The Lamar register., 1919-06-11


glad the war is over; we are glad we
helped to win it, and we want to have
a good time and celebrate. We are
getting back to peace-time conditions,
different than those that preceded the
war. We face international and do
mestic complications that touch the
lives of every individual in the United
States. We all want the United States
to be bigger and better nation than
ever-to be the foremost nation of the
world and each one wants to do his
part. Chas. +. Horner is glad to as
sure his many friends that the 1919
Chautauqua program reflects the spirit
Of the times and is the equal, at least,
of any program he has ever presented
fitting admirably into the happiness
and thoughtfulness of this great age.
ELECTRA PLATT and the Victory
Players who open the Chautauqua, is a
company of versatile comedians with
a splendid record of achievements on
the Chautauqua platform. If you en-
Joy clever impersonations and funny
sketches bubbling over with real hu-
NOR, you will like Electra Platt, for
she has no superior in her line. The
New York Globe declared her original
and refreshing. She has sung in some
of New York's biggest churches, but
good singer that she is her comedy
stunts are usually the most pleasing
parts of her program.
VERNON STONE, of the Victory
Players, is a cousin of Fred Stone OF
Montgomery & Stone fame. He has
appeared in comedy parts in many Of
the largest cities of the United States.
He has a cigar box fiddle with which
he makes real music. He also has few
equals as a banjo player. Many mus
ical critics say they never heard the
banjo played until they heard Vernon
Stone.
RALPH PARLETTE, the speaker Of
the first day is the editor of the Ly-
ceum Magazine, magazine of nation
al circulation, and his editorial policy
has been influential in developing the
Chautauqua and Lyceum movement
and keeping it on a high plane. Par
lette is one of the best known Ly-
ceum and Chautauqua lecturers in the
United States. The demand for his
time is always greater than the sup
ply. His great lecture "The Univer-
sity Of Hard Knocks" has been the in
spiration of many individuals and COM
munities. In it he asserts that the
success of failure of an individual lies
largely with that individual and that
we rise to the top by being big or go
to the bottom because we are small
and the way to rise to the top is to be
worthy of the top place. Pariette's
lectures cause every individual to take
an inventory of himself and to get
little more out of life thereafter, by
putting more into it.
THE SECOND DAY of the Chau-
tauqua is known as Friendship Day.
for this is the day that everyone is to
set aside his grouches and have a good
time. The st. Clair Sisters, who open
the program, are four young women
of a musical family, who by hard work
and development of their talent, have
forged to the front as musicians and
entertainers. These versatile young
ladies give a program of ensemble and
solo music. both vocal and instrument
al and play mandolins, banjos, violins
and the piano.
MISS JEAN MACDONALD, who
appears with the St. Clair Sisters, is
a versatile reader who is known
throughout the country for her vitality
and pep. Her program is lively from
start to finish. She is equally pro-
ficient in the heavier and the lighter
selections, but usually prefers light,
humorous pieces, because her audience
likes them best. Miss Macdonald
holds the championship of Canada as
the fastest woman skater. She has
taken so many prizes for driving that
she is barred from some Of the con-
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