The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-07-26
OCALA'S CHAUTAUQUA WILL
BE AN ELABORATE AFFAIR
Dates Have Been Set for March lib
Many Splendid Attractions

SrituriOn, who has the management
Of the chautauqua in hand, has been
hard al work over the program, de-
termined TO make il the biggest and
best chautauqua Florida has seen
This great chautauqUa means much
for our community. and at this time
Of the year when many of Us have
our minds full OF our summer vaca-
lions and much time TO give to the
planning for the coming winter sea-
son, it might be we'll to give a few
thoughts TO the exceptional treat
that is TO come TO US in the spring
There has been during the past
forty years no movement Of wider
spread than the chautauqua move
ment and no institution which has
brought greater inspiration and up
lift into communities than the chau-
tauqua. Thousands of towns all over
the United States, seeing the value
of the chautauqua, have established
courses and are continuing them
from year to year, yet there are many
people yet unfamiliar with the move
ment and many totally ignorant as
to the meaning of the word
Our city is to have a chautauqua
of the genuine kind, patterned after
the mother chautauqua at Chautau-
qua, \. Y, so let us prepare for the
great event, become familiar with
the work and begin right now to
boost" it and join with our fellow
citizens in making it a great and
glorious success. Let us all get the
chautauqua idea. Let it permeate
our minds; let's talk it to our
neighbOr, write it to our friends. In
short, lets get the chautauqua idea.
| We have established the chautauqua
in our home town. We have Joined
ranks with other progressive cities
of our state. We have allied our
| selves with an institution that is 60
ing to accomplish wonders in maxi
ing our town a better town, our citi-
zens better citizens.
There was a time when many of
our fellow citizens could only read
Of the great statesmen, orators,
preachers, singers, musicians and en-
tertainers and could rarely seeI or
hear them without taking long pill
grimages. By means of the chautau-
qua, the best and the greatest talent
will be brought at the cost of few
pennies a day to our very doors. The
chatuauqua idea is one of the great
est moral and educational forces in
the country.
Great reforms that have recently
swept over our country are largely
traceable to the. chautauqua when
strong men have spoken freely and
fearlessly and millions of people
who have gathered at these annual
meetings to listen to them have had
their conscience so awakened that
they have demanded that those in
authority should institute reforms:
The chautauqua movement is thor
oughly undenominational and non
political and people Of all creeds and
parties commingIe. The chautauqua
is organized on high grounds and has
high aims. 1t appeals to the thought
full and the cultured and seeks to dis
place some forms of amusement that
are unworthy and fraught with dan
ger.
More and more in these strenuous
days people feel the need Of a vaca-
ton. Earnest people are hardly
willing to waste time in a vacation
which does not bring them a little
intellectual uplift; hence the phe-
nomenal growth of the chautauqua
movement. A chautauqua is a ben
ediction to any community in which
it abides. 1t appeals in its varied
programs TO both old and young and
is certain to cultivate high ideals of
living and thought. The coming
program is one of the strongest ever
presented. There appear lecturers
of national fame; singers from the
greatest opera companies, celebrat ed
orchestras and bands; famed enter
tainers and humOrists; noted Bible
teachers, orators, scientists, etc. Hol-
ders of season tickets hear for a few
\ cents great lecturers, concerts and
other entertainments which would
ordinarily cost them not less than
| fifty cents to two dollars and in some
cases of your own chautauqua as
high as five dollars. Every right
minded citizen should give his loyal
support to this great chautauqua
Later on the program will be pre-
sented through these columns in full
1t can be mentioned here, however.
that among the great attractions to
appear on our program will be the
celebrated Bertha Wooden Ladies
| Orchestra, the famous Rogers Goshen
Band. SignOre and Nadams Stassio