CHAUTAUQUA ENTERTAINERS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 137, 5 March 1919, Page 3

CHAUTAUQUA ENTERTAINERS

The coiiree of entertainments that is beine provided by the Chautauqua party wiis'roiitinued i:i the tent on the JBoulcott Street ohurjh site yesterday, lhere was a moderato audience in the afternoon wid a -fairly iaige audience in the evening 'fha tWo programmes' of the day were provided by tho Melody Mirth Quartet hud Mi.*s Mildred Leo Clemens, n nieci; of the great "Mark Twain. _ T'h<> Melody Mirth Quartet consists oi four tiriKht Aiueiican girls, possessed oi lilcawuit singiiig voices and considerable capacity for entertaining. In tho afternoon tliey sang quartets, duets, and, solos in a uiaiiner tbat pleased their audience. Ono of their number gave a good recitntion of the romantic order. At the i-vemuK entertainment the quartet staged a little play illustrative of the war effort of the women of America. One ot tho Rirls represented an American ot German ancestry and German sympathies, and her conversion to patriotism of the American type by tho efforts ot her companions was the theme of tiie sketch. The members of tho quartet showed themselves to be quite capable actresses, and their costuming helped to make their, efforts successful, aiiss Clemens Rave a lecture in the afternoon, entitled "Training Mark Twain.'- lno lecturer has personal recollections o America's great humourist, and she told the audience a good deal about him. She emphasised tho fact that the adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry liinn were based upon Mr. Clemens s recollections of his own boyhood days in a Mississippi town. She described m an interesting way some of the scenes of his early life. Miss Clemens was less successful when she related soma of Mark Iwain s -stories. The subject of her lecture.was not a (freat- literary figure; ho was. a irreal humorist, and much depends upon the manner of the telling of his tales. la the evening Miss Clemens lectured upon the scenic beauties of tho Hawaiian Islands and the wonderful American National Park of tho Yosemite Valley. She showed a good acquaintance with her subject and her remarks were made vivid bv ihe display of some exceedingly good lantern pictures and luneniatograpti Rims. Miss Clemens presented her lecture in the form of an account of n tour from Now Zealand, and she held the clo.<e attention of her andieiice.