Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1914 — ASSURED AGAIN FOR NEXT YEAR [ARTICLE]

ASSURED AGAIN FOR NEXT YEAR

Is Lincoln Chautauqua, Which Ended 1914 Session Thursday Night. The 1914 sesison of the Lincoln Chautauqua ended Thursday night with another fine program. The general opinion seems to be that the talent this year was better than that of last, and there was no difficulty whatever in securing the necessary guarantee or sale of tickets fqr the Chautauqua again next year. And this, too, with no five, ten or twenty lots of guaranteed tickets asked for, only as many as each, one expected to have use for in their family. A total of 615 tickets w T as subscribed for, and the local committee will have better than SIOO to the good from the session just closed, against about sl2 in excess of expenses last year. We have had the very best of weathei for the Chautauqua just closed, and its ideal location has also had much to do with the good attendance right along. Everyone has been well pleased with the entertainments and we may reasonably expect that next year’s session will be more largely attended than that of this year. Senator William E. Mason of Illiois, who had cancelled some of his dates at other places recently, was here Tuesday afternoon and his speech was well received. Tuesday was the really big day of the Chautauqua, the talent for that day’s program being the most expensive of the session. The Royal Black Hussar band was exceptionally fine, while Mrs. Morrison, the reader at both iaorning and afternoon and evening, was pronounced the best ever heard here, and her selections were exceedingly good. Belle Kearney’s lecture Wednesday afternoon was also exceptionally fine. Miss Kearney is a highly educated woman and a splendid speaker. The talent that wejiave had here this year was much better, in the opinion of most people, than that of the Remington Chautauqua at Fountain Park, although not costing nearly so much money, perhaps, by reason of the fact that the talent of the Lincoln Chautauqua is on a program every day and the traveling expenses is very light because of the short distance between towns. For example, the talent came here from Lowell, and went from here to Monon. It will thus be seen that better talent can be secured for less money than could possibly be had by an independent Chautauqua. The Democrat believes and sincerely hopes that this class of entertainment will have a splendid effect here and will finally displace that disease for street carnivals and like entertainment with which considerable of the blood of some of our people has become tainted. No one can attend such entertainments as we have had here the past week without being benefitted ths£eby and becoming better men and women and therefore better citizens.