The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-06
SOCIETY AND HOME TOPICS FOR WOMEN
"Gredtest Booking Agency in the
WOrld,' Says Harrison OF Redpath

mesicales and various other forms of en-
| tertalnment."
zone thing abou. the chautauqua" | OBJ
served that is very commendable, it has
| always stood for the best"
"I1ven in those early days" said Mr..
Harrison, such celebrities as Beecher,
Phelps, Cough, Mary A. Livermore and
others of that type were the attractions
Later the Redpath bureau purchased the
Slaton bureau, which made it possible for
this organization to make s-continen-
tai bookings and enlarge its scope tremen-
donsly."
And the establishment of the Redpath
chautauqua in the south?" l asked.
Has been departure in the larger
cities of the south and Birmingham is the
most recent office to be opened. said
Mr. Harrison. Birmingham now Is head
quarters for our southern territory and
from here AZ chautauquas are being con-
Quoted this season."
Just what encouragement and co-opera-
tion have you had from the southern peo-
pie in this undertaking." ?" | inquired.
Judging from the enthusiasm and sue
cess of this years chautauqua," was the
reply, there will be conducted in the flu
ture as many chautauquas from the Bir-
mingham office as any other in the United
States
In a sense ii occurs to me that the
chautauqua has always been regarded as
small town affair." l suggested.
That was very true" said Mr.. Harri-
son, until the circuit chautauqua was
established by the Redpaths, making 1t
possible to employ the very best talent
and securing the best known celebrities in
the country and presenting them to the
people. This has created spirit of CO.
operation on the part of the larger cities
and today we operate in the United States
over $50 chautauquas.'
To the laity," Mr.. Harrison contin-
ued, who are not cognizant of the mag
nitude of the work. 1t is not known, per-
haps that 80 per cent of the great men
of this nation-men whose names spell
fame and fortune-men who have made
the history politically socially and intel
lectually of this country, have been or
are now at the present time on the chau-
tauqua platform that bespeaks the quality
of its work. We book more celebrities
than any other boxing agency in the
world"
ut must require an immense amount Of
capital" | suggested. ITO carry on such
a tremendous work.
1.-The Redpath chautauqua spends over
s., 600, COO a year in boxing its attractions.
was the answer. Not only do the di-
! rectors of the bureau demand the best
talent be employed. but they demand
character as well as talent in the artist,
Only recently we have opened musical
branch and such artists as Paderewski,
| Fannie bloomfield. Zeisler, Francis Mac
MILAN, Charles W. Clark. Warnery, who
sang here on Monday evening, and others
equally we'll known, are already booked .
What impresses me particularly l
suggested. lin regard to the chautauqua,
| is the very small sum which Is charged
for these big attractions
THAT primarily is the object of the
Redpath bureau" Mr.. Harrison said. TO
bring before the masses the best talent in
| literature. art. music and entertainment
at popular prices The purchaser of a
| season ticket to the chautauoua has the
privilege of attending each performance
for the small amount of 10 cents
(which is the regulation price of the
popular moving picture show" | sug-
Sested.
zone might make that comparison
| said Mr. Harrison II have grown up with
the Redpath chautaudua, paying my tul-
ton through college by working for the
Redpaths | look upon 1t as my own prop
erty-lille a child you might say-and
have seen nothing outside of the moving
picture shows chat has grown more rap
idlv and has become more popular
throughout the entire country than the
chautauqua form of entertainment