The daily sentinel., 1907-11-05
..WORk AND YOU'LL
BE. WISE AND HAPPY
Entertaining and Wholesome Ad-
dress Delivered By the Sage of East
Aurora Last Night.

= Elbert Hubbard. the man who =
. wrote "a Message to Garcia" =
= and which message has been
= read the world over, has him =
= self a message for the people. =
= a message that none can hear =
. and not be helped; that none =
. can hear and not be more clear =
= ly impressed with life and its =
= meaning. Last night at the =
= Congregational church in this =
= city the brilliant author and =
= marvellous epigrammist deliv- =
= cred his message to the people =
= of Grand Junction and the four y
= hundred people who heard him =
= were immeasurably impressed. =
Hubbard is NOT an ora,S ~ taSe
true sense OF the word. He just
talks to his audiences; but the way
he talks touches his hearers more
forcibly than would almost any flight
of silyer-tongued oratory. Hubbard
has way of talking, Just as he has
a way of writing, that charms and
delights you. That optimistic. hap
py, joyous. good humored persohali-
ty carries you before 1t and sways
you at Will. Hubbard as unique
figure on the lecture platform as we'll
as unique figure in literature, and
none can say that he Is not a sue
cess in the lecture platform. Grand
Junction, has heard many of the
greatest men OF the literary and ly-
ceum world, but 1t is doubtful II any
have more closely interested or bet
ter pleased their audiences than did
Fra Elbertus.
The audience that heard Mr.. Hub
bard was a representative, apprecia-
tive one. 1t was large in spite of
the many counter attractions.
George N. Falcoher. the bookman.
for years a personal friend of Hub
bard's. in a most appropriate and in
teresting talk introduced the distin-
guished gentleman. Mr.. Falconer
told of the work Hubbard is doing
and paid a sincere and well deserved
tribute to the man.
1.-The Spirit of the Times" was the
theme upon which Ebert Hubbard
talked. and through discussion of
this vital subject he found oppor-
tunities to dwell upon many great
phases of life and its value. Its mean
ing and its worth. The spirit of the
times is work. declared the speaker,
and from then on he preached the
doctrine of honest, ceaseless toll.
The opening portion of the lecture
was devoted in a general way to
description OF the Roycrofter colony
at the little town of East Aurora, N.
Y. founded by Hubbard: and it was
wonderfully interesting. lover L.
500 people live there. We have no
poverty; we have no wealth; we have
no special industry; but we all work
and are happy"
He told of the great Roycroft shop
employing 500 people. where 1--WE
make books and things" He told
of the manner in which the boys and
girls, the women and men are edu-
Gated. They are educated while they
work and play. "If there is anyone
of us who knows some one thing
good and 1t is worthy, then he or she
becomes a teacher in East Aurora
and organizes a class and gives all
the others the benefit of his or her
knowledge"
Ebert Hubbard believes that boy
or girl should not be taken out of
work to be educated. but should be
educated while at work. He doesn't
believe that four or six years of the
best life of boy should be devoted
solely to study, but that he should
work as he studies.
Thought after thought OF marvel
GUS strength was brought out by Mr..
Hubbard: great truth followed great
truth. each clothed in original and
sound logic, each convincing and un-
1t would be impossible
In a brief space to review as 1t de-
serves that wonderful discussion. |
Every man woman and child who |
failed to hear 1t missed something |
that would have helped them through |
all the years to come.
Brilliant wit typical and remark
able epigrams. clean good humor. or
Iginality and logic Characterised the
address
Elbert Hubbard declared that there |
are two ways to get away from COM
petition. One Il to undersell. to pro-
auce = cheaper article; the other il