Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-12
TWO IN EVERY BED.
Chautauqua's Teachers Draw Crowds
Too Big to Accommodate.
LOTS OF FUN AT A SPELLING BEE.
Mrs. Ewings Lectures on Cake Baking
Create q Small Panic.
ADDRESS ON ARTISTS AND ARTISANS

| ESPECIAL TKLEGRAM TO THE pIsPATcH.1
CHAUrAUoUA, July 11.LThis wa.
another perfect day at Chautsuqua The
lake steamers brought e1cursionists an6
new arrivals by the score, so that the camp
has blossomed into respectable sized city.
One enterprising peanut dealer has seized
time by the forelock and built small gran.
ary containing bushels of peanuts in view
of the unprecedented number of people now
here and those expected The cottagers
are already doubling up" their roomers;
that is, putting two visitors in one bed, in
order to accommodate the rush that has
thus early set in.
Everybody is pretty thoroughly tired out
over the weeks studies and amusernents and
will welcome the Sabbath as, literally, a
day of rest The old-fashioned spelling
bee" last night was great success. Nearly
hundred contestants entered the lists to
capture the prizes. There were young men
and maidens, freckled girls and frescoed
spinsters, and old men and women, over q
hundred in all, who occupied front benches.
Expectation ran very high, for the majority
of the contestants were school teachers from
the States of Ohio and New York.
Bets on the Ohio Girls.
1t was nip and tuck as to who would win,
and bets, with no money to back them,
were freely made on the Ohio girls
Prof McClintock, of Wells College,
Aurora, pronounced the words and
distributed them alike upon the
| Just and the unjust. Interest in the contest
| became quite intense toward the close, and
for a while it looked bad for New York
State, but q hard word came to the last Ohio
teacher and she had the misfortune to mis-
spell it, amid great applause and laughter.
She retired as gracefully as she could under
the circumstances, and the field belonged to
| New York. The contest had narrowed down
| to two men, one from New York and the
| other from Pennsylvania, and the Eastern
teachers had thus "downed" their Western
conferees. The winners were Mr.. Vincent
Aldridge, Brooklyn, first prize, and W. +.
Wickersham, Philadelphia, second prize
This was great day for the ladies. Mrs
Ewing gave one of her inimitable lectures
on "Cake Baking" this morning, and de-
spite the fact that she charged half dollar
for the privilege large number of young
and old ladies were present with note books.
1t is a weakness Of Chautauqua girls to want
to know how to manufacture angel food of
one description or another.
Why All Cakes Are Angel Food.
In fact, cakes go by the name of angel
food here, because, as rumor has it, piece
of one struck visitor on the
head some years ago, having tumbled
from cottage and made an angel of him
Whether or not this story be true, one
thing is certain and that is the Chautauqua
girl always causes an epidemic for cakes
The demand is greater than the supply,
whence it was that Mrs. Ewing's object les
son to-day was closely followed in every de-
tail by several score of actual or prospective
cake bakers. The students are required to
show what they can do in the line of cake
baking the coming week, and already the
male portion of Chautauqua are in agony,
and are arranging for extra supplies of pep
sin and other medicines that will digest |
even a brick
A curious Boston fad has just crept into
Chautauqua, for which Mrs. Ewing is not |
responsible, although it trenches on her |
department. 1t is the sale of baked beans |
in small dishes for cents package. A |
little piece of pork surrounded by a squad |
of sickly baked beans nicely packed can |
now be bought at the lunch stands for |
nickel, and this treat generally follows the |
afternoon exercises and occasionally just |
before retiring, and this is one reason why |
the Chautauqua girls think there is as much |
culture here at the Summer City" as in |
Boston. The shop dealers say that they sell |
plenty of beans, and certainly the beans |
look savory and tempting.
A Talk on Artists and Artisans.
To-day's entertainments were fully up to |
those of the preceding days. The Apollo |
Quartet opened the programme in the |
amphitheater this afternoon with fine con-
cert, and were assisted by Mrs. Jennie Hall |
Wade, of Brooklyn. The quartet, which is
composed of Messrs. Noble, Bruce, Wood
ward and Bunton, rendered some very en-
joyable selections and were frequently ap-
plauded. At 4 o'clock Colonel Francis W.
Parker, of the Cook County Normal School,
Chicago, lectured in the Hall of Philosophy |
on Artists and Artisans The speaker
said if he should take text it would be-
''Y our work makes you" Blessed is the man
who loves work and puts his brains into it;
more blessed is he who does that work which
best conduces to his own growth, and most
blessed is he who does the work that gives
the most to humanity.
There are two classes of workers in our
great world. First are those who initiate.
They observe an object and by their skill
reproduce 1t. Second are those who do not
produce the concepts formed in their mind
by the external world. They originate.
The first we call the artisans, the second the
artists. My purpose is to show the reflex
action of this work upon the individual.
Both adapt themselves to conditions, but
the artist rises above his conditions, while
the artisan only initiates.
The Application to Professions.
The speaker described the "case" lawyer,
and afterward the original or artistic
lawyer, who makes essentially new case
out of an old one; next the quack doctor,
who worked from books as compared with
the real physician, who brought his skill
and originality to bear on each individual
case. There were ministers who preached
their doctrines just as they were taught
them and who say they will preach the
gospel in their own stultitying way, whether
their audience bear or forbear, and the | I
audience generally forbear.
No great work of art can be successfully |
copied. The speaker graphically compared
.he original Lords Supper, by Leonardo
1i Vinci and the numerous limitations of
It. The speaker concluded by recommend
ing his hearers to be artists rather than
artisans. ,
In.the evening DR.. w. G. Anderson, of
;he Adelphi Academy, Brooklyn, and head /
If the School of Physical Culture here, gave /
/ delightful lecture on the growth of gym j
lastic work in the United States. DR.. j.
W. Seaver, of Yale College, also gave a
7ery interesting talk on anthropometry.
The stereopticon was used and many beauti-
III scenes were thrown on the canvas w.
}. Maltby, the champion bicycle rider, gave
! beautiful exhibition of his skill on the
Wheel after the lecture.