of THE LYCEUMS
of THE SOUTH
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[Illustration: Southern Platform]
The aim of this department is to present to the readers of BOB TAYLOR’S
MAGAZINE, and particularly to those who are directly interested in the
Lyceum, all obtainable information with reference to the bright lights
of the platform—the men and women of real genius, whose work has
contributed to the establishing and development of an interest in that
higher and more wholesome entertainment to which all enlightened
communities are rapidly turning, from the coarser and more purposeless
forms of amusement. This being a department devoted to the particular
interests of the platform of the South, it is our desire to give special
attention to all worthy attractions which include the South in their
field of operation. We shall not “puff” the unworthy for a price, but
among those who come to the Southland with the genius and the power to
instruct, entertain and uplift us, there shall be none too poor in
pocket to command our columns and our full energies for the exploitation
of their merits for the benefit of the public. Our people are wide
awake, and the South is no field for the marketing of gold bricks and
wooden nutmegs, whether they be moulded in Dixie or manufactured in the
land of Yankee Doodle. While the Southern tongue is the quickest to
condemn a fraud or a fake, the Southern hand is the readiest to place
the laurel wreath on the brow which deserves it. As in everything else,
the jewels of the platform are very rare. There are too many paste
diamonds mixed with the real—too many so-called stars which neither
shine nor sparkle. Let us seek out the real and genuine sparklers, and
throw the light of our approval upon them, that they may glint and
glance on the platform for our pleasure and edification.
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