Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-08-31
Several Thousand Dollars
Worth Have Already
Been Reserved.
BOOK ORDERS NOW


with several thousand dollars
worth of tickets already purchased
| by the men who put uv thC S." ."
guarantee fIlt make, tEt r..~t ..t.s
season possible. a nI- rusf ... tn. rs-
manning choice seats is ,Np.cttt WHOM
the advance sale is thrown yuyu te
the public tomorrow.
Already orders tor scores % seats
have been booked lN Str-,t.r,
Cl1-cucc h. Douglas ot the chamber
of Commerce. Thus far tickets could
osly he purchased hv the su1rutors.
but beginning TOMORROW the sale Will
be open To the public First iu order
viii come those who have already APP
piled for reservations. After that IL
will be first come first ser ed
Cannot Fool Them.
That the people of oklahoma are
musical critics is shown by the fact
that thcr" has been as much demand
for tickets To I'll Trovatore" as for
Carmen. 1t was thought that
Carmen" would he the best draw
ing card on account of its specta-
cular qualities and the fact that the
star in the piece Geraldine Farrar,
has received such wide publicity. But
the public is apparently "on to" the
fact that Emmy Dcstinn In al
Troyatorc" Will be Just as great an
attraction as Geraldine Farrar in
carmen Tho orders received SO
far are about evenly divided, ana
a majority of the subscribers have
taken seats for botn nights thereby
getting advantage OF the Season
price which means about dollar
reduction uu every ticket
Ralph Baker secretary of the
grand opera committee, was busy
a. tiYl at in
shape for the rush that is expected
tomorrow He viii spend large
portion of the day I'm filling the ad
vance orders from out of town.
Secretary Douglas stated yesterday
that all orders for tickets must be
accompanied 10y the cash, bank draft
or postoffice money order, as no per
sunal checks can he handled unless
the parties giving the same are per
soually known to him.
carmen is to he presented at
Convention hall on Monday night
October 80. and oil Troyatore" ON
Tuesday night, October 81. The COM
pany consists OF the babllct, chorus
and orchestra Of the Chicago Grand
Opera company and the principal
stars, Il in number of the Chicago
company ana the metropolitan OF
New York.
company OF 100.
There viii be l5O persons in the
company The orchestra Of 81 pieces
Will Dee big feature. as well as the
chorus and ballet Of 60. The COM
pany will travel in "A special train.
The scenery alone will occupy three
large baggage coaches. \ crew of
trained stage mechanics will accom-
pany them.
All orders for seats should be ad-
dressed to the secretary of the Tulsa
Chamber of Commerce. Tickets may
be reserved over the telephone and
will be held a limited time. The
prices range from So to 81
The publicity campaign has already
been started and the effect is noticed
i'm the number of orders from out Of
town Six hundred newspapers are
running news items about the Tulsa
grand opera season Tons Of billboard
paper. autographs, window cards and
printed invitations will also he used in
the campaign " exploitation. The
Ilycchka club, which is joining with
the Chamber of Commerce in the
enterprise, has sent announcements of
the event To the president " every
musical club in the state and in every
community parties are now being
organized to attend the Tulsa grand
opera season.