The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-08-30
THIS YEARS CHAUTAUQUA
! CLOSES A FINE PROGRAM.

Friday was the closing day of the
Chautauqua and in the various ses-
sions was equally as good in merit as
the programs of previous days. In view
of the fact that there was some delay
in the arrival of the Oxfords, the en-
tire evening was given over to their
work. The company is composed of
Mr., Claude H. Ogden, tenor and man.
ager, Mrs. Stella s. Ogden, soprano,
Miss Hazel Huntley, contralto Harold
Saurer, baritone and William G. Hill,
pianist. The fore part of the evening
was devoted to a series of vocal and
instrumental selections and the bal
ance of the evening was taken up
witt the presentation of the Comic
Opera THE Dutch DOLL" Which was
presented in a splendid way.
Morning and Afternoon Session.
During the morning hours Miss Mary
Allen completed her series of talks by
discussing the subject of of Color"
The audience present was perhaps
the largest of the series and her talks
nave in general commanded attention
along new line of investigation in
the handling of social problems.
At the afternoon session the first
disarrangement in regular of the
program was experienced by the non
arrival of the Oxford Company. They
had missed connections at Galesburg,
Illinois, and SO the afternoon program
was filled by Oskaloosa talent. Roy
kemble pleased the people with sew
eral vocal solos, Perry Kfssick was as
effective in a delightful cornet solo
and they ably prepared the way for
the speaker of the afternoon.
Preston Bradley was to have spoken
on the subject of "A Fight With Con-
SCIENCE" lecture in which Jean Val
Jean plays an important part, but
this was set aside and he ably dis
cussed War Issues" Preston Bradley
was in the war zone only a few
months ago and SO was able to give
first hand information. All income
from these lectures is given to the
American Red Cross and he is putting
in the season among the training
camps and the Chautauquas in speak
ing to the soldiers and the public re-
garding the important work now at
hand. ......
In the present conflict there are
two great outstanding facts and that
is. First, that the United States is at
war and second, that the United
States Is in this walssto win, if it takes
fifty years, and bankrupts the nation.
1t is a war ofArighteousness over bru-
tality ahde aR question of victory over
autocracy. Russia > is now in the
hands of the peasant and the Russian
Jew and in some way. they will sue
coed. { English conditions, Irish affairs,
the peoble16 OF oFranEe and particularly
our responsibility in the war were all
discussede fnea Vigorous and candid
manner and in his vivid eloquence he
was frequently interrupted by ap.
plause.
Now that the program as whole
has been completed it is generally
acknowledged to be the finest that has
been presented in Oskaloosa and as
Platform Manager Stranahan aptly
put it, 1t has only served to whet the
appetite for better program next
season.
In the prelude of Mr.. Farmhouse and
Miss Kramme, their work in their
Cornet duets was mistaken by the
talent present, as belonging to some
travelling company and they made in.
quiry as to what company they be-
longed to. They could hardly realize
that such talent existed in Oskaloosa
So in this they, pleased more than the
audience. .... :.,. ...- +.