Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1920 — CHAUTAUQUA MADE NO MONEY [ARTICLE]

CHAUTAUQUA MADE NO MONEY

Return* Were Very Disappointing to the Guarantor*. The attendance 'at the Mutual Chautauqua, whiah closed a five-day engagement here Sunday night, was disappointing to the Rensselaer friends of this class of entertainment. The guarantors had sole) but 372 of the required 400 season tickets in the guarantee, and rather than put up the cash for the $56 lacklpg, each one took another season ticket, making the required 400 at $2 each. The Chautauqua company was to pay all its own expenses, including drayage, entertainment, etc., and the local committee was to receive onehalf of all season tickets sold in excess of 400 and one-half of the gate receipts in excess of S3OO. As only 400 season tickets were sold and the admissions at the gate were less than S3OO there was nothing coming to the local committed, and it is not likely that we will have any Chautauqua next year unless some company wishes to come here without any guarantee.