The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-04-17
the DINNER Pail NAN
Rey. Geo. i NcNutt D~isconrsed
EnteitalningIy on the Individ-
nal Tuesday Evening

"ncIi nct. La MCNuLC 0e-
|llYered his lecture on the .sDinner
Pail Man. at the opera house Tues.
day evening. he had the most inter-
ested audience thai has gathered at
a lecture during the season OF the
lecture and concert course, and what
ne nae to say along the lines Of soci-
illogical reforms found an echoing
sentiment in the breasts OF many
people that had never before been
awakened to the high degree that
Mr.. McNutt succeeded in doing. The
audience took to Mr.. McNutt because
the people thought him sincere, and
they were guided in their instinct by
The openhearted way in which he
spoke Of the conditions he had en-
countered.
The speaker was formerly a minis
ter of the gospel and In his work as
a pastor he said he could not help
but see that things were wrong, but
where the wrong existed it was a
difficult matter to determine, SO to
satisfy himself he resigned his pulpit
and donned the hahilaments OF the
Workingman: joined the dinner pail
brigade in search of conditions. The
experiences he related that he discoy-
cred in his new role were highly In
teresting. He said the sociological
lul1netioncs In n ~ ooJI.,n -
those he encountered when in actual
contact With the laboring mar were.
wholly diffcrent-the conditions and
environment in which he founu the
|laborer, the impulses which governed
his life were not in touch with the
theories he had studied. His discus
sion Of the factory conditions brought
out some new facts, in that the
Ilaborers Of today we're in the power
of the alien owner, which he consid-
cred the worst enemy to the laborer.
1t was not like the situation years
ago when every factory man aspired
to own his home. Today be declared
the absence Of the home ownership
among the factory hands was a dis
rupting element, in that there was
nothing to bind him to s~teadiness,
to assist him in avoiding strikes.
Rev. McNutt touched on the saloon.
problem in a characteristic way, diff
fercnt than we ever heard uttered
from the public Observation-Disclosures
with which he had come in actual
contact, and although he declared he
had no more use Cor the saloon than
any man who did not drink he found
more sympathy aud genuine help,
without the accustomed lecture on
waywarGness, from the saioonkepeer
than in a good many cases where he
had every right to look for it and
found it not. The illustrations Mr..
McNutt used to illustrate his
Thoughts were unique and they served
to drive the idea more thoroughly
into the mind. In closing his dis
course Mr.. McNutt made prominent
the idea OF getting the people OF the
country together or a more common
basis, bringing into life more Of the
features of the brotherhood of man
and the dissemination Of the friend
illness in mans nature to help ose
another. This morning Mr.. Menu t
went w TO the University and
talked for an hour with the students
on the mob question.
This was the closing attraction of
the lecture and concert course and it
has been a success from start to fin
ish. Tt is rather a difficult matter to
select talent and be sure that it is
going TO give satisfaction, but in the
lease of this course the managers did
not let a matter Of dollars and cents
prevent from securing the best posi-
bic talent. Acknowledgement is Ger.
tainly to be congratulated in serving
the people SO well in the way ofSen-
tertainment. Prof. Graham outlined
something, of the course that will be
presented next winter, and we fee
safe in assuring the citizens that
the course noW in preparation viii
far exceed the M that has JUS
closed.
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