Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-08-22
AUDUBON CHAUTAUQUA CLOSES.
Ideal Weather and Brilliant Program
The Audubon ChautauqUa for 1907 has been
q Gratifying Success. People Anx-
ious for Another Next Year.

regular price of l.50 each but when it
was found on the second day that 4
few less than thirty were left unsold,
the management generously took them
up and refunded the money showing
their appreciation of the assistance
they had received. The same guaran-
tee will not be asked OF the business
men next year, though the Bureau
will be pleased To have any one take
tickets far sale. This time they have
asked the people to sign for tickets
they want for the Chautauqua next
year; and if there shall be sufficient
number taken, they will return, prom
Using a still better program il possible
than the one we have just heard and
enjoyed. We are permitted To say
that while the outlook is good, il will
be necessary for good many more
to subscribe for tickets in order to
make their coming certainty. The
season tickets subscribed for now
will be ST.. so but those bought at the
time of the meeting next year will be
$500. So it will be worth while to
provide yourself with tickets by sub
scribing at this time.
A FINE PROGRAM.
Theprogram furnished by the Bureau
was in all respects either exactly what
was promised or something else equal
ly as good. But very few changes
we're necessary. All the leading at
fractions were given just as advertis-
ed. The delays were few and the dis
appointments not worthy of mention.
The speaker for the firStafternoon did
not arrive in time because of a wreck
that delayed his train four hours; but
the Jubilee Singers entertained the
audience. The Hungarian Orchestra
was an hour late on Saturday for the
reason that they failed to reach Car
roll in time for the morning train to
Audubon and had to drive all that dis
lance through the heat. They would
still have been on time but the horses
came nearly dropping by the wayside,
The program as a whole was high
class, instructive and entertaining.
The Jubilee Singers, the Hesperian
Quartette and the Hungarian Orches.
ira are as good in their lines as can
be secured. The lecture by Father
Then, of which we spoke in our last
issue; that of DR.. Hills "Iowa's great.
est native son and Americas greatest
! preacher that OF Governor llOch the
forceful and up-to-date executive oil
Kansas, or that of Geo. L. McNutt
who has demonstrated his ability and
willingness to work with his hands as
well as his mouth; who would take the
price of a season ticket and have
missed hearing any one of them. Then
there we're the two splendid excursions
on which the audience we're taken by
DR.. Peter Mcqueen to see the Pana-
ma Canal, the Philippine Islands and
the Russian Empire, which many re,
garded as the most instructive and en-.
pertaining of any numbers during the
entire sessions. Moving pictures are
always of much interest and those
shown by Mr.. Goss accompanied with
music furnished by Miss Bartlett, were
very attractive. To say nothing of the
others, that sleigh ride and battle in
the snow made the blood Jingle in the
veins and old people young once again
PLACE OF MEETING.
The place of meeting could not have
been easily improved unless by the