The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-07-28

Congress and in the absence of bii
parents Raymond entertained the dis.
tinguished.. speaker at the Conner home.
Saturday evening the front seats
were we'll filled with children for this
was their special night with Hal Mer-
ton. magician and vantriloquist. He
is certainly very clever and ju0gled
coins, handkerchiefsa and other articles
until the boys who had volunteered t.
assist him really looked worried lest
they too should vanish. His vantrilo-
quism was revelation to many.
The entertainment was a great sue
cess.
Sunday was the fi2at wet day Of the
seven SO no one felt like complaining
and the tent was we'll filled for the
afternoon lecture by Dr.. George &.
Vincent. dean of Chicago University.
He argued in .he beginning of his talk
that selfishness is the basis Of all
human endeavor. He then passed Oh
to present that the make up Of our
lives is the accommodating Of mental
pictures, Impressions or experiences.
and he urged that all endeavor to have
these pictures made Of things uplift-
ing. noble, worthy to be held in pleas
ing remembrance. While naturally
with the beginning Of things people
we're interested in themselves alone,
yet their thought and interest should
broaden eut to pride Of family, of
town. state. nation, in fact strong
patriotism. After the lecture there
was an intermission and then came q
vesper service with responsive scrip
ture reading by the people, songs and
. short talk by DR.. Vincent. Prof.
Van Ness led the music and the
closing prayer was made by Rev.
DePree
Mrs. Brown aud the Boy choir Of
Chicago furnished the music on Sum
day but on account Of the dampness
the harp numbers were not what they
would have been in pleasant weather.
yet. all were convinced that Mrs.
Brown is a harpist Of rare ability.
The boys sang well and showed splen-
did training The illustrated lecture
in the evening by DR.. Charles A.
Payne was q splendid portrayal Of
Rome as it now is. and also as it was
1000 years ago. His pictures are Of
fine quality and he describes them
with ease and readiness. for the scenes
portrayed are perfectly familiar to
him. This closed the splendid Chau-
tauqua of 1909, and it is q pleasure to
US to state that over 1000 tickets are
taken for next year SO that the Chsu-
tauqua for 1910 is assured.
= The Seton Indians were very pepu-
lar as they were last year. During
the morning hours they played games,
listened to stories, ran races. did wood
carving and in short were real Injuns.
The drectress was exceptionally
good and her work is highly commend
ed.
We shall not endeavor to give a
detailed account of the morning lee
lures by Prof. o. E. Behymer, for to
do the subject justice would take
columns Of space; but will give only
the general opinion of those who at
tended faithfully. All who heard one
of his lectures felt that they must
hear them all. and so the attendance
was splendid through the entire week.
He discussed various literary topics
with familiarity which proved him
a scholar and deep thinker. His
course Of lectures was great literary
uplift and will be felt in the commun-
ity. All whom we have heard express
their appreciation Of his work are
earnestly hoping that he may be the
morning lecturer for Denison again in
1910.
P. F. Mccarthy and family of
Davenport are in Denison this week.