Chautauqua Tastes Meet Vaudeville At Fairfield Assembly
Fairfield's eight day chautauqua closed with a large audience cheering a vaudeville style show including trained ponies dogs and birds. An opera mixed program followed drawing applause though some questioned value and amateur talent. The piece argues for balanced entertainment and warns against overpricing skilled performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Chatanqua
Association
Tribune
Chautauqua
Demand for Understandable Entertainment at Chautauqua
The author argues the public seeks accessible entertainment over highbrow lectures and classical music. Many will attend if the program includes understandable music dancing humor and physical skill, and they will seek other venues if not allowed to choose their own entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatauqua
Chautauqua
Little
Washington Journal
Washington
National House of Representatives
Mellon
Treasury Department
Congress
John Suffix Rumer Portrait of a Brightening Painter
A humorous sketch profiles John Suffix Rumer, a cheerful interior decorator known for brightening homes. It traces his artistic lineage, early childhood mishaps with paint, stint in western Nebraska, and his rise in the family painting business with a lighthearted tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Suffix Rumer
John Suffix
John
Nebraska
Frank Crail
Wilbur Dole
New School of Painters
Water toast ends with a witty blast at drinks
The Arkansaw bar event features Col Bob Waxe delivering a long toast on Water as the finest beverage yet concludes with a humorous rejection of it as a drink. The column also notes a farm listing in Missouri, theater gossip about Rose Coghlan, and assorted quips and curiosities from period papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Waxe
Bar Association of Arkansas
New York Tribune
Rose Coghlan
Madame Rabouin
David Belasco
Deburau
Sacha Guitry
Granville Barker
Lionel Atwill
Belasco
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Tribune Printing
Harry N. Bra
H. Seifert
BR. G. Walker
Iowa
North Main St
Jefferson County
the Tribune
Electrolier
Second Street
Burlington Railway
Old
Jefferson
John Suffix Rumner
Home Brew
Des Moines Register
Mexico
Tompson
C. Ackman
Rt. No. 6
Lincoln
Nebraska City
Bowers
Bryan
Hell
Juggins
Muggins
Niagara Falls
Rocky Mountains
Wantcolumn
Fairfield Rendering Works
Shores Mueller Co
Cedar Rapids
Ed Bloomquist
Light’s
Birmingham
Ala
James Speer
Joe S. Hawk
F. F. Gardner
Clifford Heston
Ray Heston
Eldon
Jefferson County Abstract and Loan Company
Fairfield, Iowa
Thurs
J. Warren Kerrigan
Mrs. Carter DeHaven
Wallace Reid
Dorothy Gish
W. S. Cromer
East
Burlington St
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