Carl Albert E. Jesse, entertainer

              Carl Albert E. Jesse
Entertainer
“No soul so dead but may awaken strong and glorified if something good is said.”
An evening of relaxation and distraction combining art and pleasure for the light-hearted man and the student— the youth in life's green field and him "who goes in full strength of years;" "the gray-headed man" and the babe that makes no noise.   OBJECT —"To hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to nature" - incidentally to amuse, accidentally to instruct.
Under the Management of 
The Jones Chautauqua System
Perry, Iowa
Bring your troubles with you, every single one; If you care to sell them, we'll remit in fun.

IN presenting Mr. Jesse to its patrons, the management has endeavored to pre¬sent a man who is in every sense of the word an entertainer. Above all thiners, such a man must be versatile. We doubt if there is a more versatile entertainer on the platform today. He is a pianist, a humorist, crayon artist, characterist and vocalist; his Aluminum Harp is a pleasing novelty that adds charms to his enter¬tainments. There is no opportunity to become wearied here for his programs run so quickly from melody to humor, from hu¬mor to pathos and from pathos to gay-ety that the evening has passed delight¬fully before it is real-ized. Mr. Jesse's programs are as free from the coarseness of the commercial as high noon is free from darkness. After years of ex¬perience he has built programs that are wholesome, delight¬ful and charming, and whether in hu¬mor or in pathos, his work carries a message to his audi¬ence that will be a
help to all.    Mr. Jesse makes a study of his audiences as well as of his work, and you will be amply repaid for the time spent in hearing him.
THE MANAGEMENT.
PROGRAMS
'A FOOL THERE WAS," a play in three acts, based on Kipling's Vampire Poem. —Porter Emerson Brown.
'A TRIP TO THE LAND OF MELODY AND MIRTH." An evening of Read¬ings, Character Portrayal, Solos, Pianologues, Crayon Illustrated Songs, Etc. Involving a great variety of thought, feeling and action.
Taste varies as much as individuals. Mental cravings are not all the same. Some appetites are hard to satisfy. Dyspepsia is common. Indulge only in that which is palatable or what your system calls for. There is food for the strong; we serve re¬freshments, but we put no questionable temptation before you.
" Literature is the fruit of thinking souls/'
"He dreams of how folks might be happy —
Press CommentsMr. Jesse simply captured the audience.— Akron  (Ind.)  News.
Mr. Jesse proved himself an artist at the piano.'—Bettsville   (Ohio)   Vidette.
Gave an excellent program which was highly commended.—Lovington   (111.)   Reporter.
One of the rising young musicians of the far Southwest.—Chicago Musical Leader.
Appeared at his best and the entertainment was very much enjoyed.—Houston (Texas) Post.
The piano playing of Mr. Jesse and his work on the Aluminum Harp was splendid.—Morris (N. Y.)   Chronicle.
Mr. Jesse certainly is master of the piano, and held the audience in rapture during the evening's entertainment.—Moorhead (Iowa) Times.
# Mr. Jesse is a pianist of first rank. His selections were well rendered and piano lovers considered them a rare treat.—Gretna (Neb.) Breeze.
Prof. Jesse is one of the most versatile entertainers ever appearing on a Perry pro¬gram and delighted his hearers.—Perry (Iowa) Daily Advertiser.
In the evening Mr. Jesse captivated his audience with his character sketches and musical numbers on the piano.—Oelwein (Iowa)   Independent.
Mr. Jesse's work on the Aluminum Harp, and his impersonations of famous musicians, formed a feature and were enthusiastically received.—Kansas  City   (Mo.)   Journal.
Mr.   Jesse   has   unusual   gifts   as   an   enter-
tainer. I have heard him many times and al¬ways with delight. His audiences are always pleased with his work.—Ex-Gov. of Colorado, Henry A. Buchtel, Chancellor University of Colorado.
Mr. Jesse proved himself a talented musi¬cian. He played difficult compositions with ease and finish and his rendition of a selec¬tion in which the left hand, only, was used, won hearty recognition.—Corpus Christi (Tex¬as)   Daily Caller.
It is seldom that a country audience has the privilege of enjoying classic music of such high order as was given by Mr. Jesse. His playing of Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodie No. 12 was indeed a rare treat, and also his rendition of Beethoven's Funeral March, which showed the hand of a master.—Thurman (Iowa) Times.
In the evening, on account of the lecturer being called away, there was a vacancy on the program, but Carl A. E. Jesse was the right man in the right place, as he took it upon himself to fill the entrre evening with his music and readings. He did it, too, and in a way that pleased the audience and made for himself a reputation as a prince of enter¬tainers.—Clearmont   (Mo.)   News.
Piano lovers were charmed with Mr. Jesse's work, which was done in a way creditable to a much older artist. The famous Schubert March Militaire was played with a dash and spirit, well calculated to bring out the com¬poser's picture of a dashing Austrian regiment, while in rendering the funeral march from Beethoven's Opus 26, Mr. Jesse showed him¬self at his best. This march is one of the really great funeral marches in existence and in it the master portrays the great, gloomy grandeur of death, which the pianist well brought out.—George M. Rau, in Utica (Neb.) Sentinel.
Then goes to show them how”
"If into some soul I
can let a little light If some pathway
dark and drear I
can render bright If to one on gloom I
c a'n   show  the
sunny side Tho'  no reward  I
win,   I   shall   fre
satisfied.''
Life is deformed if developed all on one side.
We are chronic smilers.    No charge to join us in the job.
If your creed forbids
your laughing And it hurts you for
to smile, Just bring along your
'kerchief And weep with us a
while.