The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-07-14
From Mondays Daily.
Lecture BY Rev. R. J. Patterson
Was Feature of the
Afternoon

| II there are any profits made out
of the Independent chautauqua, the
money is to go towards identifying
and improving Sibley park. John d.
Deets made this announcement at the
opening session of this chautauqua
yesterday afternoon, stating that he
had received this information direct
from the committee in charge.
Mr.. Deets made an appeal to the
people to boost for this chautauqua.
1t was home affair. Its success was
the success of the local people. Any
surplus that there might be would
! be spent right here in Mankato, and
would not be taken off to Chicago or
any other big city.
Mr.. Deets praised the efforts of the
committeeman who had labored to
produce the splendid program and ne
spoke particularly of the musical fea-
, lures, which he declared were supe-
rior to any that ever visited Mankato
/ before. He called particular attention
to Kiltie's concert band
Mr.. Deets besought each one % re-
solve to sell ticket. 1t was an affair
, of the people and all should be in
,terested. He quoted the slogan that
mad been used by the main speaker
of the afternoon, Rev. r. j. Patter-
: son, famous for anti-liquor work in
/ Ireland. This slogan was "catch my
pal' and Mr. Deets was just as anxl-
Gus for every man and woman in the
audience to resolve to catch pal in
! the sale Of a chautauqua ticket as Rev.
Patterson had been to have every
one of his reformed drunkards catch
! pal and make a reformed man out
of him likewise.
The arrangement of the seats was
| a particularly commendable feature of
the preparations. The back seats have
been raised in tiers, so that those in
the rear can look over the heads OF
those in front There is room to seat
about 1000. The seats were hardly
more than half filled yesterday after
noon, yet this made very good aud
fence. The warmth of the day had
caused vast number of people to use
their automobiles and go out into
the country. Except quite early in the
afternoon, the enclosure was a de-
! lightfully cool place, the tent being
open on all sides except at the stage.
The stage was beautifully decorated
with flowers and palms by Mrs. Paul
inc Windmiller Several large flags
and an array of bunting were also
among the adOrnments.
The acoustic properties of the tent
were excellent. 1t was easy to hear
everywhere.
Splendid Musical Program
The program led off with splen-
did musical entertainment by the
American operate company of Chi
cago. The entertainers were a quar-
tette of vocalists and one pianist, Miss
Edith Schwartz. The singers were
Miss Mary Highsmith, soprano; Miss
Clara Throndrud, contralto; Thomas
Fannell, tenor, and Grant Hadley,
baritone.
The program included not only
quartette singing, but each member
rendered several solos. Encores were
! frequent Miss Highsmith sang "These
are from the Holy City" by Gaul. Miss
Throndrud sang "My Ain Folk" and
Nevins Mighty Like Rose" Mac
Dermid's "Arise, Shine" was rendered
by Mr.. FannelI and Cadman's "The
Knighthood Song" by Mr.. Hadley.
The address by Rev. r. ]. Patterson
Of Belfast, Ireland, was treat in wit
and wisdom. His story of the great
total abstinence movement that he
lstarted at Armagh, Ireland, was most
Fascinating. He started by converting
six drunkards. These induced more
to sign the pledge. Gradually the club
grew, and the movement spread far
and wide. The slogan, "catch-my pal, "
became popular throughout the Eng
lish- speaking world.
There was far better attendance
at the evening session, when the
American operate company gave an
other splendid entertainment.
Mr.. Deets called special attention
! to the junior chautauqua work, to be
conducted this morning, beginning
+, at ten o'clock, by Miss Martina Mar
tin. He spoke also of the free enter
tainment that would be given this
afternoon, beginning at two o'clock,
for the pupils of the grade and paro-
| chial schools, by Norton, the magi-
clan.
Junior Chautaqqua Work.
Miss Martin spoke briefly of the
junior chautauqua she would conduct
in the morning and she mentioned
particularly the clay modelling that
the children would do at the tables.
She said she had just come from st.
Peter, where she gave 200 children
the junior chautauqua instruction.
| She spoke of the program of the Man
kato Independent chautauqua, dwell
ing on various features and declaring
that it was a most excellent one.
Among the numbers in the evening
musical entertainment were the fol-
lowing: A Mcdowell etude, given as a
piano solo, by Miss Schwartz; Greet
ings of Spring" by Strauss, sung by
the quartette; "The Rigoletto," rend-
cred by the quartette; "La Donna
Mobile" solo by Mr.. Fannell; Arditti's
Let Me Love Thee" solo by Mr.. Had