Chautauqua: Wabasha, Minn. June 12th to 18th

              1918

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1918 Chautauqua
WABASHA, MINN.
June 12th to 18th



WABASHA, MINN.
CHAUTAUQUA
June 12–18, 1918



Local Manager
John R. Foley


Platform Superintendent
E. M. York


Junior Supervisor
Miss Helen Wright





Under Auspices of WABASHA CHAUTAUQUA BOOSTERS

John R. Foley
Mrs. Paul Moore
John W. Murdock
Mrs. Julius Schmidt
L. L. Amerland
Mrs. A. J. Wall
M. McGowan
W. A. Pringle
J. H. Evans
J. B. Carrels
John Boss
Mrs. J. E. Scroggins
R. E. Jones
L. Whitmore
Thos. Stegner
O. Thompson
J. G. Dill
Jacob Tenney
Mrs. John Hayes
W. G. Peters
Benn Hardware Co.
E. J. Hazeltine
Wm. Eggenberger
Mrs. Cassidy
May Mullen
Ben E. Fick
R. C. Schurnammer
M. E. Ruddick
Mrs. L. C. Chamberlin
Frank O'Flaherty
J. F. McCaffery
Aug. L. Flygare
W. H. Anderson
Mrs. E. P. Carver
W. A. Buholz
J. E. McLeod
John Yost
H. M. Peterson
J. C. Brown
George J. Meyer
Mrs. J. L. Funke
H. L. Lathrop



SEASON TICKET PRICES


Adult Season Tickets, Good for all Sessions
$2.00


Child Season Tickets, Good for all Sessions
1.00



Children under 7 admitted free when accompanied by parents.  Seven to 13 years require children's admission tickets.  Fourteen years and over, adult admission tickets.

Note: An Adult Season Ticket will not admit a child to Junior Chautauqua Programs
Single Admission Prices on Back of Cover Page

All tickets are subject to War Tax of 1c for each 10c or fraction thereof of purchase price and must be paid by purchaser before ticket is valid.

To accommodate business men and others who do not wish to come early in order to obtain a seat, a section of the tent will be reserved and seated with chairs for which a charge of 5 cents per session will be made.




FOREWORD—FORWARD
Have you heard the command?  Are you marching in step?  Is your shoulder under the burden?

The Chautauquas of the country have heard the call to service.  The government has recognized the vast and perhaps vital importance of the great Chautauqua movement.  President Wilson urges that the people will not fail in the support of a patriotic institution (the Chautauqua) that may be said to be an integral part of the National defense.  Secretary McAdoo has asked our continued support and assistance in the patriotic work of the hour.  Mr. Davison says, You have a very grave responsibility, and Secretary Baker expresses his appreciation of the work which you and your associates are doing as a contribution to our National Cause.

Regardless of all other considerations this summer the Chautauqua must make its full contribution to winning the war, and we are proud of the program herewith presented.  While recreation and relaxation, laughter and fun are not wanting, the great phases of the great war will be fully covered by men from the fighting lines with song and story; an official observer just returned from the front; a Belgian Red Cross Nurse—eye witness to Hun horrors before Antwerp; direct reports from all government bureaus through speakers who attended the great speakers' conference in Washington; first showing of official United States government war pictures; and the whole thing summed up by the greatest Secretary of the Treasury since Alexander Hamilton, who is one of the keenest thinkers and most brilliant speakers in the country.

Other features will be the big military band, a versatile ladies' quartet, Gillilan, a soldiers' quartet, a string trio, novelty musicians, wonderful violinist with Ole Bull's violin, reader of original verses, comic opera, The Doll, philosophy, entertainment and art.  Of course, there will also be the Junior program with the pageant, Liberty's Torch, toward the end of the session.

You can do the government no greater service than to see that every man, woman and child in this community has a Chautauqua season ticket so that none of the government messages regarding the war programs may be missed.

The Chautauqua Management.

Program Furnished by
MIDLAND CHAUTAUQUA CIRCUIT
S. M. HOLLADAY, Manager





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Marie van Gastel
I KNOW, for I saw them.  Such is the direct evidence brought in regard to Hun atrocities by Miss van Gastel, Red Cross nurse during the German drive through her native Belgium, where she was wounded and made a prisoner.  Everywhere it was the same * * * our field hospitals were in the line of battle and we saw it all * * * German soldiers entered the hospitals and tore the bandages from desperately wounded Belgians.

As exquisitely colored as a Dresden vase, it is almost inconceivable that the calm figure, as she appears on the platform, has seen the horrors she describes.

One of the most remarkable, thrilling and convincing stories of the war.





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Charles Brandon Booth
EXCEPTING his mother, Maud Ballington Booth, the greatest authority on prison reform in this country.  In Life Stories from Prison Shadowed Homes there are marvelous stories and actual facts gleaned in ten years' service as National Secretary of the Volunteer Prison League.

A timely message, delivered with eloquence, dramatic power, and deadly earnestness.  A PREVENTIVE WORK TO DIMINISH CRIME.




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Dorothy Halstead
MIGHT well be called Dorothy Delightful.  A very versatile entertainer in character changes, talking songs, up-to-date stories, original monologues, etc.; a singer of old favorites, popular songs and standard classics; in highest favor in the highest society circles of New York.

Her Suffragette Speech, a satire on present conditions, is wonderfully clever and always makes a big hit.





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The Oxford Co.

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The Doll
WHEN a company of soloists will give a year to rehearsals before being willing to appear in ensemble numbers it speaks volumes for the standard they set for themselves.  Such is the Oxford Company, equally at home in oratorio, opera, concerted music or ballad.  They will present the comic opera, The Doll, with scenery and in costume, one of the old, quaint and thoroughly enjoyable comic operas abounding in laughable situations.  One of the greatest companies on the road.  From coast to coast every year for five years.  On Sundays, oratorio, and other sacred and appropriate numbers.





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Strickland Gillilan
HE closed the last Chautauqua in a gale of laughter.  He will open the program this season in a whirlwind of militant fun.  Coming with a message of humor, of course, which commodity is thrice welcome in these days of stress, Mr. Gillilan also turns his attention to the war in a characteristic vein, stimulating the patriotism and intensifying the Americanism of every loyal member of his audiences.  He has been active in entertaining the soldiers and assisting in the various drives for the sinews of war, both in writing and speaking.  His new phonograph record, Uncle Sam's Monkey Wrench, was hurried through the making process to be placed on special sale for patriotic purposes.





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Hon. Leslie M. Shaw
TWICE governor of Iowa, five years Secretary of the United States Treasury.  His speech to thirty thousand people from the steps of the Treasury building on the Liberty Loan was pronounced by every Cabinet officer, every Assistant Secretary and the papers, The best speech made by any one on that subject.

President McKinley said the same about his campaign speeches of '96; hundreds repeated it about his speeches on every national issue, Mercantile Marine, etc.

If you enjoy sound philosophy, irresistible logic, quaint and homely illustrations and a delicious use of humor, hear Shaw, for he will make the greatest speech of the season on The Government in Business.





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Over Seas Military Quartet
BACK FROM HELL WITH A SONG.  Music direct from the trenches.  The most unusual offering of the season—four returned soldiers just discharged, all good vocalists, with a remarkable story behind them which will be told by Private Bull, who was wounded at Lens last year, making necessary the amputation of a leg.  Corporal Woodcock was wounded at Messines Ridge, scene of the recent desperate fighting, by a bullet through his left lung.  Sgt. DeLisle was wounded at famous Vimy Ridge last year with a bullet through his spine, and Sgt. Easterbrooke was rendered unfit to return to the line by shell shock.  They are the real thing, both musically and as valiant soldiers.




AN All-American band composed almost exclusively of men from the University Officers' Reserve Training Corps—experienced men—experts on their respective instruments—selected from over four hundred applicants.  Program full of pep and variety—the kind their Chautauqua experience has proven most satisfactory—embracing male quartets and chorus numbers,

Dr. O. E. Van Dren Director
S. U. I. Military Band
 special vocal soloists, interesting instrumental novelties in the way of special combinations.  Watch the slide trombones.  The entire get up and get there of the program will reflect that abandon and dash for which university men are justly famous.  The big musical feature.





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American Ladies Quartet
FOUR young ladies of college education, conservatory training, and all-American parentage.  Besides having beautiful voices, they are easy to look at, as George Ade says, and will present in costume through song and story different types of American womanhood and her part in the world war, using two violins, piano, readings, quartettes, solos, etc.  An all-American program full of pep and life from start to finish, which will not only win you, but will help to win the war by its influence on the folks back home.





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Dr. Robt. O. Matthews
JUST returned from European trip as official observer of Red Cross and Army activities, traveling as a Captain in the U. S. Army; personal impressions of General Pershing, our Ambassador to France, the greatest financial man of England, and others; intimate stories of the high commissioners of France, Italy and Serbia as well as the men in the trenches; the wonders being accomplished by the Red Cross in France; the long range bombardment of Paris; close-up views of the great German drive, etc.

His opportunities of observation, remarkable memory, unhesitating command of an extensive vocabulary, elegance of diction, forceful and commanding delivery, will make this lecture one of the greatest ever delivered at our Chautauqua.





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Lorenjo Jwickey
SWISS-CANADIAN artist-entertainer.  Author of the popular Ode to the Seasons, Hand Book with Foot Notes and that classic of wit and humor, Uncle Si's Visit to New York City.  A man of national reputation giving an entertainment filled with beautiful perspective, brilliant coloring and ludicrous situations.  A philosopher expounding the humorous, aesthetic, poetic, industrial and mysterious in art.




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E. J. Powell
GRADUATE of the University of Hard Knocks, degree M. H. K. In fact, master of most anything he tackles, from earning his way through college to acting as County Superintendent of Schools, editor of a weekly (not weakly) newspaper, and master of Chautauqua audiences.  A born leader, his lecture will be: The Second Line Defense.  Attended the great Speakers' Conference in Washington and brings authentic facts and figures direct from the Government.





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Varallo-Gross Co.

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J. Walter Wilson
AN unusual combination, both in quality and instrumentation.  The Varallo Brothers have given their lives to their respective instruments, the violin and harp.  Both tone and technique are wonderful.  Miss Goldie Gross was a prodigy on the 'cello at ten—joined the Varallos six year ago.

Soft, dreamy selections in the sweet legato style of Italy—exquisite clearness—dainty, charming effects—master climaxes—mighty volumes of sound—all give thorough pleasure and satisfaction.

AS Americans we are always looking for something different—J. Walter Wilson is it.  Flute and saxophone soloist, vocalist, reader, impersonator, character delineator, player of stringed instruments which have no name so far as we know; and withal a man—big, whole souled, deep voiced, earnest—a purveyor of hope and cheer, and sunshine and laughter—he makes music from a rake or a box and a bow and string.  He is a wonder.  Impersonations in costume.





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Dr. Theobaldi & The Emperor
DR. THEOBALDI'S $25,000 violin, The Emperor, has had nearly as many experiences as its world-famed player; made in 1592; unused until 1800; stolen by Napoleon's soldiers; given to a French artist; played by Ole Bull, and by him given to his successor, Ole Theobaldi.

Theobaldi, called the world's greatest descriptive violinist, has played around the world, from the courts of royalty to the prison cities of Siberia; received 62 gold medals and decorations; possesses a most wonderful left hand, making possible the execution of feats impossible to others, and has been secured at great expense for these concerts.

Mlle. Helen Kellere, a remarkable pianist, has been around the world with Theobaldi—sufficient proof of her artistic merit.

Mary Taggart Blasius is a lyric soprano with a voice that delights the ear and a personality that wins the heart.

A Great Combination





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Dr. Henry Clay Risner
BORN in Kentucky; raised to six feet four inches in height; sold his overcoat in winter to continue his education; robbed of every dollar on his way to the University—but finished his course; virile in mind; winning and gracious in personality—so much for the man.

Regarding his lectures we read such words as these: Charged with a power which stings men to action; Vibrant with the melody of beauty and poetry; An orator whose speech is colorful, rich in illustration, pulsing with intense earnestness.

His ability has been attested upon the most critical Chautauqua platforms.  His new lecture, The Mission of America, brings into play all of his great equipment.  Sundays, The Salvation of America.





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COPYRIGHT BY THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION

FIRST RUN OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT WAR PICTURES, showing torpedo boats, submarines, cavalry, fire, gas, etc., in action on the battle lines—the latest moving pictures put out by the Government, in charge of Government operators—shown here exclusively in the Chautauqua tent.  Absolutely authoritative—made, produced, and operated directly by Government authority.  The pictures above were released for publication the day before this booklet went to press and show: (Lower left) Battery A's position—Field Artillery—France—Firing for Adjustment.  This shows how completely our Batteries are camouflaged and hidden from enemy observation.  Can you find the Battery in the Picture?  (Above) An American Sector in France.  (Lower right) Where a direct hit by the Enemy killed one man and injured five others of a detachment of American artillery.





Junior Town Council



Junior Town Play Hour


Jolly Times
at
Junior Town Chautauqua
Buy a Ticket
Get in the Games and the
Junior Pageant Liberty's Torch
In the Big Tent


Morning of the Wienie Roast



Junior Town Story Hour





Afternoon Program Begins at 3:00
Program
Evening Program Begins at 8:00

Children's Chautauqua at 9:30 a. m. and 4:30 p. m. each day except Sunday Story Hour for the Wee Tots at 3:30 p. m.


FIRST DAY
AFTERNOON

VARALLO-GROSS COMPANY—Popular artists' string trio—In program of delightful music.  Big harp, cello, violin.

J. WALTER WILSON—Costumed characters.  Reader extraordinary.  Novelty musician.

Admission 15c and 35c.

EVENING

VARALLO-GROSS CO.—J. WALTER WILSON combined program.  Every number a winner—variety—artistry.

STRICKLAND GILLILAN—War camouflaged in humor.  He puts the after in laughter—Mucilages fact with humor.

Admission 15c and 50c.



SECOND DAY
AFTERNOON

OVERSEAS MILITARY QUARTET——Back From Hell and Still Singing.  Trench songs and the story of their fights.  Four west front veterans.  Fine voices.  Real trench atmosphere.

Admission 15c and 35c.

EVENING

More songs by the heroes of Messines Ridge, Vimy Ridge and Lens U. S. GOVT. WAR PICTURES—Taken, made, run by government men.  Latest reels released.  U-boats, destroyers, fire.

Admission 15c and 50c.



THIRD DAY
AFTERNOON

DOROTHY HALSTEAD—Her original monologues, suffragette satire, vocal solos, spoken songs, etc., are delightfull.

LORENZO ZWICKEY—An afternoon of art, poetry, philosophy and instruction.

Admission 15c and 35c.

EVENING

DOROTHY (DELIGHTFUL) HALSTEAD—Versatile originality continued.

MARIE VAN GASTEL—Native Belgian Red Cross nurse your guide through siege of Antwerp in field hospitals etc., making real the atrocities she saw.

Admission 15c and 50c.



FOURTH DAY
AFTERNOON

OLE THEOBALDI CONCERT PARTY—World renowned court musician, Norway's wonderful violinist.  A pianist par excellent.  A soprano of beautiful voice.  A charming program.

Admission 15c and 35c.

EVENING

OLE THEOBALDI COMPANY — Hear the $25,000 violin.  A big program.

HON. LESLIE M. SHAW—Ex-secretary of the U. S. Treasury.  The Government in Business.  Keen analysis.  Lincoln-like illustration.  A great lecture

Admission 15c and 50c.



FIFTH DAY
AFTERNOON

FOUR CHARMING AMERICAN LADIES Portraying American Womanhood, including costumes songs and stories.  Readings, violin, quartets, etc.

E. J. POWELL—Government facts from government leaders.  The Second Line Defense.  Imperative community problems.

Admission 15c and 35c.

EVENING

AMERICAN LADIES' QUARTET—Beautiful voices—patriotic music.

DR. ROBERT O. MATTHEWS—Great preacher and orator, just returned from European official Red Cross observation tour as captain.  A marvelous unfolding of conditions in the war zone.

Admission 15c and 50c.



SIXTH DAY
AFTERNOON

THE OXFORD COMPANY—One of the finest—in a great musical program.

DR. HENRY CLAY RISNER—Another government message by a great orator, The Greatest Work on Earth.

Admission 15c and 35c.

EVENING

The laugh-provoking old comic opera, THE DOLL, in historically correct costumes, with scenery by THE OXFORD COMPANY.  A great treat.

Admission 15c and 50c.



SEVENTH DAY
AFTERNOON

THE BIG BAND DAY—21 soloists, mostly Uni.  Reserve Officers' Training Corps Men.  The precision of artists.  The dash of university men.

CHARLES BRANDON BOOTH—A timely lecture on Prison Shadowed Homes.

Admission 15c and 35c.

EVENING

S. U. I. MILITARY BAND—Big horns.  Reed quintet.  Sliding trio.  Classic.  Jazz and popular numbers.  Vocal soloist, chorus numbers.  THE SINGING BAND.  The variety of veteran entertainers.

Admission 15c and 50c.



All Admissions Subject to War Tax, See Title Page.

All Sunday Programs will be appropriate to the day.

Pageant, Liberty's Torch, will be given by the Juniors at 4:30 p. m. on closing day except when closing day is Sunday, when it will be given on Saturday.