The Springdale news., 1916-07-28
CHAUTAUQUA IS
 NOW IN SESSION
Local Chautauqua Opened Tues day Afternoon With Beverly Entertainers as Attraction Good Crowd Attending.

Good Crowd Attending
 The =five-day session of the To- cal Chautauqaa. under the super vision of the White < Myer Sys- tem of Kansas City. opened in SpringdaIe Tuesday afternoon The sessions are being held un- der large tent erected on the east end of the lot at the Gram mar school. Regardless of the warm weather d good crowd was present opening day.
 Two sessions are held daily. at three 0 clock in the afternoon and at eight 0 clock in the even ing. \. T. Powell. of Kirksville. Mo-, is here as platform manager for the White X Mver System.
 The opening number of the pro- gram was the Beverly Entertain Iers. 4nartetIe of young ladies. They gave varied program in the afternoon. consisting of se- #feetions on stringed Instruments. vocal music. and excellent read- ings. The program in the even ing consisted of a forty-fiYe min- ute prelude by the Beverly En- Itertainers, and lecture by Walt IIolcomb. on The Horse-Race. . TRa evening crowd was excellent. and the program Was welI enjoY- ed. The attendance during the afternoon sessions k being great i,. increased et the closing of all local stor,s from three 0 clock until four. The hour k hardly long enough to give ail employees time fo remain during the en- lire sesslon. but all are taking advantage of the opportunity pre- santed.
 Local men who guaranteed the Necessary amount to the White & Myer System are well pleased with the attendance; and with the sale of season tickets; al- though they will lose a small sum on the guarantee, possibly S200.
 The tent Is lighted with elee= tricity. and seats were secured from the open air union services at the Auditorium park, and from the local picture show.
 The program for the remain der of the week, will prove espee- ially interesting:
 Friday afternoon The Iadyn Vested Choir. of SIX people; and Marian Wharton. In the even= ing comes the Haydn Vested Choir. and their grand concert, This will be the feature evening oi the entire program.
 Saturday afternoon The Cos mopoIitans with full program. In the evening The tosmopol-
 ans. aud Edward Elliott. close .he haatauqua.
 Tare iS | musical prelude to each lecture. or entertainment of farty-five minutes. the sessions lasting about one hour and half.
 Ye Olde Towne quartette was 'the musical attraction for wed- nesday afternoon and evening. giving two popular programs of of old familiar songs, and also the more popular numbers of the day: mixed and mingled in a variety that pleased all with the more classical.
 Regardless of the heat We'd nesday afternoon a good crowd heard the lecture by Fred Eugene Baker. on the Lucky Number; and the lucky number as termed by the lecturer proved to he Number One.
 Dr. John Merritte Driver, of Chicago, held the rapt attention of the largest crowd so far of the Chautauqua Wednesday evening, when he lechred for one hour and forty-five minutes on the Eu- ropean situation at the present time. The speaker has visited every country now engaged in war. and speaks with intelligence. His closeup descriptive view of the Kaiser was well worth the price of d season ticket Although the program Wednesday night was two hours and q half many of those present expressed re erets when Dr. Driver completed his talk.