Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 191, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1916 — Chautauqua Opened With Play Festival Wednesday Eve. [ARTICLE]

Chautauqua Opened With Play Festival Wednesday Eve.

The Lincoln Chautauqua opened this year’s engagement here Wednesday evening just before the band concert with an automobile parade, the cars being filled with children. About twenty-five cars were in the parade, and each was filled with noisy youngsters. After the parade the children gathered at the court house lawn, where various kinds of games were played. A ticket hunt was held, two tickets being hidden. The finders of these were allowed to keep them, permitting them to attend all the numbers of the chautauqua free of charge. A -race for the girls and another for the boys were also held and the winners of each were presented with a ticket. The play festival was under the direction of Miss Brannon and Mr. Allen, assisted by others. The opening numbers of the chautauqua being held this afternoon are as follows: Opening exercises, by the superintendent. Musical entertainment, The Strang-Coleman Company. Baldy in Kilts with his Bagpipes. Tolerably Good People, Booth Lowrey, the southern wit. The program for this evening is as Concert, Scotch and Irish Songs. A laughable sketch, by The Strang-Coleman Company. Lecture, “Simon Says Wig-Wag,” Booth Lowery.