Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-11-18
EPWORTh LEAGUE
LECTURE COURSE
For l0O4-OS an Improvement
on the Marked Successes Of
the Past.

During the past three years the Ep-
worth League has won the good will OF
he Rocky Ford public by providing lee
ture courses OF great merit These have
been appreciated by our people and libef-
ally pauonlzsd. This reception OF their
work has justified the league IN providing
for the coming season a more attractive
and more costly course than heretofore
offered the public. Below we give the
dates and entertainments contracted for:
Dec. Is-col. George 81. Balm.
Dec. .s-The Mozart symphony Club
OF New YORK. The unbounded praise
% the press and public and repeated
requests for return engagements. on
their last tTaRseontinentaI tour. assures
the management how highly their ar
tistic work has been appreciated. Thus
We ofIeF Io the public a carefully se-
lGeted program and the strongest guar
anIes and ASSURANCE 10 please the gen.
esal public as well as the most fastid-
ious lIsteners-
Jan. ls-Edmund Vance Cooke. the
humorous poet. philosopher In his an
nouneemenI Mr. Cooke says: $50 many
PEOPLE express a mild curiosity To know
lust what my entertainments are that
y
about them. having begn listening To
them Tor tsn seasons. Know. thea. that
frequently produce poetry as a by
product for purposes OF entertainment.
helect a score OF specimens smboiyins
character and comedy. philosophy ana
fooleIy. pathos and patriotism. aud
string them together upon hosnc thEeaa
of thought. Thus ia. entertainment
acquires a smack OF homoscneiIy and
as II II continuous performance.
without let or interruption for an hour
and half. many committees nEc led
t. call IL "a lecture which In most GER
IGinly In not. They always add. how
ever. but IL II different from anything
sc ever had before I"
Feb. t-Rey. Phil Baird. whose lee
turo is entitled. ''Gumption.' MIR. Baird
tas "A commanding presence. "a deep.
rich voice which thrills his audience
from the beginning. and pleasant
and magnetic personality which eicc-
tr.ficH and charms all who are In his
presence. Perhaps the greatest thing
that can be said OF his lectures In that
they are new. unique and original. No
one viii 70 from his lecture sayin. that
he has heard that lecture before. but
all viii feel that they have had season
vi Nthh sstssssu
OF thinking original thoughts and
brave enough to express them.
March :-Dr. Thomas T.. Green. In his
splendid lecture. ''rhc Key to tho
Twentieth Century" DIR. Green unitcs
RIPE and broad scholarship with vital
magnetic personality. lie not only talks
IA. frw men can. but he talks about
something. 80 forccfuiiy. no exhaustive
IS. 10 eonvincinsiy. that his lecture
IL stronger after weeks OF recollection
than In the immediate charm OF Its de-
livery. He In a man with "A message
and he spells II In syllablcs OF inmbcn,
ilamo.
9-Fcrguson'sDiSic jubilee Con-
cert company. This troupe was In last
seasons course and wcr. received with
an enthusiasm which in-ures them an
ovcriiowins house ON the return en-
gagcmcnt.
The Dixie male duartcttc have for
Il, vcral seasons stood nt the head OF
tire list OF colorcd male duartettes In
America and. without a doubt. repre-
sent the highest type OF the college,
bred. cultured negro vocalist. Their
sweet. mellow voices 'blend like n
perfect insyumcnt;" their music pos
scsscs a wealth OF harmony. richness
Of tone and volume that IL seldom
cqunllcd by any quartctte. white or
colorod.