Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-07-09
CH|AUTAUQU|.A! II Ass. A;
FOR next NJ X ] .Yth. I:
SLIGHT DEFICIT % DoEs r NoF
III CHECK cHAUTAuQuA
Il . ENTHUSIASM.

al ENTHUSIASM. e Isl
SESSIONS CLOSE THIS EVENING
su.'ne.. Men sign Contract For
chautauqua Assembly for
4. Next s Year.
The guarantors OF the Manchester
4 Chautauqua held a meeting In the
city council rooms on Tuesday morn
B ing, to discuss plans for another
4 SChautauQua next year. The com
mtttee in charge OF the sale Of the
season tickets reported that there
was slight deficit Of about $ll5.
y The guarantors felt that, notWith-
standing the fact that there existed
q slight deficit the annual Chautau.
! qua was a vital factor in the social
and educational life or this commmunr- m y
ity, and when the question OF q
ChantauQua for. next year was put to
a vote, it carried by almost q unan unan-
imous vote. Not only were the
+ guarantors Of the Chautauqua OF
this year hearty In favor Of signing
s the contract with Mr.. Vawter for
< u
another year, butt number of busi-
ness men who were not included in
the list Of guarantors expressed their
Willingness to join hands with for
mer Chautauqua boosters for next
year. The question Of the price Of
season tickets was discussed at some
1 length. Mr.. Rohde, the superinten-
dent. explained to the business men
that. 50 for a season ticket was a
very reasonable price for a seven
day assembly.
The 1918 ChautauQua assembly has
been attracting good sized audiences,
save at a few of the early sessions
when the intense heat kept many
from leaving quiet precincts Of the
home or shady yard. The sessions
opened on Thursday Of last week ana
close this evening, III SIS.
Y Julius H. Rohde, who has been IN
Y Manchester during the week, ana
I who has filled the position OF super
intendent Of the Chautauqua here,
has spared no efforts on his part
toSElook after the interests OF the
patrons Of the assembly, and the
speakers and musical companies.
gentleman, who left school work to
take up Chautanqua work, and has
worked his way to his present posi-
4 ton by giving satisfaction in other
departments of Mr.. Vawter'sAsystem:
The Redpath- Vawter system Is in
deed fortunate In securing the ser
vices Of SO able "a man as Mr. 3 Rohtfe.
@ The morning hour lectures have
been in charge OF Alr. G. N. Merry,
Z who is at the head Of the department
II OF public speaking at the State UNI
syersity at Iowa City. He is peculz
iarly qualified by temperament and
& training for making the morning
/ hour lectures an inspiration. He is
q pleasant and, forceful speaker, and
has message for his hearers. Dur
/ ing the week that Mr.. Rohde and
Mr.. Merry have been in Manchester
they have formed many warm friend
ships among our people, who would
be pleased to have them returned
y again, should the system see fit to
DO SO.
The sessions Of the Chautauqua op-
ened with two concerts by the Span
ish Ladies Orchestra. This musical
i organization is high class band Of
instrumental artists rendering most
9 delightful programs devoted wholly
to orchestral music and special COM
binations. The Instrumentation is
! well balanced and the musical ef-
fects most harmonious and pleasing.
& The style OF music ranges from the
classic to the more popular airs.
They delighted the two audiences
with their concerts on Thursday af-
i ternOOn and evening. s
The first Of the numerous lectures
given during the assembly was Civ
en- by Judge A. q. Blair OF Adams
county, Ohio. Judge Blair is al
entertaining speaker, ana q man
who has accomplished things in his
county and state. He invented a
method which caused nearly two
I thousand Of the voters OF Adams
4 county to confess their guilt to hay
( ing bought and sold votes at cleo
( tlons. Following their CONCESSIONS
he disfranchis ed the whole array and
since that time the ballot box OF
Adams county, Ohio, is Clean.
= The JACOB Reuter- Company fur
nishet two excellent musical pro
L grams on the second day OF the Cnau
tauqua-July 4th. This company
furnished strictly classical mus
ca program: Alr. Jacob Reuter- is 9
violnist OF extraordinary gifts as
Weil as q composer. frederick Kick
bush ls q baratone, who pleased the
audiences with number OF selec'
tions. In Miss Van Hoose, VINO was
formerly pianist with the Theodore
Thomas Orchestra Of Chicago, the
1 Reuter- Company have an accompan
ist OF rare talent and ability.
The afternoon lecture on the
Fourth OF July was given by Ralph
Parlette. 1t Is said by those wnc
know Mr.. Parlette that although but
I q comparatively young man, he has
met with hore reverses during his
life than fall to the lot of the aver
age man. Notwithstanding all this
he is the happiest of men. He Is
humorist by natural gift. All of the
Ill turns that fate served him fail
\ ed to put him out of the race OF
discourage him. On the other hane
they gave him material out of wh1cf
he has evolved that splendid lecture
) on .'The University Of Hard Knocks.
5 His lecture contained much of humol
as we'll as many cold, hard facts.
The evening lecture on Friday wa'
given by Ex-Governor Robert B
Glenn of North Carolina. Governol
Glenn spoke with feeling Of thu
patriotism manifested by the mel
from the southern states during th'
Civil war, and the hardships the!
passed through during the recon
struction period. Governor Glenn !
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