Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 273, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1916 — FIRST NUMBER OF LYCEUM THURSDAY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FIRST NUMBER OF LYCEUM THURSDAY

Opening Number of Lyceum Course Will Be Held Thursday Evening November 16th.

.THE IRIS CONCERT COMPANY. The Iris Concert Compuuy- Is composed of Miss Laiiru M. Magill, reader; Miss Louise Henman, contralto soloist, and Miss Lulu-Sclmcldt, pianist and accompanist. Their program takes the form of a recital, and It Is a recital well worth while. Miss Beaman toured with this organization In the Eastern "States and sang with great success in ”Faust,” “Carmen,” “II Trovatore," “Tales of Hoffman,” “Butterfly” and “Lucia.” A successful appearance was made by this singer last winter at the Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia, as a member of the Shubert Quartet. With the Wagner Concert Company she was featured as soloist, singing “Adriano,” aria from “Rlenzl,” with Symphony Orchestral accompaniment, In Brooklyn. Since coming to Chicago Miss Beaman has sung at the South Park Methodist Episcopal Church, Chicago Woman’s Club, Quadrangle Club of the University of Chicago and many private receptions. Critics are united In praise of her work and readily* recommend her as a reliable artist and capable soloist for concert, opera, church or oratorio. She possesses a dramatic contralto voice extensive In range and of rich sympathetic quality. Miss Beaman for two years was soloist at St. Paul's Church of Brooklyn and was afterward engaged to sins In the Cbuivh of the

Puritans, Fifth Avenue, New York, a position she resigned to accept a contract with the Aborn Opera Company. Miss Lula-Schneidt, pianist and accompanist, was educated in Europe and shows the results of her work of long and excellent training. Last season she appeared with the Bohemian Orchestra over the Redpath five day Chautauqua circuit, beginning In Mississippi and ending in Illinois. On this program she played a solo each day, in addition to her work with the orchestra. Concerning Miss Magill, Florence L. McCracken, department of platform reading, Columbia College of Expression, Chicago, says: “Miss Laura Magill is a reader of unusual ability, having a beautiful, well modulated voice and a charming personality. Her dramatic Interpretations are vital and ring true. Her humor Is delightfully clever.” Ella Wilson Smith, department of contemporaneous drama, Columbia College of Expression, Chicago, has the following to say: “Miss Laura Magill is a reader of unusual ability and charm, s ■ « has so winsome a persona lTTy~r-' r gfacTous a manner that she is (» port with her audiences the mm: lie comes before them Her keo: e of humor, her fine dis criminal ’ : . characterization, her ..art In visualbmr; her scenes ami her ex ceptipnal' emotional power enable her to carry her hearers with her through every shade of feeling that she experiences in interpreting the varied selections in her repertoire. To hellr Miss Magill Is to capitulate to her art and charm.” 8

LOUISE SEAMAN

LOURA M. MAGILL

LOU LA SCHN EtOT