The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-16
ELSIE BAKER, coHTRALTo
SINGER, ONE FEATURE
Number Of High-Grade Musical Artists
Are Booked to Appear With Her;
Judge Benjamin Lindsey of Denver,
Will Be One of the Lecturers; Date
of Show June to %; Famous Attrac-
lions Billed This Season

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greatest contraltos. and Katherine
Ridgeway, recognized as the greatest
entertainer on the public platform
will be among the feature attractions
on our chautauqua program this. sum-
mer. 1xIr 4
This welcome announcement was
made by T. F. Graham, field manager
for the Redpath Vawter System, who
was here a few days ago for the pur-
pose of making some preliminary ar
rangements for the big summer event.
Mr.. Graham is enthusiastic over the
program offered this year, declaring it
to be the finest array of talent ever
presented by the Redpath Vawter
people.
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 organiza-
lions 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.
One of the more novel musical at
fractions which promises to be one of
the most popular on the entire pro-
gram will be- company of native
Hawaiians. The popularity of Ha-
waiian music created ia general re-
quest from chautauqua patrons for a
Hawaiian company. j. R. Ellison,
who for number of years was con-.
nected with the Redpath system and
who is now conducting chautauquas
on the Pacific coast, was engaged by
Mr.. Vawter to go to Hawaii for the
purpose of securing company of
genuine Hawaiians capable of pre-
senting Hawaiian music at its best.
The Schumann Quintet.
The Schumann quintet is another
musical organization which should ap-
peal to all lovers of good music. This
company is headed by Carl Lampert
who for nine years was first yiolinist
with the celebrated Theodore Thomas
orchestra. Mr.. Lampert believes that
the great classic numbers are enjoyed
by the masses when they are properly
interpreted. Consequently each num-
Der is preluded by short explanation
by Mr.. Lampert. He holds that such
music tells of real people, their joys
and their sorrows, their striving for
things worth while and their faith in
human kind.
The Royal Dragons, 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 repeti-
ton 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 num-
bers will consist of humorous and
dramatic sketches interspersed with
vocal and instrumental selections.
-Four artists and actors of ability who
have been in chautauqua work sew
eral seasons.
The announcement, however, of the
first western chautauqua tour of Kath
crime Ridgeway and her company
will probably generate as much real
enthusiasm as that of any number
Katherine Ridgeway is universally
recognized as the greatest entertain
er on the platform. For years she
has been the standard by which all
others have been judged and her ap-
pearance on our program is a guar
antee of it's quality.
John B. Ratio, like Ridgeway, Kryl,
and Elsie Baker. stands at the head
of his respective class. He is an i'm
personator, known to chautauqua and
lyceum audiences all over the coun-
try. AS a wig and grease paint artist
he has no equal.
Lindsey On Program.
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
and his new lecture, ''The Greater
Love-" was inspired by his visit to
prison camps of the warning coun-
tries as we'll as by his. many expert
ences in fighting special privilege in
Colorado.
The engagement of Governor Frank
B. Willis of Ohio promises to be a
master stroke for Keith Vawter. Mr..
Graham predicts that Governor Willis
will prove to be one of the most popu-
lar lecturers of the decade.
Catch My-Pal" Patterson, til e
Irish Billy Sunday. and originator of
the Catch My-Pal'' movement, will
bring to- chautauqua specimen OF
real Irish oratory. A native of Ire
land, a graduate of her schools and
colleges. Mr.. Patterson is regarded as
one of her greatest reformers and as
an orator is classed with Robert EN-
NETT and Daniel Parnell.
OF special interest to the women OF
the community is the announcement
of the lecture by Mrs. Sarah Tyson
.Rorer. Every housewife has used
Mrs. Rorer's cook book, and has read
her articles in the Ladies' Home Jour-
nal. Her books on diet are used in
hundreds of hospitals.
AS Opposite to vardaman.
People, who did not agree with SEN
ator Vardaman in his attitude on the
negro question. as he expressed il
from the 1915 chautauqua platform
will have their stand indicated wher
CONGRESSMAN John w. Abercrombie
of Alabama delivers his lecture or
"The Old and New South" Mr.. Aber-
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