The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-05-17
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EMINENT PRINIA DONNA COMING:
2 HERE DURING .CIIAUTAU.
81 QUA WEEK.
Features Of 1915 PrAgram--Rissi
Masaae and Rageantr--Whites.H Has,
sars-Parish I. ,Players-Killarney
Girls = Scllup,ann Quintet - Wen
KNOWN Lecturers.

Girls - Scllupann Quintet - Wen
KNOWN Lecturers.
Announcement has just been made
by the Redpath Chautauqua manage
ment that Julia, Claussan, eminent.
contralto, ofe.,na Chicago Grand Opera.
Company, is to appear, here, onq this,
seasons Chautauqua program. Pierre
Henrotte. concert meister, and. Mar,
Gel Charharss director of. French operas
Of the Chicago, Opera Company, are
the assisting artists. Nine. Claussen
and her family, also the, assisting
artists, will travel. over the Chautau-
qua circuit In a.. private car. +,
Julia ClapssenJ comes from. the.
land long ago made famous by, Jenny,
Lind. Her versatility is apparent,
when one stops to think, that during,
the Chicago grand opera season just.
closed she sang in German, Italian
and French roles. On her ChAutauqua
tour ahe will, sing q, goodly portion,
OF, her, program, In English, Il is said
Of Julia Clapssen that she has never.
had an adverse criticism,
A strikinEly new note is. seen in
thls years program in. the prodpe-
tion Of Percy Mackaye,s. ''Sane-.
tpary''--as Bird MasaQe and Pageant
with special COSTUMES, and with, a,
woodland setting secured, through, a.
newly Invented process for throwing
pictursA directly on. the. air, without,
the AID Of q screen. Ernest HapoldI
RayAss, the. we'll known, naturalist, is
TO play; the part of Shy, the NATURAL
ist. An this. ma%qne in the evening.
and in the afternoon will give a lee
tureA on birds and .apimals, -
The. White Hpssara thirteen, .in all,,
for two performances. with
Alfradl Sweet, director, have. developed,
a high standard in band music, and;
they also appear ..as a. vocal choir Of
equal merit. They have apeared, fors
four, years In traps-continental TOURS
In Which they have played in nearly
all the large cities, ...is, =. ga ~
r5sOn the third. night OF hte, Chau-
tauqua. q haHrhopr's address. .will, be-
given by an authority, on tha. place.
az the drama in community life. and
this will be followed, by The Parish
Players in a. presentation ofAa strong
and timely one-act drama, known as
'The. Wax zone,' The Lady Eeazle''-
scene froSt i, The school OF. Scandal. -
viii next be presented. then a. rez
mantle play and lastly a pleasing
one-acts c0nledy. s..,A So.
The Weatherwax Brothers, q vocal
and trumpet quartet, who. appear
early In the week. first, appeared. In,
Iowa during the. initial ealppaign.. Of,
President Mckinley. and l,aya, been.
upon the platform seyer since. de-.
lighting great andiences in all parts.
Of the United States. ., j., =,
The schumann Quintet. also on the
week program. a classical
chamber music organization, with an,
established place In the musical
world, In addition to- their orchestral.
Instruments. carry with them real
pipe organ-a novelty indeed for O
organization. -
N On another evening the Killarney,
Girls, and Rita Rich. "a company Of
six. attired In Irish costumes and with,
stage setting. will. present
n programpof Irish MUSIC from the
simple folk lore to the classic.
( Among the lecturers. Ng Pooni
Chew. former consul OF. the. Chinese.
government to, San. Francisco, editor
OF the first Chinese paper In America,
and long, known, as the" Chinesc
Mark Twain" will lecture on "The,
New China and, Her Relations to!
the Western World" ,ay
p Allen d. Albert, president Of thas
International Association Of Rotary.
Clubs. chairman OF the, Civic Fedora
tton OF Minnesota, president of the
Minnesota Academy Of Social.
Sciences, and former editor Of the
Minneapolis. Tribune, will deliver an
evening lecture on this great pro-
gram on phases of social welfare and
community problems.
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