Chicago Lady Entertainers

              Chicago Lady Entertainers
Estelle M Clark
Bessie M Mercer
Jessie I Christian
Marcia M Moorehead
Interpretative Readings Solos Duets Trios Quartets
Redpath Lyceum Bureau 
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Chicago Lady Entertainers
POSSESSING a high soprano voice of great beauty and bird¬like clearness, which combined with a fine stage presence makes Jessie Isabella Christian a star attraction. She is a charming lyric singer, both captivating and artistically perfect.
A GOOD musician, Marcia M. Moorhead is more especially an excellent accompanist, playing with great expression and spirit. She fully understands the art of follow¬ing and yet sustaining the voice parts, so necessary to successful solo singing.
As an interpretative reader, Estelle M. Clark is an artist, and her impersonations form a chain of purest gold, each link without a flaw, encircling the entire list of characters known to the art of expression.
With a rich and unique contralto voice of unusually low range, suited to pathetic and dramatic singing, Bessie M. Mercer sings with equally facility in lighter vein and never fails to thrill her audience.
Their Past Season's Record—Nearly two hundred entertainments in twenty-four different states, that without a single exception won the unqualified commendation   of  the local   management, the public  and the  press.
Management Endorsement
They made a tremendous hit. I've been connected with enter¬tainment courses for fifteen years and I never secured a better attraction. The quartette work was excellent — smooth, well shaded, evenly balanced. As for the reading, many of us have heard the best readers now on the American platform. All agree that in perfect naturalness and charm Estelle M. Clark heads the procession. Bessie M. Mercer has the most fascinating contralto voice it has ever been my good fortune to hear. This entertain¬ment has done more to insure the success of next year's course than all of the previous numbers put together.
F. L. Hannum, Chairman, Sheridan (Pa.) Course.
Editorial Endorsement
The twenty nine annual lecture courses, of ten numbers each,
to say nothing of many extras, have included most of the great
stars in lyceum circles and educated our people to a high degree,
and this company was one of the greatest  successes wre have
ever had.     Fine  specimens  of   womanhood   physically,  their
dress and general make-up faultless, the singers vied with each
other   for  first   honors, and  it was   left   for Estelle Clark to
bring the audience fairlv  to their feet   with  cheers for  every
number.
H. H. Wray, Editor Leechburg (Pa.) Advance.
From an Artistic View — Every number, encore and double encore, a gem and no two alike, so evenly balancing the entire program, the usual filling-in numbers are conspicuous by their absence.
Home Endorsement
The Chicago Lady Entertainers closed our last season's lecture course in such a very satisfactory manner that they were promptly secured for the opening number this year. Most successfully did they fill the demand for an attraction that would insure not only the largest attendance, regardless of the many counter Thanks¬giving night events, but the greatest help in the advance sale of season tickets as well. It was the only re-engagement of our course. A more delighted audience never wTent away from our church. I give them my unqualified commendation. D.F. Fox,Pastor California Ave. Congregational Church, Chicago.
Return Endorsement
One of the most pleasing and refined entertainments ever given in this city was witnessed at the M. E. Church Saturday evening, when the Chicago Lady Entertainers appeared for the second time. The only event of a similar character which equaled this one was the last season's entertainment by the same company, and competent critics who attended both say the last program excelled the former, although both were of the highest order. A select audience filled the auditorium, and, excepting when the hearty applause was given at the close of the various num bers, listened with a silence which was in itself the highest token of approbation.—Nunda (III.) Herald
Positive Proof
That each member of the Chicago Lady Entertainers is a talented artist in her particular sphere, and that every number on their program is a feature of the enter¬tainment in the judgment of the public and the press, is clearly shown by the following program and brief extracts selected from hundreds of very complimentary notices published in all sections of the country the past year.
PART I
PROGRAM
PART II
1   QUARTETTE
"May Dance"......J.C. Macey
CHICAGO  LADY  ENTERTAINERS
Have come and gone, but leave behind remembran¬ces of an enjoyable evening, spent under the magic ol their song and story. The large and appreciative audi¬ence was neld spellbound from the first sweet note o* the " May Dance " to the last echo of " Good Night, Beloved."— Braddock {Pa.) Daily News,
2   READING
The Minister's Black Nance .          .   Phelps
BSTKLLK  M. CLARK
Probably the most enjoyable number of the whole evening and stamped her as being a true artist. How the minister's horse driven by his daughter won the race at the county fair, as told by the village gossip at the weekly sewing circle, was certainly very realistic and exciting and produced a perfect storm of applause. The encore, " Dead Dolly " was one of the most beautiful and pathetic child impersonations ever heard. Every number given by this finished artist was applauded to the echo.— Binghamton {N. Y.) Daily Republican.
3   SOPRANO SOLO
"Shadow Dance".....Meyerbeer
JESSIE  ISABELLA CHRISTIAN
This difficult number was sung faultlessly by Miss Christian, who possesses a clear soprano voice of beau¬tiful bell like tones. The song is one that taxes the ability of the most talented performer but in no particular was the artist's voice found wanting. The difficult runs and trills were exquisitely carried and the high notes were reached seemingly without effort. The encore number was, if anything, more appreciated than the first selec¬tion.—Ottnmwa {Iowa) Courier.
4   QUARTETTE
"The Dixie Kid".......Gei/el
CHICAGO  LADY  ENTERTAINERS
Created a furor. They cheerfully responded with a southern negro camp meeting song "Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho." This also pleased the audience so well they had to respond with another/ 'There's no Harm to Tell Sister Mary."—Marion {Ohio) Daily Mirror
5   READING
"Hiawatha's Wooing"—A Melodrama Poeai from Longfellow's Song of Hiawatha. Music by R. G. Cole
BSTELLE M. CLARK
Her crowning triumph, however, was her dramatic presentation ot "Hiawatha's Wooing" with piano ac-companient, which is soft and low, bright and sparkling, or grave and deep in keeping with the theme. The pathos and beauty of the poer was admirably por¬trayed.—Moberly {Mo.) Evening Democrat.
6  DUET
"Hark to the Mandolin"    ....    Parker
JBSSIB  1. CHRIST AN  AND  BESSIE   M. MERCER
^ One of the favorite numbers on the program. The rich contralto and the sweet soprano of the two finished artists were in marked contrast though in perfect har¬mony, while the accompaniment was exceptionally well reml red and thoroughly in sympathy with the singers. —Onstead {Mich.) News.
9  QUARTETTE
"Love's Old Sweet Song"     .    .    .     Malloy
CHICAGO   LADY   ENTERTAINERS
That real music, to have an effect on us, does not need to be new or novel, and that the old familiar songs are appreciated, is proven by the hearty welcome and enthusiastic applause given the quartette when they sang "Love's Old Swee Song. The voices were blended in perfect harmony and the music produced was sweeter than any instrument.— Braddock {Pa.) Daily News.
8   CONTRALTO SOLO
"Sing Me to Sleep".....E. Greene
BKSSIE  M. MERCER
Held the people spellbound as her magnificent voice filled the auditorium with its rich sweetness and deep pathos. Her singing is without apparent effort and as smooth as the flowing of many quiet waters. "Gene¬vieve" as an encore fairly brought the audience to their feet. The most intense approbation was given her each and every appearance, ceasing only as she returned to again favor them. Such voices have rarely, if ever, been heard n this city.— Warren {Pa.) Evening Times.
9   READING
"Blow LiT Breezes, Blow"      Martha Geilow
ESTELLE  M. CLARK
Special mention is due her impersonations. Few if any readers have the faculty of imitating so cleverly the attitude, walk, language and dialect of the old fashioned southern plantation negro. The applause was deafening and she was obliged to return to the stage a number of times in order to satisfy her admirers.— Waverly (III.) Enterprise.
10   QUARTETTE
"Good-Night"........Pinsuti
Arranged by R. G. Cole
CHICAGO  LADY  ENTERTAINERS
One of the special numbers composed or arranged expressly for their particular use and the audience was not chary of pplause, insisting on the usual encores.— Hutchinson {Kan.) Daily Bee.
When the good night had been sung by the quartette and the last strain had died on the air, the large audience reluctantly arose and departed, satisfied that they had heard the finest entertainment of its
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of producing.—Jamestown   * N. V., Evening Journal.