Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-04-20
BIG CHAUTAUQUA
PROGRAM BOOKED


rem have been enlisted, gives added IN
terest to the announcement the Percy
MacKaye's Sanctuary" will be pre-
sented by complete cast on Bird
Masque Night" with Ernest Harold
Baynes. to whom the play was dedi-
Gated, i'm the character of Shy, the
naturalist. Percy Vivian, so well re-
membered for his excellent acting
with the Ben Greets in former years,
will take the part of the Faun. Bird
stories and nature studies will be TAX
en- up at the Children's Hour each
morning looking forward TO the
Masque and the pageant by the child
rem in connection with it.
The value Of the drama in COM
munity life will be further illustrated
and emphasized on the third night Of
the Chautauqua by an address by
Harold Heaton followed by three one
act plays by the Parish Players with
special staging and lighting effects.
The four members of the cast are act
ers of high standing in the profession
and will give fine presentation OF
these modern plays. As this is Shakes
pears year, the morning hour lectures
will be devoted to the discussion of his
genius and the principles and prac-
tice of dramatic art. 1t is evident
that the drama will receive full re-
cognition both as literary form and
as force i'm American life.
Among the other popular features
of the program may be mentioned,
Everett Kemp i'm an Interpretation Of
J. G.. Hollands great wartime play,
"Sevenoaks;" Weatherwax Brothers
Male Quartet, one OF the best known
male quartets now before the public;
the Schumann Quintet, which is a
classical chamber-music organization
having a high reputation in the music
al world; The White Hussars, fine
band playing the highest quality OF
band music; popular lectures by old
and new favorites, such as Allen d..
Albert, editor and actor of national
reputation. Dr. +. T. Hagerman, a
divine in his denomination, William K.
Bennett, widely known as The Man
Who CAM" etc, etc.
We cannot better close this review
of the program of "Chautauqua
Week" than in the words of an edi-
torial in the Kenton, Ohio, News-Re-
publican:
Remember when you spend money
for a Chautauqua ticket you are in
vesting in something that brings divi-
dends. Education is the best pur-
chase that money can buy.
eyes, We know what so many say
about needing the time for business
and all that. But remember that all
business and no relaxation makes real
estate valuable in the graveyards, too,
because people who never relax, col
lapse before their time.
1.-THE average man spends more for
cigars within two weeks than II costs
TO purchase Chautauqua ticket
which would enable him to see and
hear some Of the most noted men and
women in America, men and women
who are shaping the public opinion
of our nation. and who are making
history.
"How much would most of us
gladly give if We could hear Beecher,
or Cough, or Wendell Phillips, or the
great Father Vaughan, who died a
little while ago at Dubuque? When
you spend your money for circus
you spend it for something which
gives you a few thrills maybe, but
that is about all. When you spend
the little money asked for Chautau-
qua ticket you have something left in
your brain and heart that will glow
and make of you a nobler and more
enlightened, more efficient citizen"