The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-07-16
CHAUTAUQUA
COMING TO PLENTY
WOOD AUG. $40
Committee Making Arrangements
for Big Programs of Entertain
ment and Education By Ellison
White Co.

The Chautauqua committee, COM
posed Of the city's leading, business
and professional men met last We'd
nesday evening to make arrange
ments for the forthcoming visit to
Plentywood of the Ellison-White
Chautauqua. The Chautauqua tent
will be erected here early in August
and the first performance will take
place en- August 5th.
Chautauqua NO-PrOft
Cooperative
"The Chautaudua is a non-profit
taking, cooperative enterprise, hav-
ing as its purpose the double object
of entertainment, and education"
says a statement issued by the COM
mittee.
"There are no stockholders or pro-
fit takers in connection with the
Chautauqua organization. 1t was
originally founded and promoted by
Elhson-White, and for a while was
operated as an individual enterprise.
Later it was concerted into a coop
erative organization, the directors of
which are elected by the patrons,
| holding Season Tickets. The price of
amount which the directors believe
will be necessary to employ the eX-
ceptiOnally able talent to give the
entertainments and to cover the Ov-
erhead of travelling expenses, main
tainance of equipment, etc. If the
revenue of a given season exceeds
that amount after setting aside a
small amount towards a reserve fund
for emergencies, the surplus is used
in procuring even better and more
able talent for the ensuing season.
Thus it is clear that while the Chau-
tauqua is called the Ellison-White
Chautauqua, it does not belong to
Ellison and White, nor to the com
mittee of guarantors, but is III part
the property of every patron who
purchases a season ticket.
/ Very Best
/ Talent Used.
''The talent brought on the Chau-
tauqua program is the very highest
obtainable, the program is varied
/ between music, instrumental and vO-
cal, lectures by men recognized thru
out the world as authorities in their
respective line, and plays with es-
I
Season Ticket giving admission to
/ the full eleven entertainments is
just about the amount which you
have to pay in the city for an aver
age seat in one of their good theatres
to see one entertainment of similar
! quality.
Season Ticket
Verv Cheap
"The Guarantors have signed the
contract to bring this kind of an en-
tertainment to Plentywood, realizing
that they, together with hundreds of
others have little opportunity or
time to attend entertainments of this
class in the larger cities, and that
we all need entertainment of the best
! talent obtainable. The ChautauQua
will commorce- on he 9Th day of Aug
ust and continue throughout the ev-
ening of the 10th. The season ticket
will cost only about the same as
single admissions to three of the
programs and every cent spent for
a season ticket applies upon the
! guarantee, while single admissions
| do not apply in full upon the guaran-
tee. For this reason, and because
of the exceptionally strong bill
which is offered at this years Chau-
tauqua, it seems both good business,
and assistance to the community for
everyone who possibly can to obtain
a Season Ticket from the Commit
tee and plan to attend as many as
possible of the entertainments.
owe will next week give additional
information as to the Individual en-
tertainments which we believe from
the program submitted to us are of
an exceptionally high class"