Chautauqua Festival and Jubilee

              CHAUTAUQUA
Festival and Jubilee
All-American Circuit

Season of 1923

NOT THE BIGGEST
BUT THE BEST FOR THE MONEY


CLARE VAUGHAN WALES


EVERY NUMBER A GOOD ONE

DO NOT MISS A PROGRAM

A Dollar Subscription
Gets a Reserved Seat

SIDNEY, ILLINOIS
June 19, 20 and 21
Subscribe to the Festival Fund




FRANK RIDNER FIRST TENOR, READER AND COMEDY SKETCH ARTIST

A Pair of Rocky Mountain Warblers
The Rocky Mountain Warblers appeared on the Sunday evening program.  Their work was boisterously and sincerely applauded.  Over 5,000 people flocked to Chautauqua Park for Sunday's exercises.—Gladstone, Mother Chautauqua of the West, Oregon City, Oregon.


J. COURTLAND MORRIS BASSO AND MUSICAL NOVELTIES




REJUVENATION—Pioneer Modern Chautauqua Play
ENJOYS A POPULARITY SECOND TO NONE
Plays come and go on the chautauqua platform but no play excels Rejuvenation in popularity, according to committee reports gathered by the Billboard which shows an average satisfaction of 96.66 per cent.

This little play, which was first produced in the summer of 1914, has been at work almost continuously

SCENE FROM REJUVENATION
 ever since, traveling from Southern Florida to Northern Canada and from coast to coast.  It has been given in the smallest hamlets and in the largest cities and in every case hitting the bull's eye of committee approval.  Yet no impossible thing do we claim for this play.  It would probably die a miserable death as a production on Broadway, as would Up in Mabel's Room be a miserable failure on a chautauqua or lyceum platform.  Rejuvenation is clean.  It is full of comedy.  It is bound together by the strong threads of dramatic interest.  It has the heart interest so essential to successful plays.  It has a big dramatic climax which helps to make it a big play and not a woebegone collection of lines.  The women like the rejuvenating character of Grace Cartwright.  The men like political scenes and situations.  The children like the dude and everybody likes the play itself.  It is a real comedy-drama.





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The Rocky Mountain Warblers
The Morning Oregonian, of Portland, Oregon, says: A duet played upon a xylophone and organ chimes proved the masterpiece of an excellent concert broadcast from the Oregonian tower last night by the Rocky Mountain Warblers' Male Quartette, and the large audience expressed itself delighted thru many telephone calls.


HERB MORRIS Second Tenor, Impersonator, Leading Rocky bler




Prof. Abel Cantu
Prof. Cantu comes from a fine Mexican family of culture and education.  He was educated in the schools and colleges of his own land, as well as having done graduate work in American colleges and universities.  For two years he taught Spanish at the University of Wisconsin and lectured under the auspices of the University Extension Bureau.  He is a ready speaker, enthusiastic in style, with just enough Spanish accent to make his enunciation pleasing, He has been a successful chautauqua and lyceum speaker for five years.


PROF. ABEL CANTU
Descriptive Lecture on Mexico, the Land of Gold and Dreams






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Browne's Jubilee Singers
Entertainers Who Never Fail to Please
Rev. J. P. Watson, pastor M. E. church, Alma, Illinois, says: The entertainment given by the 'Browne Jubilee Singers' Saturday night, April 2, 1923, was a complete success.  They had a crowded house of appreciative hearers.  They remained over Sunday and took charge of the entire program Sunday night.  The house was crowded to capacity.  Our people will be glad to accept a return engagement.  We cheerfully recommend them in their work.

Secretary F. W. Blaker, Vancouver, Wash., writes the following on February 11, 1921: We were very much pleased with the Browne's Jubilee Singers and we will say that their entertainment was the finest of its kind ever given in this city.

Secretary of Elks, W. C. Kelly, Baker, Oregon, reports on December 10, 1920: I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Browne before the entertainment and was very well pleased with him and his appearance.  He was not forward but was very much of a gentleman.  Later I met the rest of the company and was equally as well pleased with them.  Their entertainment was first class and the Baker Lodge of Elks will recommend the Browne's Jubilee Singers.




ALVA M. JANES Entertainer

Scenes in South America
One of the pleasing numbers on our course is the entertainment by Mr. A. M. Janes.  Not only will Mr. Janes show pictures of wonderful scenes in South America, but he has an interesting story of his extensive travels in that country which it will be a real pleasure to hear.  His Trip Through the Andes and his stories of adventures in the wilder regions of that country furnish all of the thrills one need ask for, while the fund of information he imparts is of great value to any audience.





LESLIE I. PURCELL Lecturer

Present Day Problems
This is the subject of the lecture by L. I. Purcell, which our audiences will have an opportunity to hear.  Concerning him Hon. W. E. Borah, United States Senator from Idaho, says:

L. I. Purcell is a most forceful, clear and logical speaker.  He deals with a subject after he has become its master and with entire sincerity of purpose.

Mr. H. O. Bird, director lyceum at Aberdeen, Washington, says:

I have been interested in Lyceum and Chautauqua management for several years, and can say without hesitation that Leslie Irvin Purcell is one of the best public speakers who has spoken in our city.  We have had Roosevelt, Bryan and other great orators, but I was more impressed with Mr. Purcell's lecture than with any of the others.


FRED MORRIS Baritone ANOTHER WARBLER




Free Airplane Exhibition and Rides
An aeroplane exhibition is a new departure for a chautauqua, but as the All-American Plan includes the Festival features and as it is the desire of the management to make our Festivals all day affairs, with plenty of entertainment from early morning until bedtime, there is nothing we can conceive of that will be more interesting than airplane flights.  These will take place every forenoon, and each day free rides will be given to a limited number of subscribers to the local Festival fund.

Come in the Morning, Bring Your Dinner, and Remain for the Night Program



The Junior Chautauqua
The Junior Chautauqua program will cover four days, beginning one day before the Festival proper opens its first session.  All sessions of the Junior Chautauqua will be held in the morning beginning at 10:00 a.m.

The children's hour will consist of story telling by the Junior Supervisor, and games by the children under her direction.  A number of children will be coached and trained each day for a thirty minute program to be given in costume on the last evening of the Festival.

In case the tent does not arrive in time to be erected for the first day's session of the Junior Chautauqua it will be held in some convenient hall or school room.


ANOTHER SCENE FROM REJUVENATION





COMPLETE FREE DAILY PROGRAM
Begins With Airplane Exhibition and Free Rides at 9:30 a. m. and is Followed by Junior Chautauqua at 10:30.

Afternoon and Evening Sessions, Beginning at 2:00 and 8:00 o'clock



FIRST DAY
AFTERNOON
Browne's Jubilee Singers   Full Program

This troupe of talented artists will open the festival proper with one of their inimitable Jubilee Entertainments which have brought them words of praise from coast to coast.

EVENING
A. M. Janes   Lecture

The subject of this lecture is My South American Travels, and it will be illustrated with views taken on the ground in person.

Another musical entertainment by the Browne Jubilee Singers.



SECOND DAY
AFTERNOON
Miscellaneous Entertainment   Wales Players

The afternoon entertainment by this splendid company is but a foretaste of the delightful evening program.

Prof. A. Cantu   Lecture

Mexico, The Land of Gold and Dreams.

EVENING
Rejuvenation   Wales Players

This play is a top-notch production, and will have the boards for the entire evening.  In the hands of the Wales Players this three-act comedy has captured audiences everywhere.  It is a stellar attraction.



THIRD DAY
AFTERNOON
Mixed Musical Program   Rocky Mountain Warblers

As a prelude to the address which follows these musical marvels will give you a fair idea of the great treat which awaits you at night when they present their full program.

Leslie I. Purcell   Address
Present Day Problems

EVENING

Pageant by Junior Chautauqua.

Rocky Mountain Warblers   Entertainment

Impersonations, music on Organ Chimes, Xylophone, Orchestra Bells, Marimbaphones, One-String Fiddle, American Harp, and other instruments.  A fitting climax to three days of high-class entertainment and fun.



Festival Notes For Your Information

The Junior Chautauqua.
The Junior Chautauqua will begin one day before the Festival and will be in charge of a Junior Superintendent who will entertain the little folks with stories, supervise their games and train them for the presentation of a pageant on the last night of the Festival.  If the tent has not arrived the juniors will meet in some hall or school house on the first morning.


The Airplane.
The aviator who will give exhibitions and a limited number of free rides each day to contributors to the Festival fund, is a representative of an aviation school, and his purpose is to awaken an interest in aviation.  He is in no way connected with the All-American Community Service, but gives the free rides to our patrons as an appreciation of the privilege to travel with our talent.  For extra rides he makes the small charge of $5.00 in order to cover expenses.  Of this money the festival company does not get one cent.


Our Reserved Seat Section.
Some may ask the question, If this is a Free Chautauqua Festival, why the reserved seat section—why not treat all alike?  Certainly there is no one who will begrudge good seats to those who contribute their money to bring a three-day free entertainment to town for the benefit of others.  Neither should they be forced to go an hour early in order to get good seats.  Someone must pay for the entertainment and this is our way of showing our appreciation to those who have done so.
If you are able to contribute and have not done so, and if you want a seat in the reserved section, all you need to do is to sign one of the pledge cards and you will be issued a season ticket for every $1.00 you subscribe.




Recapitulation
We have given in these pages an epitome of what we plan in the way of entertainment for those communities supporting our Free Festival.  We do not believe it can be duplicated anywhere for the money we expect to get out of it.  We are doing our best to please you, and we hope to have your hearty support in return.  If our program and our way of doing business appeals to you, give the Free Festival a boost by signing a pledge card for as many times $1.00 as you can afford, and after you have heard the program if we have made good, and kept faith with you, give us a further boost by pledging your support for next year and urging your friends to do the same.

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