Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-09-22
CORVALLIS LYeEUM COURSE.
Another Move for an Up-to-Date
Town.

fand lectures is recognized as necessity
in every town and city that has had the
privileges of such course for one or two
reasons. Believing that Corvallis is in
no wise behind any college town in its
appreciation of good things and confident
Iof hearty support, the Mems Club of the
Congregational church recently closed
Icortract with an Eastern Lyceum Bureau
for five of the very best public entertain
ments that will be available on the Coast
and these will be given in the Opera
Houee in this city during the coming
fall and winter. The canvass for season
tickets, to meet the heavy guarantee
made necessary by.,this contract, has not
been completed, but the response from
those so far canvassed has been so hearty
and generous that it is now thought pos
Isible to add sixth entertainment to the
course. If this is done, it will be with
out additional cost to the holders of sea-
son tickets. The following is an an
nouncement of the several entertain
ments with dates so tar as arranged:
Oct. 10-The first entertainment of the
course is by the Parland- -Newhall COM
pany's male quartette and bell ringers.
The quartet is composed of voices that
have been before the American public
for years and whose blending is as nearly
perfect as careful training can make If.
hall lei,
peal of more than 100 hand bells, the
finest in America, made by the John
Taylor company, Longlboraugh, Eng
land, and varying in weight from three
ounces to fifteen pounds. This company
is an attraction which can present the
most novelty, versatility and art in its
program. A variety of features, both
entertaining and instructive and calcul.
ated to appeal to all tastes.
Nov. 1.-The second entertainment of
the course will be given by Marc, the
prince OF magic. Here is man at the
| forefront of his profession. Rec .aged
before he left the hall at Washington
D. c. Marc, the magician; Marc, the
musician; Marc, the artist and yet but
one Marc. He will take whole barn
yard of ducks, chickens, pigeons and a
warren of rabbits out <of your hat or
from your coat pocket. With his hands
he will make your photograph upon the
wall and VII charge you nothing for it.
"Mafo's mysterious fun held and fooled
them all.' Marc brings with him a
quartet of saxophone artists aad plays
himself the largest saxophone reed in-
istrument ever made.
The third number of the course will
be lecture by Lee Francis Lybarger
Mr.. Lybarger is lawyer of the Phila-
delphia bar. It has been Mr.. I4ybarger's s
ambition from his youth to carry the
truths of science to the homes and the
hearts of the common people. He right
ly holds that the greatest truths are the
lsimplest truths and that all eau under
lstand them if rightly presented HIS
!, great lecture on ''How to be Happy is
not only highly entertaining but is re-
J Evolutionary on human lives. Mr.. Ly-
!, barger is brilliant speaker and one OF
, the best thinkers on economic and social
; Questions in this country.
! The fourth number OF the course will
be given by Mr.. Elias Day assisted by
, Mrs. Oranni Truitt Day, his wife. Mr.
Day has been known for the past eight
J years as one of the three great platform
entertainers and in his line is acknow.
lodged to be without an equal. Absolute
lily original and unique. He combines
with his talent genius for work and
study. Mr.. Day uses wigs, paints ane
other accessories for the presentation o
his characters and has raised their us,
from the domain of novelty to the realm
of art. He is star OF the Chautauqu,
platform and his Demonstrations ar
worthy the stady OF every student TO
:, they are taken from life.
= The Harry T. Bntterworth compan.
! are the fourth in the couise. Mr.. But
! Iterworth is basso singer with voic
: Iunexcelled for clearness. He was th
star OF the Thomas Day orchestra com
Ipany. His singing and pleasant pei
J sonality captivates the audience. H
e brings with him Miss Hattie Rosa Grace
g the soprano and whistling artist. Ais
: Miss Rosentower, the violinist. Thos
e. who hear her will better understand VIII
g the violin is called the 'tKing OF Instrt
a ments." And also Miss Marion Wallace
3 the reader. who compares taverably will
Is the best of national reputation. Tt
70 four make up a program hard to exc
', and are encored to the small hours of tt
g.. s.Inight.
70 The sixth entertainment to be adde
IL without cost to those who hold seaso
81 tickets will be lecture on the gre
paintings OF the world, ard will
e. illustrated by stereopticon views, cor
b. lprising several hundred paintings he
of in the great art galleries of Europe an
v. America.
It. Holders of season tickets will in 6