Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-08-21

that she was lacking in magnetism
and that some of her stories we're use
less bits of nothings without moral
or lesson of any consequence. Evil
IDENTIFY there were different points of
view. Many persons liked Miss Ly-
mans work oil through the Chautau-
qua. She must naturally grow some
what mechanical in her story telling
when she appears every day before
the children in the same stories. That
is paldonable fault, however, and
sho'ld not outweigh the good she
does in her happy illustrations for
children.
The Bible hours each morning were
ably conducted by the home ministers
| and the association appreciates the in
terest manifested in thslr work.
Mrs. Leonora Lake, who talks to
Chautauqua audiences on the divine
rights of children, was an unusual at
traction this year and many were
well pleased with the sound doctrine
of parenthood she expressed before
the Abba public. Her subject was
practically socialistic one and she
handled it without reserve. The only
way to fully appreciate Mrs. Lake is
to hear her.
One Of the truly artistic numbers
of the Chautauqua was the lecture,
lightning and toothpicks," by Sylves-
ter A. Long of Dayton, Ohio. He Is
evidently student and thinker along
| lines that harmonic with the laws OF
nature. He does OF discard nature
as phenomenon, but uses its every
force and atom for the working out
Of divine laws to the ultimate good OF
mankind. He is practical and seen
tific in all his philosophy and has
builded up mountain of ideas worthy
of expression and the soberest reflec
| tons of man.
| Hon. James E. Watson was perhaps
the best all round speaker of the
week when it comes to plain, incon
trovertable facts and he lost no time
in theories or in fowery expressions
except when they were meant to con
vey convincing point in hand. His
address on "Our Ideals" should be
heard from every platform in the
country. 1t is worth an hour and 8
half of any mans time.
/ Dr. ]. E. Cathell of Des Moines en-
tertained on Friday afternoon in his
splendid eulogy on Lincoln and gave
personal "reminiscences Of the human
side of the great liberator Of the col
ored slaves. When boy of some
twelve summers he was privileged tt
come in cont ct with Abraham Lin
coin and his memory of the occasion
makes him valuable on the Chautauqu;
platform all over the land.
w. S. Gillian handed out some
very pleasing packages of humor OF
Friday night and kept the audience II
constant good humor while he was I'D
doing lis eundles. 1t was his secont
appearance in Abba and very larg
audience greeted him on both occa
, sions, which emphasizes his ability.
The really big day of the Chautar
qua was when U. s. Senator Thome
P. Gore of Oklahoma, spoke on socia
duty. His address was more in tn
, nature of comparative speech thal
a sociological one. He took UP tn
r lives of Lincoln and Davis and con
: pared their environments, their edl
, cational adva tages and political as
5 pirations and their eventual success
t and failures and ended with an elal
; crate and loquent eulogy on the chal
r acter of Abraham Lincoln. When
: touched upon the present political ST
/ uation in Iowa he had words of praits
: for Dolliver and Cummins in their wor
for q reduction in the tariff at Wasl
;. ington He was in sympathy with tn
/ progressive Republicans of our stat
1 h,,t conf aSsed that he could not tie