The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1918-05-24
SOME INTERESTING
CHAUTAUQUA FACTS
Elegant, Elevatlng, Educational, En-.
tcrtainment Enter Every
Event.

baA been the big attraction In Snyder
this week. The crowds have beon
large at all the entertainments and
the people are getting the worth OF
their money.
The performances are refined. ele-
waiting, instructive and varied to suit
all our moods and tastes.
Sunday afternoon and night was
the opening program by the Ladies'
orchestra and Mr.. Ratio In the role
Of impersonator.
Edna Means. the Joy girl. was the
star on Tuesday, supported by the
Eve Anderson musicians.
DR.. Ira D. Landreth's lecture on
Tuesday night was masterpiece OF
logic, rhetoric and reason.
The Marr Entertainers were there
on Tuesday with a rich fund OF
songs and stories from the trenches,
and a story OF wars, famine and
bloody conflicts related by bieutcn-
and u. II. Tougher, direct from the
fields OF carnage in France. He tells
Of what he saw and explains to Us
the awful truths OF which we read
sketches. Then at night the pleas
ures furnished by the MARS were
augmented by the MAN OF Mystery "
The big thing came Wednesdsy In
the way Of Clmera's famous band and
CafarelH the italian prima dona who
electrified the world by her wonder
aul voice. Old time subjects are
treated in song and the Death Of
Custer" the bugle call and the Sioux
Indian War Dance and attendant cir
cumstances OF the massacre takins
grip on the audlence.and holds them
spell bound.
For Thursday there were readings
stories. music and fascinating lee
ture. "The Big Fight" by Captain
H'allon.
This afternoon, Red Cross lee
.rre by Harriet Byrd Warren who
gives the stories at first hands and
at night comedy drama THE
Climax by New York Stage artists,
Saturday, the closing events VIII
be "The Prcuner Artists" vocallsts
and A. Packard, Cartoonist and en-
tertainer.
San Jose, California, Mercury Her
ald.-The Redpath-Horner Crautou-
qua closed lts week Of entertainments
in San Jose last evening.
A mixed quartet, THE Premier
Artists" gave the afternoon program
The quartet is made up Of Miss Edna
WooIey, soprano; Miss Clara Gray
eontralto; Parvin witte, tenor; Al
bert Haberstro, bass.
Stanley Graham, accompanist on
the pianoforte. gave good aid In me
solo and ensemble work, playing
many exactIng and difficult acco'o-
paniments with ease accuracy and
kflpfulness to the singers.
. E-alerican and French patriotic
songs with selections from Faust
were The opening numbers, "Marguev
ite," by Meyer-Helmund, being beau
, tifully harmonIzed and particularly
well presented. Selections from Jack
o. Lantern" added an up-to-date on
!. jo,neiit, and an extended anthem
"OlIvet to Calvary" was novelty
Miss wooley has clear, sweet
voice which she uses we'll Three
Indian songs in costume made an In
teresting nrmhcr A canoe soag sung
in the Sioux language and cradle
song and the fascinating by the wa
ters OF the Minnetonka,' both IN
English, gave great pleasure MISS
Gray in smoothly controlled con
tralto sang Danny Boy" and Mighty
LAX Rose" most acceptably. MT
WHITE has particularly strong ten
or voice and was applauded for his
rendition OF 81 Want to BE Ready
Little Mother Nine and an lr'sh
recall selection Mr.. Haoerstro is
composer as well as vocalist ana
sang in a light bass an original song
"Mormades In Arms" another as YET
unnamed composition, and was VIZ
orousiy apphuded. Mr.. wltte and Mr.
Haberstro gave the beautiful quo
from verdi's Ia Forza del Des'ino'
In the evening tho quartet ap'
peared in a short program OF concert
cd music with another original song
BY Mr. Haberstro entitled, my Sol