Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-07
rbe Citizens Entertainment Course.

The Citizens Entertainment Course.
Beginning this week on Friday eve.
ming the people of Augusta are to have
a series of entertainments by artists OF
world wide repute. The course will eX-
tend through the winter and into the
spring, no two Of the entertainments
coming in the same month.
whatever profit may be made from
this course is to go to the City hos
rital. While this feature of the enter
prise appealed to local interest, above
and beyond it was a desire to secure
for our city in the off winter a course
OF entertainments which should bring
to Augusta artists to hear whom mas
usually necessitated trip to Boston.
AS correspondent has well SAID a
course like this is more than delight.
II is an education-an education by no
means confined to the younger people,
although we quite agree with our cor
RESPONDENTS suggestion, that money
expended in giving children chance
to hear real artists. is sure of profitable
,ptnrns The standards which we form
In life, are all relative to what we con-
ceive to be the ideal. 1t is important
therefore that the ideals, especially OF
with it's labors and its influences all
before them, should be the highest
possible.
Art. III it's highest forms. is The ex-
preston of truth. and the standards OF
attainment grow poorer as we deviate
from the ideal of absolute truth. One
need not be able himself to express the
srea- truths of art, in order to recognize
and appreciate the power of another to
do go. Hence the homage that is paid
to great artists, esrecially in the world
of music. whose genuine harmonics
have the power to run the whole gamut
of our emotions. and bring out what
ever is highest and best in our natures
>Thtee ofsthe entertainments to be
giverf in the citizens course are musical
IN character. They will afford us a
chanSe to hear a world-famous singer
just returned from notably success
ful. EuropsanA tour: ten members OF
the famous Westminster Abbey choir
which sang at the coronation Of King
Edward. including four of the members
of TIP Wesuaipster. Abbey boy choir
whic is 'said IS be the finest in the
world: and the famous Boston Ladies
symphony Orchestra.
The remaining date i'll the course
wifi BE- Clled by 4 lecture by Captain
Hobson. the gallant young officer who
sunk the Merrmac in the entrance OF
Santiago harbor, going forth to what
seemed certain death to perform one OF
the most conspicuously gallant acts in
the annals of American history. We
have been SO accustomed to think Of
Captain Hobson in connection with thi:
exploit, that we have sometimes over
looked the fact that long before it oc-
curred he was recognized by mis- SD
peMors in command as one of the
ahlest ard most scholarly officers in the
navy. 1t was doubtless his higl
stancing as an officer which led Ad
mira9 Sampson to select him for thu
perilous mission at Santiago. His lee
ture on 1.-The Navy and the Nation il
pronounced by the best critics in thu
country to be a conspicuously able ant
eloquent one.
This is the course of entertainment:
which our people and those from sur
rounding places will have a chance t.
enjoy duriag the next few months.
finer course will not be given anywner'
in New England. Before the White
Bureau would undertake to put thes'
attractions into our city it was neces
sary for a number of our citizens t.
sign a guarantee in considerable
sum against possible loss. 1t wa
midsummer when Mr.. Rev, the eastern
manager Of the bureau. first came t
augusta for conference on the mat
ter SDf these entertainments. Many o
our citizens who have always taken al
active interest in matters of this kim
weres out Of the city at their sulnme
cottages or on their vacations. TIN
time for inaugurating such an enter
prise was certainly not propitiou
one.s and yet, in few hours the neces
sary9 signatures were obtained. and tn
attractions booked. Such prompt &C
ton was absolutely necessary, in orde
to secure Miss Adams, as a large mum
Der of places desired to secure her, ant
only a few dates were available TO
New ENgiand engagements.
There should be no question abou
the patronage of such a course. TIL
opportunity to enjoy these great attrac
tions is ours, and at a very low price
II should be improved. Whether
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