Birmingham state herald., 1896-07-19
The Chautauqua
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<uSupu--~A DAY OF GOOD THINGS.

| Miss Fond, the heroine an heiress whose
 wealth of kind heartedness and amiabili- ty is equal to her gold and silver; her fa-
 ther, Wall street magnate; Ward An drews, only one of many villains, and other characters. In this act Howe
 leaves the service of the unjust landlord
 and proceeds to enjoy life boarding out his salary. The great purpose of his life is to go to New York to search for his
 sister, whom one Andrews has secretly married about two years before the be- ginning of the play. Howe discovers this man among the guests and imme-
 diately conducted him to his mother. The scene between the old lady and the heartless deserter can be better imagin- ed than acted-and there the first act
 closes. In act II several new characters
 are introduced, the chief one being
 Warelee Rand, a New York sport after
 the English style, don't cher know" Virgie Rand offers Howe a position in
 her brothers office in New York city. After much persuasion and good assur- ance that Miss Rand had no designs on him, the old lady consents for him to go. Then another obstacle is in the way the elder Rand, according to the advice of the guilty Andrews, refuses to take | him. Howe, with characteristic yankee | determination, declares that if he has to
 walk there and beg his bread he will go. Here the entire party leaves for New | York.
 | Between act and act 8 ten years | elapse. In this interval various pleasant | things have happened. Howe had been
 made heir to a considerable fortune, and Martha, his sister, has been found by Miss Rand. Toward the end the couples pair off in truly romantic way, receive | the blessings of their families and are | married. Miss Rand and Howe devise | Peaceful Valley for their future abiding
 place. Hosea Howe Is an complication
 of the old Florentine proverb All things l come to him who will but Wait.' At p. m. avery enjoyable musical concert was given on the platform. The | orchestra played several numbers; Miss Susie Bishop, one of Talladega'S song
 birds, sang that sweet old ballad, Mar | guerite of Long Ago." very sweetly in | deed; Mrs. Ford, who is always received with applause, recited one of Longfei- l lows poems.
 At S:3O D. m. Prof. Charles Lane of At | lanta was presented, and delivered his l lecture, Lessons Not Learned in Books. | Professor Lane is humorist who cer- | tainly has no superior, and perhaps no | equal, mall the south. For more than | an hour he kept the house shouting With | laughter. And yet he succeeded in teach | ing many lessons not learned in books, and impressed on his hearers many ser1- ous truths. He convinced his audience | that education in its truest sense means | more than g. head full of book learning. | It is far more important to teach nice | sense of honor than the position Of Kamkatchka or how to extract the cube | root. Professor Lane spoke first Of the l important lesson of honesty. When all | the bushel measures in the world are the same size, then the millennium will come" l He preached the gospel of work and | declared that "hard work is the secret or | success. Make as few changes as possi- ble. Where will you find bread without stones and meat without bones? Not | over in Georgia" Lessons of patience, perseverance, frugality, manly independ- | ence, sound judgment and moderation | all so necessary in the school of life
 were tucked in sprightly, amusing sto- | ries like unto the proverbial pill in the l jelly. The qualification of his antiqua- | rian proc,ivities resulted in much amuse- ment for the audience. He gave num- | Der of curious epitaphs taken from coun- | try churchyards, the most humorous be- | ing this one:
 l Here lieth Mary Ann;
 l She never married any man;
 | She is now at rest on Abraham's breast l Nice for Mary Ann, but tough on Abra- ham,"
 After the lecture an informal reception | was given at Isbell college. Dr. McNeill | is the most genial of hosts and delight | full evening was spent A short pro- l gramme had been arranged and the | guests were highly entertained by music | from Grambs orchestra, vocal solo by | Mrs. Jarvis of Selma and recitations by 1 Miss Pope of Wilsonville and MT. D. l.. | Barker of Chicago. The social feature | of the Chautaukua is one of it's chiefest | attractions.
 l At 10 a. m. Saturday Grambs' orches- | tra gave an hours concert. By request Mrs. Moore of Auburn, our inimitable | Betsy Hamilton" recited Coming | From the Circus and responded to her | encore with "A Lesson in Elocution." | At Il a. m. Prof. Charles Lane made his second appearance. His lecture, "Talk and Takers" deserves to be | classed among our classics of humor. He is one of the few men who breaches what he practices. Of all men he is the man to speak on this topic, for our entire country can boast no more interesting and brilliant talSer than he. His philos- ophy on the art of Small Talk is unan- swerable, and his stock of jokes seems to be ineXhaustible.
 The city is crowded with visitors and every train brings. new arrivals.