, 1874-11-08


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| sTAn LECTURE COURSE.
| Tho full announcement Of this ?opular ee,ie
| OF entertainments for the ensuing winter appear
] this morning. Tho course ia in many 1espect
| al improvement upon that Of last season. The
entire ahaepce Of what may bo termed the sensa
tional element is ono Of it's marked character il
tics and one which will be welcomed by the bette
class OF lec!ure-going people return 10 soiie
PRINCIPLES. The managers, in the preface Of thei
| Star A1ganne, affirm that their aim hns thi.
year been to bring back the greatest SUCCESSES q
the previous seasons. rightly judging that thos<
who have bcoa found By experiment most pleas
ing end enjoyable, will provo moro attractive
cards than those Who are unsried though noyel
50 highly recommended. glance at the lis'
thus far announced shows that only ono OF ths
number, William Parsons, is new here, aad oil
him too much cannot be said in praise.
Tho graceful and we'll merited com.
pliment extended to Prof. Swing by
giving him the Place Of honor in this most in
portant series OF Cnicagos literary entertain
mants will be approved by ALL His lecture will
inaueura4e tho coursc, Nov. II. in McCormici
Hall. The subject, it is understood, will be 4
local one, applicable to the ne" movenen:
toward \ reform 10 cur city affairs, and will ba
entitled ''Tlo True Citizen" The managers
having bought the manuscripts, the lecture will
only lie delivered LII the Star Coulso.
Among the most notable pames III the list will
bo nct:ced Daniel Doughcrty and Charlotte
Cush1nao. Tha former, last year, distinguished
himself 1s the most eloquent lecturer On the
platform, while tho vide reputation Of MISS
Cushmau needs no wofd to insure her packed
houses. Those WHO REMEMBER her readings in
tho Star Course tnteo year5 ago Will recall the
difficulty Ct obtaining even admission to the
chul Clues to hexr her. Hiss Cushman las an
pouuced tnat this ia her last year upon the stage,
and the thtee evenings OF her readings here.
Nov. 80. Dec ! and :. Will bo the last she will
give ia Chicago.
That earnest orator, Charles Brad1aueb, tho
English Republican. will follow Miss Cushman,
wh1o Dayard Taylor, James T. FIELDS, Fred
Douglass, William Parsons, the charming Caro-
limo Richlngs-Barnard concerts, and other en- ter
tainments. will ill up the series. 4 notable in
provemeut Of this Eeasoa ls in making the course
iCcluce some twenty or moro entertainments III
stead OF the conventional tan. The Star Couras
has thus become, in magnitude AZ we'll az excel
1ence, among the very fist.
An improvement in tickets, which will p1obab-
ly be adopted In all the large ctties this year
inaugnrated by Messrs. Carpenter j. sheldon,
with whom the idea is original. "Option tick
els" are issued At the rate Of 20 cents each,
which en:ltle The holder to select reserved sea:s
for any Of tho Star entertainments be may pre-
fer during the whole winter, thur combining
cle2pness with complete adaptabilty to the in-
dtyijuaI taste and convenience OF tbs purchaser.
Thele are many advantages Of tho "optlon
tickot" ever tho old course ticket which will
suggest themselves to all The sale OF "option
tickets" will commence tomorrow morning.
The managers. not wanting in the!r customary
enterprise have arranged With the Randolph
street and Wabash and Prairie avenue 'buses to
take al passengers holding Star Course 'bus tick
eta (Which will bc gigen with each reserved seat)
direct to Mccormick Hall. After tie entertain
mente, buses will be waiting to take them home
to ther residences on the West and South Sido,
80 that no one can longer object that it is either
or expensive to attend the Star
Course at Mccormick Hall. The first Eve enter
the convenience OF their patrons. depots have
beon established for tho salo OF option ticxess
At Jansen. McClurg l. Co. q, at Silsbys on Twan-
Ly-Becond street. aud at Bordens. corner Of Thir-
tJ-frst street and Indiana avenue on the South
Side. On the West Side, at Dyche's, corner OF
Madison mud Halsted; at Bells. corner Madison
and Sheldon, and at Elmore'e FOG West Lake;
and on the North Side ut lockwood Bsos.'. ~
North Clark, and at Laux'a drugstore, 974 North
Clark.
M'conMcK's HALL
One Of tho most enjoyable entertainments
which has ever been given in this city will be
that afforded in the Mccormick Music-Hall to-
morrow evening when 81 Grace Green wood and
Mrs. Sarah Fisher Ames, two Of tho most ac-
ladies' Who have ever appeared upon = |
,latform, will treat their audience to series Of
,vstune impersouations and recitations with I
,tase effects Both ladies a1e exquisite elccu-
ioniRts, and no one need doubt that the eveD- |
ug's enjoyment which they will afford will be Of |
kind to be long remembered. Az who love |
good reading and recitation should a:tond 1T !
Mccormick Hall tomorrow evening.
rHE LAKKs1DE LECTURE COURSE
II the Young MEMS Christian Association will |
70 iunugurated on the 18th inst By the Hon. !
,arl Schurz. who will speak on the subject Of
: Educational Problems"
The reopening OF Farwell HILL is another res |
Grafton Of the old ante-6re landmarks. Many |
yho have hitherto attanded musical and other
in this place will be pleased to
ecognize in the new building another proof OF |
be energy with which even our p1aces OF amuse- |
aent have been restored.
Workmeu have been engaged night and day in
PREPARATION for tho Lakeside Course, and the |
udtences already secured By the atttactiGeneds I
t the names advertised. ed.-Schurz, Adelaide
'hilipps, Bret Harte, Hepworth DIXON, Camille
}rso, and Scott-Siddons.
DRAMATIC NOTES
The London Spectator thinks that IN Lord
sothern las deteriorated.
Fred Yokes' better half presented him with
rand-new daughter On the Sd ult.. It London.
Father phelAn, Of Baltimore, adrnires John
act1ng, and recommends hia flock
sec MIN.
The new spectacle at Niblos. ''The De1uge,"
as been ,uunrng pearly two months. and will be
ontinued indefinitely.
Miss Clara Norris acts at Mrs. Conway's,
rooaiyn. 10 few weeks. It Is there that she
i'll frs: play Lady. Macbeth.
Harry Rainfo,th. former. Of CO stock at
oblnson's Opera-House, d playing "Dun-
cary" IN the South with ths 8elden-I1win |
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