The Caldwell Advance from Caldwell, Kansas • 1

on a B.IADOI CALDWELL CALDWELL, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, Laughter Rings from the Audience When the merry musical companies appear at Chautauqua. The Means-Anderson Company With Edna Means, brings a program of good voices, clean comedy and witty wisdom. Edna Means has the happy faculty of pleasing every person in every audience. A strong statement but based. on actual fact.

See her and you'll agree with the statement. The Harmony Glee Club Four fine fellows with an unusual amount of striking, sparkling songs, includrising stirring selections.on their Organ Cimes. -Schildkret's Orchestra in leader, and they never plaud, they are so busy ring melodies. The gram ever given. musicians gives you music.

The This great American to alone be worth the tauqua season ticket. presented by an all-star and in complete detail. Music" says Sam, the give you time to applaying their stirmost generous proThis orchestra of real everything good in Melting Pot drama will be found price of the ChauThe play will be cast with scenery The Caldwell Chautauqua Is Here and 21 DELIVERS LECTURE TWICE ONE NIGHT Dr. O. D.

McKeever, the "Sunshine Lecturer," has been on the lecture platform for 17 years. He brings a thrilling and inspiring message to the local chautauqua. An unusual experience for any leuturer occured to Dr. McKeever in Younystown, Ohio. He returned to that city for a return date and found the building packed and another crowd in the street seeking admission.

The crowd outside the building waited for an hour and a half until Dr. McKeever had completed his lecture and then the seats were vacated by his first crowd and listened to him repeat it. Dr. McKeever is a native of the Virginia Mountains and a real mountaineer. He struggled hard for an education, and won it through his untiring energy and determination.

When he started to college he rode all the way in the caboose of a cattle train. One of the most interesting, inspiring and inspirational programs of the Chautauqua is the "Sunshine" lecture by Dr. McKeever. NO BLUES AT CHATAUQUA The Harmony Glee Club, which comes to the local Chautauqua pleased the crowd at Palestine, Texas, May 15, 1917, according to following article from the Palestine Herald: "The Harmony Glee Club won the admiration of all who were fortunate enough to attend. Their humor and fun dispelled anxiety thawed many a case of blues.

Miss Ethel Hinton, the little sunshine germ, drove all the clouds of care far away." Remarkable many ways is the Means Anderson Company which presents one the finest of the Chautauqua programs. Their oldiet claim to destinction rests on the fact that they seem to please every person in their large audiences wherever they go, They have the happy faculty of rendering a ful program in an artistic manner which wins the plaudita of every crowd. State Historical Societf Topeka EVERY WEDNESDAY Kansas JOB DEPARTMENT VOLUME XL. The HARMONY GLEE CLUB ads One of the Chautauqua Attractions The MEANS-ANDERSON Aug. 17, Children's Big Play Festival and Ticket Hunt The first Chautauqua session for the children wilt be held Thursday evening at 7 o'clock on the school grounds.

Miss Clara Wharton will be in charge and desires to have every child of the community present. The program will consist of a Play Festival and Ticket Hunt. Several tickets will be hidden, and the children finding them will be admitted free to the Chautauqua. This session, as all children sessions, will be free. The first session of the Big Chatauqua begins Friday afternoon at 2:45, by the Means-Anderson Concert Company.

Miss Means is one of the leading entertainers on the platform to-day as reader and story teller, she will be assisted by Miss Anderson whom you will always remember when you hear her violin solos. Miss Bissel at the piano, and Miss Lowe as soloist, will indeed be a great program for the first session. The same company will give a prelude in the evening at 8 o'clock, followed by Chancellor Geo. H. Bradford who is one of the six greatest American lecturers.

Don't miss the Melting Pot, the great American Patriotic play- dramatized by New York actors. The leading man has played in London and Paris, as well as the great cities of America. He has been with Southerland for six years in his Shakespearian plays. Then "Sam" and his big orchestra. Mr.

has played under every flag of the world, before the crowned heads of Europe, and the best of all, in the White House of America. Come and hear one of the world's greatest artists. The first woman senator of Amerjon will be here, Mrs. Helen Ring Robinson of Denver, Colo. Don't fail to hear her, she has a message that will uplift your community.

Thurlow Lieurance one of Amerlea's greatest mucic composers, and Miss Edna Wolley the girl who wins ADVANCE AUGUST 15, 1917 RED CROSS NOTES The regular Red Cross meeting Monday night was as well attended as usual despite the unsettled weather, there were about thirty present, we noticed several who had not been there before. and we added seven new. names to our list, making us 149 members. Much ineres: previls at these meetings. They remind you of the busy bees, the ladies begin working as soon as they reach the meeting and halt only for our opening exercises then the work is resumed again, quite a colledtion of old linens and muslins have been received and the society will always be glad to get all that can be spared.

Ag we Atated in last week's report all old linens must be throughly washed and boiled as they often are used as surgical dressings in cases. of emergency. Mr. Morris of Denver, our director has sent us as well as other Chapters the appeal for knitted supplies for the allied armies in Europe. The appeal comes from Major Grayson M.

Murray Red Cross Commissioner for Europe and calis for 1,500,000 knitted sets, ing sweater, muffles, wristlets and socks. They are having a complete manual of instructions printed for making the several articles required and expect to get it issued inside of the next two weeks and ready for distribution to the Chapters, Caldwell Chapter are organizing their knitting department. Mrs. Pritchard is the superintendent and for those who will knit and want the materials, the same may be had by applying to Mrs. Wm.

Scribner who has a supply on hand. As soon as our director le rns what porportion of the total of this large order for kitting is to be cared for in each section of the country he will advise us as to how much our Chapter should undertake, and we would like all that can knit to send in their names so as we may know just how many we can depend on. It is hoped that all who read this appeal who can knit will not read it in a disinterested way for the call seems urgent, a knitting class will be established and we have several able instructors. Our Loys are going into a climate where the regulation uniforms will not protect them against the bitter weather experienced at sea and in port, and they will suffer great hardships perhaps to such an extent that their minds would be distracted from their duties. It will be necessary to bagin on this knitting immediately we get the supplies ready to avert much of this distress.

Lets wake up and be doing our duty, it may be our own husbands, sons, grandsons or brothers we may be saving from these trials. Children's Department Red Gross Our chairman Mrs. Barton and the writer made a visit last Wednesday morning to the children's Red Cross to see how they were getting on with their work Miss Myrtle Glover was in charge that day and there were probably between twenty-five and thirty children present. Their excerices consisted of singing America, they sang every verse and did it very well, there were prayer and flag salute. Miss Glover explained work of the Red Cross to them in an interesting manner and told them a story which they listened to with all attention, it was a Red Cross story and was recognized as the good Samaritan of Bible times.

They have been clipping -waste cottons for fracture pilliows and have quite a supply on hand. We regret that this work must be abandoned as our director of supplies at St. Louis has informed us that these pilliows are being substi-1 tuted by something else, but to send in what we have on hand, as they would find use for them. A case has come for old magazines and books for the soldiers cantonments and he suggests that the children be given this work of gathering up a supply until something suitable for children presents itself. If any of our citizens have magazines or books which they wish to donate please notify Miss Glover and she will see that they are collected.

Mrs. Frances, Barton Chi Helen Viele, Beck "THE MELTING POT" The Melting Pot, "A Keynote to Americanism," is the one big realistic play of the age. No play ever presented has received such endorsements as these: "A Groat Play: A Great Play" Theodore Roosevelt. "A Great Service to America" Jane Addams. "The Feat of a Genius" Oscar S.

Straus. "A Real Inspiration" Brand. Whitlock. "A Play of Wide Human Sympathy" Agustus Thomas. "Nothing Spiritually Finer" Chicago Tribune.

Strong Play" New York Herald. "The Theme Is Big" New York Tribune. "A Play You Will Remember All Your Life." Chicago American. "Oil Upon a Troubled Sea" Edward A. Steiner.

"Has a Tremendous Appeal" Frederick C. Howe. It played one season in New York, seven months in Chicago, two months in Philadelphia, two months in Boston. The time is of superb sp'endor, with a purpose wide enough to circle the whole globe. It is set forth in words that burn with the spirit-white fire of genius, and the chief role of Quixano is as if he were indeed the consecrated prophet of the New.

The "Pioneer on the Road to Happiness," a flame with divine inspiration. The play is a tense drama of the thoughts that are seething in the brains of thinking men and women. Full of the interest that is vitale and virile and appealing, is Zangwill's prophetic visions of America's future as the crucible in which the remnants of old nations shall be melted to form a New Race. It is wonderfully told. It will be produced at the Chautauqua by a New York cast in complete detail.

EVE ANDERSON PLAYED VIOLIN WHEN AGED THREE Eve Anderson firet played the violin when she was but three and a half years old, at that time being able to play "Jesus Lover of My, Soul" in a manner quite remarkable for a child of that age. She played in her home town's orchestra until she finished school and then she took up music under some of the best known artists. Her playing is creating a revelation where ever she goes. Miss Edna Means and Miss Pearl Lowe, join Miss Anderson ir presenting their program which is varied and sparkling. The same enthusiasm which she displayed in.

her childhood play, when she broke her ankle playing Dare," cracked two ribs playing basket-ball, broke her wrist trying to ride a frisky horse, and had numerous close escapes in automobile accidents and two runaways, Miss Edna Means is displaying in. her very successful effarts to please her Chautauqua anciences. Without exception, the comments which were received last season by the Redpath-Horner Lyceum bureau concerning the work of Miss Edna Means were more enthusiatsic and commendatory, than the remarks concerning any other one artist on the road. A genuine awaits Chautauqua patrons when the Means-Anderson-Lowe company come to the city. MRS.

MURRAY DEAD Ellen Blanche Murray, wife of Wm Murray died at her home on N. Ewing street, Saturday August, 11, 1917 at the age of 70. Funeral services were held from the M. E. church, Rev.

Barton officiating. Burial in the Caldwell cemetery. INFANT SON DEAD. Robert Leroy Dahlstrom, the infant son of Mr. aud Mrs.

August Dahlstrom, died Thursday August 9, 1917. at their home on S. Chisholm street. Burial was in the Caldwell cemetery. NUMBER 26 AT THE CHURCHES UNION SERVICES That was a great and interesting sermon heard last Sunday evening at the Union service, Rev.

Brown of the Christian church brought a foreful message on Love. The house was crowded. The interest is city wide. Next Sunday there will be no services on account of the Chautauqua program. However, the Sunday following will be another meeting.

also the first Sunday in September will be a laymen's meeting. PRESBYTERIAN COMPANY 18,19,20 the people with solos. She was, given reception in Topeka and many other. Kansas cities, case artists ever recieved. Ethel, Hinton is one of the leading numbers, we are proud of her because she always wins her way into the heart of the crowd.

You will find the other numbers on the program to be as great in their lines as the above mentioned: Get your season, tickets from yourlocal committee and have a good time for these five big days. LIEURANCE GETTING INDIAN A reporter of the Kansas City Post, accompanied Mr. Lieurance on one of his trips into the Indian camps to" get their music, and in that paper on January 1916 describes one visit as follows: "Than' we had the singing. Deerof-the-Yettow-Willow, his unscrutable eyes fixed on the unseen, lounged against a tree ands played his flute. His long Braids, wound about with strips of green flannel, hung over his: shoulders, and his silver earrings dangled" with the vibrations of the music: Two other of the braves had flutes, which were native instruments.

made by themselves. "Sometimes they all play, together and sometimes they laid the; flutes, aside and sang; Mr. Lieurance joined heartily in the: "The impression the whole thing made was keen, profound and charming. The songs told all the events emotions of the Indians' lite. There were religious songs, songs for the buffalo and deer dances, and for the sun dance.

There were planting songs, hunting songs, war songs, love sons. "The lover went up "into the mountains to hunt deer, and of the hides he made boots for his beloved and then they were betrothed and he sang a song about it. "So it went on and on. They sanu with half closed eyes, muscular No one was disappointed, and everybody was encouraged by our last Sunday's showing. The Sunday school.

did very well in spite of the weather. Our superintendent remains chreeful and always smiles. He is no pressimist even if it does rain. He has announced; a Rainy Day Brigade that will be a big thing. In order for anyone to be a member he must be present on a rainy or stormy day.

The trutsees had a very interesting meeting last Monday evening. One thing that they decided to do was to new. hymn books for the church services. Another thing that will be done is the putting of a partition in the Sunday school room and thereby making a seperate junior department. Many other things were discuesed and results will be announced later.

The morning services hold the attention of many people. The sermon for Sunday morning will be "'The Divine Hear this message from God's Word. The Christian Endeavor Society is growing verv rapidly. A finelarge attendance was present Sunday evening. The subject was very interesting.

Come to these meet ings and you will be glad you came. All have a cordial welcome at these servicer. METHODIST the beat of the music. Sometimes they pounded the beat on with sticks on the ground. "Amoug them on the ground sat the young composer, a music score in his hand, writing down the songs, his pencil moving with almost uncanny celerity as if he were taking shorthand dictation.

"He is a broadshouldered young man in a flannel shirt and with a manner of absolute and entire simplicity, which is likely one secret of his power. with the Indians. An Indian will detect affectation and run from it as reventlessly as a child." Mr. Lieurance and his will play some of the real Indian music during their stay at our Chautauqua. THURLOW LIEURANCE One of the big musical features of the chautauqua program this season will be the Lieurance-Wooley number.

Thurlow Lieurance will be- remembered by many as the former' leader of the All-American Band. -There he made absolutely good but he. comes this season 88 one of the members of a wonderful company whose music will simply captivate you. Lieurance's name is already known to musicians throughout the country. They have met him through the columns of the Etude -they know him 88.

one of America's foremost composers! He has hundreds of compositions. There are. many which are played on, the Victrola. His songs are sung by such artists as PAlice Nelson and Julia Culp. Lieurance is probably the greatest living authority on Indian music.

Among the special features of this program will be an opportunity to hear these interesting old tribal songs and to hear something of their actual composition. This program will be found to be one of the really great numbers on the program. Artists of national reputation will be on the program to delight the audiences. Another rainy Sunday cut down the Sunday school attendence, there being but 100 present. Chileren do not stay away from the public school nor do men and women neglect business duties on rainy days, Why should rain be an excuse for people not attending Sunday School? The Sunday school recently raised $33 in silver offering and pledges for the piano fund.

This shows that the Sunday school appreciates the use of the new chuch piano. The superintendent announced Sunday morning that the next two board meetings would be of especial importance to the Sunday school. At the meeting Monday night the question of Rally Day was taken up, and at the September meeting, the grading of classes for the conning year will receive attention. Rev. Weaver, a district worker, of the Kansas Children's Home Society, spoke at the morning service.

Mr. Weaver said this of his work, and the society which he represents: "The National Children's Home Society was organized 34 years ago. Ten years later the Kansas Children's Home Society was organized, and is one of nine state auxiliaries of this society. The work is caring for orphans and neglected children, such children being retained in the receiving home upon being made wards of the society, until proper homes are found for them. It is always preferable that they be put in homes where both papents are Christians.

The society is supported by membership fees, by gifts from friends." The first Suuday in October will be the second anniversary of the dedication of the church, plans arebeing made to especially observe that day. Rev. Ward, the district superintendent will be present, and perhaps other visitors. The pipe organ should be installed by that time as Miss Glover had a letter several weeks ago, stating that the organ was then on the erecting floor, and they were waititg shipment of some of the necessary parts before it could be completed. The organ will probably be dedicated at this time..