The Dolores star., 1923-07-27
Good Chautauqua Programs.


81 The Standard Chsutauqua opened
heir five day engagement in Dolores
thursday of last week and closed Mon
BY evening. For the committee that
nut up the guarantee the chautauqua
Jas not financial success. yet for the
Dtandard people it was. This condition
= brought about by the unequal division
q the single admission receipts, the
DDmmittee only getting 25 per cent of
he money taken in on single admission
3cket sales.
i Every entertainment and lecture was
Iood. The first day the Gypsy Girls
Orchestra furnished the entertainment.
here we're five young ladies in this
roupe. all smiling and full of pep, and
Ach one an artist in her line. The en-
srtsinment they gave was thoroughly
Dnjoyed as was also the lecture by E.
Jefferson Gardner. Mr.. Gardner is a
>leasant talker saying something all
the time and saying it in such way as
b hold the closest attention of both
Poung and old.
The second day was the Allpress All
tar Company. This company con-
Isted of Mr.. and Mrs. Allpress and
liss Vivienne Brewster. and delighted
heir audience with music. Mrs. All
press is q pleasant reader and her
VERY appearance in reading was
kreeted with the heartiest applause.
pr. Gabriel R. Mcguire, African ex-
>loyer, lectured in the evening. DR..
Mcguire said he was Irish and no one
oubted the statement. He held his
audience spellbound while he related
bis experiences in the Dark Continent
Ind showed the relics he had with him.
On the third day Fern Casford en-
ertained in the afternoon. and never
bave we heard such favorable COM
nents from one e-person entertainment
liss Casford knows how to entertain
20 that all will be sorry when she
announces her last number. In the
evening was the play The Shepherd
Pf the Hills" by company of seven
persons. each an artirt. Everybody
Enjoyed this play immensely.
The fourth day was Loseff's Or
fhestral Quartet. This company was
composed of two ladies' and two gentle
pen. AS is always the case when
persons or another nationality appear
Pn the stage of small town, they do
bot receive the sympathy of the
audience that is extended to Americans
hnd are compelled to overcome this dis
advantage by superior performance.
This Quartet did this in their after
noon program as was plainly shown by
the enthusiasm of the audience when
this company appeared in the evening
program. The lecture by Mrs. A. C.
|Zehner in the evening on Forces
fhat Help or Hinder the Progress of
|Nation' was filled with sound common
pense and good advice. Mrs. Zehner
Pady well on in years who has spent
much of her life on the public plat
PORN as lecturer. She has travelled
|in the principal countries of Europe as
well as in every state of the Union and
an Canada, and comes before her
audience with a wealth of knowledge
and experience.
The Ferguson Light Opera Company
appeared on the last day. Mr.. Fer.
|9uson, assisted by three young ladies'
|snd young man. delighted the audience
Doth afternoon and night with their
|songs. Many thought that this was
the best program in the course, but it
|seems to US that it would be hard to
'eii which really was the best. OF
course nearly everyone enjoyed some
more than others but if vote had
Deen taken as to which was the best
|usy sprogram each would have received
ABOUT the same number.
one OF the features of the afternoon
II! the last day was the Junior Pageant.
m'ss Erma Lowe had charge of the
'uniors and trained them for this pag-
cant which was put on at the afternoon
program. The children performed
.aeir parts fine showing the ability of
@ ."e,r trainer, and pleased the audience
WIN tneir songs and performance.
superintendent ]. L. Bowes and