New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-04

DR. EDWARD EVERETT HALE ON THE
ORIGINS OF AMERICAN PEOPLE"
INTERESTING LECTURE on SONS AND sIREs' BY
DR. HENsoN-DR. LAMAR on ''DIXIE'-PIso-
rEssoR jerks OF CORNELL. or THE
Guidance OF PUBLIC OPINION"


GUIDANCE OF PUBLIC OPINION"
Chautauqua n. Y. Aug. (SpeciaD-Chautauqua
has been struck with the coolest wave of the sea
son but that has not prevented people from coming
here
The School OF Pedagogy closed last week Among
the lecturers the Rev DR.. Edward Everett Hale IS
one Of the most prominent reception was give"
him by the members of the Chautauqua Literary
and Scientific Circle to which he is councillor
His course Of lectures was on The Origins OF 'he
American People" In regard to the Indians. Dr.
Hale said that in the northwestern States east OF
the Rocky Mountains. one may sui converse Win
Chippewas 10 whom their own language comes as
easily as ours to The lroquois race were OF SUI
perior civilization and had vocabulary wholly
distinct but with the exception OF these and their
allies. the Hurons all the Indians north OF Nor'h
Carolina and south of Tennessee spoke language
which the others could understand Ihe names Oh
many of our homes are taken from the Indian Ian
cuage" said DR.. Hale. "and our habits OF daily IN
dustry were also taken from them. The Cherokee
Choctaw and Creek tribes who inhabited the Cuff
States were the most civilized race found by our
fathers on this side OF the Mississippi River and In
social customs somewhat resembled the lroquois.
In speaking Of the Spanish element. the lecturer
stated that one of the curious facts that out OF
forty-fve States only two were OF old Spanish orr
gin as to names, Florida and California
The Rev Dr. T. 5 Henson OF the First Baptist
Church. OF Chicago. is one of the most interesting
lecturers who has yet appeared upon the Chautau-
qua platform. and ne held his audience speiIbound
for an hour with the subject of sons ana Sires
Il am both a and sire" he began, land con-
slider this one of the broadcast themes that can be
treated Westward through the gates Of Eden.
down from Asia over the trackless deep into New
York Harbor across the plains TO the Golden
Gate Oh the other side. rolls the tide OF empire
where 1t seems as II the problem OF destiny was
to be settled the conflict OF the future fought Such
/ h. oil
with peril and the more rapid the progress the
greater the peril and there Is peril by the incoming
hordes that thong our westward shores. Far be 1t
from to utter word against tho foreigner.
Among the noblest men that ever stood beneath our
flag and carried II on to victory are men with IN
pronounceable Names but years ago We gathered
the cream of foreign population to-day we take
the
shut the ports. shut the ports! we hear. tell
YOU shut the saloon doors and the ports safe.
Preservation of American spirit is preservation OF
the American Republic and our only defence Is In
the moral and patriotic power Of our people
England has Quecn-God the queen,
| Here We have twenty millions OF them, and God
save them all-they need 1t.
There IL great deal Of nonsense talked about
| the new woman / don't believe IN her. ! see
her sometimes in Chicago gotten up. a wheel
and there is nothing in the heaven above the
earth beneath or the water under the earth that's
like her"
DR.. A. w. Lamar. OF the First Baptist Church OF
Galveston. Tex. has ended course OF lectures
Dixie" The frs; Dixie Before the War
Seen by a Boy" In which he described the old
times a plantation. and gave some very realistic
scenes OF fishing and hunting expeditions. as with
dogs and guns and servants. the parties would
wade the streams and scour the woods By the light
OF pine torches. Dixie During the War was ORA
matte recital OF incidents In his own personal ex-
perience as a boy and cadet in the State Military
Institute of South Carolina. His closing lecture was
| The New South"
Thirty years ago when Lee surrendered" said
| the Doctor 1.-The South gave up all she had
hope and honor and God, and turning her face
toward the future. confronted by d problem
such az had never before confronted any civilized
| nation Her territory had been Under the heels of
conflicting armies for four long years her homes
were destroyed. her schools closed her banks closed
ana her social life turned upside down, and OF
this chaos she had to rise by her own efforts. y
cunous phase Of history followed the closing of the
war. The former slaves were the political rulers,
the whites were serfs and the problem of adjusting
themselves to new conditions confronted both
| t. beIore the war railroads were built on parallel
INES east and west throughout the country. Now
tthe North is tunneliing the mountains. and the
ooutn ~ tuhheihng the mountains ana both are
coming together. and learning that the prosperity
Tor each belongs to the other. And the greatest
movement OF the next twenty years Will be the
Galveston and make the North and South a flower
garden OF American citizenship"
Opinion" by P@fessor j. w. jerks. Of Corncil
University. was Very interesting and largely
Perhaps in no other country in the world" said
Professor jerks. rs so much stress laid upon public
opinion az in the United States and 1t Is practically
assumed here In public discussion that. when the
people express themselves on any question: they are
~. AT present the most prominent question before
every person we meet is ready TO EXPRESS an opinion
on the subject How has THIS opinion been formed.
the late depression in business. and being told that
wrong. 1t Is hardly too much 10 say that %
Per cent Of our adult voting population have de-
nto,era,ely made up an opinion after reasonably
a study OF the facts OF the case so public opinion
nonsense together With n"ences Of Various Ends
IN children are Of Importance at Chautauqua. Not
lectured on child NE and development. and last
TesE rro'essSr Walter Hervey president OF the
some Problems of Pedagogy" which was very In
Among other subjects was that OF "Chd's Play"
IA IN when he said that the fact Is universal one
though 10 the veSV IN ,he subject
thing The child lives In world very different from
ours and one which We cannot enter 1t is governed
OF which are handed down unwri,,en It's nhabi-
!hough often only OF the Imagination. and 1t has
truth, and realities that cannot be measured by
.n o'nsr o subjects Mere The Training OF The Land
Or W Davidson. superintendent OF Mountain
Lake PARK took his audience into the Heart OF the
origin who lived before. Christ and were called
lake dwellerR" but OF whose history nothing
much Is known. '
we ore living In a strange age" said DR.. David
heroes na rso to are US Ss e on rs Of
lived at all. But the Swiss do not doubt and his
picture hangs In almost every hut the mountain
side In 1913 constitution was adopted by Switzer-
land. and II became republic: but II is a hard
country to describe. for II has two religions three
languages, and twenty-five cantons, each OF which
is small country OF its own
Customs differ In these cantons People live in
places where goat can hardly stand erect and
men, women and children and animals occupy ono
small room. In these mountain Businesses modes
Of life are peculiar.
In some the marriage custom IL for the tailor
who makes the bridegroon's coat to invite the
guests. and the groom takes the bride home the
hef he la1ll linz 70 olro