Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-03
MANcHEsTER's FIRST cHAUTAU.
QUA.
Opening Exercises at Terrill's Park
Yesterday.

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Park and will continue for six days
The program appears on another
page Of this paper, and it is suf-
ficiently meritorious to attract large
crowds from all sections of the
country. The grounds are beauti-
full, and easily reached by pedes-
TRANS. The first session was held
Tuesday afternoon, and commenced
with a half hour of songs by the
Sterling Jubilee Singers, followed
by an opening prayer by Rev. ]. B..
Wagner.
The address of welcome was de-
livered by E. NJ. Carr substantially
as follows:
ADDRESS OF WELCOME.
PATRONS OF THE MANCHESTER
CHAuTAUoUA: | esteem it privi-
lege to voice the welcome of the
people Of Manchester to the first
Chautauqua that ever assembled in
their city. In the sincere and hearty
language of President Roosevelt, we
are delighted. Every one of US
want to say to you, Good afternoon,
how do you do" and every other
kind form of greeting known to our
language.
But my words sound to me like
surplusage. All that l can say
and more seems plainly written
upon the faces of our people. They
want you to feel their welcomes I'M
til the green on the trees looks
greener, until the songs of the birds
sound sweeter, and until your senses
magnify all the good and beautiful
in this Chautauqua and it's surround
ings.
The people of Manchester want
you to be happy while you are here.
1t is said that the music which
reaches farthest into Heaven comes
from the beating Of joyous hearts
Be that as it may, we hope that
while you are with us your joys
will be as deep as the ocean, and
your sorrows, if you have any, as
light as the oceans foam.
/ understand that no words oil
welcome are considered complete,
unless the speaker says something
about the place for which he speaks
lido not know why this is so, but
am glad that it is so, for / like te
talk about this home country Of ours
The fates were kind to the peo
pie whose homes are in this favored
land and | feel sometimes that many
of them do not fully appreciate iii
advantages. This part of the coun
try is a choice section of the bes
that the world affords. To com
memce with we are in the latitude
orrather line of temperature, where
humanity in all ages has shown its
greatest developement.
| must be brief, but / will try and
demonstrate in a few words the
truth of my assertions
Mt Ararat, from which Noah ano
his defendants commenced thei1
journey westward, is on line near
ly parallel with the Southern line Of
Iowa.
Since the days of Noah, 5000 years
ago, the march of civilization ant
human advancement has been eve,
westward along line Of tempera
ture about the same as we have here
No great center Of learning, or gov
ernmental power, has ever beel
much fuather south than the stat,
of Iowa
Constantinople, the capitol of tn
Roman Empire and the center o
civilization for 1000 years. is LOCATED
about 100 miles south of Manches
ter. Rome, the Eternal City, tina
sat upon her seven hills and from
her throne of beauty ruled The
world, is due east of Cedar Rapids
On the western part of Europe
the Gulf stream, or some other cause
carries the line of temperature sew.
en- or eight hundred miles furthe,
north than in most other parts Of
the world, and the center of civiliza
ton and human achievement follows
this favored line thru that continent
Berlin, the great capitol of one O
the greatest nations Of moderr
times, is 700 miles north of Man
chester And Paris, the great cen
ter of science and refinement, i,
more than $50 miles north Of us
And London, the greatest city tina
ever existed on this earth, is 6O(
miles north Of Manchester. TIL,
mean annual temperature, however
of these great European cities is
about the same as it is with us.
In crossing the Atlantic the lin
Of temperature drops back 10 it
normal place, and New York, thu
greatest city of the New World, i
about due east from Davenport
And Chicago, the worlds creates
city Of the near future, is very clos
to this line along which the huma,
race attains its greatest perfection
The fates might have held thu
cup OF promise to our lips until w
were lured to region where til
enfeebling glow of the southern SUI
checks human development, or to
land where the opposite extrem
exhansts tha vital foroa,
Fortunate indeed are we who's
homes are in this favored land. Her
bone, and blood, and brain gro1
pure and strong, here men becom
leaders of men.
Here in Delaware county we hav
no freaks of nature or storied monu
ments to show you, but if you will
go with me to the top floor of til
Court House spire, and look 70
many miles in every direction, 70,
will see wealth Of fruitful field
uneXcelled in any land The nio