The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-02-13
FOOLS ERRANDs.

i fools erraud who comes 365 miles to en-
| rertain Dodge City audience? Judgin.
| from the number of people present tn
| lecture and the appreciation manifested
| it is believed that Dr. Quayle was repait
for his one hour and fifty minutes lectnr,
| on Fools Errands. in the Christia,
church, Monday night In introducing
/ the lecturer Elder Halle related al
amusing Incident. which we mention be
! cause of ITS bearing the subj in tn.
| lecture He said DIR. Quayfe had mis-
taken his gender and in addressing hin
; had written to bum Miss, owing N,
! doubt Io his given name. Elster, and hi
! handwriting, SO eNquisitely drawn Dr
! Quayl+ iii reply said the mistake wa
natural because of the name ai.d hand
/ writing, and he said MIR. Halle was goot
/ looking but not good lookn enough fo
Il miss. The facetious remarks put fIls
audience in good humor and was II hap
py introduction to the lecturer. DIR
| Quayle said he would not go into a psyche
logical discussion to determine gender
This was the third lecture N course un
der direction of the Dodge City Lyceum
aud neither hot air liquid air enter
tainlnenIs can detract from its merits.
The lecture abounded in =huInor ano
patllos aud logic. DIR. Quayle quickly
brought the serious side of his subject tt
couffterbalance the overflow of wit and
levity. but the risibilites of the audience
We're moved from the beginning and the
facial contl tions were held from. start &c
finish. In tragedy and comedy DR.
Qtayle's presentation of human qualities
was entertaining. and may serve the pur-
pose of checking much of the folly in
human fads. But the lecture, from a
psychological point of view was interest :
-. -
Ieharacter of people, the wisdom and fol
ly that is in all nature.
We make few extracts from the lee
| ture- He said: If there we've any FOOLS
here he would not say anything about it.
/ because fools are very sensitive. We
can tolerate abuse of others, but not OF
ourselves You find fools in the proper
places. they always somewhere
| else. Perhaps you think the people OF
kinsley, for instance. are fools, because
they do not liye in Dodge City.
The story of, Drs. Jekyl and Hyde
served to show the duality of humanity,
HI Jekyl there was the magnificent char
acfer while the baseness of character was
i'll Hyde If the contrawise of goodness
and wickedness coexist IN man SO must
there be wisdom and foolishness. Peo-
pie are not altogether wise and not alto
gether foolish. Ifthey could take short
day they might be smart all day, but
there come; the summer days People
are not smart all the time. Smartness
gives out.
He advocated the periphrasis or round
about way when addressing fool. This
tactful method avoids collision aud hard
feelings.
The folly and vanity of life was ex-
pressed in picture taking The lecturer
affords striking example of human van
tty in the peaceful and smiling repose of
the picture which adorns his lecture bills.
The first fool he mentioned was the
one who knows everything.
The meaner man is the more wives
he can get. The lecturer stated that lie
had great struggle in getting wife.
The fool is he who says complex ques-
tions simple. All great truths are
complex, When you hear anybody who
says he knows everything put him down
as collosal fool.
Any man who puts a too large estimate
on his intellectual holdings is fool
We responsible God. Every
man is king-no potentate has the
power an individual human soul possesses
No man dare let the guidance out of his
own hands in the protection of his own
soul.
The inequality of toll was presented
when he said man was worth according to
the work he can do, and not as Henry
George advocated, every man should be
paid alike. No man has right to wages
more than he can earn. The folly of
gambling was presented. When you
teach the idea that he get
something for nothing, he is a rascal.
Pay for what you get When you get
value received from a slot machine it was
not gambling.
He was not talking at random.
Every man who runs risks is fool
Another fool is he who can never ad-
just himself to where he is He referred
TO those people who felt discontinued in
their present homes, and wanted to re-
turn to their former BONES, farther back