Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-08-04
THE %CHAUrAUQUA,
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tiOns from Shakespeare, especially, and
was delivered in an abe and forcible
manner. We doubt it DIR. Freeman's
lectures excited so much genuine III
thusiasm us these.
VII WE LAUGH.
No one who has met DIR. Darling
would take him for a humorist, but the
lecture he delivered Tuesday proved
that he not only knows how TO deal
with theological abstrusities, but can
awaken Il spirit of exclamation in an
extraordinary degree. lie explained
the question "Why we Laugh" from a
metaphysical standpoint and proceeded
to illustrate it by humorous stories and
incidents in a; way that carried convic-
ton ut once that the speaker had solved
the question Alright. The audience was
kept in a roar of laughter through the
whole lecture, and the ridiculous was
portrayed in so striking a manner that
c%outagion spread and traces of its
! effects conld even be seen among the
| attendants at the evening session.
oBERAMMERGAu.
Probably the largest crowd that ever
assembled at the pavilion gathered
Tuesday night to listen to the passion
| play of Oberammergau. The interest
| was no doHbt awakened by the excel
lent lecture delivered OH the subject OH
Friday evening by DIR. Lasby, who was
him self a witness of the play. That the
audience expected too much vas mani
fest. and the disappointment which
some felt was no doubt due to the
trouble Which the lecturer had with
his instrument. which embarrassed him
Il great deal. The lecture was proceed
ed by some excellent music by the
chorus class, and by IL splendid cornet
solo and whistling exercise by that
queen of entertainers, Miss Rose
Bower. Prof. Murray gave a very in
teresting description of the play, its
origin ut Oberammersau, the road to
and location OF, the village. the habits
and customs of the people, etc. The
pictures, however, were not all they
would have been had not an accident
happened to one of the lenses during the
performance.
lDr. Anderson's lecture Oh the "Iath-
els of the English Novel" Wednesday,
was not ii whit less interestingthan any
former one of the series, and it showed
the most careful preparation. The lee
turer showed that he had spent years in
reading and studying the leading works
of fiction and romance for which the
English writer's of a latter date have
been so remarkable. Scott l}ulwer
Lytton. Thackery, Hawthorne, Dickens,
Cooper. Reade. and IL whole army that
have won fame in the realm of fiction
were brought up and their leading
works noticed and descanted upon. 1t
was tluly 81 grand lecture and our space
Is entirely too limited 10 do it justice.
Mrs. Cranmer's subject indicates the
nature of her lecture. She is president
of the South Dakota w. g. L.. U,
and Il more enthusiastic and better
posted III on subjects connected
with the work would be hard to find.
She stated at the outstart that the thiee
greatest questions of the day were the
labor question. the temperance question
and the question of equal suffrage. She
took up the two latter. and i'm Il lecture
which many thought one of the most
interesting yet delivered. made Il very
scholarly and exhaustive talk. She is a
pleasant, smooth talker. and while we
could not agree with her on every ide;
promulgated, we are free to say that
she is IL clear thinker and a: woman OF
great intellect. 1t was we'll received
and she made a host of friends by hel
wise discussion of these much talked
about subjects.
Not so large an audience filled the pa
vilion to hear DIR. Lasby as were
there on the evening previous. tut those
who were there came home full of ell
thusiasm over the lecture. Prof. Mur
ray manipulated the s%tereopticon ant
did it to the queens taste. The views
were all clear and distinct and were re
ceived with wonder and awe by thu
open-mouthed spectators. The lecture
opened with "a view of the Egyptian
obelisk at Central park, New York, ant
lSartholdi's statute of liberty. A seen,
OIL the sea was then given. which wa
very beautiful. The speaker awakened
considerable fun by his description o
the ocean voyage with its sea sickness
and the remedy he prescribed for it