CHAUTAUQUA

Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 139, 10 December 1919, Page 7

CHAUTAUQUA

MUSIC AND LECTURES.

Very attractive programmes were submitted by tho Chautauqua management both in the afternoon and yesterday evening. The Fenwick and Newall Concert Company gave music on each occasion of a high order of merit and good taste. Mr. Newall's delightful tenor

voice was heard to great advantage in ItaliaVi and English songs, in each case his • enunciation being perfect. In the afternoon he sang a Puccini number, and with equal charm " The Star " (Rogers), " Yesterday and To-day" (Spross), " Little Boat " (Harriett Ware), and " Mavis" (with violin obbligato). In the evening the audience was given a great treat in the selection which Mr. Newall made, and which included " The Trumpeter " (Dix), " The Spirit Flower " •(Tippen), " When My Ships Come Sailing Homo" (Dorell), and "Why?"—a bracket o£ widely-diversified ballads, which were sung delightfully. Mr. Newall's chief item was the aria "Celeste Aida," from Verdi's " Aida," one of the greatest love songs ever written, which was admirably sung. Mr. Newall also sang " Mother Machree," a bright setting of Kipling's "Recessional" by Reginald da Koven, arid a charming Indian song, " By the Waters of Minnetunga " (with "a violin obbligato). Mrs. Newall is an accomplished accompanist, played for Mr. Newall .and for Miss Dorothy Baker, the talented Auckland girl who makes the third of the musical trio. Miss Baker's numbers included tho Adagio (Franz Rees), an encore number, " The Bee" (Schubert); while in the evening she gave the " Spanish Romance" by Sarasate delightfully, and was again encored. A clever address was given in the afternoon by Mr. M'Lelland A. Reed, on "The World's Greatest Need." After an interesting resume of the various obvious necessities which press upon the world at present, Mr. Reed gave good reasons for his opinion that the greatest of all is the return to the old-fashioned standards of honesty and truth, with a greater love for humanity on the part of each and every individual. In the evening Mrs. J.. P Luke introduced Dr. Caroline Giesel, who gave an address which was powerful in its straightforward simplicity, and was listened to with rapt attention by the audience. "Just You," was the title of the lecture, and Dr. Giesel showed vividly that a large number of diseases which carry off people before their allotted time are easily preventable. Plenty of water for drinking as well as ablutions and the emulation of Gladstone in a thorough and proper mastication ol food would, Dr. Giesel assured her audience, carry people to a good old age, when the experience gained during life would be made available and valuable to the younger folk. Each person who attained to a healthy, useful old age, with the f.'iculties—as thoy should be—quite intact,' was accomplished the proper destiny intended in the great plan of tlu'ng-s-Dr. Giesel gave vivid pictures of the consequences of the "wild oat" sowing, which was formerly looked upon with so much complacency, and also described the efforts of a great Russian doctor towards solving the problem of dyspepsia. which is one of the present ago general ailments. Blight's disease and apoplexy were also specially mentioned as distinctly preventable, with convincing reasonsgiven for the opinion. At the conclusion of the lecture enthusiastic applause was accorded to Dr. Giesel. This afternon and evening tho same excellent entertainers will be taking part, with the addition of a children's pageant, which has been prepared, and is said to be of a most interesting character.