Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1918 — HAS ACCEPTED SPLENDID OFFER [ARTICLE]

HAS ACCEPTED SPLENDID OFFER

MISS RUTH WOOD TO BE ON CHAUTAUQUA PLATFORM DURING COMING YEAR. Miss Tluth Wood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Ray Wood of this city, and Rensselaer’s most talented musician, has just accepted an enticing offer tendered her by A. A. Thornburg, manager of a well-known, chautauqua company, whereby she’ receives a year’s booking on the chautauqua platform, during which time she will visit many states of the United States and Canada. Miss Wood will go to Chicago on April 29, where she will begin a three week’s rehearsal preparatory to the opening of the season on May; 19 at Burlington, Texas. The summer season will close on August 10 in an Illinois city, and during this time Miss Wood will have toured Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Illinois. Following the close of the summer season, the young lady will return to Rensselaer for a short visit before returning to Chicago to begin rehearsals for the winter season, which opens in a Canadian city. Miss Wood will be a member of a ladies’ trio, and will also act as contralto soloist and reader for her company. She is possessed of a wonderfully charming voice, and as a reader she has a great deal more than average ability. Her talent comes to her naturally, but nevertheless she has been a close student of music which has made her rise in the music world a comparatively easy task. The fact that this is the second offer which she has received in a short space of time speaks for itself and shows that her ability is not passing unnoticed by the outside world. The offer came as a very pleasant surprise to Miss Wood, as this was the kind of work which she was most desirous of taking up, and her many friends feel that there can be no doubt but that her numbers, will be well received by the public.