The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-07-04
CHAUTAUQUA
WILL BE HERE
JULY II TO q

r. L. Lee. advertising man with
the Redpath- Homer Siiautauquas. ar
rived in town today and is. assisting
the local committee in completing
plans for this years chautauqua pro-
gram which will be held here. July
18th to 23rd inclusive. I-itbographs
are being placed in windows of the
uptown stores. featuring special mum
bers Of the program. banners are
streaming from many automobiles an
nouncing the date that the chautau-
qua will commence and handsomely
illustrated booklets. fully describing
chautauqua are being placed in the
homes of our city Other information
of Interest will appear in the col
umns of the Daily Record. from ume
to time.
This Is the original Redpath-Horner
ChautauQua and IL may well be said
that this years program is a genuine
bargain in high class entertainment
patriotic lectures and popular and
classical music. Especially is this
true to those who take advantage of
the season ticket. for at season ticket
rates the price to each program
amounts to elss than The price OF "a
movie ticket
Special attention IS being called this
year to the children's work. Each
.~---f.n ,hx-- ~~lr, have .ha,r .vovro.
and supervised play. and under the
tutorshia Of Miss ulva Nelson. an ex-
perienced supervisor. they will pre-
pare for the great patriotic play.
-Llberty's Torch" which will be given
some morning during chautauqua
week. .Libcrty's Torch was written
especially for the children. b. Miss
Margaret Ho,chkiss. and offers the
-kiddies- q wonderful opportunity to
show what they can do. by way OF en-
terta;nins the public
There In enc number OF this pro
gram. that alone is worth the price
OF the season ticket" ssys Ar. Lee:
and that Is Montraviile Wood. Mr..
Wood Is the inventor Of the torpedo
With esfs. the tFoouftnns elea<xie
switch and hundred other inven.
tions. He demonstrates the depth
bomb. the gyroscope. radio active ma
teriai and a great many other inven-
tions that are being used In the, war
today. by the allies. lie has the
scientists ability to crowd wealth
of instruction into the two hours; he
is on the platform. and has estab-
iisised a national reputation Of Civ
ing the greatest demonstration on the
American platform. Never before in
the history OF our great country has
the chautauqua been more pecessary
and never before have We so much
needed the cheer and good fellowship
that chautauQua always brings. as we
do today. President Wilson has said
relative to the chautsuqua:
The work that the chsutsrqua is
doing has not lost importance because
of the war but rather has gained new
opportunities for service. Let me ex-
press the hope that you will let no
discouragement weaken your acsiv-
tiles nor that the people will fail in
tho support of a patriotic institution
that may be said to be an integral
part OF the national defense
Canon City always makes a Erea,
hit with the chautauaua talent" said
Mr.. Lee. Il expect that il is the most
talked of city on our entire circuit:
and when YOU stop 10 think thar this
circuit gives n seven day program in
i3T cities and these cities stretch
through ten states. from Louisiana to
California. this Is quite a distinction.
| met one OF the crew boys down
in Texas. last winter. and about the
first thing he said. was: Say, did YOU
make Canon City: that sure is SOME
town. All of our folks were loud in
their praise of your beautiful. city. the
Skyline drive and the Roysl Gorge"