Cañon City record., 1907-08-01

The readjustment of the Chautauqua
program on Thursday. made necessary
by the failure of Adrian M. Newens
and Congressman ]. Adam Bede to
get here at the expected time. was
another illustration of that old truism
that Man proposes but God disposes."
A heavy rain in the vicinity of Flor
eence early in the afternoon flooded
the railroad tracks to the depth of
several feet, delaying the train upon
which Mr.. Newens and Congressman
Bede were passengers for several
hours, and for awhile making 1t un-
certain whether they would get here
at all.
Fortunately. the water receded rap
idly and the train was enabled to pro-
coed sooner than was anticipated
would be the case and both Of the
marooned entertainers reached Canon
City in ample time for the evening
session and were assigned places on
the program.
Despite the threatening appearance
OF the weather and the muddy street
crossings. considerably more than a
thousand people made their way to
the ChautauQua grounds to enjoy the
Intellectual treat which they knew
would be presented by these splendid
<cntertainers, and the sequel proved
that they were not mistaken.
In order that both men might have
an opportunity to display their special
talents as entertainers the program
was unavoidably longer than usual.
but nobody grew tired OF 1t on that
In II
to be thought OF with two such in
teresting and diverting entertainers.
Mr.. Newens was introduced to the
audience frst and at once commanded
the attention of the audience. which
he held until his retirement from the
platform. Mr.. Newens Is an imper-
senator and humorist of the first rank
and sees fun in everything. He
breaches the gospel OF light heated
ness and good cheer, and understand
ing as he does human nature. Is en-
inentiy successful In his propaganda
Mr.. Sewens has a mission in the world
and Il is to teach men and women that
II Is better to smile than to cry: that
cheerfulness is better than despon-
dency: that sunshine Is better than
gloom. Az a story teller and reader
Mr.. Newens has few rivals and no
superiors on the lyceum platform.
He 10 a master In that particular field
OF entertainment and when you have
heard him once you are anxious to
repeat the experience.
Congressman Bede has the reputa-
ton OF being one OF the wi,test men
In public life In Washington n. and he
l. l. ~ nI
capital as a post prandiaI or after
dinner talker. During the last few
years he has come to be known as
one of the most delightful speakers
in the country and Is annually the
recipient OF many invitations from
clubs and other organizations to
speak at banQuets and social functions
Of a score OF kinds.
His lecture here was on "CiviliZa
ton. Its Cause and Cure" He spoke
for an hour and a half and was en-
tertaining to the last. Mr.. Bede. like
Mr.. Newens, breaches the philosophy
of optimism. He has no sympathy to
waste on those who decry our ma
tional Ills and shortcomings. While
our present condition. in his opinion,
10 far from Utopian, he says all OF the
evils from which We now suffer will
be removed In Gods good time. There
are difhculties to be overcome and
problems to be solved. but agencies
are at work which will remove them
from our pathway II we are patriotic
and will lend our efforts to the work
OF reform. Every time an invention
ia made to mitigate human toll the
relations between capital and labor