The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-08-01

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being held here this week 1t
opened Sunday afteroon with a
concert hy the 'lonian Serenaders
and readings by Miss Ruth Meek
G., and there was q large attend
ance i'm spite of The extreme hot
weather.
Mayor HALEY welcomed the
Chaulauqua with a few we'll
chosen remarks during which he
paid tribute lO the small number
of public spirited citizens who
made the Chautauqua possible by
guaranteeing The sale of the re-
quired number of season tickets
and also To that large number of
citizens who have already pur-
chased practically enough tickets
To assure The success of the UNI
dcrtakng He then introduced
g. A. Matteson, superintendent of
the Chautauqua, who was to have
eiven a short history of the Chau-
lauqua and its aims and mis-
sion, but who, ON account of the
extreme heat. postponed his re-
marks until evening.
10 is estimated that there were
from $50 to 200 people present al
the afternoon entertainment and
everyone present was we'll repaid
for the discomfort they suffered
from the heat by the high charac-
ter of the entertainment furnished
thcm as the Ionian Serenaders
are extremely clever musicianV
ond entertainers and Miss Ruth
Meeker is hard to surpass as a
reader.
The attendance at The evening
entertainment was much larger
that i'm the afternoon and it is es-
limatcd that between 500 and 600
persons We're present. The au-
dience al the two meetings was
not confined To those having sea-
SON tickets by any means as over
one hundred dollars worth of
single admission tickets were sold
for the two entertainments.
The meeting Sunday evening
was even better than the one i'm
the afternoon. The Ionian Sere-
naders again took part i'm the pro-
gram as did Miss Ruth Meeker,
and were even more entertaining
than i'm the afternoon. In ad-
dilion TO these S. platt Jones was
on the program with his imper-
sonations lie has the reputa-
lion of being one of the greatest
impersonators and humorists on
the platform i'm The United States
and those who heard him that
evening will testify that his repu-
lation is we'll earned. I'm addi-
tion 90 the regular program Mr..
Matleson made a few remarks
giving the history of the Chautau-
qua and Miss Pearl Brandon SUI
porvisor of the Junior Chautau-
quas, was introduced and ex-
planned the Junior Chautauqua.
There are about one hundred
children enrolled i'm the Junior
Chautauqua, The first meeting of
which was held at nine o'clock
Monday. A king Arthur's Court"
was organized and a pageant will
be given ON the last day of the
Chautauqua.
There was not quite SO large a
crowd at the afternoon meeting
Monday, although The entertain
ment was fully equal to that of
Sunday. The musical numbers
were furnished by the Gullota
Trio and Dr. Elliott A. Boyle de-
livered a lecture on "The Seen
and the Unseen" which was very
much appreciated.
The entertainment Monday
evening consisted of a concert by
the Gullotta Trio and a lecture
oration by the Hon. Victor Muir
dock. This was by far the besf
entertainment so far. The Gull
lotta Trio simply captured tn,
audience and at the conclusion o.
their program were so enthusi-
aslically encored that they re-