The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-22
SATURDAY EVENING,


Reno B. Melbourne. the scientist.
astonished the multitude last evening
with his startling lecture and demon.
stration. In order to bring wildly be-
fore the eyes and minds OF his au-
dience, it is necessary for the scientist
to use large amount of apparatus
His lecture is called Doing the I'M
possible" Until one witnesses his |
performance and actually sees what he |
does. he can not but believe that what |
is to be attempted is really the impos-
sible. With chemics and electricity. |
Professor Melbourne completely mys-
titled the crowd. They were made to
believe they were seeing things" and
it is probable that there were bad
dreams for not few last night.
Last year Prof. Melbourne was Civ
en- a place of minor prominence on the
program. But he demonstrated such
startling things and so aroused his
audience there was a popular demand
for his return. Last night he went
even further than he had the year be-
fore. He performed tricks with his
apparatus that appealed to the wit
nesses as nothing short of the miracu-
lous. But wtihal there was no mes
merism nor hypnotism, only the kind
of mysteries that scientists encounter
in their researches and attempts to
deal with the elements.
Yesterday Afternoon.
| Yesterday afternoon the program
was furnished by the Musical Artists
company and DR.. Washington GLADDEN..
The musicians gave another of their
concerts such as has made them popu-
lar. They were assisted by Miss Doyle
the reader.
The lecture of DR.. GLADDEN. was a
discourse on the evolution through
which the world has passed in the last
seventy-three years. This period rep
resents the life of Dr. GLADDEN. and it
| is for that reason that he selected
discourse related to the declaration
that the truth such as is founded in
nature by the scientist is just as di
vine as the truth which is divulged by
the Bible.
The speaker said the Bible must not
be accepted in too literal a transla-
ton. He plead for a breath of under
standing. He touched upon the sub
ject Of socialism again, but not at the
same length as the day previous. DR..
GLADDEN. is preparing book called
"Recollections," and his lecture dealt
in part with some Of the contents Of
this volume which will soon be pub
lished.
| World Is Progressing.
! In speaking of progress of the earth
during the past seventy-three years.
DR.. GLADDEN. said it had been mainly
for the better, although some evil has
crept in. He would eliminate the evil
il possible, but did not declare it as a
possibility. He analysed the thought
of today. He maintained that while
men concerned solely in the material
have created evil. there are other men
laboring to improve the thought OF
mankind. who are laboring for the bet
ter. He advocates the future success OF
the thinkers. because they are striving
for the right as against purely mater
rial benefit.
The water party elected its straigh,
ticket when the ballots were cast 70,
the Boys City election. This means
that Brandon Grifis will be installed
as mayor: Rush Butler clerk. and Eu
/ gene Quigg. treasurer. There was a
final rush to get on the water wagon
and it won in a runaway. The suprem
acy of aquatics over land sports now is
established.
In the swimming races at the Hawk
ms pond in the afternoon. Robert
Lyons won first prize and Francis
Glass second for the juniors Ross
Lyons carried off first honors among
the intermediates. and a. lad named
Parker was second best.