Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-07-24
CHAUTAUQUANOW
in FULL BLAST
LARGE CROWDS HAVE BEEN IN
ATTENDANCE AND PROGRAM
MEETS EXPECTATIONS


Another session of the Audubon
Chautauqua is now in progress. This
is the thirteenth year that we have
had the Chautauqua in our midst
and the general opinion is that the
talent is all that the Redpath- Vaw-
ter people have been claiming for it.
Last week the advertising force Wis
tied in all parts of the county so the
Chautauqua was well advertised and
people knew that Audubon was on
the map.
Last Saturday the platform man
ager, T. +. Graham arrived and as
sisted the local committee in dispos-
Ing of the season tickets. which had
been signed for and these were all
taken up, in fact about a hundred
people called for tickets who had not
subscribed for them.
The opening number came Sunday
afternoon at 1880 when the program
was given by the Althea Players, six
talented young women. This was
splendid concert. A vote was taken
as to the time of beginning the after
noon and evening programs. Some
were in favor of beginning at $3.50,
others at 800 o'clock so a compro-
mise was affected by beginning at
2:45 in the afternoon and S:45 in
the evening.
The Althea Players furnished the
prelude for the evening, after which
came DIR. Chas. S. Medbury in his
lecture, THE Man of Now at New
Tasks" DR.. Medbury is a deep
thinker and gave a splendid lecture,
which contained a strong plea for
the league of nations.
Monday morning the Junior Chau-
tauqua was organized under the
leadership of Miss Mildred Oliver.
She has 80 young children whom she
is interesting each morning. She
has a charming way of handling the
little ones and this department lis
proving more popular this year than
at any previous time. In the after
noon the Boston Opera Co. gave the
prelude which was followed by Har-
ry j. Loose, in his lecture on
"Crime and Criminals" He is an
active member of the detective force
of the city of Chicago and has been
wounded several times while appre-
bending criminals, He exhibited
several souvenirs personally taken
from some of the most desperate
criminals in the country. His lee
ture was unique and full OF interest.
The evening program was devoted
entirely to the Boston Opera Co.
Their work was splendid, and al
though some of their classical num-
bers were not appreciated by the
masses, they made good in present.
ing some of the popular airs.
Tuesday afternoon the Chicago
Saxophone and Orchestral Sextette
furnished the program. They
were quite good but seemed at their
best in the evening when they fur
nished the prelude. Sir John Foster
Fraser gave his great lecture in the
evening, and 1t was pronounced the
best of the season. Many people
were eager to hear him as he had
just attended the Peace Conference.
He comes from Great Britain and on
one who heard him would have to
be told that he was an Englishman.
His lecture was full of interest and
he gave many facts. He said
few nasty" little things that all OF
did not appreciate, but in the main
his lecture was we'll received.
Wednesday morning came the first
morning lecturer, Wallace Bruce
Amsbary A small crowd greeted
him, but his lecture was such that
all should have heard him. In the
afternoon the Nine White Hussar
Girls furnished the prelude. The
lecturer was Gov. Geo. A. Carlson,
former governor of Colorado. He
gained a wide reputation as reform
fighter. He put boose out of his state
and dealt severely with the I. w.
WIS. He is a good orator and gave
lecture that will live in the minds
of his auditors. The Hussar Girls
gave their full concert in the even
ing. The largest crowd of the ses-
sion thus far was in attendance and
their program proved very popular
and pleasing.
Today promises to be big day.
Frank Dixon will lecture and tonight
the patriotic play, THE Melting
Pot" will be presented. Friday and
Saturday also bring to us some OF
the very best talent The flying ma
chine comes tomorrow afternoon
and the big band at night.
The Junior Chautauqua will give q
play Saturday afternoon which will
last a half hour. Then comes the
Red Cross nurse with her wonderful
story. Saturday night has been
called Joy Night and Ralph Bingham
will be the attraction.