Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-07-18
'bOHUM|R kRYL AND HIS
BAND AT CHAUTAUQUA

is their pleasure in this part of the
program.
The Redpath-Vawter Chautauqua
was one of the first to enter the
field of supervised play. AT least
one-third Of the morning hour is de-
voted to -healthful, wholesome recre-
alton on the playground. The boys
are in charge of competent direct
or of athletics, and the girls are di-
rected by an experienced play super
visor 1t has been a source of real
qualification to the Redpath manage
ment, and also to the play snrperyis-
lors, to have this particular part Of
the work made permanent in some
way. Many towns have found it
worth while to provide a public play
ground and supervisor of play for
the children of the community, as a
direct or indirect result of the Chau-
tanqua influence.
This year, in addition to these
things, the Redpath-Vawter circuit
lis fostering the peace spirit of the
country by presenting Peace Page
ant on the last night of each pro-
gram. In Webster City this pageant
will be given on Wednesday evening.
The Pageant is historical in cliarac-
Iter,, showing the spirit of America
from the time of the treaty between
William Penn and the Indians.
through the periods of the reyolu-
|tionary war, the civil war, the Span
ish war and down to the present mo-
ment when America stands as the
representative of peace to all the ma
|tions of the world.
It has been source of pleasure to
1.-THE Chautauqua management in
Webster City to find such a ready re-
spouse on the part of the children.
They are eager and enthusiastic in
their work. Miss Baker says that it
has been a great, pleasure 10 work
with Webster City boys and girls. 1t
has been interesting to note that
many of the boys and girls haye
found something worth while in the
regular programs of the Chautauqua.
Perhaps it is not too much to hope
that not the least of the benefits of
the Junior Chautauqua will be the
habit rormed' Of looking for and APP
|preciating the best things in Chau-
|tauua programs and in life.
Kryl and His Band.
Neck and neck, Rain and Kryl ap-
peared yesterday on the Chautauqua
grounds. The afternoon program
was Iinterfered with by the, rain, one
number having to be omitted on ac-
count of the storm. But nOtwith-
standing that it rained, and looked
like still more rain, the big tent fill
ed for the evening program, and the
largest audience since Bryan night
heard Kryl's music without discom-
fort or interruption.
This is Kryl's second Chautauuai
appearance in Webster City, but only
two of his men were here last year.
Four of last years men went to the
trenches in Europe. and last years
drummer has been killed in battle.
The personnel of Kryls present band
is mostly American-born- German,
Bohemian and Italian--only two of
the number having been born in Be-
hemia
Kryl's band this year numbers
thirty men playing the following
musical instruments-one flute and
piccolo, one oboe and English horn,
one basson, eight clarinets, two cor
nets, four trumpets, one baritone
horn, one brass and one string bass.
three trombones, three French horns,
a saxaphone, two drums, tympan
and a whole nest of traps" and
back of the band stands a fine chime
of pipes on which upon occasion are
produced cathedral chimes.
The brass bass instrument attract
ed good deal of attention. 1t is
huge instrument, highly polished,
has an odd turn near where the tube
terminates in the bell and the player
wears the instrument about his neck
like huge brass collar. The instru-
ment bears the name of Sousaphone
the first instrument of this shape
having been designed by and manu-
featured for Sousa and his hand.
kryls music was popular with the
audiences yesterday. The printed
showed a preponderance of
classical music and these numbers
were executed in fine style But Kryl1
knows the popular taste and. for the
SAKE of pleasing everybody. he is not
afraid to encore with ragtime and
other forms of light music
The rendition of Dvorak's Largo
from the New World SYM
phony was exquisite and will long
haunt the memory. Giordano's
Grand Scene and Ensemble was both
opd GRAND Mr. LyryJ,c cnrpat