CHAUTAUQUA

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 8, Issue 475, 24 October 1919, Page 2

CHAUTAUQUA

THOUGH ream- may bo written about Chautauqua, those who have not had the opportunity of experiencing a Chautauqua season will nevergetan adequate idea of the class of entertainment dispensed, but that the tare is beyond reproach may be taken for granted by the very fact of the company's world-wide success, and not only success, but repeated successes at every town it returns to. Including, as it does, many of the most famous lecturers and niusicians.it would be strange indeed, and a reflection on any enlightened community, if the movement was a failure. Anions the brilliant galaxy are such men as Judge G. I). Allen, one of the foremost lecturers in the United States, rind oik who has given over three thousand lectures during the past decade. Then there is Dr. ('aniline Giesel, who has an international reputation as a lecturer on health topics, while Mr. M. C. Reed, the noted authority <m civic and social problems, is included. On the musical side the Zedelcr symphonic quintet are collectively ami individually famous for interpretal ions o| musical masterpieces to suit the popular taste. A -tar of grand opera, who recently appeared at Nice, at Calais do < Mace, and who sang before the Allied Supreme War ('mined, is I lie doyen of popular tenors. One might go on enumerating the gifted performits, |,nt the mention of the names already given should convince anyone having any pretensions at all to being reasonably well-informed persons the quality is of the first water. Judged In the ordinary entertainment, the person who pays |o> for a Chautauqua season ticket will get at least M-. in cyluc Ironj the twelve session*.

! ~, ; All ova the Dominion public men <>l good icpulc have been only too willing to guarantee | the company against loss, and i we are glad to note that Puke! kohe residents have shewn an equally live appreciation of the value "of Chautauqua to the residents of the district, and to the younger generation as much as lo the elders. Summed up, it may be said that Chautauqua is the cream of the world's entertainment of its class, in that its performers are, as a body, unrivalled in ability, and have solved the problem of combining useful, refined instruction, devoid of any trace of the stodgy, with the highest possible degree of mental and temperamental enjoyment. As there is little doubt that all available seats will be filled, those desirous of availing themselves of the rare opportunity offering should lose no time in buying tickets, preferably season ones. A list of names of guarantors from whom tickets may be obtained is published in this issue,