Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-09-03
Go OVER THE TOP IN
TICKET GUARANTY
FOR 1922 ASSEMBLY
ADVANCE SALE EXCEEDS 1000
GOAL EVEN AT INCREASED
PRICES - CLOSING PROGRAM
STAGED LAST NlGHT-MEET.
INGS DECLARED SUCCESS.

Ottawa reached her objective last
night in the sale of 1922 chautauqua
tickets and slid over the top with
a sale of l,0l5 tickets for the coming
assembly. instead of the 1000 which
had been set as the goal. The ticket
drive was made in two days, wherein
last year almost a week was cor
sumatd in selling The desired number
of season tickets. The fact that the
chautauqua directors met few days
the season tickets from Sl.50 to "
had no effect on the sale.
The assembly, which has been Q
very successful undertaking both frol.l
a financial and entertainment stand
pOint. came to close last night. One
thousand people listened 70 the clos.
ing program. The Venetian Trouba-
dours had the last word on the pro-
gram and left the audience with one
of the most pleasing entertainments
of the entire course in their minds.
The company is composed OF Frank
p. DeLuca, a native Of Venice; Mrs.
Frank r. DeLMcca, Miss Agnes Farrar,
and Miss Hazel Nyman all of whom
are now residing in Chicago. Mr.. De.
Luca possesses an exceptionally tinH
tenor voice and plays the guitar, Miss
Farrar is a soprano Of wide and pleas
ing range, Mrs. DeLuCa is a COntraitC
and pianist, and Miss Nyman, who is
l6 years of age, plays the accordion
l.,..x tII
would be a difliult matter to tell which
number made the greatest hit win
the audience The complete list Of
selections rendered last evening is
as follows:
20 Sole Milo" CNy SunshineD,
Italian serenading song ......
.....,............ Entire company
Solo "A Lullaby Song Mrs. D,Luca
Solo, u Am in Heaven When I'm
in My Mothers Arms. MIR. DeLuca
Accordion solo, Officer of the
Day March .......... Miss Nyman
Duet, Let the Rest of the World
Go By" ....,.Mr and Mrs. DeLuca
Solo. "Springtime" ,.....Aliss Farrdr
Musical number Mr. and Mrs, DeLuca
Aria from "Rigoletto," by Verdi,
"L'olonna mobile. Mr.. DeLuCa
Solo, Gypsy Love Song from
The Fortune Teller Mrs. DeLuca
Accordion solo, Poet and Peas
ant" ........,..,... Miss NymaN
Solo. 20 Magnetic Waltz Miss Farra
lmpersonation Of Carus0 in aria
from Il Pagliacci' ,,... Mr., DeIMca
/ Finale, italian Love Song ...
.................. Entire company
Congressman a Radical Restrctor,
The address Of the evening was de
/ liyered by Congressman viii d, Up
shaw of Atlanta, Ga. Mr.. UpshaN
spoke on ''The Americanism That
/ Win Save America" delivering al
address that greatly pleased his hear
ers.
"Americanism." he said. is a worC
of wholesome origin. 1t ought to h
a word Of patriotic meaning and ap
( plication, but the problems GROWN!
out Of the world war have taken tina
| word and placed it in italics. Toda'
/ Americanism means one thing to on
man and something else to another.
Il think the best definition | hav
: ever UtbIH given IOI amer ltditiNii
was made last year at a patriot
rally in Washington by JoseHhus Dan
iels, who said, I stand for 100 pa
cent Americanism and then some
The 100 per cent AmeriCanism mean
all a patriotic heart can feel toWar,
the country, and the then some meah
all the love on American can feel t.
ward the other nations Of the world.
I He continued his talk on American
ism saying, II do not think Americ
Is on the toboggan slide to the devil
| have faith in my fac. | have faitI
in the people under my flag, and
have faith in the God above my flag
He spoke Of the various problem
of labor and capital today, and toll
how he had always taken the man i
overalls for his hero He explaine
that a year age. during the overa
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