Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-08-12
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THURSDAY Program

Thursday Program
For the prelude of the second days
entertainment Mr.. Gordon presented
the Lyceum Arts Trio. This pleasing
organization is composed Of three
charming and talented young ladies'
They are all Iowa young people
Miss Maltby, the lyric soprano, comes
from Ottumwa, Miss Beverly Buck,
violinist and Xylophonist from To-
wa Falls and Miss Madge Vest, read
er and accompanist, from Des Moines
Miss Buck, on her violin, played
very nicely, can Indian Love Song,'
and "Minuet in G." by Bacon. Later
she again pleased the audience with
more popular selections played upon
her xylophone. Miss Vest was most
attractive in Gypsy costume when
she read "The Monkey Man," and
other equally amusing, selections.
Miss Maltby, who possesses a lyric
sopdano voice, was we'll received
when she sang sweetly an arrange
ment of the old-time songs entitled,
"songs Ny Mother Used to Sing, ("
by Wakefield Smith. And later sang
two clever little songs, "Daddy's
Sweetheart" and "Thes Big Brown
Bear" The final number of the pre-
lude was the song "Alice's Blue
Gown" from the light opera "Irene,"
sung by Misses Buck and Vest who
were attractively gowned in the
picturesque hoop skirts of 1864.
At the conclusion of the prelude,
Mr.. Gordon presented Miss Hazel
Dopheide, who gave for the full af-
ternoon's entertainment her splendid
Interpretation of "The Money Maker"
This book by Charles Cline and Ar
thur Harlow, was given to the world
shortly before Mr.. Cline lost his life
on the Lusitania in 1915. Miss Do
pheide's work on this strong play
was indeed wonderful and she held
her audience perfectly during the en-
tire afternoon as she presented some
six or seven heavy parts. Miss Do
pheide is classed as one of the three
or four really great readers in Amer
lea. She was graduated in 1913.
from Northwestern University and
at present is a professor in the St.
Louis School of Oratory. In her
tour of 1919 she made the highest
score of any reader on the road and
at the close of the season was ranked
as SO 3-5 perfect. We were indeed
fortunate to have Miss Dopheide with
us an devery one was more than
pleased with her work.
For the prelude of the evening our
platform manager again introduced
the Lyceum Arts Trio, who gave
pleasing variety of numbers, several
of which were made the more at
tractive by the bright colored cos
tunes worn. Miss Maltby was es-
pecially pleasing when she sang "Our
Fine Day." from Madame Butterfly"
The piano and xylophone numbers
were combined with the banjo and
made very pleasing numbers.
AS her final number, Miss Vail gave
very delightful pianologue, "The
Covenants Kid"
The speaker of the evening, Con-
gresham Royal C. johnson of South
Dakota, was then introduced by
Platform Manager Gordon. Mr..
johnson comes to us very we'll known
for he was Attorney General of So.
Dakota four years before he was sent
to Congress.
During the war, Mr.. johnson re-
signed his seat in Congress, enlisted
as private and spent many months
in active fighting. At the close of the
war he came out of the army with a
first lieutenants commission and was
Immediately given his seat in congress
He is the man who introduced the
Soldiers Compensation bill and was
responsible for the bill that incorporat
ed the American Legion and he bro't
a splendid message to the people of
Missouri Valley.
Friday Session
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