Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-05-20
FIRST PROGRAM
Of CHAUTAUQUA
GIVEN SATURDAY

weeks series of entertainments in
Americus yesterday afternoon, under
tie auspices of the Americus and Sum-
ter County Hospital association and the
Woman's club.
Promptly at 1915 yesterday after
roon the director of community sing
ing, Mr.. Dodge, told the gathering
crowds of the new movement, and in
short order everybody was singing
'The Star Spangled Banner" "Old
Black Joe" and America The Beauti-
full 1t was a new experience to hear
these songs sung in get-together
movement like Chautauqua and before
the week is over this participating
feature bids fair to be one of the most
popular events of the season.
Harry Dunbar, the superintendent of
this years chautauqua spoke interest
ingly and convinced all that his mis-
sion was one of service, and his ef-
fort would be to help make every per-
son who enters the big tent happier
for being there.
After the community singing in the
evening, the Bohemian Orchestra gave
a half hours concert. There is one
man in the organization who is pro-
grammed as a xylophonist, but it seems
that this ought to be changed to poly
phonist, for he seems to be able, either
with his vocal machinery or the cargo
OF contraptions around him to initiate
any sound, noise or music, with mar
vellous skill.
DR.. Martin d. Harden then spoke on
america and the World OF Tomorrow
The speaker was, indeed, forceful and
logical. He contended that although he
was a peace man, he was not a peace
at-any-price advocate, and said the fu-
ture tranquility of the world depended
on the total destruction of the German
military clique from kaiser down. He
followed the teaching of militarism to
it's logical results, and looked forward
to the day at the close of the present
catacylsm. when the world will devote
ell of its energies to the cultivation of
true brotherhood and the arts of peace.
While the present national stress has
interfered with the advance sale OF
season tickets, the women of the hos
pital board have labored hard and have
met with excellent success. The total
amount of ticket sales up to last even
ing was 1,6O0. The guaranty to the
Redpath is S1.750, and after that
amount is sold, one half of the sales
20 to the hospital board.
Mr.. Dunbar, the superintendent, has
generously extended the time of ticket
sale to Monday noon, in hope that those
who are late in getting season tickets
may get them in time to benefit the
ladies' hospital fund.
Speaking of the expenses of the
chautauqua, the superintendent said
last night: 1T costs this year $500
TO nut on every chautauqua, as TINS
wears program requires the services
OF over one hundred musicians, speak
ers and singers. Approximately two
thirds of this cost is assured by the
local committee, the other third COM
irg inthe way of single admissions.
Chautauqua is partnership in which
the mariners are the people, who agree
r. take the tickets, the Redpath men
who furnish the capital to finance the
enormous expense, the corps of eX-
,erts To create the program, the rail
roads who transport the people and
CONTINENT. the newspapers and adyer-
Using agencies. Without any of these,
no chautauqua is possible. With them
all an annual festival of inspiration,
entertainment and twentieth century
educational benefit is afforded more
than a quarter of million Americans,
who will all see the identical program
given here in Americus, at a cost OF
abont eighteen cents a program.
Mondays pragram is one funusuai
interest. Following the afternoon
community singing at 5:15 comes full
concert by the Beulah Buck ladies'
ouartet This excellent company has
for some years been ranked as the
leading attraction in its class, forming
as.it does. a singing quartet of excel
lent worth in addition to the numer-
ous other entertainment features pre-
sented.
In the evening at SIS they give a