The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-08-30
COLONEL Balm
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and wash his face which the professor
found shockingly dirty, the boy refus-
ing the dime and suggesting that the
professor go get his hair cut, which to
the little boy seemed shockingly long.
Colonel Balm deplored the many
"misfts' and consequent unhappi-
ness caused by the thoughtless and
hasty marriages made by the very
Young. and further declared that sta
tistics proved that college girls made
as good. if not better, wives and
mothers than their less uneducated
sisters. Women could nowadays en-
ter all departments OF activity and
there meet with success md fame, but
the great majority would, as has al
ways been the case since the begin
ming of society, fulfill their destiny
as guardians of the domestic hearth.
The exaggerated types would always
be perhaps the most conspicuous, but
the least influential, of the sex. Col
onel Balm then devoted his attention
to "The Old Man. considerably to
the discredit of the latter altho' the
Colonel's optimism did not cause him
to lose all hope or the final trlum-
plant moral outcome. In an interest
ing and eloquent DEPRESSION from the
main theme of his discourse, he dis
cussed a number of national public
questions of political and social i'm
port with great sanity amid force, his
diatribe against the great evil of in
temperance being specially convincing
and roundly applauded. In short
Colonel Balm quite surpassed himself
in portions of this lecture, which IS
regarded by that part Of his audience
who had hitherto had the pleasure of
hearing him as one of his most force
full, witty and eloquent addresses.
Afternoon Concert.
The Ladies' Concert company, of
Chicago, which has so charmingly en-
tertained the Chautauqua audiences
since Friday, appear for the last time
this evening much to the regret OF ev-
eryone. At 4 O'Clock yesterday aft
ernoon a brief but highly enjoyable
program was given and with much
better effect than on the previous ev-
ening at which time the musicians
were put to serious disadvantage by
the disturbing noise which was not so
much in evidence yesterday afternoon
and evening. The program for the
afternoon was made up of music and
readings, the manager of the COM
panv, Mrs. Bessie Guion Drake, being
as heretofore shown, wonderfully YER
satile and accomplished, evidenced by
her artistic readings and her unusual
voice heard in the musical numbers.
Mrs. Drake possesses a high order OF
dramatic talent and that lack of ex-
aggeration, which makes for positive
results, the absence of the latter quail
ity being particularly marked and in
delightful contrast with its prepon-
derance in the work of a certain
class of readers before the public.
The work of the members of the Con-
cert company both in ensemble and IN
solo numbers was given in a musici-
anly spirit, and while their programs
are made up of the class of music
generally designated as "popular,' as
BELTS the summer season, they have
an extensive and varied repertoire
for more distinctly musical organiza-
tons. As previously stated the COM
pany is made up of Mrs. Bessie Guion
Drake, manager and reader, and first
alto in the quartette of which the
company consists; Miss Christine Lee
vim, second alto; Miss Bertha Grinell,
first soprano, and second soprano,
Mrs. Maye c. Tinker.
Mrs. Tinker in the only solo given
in this program showed herself the
possessor Of strong mezzo-soprano
of remarkable range and fexibility,
her lower register having all the rich
ness and color of a purely contralto
organ, and betraying a timbre always
appealing in a voice of this quality.
The program given in the afternoon
is given below:
"Dixie.'
Quartette.
"Little Boy Blue words by Eugene
Field)-Parks Quartette.
"Gleam Of Sunshine.' Upton
Maye c. Tinker
cold Ace" (Reading) Brooks
Bessie Guion Drake