he is really like all. but not
entirely similar to either. He does his
work in costume and make up" He
uses the same art as Landon. the ra-
pidity Of Ratio. He has much Of the
philosophy and humor of Gillian. with the
sincerity and earnestness of Newens.
No matter what character he presents,
it is finished. artistic. interesting. and
sincere.
Then we have a lecturer whom we
have not talked very much about be-
cause he see ms like one of the family.
We have sent him over our other circuits.
First we had him on "B' two years ago;
he made so good that we put HIM on &c"
the following year; here he made so
good that many declared he was the
foremost Of the lecturers. Then in
the two Of three places where he
leotured on "A" this past summer be
pleased SO well that there seemed no.
thing to do but put him on as a regular
lecturer. He has typical happy. earn
est. sincere. home-like. honest address
the kind that makes the people want to
crowd down to the platform and shake
hands with the lecturer. This man is
George c. Aydelott.
Tne next man to whom | wish to call
your attention is Or. Benjamin S. Hay
wood. He has done big things in his
church. and bigger things in his leeturing.
BY the way Of a decided diversion we
have an entertainer of a most unusual
type. This is Miss Ethel Hinton. real
headliner in eharacterizations and dialect.
She presents personal experiences that
are striking. and characters that are Pc
ouliar and eccentric and clever. The
scenes which she enacts are scenes OF
joy and she brings characters on the
platform that make US really scream
with laughter, unless perehanoe they are
such that will excite tear. As has been
SO often said, she good naturedly rid
ioules folly by magnifying it. A recital
by Ethel Hinton is a treat for anybody.
dreds of thousands of people. and we are
glad indeed, she will make her first
appearance for 1916 west of the Miss
ouri river.
This. already too long. must not be
closed without telling you of the greatest
attraction of all. namsly a strong pro-
duction of the famous play THE Melting
| Pot" Few cities outside Of New York
and Chicago have any opportunities Of
hearing real players, of hearing really
great actors. that is-aotors who create
the parts of drama when it is first pro-
duced. Every man and woman in the
cast of The Melting Pot is well known
player. There are ten characters in all,
each one familiar with the needs and the
ideals of the ohautauqua platform.
The Melting Pot is play that cannot
fail to stir every American heart, no
greater message Of patriotism was ever