Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-16
OTTAWA CHAVTAUQCA ASSEMBLY
AT FOREST PARK.
YESTERDAY AN IDEAL DAY.
DIR. HURLBUT DETAINED IN CHICAGO
BY DIR. GUNSAULUS' ILLNESS.
Professor Graham Taylor Begins His
Lecture Scries-WOmHn's Council
Has Not Yet Commenced BUSH
ness-Bethany Circle and Its
Bright Girl Members.

breeze 20 make pleasant the contrast Win
the intense heat Of the day before.
The exercises Of the early morning hours
were not largely attended. Owing 10 the
serious illness Of Dr. Frank Gunsaulu5 IN
Chicago, Or. J. l.. Huribut is detained
there His hours are temporarily being
hlled by other workers. The sunrise prayer
service was led by Dr. Graham Taylor, OF
Chicago. DIR. Taylor is pleasant, Irlendly-
looking man, looking much too young in
years for the great responsibilities which
lie upon his shoulders in connection with
the reform work In which he Is the moving
spirit in Chicago. 1t IS when the doctor
begins one Of his Characteristic social re-
form talks. however. that one really wakes
VI 10 the tremendous native force ana
power Of this man who has done more 10
advance social and political reforms than
any other one man in Chicago.
DR.. Taylor's Biblical institute talk was
largely in the nature of a preface 10 the
regular institute work. He spoke OF the
general education of the world; OF the
proeress of education and its application
to the education Of the church. The doctor
deplOred the desultoriness Of church educa-
ton. IF you ask a boy or girl how the
Sunday school compares with the day
school," he said. you will get an eye
opeuer" The last part of DR.. Taylors
early morning hour will be given TO infor-
NAL conversational discussions OF interest
to the class Tomorrow the doctor will de-
vote considerable attention 10 the work OF
Pestalozzi, the great teacher, who has
given to the educational world such valua-
bic ideas Of methods.
Mrs Fannie Holsinger is in charge, and
will preside at the various meetings, Mrs.
famed al her home in Holton. The speaker
to-day was Miss NJ. Z. Hewitt MRS. H0l-
singer led the afternoon discussion on the
garH Hhe
Professor Palmer's classes started out
bravely, with quite large attendance, anu
with music for an hour. Professor CraVens
has charge of the music In the, ottawa UNI
verslty, and although he has been al vdri- "
FIRST Ottawa chorus. Thursday night, the
oath, the chorus will give the sacred can
tata of THE Holy CITY,, with iuil orchSs-
trail accompaniment, and Mrs. Behr at the
plano. ,,-- e,,..-,,,,o,7
started on her foreign itinerary and landed
the class first in Paris, where her hrst
talk was devoted to the city, and the
people therein. Mrs. Sherwood has very
large collection Of photographs or foreign
places and people and her art talks Will all
be profusely illustrated.
Al the council headquarters. chaos
reigned and the / o'clock conference hour
was dispensed with. The ladies hope, how
ever TO be able to register all comers to-
were very well attended Mrs. Clara Mar
ley. of Olathe. talked Of Sanitation ana
Mrs. f. A. harrington, of Paola, gave
most interesting lecture on "Wage-earning
The normal class hour was temporarily
filed by Dr. Graham Taylor.
Mrs. r. B. PreusZner, who Is one OF the
most successful primary Sunday school
teachers organized the children's classes
ana the primary teachers class. MRS.
PreusZner Is a niece OF Henry Ward Beech
er, ana possesses n a remarkable degree
the Beecher trait OF adaptability. AS she
talks she builds in the sandbox or with the
III Har.FTa N..w NFfaTN
lustratiCn Of her subject, thus carrying
out the idea that to children that which
has form, color and shape is more readily
learned about and easily remembered. Her
classes are held in Normal hail and are
largely attended.
The afternoon lecture by Rev. Frank c.
Brunei on the New Womanhood of Amer
lea drew a very large crowd TO the tab
. crnacie. From the beginning. the lecture
IN {yas . series Of word painting that held
- Is hearers in remarkable manner. Rev.
u t'uner is a Union veteran and a member
,ideo the G. A. r., and his touching and
Is poStiful tribute TO the army heroes was
- - he ; o'clock social reform hour Pro-
: ny y, ~ y. Graham Taylor began a series of
: -,-Jlr iIGI NJ on the Social Aspects of Com
.ilr! e ,,re, y, ne with discussion of the so
i y m nm-aIleoIi.ments in the Problem of Personal
III &C 80 From the social point of view"
pr 1aRlh hfessOr Taylor 'the unity of a hui
lslle '5,,S IN ctically and theoretically. Physi-
! ~ conGI Ientally and spiritually man is
, i've one llle. everything In and
liTGe' 9Sbs ordi,n being tributary to the unity of
ne ted OroH ,-a The power Of antecedents and
So It deIgs is also seen and felt as never
q : l,,o ne thhe great forces of heredity and
: 81 ,,,in upon the directive power over
80 80 H. Ieqa used to be conceded far too ex-
- " ~ rat,SrstO TO the Will. The social con-
tbai If be Z, |. e., the consciousness of other
IS ma - O also regarded as essential TO a
NAMED ~ consciousness and the life best
ment wI Slicide" The personsI il,l aierIo,ts
- u sociaISlyoblem were also considered
'ITTs responsibility for the social use of
ae soual influence. education, the posses
o. OF property, the right of suffrage and
,.hicai OF religious ideals and principles
vts emphasized.
Professor Taylor also addressed the mon
lu the Santa Re repair shops at their noon
hnur on. "Co-operation Under the Wage
~Ge G. J.. s. c. round table nj 5 O'Clock.
IN FIRST distinctively Chautauquan service
Hr ITl- out the Chautauqua alumni In
..-eg. Mrs; Kellogg, the new state secre-
N"., presided and told of the work and
u-s of ChautauQua, and the social half
l.E was hLed with bright thoughts clev-
tI-y expressed by Kansas Chautauquans
one OF the days pleasant meetings was
y. w r.. y conference. led by Miss Snow,
- bcthlny circle. Bethany circle IS the
4.l.g- yt Ihe Eirls. Just as the council tent
.t -'i their mothers. Here is the hostess
ara yasperone. Mrs. W. {. Campbell OF
Iop-la; assisting her are Mrs. S. i. Lech-
ter Fort Scott; Mrs. Clock Topeka, and
Mrs. FOX, OF Lawrence, and "A coterie of
Kansas girls. who stand as tvpicai renrC-
seEtatives Of the religious culture OF yoiiu.
wcmanhood of the Sunfiower state. There
are thirteen tents and about fifty girls i'm
the circle, and this is their second year AT
ottawa. Bethany circle was organized at
Topeka ten years ago as a Bible study
club, which is a special department of the
G. L. 5. 9. and while the organization as
such dlsbandCd several years ago their in
terest in ChnutuuQua has not ahated. and
nowhere IS the real c. L. S. c. spirit more
manifest than among these girls, and their
nrst pubic reception which viii be held
Friday night promises TO be unusually in
teicsting. Among the girls are Miss Laura
hadiord state secretary Y. W. g. A.;
Misses Florence kadford. Lou Watkins.
Kate Watkins. OF Lawrence; Nealey Good
rich. Edna Carpenter. Minnie Calvin,
Maude Barnes. OF Topeka; Labcrta Akers
Mabel Thomas. Grace Akcrs, Of lola; Stella
Ilemming and Clara Bischoff, OF Lockport
Mo. Eliza Martin, of Salina. Ola Boyd. of
ST Joseph. No: Elsie Evans Of Fairview:
Emma Miller OF Rossville
At the evening session Conductor Behr
had charge Of the music: the Quartette
song, and Or. Frank Bristol. the noted
Chicago orator, delivered one OF the SO
fa- most popular leu yet given Or.
bristol Is v~ himself. so his sub
JecL was Of peculiar IN
N rgu .. Ires OF the pro
g.. 'stols lecture at ?
Z g. - iraham TAYLOR at
3 %. ir % Of Family Life"
art frN By. !. on The Brown
A. emBIy Notes.
.lgs. Margaret r. Griffith, OF Emnoria.
state president Of the W. r. c. Of Kansas.
Mrs. ]. c. MCClintoCk, Of Topeka state
president OF the Social Science Federation
Of Kansas, is tenting near the Womans
Miss Emma Wall. OF Lawrence depart-
ment president Of the Ladies of the G. A.