The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-04-28

specific purpose of representing the
educa tional conditions in America, and
the chautauqua program leaflet con,
tains a long list of reasons why He
Makes Good
II Oney Fred Sweet
4Oney Fred Sweet. whom everyone rec
ognizes as the author of feature stories
each week in the Chicago Tribune, will
speak on the subject entitled, I'm 9th
er Mems Shoes" He is described as
the .man who went out into life for
| his material" having served as every
thing from a circus performer to a
gypsy
Cotton Noe. the MARK Twain of
educational articles, will be one of the
attractions, with his folklore of the
south.
Great Band
To the list of great bandmasters like
Thaviu and Kryl the Redpath Vawter
folks have added another celebrity in
the person of John c. Weber and his
prize band of America. Ever since
Theodore Thomas, the noted orchestra
conductor, rated the Weber band above
all other COMPETITORS in 1912. on down
through worlds fairs, presidential in
|augurations, state fairs, to the winning
of first prize in every national band
contest, the John C. Weber band has
ranked as one of thess worlds great
bands. bS{i1
Big Comedy ,.s,
The enthusiastic reactions on the com
edy, ''It Pays to Advertise Z of two
years ago and the drama, The Melt
ing Pot of last season, has led the
management of our chautauqua to
bring another big stage production this
year. The New York press sahas pro
nounced Nothing But the Truth the
play selected. !. the best comedy IN years.
ite as the advertising man in 1T. Pays
to Advertise two years ago, willi'head
cast Of Broadway favorites in the
presentation of this play.
Criterion Male Quartet
What is conceded to be the greatest
male quartet in the country today. is
the Criterion male quartet of New York
City. The Criterions have sung with
Madam Nordica. David Bispham, Schu-
mann Heink, Melba : and others, as
well as being under exclusive contract
company. The personnel of the quar-
tet includes John Young, tenor: Horatio
Rench, tenor; George ReardOn. bari
tone. and Donald Chalmers. basso, four
soloists at the front rank in the musi-
cal world.
A Great Musical Offering
Another musical organization of
great merit will be the Premier artists.
This is nine person organization, con-
,stituting sextet singing company of
artists. an, an orchestra. This COM
pany for, the past two years has been
the headliner musical attraction on the
seven day chautauquas on the Redpathl
circuit out of Kansas City. Mr.. Horn.
er, manager, pronounces this THE
ideal musical offering. ~ indications
are that no organisation has ever met
with such popular enthusiasm. as. will
be accorded this company this sun, IN; !
mer. 81 Is ssTs 5 III
ed las the novelty feature of the weeks
music: and so named because they are
a combination Of three novelty individ;
ual artists. One isi "a ban3Oist Of na-
tional reputation, afOther;a slxaphonist
and monoiogist. and the third one of
the greatest accordionists in the coun- |
try. Special numbers of q novelty |
character by Vernon Stone, Electra /
Platt's famous original mOnOlOgues, and
classical and popular airs on the larg.
est and most expensive piano accordion
in the world BY Achille Bragers, the
Belgian, will be a few Of the unique
features.
Charming Girls
The Columbian Players, six versatile,
young ladies. similar in artistry
to the Althea Players OF last year. but
the drums and novelty COM
rather than the violin, will
be the musical attraction for the first
day. Miss Lucille Kemp, pianist, drum.
mer and "stunter.'' two artists who
have been featured at the head Of their
OWE companies for several years, will
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