The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-20
e.opening Day
at Chautauqda

Special Correspondence OF The Tribune.
Chautsuqua, " Y, July -.
THE CHAUTAUQUA season is again upon US,
i and the warmth that seems to have been
Il general all over the county has served 20
hcightcn the enthusiasm OF the deyotCcs o!
this popular resort and caused the grounds to be
largely populated. Many OF the cottage holders
have been here since carly in June enjoying the
rush which is sure to follow with the Pan
American exposition so near Not that the place
was 30 very quiet, for the sound OF the hammer
and saw vas heard far abov. the songs Of the
birds and spllshing Of the waves. II was time
Of great pIcplrl,on, and when the season form
ally opened both The old tuner and new conner
found more improvements than in other years in
the history of the assembly The extent Of new
building operations exceeded all other records.
A dozen prctcntious new cottages going up,
and tho value added to the Chlutauqua real cs-
tate thereby will reach well up to six figures.
Ii will he Of interest TO note that slight
change has been made in the plans OF the Hall
Of the Christ the outside being, as now pro.
posed, terra Gotta and pure white face brick.
1t has been the policy of tho past few years
to make no more of the first day Of the season
than OF any other to quote Dr. George Vim
cent, at begins Just where We left off ten
months ago" This year. however, nothing was
too good for opening day. All the dignitarcs
occupied high places on the PLATFORM made
their how % ,hor visitors and presented to
them As the bright and shining light Of the oc-
cason Captain Richmond r. llohson Captain
ilobsou /, tall and slender with a wonderful
strong face and looks Just the man he proved
himself to be at Santiago lie wants a now
navy and a big ono, and secs no reason why
the government should not give him his modest
S25 900, 600 year for fifteen years TO build now
varshps. In ono statement made during his
address Captain Iobson expressed what is cyi.
IL f,la tbaN u, do ~
there must he "a military organization in which
the individual life will not he Considered-and
lie had the nerve to live up TO it in his great
deed in Santiago.
Before his arrival Hobson was the subject n
many humorous remarks as might he expected
and even during his address there was consider.
able question among the fair sex AS to where
the reception would bc held, But the great
man took no chances Of notoriey the second
time lie gave hearty handshake 10 all who
wished to meet him, but he kept behind the
bar and shook over the railing.
The pyrotechnic display for opening day en-.
hraccd one or two entirely new features. In the
first place arrangements had been made TO light
a string Of over 100 bonhrcs. covering every
quarter oi mile around the whole pcrimetor NJ
the lake The effect was most beautiful And
the weather man had been taken into the coma.
dence OF the management, for Just as the fires
were being lighted the clouds broke and the
moon rose, full.orbcd over the sparkling, silver
waves, the celestial illumination almost over.
shadowing the human effort. Another feature
was the adding OF a powerful electric searchght
to the Punishment Of the steamer, the flashing
Of which brought into instant and brilliant re-.
lief prominent objects on the land and lake.
The programme for the season promises to he
up to the standard, and presents even a greater
variety than usual, Editors, college presidents
soldiers and politicians will deliver discourscs
on their particular hobbies grave and gay until
some Of us who have less gray matter than 9th.
! Crs, will gladly escape to the hops and germans
at Point Chautauqus and Lakewood. or to the
summer theatre at CalcTon, Bot the person who
| takes ChautauQua for an ovcrgrown Sunday
school has, in the expressive idiom OF the day,
another guess coming.
| That the primordeal Methodist camp meeting
| has been lost in the evolutionary shuttle needs
| no Darwin to prove, Last season Francis Wilson
made his bow as platform lecturer at Chautau.
| qua and his success on the stage was fully
| equalled by his success on the platform. The
thing took so well that this year is not only
genial Joe Jeferson to present hS expansive
smile 10 a chsutauqua audience, but there is to
| he a dramatic club organized and plays in Eng.
! lish. French and German are TO be given with