Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-06-30
CHAUTAUQUA IS NOW ON
LECTURES AND MUSICAL FEAT.
URES ARE FINE NE-TOMOEROW
IS LAST DAY

URES ARE FINE TOMORROW
IS LAST DAY
With chautauqua week nearly over,
from everyone is heard the expression
that this year 8 program was without
doubt the best that the Redpath-Va
ter people have offered here. And
still there are two days of lectures and
musical treats remaining that promise
to be equal to the programs of the past
four days. The program for today and
tomorrow is given below.
In speaking of this years chautau-
qua, Mr.. Graham, the supervisor,
stated that he believed that the at
tendance would exceed that of last
years chautauqua, and he believed
that 1T would have been record
breaker if the weather had been fav-
orable all week, but that this depleted
it considerably.
The return of the chautauuua again
next year has been practically assured
already, tickets being circulated last
night for the sale Of season tickets.
The proposition as far as the Redpath-
Vawter people are concerned will be
the same next year as in the past,
ST. 500 guarantee being necessary. This
amount, Mr.. Graham states, is only
60 to IS per cent Of the total cost of
putting on the chautauqua here and
the amount over the guarantee must
be taken in at the gate. The man
ner of handling the guarantee, how
ever, has been changed and for next
year committee Of fifteen local citi-
zens will have charge of the distribu-
tion of the tickets. Yesterday after
noon and last night tickets were dis
tributed among those who were at the
chautauqua, these tickets being in the
nature of subscriptions for season
tickets. Each person was asked to
mark on these tickets the number of
season tickets he or she desired and to
sign his or her name at the bottom of
the ticket as a guarantee, promising to
call for the ticket or tickets when
they are received and to pay for them
at that time. There will be no sale of
tickets by those who sign for them,
each person signing only for the num-
ber they want for their own use.
Little Falls may feel fortunate in
being able to get a chautauqua like
this one here as it is one of the larg-
est and best in the country and this
system is the largest one owned by
this company. It includes eighty-nine
towns and more than score of towns
are clamoring to get it, but cannot, as
the season is too short. The influence
of the chautauqua is permanent and it
is worth far more than many other
forms Of entertainment and education-
al institutions; it stands for the things
watses &no, institutions stand for ex-
cept the schools. =. .~'''E' 80.
Next year, Mr.. Graham states, it is
the plan of the company to renew all
its equipment, including tents, fences,
seats, etc. This is usually done every
four years, the life Of the equipment
being about that long.
"The Shackles Of the World'' given
by Chaplain E. H. Lougher, on Sun
day afternoon was the first lecture Of
the Chautauqua course. The speaker,
who has made study of crime and its
causes, in foreign countries as well as
this, having been connected for many
years with prison work in America,
gave most Interesting and instructive
address, telling of the progress that
has been made, and pointing out that
which in his estimation should be done
to help do away with the great expen-
diture and waste due to crime, also
pointed out the appalling cost crime
is responsible for in the wreck Of lives
and homes.
Henry Augustus Adrain gave an ad-
dress Monday afternoon, that was list
ened to with rapt attention, as he told
Of the remarkable work of Luther Bur
bank with plant life, his experiments
and discoveries, whereby new fruit
and new plants, much superior than in
their original state, have been pro-
duced and whereby the yield has not
only doubled, but quadrupled. He
said that the time was near when the
great deserts would produce food in
abundance.
COL Geo. Balm on Monday evening
gave talk that should have been
heard by every young man and young
woman in the city. It was a beauti-
full talk from gentleman Of rs years,
most applicable to the younger folks
on the duty and love they owe to their
parents, plea for |the home and
right living.
HThe Truth About Mexico' was a
lecture given by Hon. Chas. E. Scott
of Kansas, newspaper man, Tuesday
afternoon. He said that the troubles
in Mexico could all be traced to Gin
justice.' That present conditions more
represented those Of the tenth century,
it suffering from war, hunger, pesti'
lence and political chaos, and that the
many leaders were unable to control
their own following. He believed that
even though revolution should end in
the unfortunate land, there were nc
strong men to bring about the great
reconstruction that would be neces'
sary. He thought the only solution
was for this country, acting as a mis-
sionary not in a declaration of al
to 60 into Mexico and save it from
its incompetent leaders for the people
Of Mexico, retiring only when the
country was purged of its iniquitiet
and capable Of self government.
Opie Read opened his address OF
Tuesday evening with one Of his char
acteristic speeches, saying: g! an