Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1913 — LOOKS LIKE THE CHAUTAUQUA IS A GO [ARTICLE]

LOOKS LIKE THE CHAUTAUQUA IS A GO

Canvass of Businessmen Indicates That Rensselaer Will Have * Week Session in August. Rev. E. G. Shouse, representing the Lincoln Chautauqua System, is very mueh encouraged with the outlook for conducting a Chautauqua in Rensselaer this summer. A meeting was held at the high school Thursday evening and his plan-explained and the program of the week submitted. This is the same company that it managing the Delphi and Monticello chautauquas, arranged for the coming summer. The plan is to secure an advance sale of 500 season tickets at $1.50 each. This is required as a guarantee and goes to the Lincoln company, except that they allow $125 for the payment of advertising and the entertainment of the Chautauqua people during the progress of the meeting. The company gets 50 per cent of all season tickets in excess of 500 and 75 per cent of all transient sales during the progress of the meeting. This morning, aided by’ Rex War ner and Clarence Fate, Rev. Shouse made a partial canvass of the business section of the city and found that people generally favored it, and by noon twelve people had been found who subscribed for 10 tickets each. Rev. Shouse expects to be able to find twenty-five who will do this and then to sell the other 250 tickets in smaller denominations. Rev. Shouse states that the talent provided for this meeting Is of great excellence and that a trial Is certain to result in a permanent Chautauqua week. The Republican has opposed the meeting on the ground that it will, interfere with Fountain Park at Remington, which is a permanent institution and has been established at great sacrifice in the expenditure of the time and money of its leading spirits. The Fountain Park Assembly this year will be from August 16th to 31st, inclusive, and the Chautauqua proposed to be held here wfJI be immediately before or during that meeting. It may not conflict with it as seriously as The Republican has suggested but we believe it will and deplore it on that account. Rev. Shouse met with the Ladies* Literary Society this afternoon to present the matter to them and ask their aid in the sale of tickets.