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EWING'S OVERSEAS
MILITARY BAND
Veterans From All Branches Bio
Chautauqua Attraction.
William Evving, one of the most
successful bund lenders In the coun
try, n director of iniiny years' experi
ence, Iiiih literally scoured the country
to make Ids linnil of overseas veter
ans tills year one of the biggest attrac
tions on any (iiuutuuquu circuit.
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SAND ARTIST-MAGICIAN
Among Chautauqua Attractions.
Henry, the well-l.nown uiiht and
mnglelan, Is one of the few men on the
platform doing art work In sand, one
of the greatest novelties of recent
years. While not detracting from tils
POPULAR VICTOR ARTIST
And Brilliant Brazilian Violinist in Big
Concert Party at Chautauqua.
Christian Mnthloson the popular
Norwegian tenor, who has made so
tnuny records for the Victor Company,
vfTfi head ills own company this jear.
mid is one of the big musical attrac
tions scheduled for the Chautauqua.
He Is bringing with him Ignatius Telle,
the brilliant linullhm violinist, whose
(THE OLD COUNTRY
FIDDLER COMES TO TOWN
Famous Yankee Entertainer to Appear
at Chautauqua Here.
Chnrles U. Tuggert did not need to
cultivate any yankee dialect, as ho
comes naturally by It. halng been
born where it grows. Ik- did not In
herit everything else that he puts into
his program, however. Practically ev
erything he docs Is original: mono
logues, solos, Instrumental music and
nil. Pluno, violin and vocal chord uro
nil alike with him. lie Just puts on
Ids old felt hut and sings and pluys
and fiddles ills way right Into your
heart. Ills Victor records are widely
known and very popular. We happened
to get hold of this characteristic photo
where he "hears his own voice."
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Red Cloud Chautauqua, July 25-31
These men mu recruited from every
branch of the service. They have In
them and will put Into their music;
under this great leader the pen and
go that made the American Army a
terror to the (Senium hordes. They
will put on n wonderful program with
all kinds of variety a program that
will please everyone. To give the
proper touch and llnlsh to the program
It Is understood that the hand will
nppear at night In the zouave cos
tumes of the Fionch Colonials.
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work as a magician and manipulator,
his artistic work in creating pictures
with the aid of colored sand as well
as' his work with crayon, adds a
pleading variety to an already In
teresting program, and on Sundays
gives him an opportunity to develop
a program that Is entirely unique and
thoroughly la keeping with the day.
Impetuous playing bus been receiving
such favorable comment of late, his
work .showing rclhutuent and excel
lent taste. In Pittsburgh, where she.
hold.s one of the best church po
sitions, Miss .leaunette Knolier, the so
prano, Is known as a remarkably suc
cessful singer, and comes from tho
Cincinnati Sjmphony. Miss Margarita
I'olndexter Is the pianist and accompa
nist of the party and Justifies the use
of both titles. Temperamentally und
technically It is a great combination.
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Will-'O-the-Wisp
By FRANK COMSTOCK
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With n soft purring sound such al '
a cat would make before a warm tire,
the aeroplane slid through the night,
banked, came deftly about ns it ncarcd
the poplars at the end of the en
closure and dipped.
A shadow fled across tho lawn be
neath It.
Ashcroft lowered the forward planes,
the Wlll-o'-the-Wlsp settled, ran along
the grass for a little way, and a mo
ment later he Jumped oil and cama
over where I stoo?.
"What do you think of It?" ha
queried cxultlngly.
"I think," I replied "that you havo
perfected one of the most devilish con
trivances ever possessed by a re
spectable crook. When do we start?"
"Half an hour," he said. "Come In
side and have n drink."
When we had seated ourselves on
either side of n bottle of sparkling
Chablls, he raised his gluss nnd toasted
our coming adventure.
"To the safe voyage of the Wlll-o'-the-Wlsp
and the. Honorable Geor
gia Calendar's diamond dog collar,"
said he.
And we drauk It off with deep feel
ing. A month before I had come ncross
Ajhcroft, or rnther he had come ucross
me, nnd Wi a manner thnt left no doubt
as to my Intentions In visiting him.
The fact of it was, thnt his homo
being one of the most snug-looking
villas ln"tho exclusive section of Statn
Island, and I being a gentleman liv
ing mainly by my wits, I cast tuy eyes
upon It nnd computed mentally Just
how- much I should be In if fortune
should favor me with a clear Held.
Tho upshot of the thing was, that
Just as I was about to descend from
Ills third-story window, together with
what more or less valuable articles I
had managed to pick up In the course
of my visit, the electric lights were
switched on and a bullet splattered the
planter down the back of my neck.
Ashcroft changed his mind after the
first shot, took me In, Instructed me In
what he was pleased to call "the liner
points of the game," and from that on
we were Inseparable.
We distrusted each other most cor
dially and split the profits.
He looked up at me from n long and
silent meditation upon the virtues of
the wine. ,
"The wind will drop In nbout tlfteen
minutes, I should say, and the Honor
able Mrs. Calendar's little private roof
party takes place at eleven. We shall
Just make It. Have you a revolver?"
I got out my automatic and Inspected
its contents, nnd he nodded In ap
proval. "Let us pray we shall not have to
use them. Where are the masks?"
We climbed aboard. The Wlll-o'-thc
WNp quivered, moved forward like n
living thing. Ashcroft tilted the for
ward planes and we lifted.
An Immense shadow was Hitting
along the ground below us, but pres
ently the moon went behind a cloud
and we Milled through darkness. The
country lielovv us was an Inky surface,
with here and there a twinkling light
that spoke of a house.
Ashcroft moved the lever n trifle and
my seat Inclined a fraction. I knew
that we were climbing.
Presently we righted and slid along
on a level. Ashcroft let out another
notch and the purring of the motor
Increased to a mufiled hum. A wind
ing white ribbon that I knew was the
turnpike was discernible below us and
a black spot was racing along In our
wake.
It was an automobile, and a faint
tooting of the horn came up to us, but
the men In it never lifted their faces.
"Two thousand feet," said Ashcroft.
"We shall Just make It."
Par below us to the right one could
make out the varied lights of Coney
H.uid.
A little north of Hiem the sharp,
knlfe-ilke streak of a searchlight from
the Navy Yard swept back and forth
across the sky, once heading exactly
In our direction, but we were beyond
Its focus.
It looked like a toy city.
I could hardly believe It was New
York, that vague wilderness of roofs,
the long strings of lights that were
the streets, the faint glow of Broad
wav. .the erawilnc thinirs that I knew
were the trains of the elevuted rail
road. It was exactly 11:00 o'clock. Over
Madison Square we circled again and
slid down in a long glide until we
could have shaken hands with Diana
had we been In her vicinity. Then
Ashcroft shut off the motor and wo
nosed earthward In a narrowing circle,
Ashcroft Is nothing If not accurate.
We made our way cautiously across
the two roofs that Intervened between
the Wlll-o'-the-Wlsp nnd the Imitation
Italian garden that sent a soft glow of
light Into the night.
Ashcroft softly paited the leaves of
tho arbor wall and we peeped In.
There were long rows of .Inpaneso
lanterns and flowers, and at a table
that was loaded with enough silver to
make you wish to get away with thnt
hnul and then die happy, sat Hvo peo
ple. Three of them I did not know, tho
faces of tho two men and tho woman
being strange to me, but 1 recognized
nt a glance the portly person of Lord
Coventry,
I had seen ids picture In the recent
society news mid In lib slilrt-frout I
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caught tho glimmer of the famous'
Coventry studs. I
Then Ashcroft pushed swiftly by run
and I followed him Into the light.
We terrorized them for a moment
to tell the truth, we were a strange
sight, in our long rubber cloaks, and
vizor caps und the masks across our
faces.
1 he butler irmr the door must Ii.ivh
made some movement, for Aslicroft's
revolver barked sharply nnd the fel
low coughed nnd clawed and crumpled
across n little table full of empty
dishes.
My lord rose slowly to his feet and
Ills tlorld face worked In fury. He
was no covvnrd, If ho did have other
defects.
"What do you wnnt?" ho said.
Ashcroft waited until the llttlo
wreatli of acrid smoke had lifted and
then stepped forward.
We had no time to lose now. It
was unfortunate that we had to kill
the butler. No doubt the sharp report
had roused tho curiosity of some In
quisitive citizens, nnd It wns only a
matter of time when help might appear
on the roof.
"You will unfasten your shirt-studs
nnd drop them on the table in front
of you," ho said curtly.
He waved his pistol nnd the rest
slunk back. And then while I covered
them, he went swiftly to Mrs. Calen
dar and undid the necklace, holding it
up for n moment in the light in a sort
of gloating satisfaction, und then
slipped It Into his pocket.
I swept the studs Into the palm of
my hand. . -
There were six of them, large nnd
blue-white, and they clinked together
iriusicnlly as I took them. I could see
the lord of Coventry quivering In im
potent rnge with his bunds above his
head ; then Ashcroft whistled und we
bucked through the shrubbery.
How we half-run, hulf-stunibled
ncross the black darkness of the roofs
I do not remember.
I recollect Ashcroft working with
sobbing curses nt the propellers, the
sudden roar of the Onome ns she spun
in a shrieking circle, we rolled for
ward, shot over the edge, dipped with
a sickening sensation to what seemed
certain destruction caught the wind
on our forward planes nnd mounted
stendlly.
For a moment there was a splendid
sensntion In It nil, n sense of power
nnd disdain for the Impotent little
things that ran and shouted In the
streets a thousand feet below us and
turned up white faces In the yellow
lights, gesticulating comically.
I think they shot at us.
When we hud got up 2.000 feet we
turned a little, nnd I could Just make
out the durk outline of Ktuten Island
In the bay below.
Then the Wlll-o'-the-Wlsp quivered
and plunged nnd righted again nnd
swerved and shot upward in uu odd
manner.
I turned to Ashcroft.
He had slumped In n grotesque mnn
ned to the back of the seat, and there
was a trickle of blood running down
the shoulder of his coat. A sudden
gust of wind rocked the neroplane to
one side nnd we dropped and shot for
ward with frightful speed down an
Invisible toboggan.
With a desperate effort I righted
the planes, and for an Instant we sung
along steadily.
Then I lost control.
Two thousand feet in tho air I lost
control of the neroplane. Another de
scent and another upward lurch as I
recovered. We were rocking furiously
now.
I dured to glance down. Whnt I
saw was that Ashcroft had fallen so
that the engine connection was be
yond my reach. I could not stop It.
A sudden glare blinded my eyes.
The Wlllo'-the-WIsp had dropped
Into the path of the searchlight, and
for an instant I looked down Into the
heart of the daz'.Hng radiance.
I must have raised the planes ngaln,
for we shot upward, the searchlight
swept by, and I lied Into the darkness,
helpless on the back of the throbbing
monster with a dead man for n pas
senger. Then there came a crack from some
where in the maze of wires that netted
and crossed behind me.
In the white glare as the searchlight
cnuglit us again, Ashcroft's eyes looked
up at mo in an unseeing manner.
I think It was the left wing that
gave way; the Wlll-o'-the-Wlsp rlco
chetted from side to side In a drunken
fashion collapsed In mld-iilr, nnd then
turned over and over ami hurtled
downward.
I don't know how I managed It.
The shock of the water revived mo a
bit I was more dazed than hurt and
there were one or two hits of wreckage
floating about after I managed to dive
and shed my heavy coat and get out
from under all that was left of the
Wlll-o'-the-Wlsp. '
I could see the searchlight plnylng
nbout on the water In search of us,
and it tlually got the machine, but I
kept out of Its reach and paddled
ijwny.
A tug wns going by rather slowly
nnd she nlmost ran me down In the
darkness, but I managed to get hold
of one of the trailing logs she had at
her side, ami when we reached a wharf
I dropped behind and scrambled
ashore.
1 skulked about the streets until my
clothes were presentable and then
made my way to a pawnshop whose
owner know mo of old, nnd disposed
of ono of tho Coventry studs.
I don't know what became of Ash
croft. The thing made a big sensation In
tho papers the next day. There were
stories columns long about It, but this
Ik about the most veracious account
you will ever get of the matter, that Is,
unless Ashcroft ever happens to crop
up again.
BIG EXTRA ATTRACTION
Added to Chautauqua Program by
Management United States
Major Coming.
MnJ. Arthur S. Llltby, Interpreter on
tho general staff of the United States
army, French Instructor to many Gen
erals and their stuffs, has just been
ndded to tho big Chautauqua program
by the Chautauqua management. Tho
big progrnm was nlreudy full nnd
really overllowlng, but when they
found they could secure Major Llbby,
who had u wonderful experience both
during and before tho war, It was de
cided to. crowd the musical program
the first afternoon nnd glvo the people
n chnnco to hear Major Llbby. Tho
Major says that he learned more about
his own city while he was nttache In
the American consulate In Frankfort,
Germany, than he had known nbout it
by living in It for 1." years. From the
far east he watched the approaching
struggle long before Its outbreak, but
was back in Iteiiln when It actually
started. He collected a lot of Infor
mation among German otllcers in their
chilis and mess, nn'l from actual doc
uments examined. Ho was a prisoner,
and tho thrilling details of his escape
make n strong background for the
presentation of his statesmanlike
views regarding our present problems.
DR. LYMAN?." POWELL
NOTED EDUCATOR AND AUTHOR
OF SERIES OF BOOKS ON
AMERICANISM.
Released by Inter-Church World Move
ment for Chautauquas
Lectures.
Dr. Powell, who Is one of tho lend
ers In the movement for educational
reciprocity between England, Franco
nnd the United States, author of a
new series of books on Americanism
to be used in the public schools, nnd
n contributor to mnny mngazlnes, has
been released by the Inter-Church
World movement for u series of Chnu
tnuqua lectures, ono of which will bo
delivered here. The doctor Is a speak
er of much force, virility nnd origi
nality, and will doubtless havo a largo
audience.
Mr. Reltzel Brings a Nut to Crack but
Also a Nut Cracker.
Mr. Reltzel, ono of our Chnutauqua
lecturers this season, has for a topic
"Tho Problems of Pntrlotism." In
thoso chaotic days, ghat's quite n nut
to crack, but wo understand that Mr.
Reltzel's philosophy Is sound, thnt he
has been trained In tho lnw, spent
somo yenrs In tho ministry nnd hns
been for somo time on tho lecturo plat
form, so wo antlclpnte thnt ho will
bring a "nut cracker" with him that
will bo sulllclent at least to open up
to view tho meat In this topic ho Is
to discuss. Do not bo surprised If
you find somo good stories scattered
along during the discussion.
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Day's End
Dy ALDEN CHAPMAN
(Cupjrlsbt, lffltl, by Wielern Nwippet Union.),
Lesbla Travis arrayed herself ns If
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for a state occasion. Her gowns
few and not strictly elegant, but she
looked pretty as u picture as she left
her room, pausing to bestow a light
but loving kiss upon the engagement
circlet upon her linger, only a few days
old. then Its presenco seemed to act
as incentive and reminder. She opened
a drawer In the bureau nnd from a
faded, time-worn velvet Jewel case re
movnd a ring with an old-fashioned
setting surmounted by n brilliant whlto
diamond.
Her eyes were tender and misty as
It reflected a light rivaling the puro
Intensity of her own bright eyes. Mem
ory was sentlnont and pervading. "In
honor of Alan 1" she whispered devout
ly. "Surely he Is worthy, and it is our
last meeting for a long, long time,
The ring was nbout all In the world
of value that Lesblu possessed. Her
mother had bestowed It upon her a
few Ways before she died nnd Lesbla
had cherished It a sacred memento.
Alan Hnwielgh looked like nn artist,
nnd wns one. The delicate refinement
of his face attracted even those of
conrser mold. Art had been his pas
sion, and the scope and encouragement
of n small Inland city had become too
narrow for hie ability, his ambition
and his genius.
Sadly tho day was dying "before
eventide it shall be light t" Air and
sky were in harmony with a subdued
sentiment. In the west the Inst rays
of the sun formed u funlike splendor,
while n mellow hyacinthlne hue, ex
quisitely diversified, formed n curtain
of loveliness and spread over the
ennopy to tho east. Lesbla found
Alan on the porch, half-reclining In a
hammock, his poetic glance fixed on
the far glowing horizon.
"The day's end !" he murmured soft
ly, ns Lesbla Joined him.
"How beautiful!" she said In an
nwed, yet enraptured tone, and then,
her hand resting in his own, tliey sat
mutely engrossed under the spell of n
silence that was eloquent. Soul spoke
to soul, but better thus, for the holy
calm of the hour seemed to lift them
Into a higher sphere. They watched
the shadows come, the radiant sky col
ors fade and dnrken. Then one glow
ing star came out, only one.
"I shnll think of you whenever I
gaze at that star," spoke Alan, "anil
that will bo every eventide. Oh, my
precious one! this hour of happiness
Is tho supreme moment of our exist
ence." Thnt stnr, thnt one evening, Les
bla's presence, the uplifting soulful
ness of nil nnture molded their eternul
fibers Insepnrubly Into the warp and
woof of Alan Rawielgh's career. After
he had gone to the city, weekly
a letter came to Lesbla, always cheery
and full of optimism. He had found
studio room with a veteran portrait
pnlnVcr, one Giles Larne, and hl.s
friendship and co-operation had
brought a new Joy Into Alan's life. Ho
had Introduced Alun Into advanced ar
tistic circles, had found him somo
stock picture work that afforded him a
living, and hnd encouraged him to
make nn effort for recognition from
tho art Institute.
"And oh I Lesblu," wrote Alan, "my
very being Is enwrnpt In a picture, tho
theme of which Is the end of that
beautiful dav when last w6 saw ono
nnotheV and our souls seemed to merge J
Into a new world of sweetness audi
beauty. 'Tho Day's End' It shall bo
the effort of my life and the one starj
may shine on us to Illumine our paths
to fame and fortune." I
It wns a little after when a letter
written In an unfamiliar hand came to,
Lesbla. It was signed "Giles Lame,",
and it told the anxious and alarmed
Lesbla thnt her tlnncc hnd broken
down from worry nnd overwork nnd
was in a serious condition. At oncoi
Lesbla nrranged to go to tho city. An
aunt resided there; she went to her
home and then to Giles Lome, who in
formed her that Alan wns in a hospl
tnl nnd, nccordlng to the doctors, In
for n long siege of sickness.
Lesbla stood spellbound, as for tho
first time Lame took her to the studio
and showed upon the easel "The Day's
End." The tears would come as sho
recognized how Alan had Imbibed and
expressed the soulful beauty of thnt
eventful eventide. And there In -tho
fur west wns tho stnr their stnr I
"Thnt Is wkero Alnn broke down,"
explained the faithful old veteran.
"He tried all kinds of paint to got tho
glow nnd sparkle of tho star and
failed. Tho picture goes to tho art
exhibition, however."
"Olt, Mr. Larue I" burst forth Lesbla
Impetuously, "I havo a thought, a
grand thought !" and she spoke words
that caused the old artist to quiver
with the rarest excitement.
When Alan Uawielgh was convales
cent It was Lesbla who announced to
him that not only had his picture
taken the first prize but n rich connois
seur had offered a fabulous prleo for
It. Ho was spellboutid ns he viewed
his work In the grand gallery.
The shining star seemed fairly to
pierce his vision. It wub that unlquoi
emphusls that had charmed thousands.
"Mother's diamond Inserted In tho
canvas," whispered Lesbla, and Alan
Uawielgh understood.
Another was substituted before the'
picture was sent to Its purchaser, for'
the original one that had brought fnmoi
and fortune was worn by Lesbla on
their wedding eve.
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