Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-11-21

the cause, # any cause exists, It Is
feared that there is an apathy among
tho people of Toledo in respect to
the lecture course now in progress
that promises to defeat it entirely.
Last season, the young gentlemen
constituting tho Toledo Literary In
stitute gave their personal attention
and labots to the work Of making a
successful course OF enterS alnmcnts
for Toledo. In addition to the faith
full and untlring labor they gave in
person, they paid their admission to
the entertainment. - others did and
then subjected themselves TO tax OF
seven dollars each, which they
promptly paid, to meet the deficiency
of over one hundred dollars the
course cntailed upon them. OF this;
they made and make no complaint
To them, they consider the time aud
money spent no more than the bens.
fits the entertainments returned
thetii.
In the meantime, Toledo secured
her railroad,-all the Summer, bust.
ness increased, addition was made
to the population Of the town.-it
was hoped that addition was also
made to the enterprise and public
spirit Of the people.
A new lecture course was engaged
for the season OF 1928, higher 10
character and more expensive than
the ono OF 1912. To this course
were engaged such eminent flames
as, BSEhibse Concert Troupe, James
Parton, DuChaillu, b. +. Taylor, J.
P. Sanford, Nasty. and Theodore
Ti'ton, with others OF less note,
though it was hoped Of not less
merit. A mistake having been made
last season in the matter of season
tickets, that was attempted to he
remed,sd this season. Last ;year,
with season tickets that enabled the
holder to select for himself and
friends entertainments the most or.
pensive and noted to the neglect Of
those Of equal merit, butt lees ex
pensive and Of less note, about one
hundred and twenty five season tick.
cts were disposed OF in advance
This year, with the season tickets
syste.nod SO that all the entettain.
ments must be treated equally we'll,
and no injustice done TO holders
while Justice was accorded to the In.
stitu:c, only seventy five tickets we're
sold IN advance.
The Barnabee Concert Troupe,
which gave us last year an entertain.
'nent unrivalled in character and
merit. failed by.sa hundred dollars
this year to. pay expenses.
| stast Saturday evening, the second
entertainment Of tho course was Civ
en- by r. ]. DeCordova, who came
20 us from the East whore his merits
have boon recognized IN several com
paig"s, and whence his reputation as
an entertaining lecturer has been
waited westward by impartial and
unpaid winds. The evening Vas not
tho most balmy aud pleasant, but it
was not unplcasanl. The lecture
Melted the Institute . deficit of
EIGHTY THREE DOLLARS.
In tho case OF both entertainments
thus far gwen this season, there was
nc. trouble with their character,-
there was no delinquency in the ad.
vertlsing OF them. Tho iresults OF
both have satisfied the institute that
they have mistaken as to the public
spirit and enterprise, and the literary
and aesthetic taste Of the people OF
the town. They are evidence that tho
people do mt want any heightened
entertainments. The Institute IS jus
,ifed-judging the future BY tho
past-ln anticipating deficit for the
whole season, it the whole course is
carried out, of FIVE hundred dollars,
il not moro. At that price. the whis
tie is too expensive. The only al.
tentative presented, 90 far ~ they
can, see is, to cancel all the engage
msnls possible. Some 1t will not be
possible to cancel. b. +. Taylor is
now on his Western tour and canuot
be communicated with before his on.
eagemeut here next week, Thursday
evening. His lecture. may therefore
be expected IS OF course. If his
lecture does Mt pay expenses, the
Institute ought to cancel all engage.
mcnts pcremptorily, 1t will take
less money to pay damages than to
foot deficiencies.
We have Gesna PLAIN and explicit
in the above statement in order that
our citizens may understand exactly
how matters stand. and why they
stand 30.
A little common sense aud thought
on the subject must satisfy any one
that, il this Institute ia broken up in