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Show 1 RALPH PARLETTE PARLETTE A SERIOUS HUMORIST Busiest Man in Amei'ieu, Ralph Uur-lette, Uur-lette, Who Speaks Hero Monday Eve, Just Can't Help lieing Funny. . Lyceum managers say that no 3ther lyceum man in America regularly regu-larly addresses so many audiences ?.nd so many people as does Ralph Parlette, who appears here Monday evening, November 20, in the Elite Theatre. He is the humorist-lecturer, who, as editor of The Lyceum Magazine, has made that publication one of the most popular magazines of America. Ralph Parlette is a rare humorist md philosopher. His philosophy is if the homely kind that Is redolent if the fields of experience, his humor h of the Lincoln sort, lhat bubbles hrough everything he says or does. Like all real humorists, he is inlonso-y inlonso-y in earnest, and doesn't like to he 'filled a "funny" man. But he can't telp but be funny. Even his wisest hllosophy is wrapped in a smile. He uts a Parlette tag on everything lie ays and does, and that mean? lumor. Of late years folks have begun to ealize that behind the humorous nethod of his approach is a steadfast urpose to lift up his hearers, and he ias come to be known not so much 's a humorist, but as a philosopher vho says serious things humorously. A cheerful optimist, with imperlsh- able faith In mankind, Parlett e goes his way sowing sunshine. To hoar him is to come into contact with one of the big men of the American Lyceum. Ly-ceum. I Unfortunately the plat used at the first number of the Lyceum course j has been lost and the committee wishes each holder of a season ticket tick-et who has not had a seat reserved . to write his name on his ticket, in the space provided and leave it at the door next Monday evening. The seats will then be reserved and the tickets returned. |