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Lectures will be given by many prominent men in the war, such as Captain Ian Hay Beith, author of "The First Hundred Thousand," and Sergeant Middlemurs, a British soldier who was blinded by a German shot. The entertainers include such a versatile collection of artists as Constance Collier, Elsa Maxwell, Itow, the Japanese dancer, Nora Bayes, Clara Kimball Young, Poola Frisch, Yvette Guilbert, Mary Desmond, Ruth Draper, Alice Derlet, the Belgian soprano; Frank Pollack, Maud Fay, Anna Fitshugh, Emily Whalen and the Marimba Mexican Band...
Captain Ian Hay Beith, British soldier and author of the "First Hundred Thousand," will lecture at Sanders Theatre next Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Tickets at one dollar apiece may be obtained at Amee's Bookstore. The proceeds of the lecture will go to the Cambridge Surgical Dressing Committee, which makes supplies for the use of the Harvard Surgical Unit in northern France...
...Captain Beith, or Ian Hay as the literary world knows him, was sent to the front with the "first hundred thousand." His bravery won him many promotions, and he finally received the rank of captain. He is now on a furlough and has been sent to this country by the British government to explain England's position...