The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-30
Season Tickets Purchased
Now Will Help Anti-Tu-
berculOsis Association
BEGINS ON MONDAY
IN ENORMOUS TENT
Savannah and Augusta All Loud in
Praise of the Entertainment Fea-
lures Being Offered in
Those Cities

The time is fast approaching for the
opening of Birmngham's first chau-
tauqua assembly Citizens in many IN
stances fail to grasp what chautau-
qua is, confounding it on the one hand
with street carnival and on the other
with distinctly religious service like
campmeeting or Bible conference.
The ideals of chautauqua are lofty
and the entertainments are of the
cleanest and purest kind but they are
entertaining and will please the popular
taste as well as any show or play that
comes to the theatres. People crowd to
theatres to hear and see good snow
and pay their dollar or dollar and half
and just as good artists can be seen
on chautauqua platforms for seven days
at 50 for the week.
The first year is in most cities needed
to enable the people to grasp the idea.
Then it takes like wildfire, and the
succeeding years are plain sailing both
in social and financial way.
The Redpath bureau runs something
like $50 different assemblies this sum
mer, and is thus enabled to get the
greatest talent at the lowest cost. They
have come to Birmingham and made 1t
their southern headquarters, and hope
to put here in this city great perma-
nent chautauqua that will rival the
original institution in New York in the
calibre of its work and talent A look
at the programme prepared for this
year will show the greatest single
week of attractions ever offered a
chautauqua platform.
The location at East End park, near
the High school, is central and con-
venient, and when the big tent goes
up next Monday morning, will hold one
of the most complete auditoriumsl pos
sible. Good seats with backs, roomy
stage, electric lights and courteous at
tention from the crew of men Will
make every one feel at home. The crew
men who act as ticket sellers and ush-
ers, etc, are all college men from the
best colleges and are gentlemen who
will take every pains to make every
thing smooth and agreeable
A season ticket can be had from the
society by writing or
These tickets are on sale
at Cable Shelby Burton Piano Co. the
Loveman, Jospeh & Loeb store and sew
eral other places. But a call or phone
to Main 1915 will always bring a ticket
to your home.
This ticket admits owner or any
of immediate family to any or
all of the 35 different features of the
week. A child between the ages of 6
and IA can enter on childs 81 season
ticket. Single admissions to single en-
tertainments range from 25 cents to
so cents and amounts to about Sc In
the aggregate. If one can go only in
the evening the sum of the evening
single admissions total s2.65 The aft
ernoons total $2.S5. So 1t will pay one
to buy a season ticket if he cannot go
regularly. Pick out any of the big
things and any four would cost as much
as the whole course ticket.
Buying a season ticket helps local
people. The ti-Tuberculosis asso-
citation which is introducing this chau
tauqua will gain by a ready and full
response by the citizens of Birming
ham The association feels it is doing
a service to the city and county in
bringing such wonderful array of
talent here, but it hopes, too, to make
the chautauqua a means of furthering
the work for which it stands and ap-
peals to the friends to stand by them in
his great enterprise.
Reports from other cities show great
over the programme. Sa-
5annah and Augusta, Ga, are ringing
with its praises and their daily papers
ire giving columns in write ups and
editorials A good strong response in
he next four days will make Birming
lam's first chautauqua great sue
,ess and ensure it's permanence.