People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-06-02

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been many but they will not compar
with the future.
Our Rainbow" was a well writer
production OF Miss Annie Worden'
mature mind. She was OF the opinion
that no one ever beheld rainbows with
out wanting to know how they wer,
formed and OF what use they were. Tit
ancients did not know the cause anC
built their legends upon the beautifully
colored piece OF natures work. Each
life has its rainbow though the surround
ings are different and the raiubows are
subject to change as we grow old. She
cited the rainbows pursued by Jay
Gould, Columbus, Martin Luther, Mil.
ton, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Others
and said that while all did not reach
them, some OF those who did not aided
their fellow men a great deal. On the
sea-
Rainbow In morning, sailors take warning.
Rainbow at night, sailors delight"
A selection by Messrs. Weaver, Rich
ardson, Morris and Trowbridge was so
well rendered as to receive an encore,
after which the fifth graduate, Miss Jen.
ME Townsend, stepped around the flow.
ers which were beginning to cover the
stage and told about the Seeking oi the
Waterfall" One is rarely found who Is
perfectly satisfied, as it is human nature
to think something lacking. Alexander
the Great conquered the world aud then
wept because there were no more ma
tons to conquer. Newton, who discov-
cred the greatlaw OF gravitation, thought
it but play before the oceans OF truths
yet undiscovered. She cited Beethoven,
Longfellow, Whittier, Socrates, Emmett.
Tennyson and Others among illustra.
lions OF various ideas and thought il
no one tries they will not succeed. A
noble failure serves as we'll as disting-
uished success. 1t is better to do and
with will than not to do at all, for
although we may not reach the top, we
will do some good in seeking our water
fall.
The exercises were long, but the audi.
ence showed no signs OF WEAKNESS. The
ushers and the little flower girls were
kept busy carrying gifts OF bouquets,
books and pictures to those on the
stage.
Miss LOttie Wheeler sought to explain
"Modern Decisions" Her Grafton was
one OF the longest, but was spicy and
interesting and well delivered. Very
often persons are found whose chief
talent IS their Imagination. A person
with an imagination OF this kind can so
tell things to other people that they will
be believed whether they are true or not.
A person with an Imagination often &C.
Cumulates wealth and reaches the goal
OF his ambition. Persons hunting office
have the worst kind of delusion, but
they harm themselves more than Others.
The delusion OF nine-tenths of the men
is that they could make better laws than
anybody else if they we're put in proper
position. She gave an humorous des-
Cription OF the South Sea bubble, which
blew up like any other, but which was
allowed to be through the imaginations
OF the deluded people. The delusion OF a
tramp is that if he were rich he would
eat pie three times day and shove it in
with a gold knife. Wellington had a
delusion in the boom OF 'S6-'S7. She
thought every person was deluded at
some time or other. The mirage is ma
lures delusion. Nature and religion
suggest each other, and there are delus.
ions in both. In closing, she asked the
audience to consider her grafton as just
about decisions.
Miss Wheeler's grafton was followed
by vocal solo, Fiddle and l." by Miss
Lillian Worden, who is very popular
with Wellington audiences.
Walter Morris then undertook to ex
plain his views on"0ptimism vs.. Pessim
ism" and they we're good ones, too. HI
has splendid voice, spoke slowly anC
enunciated distinctly, the words keepin!
the audience in perfect silence. We hav,
heard it said that Mr.. Morris woulC
make good lawyer, both from learninl
and voice, and we have no reason tC
doubt it. He thought it is our good for
tune to belong to an honored race
, Some believe in the development Of tn
, race and some in misery and in letting i
take care OF itself. The friends Of to.da,
are not the friends Of yesterday. MAJ
, is vigorous and strong to-day and i
stricken down tomorrow. Civilization
has wrought great changes since the day
, OF the savages and one OF its creates
factors is education. Not only il
4 schools, but the social, intellectual an,
$ moral growth. We owe our liberty t
/ an unselfsh few. The religion OF to-da
s is the religion Of salvation; the religio
B OF olden times was the heathens CURSE
e Society is nothing without government
Our present standard OF civilization ha
developed from the chiefs OF clans who's
only law was might makes right.
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