The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-07-21
THE GREAT
CHAUTAUQUA
WITH IDEAL SUMNER WEATHER TIE DENI-
son CHAUTAUQUA PROSPERlNf.
PLENTY OF ENTERTAINMENT:
Col. Bob Seeds With His Lecture Great Sue
cess Music, Moving Pictures, Read
inss Combined to Make a
Strong Program.

inss Combined to Make 4 h
Strong Program.
Denison's third annual Chautauqua
opened Monday afternoon rs scheduled
,nder the general management Of the
Rsdpath- Vawter Chautauqua System
With T. F. Graham as superintendent I,
The equipm.nt this year is new {,
and most excellent inl y
every respect. The decorations Of the |
tent with flags adds much to the at
No finer location could
be found than the City Park. A
large and enthusiastic crowd RreetedIi
tho opening program.
Excellent entertainment was fur
rished both afternoon and evening BY
the Steele Concert company.
AZ . reader Catherine Cole-S Steele
i1sdeliRhtfuI and found favor with her
audience at once. Her numbers were
generously applauded and especially
her dialect sketches. Her graceful
poise and unaffected manner, placed
Her audience at ease at once and the
listeners felt none of that nerve strain
that so often sceompanies the mediocre
reader.
h Mr.. A. G. Steele IL . bass soloist
os more than ordinary ability. His
well chosen selections were rendered
Ina finished manner that displayed
his deep. rich voice to the best advan-
Etage.
L DR.. Frank Loveland. pastor Of the
First Methodist church of Omaha. was
1.-THE lecturer of the afternoon. His
tmAsterly lecture on Fogyism was full
Iof good thought and interspersed with
Sufficient humor to add spice to the
truths he Was driving home. Dr..
lLoveland has for several years been
Z leading Chautauqua attraction and
1 he certainly made good with nen-
ison people.
TuesdAy afternoon and evening the
usiral part Of the program was fur
I l.nished by the Commonwealth male
;lquartette Of Boston, are old exper.
J tsuced ycsam quAsts III. They N
4 ~ 4, ol isllotJ iSin6
tfbota heavy and Ilght numbers With
+tequaI success. Their limitations on
the Telephones was . source Of great
Lamusemenr. Mr.. Carpenter 3 readings
added much to the pleasure Of the
audience.
The speaker Of the afternoon was
4 Col. Bob Seeds, who supplied the
Iopen date occasioned by Champ Clark i
being unable to leave Washington.
Col. Bob" is from Center. Pa. is q
farmer and at the same time one Of
the pest story tellers on the American
Z platform. Few men couli keep an
audience convulsed with laughter fol
4 an hour and half rs did Seeds,
Many were heard to remark that thit
one lecture was worth the cost Of {
season ticket.
Il DR.. Monroe Markley Of Colorado
delivered his lecture in the evening on
Harp Strings and Heart Strings. 2
DR.. Markley 10 an optimist. who be.
lieves in the song OF the heart, the
harmonious life and the joy and glad
ness Of 9 cheerful disposition. In hii
lecture, which is q trifle long. he says
many good things. Things which
cheer and encourage men along the
rough road Of life and people are bet
ter for hearing him. He interprets
music as the language Of the soul ani
from this as starting point buildi
his lecture. He makes plea fol
the old times. the old time hymns.
and while his tributes to Wagner,
Handel. Beethoven and Chopin indi.
cate his appreciation for classical
music, his lecture is full of jokes
j lat the expense of the music which
continually aims at tune and never
quite gives one.
He was full OF good stories AMI
he told them we'll. His literal in
lterprelation of tie rendition Of the
/ church anthem was thoroughly en-
: ljoyable. He TOOK sectarianism away
! from song as but few speakers woul,
attempt to do and showed how sucl
hymns as |Lead Kindly Light.
Jesus Lover of my Soul RocI
of Ages" etc., come from Catholic
: Methodist and Presbyterian sources
! A sectarian song cannot live but
! song that expresses the soul lives an
s is taken up by all churches, no matte
Z what its origin. He gave good il
4 lustration of woman at her hous
work, starting the whole town to sing
Z ing and from singing to do acts .
s kindness, and from acts of kindness I
& civic improvement and church awaken
{ ings.
I The lecture grew better toward tn
y close and left the audience with th
9 feeling that music could do mora