The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-10-16
BUSINESS MEN ARRANGE
FOR FIVE ENTERTAINMENTS.
Pennington People viii Have Chance
TO Hear the Best Talent Available
at a Series Of Entertainments
Here This Winter.

ny Cpmmlltc" Of twenty-five bnSl.
NESS and professional men Of Farm.
ington 20 give five entertainments
in Pennington this winter, the first
one 90 be- given on III" cy ening of Dc.
tober Is All of these entertainments
will be given in the Opera House.
II has been found that here In
Pennington the most popular kind of
entertainments Is musical. VITA this
idea in view four of the five enter.
tainmmts are TO be musical numbers.
One lecture was included because It
was found possible to secure n lectur.
er of such unusual ability as an en-
tertalner, and so completely out Of the
ordinary as a lecturer. that the course
instead of being weakened thereby Is
materially strengthened In order to
get this lecturer 1t was necessary %
place his date as the first number In
the series The public may be quite
sure that for "one.man-power" On.
tertaInment this will be far and away
better than any other one-man enter
tainmcni ever given in Farmingtun.
The cost for ticket for all
Ave OF the entertainments has been
placed at the very moderate price Of
81. This Is forty cents for each en-.
tertanmml-leSs than the customary
price OF admission TO local and other
entertainments in Pennington And
this price includes the privilege OF a
reserved seat for the season. GJH"ral
admission tickets to tac Opera House
has been placed at 30 cents. Single
admissions on reserved seats, should
there be any remaining after season
tickets are sold will he SOC Tickets
will go on sale at Laalmaus Drug
Store on Monday morning October
&c Prior 10 that time tickets
may be obtained at the Bank of Farm.
ington. City Drug Store. News Office
or from any member OF the committee
Seat reservations should be made on
Monday morning when the board is
put mp
II is certainly nor intended to dis.
credit. in the slightest degree, the 81.
forts OF former committees 10 provide
enjoyable entertainment, but It has
| 81 1t. ,.F Ia. gnFt,.
mitIrc 10 surpass any former effort
10 such an extent that no difficulty
whatever would be experienced in sell.
ing all available tickets. and thus
come out even" financially. Not one
Of the citizens giving this course prof.
It one penny by the transaction. II is
not even intended or expected thar
thay should II Is purely a public en-
terprise. one requiring the financial
backing of public spirited citizens uf
push. enterprise and determination.
| All lovers OF good, wholesome, re
frcshng entertainment should give
It their support-and It is suggested
| that from the hearty response SO far
met with prompt action will be ncces.
sary In order to secure good seats or
indeed to secure seats at all.
The following is a brief synopsis Of
the five entertainments to be giv'n.
October 2S-,Frank Mcclure Chaffc"
"A platform lecturer distinctly an.
ferent" One critic says: You always
know what SOME speakers will say
next. You never know what Chaffee
will say next. He keeps you guess.
ing. and keeps you laughing while
you're guessing" That certainly
ought to whet the appetite of any fun
loving American, oughtn't It?
December S-AppollO Quintettc and
Bel Ringers Just music from the
word GO They ring bells. play stringed
things and blowing things, and double
up IN all sort of combinations. YOUR
Kind Of music Is furnished by these
people Expert he'll ringers are worth
going miles to hear and these five
musicians are experts. Eacn one OF
them is the equivalent OF fine ordinary
musicians.
December 3O-Cast1e Square Enter
,aincrs-four young fellows who do a
lot of singing, mostly In fancy cos.
tune and lot Of other things you
will enjoy. You have heard and en-
joycd a good male quartet many tim'S.
Who doesn't? But THIS one goes
them all one better Besides sing.
Ing they play on brass horns-and It
! Is Just as good as their singing.
January 1.-THE Chicago byccum
Lady Quartettc. Four lady singers
of unusual ability and whose accom-
/ pllshments rank with the best talent
! in America. A reader gives part of
the enter,alnmcnt-and she is In the
unusual class. too. Not dry minute
| in the entire evening.