Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-03-06
A fine PROGRAM
AT CHAUTAUQUA
Sam Jones Drew Very Large
and Appreciative Audience.
HE TALKS ABOUT PAVING

- NroNe'3H'p ~ lN"i't ~CbfN' y
Taking the Sunny Side"
The program for the Chautauqu
assembly, at the morning session
which opened at 1890 O'Clock Thur
day, contained only one number, th
lecture by Dana @ Johnson on "Thom
as Jefferson" With a subject go dea
TO the hearts Of the people. the larg
audience was highly entertained, 70
in the hands OF Mr.. Johnson, VIII
showed himself TO be fluent speake
and a thorough student OF his subject
the lecture was voted by many to be
one OF the finest they had heard for
years Not only did he glorify the
name OF the eminent statesman whose
fame be put before bis auditors, but he
paid high tribute 10 many OF the states.
men OF our land. Mr. Johnson won
many friends for his able handling Of
his subject and his refined oratory,
The auditorium was filed with a
large and approciative audience on
Thursday afternoon, the pupils OF the
Gainesville Graded and High School
being present in a body, and a large
number OF the L. f. S. students being
in the audience. DR.. Strouse spoke
briefly to the meeting,
The first on the program was the
entertainment by Miss Ben-Oliel, TAX
ing for her subject THE Bedouin
Arabs, their customs aud habits" A
large number Of young ladies and gem
tlemen were dressed in the costumes
OF the country, and representations in
many instances we're quite true TO life,
She gave several illustrations, among
them being the mode Of grinding grain
for food, the process being so slow that
the grind has to be kept up to supply
the family with the ycant necessities
in this line,
The Bedohln she said was very hospi-
table II you meet him az the door OF
his tent, but woe be unto you II you
meet by chance in the desert and you
happen 10 have anything he wants,
He roams the desert for plumber, while
the women stay at home and keep
up grinding food, and II is remarkable
how little they can subsist on, as a
handful OF ground date stones would
last them for q week, She said they
we're considered very nourishing, but
II almost seemed a miracle that they
could 80 subsibt,
Some OF the representations OF the
religious services we're very interest.
ing and novel, the young ladies who
assisted Miss Oliel doing their parts
admirably Their mode OF greeting
each other was very novel, and the
singing not so unmusioal as some might
imagine,
The missionaries have been In the
lands Of thesespeoplo for many year,
and labored with much persistence, yet
IN all these years they have never been
able 60 change the religion or habits OF
The Bedouin, He roams The desert at
hls own sweet will and his homo ID
wherever the women pitch the tent, a.
che men only stick the stake down and
she does the rest.
The lecture and entertainment OF
Miss 0llel Is OF intense interest, as she
has been ia that country many year.
and speaks from observation, She Ia.
been a'caret0l student Of these people
has voice adapted for speaking be.
fore q large audience, aud face and
eyes that materially help her 60 pa,
expression in her speaking She won
popular favor among nearly every lsdy
present
The next event was the address Of
Rev. sam Jones Of Cartersyillc. who
seemed iu bis usual mood He said he
took ride ia Che morning with Major
Thomas GO see che new piece of road
being built by the government AZ GA
experiment and paid a high compIi.
mont % the mayor and The mterts, be
took in tho city The reverend gentle.
man said that Gainesville is the coming
city ofFlor.da. Boa, tbs proper thint 20
DO was 20 bond che city ana have The
streets paved A debt is 90 r.chtifit
Sc ior good thing, he sall because
you are bound 90 make n5.gy eaoorh
out OF % Go pay 3d.
NiggeFs aud mules are iby OILS oaet
who IKE 70 wade Through sand ae sa.
noauced "ltlwas going 90 he'll 2 would
SO faster thsu some oi you Florida
Crackers SO 90 dinner. Dec exclaimed