Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-09-20
HOME FROM sUCCEssF u TRIP.
Miss nellie Jewell just Closed %
Week Tour With Redpath
Chautauqua.

twenty-five weeks tour on the Deluxe
, Circuit of the Redpath Chautauuua.
Miss Jewell started out from Chica-
go on April Is on a big special train
of seven Pullmans and an observa-
ton car, with 100 members on and
went straight to Jacksonville, Flor
ida. On the way down the company
stopped at Ashville, N. c. and visited
Grove Park Inn, most beautiful
place and considered the finest sum-
mer resort in the world. The chau-
tauqua opened in Jacksonville on
April Il, and worked from Florida
north through North and South Caro-
lima, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky,
Georgia, Indiana, Michigan and Illi-
nois, the circuit closing at Waukegan
en- Sept. s.
Inc trip was most delightful and
successful one for Miss Jewell and
her work met with high favor every
place she visited and in the wide ter
r:tory covered she had the opportu-
rity of visiting many places of nation
al interest.
The company visited Chattanooga
Ter week, and the week end was
srent on Look Out Mountain. One
Particular place of wide interest was
a visit to Umbrella Rock, high above
the city of Chattanooga, where one
could look straight down for a long
distance and see the city of Chatta-
kooga below. 1t was a wonderful
sight.
Miss Jewell had charge of all the
morning hour work at the chautau-
qua; told stories and taught folk
dances to the children She also pre-
pared SO children from each place
visited to do six different bird dances,
i'll the bird nasque, held on the sixth
night of the chautauqua. 1t was a
great feature. Percival Seymour
Vivian, managing director of the Ben
Greet Players in England and Amer
lea, took the character of the "Fawn"
III the Bird Masque. The third night
OF the program Miss Jewell appeared
before the whole audience and read
to them.
Miss Jewell will remain in Decor
an until Christmas when she expects
10 return to Chicago and take up her
work again. She is a graduate of the
columbia College of Expression, in
hicago, and in about two weeks will
take on classes in Folk Dancing and
Expression, in DEBORAH.
! We take the following interesting
article concerning Miss JeweH-s
work from the Frankfort, Indiana.
Evening News:
One of the most valuable features
or the chautauqua that is appearing
In Frankfort this week, insofar as
actual results are concerned, is the
children's department, conducted by
Miss nellie Jewell.
Miss Jewell has accomplished re-
markable results during her brief
stay in the city, and the popularity
OF the instructor, as well as the work
she is doing, is well attested by the
growing attendance at children's
hour.
One feature of the work has been
the training of SO children to parti-
clpate in the bird masque, Thursday
night. Six different folk dances
taught to as many groups of six chill
dren each, have been given the chill
nI,
tered by the juveniles.
Every morning at nine O'Clock
children's hour is held. This is free
10 all children of the city. The time
IS dlVided between story telling and
tolk dancing. At the former, Miss
Jewell is proficient, with a limitless
supply OF chlldren's stories That
uney are not only appreciated by the
niue tots, was indicated at the en-
tertainment last evening, when Miss
JeWeil related number of stories
during mtermission. She was hear
tliy encored by the adult audience.
Whlch was quick to perceive the mer-
it of her work.
Miss Jewell is doing chautauqua
work because she likes it, she con-
nded to friends she has made in
I. MISS Jewell prefers to
work with children, and entered SER
vice with the Redpath chautauqua
this summer.
She is a graduate of the Column
Dia college Of expression of Chicago.
Prior to and since her graduation,
she had experience in story telling
and teaching folk dancing. She ap-
Ipeared on numerous programs with
readings. During her college course
she had the character part in the
Junior play, and was assigned the
leading role in the senior play. This
summer is the first she has engaged
In chautauqua work, yet she has
Deen very successful from the start.
She has already become personally
acquainted with scores of children
VINO have been attending that por-
ton OF the chautauqua to which she
lis assigned.
Miss Jewell is highly pleased with
the considerate attention she has re-
lceived in Frankfort. "Do you know
nave never visited a city where the
people seem so universally cultured
as here,' she said this morning.
Inc city is one of the most desir-