The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-07-14
ENTERTAINMENT
PLfASES PEOPl
CHAUTAUQUA NUMBERS ARE ALL
GOOD.
WILL CLOSE N NIGHT
SOME FINE ATTRACTIONS FOR
BALANCE OF THE WEEK.

The first annual %Brookings chautau-
qua opened Saturday afternoon and
will close next Sunday evening. The
numbers so far given have been more
that satisfactory and the program for
the balance of the week promises to
be as pleasing. 1t is the best series
of entertainments ever given in Brook
ing by a long ways and it is certain
that our people want and will support
more literally a chautauqua for next
year.
The entertainments so far have been
we'll %patronized and the local guaran-
tee has been taken care of nicely,
although it required some lively hust-
days before the opening. The single
admission sale has been better than
was expected and the c~hautauqua- COM
pany will come out well financially.
On Sunday evening there were over
a thousand people present and big
crowds were out the three evenings
this week. The crowds have included
a large number of people from the
country and the surrounding towns.
The entertainments are being held
in the big stock pavilion at the fair
grounds, which with cool weather
makes an ideal place. The platform
is located ON the north side and the
seating capacity is greatly increased
by the addition of chairs to the sales
ring. Prof. Voelker, superintendent of
the platform, fills that position admir-
ably and all other arrangements are
satisfactory.
This evening DR.. Driver will lecture
and will appear again Saturday after
noon. Tomorrow's program includes
lectures by Col. G. A. Gearhart in the
afternoon and by Henry A. Adrian in
the evening. Rev. I. G. Frank will
lecture Saturday evening and DR.. Thos
IGreen Sunday afternoon. This is
. series of sovd things thai the people
. Ecannot afford ia miss
Saturday, the opening day, was
featured by an address by Gov. H
A. Buchtel of Colorado. The governor
took Theodore Roosevelt for his sub
ject and from the ex-~president's life
as q boy and man he drew many les
sons for the pleasure and inspiration
of his audience. Gov. Buchtel is an
easy and pleasing speaker and held
the close attention of his hearers. In
the evening Shungopavi, the Indian
magician, gave a very pleasing enter
tainment. Besides his magic he gave
a talk on the Indian, explaining the
dances and other customs of his race.
The Otterbein male quartette and bell
ringers added very materially to the
pleasure of the program on this and
the following day.
Sunday afternoon the principal num-
Der was a lecture by Lucian Follans-
bee, who took Genius and Gumption'
for his subject. While he, perhaps,
} did not stick very closely to his text
he gave a very interesting lecture.
Sunday evening the program was CIV
en- by Everett Kemp, the monologist.
IMr. Kemp entertained the big crowd
| thoroughly and proved himself to be
, one of the best, if not the best, in his
t line that has ever appeared in Brook
ings, and we have had some good
t ones.
Mrs. Florence E. Maybrick was the
attraction that drew a big crowd
principally ladies, on Monday after
4 noon. Mrs. Maybrick spoke On pris-
on work, advocating many reforms in
our penal institutions, and told her
own pathetic story OF years OF I'M
just confinement in an English prison
Her recital excited the keen sympathy
Of the audience, especially when she
I told of the harsh treatment accorded
women prisoners in England. Since
her release Mrs. Maybrick has beer
devoting her life to prison work and
she made some astonishing statements
4 of the conditions in the state peniten'
~tiaries and ~reformatories in this coun
e try. The Columbia Tennessean Jubi
5 lee singers made their appearance OF
r this program and were warmly ap
ipiauded. They gave d more extended
concert in the evening which wa!
lequally pleasing. An addition to thu
~evening program was an interestin,
o illustrated lecture on How God Mad'
5 the World" by DR.. A. A. Brigham o
the State college. After Mrs. May
bricks lecture in the afternoon Dr
Brigham also conducted a Round Tabl,
discussion, which was we'll attended.
eli During the chautauqua Miss Ell
n Black is conducting a kindergarten II
the floral hall, where the children ar