Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-11-07
FOR Entertainment
OF SOLDIER BOYS
Plans of War Work Council, I. NJ
c. Association
FOLLOW TROOPS TO FRANCE
To Put On A Series OF Elaborate Show:
For A Very Nominal Admission.

The entire. OISdHlldtloH anu SAoNP
ment of the travelling Chautauquas OF
the country are to furnish entertain
mcnt for the soldier boys who are on
tJse- way TO the trenches. The \. NJ.
c A. has beer furnishing frequent
ara popular entertainment, but there
is demand for What the men term
bigh-Drow s;ufis-such as they were
accustomed Ia at home, and the
has arranged 10 supply II {.
To effect it the Chautauqua and ~
ceum movement of the whole country
has been mobilized by the National
War Work Council of the Y. NJ. c. A.,
and the tents and other paraphernalia
are on the grounds or on the way TO
the cantonmen.s. and the Lyceum and
Chautauqua Managers Association
has turned over a small army of lee
turers. singers. and entertainers OF
various degrees. the largest single
entertainment project ever attempted
| in this country.
This will not supplant the other
forms of entertainment which the Y.
NJ. c. A. has Teen providing in the
various camps, but will supplement
the previous work Everything fur
nished heretofore has been free and
| in large part has been produced by
| home talent-men in the camps. The
new feature, 10 be known as Red
Triangle Programs" will have the
| finest talent to be procured and the
men will be allowed to share in the
expense by paying a nominal admis-
sion of ten cents. Ordinarily these en-
tertainments cost from so cents to
81 90.
DR.. Paul NJ Pearson, of Swarthmore
| College. Director of the Chautauqua
Association of Pennsylvania, has been
| named as director of tho Red Tri-
| angle Programs" and he will have at
| his disposal the 400 Chautauqua tents,
| seating 1000 each, with folding chairs,
| lights and other accessories, and sew
| eral thousand entertainers. So far
| as is possible the entertainments will
be held in the big auditoriums built
or building at the cantonments, but
where they are not finished and at
the National Guard camps and other
| large camps, the tents will be set up
| and three times a week the men will
hear lecture on France" Trench
| Warfare" 1.-The Mind of Germany"
or other enlightening topic by one
| qualified to talk; or perhaps it will
be THE Chimes of Normandy" ''The
Mikado,'' "The Old Homestead" or
other favorite by a good company.
In each camp the entertainments
| will be in charge of a superintendent,
working in cooperation with the camp
| general secretary, who will learn the
kind of talent the groups of soldiers
desire and select it from the curricu-
/ liza Of the bureau. Many of these are
| preachers.
The "Y" is to move across the seas
with the troops, though it cost $15,-
GOO or more to put up hut in France
costing $4,000 to $1,000 here. The sol
diers of the Allies have asked for the
Y. NJ C. A. facilities, and secretaries
| are to organize the work in Russia,
France and italy in cooperation with
military, civic, and religious forces in
| the several fields. This will take
more money and will mean that gifts
more generous than ever must be had
to carry on the stupendous war work
which has been added to the other
work of the associations at home. 1t
is estimated that it will cost about
! SO a head for the 100000 Sammies
who will be on the battle front or on
the way there before winter is over
and about $S.000,0 10000 for work with
the Allies and prison camps until next
July, but the total investment of $685.
100000 will save countless lives, COM
fort thousands stricken by war, pre-
serve the spirits of the fighting men,
and bring victory nearer.