The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1919-11-28
SUCCESSFUL FESTIVAL.

| Inc SuautduQua 1eStlVal tnat closed
a five day course Saturday evening
was a success in the way of enter
tainments and the receipts were suffi-
c1ent to meet the cost of the venture
without the small number of citizens
pledged to meet any shortage being
compelled to dig up. although there
was not surplus of income to be ap-
piled to future experiments along the
same line. The corporations engaged
in sending out lyceum attractions are
taking no chances of loss other than
those that may be caused by an unex-
pected interposition of providence,
such as the flu epidemic last winter
which hit all these lyceum companies
solar pleXus blow. Members of COM
lmunities securing lyceum courses
| sign pledge in advance to sell GER
| tain number of season tickets, the
amount from which sales is sufficient
| to meet the whole cost of the course
| if not dollar is taken in from single
ladmittances. If the stipulated number
!of tickets are not sold the pledgers
make good the shortage. The single
seat sales are not applied upon the
original amount pledged, and as the
lyceum people receive IS per cent of
these sales what comes in from that
source, and it is always quite a large
item, is clean velvet And the re
ceipts from that source are not to be
sneezed at, as the sale of single tick
a., l,yt,, 1ntn
over 500. SO it will be seen that the
Ilyceum companies play safe through
out. And, for that matter, they have to
or the corporations would quit the
business quick.
The series of entertainments during
the festival last week was not of such
high merit as to be classified as being
brilliant, but there was a happy di-
versity of attractions and Judging
from the amount of applause handed
out the bulk of the large audiences was
perfectly satisfied with what they
were getting. OF course, for the price
paid it could not be expected that
stars of the greater magnitude could
be included in the program but TAX
EN- all around the performances were
above the ordinary and were very en-
joyable. Travelling troupes Of merit
rarely reach an out-of-the-way place
like Oroville, but considering the
crowds that turned out to this Chau-
tauqua festival it is very evident that
1T would pay first class companies to
visit this place during the winter
season. The town would support, and
support we'll, two entertainments a
month during the fall, winter and
spring. At every performance last
week the Liberty theater was crowd
ed, even though many extra seats
were provided and on some occasions
there was hardly standing room for
those who paid for admittance.
The presentations for the week
were the two Parnells, musicians and
readers, for Tuesday night. Wednes-
day night lecture on South America
by DR.. Y. Whitefield Roy, who pleas
ingly handled subject entirely to
large for a single lecture. Thursday
night the Castelluicci Trio, two ladies
and gentleman, musicians and read
ers. Friday night Capt. T. Dinsmore
Upton in his lecture "Re-creation-the
Maker Of Men," a lecture with a
punch that carried message to every
member Of the large audience. This
was no doubt the best number on the
course. Saturday night the Soldiers
and Sailors Quartette. which was the
best musical presentation, as the
company was made up of ex-service
men who had good voices backed with
pep and humor that kept the big audi
ence either cheering or laughing all
| the time