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Splendid Musical Organization Comes on Fourth Day with Tw o Concerts
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M o r r is o n G ir ls
Musical Company at Chautauqua Coached and
Sponsored by Bess Gearhart Morrison
Bess Gearhart Morrison, the well-known entertainer who so delighted
Chautauqua audiences last year, Is sending to the West this stimmer her own
company o f Morrison Girls— an organization coached by Mrs. Morrison and
presenting two programs every detail o f which she hns arranged. For th'
last three y*-ars this company has been one o f the outstanding successes of
larg>- Kastern circuits, and their first Western tour will be eagerly anticipated
by all lovers o f good music und entertainment.
These four charming musical entertainers will present a full program In
the afternoon o f the third day and a prelude to Dr. Ng Poon Chew, at night.
They will feature the songs of long ago, and their concert will Include solos,
duets, choruses, violin und cello solos, instrumental duets, readings, costumed
tongs and sketches.
“ Chinese Nark Twain“
ROYAL PHILiPPINO SEXTET
Ellison-White Present at Chautauqua a Splendid Stringed
Orchestra from Across the Pacific
HI* real muNliiatiH from far across the l ’uct lie come to make the lust day of the Chuutauqha n memorable one.
This orchestra Is rated ns the hest Filipino organisation ever brought to the State«. The personnel of the company
has not changed In six years nnd this accounts to u gront extent for the succr-ss they have won In the Islands und In
thin country. They play as one |s-r«ii) nnd their rei«ertolrc o f music la liumenso—everything you could Imagine from
o vertu re down to the populur music of the day.
L a u g h W i t h W i ls o n
Chautauqua Bring* J. W alter W ilton in Two
Entertainment Programs on; the Fifth Day
Nam e Won by Upton In the M iddle
West.
N g. Poon Chew the Noted Chinese Journalist and
Statesman Possesses Great Fund of Humor
T. Dtnarnore Upton probably hns
more friend« among the boys nnd girls
o f the Middle West than any other
man In that section.
H e hns often
been cnllivl “ I’nl o f All the Kids lu
Town." It takes a man with a big
heart to win that title. Upton was
formerly Superlntend**nt o f the Mu
nicipal Piny Grounds In Grand Ilaplds,
Mich., nnd later Athletic Director for
Unde Sam. Ills lecture on the hoy
and girl problem will be one of Chau
tauqua’s big events.
Ng I’oon Chew, who Is to lecture on the third night at Chautuuqna. Is per-
hnps the best known mun o f his race In America. He founded the first Chines«*
daily paper In this country and Is an authority today on all matt -re pertaining
to China.
His discussion o f the Shantung problem and the many big issues now
pending In the Orient will be o f unusual Interest and value. lie Is a brilliant
speaker, a nntural orator and a humorist o f the most delightful type. His
keen wit has earned for him here and abroad the name o f “ the Chinese Mark
Twain.“
Red Letter Musical Event
Scheduled in the Coming of the N ew ’ York Concert
Trio on Chautauqua’* Second Day
“ Burns
of
the Mountains”
Noted Educator to Tell His Remarkable Story
of Achievement at Chautauqua
Ruth Beverly Oummlng, soprano o f the N e w York Concert Trio which
J. W aller Wilson with the aid o f an accompanist presents two programs
on the fifth day which might well puzzle a company o f half a dozen people to
duplicate. Undoubtedly he Is one o f th«> most versatile entertainers and
musicians on the Chautauqua platform, lie possesses a spl«*ndld bass vole«*,
plays the flute, saxophone and apparently conxcs music out o f any conceivable
sort of a device from it rnko to a box with one string ou I t Then, too, he In
• master as an Impersonator In “ makeup.”
comes to Chautauqun on the s«*cond day, has a voice o f unusual richness.
rnng«> and power. She hns received the highest o f commendations from east-
**rn musical crltb-s and western music lovers have a rare treat awaiting them
In her coming. May Kll*»beth Rees, violinist. Is one o f the most prominent
nrtlsts In the lyceum and Chautauqua world, having b«*en at the head o f her
own company for several years. Iaist season she went overseas to play for
our hoys In France. H«»r playing Is characterised by expressive lnt«*rpretatlon,
beautiful phrasing nnd dnsxllng technical ability. Lowell Patton, the pianist
nnd accompanist o f the company, Is one o f the most brilliant pianists on the
Chnutnuquu platform. A k an accompanist for several prominent concert so
loists he Is widely and favorably known.
President James A. Bums, better known ns “ Bums of the Mountains,"
who Is to appear here on the second night of Chautauqua, Is one o f nntahh
lecturers whose life achievements entitle them to a hearing. Among his pen
pie In the Kentug^y mountains he has l>«s*n doing an epoch-making work along
educational lines. Bums took upon himself the colossal task o f establishing
a university whose doors should he open to the humblest. H e was without
funds. Six o f the dnxen Incoporutors could not write their names. Out of
that humble beginning, now has o , um Oneida Institute, which la pouring
blesslug* upon the state und nation
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