Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-07-01

years solo violinist with John Philips
Sousa. Paderewski s Minuet, arranged
for the violin by Kreisler, and "The
Dance of the Gobins,'' were especial
ly well received. Mr.. Willie played the
accompaniment for Carmen Pascova
and for Miss Hardemann and he opened
the program with group of piano
selections which were thoroughly en-.
joyed.
Harry Webb Harrington, ex-foot>2ll
star Of Syracuse, ex-soloier and ex-
Harvard professor, entertained chautau-
qua goers Tuesday morning with lee
ture on "Modern Literature,'' which
was very inspiring. He recited num-
ber Of poems by great writer's, also
one of his own poems "Rough and
Brown,'' which is ranked with Allan
Seeger's- Rendezvous and Robert
Service's 'Carry On.''
!! David D. Vaughan on Tuesday af-
ternoon discussed the Americanization
question, regarded as one of the great
est problems in this country today. DR..
Vaughan lived and worked among for
eigners for many years and his talk
was from first hand observation and
study of the question and the talk
was well received. He pointed out that
the foreigners, congested in large
groups about our big industrial centers,
the great opportunities of America, and
it is up to US to see that they are given
chance.
Tuesday evening, the chautauqua
tent was filed to capacity for "Broad-
way Jones,' a four-act comedy by
George Cohan, with William Keighley
in the leading role and supported by
eight other Broadway players Of ex-
ceptional ability, including Jean Brae.
This play is considered one of the fun
niest plays ever written and the audi.
e1ce Tuesday evening, was kept laugh
ing from start to finish.
"Farmer' Burns lecture and de-
monstration on "Health and Efficien.
cy' Wednesday afternoon was a
straight from the shoulder talk to the
children, and older folks as well, on
the preservation Of the body, the
speaker dwelling on the beneficent eff
fects from clean living and wholesome
sports and exercise. Mr.. Burns has
been one of the great wrestlers Of
America, losing only seven contests
out Of 5000, and has trained the best
athletes in the county, including Gotcf
and Jeffries. His splendid physique al
the age of 60 shows what proper care
Of the body and clean living has done
for him. The latter part Of his lecture
was illustrated in showing simple meth
DDS of exercise and he also showed
many Of the wrestling holds used al
this time, a number of which he ha(
invented. f.
Wednesday evening, the Gondolier
gave the entire program. This is ;
musical organization Of twelve people
Their program was very enjoyable
one, put on in three scenes. The frs
scene was the company in costume a.
Gondoliers in Venice, Italy, and the.
sang Italian folk songs and selection
from italian opera. The second scen'
was Gipsy scene, in costume, with sci
ections from Carmen and ''The Bo
hemian Girl'' The third and las
scene represented them as American
tourists and they sang various Ameri
can songs, classic, popular and patrio
tic. A cellist and a violinist CAV
several selection which were enjoyed.
DR.. Richard S. Martin Thursda.
morning, gave an interesting talk o.
Mexico and Mexicans, as seen by a
. American. DR.. Martin is in the diplo
matte service in Mexico from the Unit
| ed States and lived in that country fo
some time. He was there during tn
Villa revolution and relates some inter
esting experiences.
Thursday afternoon, a hundred boy
and girls from Junior Chautauqua pu
on the pageant "a Mother Goose Pal
ty,'' directed by Miss Mabel Bur
They gave fine program Of songs
, dances and. recitations, based on Motl
er Goose stories.>
The afternoon opened with prelud
, by the Baker Youna-Pryor trio.
Triplet calves were born to COW &