The Newtown bee., 1897-10-29

PROMISE TO BE THE MOST ATTRACIIv
YET OFFERED To THE PUBLIC BY tn
CLUB.
AS announced In last weeks BEE, th
winter course Of entertainments given B.
the Mems Literary and Social club @
Newtown Street have been fully arrang
ed for, and the committee in charge, from
what they have been able to learn from
the recommendations received, feel sur
that the course will prove one of mucl
profit and entertainment to those VIII
attend. This is the fourth season tina
the club have arranged for these pleasan
diversions of the usually monotonou
winter evenings, and while usually eacf
year the club have had to make up s
small deficit, vet for the sake of the
many who seem to thoroughly enjoy the
high class of entertainments given, they
have decided to try it again, believing
that the public will appreciate the effort
and give the coming course even more
encouraging support than has been &C
corded heretofore. The club have nc
thought of personal gain connected with
the enterprise, and if any moneys are
made they will be applied to some public
good. The coulse to be presented this
winter is as follows:
Friday evening, November II, Col. L.
F. Copeland.
Monday evening, December 6, Edison
Vitagraph Company.
Monday evening, January "a, Boston
Stars.
Friday evening, February IL, E. A.
Havers.
Col L. F. Copeland, who opens the
course, is one of the most popular, pleas
ing, eloquent, witty and instructive lee
turers now before the American public.
In recommendation of him it is only
necessary to state that it was with great
difficulty that date was arranged for
him in Newtown, all of his evenings
from November II to late in March being
filled. He has appeared in over 250 cities
more than three times, which is the most
hattering acknowledgment of his genius
as lecturer that could be given. The
Chicago Times in speaking of his appear
ance in that city, says: "Col Copeland,
for brilliancy, richness of thought, con-
vincing argument, impassioned elo-
quence. and convulsing wit and humor.
is unquestionably the peer of any lectur-
er of the present time.'
Edison's vitagraph, the second enter
tainment Of the course, comes Monday
evening, December 6, and promises
something new, novel and intensely in
teresting. Besides the performance of
the vitagraph and the phonograph,
j. Stuart Blackton, the well-known
cartoonist of New York, will occupy
portion of the evening drawing funny
pictures for the audience to laugh at, and
Albert E. Smith will assist with imper-
sonations. At recent appearance the
following testimonial shows what was
thought of the entertainment: "Permit
nae to express my pleasure in the de-
lightful Vitagraph entertainment given
at this place. L can truly say it was in
all respects refined and amusing and very
satisfactory to the audience. If you can
give us return date shortly there will
not be standing room in the hall"
The third entertainment, which comes
Monday evening, January "a, will be the
musical event of this seasons course,
and LoVett's Boston Stars have been
secured because the testimonials received |
were very fiattering. A st Louis paper |
printed the following hattering testimo-
nial; 1.-THE entertainment given on the |
10th of last month by Lovett's Boston |
Stars was hugely enjoyed by the large
audience present. 1t was the fourth con-
secutive year that the company appeared |
in our course, but there was no sign Of |
waning popularity. Indeed, many said |
that it was the best program they had |
ever given us. Evidently we shall have
to make standing annual engagement
with them"
The course closes with an illustrated
lecture by e. A. Havers, Friday evening,
February IL, 1898, and he takes the time
ly subject of "Under the Cuban STAR"
His lectures are superbly illustrated and
he Ia recommended to the lecture COM
mittee as very bright, entertaining lee
turer.
The above quotations and remarks
the various entertainments are
given TO the public at this time that there
may be no hesitancv ON their part about
purchasing the season tickets. Ii the
entertainments are one half as good as
the nice things That the newspapers have
said about them, there is no doubt but |
that the present course will be even bet
ter than It's predecessors, and it would be |
q very gratifying compliment to the en-
terprise IL large number of these season