Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-11-14
Chleaoo Rerald

CHICAGO herald
Prince WolkOnsky, Of 81. Petersburg,
Russia, had a packed and appreciatiye
audience az the Memorial Art Palace,
where be lectured on Impressions;
Sketches Of American Life as Observed
by q Russian" Prince WOlkOnSky has
been repeatedly asked TO give his i'm
pressions of America, its life, manners
and customs, and last nights lecture
was ia compliance With many requests.
In part the lecture was as follows:
Business is the Alpha" and omega"
of American life. IL is the beginning
and the end, the impulse and the aim,
the starting point and the hnal ambl-
tiOn. Nothing outside or it-no pleas
IRE, no JOY, no pride, no satisfaction.
Everything subseryient TO it. All
standards thrown aside except the
standard Of profit, which measures the
value Of things and OF men. In no
other country do they speak Of man
as being worth" so many dollars. In
other countries people work in order to
enjoy life; here they live in order 70
perform their business. 'The Office"
has grown more important than the
"home" and in this country Of liberty
life has become a slavery. People give
an impression like that OF so many
cooks who prepare n a tremendous hur-
~ delicious banquet which they will
never eat,
In the constant rush Of cable cars,
elevated and electric railways, the bells
Of the trains, the whistles OF steamers,
the rumbling OF the wagons, the click
ing Of the typewriters and the ringing
Of the telephones, / call to heaven from
y the depth OF my soul and say: "Oh,
take me TO some place wherethere are
no appointments. Make me forget once
that word, business, and let me realize
she inner sense OF life. "Giye me but
one day Of rest before I die"
IMPRESSIONS OF THE CHURCH.
In no country have I been asked so
often as here what church / belonged
20. it is natural, when one considers
how many divisions and subdivisions
there are in this country. or course
there are divisions every where, but no
where are they 50 marked and empha-
sized. Nowhere are they so spoken Of
and so looked at People advertise and
carry their denomination about with
them like a ticket they present at every
turnstlle. III they continue In this way
] shall not be astODished to see them
print their denomination on their cards
the club In one corner, the church in
the other. They seem To think that the
fact Of q man belonging TO 4 church es-
tablishes his moral value. The church
becomes an end 10 itself, instead OF be-
ing a gate which leads US 70 that hu-
manity to which we all belong. IL
becomes a principle Of division, instead
of being the strongest promoter OF so
liability. 10 becomes q screen which
keeps man apart from man, instead Of
being q bond TO bring them together.
No, don't ask every man to what
church he belongs; il is Of nOimpOr-
lance to you. IL is OF great importance
to him, but not TO you. What is impor-
tant 70 you is to see a man 10 his life,
and not 10 his church. 1 don't care
what a man does when he is alone with
.l1e40c. = want TO see him when be is
not alone, among his fellow men, and If
we are all honest and true in our lives,
OF what interest can 10 be 20 what
churches we belong?
AMERICAN CULTURE.
care you nihilist?"
This was a question a lady asked me
after having heard me speak on human
love and brotherhood at the educational
congress. Why words or humanity and
love should classify me among people
who use dynamite is q logical process 1
decline to penetrate. But what struck
me 10 these words and al those / heard
that night was 20 see how much people
TT a., g. Rma
sian was not worse than themselves. l
brought before them my most cherished
ideas. I gave Mem the best OF my
heart; put 10 10 the best words l could
find in a language which is not my own,
and they came and looked and stared at
me, and they were aStonished.
A very we'll educated gentleman, who
has been abroad aud speaks several
languages, asked me one day whether
the Bible had been translated into Rus
sian. i asked him whether be knew a
Christian nation who read the Bible In
q foreign language. This same gentle
man was a great and sincere admirer or
Russian music. But / don't under
stand your people" be said; IL can not
form an exact idea Of you from your
music. ] think your music is much too
good for such q nation as yours.
What could l answer except TO re-
turn the compliment and say that OF
Americans / had just the contrary i'm
pressiOn "I thought American music
much too bad for such nation IS they
are.
Society have found in two distinct
groups.
First group - Monday afternoons.
Beautiful homes, splendid furniture,
exquisite dinners, Softshelled crabs and
select company; silver, dOwero, crystal;
refined and charming manners, evening
dresses every night, a tone Of Informal
itv proclaimed aud emphasized, eternal
smile and everlasting chat Oh, indi-
viduality, where, where has THOU gone?
ONE VIEW OF SOCIETY.
Second group Drop ia whenever
YOU can; always glad to see you. Do
Won like that book? Keep DC, L don't
want it, Come up with me to Mr..
NJ. You will meet all your friends
of the congress. Are you going? 1
would like 10 have a walk with you.
Is this not beautiful night? Look a.
the stars. Oh, we do not get TO see
much OF nature here in Chicago"
A reception is q social entertainment
intended 20 kin all sOciaoility by de-
messing and leveling al individuality.
No Individual qualities can be displayed
Inv In ose who compose the receiving