Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-05-22
NEEDS MORE Cash
Promotion Fund For Chautauqua
Still Short $3.50.
WORTHY OF ENCOURAGEMENT
Dallas Enjoys Distinction of Being
Smallest City Honored by
This Splendid System.

Inc CnauCauqua committee reports
that one hundred season tickets re-
main to be sold before the guarantee
fund Of $500 is assured. The COM
mittee is working diligently to make
up the necessary fund, and as the
undertaking is most worthy those peo-
pie of Dallas who have not already
subscribed should come forward and
do so without delay. The program is
of high order, and the price of
season tickets-$2.50-is reasonable
for this character of entertainment
Dallas is the smallest town in point
of population in the Chautauqua cir
cult, and that it is able to secure and
maintain such an educational institu-
tion reflects credit upon the communi-
ty. The Ellison White Chautauqua
System has sent-The Observer assur-
ance that the program to be given
here is to be even stronger than the
excellent one of last year. The man
agement has succeeded in securing
Ciricillo's famous Italian band, and
those who are up in band-ology
will rejoice at this. arrangement. Cir
icillo is one of the really great band
masters of the world. DR.. Thcs. F..
Green, one Of the greatest orators in
America, will be hearr and no less
interesting will be Ng. Poon Chew, the
Chinese scholar, journalist, and lee
turer. This man speaks perfect Eng
list and is one of the wittiest speak
ers who has toured America i'll recent
years. DR.. Seasholes, who has lec-
tured on all of the big Chautauqua
programs in this country, will be one
of our lecturers.
1t is probable that one of the most
unique features of the program will
be the lecture given by Frederick R.
Wedge, "the fighting parson. :"
Wedge was at one time one of the
country's noted welter-weight fight-
ers. He fought sixty successful ring
battles, and then love for worth
while girl led him upward through a
college course to fight other and mob
Ter BATTLES. Peter MacQueen, the ex-
plorer and author, will lecture here,
also. MacQueen was in Africa be-
fore Colonel Roosevelt went into the
wilds. He has seen all of the world,
and his articles appearing frequently
in the best magazines in America are
read by hundreds of thousands each
month.
One Of the exceptionally good things
will be the appearance of Mrs. Will
liam Calvin Chiffon, monodramist,
known from coast to coast for her
art. The Dunbar Singing Orchestra
will be with us. This organization
is accompanied by Mrs. Dunbar her
self, and is probably the best that
the Dunbars have ever been able to
get together. No less interesting will
be the Lyric Glee Club, a quartet of
men who have been together for sew
eral years and were honored twice by
the government in being sent to Pan
anna to entertain the workers on the
big ditch. This organization is head
ed by Francis Ives Hendry, humorist
and impersonator Isadore Berger, a
real violinist, will be heard here in
company with the Elwynn Trio, a
notable company.
There will be provision for the
children all during Chautauqua week,
also, the Seton Indian games and in
struction being a distinct feature that
will prove of marked interest.
Nothing should be allowed to deter
from or overshadow Chautauqua week.
The support of the entire community
is necessary for its success.