Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-23
OTTAWA ASSEMBLY CONDUCTED FOR
THEM YESTERDAY.
NEARLY A THOUSAND PRESENT.
SPECIAL EXERCISES FOR AND BY
THEM AT THE TABERNACLE.
Two Addresses by Colonel George w.
Balm, of Kentucky - President
MiIner Declines Recollection
Other Officers TO Con-
tinue as mt Present.

Forest Park, ottawa, Kas., June 22.-
(Special) This has been Children's and
Temperance day at Ottawa assembly, Ola
Sol smiled on the little ones and all day
long Forest park has been filed with the
happv music of childish voices and childish
feet have trod the somewhat muddy high
wavs and byways of the assembly grounds
And childish understandings have been
considered largely in the programme, toe.
There has been fair sprinkling OF dig
folks meetin's," but at the tabernacle the
wes Kansans ruled.
At the sunrise service DIR. Hurlbut con-
sidered Thomas, the Doubling Apostle.
At the normal class, DR.. Hurlbut took up
the Gentle church. The doctor is making
a most interesting series of these historical
sketches of church history. AT the W. c.
T. L. school of methods. Mrs. A. E Zah-
ner. Of Merriam park, state superintendent
of the LOYAL Temperance Legion Of Kan
sas. presented the aims and objects of that
organization in a well written paper. AT
the afternoon w. c. T. L. hour the Mer-
riam Park Legion, a band of little boys
and girls, gave a model meeting OF their
order and it was most interesting sight
to see the little tots, some of whom could
hardly talk plainly, gravely debating
whether or not the minutes OF the last
meeting had been correctly read.
At the Biblical institute, Professor Tay-
lor talked of child study and pedagogical
procedure, and in the evening lecture Illus
trated his remarks with statistics and
vivid description of the awful misery ex-
listing in ''The Patch" and West bottoms
in Kansas City.
Ms. Preuszner had very large attend
ance at her primary teachers class and as
usual greatly interested young teachers by
all coll an, hnr s4C
questions after which she discussed Psalms,
the poetical book of the Bible.
At the art conference, Mrs. Sherwood
took her hearers to Florence, where they
viewed the architecture of the city, the
homes of famous painters, the work OF the
sculptors and the paintings Of the pre-
Raphaelite school of Italian art.
The woman's council hours were filled in
the morning by Mrs. E. H. Richardson, OF
Hutchinson, who talked on public schools
and argued for their simplifcation; declar-
ing against the present "cramming
processes so much In vogue. In the after
noon Mrs. George Kinsley, Of Paola, dis
cussed the separating of high schools from
the common school system. AT Professor
McC,Iintock's morning hour, he took KING
Lar for discussion, and brought out the
weak points in King Lears character IN a
most Interesting way, showing why tne
Nemesis of wilfulness and ingratitude mad
overtaken the king in his helplessness and
At the round table, DIR. HurIbut brought
out the different methods OF reading MS
But while these "grown-ups" were busy.
the very busiest people were the chl9ren
programme. Preceded by the Ottawa Uni
versfty band, the children marched from
Assembly hall to the ta5ernaeie Whsre rs1Ts tney
were nearly 1000 Of them. The chlldren
sang; there was drill by Merriam PARK
L. T. L., an umbrella ,g1tIa Gria ,,Sy,,e-cIad Iy %
girls, with japanese umbrellas ana the
children's class of $50 children sang the
quaint Popcorn" song, so familiar 10 chll-
dren everywhere An especially interesting
feature was song by an l.. I. L. Oh little
colored girls who. determined to come 10
Ottawa assembly, had each one earned the
money which paid her personal expenses on
Then came the prince regent of temper
ance orators of America, the man Whoi
though a native of the land of beautiful
women and fine whisky" yet STANDS the
leading apostle of temperance ana soprlety
in America. He is, of course, colonel. and
when President Miner, in his most delight
full manner, introduced George W. BAN,
there was a welcome waiting which proved
beyond all doubt that, despite the rain, Ot-
tawa assembly is dry" in sentiment, at
least if not in fact. Colonel Balm is man
of charming cordiallty, with beautl1ul
kind blue eyes, and a heart as childish as
the tiniest tot who thoroughly enjoyed and
ed of ''Boys and Girls-Naughty and Nice,
and his frequent flashes of wit and humor-
Gus descriptions and Illustrations delighted
his grown-up hearers, who Waxed quite as
enthusiastic in applause as did the children,
to whom his remarks were specially ad-
dressed. ,,-,,,
meeting and annual election. There was
not the intense interest displayed that Is
usual at a Kansas election. and most Oh
the campaigning also differed materially; |;
for in the Ottawa assembly management
the ordinary rule Of politics is reversed ana
here the office chases the man tand
sometimes as In khe present instance. the
chase is not a successful one. For Presl-
dent Miner who has been in the assem-
bly, work here ever since its beginning
who has been its president for sixteen con-
secutiVe years, and who has probably
done more to make the Ottawa Chautau-
qua the big thing in kansas that 1t U.s.
was obliged, owing to his increasing du-
ties in connection with the Armour tnst-
tute in Chicago, to decline reelection as
president The election OF president was
deferred to a special meeting of the d.
rectorate, TO be called within three months.
There is absolutely no inkling at this time
as to DR.. Miners successor. as the gen.
eral feeling on all sides is that the secur-
ing of man to fill DR.. Miners place, even
from a standpoint of ability, II not the
heart place" in Kansas intellectual cir,
| cles, who have for so many years enjoyed
his assembly work, will be difficult mat
ter. DR.. Hurlbut was, OF course, unani-
mously reelected superintendent of in
| ninth assembly, and his reelection Is GER
| tainly a most cordial Endorsement of his
| long years of service. The local officers
| were reelected, Sandford Topping. secre-
| tary, has been connected with the local
| management ever since its organization.
and has served either as treasurer or sec
retary for fifteen years. Mr.. /. II. Stacher
was reelected treasurer. a position he has
| most acceptably filled three years. The
| personnel of the executive committee re-
mains practically the same.
Colonel Balm lectured again in the even
| ing and by request, talked of THE New
Woman and the Old Man" His definition
of the coming new woman was the wom-
| anly woman; and his sarcastic structures
| on the sins and foibles of the odd dn
| the sense of the old-fashioned) man, was
| the basis of strong argument for an i'm
proved human race; a higher definition of
| humanity; and a fuller realization of the
| relations of life in all its phases.
| Tomorrow will be one of the big days
| of the assembly, for II brings Bishop Hen
| dirk and that wonder of the colored race,
| Booker 7. Washington.