Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-03
MORE INTERESTING Grows the Alabama Chautauqua at
 Beautiful Shelby Springs. PLY soL0GY OF THE EYE
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 2 F oy and Ably Discussed by 3S Jr. s. L. Ledbetter of This : City-lncreased Arrivals.
Hy SoLoGY OF THE EYE

SHELBY SPRINGS, Aug. 1.-[Special Cor
 respondence. l-The prayer meeting this
 morning was conducted by Rev. F. F.
 Culver of Anniston. In analyzing the
 thirteenth chapter of First Corinthians,
 he said it naturally divides itself into the necessity, the permaneuce and the suprem-
 acy of love.
 At Il o'clock Dr. s. L. Ledbetter of Bir- mingham delivered sn interesting and in- structive address, in which he discussed
 the physiology of tbe eye, especially in it's relation to the school room. By means of large diagrams, which he had prepared for the purpose, he was enabled to show more clearly to his audience the structure of this most wonderful and delicate of all organs. He corrected the popular impression as to the nature of cataract by explaining that it is really a clouding of the crystalline lens. He gave, in regard to myopia, some interesting statistic which he obtained by carefully examining the eyes of 800 chill dren in the Birmingham public schools, and these he compared in a general way with the results obtained in a similar test by celebrated German oculist.
 At o'clock, in addition to the music furnished by the regular orchestra, con- sisting of Prof: L. Joseph, violinist; MT. E. A. Mel ,futist; MIN. A. Hungerford, cornetist; and Mir. L. Bernish pianist,
 thero was charming mandolin quartette by Professor Joseph, Mrs. M. J.. Meyer,
 Miss Stella Meyer and Miss Hannah Meyer,
 all of Selma. Miss Frazer of Union Springs sang "Answer,' and Miss Brown, with queenly grace and fine dramatic efs feet, recited Longfellow's "Skeleton in | Armor," and although she bowed her acc Acknowledgements for the ontinued applause, the audience was so persistent that she l was compelled to respond with an encore, | "The Kitchen Clock," and with still an- 1 other, "Trouble in the Family.o
 | In the place of ''your uncle, Rufus San. | ders," who was providentially detained in | Montgomery, Dr. Eager delivered a chaste and thoughtful address upon "A Drop of | Water aud What is in It." After de- | scribng the little world in a drop of water
 and the work that must be done by it's l tiniest animalcule, Ec proceeded to make | beautiful application to the every day life
 of each one of us, however humble. | Taking Caryle's "Do the duty that Mes
 nearest thee; thy second duty will already | have become clearer,' he completed Bull wer's saying that 1.-The philosophy of the | past is know thyself.' the philosophy of
 the present improve thyself, by
 is highest is use myself for the glory of God.' We must educate | ourselves, else our faculties will become atrophied for want of use. Blessed be 1 drudgery, for through drudgery comes the
 real culture of life, the culture that means
 most to us. The grace, glory and beauty | of landscape comes from the day when | dame nature was down upon her knees do- | ing her scrubbing work. and just such
 part does drudgery play in the development | of human character.
 The c. l.. s. c. round table was presided
 over by Professor Garrett. D, Miss Love read sd
 Worlds Fair" Mir. Hicks beautifully | told of wonderful picture he had seen in
 the Corcoran art gallery, Miss Brown read
 "A Statue in Clay," and Mrs: Charles | Ton toId of ha han a dArlUl1
 taking the c. L. 5. c. course. Already as
 a result of the enthusiasm here, two young | peoples circles, aggregating twenty
 members, have been formed to take the | reading course next winter.
 Besides "Dixie,' the most appreciated | of the orchestral numbers this evening was | "Merdelssohnia, ,' which won its way to
 the hearts of those who heard its exquisite
 strains. Miss Frazer, the beautiful teacher
 of physical culture, won golden opinions l for her rendition of Victor Hugo's descrip-
 ton of 'The Mob,' an episode of the
 French revolution, and was no less charm l an encore. Miss Frazer is gifted by nature l with a voice of rare sweetness and depth, 1 and she has had fine advantages in this l country and in Europe.
 Miss Hobson, in her remarkably clear
 and cultivated voice, charmed her hearers | with Hast Night"
 A surprise was given the audience in the
 singing in the Chinese tongue of "Jesus l
 Dabose, who were born and reared in the i middle kingdom, and whose parents are 1 still missionaries in that far away land. Dr. Eager lectured this evening upon Individuality. The individuality of the
 child is as sacred as the decaiogue, and he | who mars this individuality does harm
 more irreparable than he who breaks the l tables of stone. "Train up child in the way he should go'' is not a moral, but an | economic maxim, which means give him l that training for which he is by nature | predisposed.
 The attendance today has been the largest
 of the assembly. Among the arrivals are:
 Dr. 8. L. Ledbetter,. Miss Roberts, Bir- 1 mingham; J. B. Ellis, Mrs. Ellis, Orr | ville; 0. L. Boyd, Miss Frazer, Union Springs; H. L. Hicks, Misses Abney Ram | dolph, Nora Leeper, - Teague, Colum-
 biana; A. J. Marshall, Wilcox county;
 Rev. and Mrs. Butler. Childersburg; MT. l Ayeryt, Shelby; Hon. J. b. Graham, Ial- | ladega, and large numbers from Colum-
 biana, Shelby, Calera and Montevallo. l uc