The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-07
GROUP OF STARS
|. LECTURES
Strong Aggregation Will Appear in
Richmond.
THE FIRST ONE THIS WEEK.
Hon. Aft. Taylor will Open the Course.
Those Who VIII Speak TO Rich
mond Audiences During
the Season.
THE FIRST ONE THIS WEEK.

The lecture course to be given at the
Academy of Music under the auspices
of the Travellers Protective Association
is one of the strongest aGsresations OF
talent ever presented to the pubic in this
city.
The group of five stars offer a literary
treat to the citizens of Richmond seldom
experienced. There can be no doubt as
to the merit of such high-class entertain
ers as Hon. ALT. Taylor. Governor BOD.
Tavlor. Hon. George r. Vending. Dr.
Homer IT. Wilson. and Hon. Luther Man
ship.
lecture, on Thursday evening. OCTOBER
18th. at the Academy of Music. The
other four dates will follow monthly,
and will be- made public later.
"A course ticket Tor the five entertain
ments costs $3.50. and entities the sub
scriber to two coupon tickets designating
the location of reserved seats to each
lecture. Subscriptions may be made at
Post A. L. J.. A. headquarters, Third
and Main Streets. to the secretary. or
to any member of the committee. There
has been a good demand for tickets to
this attractive course. but there are stu.
good seats TO be had. The choice OF
seats will be determined by the same
method as that employed by the R-eh-
mond Lyceun1, and the money made on
the course will go to the fund that will
be raised for the entertainment OF the
national gathering of T. P. AS which
will occur in this city In 1861
"a GROUP OF STARS.
In bringing together the following
group OF stars the post takes speciai
pride in the fact that it offers q really
select list of recognized entertainers a
series OF lectures that should command
instant and hearty recognition from the
public of Richmond.
The very name has become synonymous
with humor of the most ENJOYABLE type
Governor Bob has a brand-neW lee
ture, entitled Sentiment and 1t can
readily he surmised the splendid field
which this title opens up for one so gifted
in the exercise of those powers of pathos
word-painting, anecdote. and mlrnicry as
is Governor Bob Taylor,
Poetry and Pearls is the title of Hon.
Alfred Taylor's lecture. He has deliV-
cred it in nearly a hundred cities OF the
South. and its success is universal 1t
sparkles with metaphor and fairly bris-
ties with wit and humor. Hon. ALI.
Taylor will be heard in this lecture at
the Academy of Music Thursday, October
18th.
Hon George r. Vending Is we'll known
in Richmond. His Offering for this season
IS an entirely new lecture on .tMirabeau
| and the French Revolution The mere
announcement of this artists name IS q
guarantee of an evening teenling with
interest and pleasure.
DR.. Homer IT. Wilson, the brilliant
Texas orator and humorist, is known
to traveling-men everywhere. He is a
star of the first magnitude. and only this
season has he been induced to take reSu-
larly to the platform He IS a born
orator and a thorough entertainer. His
subject is Sparks from the Anvil
| Polk Miller. who knows Hon Luther
! Manship well, says Mr.. Manship has
wonderful ability to entertain an audi
ence. He is versatile and magnetic. a
humorist and orator of the best quality.
Mr.. Manship chooses for his subject "Dia-
lects OF the Nations, and, judging from
reports, ne is well up in all of them