The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-10-01
CHAlITAUQUA IN 1909.
Splendid List of Attractions A.
ready Reserved.

number is special attraction" The
list of talent was selected Monday
afternoon and evening by the Chau-
tauqua board. By getting in early
the management was enabled to get
the cream of the talent offered and
there are more offering for the Chau-
tauqua season than ever before. In
fact the list of entertainment from
which numbers may be chosen is be-
wildering. The previous experience
of the Oskaloosa Board in Chautau-
qua and Lecture Bureau work enabled
it to get together a set Of entertain
ments than which Iowa will have no
better during next years Chautauqua
season.
Here is a list of leading entertain.
ments:
Tuesday, August 10. Opening day.
Evening, Concert by Honolulu Stu
dents. An organization popular and
attractive.
Wednesday, August II. Afternoon,
Honolulu Students. Evening Ed.
ward w. Carmack, The Pet of Ten
nessee, eX-United States Senator,
poet. Journalist and orator. He will
be next governor of Tennessee. The
senator will lecture upon The Ku
Klux Khan"
Thursday, August II. A big day.
Afternoon and evening. The match
less Bohumir Kryl Band of forty-two
pieces and eight vocalists in two
splendid programs. This band has
!, caused furore wherever it has APP
! peared
Friday, August 10. Afternoon, The
Dunbar Bell Ringers and Jahu Dewitt
Miller. Evening, Opie Reid-an en-
tertainment of his own writings.
! Saturday, August IA is Farmers
day and special entertainment is pro-
vided. The Dunbars will have place
on the bill. Colonel George w. Balm
will talk about The New Man and
the New Woman" Colonel Balm is a
favorite in Oskaloosa. The Dunbars
will give their closing concert in the
evening.
Sunday, August IS, will be another
special day in its way. The program
will be provided by the Oskaloosa
Ministerial Association and will be
announced later. The association will
: have a treat for the Chautauqua
campers and attendants.
Monday, August Is. Afternoon, Ed
mund Vance Cook, poet and reader.
Evening, A. L. Kepford in an illus
trated lecture on Tuberculosis. This
so much enthusi, SIN this year, even
without single illustration for his
Address. His return upon the 1909
program was demanded by the pa.
irons.
Tuesday, August II. Afternoon,
Rev. Billy Sunday. Evening, Charles
A. Payne in a special illustrated lee.
ture, The Traveller"
Wednesday, August IS. Afternoon,
l.. V. Herbert. Evening, Bob" Tay
lor in q new lecture, Love, Laugh
and Song" Mr.. Taylor has been in
Oskaloosa before and was popular.
His return was requested but this en-
gagement is the first the Oskaloosa
j Board has been able to secure, as he
is in demand everywhere.
Thursday, August 10. Afternoon,
; Spillman Riggs, humorist. Evening,
Edward P. Elliott, reader and imper-
senator. Two stellar numbers.
) Friday, August 20. Closing day.
Another special day with a big at
| traction. The Tuskegee Band, Glee
Club and Banjo Club. This organiza-
ton is by the special permission and
under the direction of Booker T.Wash.
Iington. 1t is an attraction of great
. merit and a big drawing card. The
Organization consists of nearly fifty
people and travels in its own special
/, car.
The above, it must be remembered
entertainment. None of the morning
numbers have yet been provided, nor
have any of the extra numbers that
will be a part of the afternoon and
evening programs on each day, with
the exception of the special programs
numbers may be changed and the
dates of some of the people may be
altered by the Bureaus. But with such
"a foundation as the above the pro.
gram of the 1909 meeting will be
splendidly worked out and will prove
wonderfully popular and attractive
There will be no question of the draw
ing powers of the talent thus far OBJ
tanned and the management is going
ahead to make it the biggest and the
best yet.
Five representatives of Lcyeum and
Lecture Bureaus were in the city yes.
terday to present their material for
the inspection Of the Board. They
were w. |. Atkinson, of the Mutual
Bureau, Chicago; Charles Coons, of
the Slayton Lyceum Bureau, Chica-
go; C. F. Van Dorm, of the Chautau-
Qua Managers Association, Chicago;
A. n. Palmer, of the Central Associa-
ton. Kansas City, and J. r. Ellison,
of the Redpath Bureau, Chicago Each
of these gentlemen was called before
the Board which met at the Hotel
Lacey and in turn was asked to pre-.