The daily sentinel., 1901-07-11
cHAurAuouA ATTRACTIONS.
Miss L. Eudora Price Writes An
Interesting Sketch of Her
Summer Outing.
Boulder, Colo, July 7. 100.

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Dear Sir:-Many, many thanks to you
and my kind friends who have made il
possible for me to attend this Chautau-
qua.
1t is worth world of schooling to
meet the different people, to study the
different characters and to come under
the influences which inspire one on to
the highest goal in human life.
Boulder is very pleasant place. 1t
nestles snugly at the foot Of the hills
mountains rather A busy place, but
away from the hurry and hustle of the
busy city, and yet near enough to know
We are not all alone, are the Chautauqua
grounds.
just how much ground the Chautau-
qua covers don't know, but 1T is beau
tiiul place. From the door of any tent
or cottage we have the most magnificent
view to the north and east. 1t is ono
mass of green with here and there a lake
or river which winds it's way among the
trees and towns until it is lost In the
hazy distance.
But to the Chautauqua aud not to
dreaming.
The courses offered here are many
the lectures themselves are an educa-
ton. The Instructors in the various
departments are the best the world
offers. The school work proper does not
begin until tomorrow morning Monday
but we have not been idle. Getting
settled ana becoming acquainted has
occupied nearly all the time.
On ths fourth we heard an excellent
Grafton by Rev Thomas H. Malone,
lone" I have no doubt that his fervid
patriotism N ade many Americans asham-
ed OF themselves.
We have one of the very finest orches-
tras in the United States Many OF the
mem bers are members OF Theodore
Thomas famous orchestra of New York
and are on summer vacation. They
are under the direction OF Prof. Louis
Rischar. The music they play-wsll,
am unable to find words to express it
1t is not the rag-time music We hear on
every side, any where we go, but soul
inspiring yet lively and gay. At times,
beginning far away, then swelling into a
lond hosanna and again dying away, the
music takes our thoughts from the cares
and sorrows OF life and we are lost to
the world about US.
Prof j. H. Balmer and Miss Elsie
Clark are here with their famous "Afri-
can Boys Choir" Really it is marvellous
| when one stops and thinks OF the work
they have accomplished in from four to
eight years. There are nve boys from
the lowest tribe, the Bushman, to the
highest the Zulu. There are two broth
ere, Brasutas, OF the only tribe who have
native government OF their own at the
present time They are the greatest
horse back riders on earth. No one can
equal their daring in that particular
line. There is one Bushman, one Zulu
and one Kaffir. The boys speak four
different languages, Hottentot, Zulu,
Kaffir and English. When Mr. Balmer
got these toys they could not sing one
note; they did not know one note from
another, and now they sing anything;
they distinguish the different notes and
the quartette is fine.
The Bushman are peculiar people.
For their homes they dig hole in the
ground three feet deep and six feet wide,
and here in this hole which is covered
with branches, from six to thirty six
people live. The children hardly ever
know who their parents are. They have
no one TO care for them from the time
they are a few days oil until they die.
The women of Africa hardly ever wash
themselves. They cover themselves
with red clay. first rubbing themselves
ali over with very offensive grease,
then putting this clay on just as thick As
possible, and when they feel dirty they
put on an extra coat OF clay,
| Miss Clark told OF the oourtship OF a
Boer. First OF all the boy picks out the
o;rl HI likes heat than tina povt th;pu n .