Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-03

xEEFxs.. sat in the outer seat o
the amphitheater. Mr.
Flagler had not begun to play the great organ
and though it was early the audience was al
ready arriving. for in these days of crowds ont
must be early in order to secure a good seat
The procession contained all kinds of Chau
taueua characters.
First there came the elderly maiden lady
locking with sharp eyes through the pair OF
glasses sitting on her thin nose TO see if anyone
has the front seat She is the one ubiquitous
character at Chautauqua. She has never been
assmilated into or eliminated from the Chau-
tauQua curriculum. Her lIfe-some 50 or GO
summers-has been spent in the scnoolroom
tutoring the children in "Ritin', 'rithmetic
and reading" and The amount of her knowl-
edge wanes with the number of seasons she
has spent at Chautauqus. II she has drank at
the fountain of knowledge for only q single
session she is very modest and unassuming,
and beholds with the admiration that the in
ferior always regards the superior her elders who
have been here for many wears, and who are
acquainted with every technicality Of the pro-
gramme and have heard all the lecturers who
have ever faced Chautauqua audience.
Proud of her record, indeed. is she who has
been present each year since the Assembly
started. She is both sage and seer. Quite
frequently she is "man-hater." but it all de-
pends. If she thinks all hopes are gone or in
some distant day she was disappointed in her
love ambitions she spurns the opposite sex.
Perhaps she is young and still has hope. Then
the way she smiles at some college professor
would outdo the most graceful attentions of a
New York society girl to the rich and ''eligible"
bachelor.
ANOTHER oLD.TIMER.
Close following her is another pioneer Cbau-
tauquan who sits in the pit of the great audi
torium, which compares to the ''bald-headed
row" in our theaters. A pious, sedate, modest,
unassumiug character is lie, usually minister.
He is in fact the typical country parson who
presides over his little flock and ministers to
their wants yea- in and year out for few hun
ured per annum and the kindly contributions of
his congregation. He came to Chautauqua
when il was a camp meeting and as yet hardly
perceives the immensity Of the idea. He likes
the morning prayer meetings. and takes little
stock in the "high-toned" entertainments now
so often given. Pious, good and true, honest
as the simplicity of his life, he constitutes but
an atom of the great mass at the Assembly
grounds.
Here comes the college student. 1t is a
musicale and he intends TO enjoy it Usually
he is a mixture of Latin, Greek, football and
cigarettes. Sometimes, however, the first
mentioned are lacking He is jolly fellow
is stuck on" his athletic self
There, the woman with the two little ones at
her side is the mother. She is sensible and
kind like all mothers and gains from Chau-
tauqua the best there is In it. The children
grow healthy in their romps and games rosy
checked and possessed of ravenous appetites
that make the boarding house keeper despair
for giving them ''children's" rates, and the
sun and winds tan the little hands brown as
those of the little Indian children who used 10
play on the shores of Chautauqua century
ago.
Sauutering up the walk comes the best fel.
low re find at any summer resort, the plain,
practical, everyday business man. Reluctantly
ne throws his cigar away as he approaches the
Amphtheater and takes the nearest seat. 1t
is be who thoroughly enjoys ChautauQua. He
does not take in all of the lectures attend the
college, nor does he care particularly if he miss
q whole day without an entertainment He
gets the full benefit Of the sallboats, the bath.
ing grounds, the OreezeS, the shade trees, and
his private box of cigars
THE EXQUISITE SUMNER GIRL.
Laughing and futing along comes the sum.
mer girl She is numerous and positive
quantity. She develops more popularity and
friends than any other character. She is pref
ty, dressed in the latest costumes with the mas
culine shirt front. a jaunty tennis cap and the
daintiest patent leather Shoes She fully real
izes that she is quite irresistible, and il
very polite with tae sparkling blue or
brown eyes and the viXenish smile. Ice
cream and soda water are her failings
and she caters to her failings with natural
instinct, as every young man knows to his
sorrow How cleTerly. how artfully, she leads
the poor, unsOphisticated youth to the regions
where the cool water and cream are found, and
with clever smile remarks about the shot
weather"
Half dollar, please" from the lips Of the
waiter finally Rwakes him from his dream.
Assembly HUrruid, PITTSBURG DIS
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leave and they represent the Chau-
tauqua small boy who swakens you before the
sun mp with bis cries.
What an interesting portrait would compos-
iJe photograph of all the characters make Yet
with all the differences and variations of char
acter that we find, how well they harmonize.
will Dot say harmOnize. but better, how each
one finds pleasure peculiarly suited to him.
self or herself
Two of the interesting characters that have
been here this week are Mr.. w. E Curtis, the
gress, and Rev. DR.. NJ. G. Lockwood, of Cleve-
and, who lectured on "Hypnotism." Mr.. Cur.
tbs is man of wide information and travel.
Mr.. Lockwood is man of wide observation
and comprehension.
NO SLEEPING PLACES LEFT.
"Roost in the trees or sleep three in a cot"
is the question brought home to the late ar.
rival at Chautauqua. Still they come and still
they stay. A Chautauqus boarding house is
like the proverbial omnibus-thsre is ALWAYS
room for one more. Several Of the Assembiy's
policemen have evidently joined the ''Sons of
Rest" No one enjoys pleasant nap under
the shade of a tree better than one of our
olue-coated officers OF the Law. Where there
are no trees they appropriate the artificial
shade OF an umbrella.
Upon the register of the Hotel Athepeum
are the following PIttsburgers: H. Hannach
James Robinson, J. w. Langdon, J. ID. DeeHis,
Mr.. and Mrs. W. z. GoodWell, ]. Clark VIII
iams.
A pretty sight is the lake. still and beautiful.
Three hundred rowboats are fitting about uver
the waters. Battle, row, dance and dream con-
stttute the daily routine at fair Lakewood