Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-13
'CHAUTAUQUA
he RE IN 1911
ALTHOUGH NUMBER OF TICKETS
SOLD NOT SUFFICIENT,
ASSEMBLY is ASSURED.
1910 SESSIONS CLOSE
Floyd, the Magician, Lee-Lathrop-Full-
cnwider and Rev. Andrew Gillies
Entertain Thousands
Yesterday.
1910 SESSIONS CLOSE

irerntendent ]. Stewart Morrison an
nounced that while there had not been
"a sufficient number Of tickets sold &c
guarantee the summer assembly,
canvass of the large audience brought
many more subscriptions for tickets
and if there is shortage, an effort
will be made to secure the remaining
! tickets by subscription or else the
price on the season tickets will be
raised slightly SO that the guarantee
sufficient to pay the expenses of the
chautanqua will be realized.
! The 1910 chautauqua has passed
into history and it was one Of the most
successful assemblies held in Ottum
wa. While many objections were made
by business men because many of the
best numbers were on the afternoon
programs instead of the evening, the
enterprise as whole was excellent,
and with these little defects in arrang-
ing the program improved next year,
with plenty of good talent, there will
| be no cause for criticism.
Rev. Andrew Gillies, the Lee-La-
throp-Fullenwider trio and Floyd the
magician. We're the closing numbers of
the chautauqua The Rev. Mr.. Gillies
was on the program during the after
noon, taking the place Of Hon. Duncan
r. Mckinley, congressman from Cali
fornia, who had to cancel his. en-
gagement. Floyd, the magician. was
the main attraction during the evening
and was an excellent number. "
Floyd Mystifies Audience.
The Observation-Disclosures trio
opened the evening program with
concert recital and their numbers
were heartily applauded. Floyd, the
trick manipulation, proved to be the
magnet of all eyes during his act. and
he introduced many new tricks Of
magic which mysti6ed the audience.
The old saying that the hand is
quicker than the eye was proven dur
ing his act, and while the audience
closely followed him in his tricks they
were unable to perceive how he could
cause articles to disappear and then
make them appear in some other place.
While many of the tricks had been
performed here before by other ma
gicians, Floyd had number Of new
stunts. The closed bag trick. in which
Floyd places himself in large cloth
bag and energies therefrom after it is
sealed by the audience, was successful
ly done.
GiIIies Pleasing TaIker.
Few, if any, were present In the
large chautauqua audience yesterday
afternoon who came away from the
scene without better knowledge Of
what constitutes the proper elements
for the making of better Americans
and better America. Few were there
who failed to appreciate the food for
thought in the truths uttered by the
we'll known minister, when Rev. An
drew. Gillies Of Minneapolis finished
his scholarly lecture. The charm Of the
lecturers eloquence carried the weight
of his words to deeper seat in the
minds and hearts Of his hearers The
ness, such as people are care1essly apt
to apply today to achievements that
are unusual in commercial and ordin-
airy walks of life, was distinguished by
this scholar from the real greatness
which has for it's base something real
ly good and worthy Of the term great.
ness from moral as we'll as physical
point Of view.
Reviews Progress.
The lecturer reviewed the advances
made during the century past in Amer
lea and all Of the more important sci
entific means of convenience were
shown in contrast with the means az
forded in the days Of the founders Of
America as republic. He brought his
comparison to climax by saying that
if one should have put their ear to the
ground today, they could hear the
tramp of the unborn millions in their
march that must bring Amer
lea to greater things than have been
dreamed Of He characterized the past
century as one Of transformation of
force into power. Lightning was said
by him to be force, but when brought
down to earth and made to drag our
street cars and light our homes. it is
power.
He also touched upon the moral side
of the country's achievements by al
luding to lynchings and to the moral
defects Of the people in permitting law
that are found from time to
time to exist in city and state govern
ments. The bribery in Illinois was
handled in no uncertain terms and a
story from life was told to illustrate
how the rich are getting richer while
some of them are unable to earn a
good living honestly. He said that it
was not better laws that were needed,
but better lawyers: not more churches,
but a better people.
Alien and Ballot.
The matter of aliens in America was
touched upon by the lecturer, who told
Of the tide of immigration and where
it centered. of how the alien learned
scarcely to read when the ballot was
thrust into his hands and he was made
an equal to all men. He said that he
believed that the alien should not be
given greater opportunity than the
college educated American boy. and
that the alien should wait until he
was twenty-one years in America be-
fore he was permitted to vote. Speak
ing Of temperance. he said that the
evil has been found wrong, that the
drunkard was worked upon when the
cause should havee been destroyed.
Personal element lies at the heart of
Cur greatness" said the lecturer. He