The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1917-11-23
THE CHAUTAUQUA SERIES.

The Chautauqua series of entertain
ments, that commenced last Friday
afternoon, and continued afternoon
and evening during Friday, Saturday
and Sunday, proved to be great sue
cess both in point of attendance and
in the character of the offerings. or
course higher order Of attractions
was to be expected Those at the head
of the Chautauqua circuits have a rep
utation to maintain. These series of
| entertainments are not arranged for a
| single season, but are made regular
| annual feature, and where companies
| are once booked it is always the aim
| and effort of the management to have
| the contracts renewed. If the best
class of attractions were not provided
the Chautauqua would soon fall into
disrepute and go out of business
The line of entertainments provided
for the Oroville engagement was di
versified, yet every number was of
high standard. The list included "The
Orioles" group of three young la
dies, delightful vocalitss, instrument
talsts and entertainers. THE Cosmus
Players" company especially strong
in dramatic role. The Hawaiian quin-
tet, with their weird melody that has
become such fad that troupe of that
kind always pleases an audience.
Moron Olson, a dramatic reader of
more than ordinary ability. With two
lectures, one by DR.. A. d. Carpenter,
an authority on astronomy, whose sub
ject was ''The World in the Making"
and j. S. Wallace, widely known edu-
Gator, whose object was "The Saliva
ton of America" And it may be added
that the lectures were not the least en-
joyable numbers of the series.
A Chautauqua campaign was an ex-
pertinent for Oroville, and the general
impression prevailed that a prolonged
series of entertainments would meet
with little encouragement in so small
q place, but all doubters were pleas
antly disappointed for from the atten-
evident that the appearance of attrac-
tions presented under the auspices of
that organization in the future will
find Oroville one of the best stands in
the north central Washington circuit.
Every performance was well attended.
even in the afternoons when large
crowds could hardly be expected, and
at the last presentation the large hall
was filled to capacity. Indeed, the at
tendance steadily increased from the
very first performance, showing that
the character of the entertainments
was such as to win immediate recog-
milton. Moreover, the audiences were
intensely warm and appreciative.
Space does not permit of detailed
report of each entertainment, suffi-
cient to say that all of them appealed
to the public on account of their meri-
torious character So well pleased
were those who attended that on the
night of the last performance a con-
tract was signed up for another SER
les of Chautauqua attractions for next
fall, and we hazard the prediction this
far in advance that the attendance
next year will be far greater than that
of the recent series.
In closing it is only just to give Mr..
Bartell credit for securing this excep-
tionally clever series of entertain
ments for Oroville. 1t was rather a
large contract for single individual
to assume, as the heavy cost precluded
any chance of profit commensurate
with the undertaking.