Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-08-22

season tickets, and the advertis-
ing force, which includes the
newspaper men, is paid in the
same way. Hotel and transfer
charges, express and postage
are cash items. Talent gets the
rest of it.
The entertainments are given
sufficient capacity. 1t can be
well ventilated and is steam
heated, but the acoustics are
poor and the lighting facilities
prehistoric.
We have brought talent for
most of our numbers from the
Midland Bureau in the belief
that the Midlands plan gives us
the most and best possible for
the money we can afford to invest,
but we are not disposed to knock
on the other Bureaus and other
talent. What constitutes a
good" course or a good number
in the popular use of the word,
appears to be quite as much a
matter of taste and public fancy
as of JUDGMENT and discrimina-
ton. In our town the musical
numbers are the most popular
and the lectures the least favor
ed.
How does the course pay? It
pays in many ways. 1t pays
financial, inasmuch as the pat
rons get their moneys worth
and the committee is not com
PEELED to dig up" at the end of
the season. 1t helps to exclude
worse than worthless shows. 1t
helps to create a demand for
better things, not the least of
which is a better audience room.
It is educational, elevating i'm
proving auditorium courtesy and
department.. It gives many
young people the only glimpse
they have ever had of the outside
world. It gives them broader
views of life. deeper inspirations
and higher standards. In our
town there is county high
school which has an enrolment
of eighty young men and women
from all parts of the county,
many of whom will become
teachers in our public school in
the near future. The influence
of the course is far reaching. All
these things pay, and pay well in
every sence of the word.
The piano used at our enter
tainments belongs to the Ladies
Good Will Society, and thereby
hangs another tale of our town
worth telling and worth hearing
N other towns. This is an
organization of nearly all the best
women of the place, regardless
of wealth or creed. 1t is semi
benevolent. and semi-civic in
purpose and practic. 1t meets
twice each month at the homes
of the members and does sewing
for families and for firms at a
modest price and sometimes for
needy people gratis. 1t feeds
the hungry on public occasions
at a nominal price and the
hotel and short order men say
never a word. 1t gives entertain
ments by local talent and is
thereby allied with the Lyceum
movement. This organization
is almost nine years old and is
one of the fixtures of the town.
It's first funds were used to pur
chase this piano which is kept in
the courtroom. Outsiders who
use it pay rent which is used
to keep it in good condition.
The Good VIII next took up the
matter of fencing and caring for
the city cemetary. Lot owners
contributed to this enterprise
and the city council appropriates
funds to be expended under the
direction of the society in inn
provement of the approaches to
the city of the dead" The
Good VIII is successful in stitu-
ton and it's name is the key
word. Enough of the same feel
ing united with energy. judg-
ment and public spirit will make
a lyceum course successful.
The Lyceumite and Talent, Chi