New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-06
THE SCHOOL AT THE LAKE.
CROWDS FLOCKING TO CHAUTAuoUA
pENoMINAToYAL PRAyERMEETINGs 49, MRS.
FRANK BEARD cRTUsEs MODERN DECO

UNCONVENTIONAL PRAYER-MEETINGS - MRS.
FRANK BEARD cRITusEs MODERN DFco-
p,T1vE ARIA PIANIST HoNoRED.
rsY TELEGRAPH TO THE TkIBUrE-l
f,bau,anma Aug 5.-The crowds continue to pour
,,o tha 81 summer City, by every train and boat a'u
os a consequence the boarding houses ana noteis ae
c,mp,etely fun. The weather has been pisyius
havoc with the other summer resorts along the iao
hut Chautauqua seems only to thrive with cold a'lu
cloudy DAVIS and lowering skies. The temperature here
, davs has been such that the thckes OF wraps auu
,,srcoats have been in demand. The hotels along te
,ake repot business poor. Whenever there Is We'll
known artist on the programme the big Amphr'he'''
Is fairly packed with people, and many stahd arV"u
tids an the rows are four and i've deep, and many
Of the boys and young gymnass take to the rii.eis
The influx Of New-York, Philadelphia and pittsouiK
visitors in the last few days has heiped 10
swell the large number who are alreeuy
herr This was today's programme: At .
m college PRAYERS in College HAM,
a. H. women's Club, a paper on Decorative hl'
in the Home" by Mrs Helen A. Bearo, OF ST. L''
in the Hall OF Philosophy 10 a. m, devouohai hoa.'
led by DR.. u. NJ. Adams. in the Amphtheaue,
a. M lecture, "The Discovery OF America os "
fessor John Fiske, of Cambridge In the Amph'oea"'
40 D. H. grand concert with the following arus's
Nadome ReIle Cole william H. sherwood. schumann
ouartet Miss Annie Park Miss Bertha Waltzinger. III
the Amphitheatre D. m, lecture, Critics, ny "i''
Agnes Repper, in the Hall Of Philosophy r. me-
the c. l.. s. C. round table In the same pFtce y '
denominatonal ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IN the C"ap
Congregationalsts in the Hall OF Philosophy Ouhoei
land Presbyterlans in Normal Hall. Disciples III Nv"
cregational House. Luherans In Music hall, "e''o'9V
Fpiscopalans In the AmphitheatTe PIesby 'eraiie ~
the Temple Protestant EpscOpallans In the receP"o.
room of the Methodist Episcopal house. kelor'eu
Episcopalans in the Amphitheatre once Onea ~ ~
byerians in the United Presbyterian house ana o"'e
Brethren in the library of the Methoo'SO Ep. 80,
house 8 D. m, Wagners music draiha -.
and Die Goetterdaemmerung' illustrated ny i'"''
Moore lecturer and soloist. in the Ampmtheate'
Mrs Frank Beard, in her paper before the Women
Clnh this morriug said in part "This is called the
ace OF RACES and there is more truth thah hcuoh III
the remark There seems TO be a craze among "oheh
for making museums Of their houses, OF Tying riooo
EVERYWHERE OF putting up streamers and portes ove
every openlng and thus making horror vi 1e
house A genuine love Of art would not aiio"
woman TO lavish such Kind Of decorations upon net
homer The speaker scored severely Edward h"sseh
and his wall paper theory of shifting IT to the Col"
plexion. -
Professor Jdln Fske, the Cambridge historian, coh-
,rrad bis lectnres on early American history He
gave the genesis of the idea OF Columbus, when leo 10
tho discovery of America columbus said tle pro
fessor estimated the earth to be eseventh smae
than II really Is He exaggerated the iehg'h vi |i'
and supposed il to extend far east that us eis'o
COOS, would come 10 where Mexico IS. Then he sup
posed the island Of Japan woud extend 10 where o"oa
Is and he argued from verse in the APocrypha NAV
ono savsntb of the temperate zone waer and thnt
fhat would be what he would have TO cross, Which, us
lance he figured at 3 800 miles A.. A.. ortbor;t,as
Chancellor VINCENT announces tat '.e ,he nianisi
had decided TO call MUSIC nan !" h'No' VI WV f'
q sherwood Hall"