Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-14

self in New York is greater enthusiasm
shown. From all parts of Kansas come the
rank and file of the brainy, intelligent peo-
pie of the Sunfiower state and for two
weeks there is the social intercourse which
does so much to promote the success of all
Kansas enterprises; the rest and relax
aticl from the everyday cares of life
which IS such treat to those who attend,
and above all the opportunity TO hear at
small expense some of the foremost men
on the American lecture platform to-day;
some of the finest music written sung by
highly cultured voices, and TO get great
deal of general semi-reigious instruction;
the privilege of attending conferences OF
the leading men and women OF the state on
all sorts of subjects, literary. phlanthrOp-
ical and all others that are of any possible
interest TO the citizens OF the prairie state.
This year there are additional pleasures
in store for assemblyites. There Is the
beautiful new Woman's building, which
will be dedicated on the nth and which
is 10 be called Prentis hall, partial rec
ognition Of the efforts of Mrs. Noble Prem
tbs. of Kansas. for the furtherance OF
home education for the women of her
state. 1t is Mrs. Prentis, of Kansas, too,
for though. through the accident of act
ual residence. Mrs. PTentis is a Missourian.
her long years of work for Kansas women
givei her that justly honorable title OF
which a true Kansan is proud indeed, or
Kansas"
Then. too, this year there is the new
art gallery. and Assembly hall will shine
filled with one of the finest loan collections
of fine art ever shown at an assembly.
There will be a number of fine paintings
from the Chicago Art Loan Association
and numerous private galleries all over the
country; casts and Photographic reproduc-
tions of the great pictures in the galleries
of Rome, Florence, Paris, London and
other art centers. And here will be given,
too, one of the new departures OF the as
sembly. a series of descriptive art lect-
ures which will embrace a summer art
itinerary which
class through Paris, Nice, Monte Carlo,
Naples, Vesuvius, Pompeii, Florence, Pisa,
Rome and Venice. This department will
he under the direction of Mrs. John b.
Sherwood, Of Chicago, an art lecturer and
philanthropist. who has been foremost in
the art circles of Chicago for many years.
Then there are the daily classes, which
will be presided over by such well known
instructors as DIR. Hurlbut, who is one of
the best known Bible instructors in Amer
lea. and who has just returned from an
Egyptian tour and whose "reminiscences of
recent foreign travel will be especially en-
1oyable; Almond f. Palmer, the reader.
who will have charge of the department
of elecution and physical culture; Graham
Taylor, of Chicago, the mention OF whose
name brings to mind all the wonderful ad-
Vances made along reform and philan-
thropic lines in the last few years in the
Windy City. and in which DR.. Taylor has
been the leading spirit; Professor S. +.
Cravens, who is known all over Kansas
one of the leading chorus directors of
the West and in whose care the music will
and his orchestra, which is composed of
carefully selected soiOists from the SYM
phOny orchestra in Kansas City; Ella Back
us-Behr. the talented pianist. who has for
years been the aCcompanist at Mother
Chautauqua in New York. and whose clos
ing engagement before leaving for Europe
this is; Mrs. r. Il. PTeusZner. the instruct
or of the young peoples and childrens
classes. and through it all and over it all
of that prince regent of Western Chautau-
quans, President Miner, of Chicago, who
has been for so many years the moving
spirit of ottawa assembly. Shoulder TO
shoulder with the president will be Mrs.
Noble Prentis. who has entire charge of
the woman's department. The newly ap-
pointed state secretary of the g. l.. s c.
is a woman well known i'm Kansas educa-
tional circles, Mrs. l.. b. Kellogg. of En-
poria. Herself teacher of note, Mrs. Eel-
loGE Is the wife of one of Kansas most
popular instructors and Kansas Chautau-
quans greet with pleasure this appoint
ment of popular Kansas Chautauquan as
state secretary.
Then of the lecturers coming there are
some that are old friends of ottawa as
Sembly and some that will make their inI-
tial bow on a Kansas platform. but all
are widely known and eacn stands well up
in the front in his own special field. There
Will be Thomas Dixon. II. Z. Bruner, Frank
Bristol. Z. NJ. Arthur. Bishop c. II. Fowl
er. George W. Balm, w. J. Bryan. Booker
T. Washington. Lewis Hanback,, Theo.
Bctkin and a score of others And Forest
park has put on its pTettiest dress of lovely
green to welcome all these; has resolved it,
Sele into a beautiful Whit city Tor their
coming and entertainment: has added
many new tents for the largely increased
attendance over any previous year. and
though to-day's services were Chautauquan
In their character. tomorrow begins the
real work of the assembly. All the trains
to-day were crowded with incoming Chau-
tauquans and the hotels are filled tonight
with people waiting until Monday to get
settled at the park. At the afternoon serv-
ice Rev. Thomas Dixon preached a strong
sermon on THE Larger Church taking
as his text Revelations, NNi:22: And l
saw no temple therein" There was ap
propriate music and a very large audi
enCe listened attentively TO the man. whose
wonderful power as a preacher of the Cos
pei is only equaled by his great versatility
a, a lecturer: this man to whom even
Tammany bowed its head. and whose in
fiuence in matters political philanthropy
fcal and religious in New York city is al
most unlimited At the evening service of
song. Professor S. F. Cravens conducted the
NEE ting.
The programme for tomorrow is a light
one in point of numbers. but promises
much In point of interest Dr. Dixon will
lecture in the afternoon on Backbone
and at night will discuss Fools At the
Woman's building. Mrs. Sherwood will
preface her foreign art talks with a leCt-
ure on the Decoration of Public Schools"
There will be a band concert by Professor
Behr and his military band. and a musical
sgd elocutionary prelude at night.