Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-07-19
A Big HIT AT
CHAUTAUQUA
The Comedy, Nothing but
the TRUTH" Convulses
big Chautauqua
Audience.
Contract is Entered Into for
Chautauqua Here Next
Season.

''The plays the thing Nothing is
more popular with the present-day
chautauqua audience than the play
Nothing draws the people to the brown
top like the play. Music hath
charms" Sure, but the best musical
attraction procurable doesn't draw like
the play. Some want to hear the clio
quence. of Il golden mouthed,' or re-
ceive the mental jolts of free-lance
in the realm of affairs: some want tC
hear the truth in philosophy, religion
or statecraft discussed: but the multi
tudes want the play--the comedy. toe
ito laugh dull care away"
Laughter is good thing. 1t is like
medicine, good medicine. What dos
age we can stand! And surely. the
people had 1t Friday night. Everybod!
was there Seating under the top was
crowded to the utilizat ton of every
foot. The reserved seat section was
extended from the front to the real
through the middle of the big tent
Seating for few hundreds more was
arranged outside. The attendance
would run from 100 to 1900. II
there was one who did not laugh
well, call the doctor without a mo
ment's delay.
A Sure Hit.
The comedy hit. Nothing but the
Truth" is a sure hit. The story starts
in a stock brokers' Office. Bob Bennett
Young member of the firm and in love
with his chiefs daughter. dOesn',
approve the methods Of selling absO
lutely worthless stock. A friendly argu
ment about truth telling IN business
affairs ends in wager Of $4,000 as II
the ability of Bob to tell the truth and
nothing but the truth for period OF
"A hours. It's a sure thing for the con
spirators. Ralston, Dick. and Vandusen
SO they think. each wanting to hog
the bet. The conspirators give thei'
intended victim no rest during the -
hours-until toward the close. Oh
course, Bob has many moment OF
torture, hot sweat and cold chills. AZ
he is made to tell the truth in persona
affairs, in social and business rela
lions, The situations are uprOariOuslJ
funny, but not to Bob. But before the
"a hours are up the others are ever
more anxious for the clock to advance
and the three cOnspiratOrs have theil
sweats, A feature that adds despera
ton to Bob is that the $4,000 he puts
MP was entrusted to him by his sweet
heart, collections toward the founding
of a chiltlrens home, charity, with tho
request that he invest so as to double
II IN few days. The final crisis comes
in the last moment. Bob must lose
the wager or tell the truth. the telling
OF which will mean the losing Of his
sweetheart and the wrecking OF hel
home, the scandal Of her father. The
clock strikes the hour of release: he
wins-and forthwith tells the lie that
saves the situation for all concerned!
Mr.. W. j. Keighley. who plays the
part Of the hero, is natural actor. al
artist He has gathered a strong cast
about him. The play cannot fail. The
cba,,tauuua circuit will he but Il patti
of triumphs.
Congressman Barnhart Speaks.
The afternoon entertainment Fri
day was a word picture and descrip,
ton Of the United States Congress, by
former Congressman Henry a. Barn
hart. of Indiana. Mr. Barnhart first
explained the accident Of his own cleo
ton to congress. and the natural
sequence of events in his life: began
as a farmer, descended to an editors
chair. member Of directors of state hos
pital for the insane. and Of the state
penitentiary. then election to congress.
The description Of events in congress,
the introduction Of numerous members
Of that body, with faithful portrayal Of
their manners and speech. were all
highly interesting. He gave the people
fair appreciation of just what our
law making body is. 1t was worth
while lecture entertainment
ChautauqIa Next Season.
Announcement was made Friday
night that the ticket sale this year has
set record far i'm excess Of any sea
son in the past. Contract has been en-
season for new program. This an
nouncement met with heartiest ap-
proval by the vast throng.
Hal Il mn 0sep T7Heee