The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-06-08

tue ChautauQua. Rev. DR.. Elijah j.
Brown, editor of the RAMS Horn"
Rev. DR.. Robert Mcintyre of Chicago,
Rev. Dr. A. w. Lamar of Nashville and
Rev. DR.. s. Parks Cadman of New
York are among the pulpit lights Of the
Chautauqua.
Alton Packard, the chalk-talk artist;
Bertha Kunz Baker, the magnetic, dra-
matte delineator, and General Albert
ID. Shaw, cOmmanderin-chief of the
Grand Army of the Republic, are also
engaged. The Schumann lady quar-
tette of Chicago and Harry ID. Martin,
tenor soloist, will be among the attrac-
lions.
1T should be stated in connection with
this subject that the excursions from
the Chautauqua are among the enjoy
able opportunities offered. Every
Wednesday, except July 4th, is set
apart for local trips up the mountain
canons. Every Saturday special trains
will convey sightseers to more distant
points. Rates will be low and trains
will run at hours most convenient for
patrons Prof. w. II. Lee of Chicago,
head of the school of geology and bot
any, will go upon the mountain trips
anu VIII cAlJldlu vi tllt NOIuCIo
of the journey. His outdoor nature
talks promise to be in the highest de-
gree interesting.
What will it cost to attend the Chau-
tauqua? Full details are given in the
TeXas-C Colorado Chautauqua Journal
which is published from the general
office in Denver. The association con-
trolls 125 handsome new blue-striped
tents and fifty cottages, many of which
are now for rental. The rates are as
low in all branches as at any of the
large Chautauquas and much lower
than at some of them. 1t costs only
So for a season ticket admitting to
100 entertainments and lectures. and
board at the dining hall, under charge
of the association is So per week. Dor
mitOry or tent accommodations for
lodging range from 50 per week up
ward.
This Chautauqua is boon to num-
berless families and hundreds of per-
sons who need change of climate and
occupation. The atmosphere of the
mountains is wonderfully eXhilarating.
1t Is tonic and source of health and
happiness to many who seek its influ-
ence. Boulder Is one of the most at
tractive resorts I'm the mountains. The
little city of 5000 lies at the mouths
of half dozen canOns which lead to
the center of the range. Camping and
fishing parties are organized daily and
the appetite which one soon acquires is
amazing.
If YOU come to Boulder once, you
will want to come again. This is what
one writer says of Boulder:
"There is no place in Colorado which
offers more variety of scenery than the
region of Boulder. From the Chau-
tauQua grounds the view is magnifi-
cent but not until the visitor climbs
the hills. penetrates the numerous can
ons in the neighborhood or traverses
the valley, does he begin to realize the
magnitude of the undertaking. Every
day may be spent in sightseeing, and
each day new discoveries will be made,
and the beauty and variety of the seen
cry will grow upon one as the season
advances"
A stranger, who for the first time
looks upon the mountains, is generally
disappointed The range does not ap-
pear to tower to the sky and the lofty
clouds may not be toying with the sum-
mits. The patches of snow appear
small-about the size of the hand-and
on the whole, the mountains are not
so grand as imagined.
Let the new arrival withhold his
Judgment. Let him restrain his soul
in patience until he has had opportuni-
ty of making an excursion into those
low-lying "hills." Better not undertake
the trip on foot If the starting point Is
Denver, for the mountains are fifteen
miles away, and distances in this thin,
dry, electric air. are woefully deceptive.
Make the initial journey on burro-back,
on blackboard. in carriage, in an easy
riding railway car. Travelling by the
latter method at the rate of twenty-five
or thirty-five miles an hour. climbing,
climbing. no limit to the strain on the
nonting locomotive. At the close of
fen or twelve hours the sightseer finds
himself fairly in the range. Vast
gorges have been conquered. Mighty
ascents have been accomplished. The
ingenuity and skill of man have over
come appalling difficulties of canon,
nrecipice and steep winding trail. The
marks and peaks of the inner range,
shut out from view by the foothills.
are onened to the gaze of the wonder
ing mortal. Never again will he COM
nlain of the insignificance of the noun
tains God Himself wrought these
marvellous masses of porphyry or en-
during granite and man stands awed
and silent in the presence of power
divine.
The railway rates during the sum-
mer are the lowest granted In any
state of the Union. for Colorado is the
resort of thousands of tourists and spe-
cIal arrangements have for years been
developed for their comfort and con-
venience. Fishing. hunting and camp
ing parties are found on all the noun
tain streams The people are law
abiding and the mountain passes in
remote districts are safer than the
streets Of the great cities. Miners
| ionro their cabins nnen without lock