Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-11
Approaching Assembly Will be
Filled With Pleasing Feat
ures for All
NOTED DIvINEs AND LECTURERS
cadman, Brooks, Green and Others In
cluded in the List-Ope Read and
Hobson Among Popular Men Who
Will Appear Musical Celebrities,
Cliff Dwellers, and Nature Stories.

tions are being scanned by those In
terested. For the benefit and interest
OF those who attend chautauquas,
something in regard to the men and
themes Of the coming assembly Is
timely and valuable.
There is little need to introduce DR..
S. Parkes Cadman to an American or
an English audience. DR.. Cadman Is
pastor OF the largest Congregational
church in America, an orator and
thinker with settled reputation on both
sides the Atlantic, and Is considered
the greatest platform speaker since
Beecher. Thomas Brookes Fletcher Is
a new star on the platform. an orator
Of the dramatic type. and Is winning
great place in lyceum and chautauqua-
He is convinced and convincing,
strong man, with hate of sham and
evil, the courage of conviction. and
the power Of expression. DR.. A. e.
Winship, editor Of the New England
Journal of Education, Is among the
most widely known lecturers living,
has personally known every great fig
ure Of American history for: the past
third Of century, and is charming
raconteur as well as q thinker
Another afternoon attraction, whose
introduction would be simple redund-
ancy, is Capt. Richmond r. Hobson,
hero of the most spectacular and hero,
ic incident in modern naval warfare.
Captain Hobson has a message to the,
American people. AS the best-ln-
formed man in the country upon naval
affairs and naval history, he deserves
the attention he attracts. His lecture
Is Of the most absorbing character. His
personality and magnetism charm,
while his facts convince Another great
lecturer is DIR. Thomas e. Green, IN
cidentally the highest salaried lecturer
under contract to lyceurn or chau-
tauqua bureau. The demand for his
services is insistent from one coast to
the other, and resulted in the closing
of his dates for the current year near
" three months ago. He Is sane.
forceful and magnetic The doctor is
we'll known in Iowa. where he was
prominent III lIlt EIPlSSCpdl iihi'A.'NA
and chaplain of an Iowa regiment
With the convention just closed at
Denver 1t may be Of interest to recall
that DIR. Green has been chaplain OF
four national political conventions.
Another great minister who will APP
pear by special engagement at the
MarshalltoWn chautauqua for Sun
day afternoon lecture on "The Church
and the Down and Outs" is the Very
Rev. j. S. Budlong.
Mr. Fl. P. Miller is a farmer talking
to farmers; an expert of the schools
who came to an Ohio farm and made
good in his own plowshoes. He is the
practical farmer, built on the theoreti-
cal, and offers what may be done on
the slope of the feed yard as well as
in the padded stall of the experiment
station.
The evening lectures and entertainers
combine to create great class. Opie
Read, is delighting audience after au-
dience without distinction to place or
people. He stands and scintillates
epieram. He melts with pathos and
convulses with humor. No lecturer
In years has enjoyed a greater triumph
than that achieved this season by kind
ly, sincere Opie Read, who thinks most
Of what he is to give and least Of what
he is to receive.
George L. Cole brings an illustrated
lecture Of absorbing interest in his
story Of the American Cliff Dwellers, a
prehistoric people Of whom some mem
bers still survive and accompany the
lecturer by special permission of the
United States government. These were
the builders Of the American pyramids.
Their prehistoric dwellings perched on
the cliffs Of the southwest are shown
by lantern pictures and the customs
and Industrial arts of the Pueblos illus
trated by individuals reared in the
homes where their ancestors lived
thousands Of years before America had
disturbed the dreams Of Columbus.
DR.. Thomas e. Will, secretary Of
the American Forestry association
comes with an illustrated lecture on
the deforestation Of this continent, the
projects of great inland waterway
and of reclamation.
E. Harold Baynes, secretary of the
American Bison Society, Of which Pres
ident. Roosevelt is honorary president,
tells a charming history Of "Our Wild
Neighbours" illustrated by many lam
tern pictures taken by himself. Goss
returns with new films and new songs.
These are part of the evening enter
tainments.
Six really great musical organiza-
lions, including thirty-two solo artists,
make up the musical attractions. The
Barnards, who will be here on the open
ing day, are musical family, father,
mother son and four daughters. They
play the music Of the people. real mu-
sic with melody, swing, and tune. Their
popularity is we'll deserved. The Ster-
ling Jubilees come back better than
before So does the Royal Hungarian
Orchestra under Louis Lipski. The
Stelzls constitute quartet in strings
and brass, includes soprano with a
three octave voice, and piano and violin
soloists of the highest class. The Ohio
Male quartet is perhaps the highest
class male quartet before the public
At any rate the press critics unite in
according it the highest praise. They
bring four fresh strong male voices
perfectly blended, a repertoire and IL
berality seemingly endless, and reputa-