The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-07-18

eon ol thc STete Sudutduquo cIoeco.
The thirteen days program has been
Of an excellence extraordinary. The
weather has been cool and especially
suited to campers, for only one rain
has fallen. The spring rains prevented
dust. although 1t made the grove al
most too damp for anything but the in
fiuenza. The rest of the grounds are
high and dry. though in the middle Of
the day somewhat sunny. The morn
ings and evenings are cool enough for
wool clothing. the middle of the night
Is chilly almost as the nights Of wyom-
ing. The Blue IA queer name for dark
brown, but Nebraska people are poetic
and the children make a Queen Eliza
beth doll out of a corn cob. the Blue, 1
say. within the space fenced of by the
ChautauQua, contains the largest bird
city or settlement in the country. Ne
braska is said by ornithologists to have
a larger variety Of birds than any other
ment 1t is necessar, to get up early
enough in the morning to hear their
chorus and part songs. Oliver Thorne
Miller or Burroughs would think the
banks Of the Blue an earthly paradise.
The people who make the Crete Chau-
tauqua assembly their annual vacation
are. for the most part. serious minded
plain people The smart set stay at
home. go somewhere else. or il they go
TO the Chautauqua, dress palmer. The
campers and cottagers always greet
each other when they meet even II their
standing has not been guaranteed by
an introduction. 1t is a pleasure to be
one of a community whose members
show only Kindness and good will to
each other. Even politics has little d.
viding power. except in a woman's club
Mr.. Bryan's nomination caused no dem
onstration in the shape OF brass bands
and fireworks. There were plenty
who. ike Mr.. WEIGH. would have pound
ed the big brass drum SO far as their
feelings were concerned. hesitated on
account of the intrusion of worldliness
into a pastoral retreat In its outer as
pect the life at the Chautauqua is pas
toral. There is nothing but the sheep
and the shepherds lacking. Morning
and evening the people go through green
fields with pals to one of the two els
terms on the grounds. Many of the
families got their own meals. They set
the table on the grass in front OF the
house. When they sat down they never
failed to ask a blessing. The specta-
Gle Of SO many groups of people sitting
with bowed heads in the open air
brought hack q sense Of the beauty and
simplicity Of the communal life OF the
shakers or community life of any kind.
q. Scott. who has been superintend-
ant of instruction for several years,
might play shepherd If it were not
work. The shepherds Of Holland use
long stiIts that they may see the sheep
who are pleased to conceal themselves
in bitches or on the other side Of knobs.
DR.. Scott would not need stills even in
Holland Perhaps II is because his
head Ii 30 high In the air that his Wis
Ion IL not bounded by the nose limit
that most people should take treatment
for. He sees things clearly and in re-
lation to other things and he puts the
result Of his long distance views In
simple. potent language that drips
kindness and federation all over an
audience.
Since his residence In Chicago he has
taken time for the study Of the higher
critics Of the Bible. Higher criticism
Of today IL q study Of the Bible as
Agaasis studied plants. which was an