The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-11-29
took for the Ellison white system.

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took for the Ellison-White system.
Her first summer was spent In se-
curing contracts for chautauquas. Il
being her work to go into town and
decide whether or not II was the
kind Of a town that would make q
success of chautauqua, and II she
concluded that ii was capable 1t was
her next duty to find enough of the
leading people of the town to make
a contract and cooperate with the
chautauqua system to make sue
cessful series of entertainments.
Succeeds in Landing Contracts
This means that the advance agent
must be able to meet strangers and
tell them about chautauqua work in
such way that it will appeal, to
them. She must also be able to not
only interest them, but interest them
to such an extent that they will sign
contract that means some financial
responsibility. Some persons can
interest strangers in project, but
never finish the subject to the ex-
tent of securing the signatures ON
a contract. Some can secure con-
CldSI dltOA 6HOIuCI pCloOu udS plV-
ceeded them and worked up the in
terest, but Miss Peck has the happy
faculty of doing all of this work and
in many instances she has gone into
a town and secured a contract in q
single day. The average length Of
time required for such work being
much more than that. It usually
takes two or three days to work up
peoples interest and get people to-
gether on q contract. Miss Peck re-
ceives q commission for each con-
tract she secures and by reason Of
her ability in obtaining results
quickly she has done4well financially.
Seeing Part of the World !,
Most young people have desire
to travel and see the world and this
opportunity to see the Great Domin-
ion was one Of the valuable things
In the work. Miss Peck has seen
Canada from Vancouver to Winnipeg
and from the Minnesota border
as far as there are cities
and towns Of any Importance. The
chautauqua system maintain a CEN
trail office for the cllautauqua at
Calgary and Miss Peck travels in ana
put of there in all directions. Last
she made trip to Juneau,
Alaska in company with number OF
other chautauqua people, 1t being the
first entertainments Of that nature
10 visit those distant pointa. They
'ook steamer trip up the coast by
way @. the inside passage aad en-
|oyed that rare scenery to the limit.
Miss Peck says the steamer service
IN the Pacific coast Is very poor now
Is all the best steamers are engaged
n transport work for the armies.
Canadians Anxious for ChautauquaS
Canada has very poor crops this
year owing to the drought and In
heir operations they found many
owns, where the people were act
tally. hungry for the chautauqua en-
ertainmentss3but could scarcely get
money enough together to buy sea-
ON tickets. Part, OF the time DUR
ng the past season she assisted with
he selling Of season tickets at the
lifferent towns and In that work they
took autos and went out
Jmong the farmers and stockmen.
Hiss Peck mentions one farmer she
vent to who was anxious to buy
tickets, but who had no money and
10 means by which Ito get any, but
70 had some pigs and said, half SER :
ously, hes would take tickets II she
ould take pigs, so tshe took two pigs
4 paymehtifor two season tickets.
he pigs were taken to town and
old to somebody who had use for
igs. She tried to7,make arrange
rents to- send one off'the pigs hyltex-
ress to the head office at Portland
8 d Joke for the management, but
he had. some difficulty in arrang-
liz to have d pig Grated for such "a
ing trip and lacked the time to give
attention so she passed up that
BIKE. fpi#ta
Trip Abroad Possible
7 The chautauqua people organized
party of jtwenty-one persons to go
, Australia this fall and entertain
! twenty-five towns of that contin-
Mt. The party will make the trip
/ twenty-one days from Vancouver
, Melburn and what we know as the
inter season will find them enter
lining Australians in their summer
sason. They expect to extend their
,rvices to South Africa, after the
ar and Miss Peck hopes to be at
lched to party to make one of
lese trips abroad. Size is very much
lterested in chautauqua work and
1joys 1t keenly.