The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-24
MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK CHAUTAUOUA.
The Program for 1904, Now Being Arran-
ged. to Excel Any in the Past.

Inc LABOR ana care which must be
invested in the making of a program,
such as the Mountain Chautauqua
now offers, covering as it does a full
month, and running at white heat
from morning until night, is no small
tax
The burdens of one year are scarce
ly dropped until the bui dens of the
next are taken up. 1t may surprise
some to know that some engagements
for the season of 1904 at the Park
were made more than year ago.
New and worthy attractions must be
secured. The horizon in every direc-
ton must be scanned for coming
stars"
Every few aspirant for fame must
be heard, for written testimonials are
cheap andEunreliable. The mails
bring hundreds of letters every week
to the busy superintendent from those
who feel they have a call to the plat
form; brilliant circulars, full of full
some praise ; photograph, newspaper
clippings of recenC appearances which
are to be returned, but no stamps are
inclosed for forwarding. 1t is simply
amazing how great the multitude
are who fancy they can do something
worth a public hearing.
Readers are the chief offenders.
The woods are full of them :" Every
petty community has its genius"
boosted into prominence by we'll
meaning but foolish friends who
think she is just perfectly splendid -
1t takes years of thought and study
to develop an acceptable reader, and
the solemn fact is that there are not a
dozen in America worth the serious
consideration of an intelligent audi
ence. Singers come next in the list
of applicants They come in troops
and of all genders MANY of them
with fairly acceptable parlOr voices,
but which are utterly lost in our
great Chautauqua auditorium 9TH
ers who so mouth their words that
they might just as well sing in Choc-
taw as in English others who are
utterly devoid of grace and whose
limited wardrobe either shock with
its improperly, or aggrayate with its
lack of taste. Postage en- such circu-
lars might as well be saved Singers
must be seen and heard before en-
gagements can be intelligent!y made
But what shall be said of lecturers
Their name is legion. Almost every
preacher thinks he can lecture, but
most of them haye another think
coming. Very few are at all aceepta
bic. The really famous lecturers have
their prices so high that they are
prOhibitive. Many are so constantly
employed on the lecture courses in the
winter, that they will not take sum
mer work at ,any price preferring to
rest and take and enjoy a vacation
with their families. These are some
of the perplexing problems which
confront the uperintendent and
they increase with each new season.
Such work takes patience mixed with
any amount of hard work. All this
was not intended when the start was
made to tell of theEprogram.of 1904,
but let it stand, it is worth knowing
Some important engagements have
oI 1x,h nnn l,io1, will civ
satisfaction. They include Captain
Richard Pearson Hobson, the hero of
| tho Merimac; Prof. VIM. A. Colledge,
| in a series of biographical studies
Mrs. Katharine Ertz Bowden in The
p assion Play" and "Hiawatha,"
illustrated by the best pictures ever
made and accompanied by attractive
Moving Pictures Prof, J Stanley
Krebs, in studies of mental phenom-
| ena with experiments, famous eX-
pert Hon. Lou Beauchamp, the
Laughing Philosopher = Jahu De-
Witt Miller, the old favorite; DR..
Frank NJ. Bristol, President McKin-
ley's Pastor; J. Frank Caveney, in
cartoons and crayon sketches Mrs.
Martha Geilow, in dialect readings
the famous Montauk Lady Quartette;
! Miss Florence Atkins, the we'll known
contralto The Park Sisters, Instru-
mentalists; Hendrickson and Laurant,
the Magicians The Nitagraph with
New Moving Pictures; The Royal
| Naepolitan Mandolinists. The Acc
lean Lady Quartette; Prof. Albert
Loose, in illustrated songs; James
Young, the well known actor in cos
tuned recitals of Shylock and Ham
let; DIR Thomas E. Green; Elijah P.
Brown, The Rams Horn Man." to-
gether with many others with whom
negotiations are in progress.
This is but the briefest mention.
Engagements are being made daily.
All will be up to the highest stand
ard. Get the January issue and see
what progress has been made.
Where Eliza Was Struck.
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