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DETAILS Of
CHAUTAUQUA
To Be Presented Here August
2O.26
Worked Out In Their Finality
Last Week
And A Series Of Stellar At
fractions Assured
Ben Greet Players To Appear
As Attraction
As Well As Famous LeCtuF-
eFS, DebaterS And Con-
cert Companies

Final details for the Mt. Vernon
Chautauqua were completed by rep
resentative of the Redpath Bureau
who was in town last week. The
Chautauqua will be held from August
20 to 26 in a large tent which will be
erected on the Sperry lot entrance at
the foot of Main street
Two entertainments will be given
each day and, in addition, there will
be Boy Scouts meeting every morn
ing.
Mt. Vernon secured this Chautau-
qua through an agreement by which
100 citizens guaranteed the sale Of
not less than 750 season tickets at
$500 each These tickets have now
been placed on sale at all of the
banks and in many of the stores and
it is hoped that the response of the
public will be prompt and encourag'
ing.
A glance at the program which is
printed below should convince even
the most skeptical that the enter
tainments offered are worth double
the price asked for the season ticket.
Kryls Band in two big concerts, The
Ben Greet Players in Shakespeare's
Comedy of Errors alone would cost
a couple Of dollars if seen in any
city or coming as single attractions
here Besides there will be a con-
cert every day, and sometimes two;
lectures by such distinguished men
as ]. Adam Bede, Dean Sumner of
Chicago, Hon. Joseph w. Folk and M.
A. Kavanaugh, and number Of mis-
cellaneous entertainers of the highest
character.
The Redpath people wish to place
Mt. Vernon in their regular circuit
and to make the Chautauqua per
manent institution. No city or COM
mittee acting alone, could secure the
program offered for twice the amount
that people have been asked to guar
antee. Under the present arrange
ment, all receipts above the guaran-
tee will be equally divided between
the Redpath Bureau and the local Citi-
zens' committee; and anything that
the Committee may receive as Its
share will be kept in the Chautauqua
fund for the purpose of providing a
bigger and better entertainment for
next year.
The undertaking is, therefore, a
citizens affair, pure and simple, in
which there is not cent for any
individual. For this it deserves the
hearty support of all who believe that
our city should not be without Its
share of the wholesome recreation
and instruction that the modern Chau
tauqua offers.
The full program for the week is
as follows:
Wednesday Afternoon
Musical Recital by Members o.
Redpath Grand Opera Co.
Lecture, Culture and Democracy
George L. McNutt. the Dinner
Pail' Man.
Wednesday Evening
Grand Opera, "The Lovers Guar
rel" (Parelli)--Redpath Grand Operi
Co.
Thursday Morning
Organization of Boy Scouts.
. Lecture, Economies and Humai
Welfare"
Thursday Afternoon
Concert-The University Boys.
interpretive Recital, 'The Worl'
and His Wife"--Isabel Garhill Beech
er.
Thursday Evening
Concert-The University Boys.
Debate, rs Socialism Desirable TO
the United States?" Affirmative
Hon. Emil Seidel of Milwaukee,; mega
tive--Hon. j. Adam Bede of Mime
sofa.
Friday Morning
Boy Scouts.
Lecture, Population and Poverty
Friday Afternoon
Concert-Florentin Trio.
Lecture, John Ruskin-The Voic