El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-05

OOm.-Ine OndutduQud 3D.
A Spirit Sincere Above
All Else.
Special Correspondence OF the HERALD.
CHAUTAUQUA, N. ", Aug. % AT
ter twenty five years of fame, during
which the summer city on the lake
has become known to the very bounds
of the seven seas. there are still people
who have never been at Chautsuqus.
The writer was among the numbe I'M
til few weeks ago. For such these
notes are written-for' those who have
never penetrated the mysteries of ''gate
tickets, Recognition Day." or Chau-
tauqua weather. The great army Of
old Chsutsuqusns may skip these re-
marks by an outer barbarian, saving
themselves thereby the annoyance Of
just criticism of inevitable blum
ders.
THE c. L. S. c. MECCA.
Even before one leaves the train at
Mayville and embarks upon the final
league OF his pilgrimage, toward the
white towers that nestle among the
trees beyond the miles of sparkling
water, there is some rude sketch of the
plsc before his mental vision. For is
not this the head and the heart of that
far-scattered guild of home readers,
the Chautsuqua Literary aud Scieuti-
fic Circle? In what town, in what viii
lage of this land can there not be found
at least one patient man or woman to
whom those letters, G. L. S. c., SYM
bolize all the golden opportu mites of
middle age, all the light and hope that
have come from toiliDg where others
have toiled, brushing aside the cob
webs OF score of years, and gaining
once more q glimpse of the world of
knowledge beyond the gate? 1t may
be that, with the multiplication of 9TH
err educational opportunities, the Chau-
tauqus idea is not now 60 freshly and
widely fascinating as it was q dozen
years ago. Yet if one may Judge from
the steady increase in the quantity and
quality of the literature published for
the circles, there has been no diminu-
tion in power.
1t is the ambition of every reader
Who mas TO- any considerable time pur-
sued the Chautauqua courses, whether
IN a circle or in solitude, to set foot
some day upon that sacred spot where
thousands of like mind gather each
the Hall in the Grove: to hear the be-
loved chancellor, Bishop Vincent, in
wise words OF counsel and encourage
meut: to pass the arches on Recogni-
ton Day, and to receive at the last
seven-sesled diploma to crown the
work. These facts prepare the stranger
in a measure for what he finds: they
explain in part the peculiar and not
unmixed charm of life at Chautauqua;
they give color to the sometimes COM
monplace Chautauqua crowds: they
make one eager to understand these
people, with their motives, their ideals,
their part in the great composite por-
trait of the American nation.
CHAUTAUQUA LAKE.
Chautauqua Lake, in the southwest
ern corner of New York state, has
charms of it's owe: it needs no added
dbLrdCJiOnS OI lllcrd ture or pnllOSOpDy
to draw summer wanderers to its
shores. 1t is long and narrow, with
wooded shores, dotted all along by the
vacation haunts of the multitude
From Jamestown to Mayville you may
find any sort OF recreation you wish,
from the quiet and elegant retreats of
wealthy cottagers to the camping
grounds of boys clubs, and the Coney
Island style of amusement at Celoron |
Near the northwestern end of the lake, |
extending for mile along the south |
ern shore, are the Assembly grounds. |
AS your steamer approaches the dock |
you catch glimpses of many cottages
among the trees, Of q large hotel on
the hill, of children playing at the
edge of the water, of many rowboats
gliding about near the shore.
A CURIOUS TOWN.
son landing, you are introduced at
once to the financial system of this un-
ique town. For you cannot pass the