The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-07-06
Chautauqua to BeMecca
for Ten Days;Lyceuln's S
Biggest Attractions On

For the next ten days the Valley
City Chautauqua grounds will be the
Mecca of this section of the state, if
the strongest lyceum talent that can
be obtained anywhere, an ideal camp
ing place, freedom from the heat and
all the other attractions count for any
thing.
Through special arrangement and to
give patrons an opportunity of also
visiting the Barnes county fair, inter-
est thus far has been divided between
these two centers of attraction. One
glance at the program Of the Chautau.
qua, however, is enough to indicate
that before the session is over Valley
City will have a Chautauqua second
to none in point of quality and Quan-
tity of talent, to say nothing Of the
many other attractions that this as
sembly can boast Of.
The grounds are in perfect condi-
ton, clean and sanitary. There are no
mosquitoes. While the city swelters
these days, Chautauqua is cool and
with the advantages it offers for the
ideal camp life, many have come to
realize that there is no need of going
lurtner IOr an OutlnS.
With the improvement of the roads
after the recent rains the enrolment
in both boys and girls encampments
is increasing daily, and in many re-
spects is proving much more delight
full than ever before. While these en-
campments would lose some of their
value without some instruction and
regulation, there is less work and
more play this year for the young men
and women. "These boys and girls
are gaining ten-fold the expense of
their experience" is the way one
young man put it Wednesday night.
Thursday evening Caps Orchestra
is again the musical attraction. It
need not be said that these people are
delightfully."- different from the ordi-
nary orchestra. They have snap and
style that leaves not a dull moment
in their whole program.
Then there is Col Shields, who will
give another of his illustrated lee
lures on our natural neighbors COL
Shields has already opened big
storehouse of knowledge about our
wild birds, so large in fact, that one
wonders at having lived so close to
them without getting acquainted. He
is staunch friend of the wild life
of the state and says while it is rare
sport to get the bead on the man at
the front who wants to shoot you
first, it is quite another matter-this
getting pOt-shot at a covey of game.
Be that as it may, your Chautauqua
experience this year will not be COM
plete without having heard Col.
Shields
One of the attractions that belongs
to a class that is bound to give the
1915 Chautauqua a distinctiveness Of
its own will be heard Friday and Sat-
urday when the Edwin R. Weeks CON-
pany makes it's appearance. Edwin
R., himself, has been called a whole
opera company in one person. His
voice ranges upwards of three octaves,
which enables him to give operettas
that introduce all the various charac-
ters from lofty soprano to deep bass,
but the company has attained a posi-
ton pre-eminent in the lyceum world
through its popular and substantial
performances rather than through fad
and foible. With Mr. Weeks are Mrs.
Weeks and Miss Lulu Sinclaire, both
accomplished musicians and versatile
The Weeks company will appear
both Friday afternoon and evening
and all day Saturday.
Sunday will be another of the out
standing days of this years assembly.
Mrs. Lillian Mitchner, said to be a Sec
ond Frances E. Willard, will occupy
the platform at II o'clock. At in the
afternoon, the Valley City Municipal
band will appear in concert and at
DR.. E. Melville Wylie, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church at Mont
clair, N. j., will speak. DR.. Wylie is
known throughout his own state as the
pastor of the largest and most infiu-
ential church in New Jersey He is
known in several states through his
ecture, "Parenthood by Proxy"
Besides the usual features, next
weeks programs will include DR.. E. T.
whose experiences have led
1lm from Mexico to Alaska, and he
will speak about both; H on. Ben
Drake; the Valkota Male Quartet; the
Chicago Operatic Co.; Normal School
lay; the Saddlers, who have been call
I'd "a whole Chautauqua in them
selves; Mrs. Ella M. Shippy; DR..
James H. McLaren, the noted Pacific
coast orator; Bouck White, who
speaks on 'The Call of the Carpen-
err" the Dunbars, masters of music;
md many other notable attractions.