Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-11-25
EPWORTH LEAGUE ."
LECTURE COURSE
For l904-0s an Improvement
on, the Marked Successes; Of
the Past. -

During the past three years the Ep-
worth League has won the good will Of
the Rocky Ford public by providing lee
ture courses Of great merit. These have
been appreciated by our people and liber-
ally patronized. 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. i2.-col. George NJ. Balm. will
ecture on Traits in Character" OF Col.
Bans position in the lecture field the Ly-
ceum Bureau says: We have had more
calls for Colonel Bain there are days this
season. and for February dates quite three
times as many calls as there are days in
the. month. To Judge OF the value Of a
lecturer one can have no better criterion
than his recalls. We feel safe in saying
Colonel Bain's record at Ocean Grove.
New Jersey.iis without an equal except
by that Of Or. j. N. Buckley. at Chau-
tauqua New York. He has lectured at
Ocean Grove. Sc times. at Chickering
Hall. N. Y. i6 times, and many other
leading places from To "a times.
Dec. 2G-The Mozart symphony Club
OF New York. The unbounded praise
OF the press and public and repeated
requests for return engagements. on
their last transcontinental tour. assures
the management how highiy their ar
tirtic work has been appreciated. Thus
We offer TO the public u carefully Sc
itcted program and the strongest guar
antce and assurance To please the gen.
eral public as well as the most fnhtid-
ious listeners.
Jan. I6-Edmund Vance Cooke. the
humorous poet. philosopher In his an
nouncemcnt Mr.. Cooke says: $50 many
PEOPLE express mild curiosity to know
Just what my entertainments aro that
have selected myself to tell something
about them. having been listening 10
them for ten seasons. Know. then. that
I frequently produce poetry as by.
product for purposes Of entertainment.
select a score Of specimens cmbodying
character and comedy. philosophy ana
fooicry. pathos and patriotism. and
string them together upon rome thrvad
OF thought. Thus tho entertainment
acquires u smack OF homogcncity and
as Il II Continuous performance.
without Let or interruption for an hour
and n half. many committees arc led
To call u "a lecture which is most Ger.
iGiniy II not They always add. how.
ever. but Il is different from anything
NC ever had before
Feb. s-Rcv. Phil Baird. whose lee.
turu Ii entitled. ''Gumption." MIR. Baird
tas a commanding presence. a deep.
rich voice which thrills his audience
from the beginning. and a pleasant
and magnetic personality which cicc.
tr.fi-a and charms all who arc In his
presence. Perhaps tho greatest thing
tiia, can be said Of his lectures Ia that
they ar, new. unique and original. No
ono viii so from his lecture. saying that
he has heard that lecture before. but
all Will feel that they have had a season
OF profit In contact with a man capable
OF thinking original thoughts and
brave enough to cSptcss them.
March :-Dr. Thomas L. Green. In his
splendid lecture. The Key to tho
Twentieth Century" Dr. Green uni,cs
r'pc aud broad scholarship with vital
magnetic personality. lie not only talks
~ Few men can. but he talks about
something. 30 forccfuiiy. so exhaustive
IS. go coBvincingiy. that his lecture
Ia stronger after weeks OF recollection
than in the immediate charm OF Its de-
livery. Ho IL man with a message
and he spells It la syiiables OF iambcnt
nams.
Marchs-F s-FcrRuHon'HpiNicJ Jubilee Com
cert company. This troupe was in last
reasons course aud were received with
an enthusiasm which insurcs them an
ovrrfowins house on the return en-
Ragpmcnt.
The Dixie male duHrtcttc have for
rtvcrnl seasons stood at the head OF
the list OF coiorcd male uuartct;cs In
America and. without doubt. repre-
EHnt the highest type OF the college,
bred. cultured negro vocalist. Their
sweet. mellow voices ''blcnd like a
I perfect instrument" their music pos
sesscs n wealth OF harmony. richness
I Of tone and volume that is seldom
egualicd by any auartcttc. white or
colorsd.