Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1915-06-24
CHAUTAUQUA A
GREAT SUCCESS
FAMOUS INSTRUCTORS AND EN-
TERTAINERS MAKE WEEK A
MEMORABLE oNE-REFETITioN
NEXT YEAR ASSURED.

It would seem to be unnecessary
to make the announcement that the
first Chauta to be held in Pay
ette has been much greater sue
cess than could possibly have been
looked for, in consideration of many
things connected with the cary
stages of its promotion by enter
prising citizens who went behind
the original guarantee and local com
mittees who subsequently gave so
literally of their time in selling the
tickets and working out the details
That the Chautauqua just closed
has been suoh a sweeping success
is not alone the result Of the ef-
fective work performed by the peo-
pie of this city, but of the hearty
cooperation of our ne'ghbors and
friends of all the surrounding towns
and adjoining country, without
whose moral support and financial
patronage We could net have hop
ed for the very satisfactory results
that have been achieved.
The attendance has been far be-
yond our greatest expectations. The
weather has been ideal. The entire
program has been delightfully."- car
ried out. The Chautauqua manage
ment and the patrons have express
ed their satisfaction. We have far
exceeded what was required and
expected of us, in the matter Of a
guarantee for another Chautauqua
next year. We have enjoyed a feast
OF good things and have enjoyed
the presence and association Of so
many of our friends and neighbors.
1t has been worth while worth
many times what it has cost-worth
to this community in spiritual
and educational sense far more than
can be measured by dollars and
dimes.
From the hour of the reception
Of Nels Darling, the greatest boost
er of all the Booster" family, Fri
day evening, when more than one
hundred of our business men and
their invited guests sat down to
lunohecn in the spacious Y. NJ. c.
A. dining room, until the last lin
gering echo of the soul-sweeping
melodies of the Swiss Alpine Yod-
L, ID l,,+ icH thara
was not a dull moment.
1t would not be possible, in the
limited space at our command, to
attempt to follow the various in
teresting numbers on the program
and to do justice to the splendid !
array of talent that is employed by |
the Ellison-White Chautauqua Sys-
tenn the present season. There are
no misfits or fncompetents in the
entire array, not one who is even
mediocre as an entertainer of pub
lie audiences.
At the opening session Friday !
evening the big tent was filled to
overflowing. President Albert of
the local Chautauqua committee, Mr..
A., Gorham and Mayor Venable de-
lirSSeSSSrief Introductory speeches,
welcoming the Chautauqua to the
community and felicitating Their
fellow citizens upon the splendid
manner in which every detail of the
local arrangements had been work
ed out.
Superintendent Samuel E. Webb,
who has given such efficient and
satisfactory management throughout
the sessions, was then introduced |
and delivered pleasant address, out
lining the manner of handling the
Chautauqua program and touching
briefly onthe various attractions that |
were to make UP the weeks enter
tainment.
The ten o'clock morning hour has
been a feast of good things. Mrs.
Della Crowder Miller, who came
highly recommended to us, fully
sustained her reputation as Ices
ture recitalist and dramatic inter
prefer. 'Her Ben Hur alone was
worth the price of season ticket"
This was the comment made by
many, after her wonderful fnterpre-
tation of this wonderful story.
A delightful feature for the 1T
tie ones was the Children's Hour,
under the supervision of Miss Nelly
Van Hook. better known as "The
Indian Princess who has endear-
ed herself to ali who came In con,