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Show CHAUTAUQUA BRINGING BRING-ING DANDYPROGfUM A happy balance has been effected by the Ellison-White Service iu its selection of talent for the Chautauqua Chautau-qua Festival which is to come here Sept. 2 4 to 2 9 inclusive, judging from the program submitted. Even microscopic examinations, by a pessimistic pessi-mistic critic cannot descover a dry or uninteresting feature nor any indication indi-cation of inferior talent. It includes includ-es plenty of good music interspread-ed interspread-ed with high class novelities, one of the most popular comedies of the age and day, a-lecturer who is just as entertaining en-tertaining as a whole troupe of players, play-ers, a clever little one-act playlet, and an elaborate musician and magician magi-cian act combined. in music there will be good voices soprano and bass solos' and ensemble en-semble singing. A harpist and ac-cordianist, ac-cordianist, a professional whistler who is renowned for his imitations of bird land, a talented violinist, pianists, clarinet and saxaphone performers per-formers are added to the vocal music, giving a wide' range of melody. mel-ody. The Burkhart Birdland Duo is scheduled to appear on the first night. Oliver Burkhart and Miss Marguerite Flatland will add character char-acter readings and pianologues to their musical program. They are proclaimed as clever and entertaining entertain-ing artists. Evans Brown, who comes to us the second night, is spoken of as a "three-in-one" performer' who gives a harp recital, a piano-accordian concert con-cert and a high class magical act. Most of his work in the latter is of his own. creation, and he is also composer com-poser of many popular numbers- for the accordian. That "Cappy Ricks" is the play of the Festival will be good news to the general public. Peter B. Kyne's famous stories of this old sea captain are familiar to all of us, and as dramatized by that eminent playright Edward Rose, the quaint characters will take on additional interest and fascination. It will be presented here by the Elias Day Players with a cast of excellent talent. The phenomenal pheno-menal popularity of this comedy will only be added to in the hands of this excellent company. "Tinkers and Thinkers" lecture on the fourth evening by Sam Grath-well, Grath-well, the original "peptimist," emphasizes emph-asizes the individual possibilities of the people and urges them to ponder upon the fact of whether they are tinkers or thinkers. His lectures are born of a great experience, he was often knocked down but never knocked out, and his fine mimicry and sparkling humor bring roars of joyous appreciation. The fifth and concluding program will present the Artisan Novelty Trio in music vocal and instrumental, reading, character, impersonations and effective ensemble work. Miss Betty Luce, violinist; Miss Helen Peterson, soprano; and Mr. Dale Besse, bas-s, compose the personnel of this trio. A great variety of musical music-al instruments is used by these artists. art-ists. Their concluding number. "Old Southern Melodies" will serve I as a happy and satisifying farewell i to the Festival program. i I |