THE CHAUTAUQUA SEASON.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 600, 18 January 1921, Page 2

THE CHAUTAUQUA SEASON.

The tlf'ifd annual season of Chautauqua was opened at Pukekohc on Friday and continued on Saturday and yesterday. At all the ' entertainmen Is there were large audiences which showed keen appreciation of the programmes offered, the performers being heartily applauded and lor thf<;r efforts. On Friday afternoon and evening the programme was provided by Mr. and Mrs. Emery Parnel), musicians and entertainers, who gave a number of items on the saxophone and piano-accordeon. Mrs. Parnell gave a couple of child impersonations which were highly pleasing, while Mr. Parnell, who possesses a resonant and pleasing baritone vcSce, rendered the Bowman's song. The second pai tion of the programme saw Miss Sumayeh Attiych, a brilliant and fascinating young native of Syria, exiled and orphaned by the viecisifudes of her country during the war, in (intersting lectures entitled "My Life tin the Orient and the Occident " and "Syrian Life and Customs." In the course -of her addresses Miss AtHiych stated that she was a member of a Christian (Protestant) family, but that she was closely acquainted with Mahommedan customs and ways of thinking. She appeared in the costume of her native land and gave numerous lijvtimate glimpses of the life of the land of her birth. At the conclusion of an interestitng lecture, Miss Attiyeh was heartily applauded. On Saturday the musical programme was supplied by the lonians and greatly appreciated by large audiences. Captaian Norman Allan Imrie, a Canadian, formerly staff lecturer of the Educa-J titonal Services of the Canadian) Army overseas, in the evening leclecturcd on British-American relations and political problems. Captain Imrie gave a concise and picturesque glimpse of the many difficult problems facing the statesmen of Britain and America, and directed attention to the analgous stale of affairs in both countries