The Mankato free press., 1916-07-14

John DeetS, who is experimenting
the chautauqua, gave the announce
ments, and told the audience of the
many good programs in store for them
during the week
Kilties' Band furnished the program
at the chautauqua tent this afternoon
and will appear again this evening
This famous organization is known as
Canada's greatest concert band, and
their programs are varied with special
features, such as Scottish dances and
songs, instrumental solos, and bag
pipe playing. The unique uniforms
add greatly to the attractive appear
ance of this splendid band
Magic Was Feature.
Magic was the great feature at
last evenings session of the local
Independent chautauqua. Norton was
there in all his mystic glory. The
climax of it all was when he per-
formed what he calls his Hindoo
trunk feat. This was done with two
well-known local citizens on the
stage, c. R. Shumway, the instructor
in agriculture, and l. l.. Endicott, the
painter.
Mrs. Norton was tied up in a large
sack. The knot was secured with
sealing wax. She was placed in q
big theatre trunk, every side oi
which was first pounded to show thai
it was sound. The trunk was fastened
and locked. The two local citizens
sat down in chairs before it, while
Mr.. Norton placed two screens ir
front of the trunk. He told the two
gentlemen, as he did this, that JUS
as quickly as they saw him wall
around behind the screens, they were
to take the screens away from il
front of the trunk.
Mr.. Norton walked behind the
screens, and the next instant Mr.
Shumway and Mr.. Endicott took the
screen aside. There stood Mrs. Nor.
ton in front of the trunk. Mr.. Nor
ton had disappeared. The trunk was
unlocked and he was found inside il
the sack
No less mystifying was the fea
performed with what Mr.. NortOI
called "the drum that can't be beat.
With some rings and paper he fash
iOned small drum, which he huns
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hole in it and drew out several hand
kerchiefs of different colors, thu
flags of many nations and a yer!
long colored string of paper. Thi!
string of paper he wound irregu
| larly round and round a rod, which
he moved back and forth. At length
| he had wound on the rod large tan
gle of this paper. He pulled th'
| tangle apart, and inside was seel
a live rabbit
Another feature of the evenin.
was the Howard quintet. This con
sisted of John E. Howard, leader
Mrs. Howard, pianist; Armand Chris
tian, second violin; Miss DOroth,
Taggart, flute; and Arthur Skoog
'cellist. Many highly appreciated Sc
lections were rendered, including
Loves Voyage "The Shuber
Medley" "The Herd Girls Dream,
"Annie Laurie" '"The Back Seat il
the Old Henry Ford" "Just Weary
in For You," and others.
Paid Tribute to American Song.
| John E. Howard, director of th
| Howard Quintet, which gave th
opening prelude at the Independen
chautauqua tent last night, sounded
another note in the made in Amer
ica" slogan, when he paid graceful
| tribute to american Music" tn
product of American composers, whicl
, is on a par with the best music il
! the world. His statement that tn
musical program would be made u
largely of music by American com
poserS won the immediate favor o
! the audience, and Mr.. Howard wa
[ enthusiastically applauded for hi
| sentiments. The opening number wa
| an idyl by the American compose
| Parrott, entitled Loves Voyage" ant
| was a very delightful musical com
position, charmingly rendered by th
| quintet. A medley of Schubert
compositions was played, after whicl
Mr.. Howard, and Miss Taggart rem
dered "The Herd Girls Dream" al
| a duet, the former playing violin ant
| the latter flute, the effect proving
very pleasing. AS an encore numbe
they played annie Laurie" An ar
| rangement of Carrie Jacob Bond
| popular song, "Just Wearyin FO
You" was played by the quintet as thu
| closing number of their program. Mis-
Willmert, the talented reader wht
had furnished half of the Afternoon
program, gave some humorous read
ings which delighted her audience
The Friday afternoon exercises at
country school, in which she imper
sonated the teacher, and several o
the young performers proved yer!
amusing. Miss Willmert was enthu'
sistically applauded and gave laugh
able encore number. Norton, tht
magician, assisted by his clever wife
gave number of very mystifyint
tricks which pleased the older peo-
pie as we'll as the children. The Hin
doc trunk trick proved very battling
conundrum, and will require some
time for the children to figure out
if they ever succeed in unraveling the
mystery The chautauqua tent was
crowded last night in spite of the
heat and mosquitoes, and the audi.
ence appeared to be well satisfied
with the program.
From Tuesdays Daily.