The Opelousas courier., 1888-06-16

%sre It's success--solid Inducements
nasred to Visitors.
Atlanta, Ga, June 7.-The
.,nsation of the year is the Pied
ssont Chautauqua, to be held at
sIslt Springs eighteen miles from
stlanta. where immense build
aus are now being erected!
# has developed into immense
o,aportions, and will be the
p,eat resort for Southern folks
shis summer, DIR. Gillet, who
sas seen all the Chautauquas,
u ! : : "These are the finest
bindings and grounds in Amer
Mr.. Ell. w. Grady, who is the
,,oieetor of the scheme, and who
has nut his whole heart into it,
vs. 1--WE expect to put $780,
400 people through the Chau-
tsnora gates in July and Au-
snst. The New York Chautau-
sua had 3G2, 900 people last sum-
MEL. Our programme is richer,
more varied and interesting
! than the New York Chautauqua
rave last summer"
"Where will you put the peo-
! plei" d., uo,
the finest hotel in the South, by
the way, will take COS people
daily: the three other hotels
will house 800. The cottages
will hold 500 more. We are
building 100 rooms for rent in
our restaurant and other build
iugs. About 80 cottages are be-
inc erected, and 400 building
lots will be sold June Il. We
/ will have tents for 1000 people,
foored, with flies, partitions and
piazzas just as comfortable as
cottages"
"What is the cost of living at
the Piedmont Chautauqua 2"
"At Sweetwater hotel, $15 to
s25 a week Z; at other hotels, Sc
to $40 a week. At the restau-
tant, seating 1000 people, 81 per
lay will be sufficient. Rooms
,ent at % cents to Is cents a
lay; tents from 4 to II people,,
10 cents to 81 a day cottages
0 to 6 rooms), from 81 to So a
Feek. There are lunch stands,
New England kitchens, etc.,
Fhere you can live as cheaply
as you please. Thousands OF
people will stop in Atlanta,
as trains run every hour to Chau.
tauqua, in 35-minute trips, at sc
cents for round trip including
admission tickets"
Mr.. M. @. Kiser, president OF
the Chautauqua was asked:
"What are tie attractions at
the Chautauqua 2"
every innocent and whole.
some amusement that money
can buy or ingenuity suggest,
There will be daily and night.
" concerts by the best bands:
orchestras and soloists in Amer.
lea. We have already engaged
five of the crack bands and or.
chestras, and such attractions as
the Appolo Club, the Hungarian
Gypsy Band, the Boston Stars.
Emerson and Herr Turpie, the
J cornetists; the Cecilia Quar-.
tette, the Mendelssohn Quin'
tette and others. The musica.
programme will be ouch as you
pay a dollar o. night to hear. II
lectures we have the very best
and there will be six given eacl
day. Over 160 lectures have
already been booked, and we are
closing other contracts daily
We have offered SpurgeGp $1,000
for one lecture. We then have
the Chautauqua summer college
with a faculty of twenty of thu
most illustrious professors Nortl
Or South, with DR.. Harper O
Yale, as dean. Everything vii
Be taught at Chautauqua
from Hebrew to cooking. Tht
line arts department. will be il
charge of Prof. French, directoI
Of the Chicago Art Institute o
Decorative Art, BY Miss Hen
derson, Indiana. The school o
physical culture, including gym
nasium, and sports will be il
charge of Prof. Anderson, su
perintendent Of Brooklyn choo
Of Physical Culture. It will b.
. liberal education to mind ant
body to spend a month at Pied
mont Ohautauqua."
There will be q constant sue
cessi0n of amusements 7"
Yes. Boat races on the lake