"A Gypsy Caravan"

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Scene from 
A GYPSY CARAVAN




Premier Attractions

Charles F. Horner, Mgr. 1928 




22nd Year 


LEXINGTON, NEBR.

AUGUST 3 TO AUGUST 9





Season Ticket, Adult


$2.75




Season Ticket. Children


$1.00







TOMMY
 by Howard Lindsay and Bertrand Robinson



What would you do if you were really in love with a young fellow and your family persisted in reminding you what a wonder he was?  What would you do if there was another man?  How far do you think your patience would carry you, and, when you found out you had selected the wrong road to travel, what would you do about it?




You will find the answer to all of these questions in 
Tommy
.




Tommy
 is a page from everyday American life, the love story of two everyday young Americans and it is told with an appreciation for laughter and a sense of drama that is well out of the ordinary.  The story deals with 
Tommy
, of course, Marie Thurber, the Thurber family, and Bernard — to say nothing of Uncle Dave, who finally engineers the combination out of their manifold difficulties and brings about a happy ending.




The Thurbers all like Tommy.  He is the sort of clean, natural youngster, who brings presents to Mother and Father, does the right thing and withal is distinctly human.  But Marie gets tired of having Tommy thrown up in her face — a gorgeously human reaction — and turns to Bernard who is more of your modern youth.  Here comes the crash in the love story.  Uncle Dave Tuttle sees the way things are going.  He loves Marie and Tommy and he wants them both to be happy, so he takes a hand in the situation and the result of his efforts form a large part of the balance of this joyous entertainment.




Tommy
 is the kind of a play anyone can take anyone to.  It is a breath of clean, happy air; a glimpse into the life of almost any American family with a daughter of the marriageable age.  You will recognize and love every character of this great comedy, and you will catalogue 
Tommy
 as one of the most delightful plays you have ever attended.





BROWN-MENELEY



Carl Brown and Glen Meneley, those two versatile young men who waft you away on musical wings into a world of breath-taking entertainment.  Vocal duets and solos, cathedral chimes, piano solos, readings, numbers in costumes, humor to make everyone forget their troubles, good music to delight those who appreciate it, tuneful songs for those who do not enjoy a song unless it has a catchy melody, and character sketches always please.




Mr. Brown and Mr. Meneley have 
teamed
 for years.  They know what real entertainment is, and they never fail to give it.




Boys!  Girls!  Listen:
  We are going to have a lot of fun!  Come to the big tent the first morning.  Come at nine o'clock and join the games.  Your director will have some new games — some good ones you have never played before!  You'll like them!




And then those stories!  The liveliest bunch of stories you have ever heard.  Tell all your playmates about it.  Come the FIRST morning.  The big stunt will be the last afternoon.  It's going to be the best entertainment of all!  We are going to have a PEACE PAGEANT:  Boys and Girls from all the different countries; gay costumes and bright flags—what a display it will be!





MAURINE WALLACE



Demure, dainty dramatic artist.  Received Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Horner Conservatory.  A. B. Degree from Oklahoma Baptist University.  Member Theta Alpha Phi Dramatic Fraternity.  A charming young lady who will win your heart and hand instantly.





A Happy Scene From 
TOMMY
 The New Laugh Play


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THE BETTY BOOTH CONCERT COMPANY



THE SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS
 by Harold Bell Wright



A particular sentimental interest centers about Harold Bell Wright's famous novel, 
The Shepherd of the Hills
, a dramatization of which has been brought to the Premier Attraction list.




A story more typically American could hardly be imagined.  The scenes are laid in the Ozark Mountains of Missouri, a region which may be said to have been discovered by Mr. Wright, as it was little known to the average person, beyond those in the immediate vicinity, before the advent of 
The Shepherd of the Hills
 in story form.  It has since become a national vacation ground through the popularity it attained from the 15,000,000 readers of the Wright story.  A casual visit to this particularly unknown country showed the author its possibilities, and he remained to write a story of the every day life in that section.  The story is now read in every land.




This play has a distinct appeal to those who have read the book, inasmuch as it is a reincarnation on the stage of the lovable characters that the famous author created in his literary gem.  
Preachin' Bill
 that quaint old mountaineer philosopher; 
Sammy Lane,
 the lady love of the entire community; 
Wash Gibbs,
 the moonshiner villain; 
Ollie Stewart,
 the weakling heir; 
Young Matt,
 the herculean lover of Sammy Lane; the 
Shepherd,
 who wishes to atone for the sin's of his boy — these and all the other principal characters of the book, including 
Little Pete,

Old Matt,
 and, 
Aunt Mollie,
 are brought to life on the stage in this revival of one of the world's greatest novels.




The management promises a cast of unusual talent — a cast that lives, rather than acts, the various roles.




Here, then, is a glorious unfoldment of the tale of the Ozark Hills — a tale of tender love and happy sacrifice — brought to you in all its beauty — enhanced by the art of actors of first rank.





MARY HOLDREGE



Assisting Mr. Brown and Mr. Meneley.  An entertainer of note, a young lady of great personal charm.  She hails from the Ozark Hills, and gives true characterizations of the Hill People.





EVERETT KEMP


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EVERETT KEMP


Another afternoon with Everett Kemp!  What could be more welcome?  Mr. Kemp is famous for such monologues as 
The Man with the Bone Colored Whiskers,

That Printer of Udell's,

Thank You,

Seven Oaks,
 and other literary gems.  Mr. Kemp will be assisted this time by Miss Maurine Wallace.




BETTY BOOTH CONCERT CO.



This notable musical company occupies a place of outstanding popularity in the concert field.  Its long and successful record gives it tremendous prestige.




In 1927 the company took a year's absence from the concert field for the purpose of study and renewing its program material.




Betty Booth, gifted mezzo-soprano and pianist who is the head of the company, spent




 the year in Europe traveling and studying in the leading music centers.  While abroad she purchased a great variety of beautiful and colorful costumes typical of Sweden, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Sicily and other European nations.  These she will use in her concert work this season.  Miss Booth is a native of Vienna and appeared for 2 years with the imperial Vienna Opera Company.  She has a striking and gracious stage presence and vivid histrionic ability, as well as a splendid voice.




Hugo Brandt, Polish pianist with the Betty Booth Concert Company, also studied in Europe during 1927.  Mr. Brandt is an unusually talented pianist and a well-known composer.




Paul Clark, violinist, the third member of the company, made two tours of South America during 1927 as director of the Paul Clark orchestra.  He visited both the east coast and west coast and has brought back fascinating native South American melodies which he will introduce to American audiences.





HORNER INSTITUTE-KANSAS CITY CONSERVATORY



Kansas City, Missouri Charles F. Horner, President




Where Madame Schumann-Heink Is Teaching Her First Master Class




$150,000.00 dormitory now being erected—Open in September.




Thirty-five hundred students enrolled past season.




Finest Symphony Orchestra and Grand Opera Department in middle west.




Corps of nationally and internationally known teachers in all branches of music, dramatic, and kindred arts.




Fall term opens Monday, Sept. 3
 Address Registrar for Catalog






PROGRAM



Afternoon 2:45




Night 7:45





First Day





Concert


Massey Five




Concert


Massey Five




Address


Joshua Lee







Second Day





Entertainment


Maurine Wallace
Everett Kemp

Comedy-Drama


TOMMY





Third Day





Concert


Betty Booth Concert Co.




Concert


Betty Booth Concert Co.




Address, 
From Peace Pipe to War Trail


STRONGHEART







Fourth Day





Concert


Jaffy's Orchestra




Concert


Jaffy's Orchestra




Address, 
The Value of a Man


H. L. Fogleman







Fifth Day





Entertainment


Brown-Meneley
Mary Holdrege

Drama


THE SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS





Last Day





Concert
Program for Children
Eight Lovely Singers


The Golden Ensemble


A GYPSY CARAVAN



Single Admission for Children


25c



For Adults


50c, 75c & 95c



Each Afternoon


25c



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A Scene from 
THE SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS





THE MASSEY FIVE


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The MASSEY FIVE




The Massey Five hail from the great Southwest.  Take a look at them in their wide sombreros, leather chaps, and contagious smiles — aren't they breezy?




These exceedingly versatile musicians bring to the Premier a program of classical, old-time fiddling and modern melodies that will please any lover of music.



Dot Massey has been playing violin since he was eight years old.  He is also a good trumpet player, and plays the piano and sings.




Allen Massey is a banjo player.



Mrs. Velma Massey Mabie is a pianist and has a very beautiful contralto voice.




Milton Mabie plays the saxophone and mellophone.  He also possesses an excellent tenor voice.




Mr. Massey, the father of this most interesting group of family musicians is an old-time fiddler, and promises that the old-time music part of their program will please any old-time music lover.  He declares that 
old-fashioned fiddling
 is his 
specialty.




STRONGHEART



Chief Strongheart is a direct descendant of the old fighting blood of Governor Steven's


STRONGHEART

 time. His grandfather Yo-Mo-Wit Ow-Hi led one of the tribes which aided Chief Ka-Mi-Akin against Gevernor [sicGovernor]Stevens in the Yakima Rebellion the year 1856.  He was born on the Yakima Reservation 40 years ago and was raised in Reservation fashion by his fellow tribesmen.  He served ten months as United States Scout at the Mexican border and was one of the first to offer his services to Colonel Roosevelt for enlistment in the division of overseas 
Rough Riders.
  He is advisor and counselor of his own people and has appeared before the 
great white father
 in Washington on several occasions in the interest of his people and as their emissary.




In his platform appearances Chief Strongheart will appear in the picturesque costume of the Yakima Indian and in his talk, 
FROM PEACE PIPE TO WAR TRAIL,
 a gripping, fascinating interpretation of the Life and Soul of a great but vanishing race, he will interpret the poetry, the romance and soul of the Red Man of early days.




Chief Strongheart is an experienced speaker and this experience comes not only from his years of platform work but also from his many appearances before committees on Indian affairs at Washington and other organizations functioning for the welfare of the Indian race.  He is a fascinating talker and very well educated.  His costumes and stage settings are richly colorful.


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GILBERT JAFFY AND HIS ORCHESTRA





THE GOLDEN ENSEMBLE



The Golden Ensemble is an aggregation of nine of the most artistic singers that it is possible to secure for an attraction of this sort.  They present a colorful costumed production featuring the songs of the 
Vagabond.




Special lighting effects, special stage settings portraying beautiful pictures of Gypsy life, and striking and spectacular climaxes continue from beginning to end of this gorgeous entertainment.




Songs from 
The Bohemian Girl,
 
Carmen,
 
The Vagabond King,
 and other well-known classics, and popular songs of today, have been selected and blended in preparing an attractive, artistic presentation — all filled with the haunting melodies and graced with the fiery abandon so characteristic of this romantic tribe of people.




The opening scene is a woodland setting.  All members of the company are costumed in lavish gypsy regalia; a tripod and kettle stand over a flickering campfire; the covered wagon and gypsy tent are in the foreground; stumps replace the ordinary seating arrangement, and the piano is screened by natural boughs.




Lighting effects are especially noteworthy, changing frequently as a great variety of vagabond numbers are introduced.




The second part of the program of this superior aggregation is novel and interesting.  The Spirit of Opera, represented by means of ingenious lighting effects, appears on the scene and compliments the company on their artistic taste and musical excellence.




Then the spirit of jazz appears and challenges the popularity of operatic music, and thereon hinges a contest between Jazz and Opera.  It paves the way for the presentation of such beautiful numbers as 
The Sextette
 from Lucia, 
The Pilgrim's Chorus
 from Tannhauser, and the 
Trio
 from Faust, and a dramatic climax to a most original and interesting program.




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H.L.FOGLEMAN


H. L. FOGLEMAN




Enthusiastically hailed as 
a crusader with an intense hatred of business inefficiency,

a great teacher,

a master orator,

a whirlwind speaker,

a veritable dynamo, pulsating with energy and vibrant with magnetism,

live, inspirational, practical, compelling.




The greater part of Mr. Fogleman's life has been spent in helping the other fellow solve his biggest problem.  In his many years experience as a public speaker and as a teacher, he has been privileged to study no less than 250 of the biggest business institutions in the country:  the Standard Oil Company of Indiana; the Ford Motor Company; Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.; the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; the Cadillac Motor Co.; the Chicago Examiner, etc., etc.




To Mr. Fogleman the Building of a Life is of infinitely greater importance than the Making of a Living.  But he proves conclusively that the one is a distinct result of the other.




He has trained more salesmen and delivered more talks in more business organizations than any other man in America.




No subject or business problem ever looks quite the same after Mr. Fogleman has taken it down from the shelf and talked about it.




Subject:  
The Value of a Man.





LUCILLE KELLEY AND LOIS SWANEY



Two lovely singers, who do some very beautiful duets and costume work.  They have had a season together in vaudeville, and there has been such a constant demand for them that it was difficult to secure them for the Premier Attraction list.  Civic organizations of several large cities have been especially enthusiastic over their artistic attainments.





A GYPSY CARAVAN

Musical Fantasy From Vagabond Land
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LUCILLE KELLEY

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TWO LOVELY SINGERS

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LOIS SWANEY



GILBERT JAFFY And His Orchestra



Gilbert Jaffy, violinist, is every inch a true artist.  He takes his work seriously and loves it.  Jazz has no place in his soul, and as a result he is a classic artist of the highest type.




Mr. Jaffy's orchestra is composed of two violins, 'cello, base and piano.  With this combination the most beautiful of popular classics are played.  Each player is an artist on his particular instrument.




Perhaps it could be said that Mr. Jafly and his orchestra give a popular radio program, inasmuch as a great deal of his time during the past few months has been devoted to radio work.




Of course, a few of the popular melodies of the day are thrown in, but they are played in a truly artistic fashion.





JOSHUA LEE Lecturer, Humorist, and Soldier Poet



Mr. Lee is the head of the Public Speaking Department of the University of Oklahoma.  He is also author of a textbook on public speaking.




In 1916 he won the national oratorical championship over fourteen hundred college orators representing every state of the Union.




While serving the Colors in France he wrote a volume of 
Soldier Rhymes,
 of which General Pershing said, 
They are great.




Mr. Lee has lectured from San Francisco to New York City, from Manistique, Mich., to San Antonio, Texas.




Joshua Lee is a modern wizard of words.  His voice is musical, magnetic and dramatic in power, and the wealth of the world is laid at every man's feet when he hears his lecture 
The Pot of Gold.




Humor is his strong point, and he will make every Gloomy Gus laugh — but pathos and the serious things of life come in for his attention in his lecture 
The Patriotism of Peace.




Joshua Lee's fame as a humorist and lecturer is nation-wide.  Hundreds of comments testify to the esteem in which he is held, and to miss Lee is to miss one of the high spots of the program.




Mr. Lee is a lineal descendent of General Robert E. Lee.



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JOSHUA LEE