Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-25
Citizens Guarantee 5000, and
Thomas Orchestra Will Play
In Marshalltown
BEST ORCHESTRA ON EARTH
Full Orchestra of Sixty People Will
Appear at the odeon March 81
Lucky Accident Gives Y. NJ. c. A.
the Concert at Half Price-open
Date Makes 1t Possible.

Yielding to the demands of leading
musical people. headed by Mr.. ). z.
Woodbury. and guarantee against loss
to the extent of 5000 by forty citizens.
Secretary Fellngham, OF the Railroad
Y. M. c. A., has closed contract with
the full Thomas orchestra of sixty peo-
rle to appear in the Odeon in this city
on the evening of Tuesday, March 81.
This will be the greatest musical event
that has ever occurred in Marshalltown,
as the Thomas orchestra of Chicago
stands today as one of the two or thrfe
greatest musical orga 1izations the
world has ever known. In the matter
CT thorough discipline, in the quality of
its strings, in the discretion of its brass
and and in the peculiar freshness and
enthusiasm of its performers, the
Thomas orchestra stands unrivaled in
the musical world.
or course the opportunity to present
the Thomas orchestra in a town the
size of Marshalltown comes only as Il
lucky accident. The company on its
| concert tour plays in Des AIoines on the
evening of March 30 and from there
goes to Cedar Rapids for a concert on
the evening of April /. This leaves an
open date on tl1;, 31st and because Mar
shailtown lies in the direct route from
Des Moines TO Cedar Rapids the Y. NJ.
&. A. has been offered a concert at half
price. Even tflsn the Odeon will have
to be filled at 81 and 81 30 per seat in
order to pay out, and Secretary Telling
ham did not dare to attempt it until the
$500 guaranteed was shown him.
The orchestra concert will be entirely
distinct from the regular Y. NJ. c. A.
course, altho patrons of the course will
be given perferred rate and holders of
Z. NJ. C. A. course tickets will be given
the privilege of buying orchestra re-
served seat tickets at 81 UP until the
evening of the Hess Burr Club concert,
after which time reserved seat tickets
will be sold at $1.25 and $3.50 and gem
eral admission at 81.
The forty individuals who have guar
enteed the Y. NJ. c. A. against loss to
the extent of SIS each will also be given
the privilege of reserving seats for
limited number of 81 general admission
tickets without extra cost The guar
antors are:
j. c. Woodbury., T. j. Fletcher, J. H.
Fellingham, H. j. Howe T. Bnford. C.
c. ST. Clair, A. r. Balch, c. c. Urine, b.
A. Morgan. e. c. Will, A. L. Euziere, T.
p. Dotson, D. T. Denmead C. H. L.
Boardman, S. p. knisely. r. c. Wells,
A. E. Wilbur, McNeely Bros. II. Pappe,
c. ]. Lander. Lee & Benedict, a. NJ
Friend, Ingledue & Young, R. w.
Chamberlain, George j. Allen, E. r.
Lay, II. f. Echternacht, John Banna-
tyne. c. r. Speers II. E. Sloan A. NJ.
Parker. l.. F. Kellogg, l. S. Finkle. p. S.
Balch, Hurd & Hynds. A. G. Click, T. /.
WATSON. L. G. Norris, c. L. Patterson,
DR.. N. q. Mighell, J. H. Egermayer;
and the Times Republican donates all
of the necessary newspaper publicity.
The Thomas Orchestra will next
month make a concert tour of the
southwest where it will play in the
larger cities at from $500 to $4,000
night. Even at these prices it could
not be maintained were it not for the
benefactions of wealthy patrons whose
gifts in the past ten years have ag-
gregated over $4,000. 1t is considered
W NC tiiC HiOsl QIlllcQ concert
orchestra the world has ever known
Its season in Chicago lasts "a weeks
of two concerts each week In the Au-
ditorium and four weeks are reserved
for entertainments in other cities Four
days every week the Chicago players
meet at 80 O'Clock in the morning and
play in the Auditorium until IL: 80.
Then they play at the Friday after
noon and Saturday evening concerts.
Before the first concert there are seven
rehearsals, each three hours long. BY
the end Of the twenty four weeks the
orchestra does tremendous amount
of work and most of the players re-
main year after year.
People living within thirty miles of
Marshalltown who often spend an ex-
ira day in Chicago to hear the Thomas
Orchestra at prices from $3.50 to So
per seat can make an easy trip to this
city on the evening Of March 81 and
hear the same concert at moderate
prices. No such musical event was
ever made possible for this city.