The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-03-29
MIR. CARPENTER DISCUSSES
FADS AND HUBBARDISM.

A delightful entertainment was given IN
| the vestry of the First Universalist
! church last evening under the auspices
| of tho Literary and Social Union of the
| parish.
| The entertainment consisted of a half
| hour piano recital by Miss Avis Bliven.
| which was a musical treat OF a charac-
ter not often heard in this city. and a
| discourse by Albert G. Carpenter entitled
J "Fads and Hubbardism."
Mr.. Carpenter, i'm his characteristic
witty style. began his address as follows.
"it is with some considerable diffdence
that / ask your attention this evening TO
what on the tickets has been styled "a
discourse. 1t seems that the literary and
social union connected with this parish
are in duty bound to give a certain num-
ber of entertainments in the course OF
season.
Last year Il was their privilege to
introduce for the first time To a Provi-
dence audience that new star in the liter
sry armament known as Fra Elbertus
alias Ebert Hubbard. etc. etc, and
while they had been led 10 expect that
his services were retained for another lee
ture this season, he rather unexpectedly
shows up at Infantry Hail. and the
Union is obliged 10 nj hts place with
any old thing, so they ask me TO lee
ture"
After other sundry wltticlsms. which
provoked much mcrriment. Mr.. Carpenter
passed 10 a consideration OF the
portion or nTs SUDJeCT- rnC1dentallv he
gave the definition of the word Fad"
as given by Webster. Continuing, he
said Il am inclined 10 believe that n
they are not carried too far fads are
most useful 10 us all and the man or
woman without a fad Of some kind l.
usually a rather dull and unsympathetic
person.
"Fads serve oftentlmes 10 drive off tho
blues and ease up on the every day
suites OF life. There have been literary
fads, religious fads. In fact. We have
more than one example OF the latter In
these days. and IL is very hard sometimes
10 say when some of them are or are
not doing harm.
'But IL seems 10 me that when an In
dividual or class OF individuals takes upon
themselves the fad 20 reform the world
by methods that are (to use slang eX-
pression) too quick they lay themselves
open TO criticism, 10 say the least IL
Nill not do I'm these days for one 10 say
To the whole, L am right and you are
wrong
Along these lines we find woman out
vest who has got the fad Cand drawn
I DO not need 60 say here that her
methods Will do more harm than good.
one trouble i'm this case il that YOU
don't know whether she Is 10 be taken
seriously or not. whether she is demolish-
ing the saloons for the saloons sake, or
whether she has the affairs OF tho ma
ton" more at heart.
Said the husband 10 his wife. "Ths
utlet IL cold again. darling: what would
YOU do II I scolded just a Hitler" Mako
70 hot for YOU" was her reply which
ike Mrs Nations work, can be looked
90 ia two WAYS.
Passing 10 the second part OF his sub
icct--iIubbardlsm. Mr.. Carpenter raised
the question is ~ fad or Is n notq
IN other words does Hubbard believe that
you and believe ell of his statcrcntss
rrhst Hiuhbard's lecture The Work OF
'hc Roycroftcfs.' a first class al for
thc books. etc. made IN East Aurora.
not even nc himself would DENY: there Is
no doubt IN my mind that like n needle.
he has an eve for business -
A; this point Mr.. Carpenter pauscd ~
tell the story of HIS meeting with Huh
bard ana entertaining him ~ his home |
on the occasion OF his nrst visit 20 this |
ciiy
Nr Carpenter wittily reisrred 70