The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-09

in presumably because it is supposed
that Mr.. Stuart audiences like and
expect that sort Of thing. Mr..
Stuart's denunciation of the
follies and evils of modern social life
and of society in the aggregate was
telling and greatly appreciated by the
audience but these things can be ar
raigned without the embroidery of
slush. slang and suggestive stories
with which his address was punctu-
ated. That the audience was far from
enthusiastic was shown by the per-
functory applause, and frequent lack
of it, when Mr.. Stuart made what he
considered telling point, which was
generally a story of doubtful charac-
ter. Such addresses do not make for
moral Or intellectual, Or any other
sort of an "uplift,' nor are they
appreciated by audiences of even av-
erage culture and refinement. They
are, in short, degrading and have the
most deleterious effect upon the more
plastic portions of such audiences
IS made up those of last week, ma
jority being children and very young
boys and girls who could gain moth
ing from listening to such harangues.
, Nothing could be in greater con-
trast to this than the refined, elegant
and scholarly addresses made by Mr..
Leon Vincent, writer of information
al reputation, whose books are known
to all readers of literature That hui
delightful character is the sort that
is appreciated by audiences of the
calibre Of those of the Chautauqua
this year, was shown by the laughter
and applause with which Mr.. Vim
cents addresses were frequently in
terrupted, the universal expression on
the part Of the frequenters Of the
Chautauqua being one Of deepest ad-
miration for Mr.. Vincent s scholar
ship and personality and their pleas
ure in being given the opportunity of
listening to this distinguished man.
Men of the refined culture and au-
lucrative knowledge of Mr.. n. c.
Schaeffer, Superintendent ofPublic In
struction in Pennsylvania, both of
whose lectures were regarded as the
features Of each day, are the SOFT
. tendance on the Chautauqua wish and
expect to hear
Tn Mr.. Stuart's afternoon address
. relative to securing an education he
asked any one who had been gradu-
ated from Vassar, WELLESLEY, Harvard
, or Yale to ''please stand up Nat
urally no one stood up altho' it is al
, together probable that attenders on
, those institutions of learning were
present Neither did Mr.. Stuart prob
ably expect anybody to stand up.
Then he said with an air of finality-
"the reason you re not educated is
f, because you don't want to be- A
, sort of sarcastic giggle went over the
audience. AS matter of fact Earl
, ham graduates could doubtless have
g, been picked out on every other chair
and persons with degrees from Bloom
. ington, Purdue, the University of
Michigan, the University of Chicago
and other of the best known col
leges and universities in the United
/, States were prominent in the audi
ence, these persons mindly wondering.
perhaps, why the speaker should use
"hain't got no. "nohow," and other
remarkable combinations of words
when arraigning them for not caring
to acquire an education.
Entries for the Ninth Annual In
ternational Exhibition of oil paint
, ings must be at the Carnegie Insti-
tute, Pittsburg, not later than Octo-
Der 10th. The jury, made up of two
members from Europe and eight from
this country, will meet October 10Th,
the jury to award three medals, car
rying with them respectively 81 500,
ST. 900 and $500.
One of the great art sales of the
year in Paris was that of the tapes
tries owned by Mile. Leclerq, at the
Hotel Drouot. recently, when the
Beauvais tapestry known as "Psyche
Entering the Temple of Hymen.' af-
ter Boucher, brought over twenty
thousand dollars,the eolors being some
what faded but the quality good.
The centenary of the ROYAL Society