New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-16
.CHAUTAUQUA'S VISITORS.
A VARIED HOST FROM ALL PARTS OF THE
WORLD.
PERSONAL SKETCHES OF PROMINENT PERSON
AGES AT THE FAMOUS SUMNER
ASSEMBLY

of Chautauqua attracts 10 She Assembly oN0.S Fo''
visitors from all parts Of tho world. Ii'ofl''
diversion AT Round Tables IS the taking OF census OF
those present. by States and countres, and ONO ana
| Ncw.York arc generally found b predominant b''
| avery part OF America sends IT'S quota. IeNa''
rousiana and California have steady representation
Two well-known Gcorgians have JUST lett i'' N'r
| homes: a physician from southern Florida mas come
for the rest OF the blthc damse rom Hea'o
rcspondea 10 a recent cali IN the amphithea'T ana
| visitors from Dakota arc as plentiful as uo9S Hon
Maine and Missouri At the French and German
| cottages the MaiseTlalsc7 and the "Walch on the
| Rbines are sung in the original by native singers
The soft accents of Andalu,ia and CASTLE W"sIo VII"
the harsh dialects Of Bulgaria and southern husSh'
Dspper ard polite young japanese EXCHANGE coip"-
mcnts with prospective mandaiIns from the flo"efy
| Lard. and last week missionaries from thurman ana
the REGION Of tho Great Slave Lake compare" Icn'iIs
cences beside blazing wood fle
With resident population Of loss than 3oo uiough-
ont the year. ChautquQua blossoms at the heiSht OF
the season into town of $1,000 or 2o'oOo uhhaDF
| tants OF these the majority are students OF mem
hers of the Chauauqua reading circles Inc oiuatS
summer visitor stays away. though for what rtisoh u
h not casv 10 Determine. The surroundings are agree
able the scenery delightful the accommodations gooo'
and the people soclablc and polite, and. excepting
race course gambling house and hops, Chautalqua
po,sessc, all the advantages Of Saratoga lt'e lhcrO
| Is broad lake FOR boating and swimming ana h'h
are plentiful and easily shared Tennis courts are
scattered all over the grounds. Champion Daseoan
nIayers perform the National game. There are goon
saddle horses the drives arc interesting and pctur
c.Gue and shady groves invite the indoent 70 SWING
| in q hammock ami dozc In addition, mere arc
Iecturrs and entertainments by the dozen. whch ono
may or may not attend In dress one may be rs CON
ventiOnaI or as unconventional as ono p'a''' IN'
temperature IS delightfully."- low. Really hot days arc
unknown and at n. ht blankets arc in request for
the Lake + any number of feet above the s'a lcVc anu
| all the attendant blessings are the lot Of HIN VINO
turneth his steps toward Chautauqua. The person
ality OF some OF it, residents fu!l oil interest
The venerable Ex-Governor II. NJ. Bl~Aop' OF oh'o'
has been here two three times of laio also br'
| J. W. Bashford the newly elected president OF 'he
| WESLEYAN University at Delaware, OhlO' al" L. =
| Rust long secretary of the Freedmans Ad A'soc@-
ton which supplied the south with teachers oul1nS
reconstruction days. Or JOAN Davis, leading pny
clan of Cincinnati has bcc in the habit OF vSihhS
Cbautauqua for several years, and Is well known anu
| highly rc,peccd lie Is a clos, friend Of eAPr'S-
dent HAYES and his family is president OF the Ohlon
| Central life Insurance Company of Cincinnati and
| prcsldcnt Of the Law and Order League. II Is 10
him that Cincinnati owes u, sunday closing OF sa-
oons and the recent contests with the laW-breahefs
arc alr,o, entirely the result Of his personal EFFORTS
| for the enforcement Of the law. Il am not ITO
bibnjonfst- he AYERS although believe In stopping
the sale OF liquor altogether II possible. hW 10
believe In carrying ont the law o'r I"'''' ''"
missioner, announced that if citizen found saloon
keeper doing business sunday and called on am
officer to arrest hinl the officer bound 10 comply
| Tho League Immediately took advantage OF thh
opinion Every saoonkecprr that We codld lay hahlS
On found to his surprise that there was p"wer IN me
law after all. and where one arrest was not eutCNc
| We made two and sometimes three in tho same place
on the same day until there was no longer anybody
left 10 arrest. We are hopeful mat our present sue
cess may be pcimanent.7
Clement Studcbakcr Of South Bend. Ind. ono Of
the trustees OF Chautauqua, and perhaps the largest
wagon-manufqcturcr in the United states Il qulet,
Notwithstanding man with dark hair and ewes ana
a long gray beard. lie is one of the commissioners
10 the Conference Of American Republics, appointed
by President Harrison. and speaks hopefully OF no
commercial benefits which better under~ ahdihg WIN
tho Central AMI South American countries may pro-
mote. John Brown. wealthy Chicago banker j.
another trustee Mr.. Brown is a cn'ery anu pr"s
| perousiookns gentleman. with WHO 4oa'c' WIN
| would make a typical Inclc sam ii he were ONLY
little talrr He was COR many years in The oil bust
ness at bradford Penn. and made fortune there.
| Io was also at time an earnest Republican aW'
| voted for every Repub can President from Fremont
| TO Garfield. But after tho Garfield campaign Nc icl'
| from grace aud o!le1 the party OF General FISK ana
| Mr. ST. john who are now his warm friends lie
admits that in place like Chicago it would be folly
TO attempt TO enforce a Prohibition law yet he would
| regard il a. a crime to advocate halfway measures
! which might De expected 10 succeed All great sic
| cesses, he comedies, are the result OF ser'' oil
partial failures. but ne caIuo forgive Repuull'aif'
that they have sometimes "a lei ia temperance legs
Iation, and his impotence with them for accepting
temperance as political ls,u, Is not essened by the
fact that the party to which be belong, has done
the same Mr.. Brown was candidate for Mayor
Of bradford on the Prohibition ticket four or five
years ago but defeated
Ebert l.. Iampson, Speaker Of the Ohio Assembly
and candidate for the Lieutenant Govemorshp on the
ticket with Governor Foraker. is here with his wife.
Mr. Lamp9on was a member Of the Legislative COM
mlttec which investigated the Hamilton County tally
sheet forceres I'm 1888. and the author Of the famous
Dan Dal'0n7 resolution. which resulted I'm the pro-
ductiOn Of the missing records lie lives at Jcncr-
son. in Ashtabula County the old home OF Ben
Wade and Joshua K. Gddlngs and Is the Editor of a
weekly newspaper, The jefferson Gazette He has
held many local and state Offices and delegate
10 the National Convention I'm 1.s4. Mr.. Lamps0n IS
an enthusiastic admirer % Governor Foraker. and IS
pecalIy commcnds his recent letter to Mayor Mostly
Of Cincinnati. counsellIng him not TO trucMe to the
IIquor.powcr. q" think ours Is nvlncibe ticket
lie said this morning "Thc Governors popularity IS
greater than It was, and his majority will be al
least 5000 possibly 10000. Mr. Lampson Is tall
and wears fuu brown beard. lie is one Of the few
visitors who hahually appear in silk hat.
Dr. H. r. Palmer of New-Yorl, the welknown
writer on music. who until recently at the head
! Of the New York choral mon. mas charge OF AL IN
! musical departments at Chautauqua, ard many stu
dents from great distances to profit by hi
personal instruction. DR.. Palmer who comes Of
musical family PLAYED the organ In public when only
fourteen years OF age and began 10 teach four years
later within the last twenty-five years he has written
po less than thirty standard works aud his connection
with the Choral Union was abandoned solely that h
} might have more time for writing and occurring TIT
choral Union was started seven years ago by Dr. \
F. schaunler on the model OF a similar organization
IN England, and under Dr. Palmers charge from
thc beginning the methods employed being al Of hi
dcvisuc. TWfny thousand pupils have passed through
tho n,uuuio in New-N Orh and Brooklyn alone. am
Lranche, have been established all over the country
Or Palmer cnth, on thu subject OF American
- music We are already cNcclllng Europe he an
gucs IN all matter, which involve fertility of I'm