The herald., 1895-07-24
ID cRAUTAUl)A ASSEMBLY
Early Morning at Dead Mans
Island
JAMES COOLEY FLETCHER
The Reverend Gentleman Gives a Lecture
on Pompeii
JAMES COOLEY FLETCHER
0rt6e Family the Unit of the State? Ably
and Exhaustively Discussed by nrs.
Alice noore McComas

LONG BEACH. July 23.-Getting up al
: o'clock in the morning after the Chau-
I Auqua exercises for a week may be easy
Tor an enthusiastic biology class, but it is
hard task for a reporter. Nevertheless,
Che Herald reporter was there to make
I sure that no item of interest escaped
him. There were ust 100 in the party.
The run from Long Beach to East San
Pedro was made in about twenty min
4 utes, and the crowd proceeded along the
beach and breakwater to Dead Mans is
land. By the time the desired point was
reached the morning light was just break
ing. The tide was very low. Some wore
Z rubber boots, some wore none, others
{ were in bathing suits, some out just for
fun. A great many sea urchins were
found among the rocks, but the mermaids
were evidently still asleep in their deep
caves under the sea. Star fishes, chitons.
limpets, few abalones. and also fur
octopuses, were among the specimens
gathered.
The vocal contest tomorrow afternoon
at 3 O'Clock promises to draw iull
house. The friends OF different perform
ers will be present, each expecting their
favorite to win the prize. Each contest
ant will be allowed to sing one selection
of their own first, and then all will sing
in the same order one song selected by
Mr.. Cornell, the director. There will be
q corps of five competent judges, who
will decide as to the merits Of each and
award the prizes. The 500 offered in
prizes will be distributed as follows:
Fifteen dollars each for first and $40 each
for second best soprano, alto, tenor and
bass.
The work in English literature has been
1 = ky1d nf tat
ings from their works or sketches of
special characters. In the opening lee
ture Mrs. Averill gave fine talk on
|choice OF reading. King Lear was thor
oughly studied, papers being read on
Lear, The Fool and The Sisters. Among
Others discussed were the essayists Car
Elyle Emerson, and Ruskin: the poets
Lowell and Tennyson. We have yet to
learn of Hawthorne and the chief OF hu-
morous writers.
In the study of j. r. Lowell this morn
ing Mrs. Averill presented an extended
and enjoyable outline of his family and
personal history, giving few short
Elections illustrative of her points. while
the Vision of Sir Launfa was delightful
1y read BY Miss Cuthbert. The literature
Glasses were well attended. The questions
asked and answered and personal op n
Sons given in an informal manner add
cd to the general interest.
Rev. James Cooley Fletcher, who lectur-
ed before the Chauiauqr o on Pompeii, was
born at Indianapolis, Ind, in 1923. His
)father was in his day an eminent lawyer
of Indiana. Mr.. Fletcher prepared for
college at Phillips, academy, Exeter. n.
H.. and graduated at Browns university,
Providence, R. L., in 1916, ''Sunset" Cox
being one of his classmates. Rev. ]. q.
Fletcher studied theology at Princeton,
N. j., but finished his theological educa-
tion at Geneva, Switzerland, under the
famous historian of the reformation,
Merle d'Aubigne. He is Presbyterian
clergyman. In 1851 he went as a mission
arysto Brazil, and while thus engaged was
United States secretary OF le- |
cation at Rio de Janeiro, and then was
9ormed that intimate friendship with the !
late Emperor Dom Pedro II which lasted |
during the lifetime of the latter Mr.. |
Fletcher. in connection with the late DI. |
Kjdder, w1ote work entitled Brazil and |
the Brazilians which has gone through |!
nine editions in America and England, !
and is u standard authority on this sub
ject in England and the United States.
In 1869 be was appointed by President
Grant as United States consul to Oporto. |
served a time as United States consul |
and charge d'affares at Lisbon, Portugal. |
When his term of office expired he went |
to Southern Italy, where he engaged in |
religious work. and also became regular !
for journals in New York. |
London and Paris. In 1890 he came to
Los Angeles, and is engaged in preaoh hing
and literary work. His daughter Julia is
well known in England and in this coun-
try as the author of kismet, Mirage and |
others works Of fiction.
Is the Family the Unit of the State?
was the subject of the lecture at 80 this !
afternoon by Mrs. Alice Moore MoComas.
Mrs. McComas comes directly from her
busy cares of the home life and knows |
whereof she speaks. She is filed with
enthuslasm on her important theme, and |
delivered her discourse in such forcible
and practical way that it could not help |
but interest the hearers. She began by |
tracing the origin of the family, saying |
historians do not agree as to the exact |
process OF formation. but all of them ad-
NIT that from the family have come all |
of government. We trace the |
progress OF government from the pa