Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-07-21
It never pays to deceive the peo.


under restraint stronger than
was necessary, and that this in a
measure interfered with the pre-
sentation of such entertainment
as would have greatly pleased the
people. OF course discretion must
be employed in directing the stage
exercises, but squeamishness
should be avoided and the people
given what they wrnt, so far as is
consistent. Organizations like the
Jubilee Concert Company ought
to be given pretty free rein rather
than be held SO tightly in check
that all the fun in them is sup
pressed. There is such(a thing as
being too nice.
The talent engaged, has as a
rule, been good, and the people
have been nicely entertained.
Some of the speeches were rather
slow, but on the other hand some
exceptionally fine addresses have
been heard. Hon. John F. Finer
ty, Miss Maria L. Sanford, Hon.
j. P. Dolliver, Rev. E. j. Conaty,
Mrs. Ada w. Un1uh and Rev.
Robert Mcintyre, are speakers
worth hearing, no matter whether
one agrees with what they say or
not, and as all these persons ap-
peared on the Chautauqua for two
or more addresses, it is apparent
that in the matter of ,oratory there
was good supply of the best.
The musical feature of the
Chautauqua has been one of it's
strong points. The Wesleyan
male quartet, The Ladies Lyric
quartet, the Misses Ruth and Will
ma Anderson and Miss Eleanor
Goodman are capable artists and
satisfied the people, while no COM
pliment is too high to be paid to
Miss Lindsey who has been here
the past week. The Jubilee con-
cert company also fits nicely into
it's place and has added much to
the enjoyment of the Chautau-
quans.
Yesterday afternoon Rev. E. L.
Miller, of Mt. Morris, ILL.,, spoke
on "Life and Costumes in the
Orient" delivering an interesting
address. He described a horrible
religious ceremony in Smyrna, ex-
hibited an India wooden god that
had been worshiped many years,
told of a visit to. the houses of
Simon the tanner and Dorcas, in
Jappa, described the grinding mill
of Palestine, the grain market in
Jerusalem, spoke of lepers and
leprosy in that country, and exhi-
bited a number of Oriental CO.'S
tunes, in which persons who ap-
peared on the, platform were
dressed. Among the costumes
thus exhibited were those of Mo-
hamedan women in Egypt, Jeru-
salem mourning apparel, Bethle-
hem descendant of the crusaders,
Bombay woman's dress, Parsee
gentleman's, that of the Bedouin
Of the desert, Egyptian merchant,
Egyptian gentleman and the jim
rickshaw man of Japan. The
lecture was preceded by musical
selections by the Jubilee singers
and Miss Lindsey, and followed
at the close by a selection by the
Jubilee chorus and an exhibition
by the acrobats, Lavalee and
Kline.
There was no speaking last eve.
ming the entire entertainment
being made up of music, recita.
tions and an acrobatic performance
The Indian quintet opened the
concert and was followed by the
Jubilee singers and then by Miss
Lindsey. Mrs. Winfred Ham.
brecM then gave q pleasing reci.
tation, after which the Jubilee
quartet sang several selections
Rev. Strachan recited "The Old
Actors Story" very beautifully,
Miss Lindsey sang again and the