FINE NX XIO .D57 1905 CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY FINE ARTS LIBRARY D 1 R EbvX^ -OF- RELIABLE TALENT -FOR- MEN'S CLUBS WOMEN'S CLUBS MIXED CLUBS LECTURE COURSES CHAUTAUQUAS SCHOOLS ACADEMIES CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS FIRST EDITION 1905-6 REV. HENRY R. ROSE jfi' Editor and Publisher J>' 72 SOUTH STREET NEWARK. NEW JERSEY Reliable Talent ^fa^SSIFIBD INDEX. ART *Molineux, Marie Ada 11 BIBLE Roby, Maude Gordon , 8 Rose, Rev. Henry R 15 CHILD STUDY Cqoke, George Willis 7 Noyes, Edith Coburn 10 EDUCATION Beatley, Clara B 16 Du Bois, Patterson 13 Jaeobs, Etta Luella 13 HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY. Cooke, George Willis 7 Dxi Bois, Patterson 13 *Rose, Rev. Henry R 15 UTERATURE. Cooke, George Willis 7 Ebbels, Edgar Judson 12 Fleischer, Rabbi Charles 6 *Molineux, Marie Ada 11 Noyes, Edith Coburn ..,, 10 Roby, Maude Gordon 8 *Rose, Rev. Henry R 15 MUSIC Cooke, George Willis 7 Jacobs, Etta Luetia 13 Niekerson, Florence Amy 6 Roby, Maude Gordon & *Rose, Rev. Henry R IS Stevenson, Nellie Strong 12 White, Esther. 14 White, Mary Ogden 14 NATURE STUDY AND SCIENCE Cook, Frederick A 8 Do Bois, Patterson 13 Krebs, Stanley Le Fevr-e 3 *Molineux, Marie Ada 11 Smith, Dr. Randolph Kendriek II PSYCHOLOGY Kiebs, Stanley Le Fevre 3 READINGS, IMPERSONATIONS AND DRAMATICS Ebbels, Edgar Judson 12 Goodspeed, Victoria D 13 High, Fred 16 Niekerson, Florence Amy 6 Noyes, Edith Coburn 10 Pinneo, Dotha Stone 9 Peltier, Almas Pierre 11 Russell, Elsie 4 SoBthwick, Henry Lawrence 14 Star Lyceum Bureau 5 TRAVEL *AHen, Dr. Horace N : 4 ♦Oook, Frederick A ft Diwin, Emelene Abbey & *Fairbank, J. Wilder g •Rose, Rev. Henry R. , 15 *Lantem Slides. For Clubs and Lecture' Courses. ^imitr LEPE¥iE Kkm: In His Uiiique Lectures and Entertainments with Experiments SUBJEGTSi "Marvels and Mysteries of Miad" (with experiments) "Wonders of the World Within'' (with experiments) "Drifting" (lecture) "Two Snakes in Hden'' (lecture) ''Bouncing the Blues" (entertainment and lecture) "Mysteries of Mediums and Mind-Readers" (entertainment and lecture) ENGAGED FOti SEVERAL SEASONS IN THE FUTURE Harold Ryland, Manager Unity Club Course, Cincinnati, O., March 22, 1905. "One of the largest audiences of this year's course gathered in the Grand Opera House to hear Dr. Krebs. They were held by the lecture and subsequent questions for two hours and a half' and even at that ime were anxious for rtiore. It seemed to be the universal wish of our people that he return again nf xt year, and we shall hope to engage him for several of our seasons in the future." WANTED AGAIN. John A. Nally, Esq., Chr. Catholic Club Course, Cleveland, O., March 28; 1905. "Held everyone in absorbed interest for two hours. He proved so interesting- that after the lecture the greater part of the audience accepted his invitation to question him, and kept him busy for one hour longer. Everyone was pleased and voiced the sentiment that he would return again, and soon." II NIQUE P-TO-DATE PLIFTING NIVERSALLY USEFUL NCOMMONLY INTERESTING NFOLDS NEW IDEAS NVEILS MYSTERIES "That's so:" Rev. J. H. Foster, D. D., Anniston, Ala. J. H. Shaw, Bloomington, 111. and scores of other managers. GEO. W. BRITT, - Boston LABADIE - Philadelphia COIT - - - - Cleveland CHICAGO LYCEUM - Chicago COLUMBIAN - St. Paul, Minn. CO-OPERATIVE - - Omaha NEW DIXIE - Louisville HOME ADDRESS: Qreensburg, Penna. Reliable Talent DR. HORACE N. ALLEN, Late Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Empire of Korea is open to lecture engagements for the coming season. Dr. Allen has lived in Korea twenty-one years. He established Protestant missions in that land, having arrived there in 1884 in time for the revolution of that year, at which time he saved the life of the prince most powerful in the Government. He brought the first Korean legation to Washington in 1888 and returned to Seoul in 1890 when he was appointed Secretary of the American Legation. He was promoted to be Minister Resident and Consul General in 1897 and to the above position in 1901. Being relieved in June, 1905. Dr. Allen has two hundred and fifty colored slides for lantern illustration of his lecture. Address: Care of E. B. Townsend, 27 Kelly Street, Boston, Mass. niSS ELSIE RUSSELL announces a new Lecture Recital on Bret Harte. Her repertoire also includes scenes from Shakspeare, Songs of Hiawatha, Enoch Arden, Transfiguration of Miss Philura, the Other Wise Man, a Message to Garcia, the Lost Word, Aunt Belinda's Christmas Party, Backsliding of Miss Mindy, and Dramatic and Humorous Selections from popular and Standard Authors. For terms and dates address Miss Elsie Russell, 48 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass. For Clubs and Lecture Courses. THROUGH THE ORIENT WITH AN ARTIST! An Interesting Talk on The Mediterranean and Bible Lands. Illustrated by forty original painrings. showing all of the wonderful Oriental color effects as caught by the artist's brush. An interesting, ever fascinating subject. Representatives oF Clubs, Societies and Classes desiring a popular entertainment out of the ordinary are invited to write for particulars, terms, etc. Address, EriELENE ABBEY DUNN, Bryant Park Studios, 80 W. 40th Street, New York City. We Furnish Only Frrst=Class Entertainments (? Concerts Humorists \ Impersonators ' riagicians Vocalists I Instrumentalists j Cartoonists i Picture Plays ] Ventriloquists , Jugglers ' Popular Lectures < Illustrated Songs ' rioving Pictures i Illustrated Lectures Etc., Etc. Mm LTCE^ 1. Dramatic Recitation — "Old Ace" A Great Love Story. 2. ' 'Uncle Sam's Adopted Sons' ' Seven Dialects. 3. American Humor and Humorists 4. Shakespearian Recital — The Grave Scene from Hamlet Impersonating Hamlet, Horatio and the two clowns. 5. Abraham Goldstein, $ $ $ Liberty St. , Merchant 6. Gems from Riley, Carlton and Field 7. An Original Heterodoxical Conglomerated Monologue, on Love, War, and Spiritualism High 8. Baritone Solo — "The Sentinal Asleep." Popular Song— "I've a Longing in my Heart for You, Louise." 9. Impersonation— "The Horse Trade" — Arranged from the popular novel of "David Harum" Edward Noyes Westcott. 10. Mimical Pantomime— An Old Bachelor Sewing on a Button. Country Boy and City Girl Eating at the Hotel. 11. Ventriloquism and Polyphonism— Introducing a happy family of jokers, singers and talkers direct from the King's carpenter. Imitating bees, chickens, dogs, crows, pigeons, cats, pigs, sheep, a turkey gobbler, sawing, planing, a banjo, church bells, electric street cars, a planing mill running, starting, stopping, planing a hemlock board full of knots. Songs, jokes and artistic ventriloquial feats of "throwing the voice." 12. Closing Fun — The program is interspersed with funny facts, good stories, witticisms, original sayings, pathetic incidents, inspiring sentiment and sound philosophy. DIRECTION OF The Library Lyceum Bureau, HOMESTEAD, PEINNA. BERTHA KUNZ BAKER, Hamilton Park, S. I., New York City. IRecitale. Interpreting the Development of the Drama. PROGRAMS INCLUDE TYPES OF Ancient Classic Drama. Miracles and Moralities. Elizabethan Drama. The Modern Drama. French, German, English, etcetera. ALSO Series of Browning Recitals. AND THE FOLLOWING, GIVEN SINGLE OR IN GROUPS : Forces in Modern Life and Literature. Realism: Isben, Sudermann, etc. Romanttclsm: William Morris, etc. Symbolism: The Sunken Bell, etc. Mysticism; Naeterlink, The Celtic Revival, etc. Edmund Rostand: His Genuls and his Works. Stephen Phillips: Dramas and Poems. KIplini: "The Everlasting Wonder Soni of Youth." The Rubalyat: A Sweet Gup of Poison. Stevenson: The Gospel of Joyous Living. Browning: Vision and Taith. Richard Warner: Parsifal. Send for Booklet, giving programs in detail.