Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-03-29

Henry atteFSon Will denver 1is Zee
ture ca Money and A0tnlsv in The
Poaers' this evening for the benefit q
the Press club. In recent. address. de-
liverec IN Philadelphia. the great editor
defined the worklngman a. follows.
Why. IN a country like this. should
any such body II nlen claim especisl
privileges or demand as exclusive prop
erty - themselves something not sharet
by any other section II the American
people. We are all workingmen. the
patient and Flooding scholar no lesa
than the collier IN the mines The edi
tor works. and the preacher. banker.
merchant. lawyer and doctor work. v hilc
il Is labor alone by which the farmer
tickles with hoe this rich soil of ours
and watches il laugh out harvest.
And the hardest worked man in tho
world Is the Office seeker AT Washington.
asking for that piece IL pie which "a
hard hearted president Is trying To
eliminate from his bill II fare.
Among other things he said:
The program says | am a democrat,
and, like Artemus Ward with his pan
Drama. can conceal il no longer. But
beyond that i am an American. and
shall ask some little latitude in treating
the subject before me FROM the stani-
point Of the universal nottingham. No
party can relieve any of vs. Of the toll by
which each Of US lives and moves and
has his being. Our duties and our obi
CATIONS are mutually fixed and we are
mutually dependent upon each other.
The two devils which are working our
country harm are the devil Of party
spirit and the devil 81 money. Beware
~ the man who places HIS party above
his country or his pocket above his cen
science. Remember the stories Of Judas
lscariot. 81 Benedict Arnold and of
Panama.
Colonel Watterson's lecture abounds
in philosophical epigrams. and one eau
not listen to il without being the wiser.
better and happier. Every man ard
woman in Grand Rapids should hear
him tonight
O.Out Of Sight" This expression used
by Chicago belle last week seems
coined expressly 10 characterize the tn
tertainment given by the Cornell Glee.
Banjo and Mandolin clubs. The audience
was entranced for two hours. as selection
after selection, and encore after encore.
attested the versatility and the musical
skill 81 the college xoubadours. The
climax Of the evening was reached
when Mr.. I. Il. Miller. the second soloist
Of the program. set the house wild with
his side-splitting humorous pieces. The
Cornell Glee club is like the Cornell
crew-an easy winner. The accurate
Instrumentation IL the musical clubs is
ma creditable az the perfect blending Of
voices in the choruses. BY all means
hear the clever collegians and realize
how delightful the college concert can be
made. In The Powers Thursday
evening.
The rehearsals are well under way for
the novel entertainment Of Living
Whist" Solo dances are being re-
hearscd at different hours during the
day in the third story 81 Mrs. &. r.
Judd's residence. the general rehearsal
in the evening taking place In the large
dancing hall in the third story of the
Hartman block on Fountain street.
Orders for tickets from ont ~ town have
already been received and the very large
hall bids fair to have its seating capacity
tested.
"Fontenelle" isa carefully written play.
Ii has much in it 10 enlist the serious
attention Of students III the drama, "a
well as series 81 situations that are ac
cepted with rapture by lovers Of ms'lo-
drama. MIR. ONeill confirmed in the
judgment Of the audience his right 10
be considered the foremost az American
romantic Philadelphia Record.
In The Powers next Tuesday evening.
OF the 300 persons that went 10 see
the Barlow Brothers minstrel show in
The Powers last evening fully twenty or
more remained 10 the close of the FIRST
part
~ Devils Mine" will be the attrac-
ton in The Grand next week.
There will be matinee in Smiths
today.