Alma record., 1913-07-10
CHAUIAUQUA WORK
Advertising Manager Arrives In Alma
Commences Work
a DAY MAN YET To ARRIVE
Big Automobile Tour of County Is Planned
for Middle of Month

The twenty-eight day advertising
manager of the big Chautauqua that
is booked to appear in this city dur
ing the week of August arrived in
the city this week and commenced a
wide spread county advertising cam
paign. He will be followed in two
weeks by the fourteen day advertis-
ing man who will conduct an auto
mobile tour Of the county. Twelve
decorated machines will accompany
him and the country and small out
lying towns will become thoroughly
acquainted with the facts concerning
the Chautauqua, the biggest summer
attraction that has ever been under
taken by Alma citizens.
The equipment of the Redpath
Chautauquas is the very finest. An
immense khaki cloth tent absolutely
waterproof with a capacity of two
thousand is used for all sessions dur
ing the week The tent is furnished
with fine staging equipment, comfort
able seats patterned after these used
in up-to-date play houses and is
brilliantly lighted with electricity
There will be seven big days of
perb attractions. Seven, Just think
1t. Think it over and see if you Co.
afford to miss a single entertainment.
The colossal program includes the
following numbers Several concert
numbers, Bohumir Kryl and his
great orchestra band; Redpath Grand
Opera Company; the .Weatherwax
Brothers Quartette; the Florentine
Trio; the Bergen Marx Concert
Company; the Mozart Concert Com
pany and the Barnard Concert Com
pany These seven attractions will
render fourteen preludes and con-
certs.
Among the entertainers on the
program are such numbers as: The
Ben Greet Players; Laurant, The Ma
gician; Mrs. Isabel Garghill Beecher,
dramatic RecitaD; Ralph Bingham,
etc
Governor Joseph w. Folk, of Mis-
souri,, Dean Summers, dean of the
Episcopal Cathedral, Chicago; Judge
Alden, of Boston, who made a last
ing impression on the lecture course
a few seasons ago. One or two lee
turers will be announced.
One of the most attractive features
of the entire Chautauqua program
will be the debate on Socialism be-
tween Hon. Emil Seidel, ex-mayor of
Milwaukee and Congressman J. Adam
Bede of Minnesota.
The daily order will be as follows:
a. m, Boys Scout Camp 1000 a.
m, Educational Lecture; 2:30 p m,
concert; 100 p. m, lecture; 7:30 p.
m, concert followed by some enter
tainment.
There will be twenty big double
programs during the seven days of
the Chautauqua The season ticket
covering all these sessions will cost
$500 for adults and $1.0O for childr
between the ages of six and fourtet
provided the tickets are purchas
from local sellers. At the gate t
adults tickets will be sold for So.
and the chidrens $1.25. Season tic,
cts are transferable in the owners
family
Single admissions will be Csc, 35c,
and soc according to the attraction,
aggregating about $500 for the ei
weeks program After noting
single admission prices and &
charged for the weeks ticket the au-
vantage of securing the latter will be
easily seen.
The Redpath people furnish every.
thing complete, conduct all the ad-
vertising and carry the entire finan-
cial responsibility. What they re-
quire is the hearty cooperation of
the local people in the sale of $50
season tickets. Let everybody boost
and make the Chautauqua a success
and place it on the annual program
of events in the city.