Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-01
CEARHART
INTERESTS
AUDIENCE
ELOQUENT SPEAKER TELLS THE
cHAuTAUoUANs OF PRO.
GREss OF THE CENTURIES.
GRAFTON FULL OF
SPLENDID POINTS

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"The Footprints of the Centuries"Was
i the Interesting Subject Dealt With
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EXcelling in poetic grace,fn strength
OF diction and in depth of thought,
"The Footprints of the Centuries'' as
related by Hon. G. A. Gearhart this
afternoon at the Chautauqua grounds
proved to be the most scholarly and
eloquent address of the assembly. De.
| liyered in an even, undemonstrative
manner, Mr. Gearhart's words held
the absorbing attention of his
listeners, and frequently mixed in with
the many good things he said, an oc.
casional point would strike forcibly
and ready applause would follow. His
lecture was practical the language
musical the thoughts forceful, and
charged with pungent truths that can.
not help making themselves felt In fu-
! ture life, and actions Of his hearers.
The fnclement weather affected the
audience only slightly
The address of Mr.. Gearhart GOV.
cred from the time the Pilgrim fore
fathers landing at Plymouth Rock es-
tablished this New World civilization
in the name of the Almighty God,
down through the years Of discourage
ment strife, toll, growth, prosperity,
to these opening days of the twen-
tieth century. Although not a pessi-
mist, the speaker impressed upon the
minds of his auditors the prevalence
4 of the alarming evils not only in po-
4 llitical life, but in moral and social
4 life as well, and showed the great
need of loyal men and women who
will not lower their standard Of right,
but be true to their principles under
all circumstances.
Kings Losing Power.
What will become of the kings Of
finance, to whom society bows down.
after few more years of the twen-
tieth century have skinned away?
They won't be in it, according to
Mr. Gearhart. The close fisted mil
lionaires, the dead seas Of accumu.
lated wealth." will be relegated to the
rear when not SO many years have
I passed, and in place Of being the So
cial leaders they will be Stunned by
society. 1t will be the men who help
their fellows who will be looked up to.
/ In his lecture this afternoon, Mr.
Gearhart mentioned other reforms to
take place besides that of the de-
thronement of the men who gather
wealth and give but little. He de.
nounced the literary man who writes
so-called realism" and said that dur.
ing the twentieth century there would
be writers who would reincarnate the
idealism in literature. TOO much
literature of the present day is mere
dirt" stated the speaker.
Advance of Civilization.
4 But Mr. Gearhart's lecture was not
all pessimistic. In fact, there were
but few remarks of this nature, most
of it being rosy-hued and SO eloquent
of the marvellous achievements and
advancements Of the present age
that the large audience felt a
glow Of pride and happiness suffuse IL
as he spoke, while at the conclusion
of the lecture, crowds Of men sought
the platform, eager to wiring the
i speakers hand.
j In speaking of the advancement OF
civilization he said:
"The howl of the wolf has given
place to the whistle of the locomotive.
In yonder fields, where buffalo and
wild horses grazed. golden fields Of
| grain now wave. We have some Of
| Lrt toh hae,
the noblest men, the greatest race, the
greatest civilization, the greatest
wealth There is no north, no south,
United the great country stands What
a day is this, when the star spangled
| banner is unfurled to the southern
breeze, when Dixie has become ma
tional air!
Standing in the dawn Of the TWEEN.
tieth century, steam and electricity
have compassed the earth. Seas have
become a whispering gallery. We talk
with our English cousins before break
fast and between Sundays. What Is
this tremendous force of which wa
have just obtained flash?
1--WE are coming into the white light
of the worlds greatest progress. Won
dering science herself stands per
picked at each days miracle and says,
What's next?' We stand in awe as
we consider how many hidden forces
there are about us only waiting for
man to become wise enough to usa
4 them"
New Woman of Two Types.
''The clock of time has struck the
woman's hour"
Vivid contrasting pictures of the old
fashioned woman sitting in her rockina
chair darning socks, and then one OF
the insolent, aggressive, so-called
new women who calls children brata
and sees no heaven in a baby's blue