Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-05-15

member Of which is claimed to be {
actor Of ability. The farce is one
the most successful of present-ds
plays. 1t is clean and wholesome al
Manager Graham predicts that tn
number will be one of the most plea
> Ing offerings of the summer.
Circus for Kids.
The youngsters of the Junior Chat
tauqua will put on a real circus thi
summer. Under the direction of th
play supervisors and the crew boy
the little folks will make circus AM
mails, have a parade, side show, an
a three-ring circus. Edward Reno, tn
magician will be here to assist then
in the program. The circus and tn
afternoon Of magic will be known a
"Children's Day" and the last after
noon will be given over to them.
The closing concert of the Chautau
qua will be given by Norton's Singing
Band. This is an organization SINH
lar to the Royal Dragons Of las
year, only there are eleven men il
the Norton company instead of nine
Reduced Taft's Weight.
DR.. Charles E. Barker, the man who
served as physical adviser to Presi.
dent Taft, will be here to deliver his
address and physical demonstration
on "How to Live 100 Years." DR.
Barker reduced President Taft's
weight some seventy pounds by his
system of exercises.
The Hon. ]. H. Cyclone" Davis
former congressman from Texas, is
said to be one of the great orators OF
the South, His nickname was given
him because of his whirlwind style of
speech. He is sometimes called the
"Opie Reed of politics."
DR.. Frank Waller Allen, author and
sociologist, will be on the program.
DR.. Allen is best known as an author.
His Lovers of Skye" and Brothers
of Bagdad" have been his most popu-
lar books.
Paul Lee Ellerbee, chief examiner
in the naturalization service, will
tell Of his work among the immi-
grants.
Dr. Lewis Thurber Guild, newspa-
per man and traveller, will tell of the
Balkans in his lecture on ''The Cres-
cent and the Cross
Judge B. F. Mcdonald, of Newark.
O., will deliver an inspirational ad-
dress on "Moonshine." This is the
lecture which has made Mcdonald one
of the most sought after of the pub
lie lecturers.
Piney Woods Jones.
One of the interesting and valuable
numbers of the Chautauqua should
be the lecture by Lawrence C. Jones
(Piney Woods Jones). Jones is ne
gro educator and has been called the
Young Booker Washington" by the
Literary Digest. He is still a young
man and great things are expected Of
him as a leader Of his race. In 1909
he founded the Piney Woods Country
Life School at Braxton, Miss. School
began in an. old ramshackle cabin
which was used as sheep house. To-
day there are dozen buildings and
400 students
Jones is a graduate of the MARSHALL
town, Iowa, high school and the State
University OF Iowa.
Among the most novel and interest
ing war talks will be the wonderful
story by Private Ernest s. Lowell, who
went. to France with the First Cana
dian overseas expeditionary force, and
fought the Huns in the first great bat
ties around Ypres. Finally taken
prisoner he spent three years in Ger
man prison camps, finally escaping at
ter two desperate attempts and
through insufferable hardships reach
ing England, His story is stranger
than fiction and thrilling in the ex-
treme. He is able to give an accur-
ate account of the Hun in his treat
ment Of his prisoners Of war.
Fighting Frank Cole, who has just
returned from a. six months expert
ence with our boys lover there" !"
much of the time right under the nose
of the German guns will be here to
tell "What I Saw in France" Cole
was engaged at the last minute in or
der to bring the latest possible word
from the fighting front.
Two years. work among prisoners
in Russia, has furnished set Of
thrilling stories to Harlow McCon-
naughey, witty Scotch -Irishman who
has just been secured. He was in
Petrograd and Moscow during the Boil
sheyiki revolution and is personally
acquainted with Kerensky, Linine, and
TrOtsky.
Fred Dale Wood, one of the ablest
orators in America and campaigner
on big drives since 1890, spent many
weeks in Washington, D. c., in con-
sultation with heads of departments,
gathering the necessary information
for telling the people the whole big
story of Financing the War and what
the money buys. He will lift the peo-
pie to the highest pinnacles Of pa
triotism and set many doubters at
rest.
And DR.. Chas. S. Medbury, the great
Iowa divine who ministers to the lar
gest congregation in the United States,
who served in the Spanish-American
war and spent months in the canton
ments and on the Liberty loan drives,
will supplement his great address on
war times and needs by picturing
the man of Now as he must be con-