The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-02-03
Chaatauqua Program F.r 1898.

Cnautauqua Program F'Jr 1898.
Jhe current number of the Noun
tam iChdutGuQstd contains a synopsis
of the program for next seasons As
se0nbly. A glance at the rich treat
in store for those who are regular Wis
it0rs to the Park. during the season
wiu convince them that the manage
ment is desirous of keeping up the
high Standard already attained. The
outline of the program follows:
What shall we have next year at
Mountain Lake Park" This question
is beginning to throb already in a good
many minds. We have become SO
accustomed to things which are really
good at Mountain Lake Park that
nothing else will satisfy. Much of the
/ best Obtainable talent in America has
| alreadystood on our platform Where
| shall we look for something new?
With open eyes the work goes on.
Already some bookings are made, and
the feast to be spread promises to be
rich one. No one will be disappoint-
ed, and each and every one NAV ex-
pect, and say to their friends, that at
Mountain Lake Park during the
Chautauqua will be found the very
best things that money can procure.
Some OF the old friends will return to
us, while many new voices will be
heard.
Rev. Sam p. Jones, who has been
absent from us for three years, will
return again. No man in America
draws larger audiences. He tells
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don tauite suit some people, but those
who say they dislike him are very apt
to occupy the front seat at his lee
lures. de is witty;he is popular;he is
honest. Percy NJ. Reese, with stere-
optlcon lectures on Rome" one of
the best in the country, will also be
present. Col. George w. Balm, the
man whom everybody loves, will lee
ture twice. Egerton r. Young, one
of the most fascinating platform men,
with thrilling experiences of journeys
by canoe and dog train among the In
dams of the far North, will also lee
ture. Philip F. Matzinger, a crayon
artist of rare ability, who is abroad
gathering material for his delightful
lectures, will make two or three ap-
pearances. Miss Sylbil Sammis, who
has been attracting attention in the
large cities of the country as a soloist
of the famous Chicago Marine Band,
will with her wonderful voice delight
us for week. Miss Marion Short,
the splendid reader, will return to the
delight of all. OF course we can't get
on without jain Dewitt Miller. Fred
Emerson Brooks, the California poet
humorist, will after an absence of some
years return our platform. The great
projectoscope, with its moving pic
lures; the colorscopic diorama, mar
Vicious invention, mixed with illustra-
ted songs sung by famous artists, will
be one of the attractive novelties of
the season. Prof H. V. Richards, of
Chicago, with tons of apparatus, will
talk interestingly on matters of
science and illustrate his talks by
brilliant and beautiful experiments.
Lee Fairchilds, the great American
humorist-the Artemus Ward of re-
cent times-will also lecture Edward
Page CASTOR, brilliant newspaper
man OF Chicago, and a great success
on the lecture platform, will tell of
Cuba, and with the gold hunters on
the klondike. - two mp to date
themes. The famous Schubert Male
Quartettle, Thos. Patrini, now rank
ing as Americas most brilliant cornet
soloist, and VIII b. Gaine, the imper-
senator, will delight us for a week.
b. E'ranceau, the male saprano, and
George Bass, the phenomenal child
vlollnlst,. will be among the eXcep-
tiOnal novelties Efforts are being
made to secure the presence of Will
liam Jennings BRYAN and Rev ThDS
Dixon, Jr., who so captured our aud
fences a year ago. Now dosen't this
brief outline make you long for the
summer to come? The work will go
on night and day, and no stone will
be left unturned to make at Mountain
Lake Park next summer the most at
tractlve program presented in
America.