The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-10-24
FINE NUMBERS COMING
ON LYCEUM COURSE
Dates Announced For Library Enter
tainments; Lloyd-George's Neph-
ew To Speak

The dates of Lynden's lyceum num-
/ bers for the benefit of the public lib.
rary were announced today. and fore
cast splendid series of entertain
ments for the winter months
The first number will be given by
Bess Gearhart Morrison on Nov Z.
She will be followed on Nov. 23 by
the Cordova Concert Company. On
Feb. 90. the Ionian Serenaders will
appear. The concluding number of
the course will be the lecture by Dr.
Arthur Evans on April 80.
Four charming and captivating
young ladies comprise the Ionian Ser
enaders. one of the best musical num-
hers to be heard on the Lyceum
Course this season. These talented
young ladies have won a prominent
position among foremost musical
companies of the platform
These girls are as versatile as they
are charming and delightful. They
sing, impersonate and play with un-
usual skill. Individually and col
lectively. there is the same winsome
appeal to their work. An attractive
feature of their programs is the re-
vival of the accordion, using this har-
monious old instrument with excep-
tional effect. They feature. too, the
violin and cello. There is endless
variety and charm to their program,
instrumental and vocal solos, duets,
trios readings and sketches in CO.'S
tune.
Arthur Walwyn Evans. nephew Of
David Lloyd-George. has seen much
of the world and its peoples. He
has Travelled in fifteen countries and
lived in six of them, in each as close
student of political. social and in
dustrial life as he has been in Eng
land. Since his appearance on the
American platform he has been in
as great demand as any lecturer OF
the country. His coming appearance
on the Lyceum Course will be one of
the biggest lecture events of the year.
The following article from the
South Bend, Indiana, Times" is typ
ical of the press comment accorded
Arthur Walwyn Evans throughout
the country. "Dr. Evans is a Welsh
man by birth, by adoption an Amer
ican. He has all of the Welshman's
inimitable wit, spiced with the gram
matical oddities of the American, SO
that his speech is marvel of schol-
arly erudition, Welsh humor, and
Yankee slang. Besides that he has
that quality so difficult to analyze
which is called by psychologists. per-
sonality plus ss'" as the last words
left his mouth and he bowed away
from the platform, the applause be-
gan which lasted until 1t became ap-
parent that he would not speak
again."
While the great war has robbed
the platform of the services of many
sterling male musicians. the loss has
been compensated by the attraction
to the platform of some very fine
young women musicians, who have
heretofore found the avenues of en-
try into the platform work rather
crowded. Among the new organi-
cations which tire war has introduced
to American aulirnces, is the Cordc-
va Company. This organization Is
made up of four Young women Who
have tplendid personalities. and a
real ability to play end entertain. The
Company was organized and coached
by the famous Lyceum director. Mr..
Elias Day of Chicago. 1t is in effect
a small orchestra, the instrumental l.
tion consisting of violin, cello, hute
and piano. This is a most pleasing
combination and enables the COM
pany to render the choicest and most
popular selections Of the present
day. Each player is a soloist, and In
addition to the ensemble numbers.
in which they appear, are given splen-
did individual recognitions on the
platform.
Bess Gearhart Morrison, the en-
tertainer and impersonator who
comes to the Lyceum course, is more
than a mere reader OF selections. She
is an interpreter of life, altho COM
paratively young women and has had
a wealth of experience which falls to
4 the lot of but few people. She has
known want and trouble and joy.
She has touched life and has expert
enced the things she gives to her au-
diences. Her hearers lose sight OF
| the fact that Mrs. Morrison is before
them, and see and hear only the char
acters she presents. They actually
live the experiences which she pic
lures. 1t is ability to withdraw ones
personality and to substitute there
for the personality of the characters
presented on the platform which
marks the real artist. ItAis the d.
viding line between mediocrity and
greatness and it is the universal YER