Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-08-01
DR., SAMUEL PARKS CADMAN TELLS
ABOUT The GREATEST AMERICAN
Chautauqua Speaker Last Night Said
Present Day Americanism Was Made
OF "Jeffersonian Simplicity, Jacksonian
Vulgarity and Lincolnian D~emocracy.''s

plicity, J%acksonian ~vulgarity and
Lincolnian democracy.
"Opie Read is L%incolnian, the dudes
of the platform (referring TO the Ohio
%quartet) are Washingtonian.
Blood of Great West.
eff l had the genius of a Rembrandt
aid could WELD tie brush on the car
vas, / would paint with great, large.
strokes a boy of sixteen, | would
paint him tall and gangling, | would
paint him at the edge of the forest
splitting rails with his massive,
brawny arms, and his horny hands of
toll. Below it, with a master stroke,
| would write, Here is the blood that
made the great west
Look Out for Your Liver.
Lincoln took care of his body. He
took car Of his liver as well as his
stomach. Look after that body of
yours. 1t is the sanctuary of the Holy
Ghost. Take care of your liver too,
because it Is as necessary as the
poetry of our heart. How many youth
full lovers will stroll with the loved
ones from this tented pavilion tonight
and in the sweetly signing zephyrs
of the summer breeze, that isn't;
how many young man will say to his
intended. Will you accept my liver
and my %fortune?'"
Tribute to Old Women.
DR.. Cadman paid a great tribute to
the old women; the women who stay
at home and rock the cradle and the
women who do the work. This
woman. Nancy Hanks, Lincoln's wife,
stayed at home and she rocked a
cradle and she rocked something in
it too. She wasn't away playing
bridge whist or reading, When
Knighthood was in Flower with it's
silly s,rsh and seat. entalisnls.
Poverty has rocked the cradle Of
every great man, as history will show.
Daniel Webster was a great man,
Henry Clay and JohnsC. Calhoun were
great men. Each wanted to be presi-5
dent but was disappointed. In speak
ing of Webster | do not hesitate to.
say that there is not as great a man
living in the world today; l say the
world"
Telling of the government in refer
ence to these men the speaker said:
when there is only one man good
enough to govern. America let me
find another country. Every man who
refuses to enforce or abets the viola
ton of the law is an anarchist
Telling of the debates with Doug
lass whom he said was a great man but
the strangest part of it was that he
was Il Democrat. Reviewing lie
history of the martyred president he
closed by telling of the assassination.
Today's Program.
Lecture-'Social Education" Prof.
A. f. Benson.
Afternoon-Music by H. Ruthven
Mcdonald, the Canadian Basso.
Lecture-'The Big Stick Warren
G. Harding. Ohio statesman.
Extra lecture-"Moral Education"
Prof. A. F. Benson.
Evening-Musical recital by Mr.. and
Mrs. Mcdonald.
} Lecture-sOur Wild Neighbors," IL
Illustrated, Ernest Harold Baynes,
F, Americas leading naturalist.
Fridays Program.
Morning-Seton Indian works for
| the children.
Lecture-"Characteristics of the
: Master Teacher" Prof. A. F.. Benson.
l Afternoon-Music by the Stela'
! Quartet.
Lecture-"Animal Husbandry." by
t practical farmer, H. P. Miller of Ohio
Extra lecture-Special exhibition O.
the arts and industries of the Pueblo
S Indians.
5 Evening-Concert by the stelz
It quartet.
Lecture-Illustrated with %stereopti
f con and ten Pueblo Indians.
a THE Ancient and Modern Clif
Dwellers.'' DR.. George LarnonIe Cole