Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-03-27
Kryl, Lindsey, Hawaiians, Katherine
Ridgeway, Etc, Coming-El.
sic Baker to be
Feature.
THE PROGRAM LOOKS GOOD.
DR.. Gordon, Who Held Meetings Here
Last Spring, Among the
Attractions.
THE PROGRAM LOOKS GOOD

2 OF cOntfaltOS, anu hdlllCIlHe hluSe
way, recognized as one of the bes
entertainers on the public platform
will be among the feature attrac
lions on our Chautauqua program
this summer This announcement
was made by T. F. Graham, field man
ager of the Redpath Vawter company
who was in this city Friday to make
some preliminary arrangements fol
the big summer event.
With Miss Baker will be William
Durieux, cellist, and Frank Hauser
pianist. Mr.. DurieuX ranks with the
best cellists in America, having ap-
peared as soloist with such organi-
cations as the Damrosch and Victor
Herbert orchestras.
The announcement that Bohumir
Kryl and his great Bohemian band
will appear on the Redpath-Vawter
circuit again this summer will be
pleasing to most people of the COM
munity. Although this will be the
third successive season the request
for Kryl's return was so insistent and
unanimous over the circuit that it
was absolutely necessary for the man.
agement to replace this popular feat
ure.
One of the more novel musical at
fractions which promises to be one
OF the most popular on the entire
program will be company OF native
Hawaiians. The popularity of Ha-
waiian music created a general re-
quest from Chautauqua patrons for
a Hawaiian company.
The Schumann Quintette is another
musical organization which should
appeal to all lovers of good music.
This company is headed by Carl
Lampert who for nine years was first
violinist with the celebrated~The-
odore Thomas orchestra. Mr.. Lam
pert believes that the great classic
numbers are enjoyed by the masses
when they are properly interpreted.
Consequently each number is pre-
luded by a short explanation by Mr..
Lampert.
The Schumann concert is not a
thigh brow recital but sensible
Interpretation of the great compo-
sitions.
The Royal Dragons, a singing
band, was the most popular musical
number on the Redpath Chicago cir
cult last summer. This organization
will appear on our program this sea-
son and Mr.. Graham predicts a repet-
ition of the success scored last sum-
mer.
The Glenn Wells company will pre-
sent a program different from any
thing else of the week. Their number
! will consist of humorous and dra-
matte sketches interspersed with vo-
cal and instrumental selections. Four
artists and actors of ability who have
been in Chautauqua work several
seasons
The announcement, however, of
the first western Chautauqua tour Of
Katherine Ridgeway and her COM
pany, will probably generate as much
enthusiasm as that of any number.
Katherine Ridgeway has been the
standard by which all others have
been Judged and her appearance on
our program is guarantee of its
quality.
John B. Ratio, like Ridgeway,
Kryl, and Elsie Baker stands at the
head of his respective class. He is
an impersonator, known to chautau-
qua and lyceum audiences all over
, the country. AS wig and grease
paint artist he has no equal.
Judge Ben B. Lindsey, head of the
Juvenile Court of Denver, and one
of the leaders in the fight for social
and industrial justice, has been Sc
cured for lecture. Judge Lindsey
has recently returned from Europe
and his new lecture, THE Greater
Love- was inspired by his visit to
the prison camps Of the warning
countries as well as by his many eX-
periences in fighting special privil-
eye in Colorado. Judge Lindsey was
recently reelected for the thirteenth
time by the largest majority ever
given candidate in a Denver cleo
ton. And this in spite of the fact
that the machine politicians OF both
parties united against him.
The engagement of Governor
Frank B. Willis of Ohio promises to
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