The Forrest City times., 1914-07-10
CHAUTAUQUA.

Slo "i'o, anu I1Oi. Ashton c. 2lidallelpetger, ralaI ex-G Governor Of Neb- n.oa' ueli SeTeo lecture or an ad- afess, on "Political Pat riotism n We pase', llme nor space, neither is it our obJect at this tune 10 discuss inc '''ul oua' merits of these offerings
 On Saturday afternoon and night .lle heghlefs gave a popular enter 'a'hheht consisting of music and '''" dcter presentations in wigs and nnddkeup sketches. and Hon. George "iooOhs arrow, delivered a lee ture |n ne Culture of Your Personality F oi' Mollday afternoon and night the lullgarldh Orchestra gave popular .o!loerl' ana grand musical enter Cdlnment Including high class solos anu uutts by hollln M. Pease and Mrs poroi ny Houston, accompanied by lhe entire orchestra, and Homer NJ. LOOK lectured on The Real Thjnp
 And ttus the Chautauqua has gone do"n Into history That it was a success: that l. was rare treat: that 'Ijose "hO attended were entertained dho pleased beyond expression: that al' are sorry IL Is ove', and that all want IL agdln. Is a positive certainty ne ID uslcal features were hig c'ass. ana the offerings for any one day were well worth the Sl 90 that was paid TOT season ticket. The attendance was small. At no time was the attend dIce as large as the wealth, culture and general desire for information and cultivation which exists m this coanty, would indicate there would be, or that should have been. 1his has been the surDriS
 Here have been f1ered yol ten sep crate and distinct performances, II you please, any one of whicn was well worth the price ask d for all. Fire ID uslc las been positive relaxation and pleasure of high class. ana thoroughly enj yable, some ol il yer, extraordinary The character imper soha ions by R gnier-whO that saw and heard him and his accomulis shed vie, does not say they were well re paid for the expenditure of Sl 5O- The same Of Nc Donald s 'MOOnshii e. the "Cnautauqua $ K" the Beach Trio. " liagerman's The World W Live In, '" or the other lectures men lIoned above, to say nOl hing of the Panama Canal illustrated lecture by Dr. Rader, and several otl CT numbers that We're first class in their line And
 
 were great fun for the tots. The kiddi9s love Miss Stokes
 We have enioytd lhe Chautauqua immensely. We a So Try that every man, woman and child in St Francis county dld not attend, ana that they Ina not been likewise enter aimed and benefited as we feel that We have been. To listen to these splendid fltiI,k Al ro l. opens our eyes to the small world we live ln-we mean OUR world how small in fact, that we. ours Ives. are We realize more emphaticallv and in. tensely what very small spcck we are, how great are the oppOrt unities, how wonderful the pOSsibi ies We fear we break the comman iment not to covet We certainly do covet ability, versatility. knowledge. power to express, and the phys cal perfe" tiOn outlined and mental capacity portrayed. and power t. do good and to live the high stan lard of living. and attain the inte lectualitv that God intended hat w. should. So few of us get much out Of life None of us get what we shon'd And these 'ec ures do untold good in stimul ting us to higher and greater things.
 We understand that more than fifty men have again guaranteed this Chautauqua company a saIe Of 400 tickets for Dexu year. Those who did so this year have had to go into their pockets and make up a deficit of 8. This is shame and a disgrace. It certainly is not the price, It is a re- 1ection upon our culture and cIviliza- tion and a desire for higher things. We hope it will not be so next year. It is stated that the reason for this