The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-29
ISLAND PARK ASSEMBLY
LECTURES AND OTHER ENTERTAIN
MENTs FOR BIG AUDIENCES.
Interesting Programmes at the Pine
Lake Chautauqua and the Battle
Ground Camp Meeting.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
ROME CITY, Ind, July 2S.-The pro-
gramme at Island Park Assembly opened
at $50 this morning with the usual pente-
costal, biblical and class-work hour devoted
to every day OF the session. Then there
followed Mrs. Roosevelt Hitchcock with
round-table talk descriptive of her travels
in Alaska. Mrs. Hitchcock is the widow
of United States naval officer. who for
merly was on the staff of Admiral Dewey,
and accompanied her husband upon his
numerous voyages. After his death she en-
tered the Klondike gold fields with kodak,
and is now in the lecture field Among her
many interesting souvenirs of that far-off
land is a necklace, which she wears, made
of gold nuggets in the rough, artistically
attached to band of black velvet, and a
counterpart of which she presented to the
Princess of Wales. During the afternoon
and evening there has been a varied enter
tainment, in which the regular assembly
talent took part.
Yesterday afternoon the building contain;
ing a hugh model of Palestine was opened.
and DR.. II. ]. Becker, of Dayton, o., who
has Travelled in the Holy Land, gave de-
scription of his journey to large gather
ing. The model is a perfect one, made on
a scale of one mile to the inch. One sees
the mountains, rivers, seas, cities and VII
lagos in beautiful design. Dr.. Becker began
at Jaffa and carried his hearers eastward
ly to Judd, then south to Ramleh, the an
cient Aramathea, then eastwardly to Beth
shemeth, Ajalon, Latron, Kirjath-Jarim,
Ammaus, Jerusalem and its environs. He
then went south to Bethlehem, Solomon's
pools, Eshcol Hebron, and on to Beersheba
On returning, he came to Marsaba, the
Dead sea, Gilgal, Jerico. Good Samaritan's
Inn, Bethany, Gethsemena, Mount of Olives
and Valley of the Kedron. From thence
north over the rugged hills of
Judea, Samaria and Galilee, visiting many
places of sacred import TO the Bible scholar.
Lake Galilee and the source of the Jordan
formed a picture never to be forgotten
The Ghor Of the Jordan thrills one as he
hears it's marvellous description, rising near
Antioch, and gradually deepening until it
reaches the Lebanon range OF twin noun
tains where it becomes gorge passing en-
tirely through the Holy Land and losing it
self in the borders of the desert of Sinai
DR.. Becker says he never looks upon this
excellent model without having return to
him the inspiration of his visit there several
years ago. He contemplates trip around
the globe during which he hopes to give
several months of time to this land of the
Bible.
Last evening j. Alton Packarus noted
cartoonist, gave his third and last enter
tainment TO audience which taxed the
capacity of the huge tabernacle. After a
running series of verbal jests to which there
was continuous response of laughter and
applause from the audience, he proceeded
TO cut from blank sheets of white paper the
silhouette outlines, successfully, of the
busts of Washington, Lincoln. Grant, Nc
kinney and Roosevelt, in heroic size. The
rest of the evening was devoted to carica-
lures in colored chalk accompanied by
appropriate puns.
Elizabeth de Barrie Gill, singer and i'm
personator, has arrived with Ellsworth
Pumstead, an artist of similar speciaties,
and their first appearance here will be
tomorrow evening. The principal events
tomorrow, which is Fraternal day, will be
brief addresses by leading representative
of several secret societies, and a large
crowd of excursionists is expected, one
being billed from Richmond.