Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1918-04-26
.ldIRD CHAUTAUQUA
WILL OPEN SUNDAY
Big Annual Event Comes This Year
with Wslghty Endorsement by
Wilson Admins. !. alton.
PATRIOTISM KEYNOTE THRUOUT
"Old Soldier FIddlers," Four Civil
War Veterans, Open Weeks
Bill Of 26 Numbers.

Next Sunday night marks the open
ing Of the third Chautauqua session
IN Demlng, and according to l.. T..
Flint the advance representative,
who arrived Monday night, will be-
The most sccessful ever held. The
event comes th.s year endorsed AMI
with encouragement asked for b,
President Wilson, who says. "Chau-
tauqua is an integral part of the mn.
honal defense Not only alone bv
the president is the work of the
Chanlauqua endorsed, hut by practir
ally all of the other prominent men
IN national life.
Mr. Flint was busy Tuesday ami
Wednesday evening addressing the
men at the various Y. NJ. &. A. head
quarters at the camp, where he n,
with a splendid response. On Wed
nesday morning he addressed all Tie
pupils Of the public schools, talkn.
IN the various rooms. A special pr,
gram has been planned by the Chau
iauqun people for the young folk
this year. "a Mother Goose Fe,-
tval, which will be presided over T.
u special instructor in pageant work
and the last day Mother Goose her
self arrives bringing with her a hi,
chest full of splendid costumes which
will be worn by the Youngsters TAX
ing the parts of the various charar.
ters told about in the Mother Coos
tales. The junior supervisor will this
year cooperate with the school
teachers, and arrangements have
been made SO that all pupils can ~
tend the Chautauqua programs.
According to the advance man the
talent this year will set new stand
ard and to those who have attended
the former sessions of the Deminp
Chautauqua, this means n great deal
Tor II is n known fact that these peo-
pie have an enviablc reputation for
the standard of talent which they
present from year to year. DR.. Lin
coin p. Writ, probably one of Amer
lca's best known war authGriiie..
who has Just returned from the
French, Flanders and italian front.
will he one of the prominent speakers
on the program. Under military cs
eori and with other prominent Chan.
tanqna lecturers, Mr.. Writ was SEM
q Few months ago to the war zone tn
learn more Of the thncs abont which
the American people are 50 deeply
interested, and this, hi third trim.
has made him an absolute AUTHORITY
on conditions over there. CAPTAIN
DeBeaufort, DR. Bushnell. Judge Al.
dcn--ln fact the entire program cnnld
be here enumerated and very com
pnmentary word be- said for each
number and 1t could not be put too
strong, for without question this pro
gram will prove 10 be an epoch
marker in the history Of Deming.
A ticket committee started worl
in earnest Thursday afternoon and il
Is said that thov have met with
good response from the local people.
The program opens Sunday night
with the Old Soldier FiddIers, con-.
posed Of two southern and two north
em men and youth in the uniform
of today. This company has for
eight years been entertaining and
preaching patriotism and are a most
popular number
The tent, which arrives the last or
the week, viii be set up where it wa.
placed last year, and the OPENING
guns Of Chautauqua will he fired
Sunday night. Chautauqua tickei~
have not increased in price this year.
except os the war tax is added. This
VI be collected when the tickets are
sold and turned over to the goger,
ment.
II is hoped that all Deming people
will heed the admonition Of the mon
higher in authority in tho nation and
will take advantage Of the Chaular
qua session and make tho Chautap.