Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-07-04
Ole rheobaldl WIN Play Here.
ALMOST PRICELESS VIOLIN THREE HUN.
DRED YEARS OLD.

DRIED YEARS OLD.
A violin said to be more than three
hundred years old and valued at $25, 00(
will be played ct the Chautauqua on the
fair grounds by Ole Theobaldi, famous
Norwegian violinist.
The instrument was made In 1892 by
Casparo ds Salo, starving violin maker
of Milan, and was exhibited In the latter
part of the sixteenth century In Feurini'a
Museum. It was anatched from its case
In the museum by sergeant in Napo.
Icons army when Napoleon crossed the
Airs into Milan with bis forces and was
later carried back to Paris and presented
by this sergeant to Ranchery, the great
est violinist of bis day. In time Il fell
into the hands of Ole Bull, who present
cd it to Ole Theobaldi at banquet In
Christiania in 1876.
Theobaldi Is regarded ~ the greatest
living Norwegian vioiinist and is looked
upon Is the successor Of Ole Bull and
Paganini. A few years ago he made q
tour OF the world, appearing In concert
In the largest concert halls in the great
music center of every continent, and re-
ceived ovation after ovation. he is the
possessor of more than sixty gold medals
and court decorations, many of them OF
great value.
Theobaldi's work IL decidedly SPEC
tacular, and he 10 said to be one Of the
strongest musical attractions appearing
among the Chautsuquas this season. He
will appear here In the concert % one Of
the features of the FIVE days program
and will be assisted by Nine. Florence
Alice Stitzel, operatic soprano, and Mile.
Helen Kelere, piano virtuoso.
Other strong musical numbers an
noupced are the American Quartet, and
Clayton Conrad, to be here on the open
ing afternoon and evening; O'Hara and
Wetmore, musical artists and entertain
ers, to come on the second day: the Dun
bar Southern Singers and Chss. Frink,
bapjoist, who will sing songs of the
Southland, among them number of old
southern darky melodies with banjo &C.
compartment, and Victor's .Florentine
Band and Neapolitan Troubadours. The
Band is one of the leading italian Bands
appearing In America and is directed by
Signor de Carlo, one of the greatest Of
the italian Bandmasters. It has made
tours of American Chautauqua circuits
In previous seasons with great success.
PROGRAMS IN LARGE TENT.
The programs, as has been announced,
will be held In large tent, and the event
promises to be decided success from
an artistic standpoint and from the
standpoint Of entertainment.
The lecture features are what the man.
agemene calls "the backbone of the
Ohautcaqua." These will include lee
lures 6y Lee Francis Lybsrger of the
Philadelphia bar on 1.-THE Community
Conscience; Arthur Delroy of the New
York Psychic Club on character De-
velopment by Suggestion; Frederick
Warde on shakespeare and His Plays";
DR.. Euclid B. Rogers on "a Living or
Life" and Andre Tridon, Mexican war
correspondent, on "An Inside View of
Mexico"
The season tickets for the Chautauqua
are sold by . local committee and reduce
the cost of bearing each of these ten pro-
grams to q few cents. a. number. You
should plan to get yours to-day, as the
price goes up at the opening OF the
Chautauuua,