The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-29
PREPARATIONS
FOR CHAUTAUQUA
Organization Formed with
Rev. A. V. Woodwork
President
ADVANCE AGENT
MEETS GUARANTORS
Entertainments Begin Aug. IL and End
Aug. 23-Single Tickets Higher, but
Season Tickets Remain the Same -
Outline of Program.


Officers and committees for the Brat
tIeboro Chautauqua, which will open
Tuesday afternoon, Aug. II, were elected
last evening at a meeting of the
guarantors, Rev. a. V. Woodworth of
West Brattleboro being elected president.
II. G. Metzner, the advance Chautauqua
representative, was present to confer
with the various chairmen of committees
He will leave tomorrow, and the second
advance man win be here for week or
more preceding the opening OF the pro-
gram. Mrs Munro viii be the superin-
tendent this year, this being the Iirst
time that woman superintendent has
had charge of the circuit in which Brat
tleboro has been included, and she will
meet the guarantors the evening OF Aug.
TO-
At least four musical entertainments,
afternoon and evening, viii be given, in
cluding the Kilties band, the greatest
Scottish band in the world. Lectures, IL
lustrated lectures, a comedy drama, Re-
becca of Sumnybrook Farm, Junior Chau-
tauqua pageant and other features will
be on the list of entertainments, as well
as a special Sunday program.
The Brattleboro organization Is made
up a. follows: Pres. Rev. A. V. Wood
worth: sec, Carl S. Hopkins; treas,
Harry c.. Freeman ticket chairman, Mrs.
Will b. Smith; grounds, Sanford A. Dan
iels: hospitality, Mrs. Ebert Simons ];
Junior Chautauqua, Miss Sylvia Crosby
and Miss Malva Roberts.
Mrs Smith already has arrangements
well under way for the distribution and
sale of season tickets, which should sell
more readily this year than ever before
because of the fact that the price of
single admission tickets to both the
afternoon and evening performances has
been advanced, while the season ticket
price remains the same as heretofore.
Aside from the series lecture by the
Chautauqua superintendent each after
noon, the outline of the program follows,
performances beginning at 2.30 and 7.30
O'Clock:
First day: Concert and
entertainment by the MeGrath Batting
Entertainers; evening-McGrath- Batting
Entertainers, and lecture. This Way Up,
by Chancellor George III. Bradford
Second day: Afternoon-Concert,
Suwannee River tnegrol quartet, intro
ducing banjos, guitars and mandolins
evening -Suwannee River quartet, and
illustrated lecture by DR.. Edward Burton
Mac Dowell, Around the World
Third day: Afternoon Russian Ca
thedraI choir, selected in open contest by
the former czar as the four best singers
in all the Russias; evening-Russian Ca
thedral choir, and lecture by DIR. Frank
Bohn on Revolutionary Europe.
Fourth day: Afternoon-Full concert
by the Kilties band; evening-Grand CON
cert by Kilties band, including solo mum
bers. Scotch dancing, and'the bagpipes.
Fifth day: Afternoon-Lecture by
Minosaku Toshi Yamamoto ON What OF
Japan? Jolly Polly, the Chautauqua
clown, and the McDonough- -Synott enter
tainers: evening Comedy drama, Re-
becca of Sunnybrook Farm, by Chautau.
qua players.
Sixth day: Afternoon-Junior Chau-
tauqua pageant, A Mother Goose Party
also clown and juggling program by
| Hughie Fitzpatrick and Wallace Have
lock; evening Lecture by Hon. Crawford
| Vaughan, former premier of South Aus
tralia on Australia's Industrial Crisis
How We Met 1t.
| The Chautauqua performers will come
| to Brattleboro from Winchester, n. III.
and will go from here to Ludlow.
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