Mana Gaylord Beckwith Concert Company

              MANA GAYLORD BECKWITH
CENTURY LYCEUM BUREAU
AUDITORIUM   BUILDING
CHICAGO
The Mana Gaylord Beckwith Company
|Few Entertainments are more pleasing than one of Music and Readings; PROVIDED each artist has not only professional skill, but sympathy, as well, and  — "the gift of pleasing". The three comprising this excellent company "understand". They present a program full of life, of meaning, and melody, such as critics approve, and such as uncultured, as well as cultured, un¬derstand and enjoy. No attraction on our entire list has been selected with greater care.                                CENTURY LYCEUM BUREAU
MAUD   E.   KIMBALL
Miss Maud E. Kimball is well known and highly ap¬preciated in the musical circles of Woodlawn. She knows how to make the vio¬lin "discourse sweet music." We have often heard her with pleasure in the Wood-lawn Park Presbyterian Church.— Edward H. Curtis, Pastor Woodlawn Park Pres¬byterian  Church, Chicago.
Miss Maud Kimball played several exquisite selections on the violin, of which in¬strument she is a master, having had skilled training for years. — Lynn (Mass.) Item.
Miss Maud Kimball of Chicago captivated all by the sweet solos on her violin. She played with great depth of harmony and her hearers were delighted.— Swampscott, Mass.
I consider Miss Maud Kim¬ball a violinist of rare ability. She greatly pleased our peo¬ple.— F. W. Smith, Pres. Mad¬ison  (S.  D.)  Chautauqua.
Miss Maud Kimball charmed all with her excel¬lent violin playing. Her tone is pure and full, and she plays with much spirit and feeling. Her selections were well chosen and she responded to repeated encores. — Mitchell (S. D.)  Republican.
Miss Maud Kimball, the violinist of the evening, has a wonderful touch and tone and her work was much ap¬preciated. — Saugus (Mass.) News.
Miss Kimball is a charm¬ing little artist, whose deft touch on her favorite instru¬ment, the violin, filled the house with melody, and cap¬tivated her hearers. The people manifested their pleasure by repeated en¬cores.— The Sherwood (N. D.)  Tribune.
Personnel
Mana Gaylord Beckwith
In Humorous and Dramatic Selections
Grace L. Kennedy
Pianist and Soprano
Maud E. Kimball
Violinist
Miss Maud Kimball is young in years, but she has reached a high degree of proficiency on the violin, and is evidently destined to become a renowned artist.— Lynn (Mass.) Item.
Miss Maud Kimball, the violinist, has a wonderful touch, and her music has that beautiful rich tone seldom obtained.— Louris (N. D.)  Republican.
Miss Grace Kennedy, who sang at the Organ Recital last evening, is a favorite with McGregor's audiences, who are always pleased to greet her. She has talent and has given much effort toward its develop¬ment, with eminent success.— McGregor Times.
Miss Kennedy assisted at the Music Teachers' Convention, in giving a high class entertainment. Her superior voice and fine musical feelings are never left unmentioned by music lovers.— Western  Musical Herald.
Miss Kennedy sang "Oh Promise Me'' charm¬ingly last  evening.— Davenport,  Iowa.
A most pleasing feature of the evening's pro¬gram, was the numbers given by Miss Kennedy, vocalist. She has appeared here before and is very popular with our people.— Elkader (Iowa) Register.
Miss Kennedy is a pupil of Frank T. Baird of Chicago. All who have heard her pronounce her an exceptionally fine soprano.—Garnavillo (Iowa) Independent.
The entertainment Saturday evening was a great success. Miss Kennedy, who sang several numbers, has a splendid voice.— St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin.
Miss Maud Kimball, the violinist of the com¬pany, is one of the very best that has ever ap¬peared here. Her selections were well chosen and were played with a master touch. She re¬ceived repeated encores, to which she happily and cheerfully responded. Miss Kimball is an artist of which the company and the bureau may well  feel proud.— Mohall   (N.  D.)   News.
A crowded house greeted the Concert Com¬pany last Friday evening. Miss Kennedy sang charmingly. She more than sustains the enviable reputation she enjoys.— Grantsburg, Wisconsin.
GRACE   L.   KENNEDY
Miss Mana Gaylord Beckwith, a talented read¬er whose selections were well chosen and suited to the audience, appeared on the fourth number of the Lecture Course. The pleasure of hearing Miss Beckwith was enhanced by her charm of manner and beauty of face and figure. If Catoosa is fortunate enough to have a series of entertain¬ments for the next season, it is to be hoped that Miss Beckwith will be booked as one of the at¬tractions.— Catoosa,  I. T.
The fourth number of the Cedar Vale Lecture Course which was given here Monday night, drew the largest crowd that has attended a lec¬ture course number in the last few years. The quartette is the best that has ever visited Cedar Vale, and we believe they pleased the audience better than any other number the course has ever presented. The readings of Miss Beckwith were no less appreciated than were the musical num¬bers, and she, as well as the quartette, was greeted with an encore for each number. She is certainly an artist in her line.— Cedar Vale, Kan.
Satisfaction was the expression of all at the highly cultured and artistic rendering of an ex¬cellent programme, Miss Mana Gaylord Beck¬with especially delighting the audience in the hu¬morous selection of ''Daisy's Practice Hour".— Swan  Lake   (Man.)   Press.
MANA  GAYLORD   BECKWITH
Miss Mana Gaylord Beckwith is by far the best reader that ever appeared in Winnipeg. She displays dramatic power in her heavier selections, not surpassed by Mrs. Scott Siddons and others of the foremost readers of the past and present.— Winnipeg.   Manitoba,   Free   Press.
Miss Beckwith was well received in her several selections and was heartily applauded.— Alemeda  (Canada)  Reporter.
It was my privilege to hear Miss Mana Gaylord Beckwith, and if applause is an indication of popularity, Miss Beckwith has a strong hold upon her audience. Her recital gained her encore after encore, and the numbers upon the programme were increased many fold by the repeated recalls which she received. Her splendid recitative powers and the general air of grace which characterized all her movements have seldom been seen in similar entertainments.— Chas. H. Ruth¬erford, Concord, N. H.
Miss Beckwith is an artist. Her selections were especially well received and she was recalled many times to satisfy an appreciative audience.— Butte, Mont.
To me your work at Lucerne was most fascinating. I must confess I was charmed by your pleasing personality and your splendid ability.—J. W. Mourman, Lucerne, Mo.
The entertainment at the Presbyterian Church Tuesday evening was one of the best ever given in this city. Miss Mana Gaylord Beckwith demonstrated to a large audience that she has exceptional talent and ability. She has wide scope in dramatic work and her efforts were thoroughly ap¬preciated by her hearers.— Wenona (Ill.) Index.
Miss Beckwith is a reader of more than ordi¬nary ability. Her manner is engaging and her selections of a kind people like to hear. She was heartily  encored.— Liberal   (Mo.)   Enterprise.
The recital given by the Christian Church Fri¬day evening last at Thomas Opera House was one of the pleasing events of the season. The read¬ings by Miss Mana Gaylord Beckwith were of a high order and she delighted a large audience. She possesses a deep rich voice, and the manner in which she rendered her selections showed the careful training she had received. She spoke with perfect ease and freedom. This shows a brilliant career for Miss Beckwith. The entire programme was a pleasing one.— Chicago Heights (Ill.)  Star.
It is a pleasure to commend merit. Having heard Miss Beckwith, I appreciate the opportunity of saying that I like her selections and her way of reading them. She presents her work with no apparent effort, and with most artistic finish.— Frank McClure, Chicago.
As a reader, Miss Mana Gaylord Beckwith is by far the best that has appeared in Carmen. Her rendering of "Hagar" exhibited a dramatic power not often heard.— Carmen  (Man.)   Leader.
The entertainment given by Miss Mana Gay¬lord Beckwith last Friday evening in Union Hall was greatly enjoyed by all who attended. Miss Beckwith proved herself a skilled interpreter of character.— Lostant,  Illinois.
Miss Beckwith, whose charming personality captured her hearers from the beginning, held them spell-bound throughout the entire program. She exhibited great versatility as an artist, her selections ranging from the humorous to the pa¬thetic, and in her last number, ''Hagar", she ex¬hibited rare gifts as a dramatic artist. Her cli¬max was an achievement worthy of the unanimous praise which Pontiac has accorded her.— Pontiac (Ill.)   Free  Press  and  Observer.
Miss Beckwith is a reader of more than ordi¬nary ability and training and showed fine taste in her selections, which were keenly enjoyed.— Mondovi, Wis.
Among the best entertainers favoring La Junta audiences during the past few years, none have surpassed Mana Gaylord Beckwith.— La Junta, Colo.
Miss Mana Gaylord Beckwith possesses a rare gift as an entertainer. The "Whistling Regiment" is a masterpiece in musical recitations. Miss Beckwith has a soul full of harmony and com¬bines with it an art the product of years of care¬ful cultivation.— Chas. W. Dean, Pastor Christian Church, Toluca,  Ill.
The oratorical and musical recital given by Miss Mana Gaylord Beckwith in College Chapel on Thanksgiving evening will long be remembered by her many friends. She has talent of a high order and gives a most charming, pleasing and entertaining programme. Her first selection was "Helen's Babies"; her voice is naturally heavy and deep, yet she was able to imitate in a soft and gentle voice that of the infant child in a manner that was natural in the extreme. Her "Diamond Cut Diamond", in which she sang se¬lections from "Twickenham Ferry", was perhaps the one in which she displays the best power and ability. Her negro dialect in "Aunt Hannah's Letter" could not well be excelled.— Marion (Ind.) Leader.
I consider Miss Mana Gaylord Beckwith one of the most talented readers it has ever been my pleasure to hear. With her wonderful power of interpretation she combines a modesty which constantly speaks for improvement. Original in an extraordinary degree, she is ever ready to adopt the ideas of others, never opposing her personal prejudices against advice that her good judgment enables her to recognize as better than her own. Miss Beckwith has become one of  the  few  great  readers.— Marion,   Ind.
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