The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-06-14
SUCCESSFUL is
OPENING NIGHT
Big Chautauqua Launched I'm.
der Auspicious Conditions
Amusing Scenes Occur at Gate Where
Ticket Men Punch Descrip-
tions on Tickets.
FIRST LECTURE EXCELLENT

please punch me good looking, +"
soft feminine voice addressed Col
onel w. II. Patterson at the Chautau-
qua gate last night. Here | amt a
woman" vigorous masculine voice
broke In when the Hon. W. T Byrd
also gate keeper and ticket puncher,
let his punch slip on the feminine
classification and this ratified official
hardly heard the echo of the protest
die away behind Mayor Yeiser's
summer residence when a shrill old
maidish voice took up the strain
with, Nor | amt man"-his
punch had slipped again. Then be
fuddled beyond all redemption with
the crowd surging impatiently
against the gate, these two well
known citizens slashed away with
their punches making mistakes that
sent the crowd roaring.
"well if that isn't the end of the
limit" exclaimed slim maiden as
she saw the word stout" punched
on her card, land me only weighing
9S pounds" Old maids were punch
ed young, girls with their first beaux
were punched at the advanced"
classification of age, while elderly
matrons. probably because they were
bareheaded, humorously saw their
ages classed as medium" The cha
grined ones merely gave a back
ground for the uproarious delight of
those. whose identity was established
In such a ridiculous fashion.
So the second annual Chautauqua
opened last night at Wallace park
with the spirit of carnival and as
all the season tickets have by no
means been punched, repetition of
the laughable mistakes made when
the crowds press the gatekeepers,
may be expected each night until all
have been offered. At the ticket win
dow Mr. Thomas w. Roberts. the
genial manager of the Kentucky. had
a fist full of sharpened lead pencils.
requiring the season ticket holders to
sign their tickets. From him they
were put through the gauntlet of
Messrs. Patterson and Byrd, where a
description of their general appear
ance was punched on the card, to
prevent transfers.
All viii Attend.
There won't be much trouble ex-
perienced from this source. howev-
.er. as the program for the IL days is
such that each season ticket holder
will bring himself along to hear it.
II was temperance lecture program
last night and from the way the Wis
itors rushed" the ice water barrel, |
showed that this thoughtful feature
was one of the hits of the Chautau-
qua As the cars passed the placid
lake, the Chautauquans sighed for a
moonlight ride, but consoled them
selves with the thought that they
were going to get on the water wagon
anyhow in the auditorium.
The lowering clouds made the air
just trihe chilly, but not unpleas-
ant and on the wings of the breeze,
the strains from the organ on the
merry-go round, drifted into the au-
ultViAuAh ibihti1 anu tiAI OtAV'@o AiOhA
some sky-larking park roamers
made the dark woods that face the
auditors, less mysterious. and awe
inspiring. The crowd plainly was sat
ished with things as they found
them.
While the cars were arriving with |
the audience. Mr.. J.. II. Shaw. the
resourceful promoter of the Chau-
tauqua was talking against time,
telling those present how they could
help to make the Chautauqua sue
cess and said it was better than the
opening last year. Mr. w. P. Hnmmel
lead In the applause each time and
finally resigned this task to Mr..
Shaw. while he himself addressed
the Chautauqua briefly on the situa-
ton and difficulties confronting the
directors. The audience mechanically
applauded him too, and then the
speaker for the evening, Mrs. Laura