New Dixie Lyceum Bureau

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THE NEW CENTURY TRIO
LABADIE BUREAU
NEW YORK PHILA
New Dixie Lyceum Bureau
LOUISVILLE, KY.


Announcement
WE are pleased to present The New Century Trio as an attraction of unusual merit.  Each number has been selected with discrimination, and the needs of committees, desiring high grade entertainments, in view.  Miss Helen Beatrice Reed, herself, is so well known and her reputation is such, that she cannot afford to have other than capable people around her.  She has a promising place in the musical circles of this country.  She is the most prominent and brilliant of the younger women harpists of the day.  Her clearness and crispness of touch, her delicate and poetical phrasing, her subtle comprehension and brilliant execution would commend themselves to any one.  The three elements of her playing are poetry, temperament and brilliancy.



PRESS EXTRACTS

New York Courier
Miss Helen Beatrice Reed, the harpist, is destined to become very popular in musical circles.  Her selections were of a high order, and, though a debutante, displayed remarkable ability in manipulating the harp, and won much applause.

Ann Arbor, Mich.



Miss Helen Beatrice Reed, as a harpist, was delightful.


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Boston, Mass.

Miss Helen Reed, a harpist of rare ability, received much well-deserved applause for her two renditions of the Welsh Airs and La E Mobile.

Richmond, Va.

Miss Reed, the harpist, captured the audience, and, with her harp, was a picture, as well as a performer.

Raleigh, N. C.

Miss Helen Reed's skillful rendering of a number of selections was among the most enjoyable features of a star programme.


Wilmington, Del., Morning News
Miss Helen Beatrice Reed, the solo harpist, was fully up to expectations.  Her selections, Reverie du Soir by Orberthur, and Caprice by Alvars, were delightfully given.

Montreal, Canada

Miss Helen Reed is an artist on the harp.  That the sweet strains of her golden lyre pleased the audience, was evident by the enthusiastic applause each rendition received.

Quebec, Canada

Miss Reed gracefully touched the harp strings and gave Evening Star from Tannhauser.  She was recalled and played Old Black Joe, which every one enjoyed and appreciated.

Wilder, Vt.

Miss Reed's harp playing was a delightful feature of the evening.  Most of her selections were familiar, like the Moszkowski Serenade and the Irish Air, to which Fair Harvard is sung.




Miss Jeannette T. Broomell RECITER
THIS gifted young woman has no equal, in her line, on the American platform to-day.  Endowed by nature with a petite form, supplemented by art with a charming personality and a winsome manner, we know of no person so well qualified to give child dialect.  It is one of those rare instances of, to the manner born.

The finest interpreter of child life on the American platform.

SILAS S. NEFF. PH. D., President of Neff College of Oratory.



A FEW PRESS NOTICES

Philadelphia Inquirer
Miss Broomell's portrayal of child characters is masterly; the imitation of children's voices, manners and gestures elicits general applause and commendation.  The great charm of her renditions is that her manner is natural and graceful, her enunciation clear and distinct, and gestures appropriate to the character she portrays.  With youth, a pleasing presence, and careful study and training, her future seems secure.


Philadelphia Public Ledger
Miss Jeannette T. Broomell imitates the voices and actions of youths and misses from almost infancy to adolescence, and in a manner that delights her hearers.


Pottstown Daily News
Miss Broomell was certainly the finest in her line ever heard here, and was compelled to respond to encore after encore.  Her imitations were the hit of the evening, and brought forth rounds of applause.


York Daily, York, Pa.
At the Teachers' Institute Course at the Opera House last night, the impersonations and readings of Miss Broomell marked her as the finest interpreter of child life before the American public.  She received repeated encores to every number, and her choice of selections and versatility proved to the most critical that she easily excels all in her line of art.


Chester Times
Miss Jeannette Broomell's efforts were received with rapturous applause.  In fact, the large audience was delighted throughout the entire evening by the rich literary treat provided for them, and each number on the program was so highly appreciated that the applause was generous and unrestricted.


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Baltimore Herald
A most finished and dainty presentation of child life was given at the club by Miss Jeannette T. Broomell, in a recital of readings and child impersonations.  The President said, in presenting the young artist, whose childlike physique is peculiarly adapted to the characters she assumes, that her last appearance in Philadelphia had been before an audience of 3000 people.  At that time Miss Broomell assisted at the celebration of the 42nd anniversary of the Bethany Presbyterian Sunday School, of which John Wanamaker is superintendent.  The art of Miss Broomell is so akin to nature that tears of mirth or sympathy quickly responded to the simulated frolic or grief of this inimitable portrayer of child life.


Chestertown Transcript, Md.
As an impersonator of small children Miss Jeannette T. Broomell, of Philadelphia, cannot be excelled.


Atlantic City Daily Press
A most dainty and delightful recital was given last evening at St. Paul's M. E. Church by Miss Jeannette T. Broomell.  As a versatile and refined reader, and impersonator of child life she is inimitable.


Royersford Tribune
Miss Broomell was the brilliant star of the evening.  Her work is too indescribably perfect to be adequately represented by any written account.  Charming in manner, vivacious and graceful, and with a rich and cultivated voice, she impersonated childhood with such a delightful mimicry that the effect, while marvelously illusive, was, at the same time, entrancingly entertaining.  Miss Broomell is an artist, and her work is characterized by absolute success.




Anna B. Roberts, Soprano
WE offer ANNA BROWN ROBERTS to the public this season, with great pleasure and confidence.  After two years retirement, spent in study, she is better prepared than ever to take her place on the concert platform.  Her voice is a soprano of good quality.  She has been enthusiastically received and her renditions given high praise.  She makes one feel the spirit and sentiment of her songs, and her sweet, pathetic voice touches the tenderest chords of the human heart; add to this her sweetness of manner and unaffected simplicity and you have the soprano singer of The New Century Trio.



Commendations
Western Normal College W. W. Earnst, President, Bushnell Ill., Nov. 9th, 1899.

To whom it may concern:

I attended last night an entertainment given by Anna Brown Roberts at the Presbyterian Church and am perfectly free to say that it pleased me very much, both with its humor and with its pathos.  I believe that any one who engages her services need not fear the audiences will fail to be pleased.

Respectfully,
W. W. EARNST.

C. Galeener, Pastor Kimber M. E. Church, Danville, Ill.

Anna Brown Roberts seeks to elevate as well as entertain, and an evening spent in listening to her will prove morally helpful.


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Talladega, Ala. July 1, 1900.

Anna Brown Roberts is a reliable and pleasant entertainer.  She has a clear, sweet voice, and her modest manner and unpretending melodies are greateful and pleasing.

I can recommend her as a good Chautauqua attraction.

Wellington Van Diver, General Manager Alabama Chautauqua.

July 6, 1900.

Anna Brown Roberts has appeared two or three times on the Chautauqua platform this week in vocal selections; they are chaste, and pathos and humor are so blended that all are entertained and pleased.  An evening of rare enjoyment is a certainty when she appears.

H. Sheffey Roller, President Isabell College, Alabama.

Hannibal, Mo.

Anna Brown Roberts is a sweet singer and adds to the interest and value of an entertainment.  From the first one feels that she is master of the situation, and she carries her audience with her, so that every one is her friend and admirer at the close.

LEVI MARSHALL, Pastor of Christian Church.

Anna Brown Roberts, as a soloist, has a voice of rare sweetness.  It is clear in both strong and tender passages and capable of great variety.  No one can make a mistake in securing her for an entertainment.  I say this advisedly, as there is not one entertainment of the kind in ten that I would recommend.

LESLIE N. MORGAN, Pastor Christian Church, Atlanta, Ill.


Daily News, Paducah, Ky.
A large and intellectual audience heard Anna Brown Roberts' Recital at the Tenth Street Christian Church last night.  She was well received and her songs were very pleasing.

Chicago, Ill.

To whom it may concern:

I have known Anna Brown Roberts for some time, and have always recognized her as a lady of intelligence, industry, and highly skilled in her art, and of the most approved and beautiful character.  She has a clear, sweet voice and her recitals pleased better than any ever given in the church.

W. F. BLACK, Pastor Central Church of Christ.

COX & MASON PRINTING