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Show CEDAR RESIDENTS GET MANY TREATS Chautauqua and B. A. C. Lyceum Lectures Afford Inspiration as Well as Wholesome Amusement. Cedar City residents have enjoyed j many good things dhring the past week or 10 days. The five days ''hnu-tauqua ''hnu-tauqua has been replete with "iiter-tainmeut "iiter-tainmeut of a high onTer, and the Lyceum lecthre on the night of Oct. nth at the II. A. 0. by Charles Howard Plattenburg on "Loyalty to the Home Town" was IDaotOrploCO, and could not fail to Inspire everyone who heard this rifted and entertain ing speaker with a fuller appreciation for the community In when they live and a new determination to do a better bet-ter part by their tome institutions. The Chautauqua lecture Monday evening by J. C. ilerbeman on "America's "Amer-ica's Need" was .inotht r masterly address, ad-dress, appealing .o one's bettc r Mile, not only in matters of patriotism, but i in behalf of Christ i.inity, geod morals land good citi.enshi,). ILs treatment of the subject of the league of Nations Na-tions was fair and conv incing, the po-, po-, sition taken being that the covenant should be ratified, but with tour rcs-I rcs-I ervations which ihould protect and perpetuate American institutions and traditions which he proceeded to en-illiterate en-illiterate and explain. Mr. Horbsmnn did not mince words I in dealing with mom o immoral conditions, but resolutely sie;.ed the serpent by its throat ami drew it into the full glare of the light, where it was dissected 'ind it horrors and dangers shown. Sergeant Gibbons, the intelligent and patriotic Canadian soldier, who after giving all he had in a physical sense toward the winning of the war, became such a factor in inspiring patriotic pa-triotic feeling and sentiment both in Canada and this country, for the securing se-curing of enlistments, promoting the sale of Liberty Honds and obtaining assistance for the Red Crosn, was one of the strong and popular attractions on the recent Chautauqua program. Sergeant Gibbons' lecture was given last Friday night and he was listened to with the closest of attention by the large audience which greeted him. j His earnestness, simplicity and sincerity sincer-ity won for him the sympathy of his auditors. Tin- musical numbers on the five nights program were (rood, an I the feast (dosed with an evening with the Maoris. On this evening a ballot was taken as to which w is the most j op-ular op-ular number on the pronnm, the result re-sult of which has not yet lieen announced. an-nounced. Before the close of the Chant ami. ut the committee was presented with the Chautauqua plans of the Ellison-White Ellison-White company for another year and selected a contract which call" for a five days summer tent program, to contain double the number of entertainments enter-tainments given this year, one in the afternoon and one in the evening of each day. This contract calls for a guarantee of not less than 81,000 "ind was signed up by a strong committee i of citizens. The date for next year's ' 'hnutnu- I qus will be arranged between the 20th I of June and the 10th of July, at 'he convenience of the company. It may be of interest to ninny to know that this year's Chautauqua was not only self-sustainm, bit in addition netted the community about $150 out of which to liquidate a small deficit incurred last year, take Pare of tin' few incidental ucpenscs incurred this year and compensate the wards . for the use of the Tabernacle, for lights, janitorial services, etc. Next year's Chautauqua, to be b ! I in the big tent next maimer, will be looked forward to with a great deal of interest and plcreiro. Cedar City is the only town in the OUthorn part of tin' slat", s. far as we are advised, to .ign U',1 for the Summer Chautauqua |