The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-26

THE morals OF the gang form the
least common denominator of the In
he said. He said the indi-
vfduais in a mob are not as bad as the
worst of their number nor as good as
the best. but under leader with
great influence the mob itself may be-
come better than the best or worse
than the worst individual In 1t.
Real Educated Horse.
A real educated horse-that is what
his owner and trainer claims him TO
be and two large audiences at the
chautauqua last evening and yester-
day afternoon accepted Mascot as the
most wonderful of his kind. There
have been educated horses in the city
before, but none of them approach
in sagacity the little white equine
Mascot
The animal gave a really remark
able performance. Chautauqua audi
ences are skeDtical and hard to make
believe in the occult. The seemingly
hidden intelligence of this horse,
however, awakened the local patrons
to belief in the probability OF anil
amls possessing the power of thought.
The subject has been one of years
of agitation among psychologists,
scientists and other students of mind
and body. 1t is claimed by some, ami
mails possess the ability to bring about
the results and must have power OF
thought concentration. Others say
there is probably no doubt of the re-
suits but they are accomplished by
instinct or accident. which becomes
habit or custom through repetition.
Round World Three.
This wonderful horse. which delight
ed the crowds. has made three tours
around the world. He has appeared
in the presence Of royalty and has
been the sensation Of the equine
world for many years. His traineE, H.
S. Mcclure claims Mascot is not a
freak but truly educated horse. To
substantiate his assertions he offers
the evidence obtained when Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania professors made
a study of the horse. His owner
claims Mascot is not circus horse,
but a pupil just out of school.
The horse shows a telepathic pow
er that enables him to tell correctly
numbers written on piece Of paper
and concealed in an envelope. He
adds and subtracts. He adds several
columns of figures at the same time
and writes the answer on black
board with piece OF chalk held be-
tween his teeth. The horse performs
nothing less than wonderful feats in
arithmetic as a rapid calculator he is
as good as a machine. He can take
list of numbers and tell the answer
faster than persons in the audience
are able to do. He will be given a
list of numbers by his trainer and
without the sight of them on board
or elsewhere will follow them ment-
ally and write the result.
Too Monotonous Program.
The large audiences were delighted
by the horse. The exhibition was a
departure from the usual routine and
a pleasing one. There is not enough
| diversity about this seasons program
The same speakers are retained toe
often on the program. The public likes
the new, a change is appreciated. il
| tires Of daily and nightly talks by the
same persons. Irish wit and humor'
of the purling brook after four or Ave
sessions. Nothing could be said but
in praise of the Whitneys, but toe
much of anything, no matter how
good. brings repugnance. The chau
tauQua boards are crowded with tai
ent clamoring for chance. An audi
ence tires when a speaker tries tt
take advantage of it to display pc
hobbies. Just a little desert with al
this chautauqua feast would be ap
preciated by the public.
Yesterday Afternoon.
Yesterday afternoon DR.. Forbusl
took up the subject The Gang" TO-
his remarks in connection with hi
series of addresses before the teach
ers. Boys are all right at heart ant
really mean well, according to tn
views Of the divine. The gang il
that aggregation of the neighborhoo'
that usually controls things. 1t mos
often is led by boys Of more or les
bad breeding and the effect on tn
others is not always the best. Tn
bad boy often is not nearly so "a
as he is reputed to be. There is al
ways q chance for him.
A very pleasing song recital wa
given last evening by Miss Rose Nus
baum of Chicago. She haN a goo
voice and those who heard her wer
favorably impressed.
Miss O'Reilly continued her lauds
ton of the Irish race both in the al
ternoon and evening. She attacke
the stage-born idea in this countr
that the Irish are great tipplers by us