The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-02-22
Balm AND COPELAND COMING.

No place or people on earth enjoy
a good thing. more or better than
the people Of Columbia. They are
always ready and willing to have
and to pay for, the best. That and
that only, satifles them. You can
always sell them that. You cannot
sell them anything else, il they
know it.
After DR.. Grants lecture so many
said they wanted other entertain
ments like it, that an effort is being
made to meet that demand, and to
make the price so low, that every
body can attend. And number
of gentlemen met at the HERALD Of
fee Monday night to discuss the
matter and plan the work.
Correspondence had already been
had with the Southern Lyceum
Bureau at Louisville, and we were
offered DIR. Copeland for the 9TH day
of March, and Col Geo. w. Balm for
April.
1T is not putting it any too strong
to say that there are few il any
better platform lecturers on the
American stage, than these two, DR..
Copeland, and Col. Balm. They are
as good as DR.. Willets or DIR. Grant;
and il you know of anything better
than DR.. Willet's Sunshine" or DR..
Grants Snakes" you have heard
something we should like very much
to hear.
Now as we said In the beginning,
the quality of the thing 10 first to be
considered; and the quality of these
two lectures is the best. That we
can assure you. They are not only
known by reputation, but they have
been heard and enjoyed by Colum-
bians, who can and will testify to
their merit and entertaining quail
ties.
The next thing to be considered is
Vie CObbs udbS bIiO nav
ing the business in charge, want to
make so small that every body can
afford to enjoy their coming. So 1t
was decided to sell double ticket,
Chat is, ticket admitting two) to
both entertainments, for the small
sum of 81. Certainly that is cheap
enough. So the quality and the
price are both satisfactorily ar
ranged, we may say.
But to do that, the people of Co.
hmbia must do something for them
selves. At these figures we cannot
afford to pay any commissions or
have any salaried officers. Messrs.
Helm & wilkins have kindly given
acut rate on the Opera House, and
everything has been figured on bed
rock basis. Nobody is to make any
money out of it except the lecturers
themselves, and even they come at
reduced prices, just happening to
have open dates and being down
this way.
In brief, this is an opportunity to
hear the best, at very small cost
And all that is asked of the public
at large, is not to wait to be can
vassed or solicited or begged, but to
come voluntarily and subscribe for
one or mora of these one dollar sea
son tickets. Won't you do it?
You see, those who are trying to
bring this improving class. of enter.
tainment to your town, this pleasure
to you, have no more money interest
in it than you have. 1t is a work
purely and entirely, pro bono pub
leo. So they ought not to be ex.
pected to, and indeed have not the
time to, hunt you up and run you
down with this favor. Won't you
do that much for yourself, and fol
the cause? Won't you telephon,
your name and have it entered as {
subscriber to one of the tickets? A
ticket that will admit yourself anC
companion to two high-class, edify
ing entertainments for only 81?
The committee want to sell 175 o
these one-dollar tickets. Will you
buy one? Won't you buy one? /
you will, telephone your name a
once to either of the following
named gentlemen: Rev. A. p. Nc
Ferrin, Rev. w. A. Provine, ]. f
Brownlow,J. P. Street, w. b. Green
law, DIR. A. S. Page, Jno. A. Oak es
or +. ID. Lander.
Please do not put the matter off
Please attend to It now. Please re
member that your town needs thes
lecturers. Please remember tina
you will get more than your money
worth. Please remember that it /
your duty to do your little part, ant
that all that is asked Of you is t
patronize a guaranteed good thing
at an exceptionally low price
Please telephone your name NOW.
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