The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-21
Doiiiver Avenue Is the Princi-
pal Thoroughfare.
IOWASTATESMANHERE
Started tho Meetings with Lee.
ture This Afternoon.
Hungarian Orchestra Furnishes
Music at Opening Session.

VI Ihe southwest corner of Vfnewood
park. Forty comfortable tents erect
60 on the crest of the hill go to make
al avenue running east ana wesf
through the thickly wooded grove. It
10 beautiful spot that the -Chautau-
qua assembly has chosen for its head
quarters this year. The tents are rais-
Gu IN double row for q distance of
several hundred yards and the limb,
o1 the great trees form an arcf, over
.ne avenue between the homes OF fhe
campers. They call this Dolliyer ave-
nue IN nonor Of the Iowa orator who
today. oai roiiing
Inc forty tents erected have a,1
oeen taken and they are putting m
more tents. Many outing parties tock
POSSESSION OF their tents last night and
every car today brought additions 70
the out doors colony. These tents .re
n1eo up very comfortably, indeed
Iney nave board floors and are eouin-
pea with wire cots, gasoline stove.
rugs, rocking chairs and there are
a''aIa nocks siung from the trees on
The ladies were very busy tb;s
norning taking possession of their
tented homes. Any unfortunate man
that happened along was seized upon
oy at least six ladies and put to work
many of the campers were serf1ed
uown Tor the week and the gossip OF
the lair sex from tent door to door
and the laughter of the rompinR chill
oren gave permanency and home air
TO the novel scene
Yes" said a we'll known socielv
matron this morning, as she. deftiv
Juggled three eggs in frying nan
the mosquitoes are pretty bad. but
y.i VINO cares for little thing like that.
a lovely time This camp ground n
cool and shady and well away from
the amusement features of the park
crossing the stream that flows
through the heart OF the pleasure
grounds OF vinewood park. you climb
ter building and find that the sides of
this structure havo been torn away
and overflow seats placed to accom-
modate about 1000 persons This is
the auditorium for the feature events
and addresses of the Chautauqua 1T
is rather small but very convenient
and admirably located.
Climbing to the top of the hill and
continuing to the southwest you come +
to the council tent of the Chautauuua
assembly. Here will be held the ses- !.
sions of the association and the meet
1ngs or the members and the private
lectures and talks on literature and
cooking and demonstrations of the
common ana abstract sciences.
The council tent stands at the head
of Dolliver avenue and to the west
stretch the rows of tents Of the camp
ers on the Chautauqua grounds The
trees up here are very large and the
grounds are beautiful Below and i'm
the distance can be seen the amuse-
ment portion proper of vinewood
park; the noise Of the pleasure seekers
comes family through the trees from
the distance.
The car service to the park will be
enlarged at different hours of the day
Tthe feature events of the course are
set for 3 O'Clock in the afternoons and
at o'clock in the evenings. Just be-
fore these hours every day the car
service will be tripled in order to ham
die the crowds.
Every arrangement possible for the
comfort and entertainment of visitors
and campers has been made and at
noon today Chautauqua hill was a
busy and pleasant place. The Vine
wood cars were crowded from the
noon hour to o'clock this afternoon
by crowds from all over this section
of the state anxious to hear the ad-
dress of Senator ]. p. Dolliver of Iowa,
the first and one of the very best at
fractions of the ten days program.
The Iowa senator is one of the big
men of the nation and has for many
years been recognized as the peer OF
any political or platform orator In
the United States. He spoke today on
the subject. Public Virtue a Question
OF Politics." and this message, coming
from a western man whose talents,
progressive ideas and clean, strong
character have placed him in the front
rank OF the leaders in national affairs,
was listened to with the closest atten-
ton by the great crowd that filled the
pavilion and covered the overflow for
many yards back on all sides of the
auditorium. A man who had never
needed the prod Of reform In his long
public life told of the effects and i'm
swept the politics of the country away
from it's old moorings.
The noted Hungarian orchestra
from Budapest played several selec-
tions preceding the address Ex-senator
Dolliver. Tonight this orchestra and
Marshall's band will play for the
crowds in attendance. The following
Thursday:
Wednesday, July 22, Farm Day.
$3.50 a. m.-Morning vespers. in
charge of the Y. w. c. A.
9 a. m.-The Gospel of John Rev.
F. L. Hayes, D. D., "The Authenticity,
Authorship and Analysis of the Book,
With the Contrast Between John and
1000 a. m-The Mohammedan
World. Mrs. J. p. White. "Mohammed,
the Arabian Prophet" -s.
10:45 a. m.-Travel Talks. Mrs.
Jessie Mackenzie Walker. "A Pill
grimage to Stratford-on-Avon."
2:30 p. midland Jubilee singers.
500 p. nm. l. Bowman. Corn"
400 p. m.-Domestic Science, Mrs
Julia A. Wiley. Soups. Breads.
Sticks" etc. Council tent.