Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-07-31
GREAT CHAUTAUQUA
COMES TO A CLOSE
ATTENDANCE FOR ENTIRE SEES.
SION FULL UP TO STANDARD
OF YEARS In THE PAST

The thirteenthannualC hautauqua
for Audubon went into history Satur-
day night when the last number was
given. Immediately after the pro-
gram the tent boys packed up the
some point in Missouri. 1t took them
until about two o'clock Sunday
morning. Part of the equipment was
sent to Red Oak and some of the
crew also went to Red Oak to get the
tent in readiness for their program
which began yesterday.
The program as a whole gave pref
ty good satisfaction. There were
some disappointments of course. The
band, though a splendid organization
of good musicians failed to please.
The spectacular so we'll received by
the average audience, was entirely
lacking. The faultless playing of
difficult music does not appeal to the
masses. One man said there was as
much difference in the band this year
and the one we had last year as there
is between ice cream and Goldfish. The
favorites this year were the Altheas
and the Boston Opera Co., in the mu-
steal attractions and Frank Dixon
and Sir John Fraser as lecturers.
Frank Dixon gave his splendid lee
ture last Thursday afternoon Just as
we were going to press. 1t was a hot
afternoon but a good audience was
out to hear him. We believe the
greatest majority of the patrons
agree that his lecture was the best of
the entire sason.
1.-THE Melting Pot" the great pa
triotic play was the Thursday even
ing attraction. The big audience
was greatly interested. 1t was well
rendered but the last act did not APP
pear to be as strong as a climax
should have been. The melting pot
should have brought out the entire
company as 100 percent Americans
in the fourth act which with the
playing of America" would have
brought the large crowd to their feet.
Friday brought thrills when two
military flying machines gave SPLEEN
did exhibitions. About two o'clock
one of the flyers came from Harlan
and gave a splendid exhibition of
loop the loop and tail spins. Another
machine was sent here from Algona
on account of a slight accident that
had befallen the machine at Harlan
the day before. The second ma
chine few over the tent Just as Mai.
r. C. Bridgman was finishing his lee
ture. A large crowd was out to hear
the major who saw much service in
France.
Friday night the Banda Roma un-
der direction of Luigi Quaglia. This
is an aggregation of Italians. They
were good players and performed
splendidly under their able director.
They lacked the pep to enthuse the
audience. The failure to appreciate
this band may be due to the fact that
our people were so well pleased with
the 16Sth band which gave a concert
at the fairgrounds a couple of weeks
previous. However, Banda Roma
was given generous applause and the
band responded literally with en-
cores.
Raphael Emmanuel in his 'Mes-
sage from Mesopotamia" Saturday
morning was accorded a good audi
ence for morning lecture. He was
intensely interesting and hundreds
more should have heard him. He
was the popular lecturer of the
morning attractions.
The afternoon opened with the
dramatic play "The Magic Piper"
presented by the Junior Chautauqua
under the direction of Miss Mildred
Oliver who had charge of so sor
little folks the entire week. The
young people did their part we'll and
proved to be a pleasing attraction.
This was followed by Mary X. Nelson
the Red Cross nurse who had been
overseas four years, first with the
French and British armies and the
with the American army. She had
a delightful story and thrilled the
large audience as she recited in
stance after instance of bravery ex-
hibited by our wounded men. She
was in charge OF the base hospital