Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-05-16
No BETTER TALENT
Than That Booked For Next Seasons.
Lecture Course

The booking of the lecture course
was completed last week and as in
the season past there will again be
six numbers upon the course. Last
season was OF higher standard than
that of any preceding but this year
the talent secured is even better,
ranking with the best upon the Am
erican lyceum platform. Since the
Z beginning of the Alma Lyceum
! Course each succeeding year has
( seen better numbers than the prcced-
ing ones because the patronage mer-
tied and demanded the best For
next season the best has been Sc
cured and already there is large
! demand for seat reservations.
The plan OF reserving the seats this
! year will be the same as that of last
! year AT the last number of the
course in February, cards were dis
tributed among the audience. On
these advance subscription cards
there is a place TO sign up for the
number OF tickets wanted By put
ting one cent stamp on the card
and dropping it in a mail box the
card will be carried TO Prof. J. 7.
! Ewing and the number of seats de-
sired will be saved for the sender
The reservations will be made in the
order of the filing of the cards. AT
the rate the cards have been COM
ing in, it is likely there will not be
seats enough to supply the demand.
Because of this the committee deci-
! ded to reserve all seats this year and
| hold none for box office sales. The
price of the tickets for the season is
$3.50 and the reserved seat ten cents
| each number. There will be two
! drawings for the seats, one opening
October 18th, and the other between
the third and fourth numbers.
Two lectures are booked, one by
Dr. ). Parkcs Cadman of New York
and the other by Thomas Brooks
Fletcher. Besides being the highest
paid pastor i'll the world, DR.. Cad
man is the peer OF all upon the lee
ture platform. Thomas Brooks
Fletcher is the type OF electrical
speakers and no man OF recent years
has achieved more brilliant success.
Convincing, dramatic, original, Mr..
Fletcher holds his audience as no
speaker has done since the days OF
Beechcr, Phillips and Grady.
A real treat is in store for the lee
ture patrons in the engagement Of
the Ben Greet players. For years
this company under the wonderful
management OF Ben Greet has toured
the country from ocean to ocean.
The company's remarkable interpre-
tations OF the English dramas have
made them in demand in England
and several tours have been made in
foreign countries.
1t is hard to say which OF the
three musical numbers is the star,
for every one of them rank with
highest that are put on by the Red
path Bureau. Evelyn Bargelt is to
appear with musical company
Miss Bargelt is an artist, not OF the
chalk talk variety but one whose
productions are of meritous quality.
With her crayons OF different colors,
Miss Bargelt produces drawings be-
fore her audiences which appear as
beautiful paintings while her humor-
Gus drawings are as funny as the.
comic sections of the funny papers.
Besides, Miss Bargelt, there is in
the company pianist, baritone, and
violinist. The Aida Quartette is q
well known musical organization
With the young ladies, there is c.
D<I 10, -,
er of wonderful dramatic ability.
The quartette have worked with
such noted singers as Madame Schu-
mann II einck The other musica.
number of the course is the appear
ence of Alfred Hiles Bergen and
The Leon Marx Trio. Mr.. Bergen's
career is the meteoric of all Ameri-
with a range OF nealy three octaves
has never failed to capture his audi
ence. The name of Leon Marx is
itself a guarantee of an exceptional
number. For ten years, Mr.. Marx
appeared with the Theodore Thomas,
Orchestra greater part of the time
being the orchestra's violin soloist.
The lecture course for next year is
a brilliant array of the finest OF ly-
ceum talent that the Redpath- -Slay-
ton Lyceum Bureau offers. Alma is
able to obtain such talent because OF
the meritous patronage she gives.
1t is doubtful if the coming course
can ever be succeeded with better
L. A. Sharp returned Monday from