The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-07-18
NOTED AUTHOR
Will Be HEARD
This EVENING AT
CHAuTAuQUA
Opie Read, Dean of Writer'S
and Authors, Will Give ! !
Customary Talk. ~,
THE WEBERS, MUSICIANS,
!: WILL PLAY THE PRELUDE
The Hussars; Will be On the
Program Tomorrow; Wen-
ner Will Lecture.

The third day of the chautauqua,
today, promises many bright Spots
in the weeks program, when The
Webers appear this afternoon in mu-
sical numbers and will play the pre-
lude for Opie Reads lecture at $3.50
o'clock tonight.
The second day showed some ex-
ceptional talent, the afternoon fea-
ture being the reading by Miss M.
Beryl Buckley, whose rendition OF
"Mister Antonio called for absorbing
attention on the part Of her hearers,
as she faultlessly impersonated an
Italian character 1t is the story of
a good samaritan, a message of love
and forgiveness.
In the evening the oxford company
presented rare musical program,
the company being composed Of real
ly high class talent. individual
numbers were presented, the playlet,
1.-THE Doll House," admirably inter-
preted, concluding the number. Sew
eral piano selections; were given by
Harrison w. Burch of Chicago. He
is one of the younger. noted. ,4.ianists
of the country. ~ ~ '2t>;t&~, ~
The leading niemhsts of tie cast
company are Mrs Ht1Ma Sebastian
Ogden and her husb4MS!t Cla,ld Hart
Ogden. TheE former EFas',a star of
the cast OF the famous f'Bpstonians, ~
and for a season was lnderstudy for
Alice Nelson. Mr.. Ogden was for
several years a. member Of the '0rfen
tai Quartet of Chicago, one Of the
foremost before the public. Miss
Huntley and Mr.. Eldridge, two other
members of the Oxfords, are pos
sessed of pronounced ability.
In the presentation of "The Doll
House," special scenery was used.
The scenes were laid in the shop of
a Dutch toymaker, who was work
ing upon beautiful model, which he
hoped would be given life, as a mate
for his son. Her disposition, how
ever, turned out otherwise than ex-
pected, and the ensuing complica-
tions evoked much mirth.
~" Hussars Tomorrow.
The chautauqua program tomor-
row promises to be decidedly inter-
esting, for it is replete with music, a
popular lecture topic, "The Testing
of a Nation" and the presentation
of - he Magic Piper" by Junior
players of Bemidji.
The Hussars, nine-of 'em-nine.
will. at 2:30 o'clock in inc after
noon. play prelude to the lecture
by w. E. Wenner, while in the even
ing at o'clock Joy Night Supreme
will fall to the packed seating c"pa-
. city certain to be there. The after
noon of the Iussars will be devoted
to about sc minutes of jazz. Yep,
the Hussars ilook at the cut again)
can tear it off in the most approved
fasion and ali "shimmy' artists are
warned to keep perfectly still in
their seats.
The evenings program will have
an abundance of good music. played
by the Hussars with a variety of in
struments They are cor,ely bevy
of young ladies (take another look.
and the press dope has it that they
are "the nearest approach to absO-
lutte uniqueness, and honest-t o-good-
ness dy-else-las-it entertaining
style, in the ranks of chautau1ul en-
tertainers." "
Now you should take another look.
Be there when the Hussars appear.