Sometime in the 1890s (I think) the government funded a program to send culture out to the rural states. This involved touring art shows, plays and parts of plays, musical performances, literary readings and the like. I think the idea was begun by someone from Chautauqua, New York, but I don't know about that. A volunteer in each town or county arranged a place for the performance, sold tickets, and sent the money to the agency of the government who paid the artists and performers for their work. Thus plays that might only have been seen in New York or Philadelphia could be experienced by folks in the most rural parts of the country. Judy Ryden We cannot change the direction of the wind... but we can adjust our sails. jryden@roguecc.edu > From: Becky Applegate <becky_kato@yahoo.com> > Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 12:56:43 -0700 (PDT) > To: NECASS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NE-CASS] HICKS, White & Myers chautauqua system > Resent-From: NECASS-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 13:55:47 -0600 > > Plattsmouth Journal, Monday, May 28, 1917 Miss HICKS, representing the WHITE > & MYERS chautauqua system, an organiser, was here Monday and Tuesday, working > with the various local committees. The work consisted principally of > advertising the chautauqua and launching the sale of season tickets, which at > last accounts, 160 had been sold. [Can anyone explain what a "chautauqua > system" is? Thanks, Becky] > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >