Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-04-27

Players, Royal Marine Band
and DR.. Alex Cairns, Irish Wit
The Chautauqua committee reports
that arrangements have been made for an
unusually strong program Of lectures, musi-
cal concerts and entertainments in this
city the five days beginning July 25th,
Almost every hour of the entire days will
be full The forenoons will be taken up
in large part by the Junior Chautauqua,
which promises to be rOllicking feature
for the boys and girls. The afternoons
and evenings will be given to the sessions
of the regular Chautauqua program in
the large auditorium waterproof tent and
these programs are of such merit that
they will command the attention of the
entire community while the Chautauqua
is holding forth.
The opening feature will be the Junior
Chautauqua, the night preceding the reg
ular five days program, when commun-
ity play festival will be held. These plans
will be under the direction of playground
expert from Columbia university, New
York city, and will include many novel
and interesting features in which the boys
and girls of the entire community will
participate.
There is a long list of notable features.
These include Lincoln l.. Writ, Boston
publicist, lecturer and world traveller, who
will speak on The Challenge of the
World to America" the Royal Marine
Band with Signor Lacerenza director; the
Hawaiian Singers and Players in an even
ing of Hawaiian music and stories of ma
tive life; the Manhattan Grand Opera
Quartette with Nine. Claire Spencer,
Irish contralto; DR.. Frederic Poole, fa-
nous authority on China; Dr. 7, Alex
Cairns, famous Irish wit, besides many
Others.
A Patriotic Day.
The plan is to make the first day a Pa
triotic Day, and DR.. Writ is to be the
principal speaker DR.. Writ has recently
returned from an eight months visit at
the front in France. He was with the
armies of five OF the countries at war, and
as bearer of personal letters from the
secretary Of state he was permitted to
pass freely through the jealousy guarded
military zones, receiving many courtesies
from both military and civil authorities.
He visited many lines of trenches and
saw some of the iercest of the fighting
His subject will be THE Challenge of
the World to America" He will discuss
the part America should play in interna-
tional affairs. DR.. Writ is particularly
fitted to do this. He has had world
wide experience. He served for three
years as territorial superintendent of edu-
cation in Alaska, establishing the schools
farthest north. He spent seven years in
travel, journeying extensively throughout
Europe, Africa, China, Japan, the Philip
pines Australia, the south sea islands and
Central America
He has'had nearl y ten years expert
ence as Chautauqua and lyceum lectur-
er, journeying to the four corners of this
country and making as many as 200 or
more addresses each year in the principal
cities and towns in every state.
The Chautauqua management an
nounces that for this patriotic session,
which will be held on the first night, the
veterans of the civil and Spanish-Ameri-
can wars will be admitted, in uniform
free of charge. This same courtesy is ex-
tended to the boy scouts in uniform, pro-
vided they are in command of a scout
master. In towns adjacent to the Cana
dian border the Community Chautauquas
are also extending this recognition to The
men who have fought in wars in which
Canada has participated, including the
present war in Europe. A special section
of seats will be reserved for these guests.
Some prominent local man will be asked
to preside at this session.
The Manhattan Grand Opera Quar-
tette is one of the important musical
features. This company is headed by
Nine, Claire Spencer, famous Irish con-
tralto, former member of the Manhat-
tan Grand Opera Company, under Oscar
Hammerstein; the Verdi and National
Grand Opera Companies; also the Debo-
rah Byrne Grand OPERA Company and
the John G. Dempsey Light Opera Com
pany. She is supported by Flora Lyon,
soprano; Tees Longtin, tenor; Pierre
Remington, basso, former member of
the Lombardy Opera Company and the
National Grand Opera Company, and
Melville Charlton, musical director. The
company will present selections from both
light and grand opera. 1t is one of the
big musical features of the Chautauqua
Played Before Kings.
A novel feature of the program is Will
fred, the Lutte Player. This young gem