The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-30


Another splendid impersonation
was that Of Rev Bowsaw. the Hard
Shelled Baptist minister. The scene
at the school-house with the master
and Bud Means was vividly given as
was the scene in the courthouse when
some of the Flat Creekers were try
ing to convict the master of thlevery,
and lastly the love scenes when he
declared all present knew more about
1t than he did.
Friday Evening.
Reluctant farewell was said to the
Lotus Glee club at Friday evenings
session of the Chautauqua. The con-
certs of the quartet of splendid voices
have been among the most pleasant
of the weeks memories and their final
laughing success, fifteen minutes of
grand opera, entitled "An Alarm of
Fire in q Flat" placed them in the
foremost ranks of platform entertain
ers. The audience refused to let
them go and they were recalled to the
rostrum for one last number.
Warren G.. Harding, Chautauuua
president, occupied the platform for
the purpose OF transactng some of the
he had heard nothing but favorable
comment and praise of the Marion
| county Chautauqua, and now wished
to call upon the people to give a ma
terial sign of their approval. He at
| tributed the fact that we are privileg-
ed to enjoy this rare week of culture
and uplift to j. b. Virden, who first
conceived the idea and labored un-
tiringly for its fulillment. Mr.. Vir-
den presented the proposition to
committee from the Retail Merchants
association, and the merchants got
| behind and pushed with a guarantee
| fund. The expenses of the week will
exceed $4,000 for the Marion pro-
gram is one of the most expensive
presented In any Chautauqua in Amer
lea. At the present writing the asso-
citation is $500 behind the expenses.
| The Chautauqua must be bigger next
year, and to accomplish this end,
some one must stand back of II. Since
| II belongs primarily TO the people of
Marion, they should rally to it's sup
| port. make IL worthy of their COM
| munity by giving II a substantial sign
of their approval. To guage the
amount of money which may be ex-
| pended next year, blank ticket sub
scriptions were passed among the au-
dience. The pledge provided that the
signer will purchase the number of
| tickets designated any time after
their lssua nee, July l, 1911, the obli-
cation to b. Cancelled by death, or re-
moval from the city. That the 1911
| Chautauqua will be a hummer Is as
sured by the ready response to the
| plan, and the neat little bundle of
| signed pledges in the hands of the
secretary.
| After the business Mr.. Harding pre-
| sented the speaker of the evening,
| DR.. Davidson. The doctor, who has
gained wide popularity in the city
by reason of his tact and enthusiasm
and his manner of welcoming botn
audiences and speakers and bringing
them into accord, was given a fiat
tering ovation. Mr.. Harding paid
tribute to his ability as a manager
ana lecturer, according him the
rank of the best Chautauqua super
intendent in America. H. DR.. David
son Is successful as a superintendent,
he Is doubly so as a platform enter
tainer, his illustrated travalogue, "a
teeming with interest and information.
Fortunately he is assisted by beauti-
fully cOlored and wisely selected
slides, visualIzing his descriptions for
his hearers so that no effort is placed
upon imagination. His Ideas are well
selected, his words fit snugly into the
pictures, and altogether one feels like
they had returned from beyond the
seas when they get out into the open.
His manner of depicting the manners
and customs of the Swiss, the life of
the peasantry, and the wonders of
their nature pictures were especially
good. To have heard DR.. Davidson
was to have taken an effective and
economical summer vacation I'm the
mountains. The closing scene, Sun
rise on Mount Righi," was a beauti-
fui and enhancing picture, one of the
grandest revelations of the splendors
or nature to be seen anywhere in the
world.
Saturday Morning.
The second of the thoughtful
hours was conducted before a small
but earnest audience at the Chautau-
qua this morning by DIR. w. l.. David
son. He spoke on How to Use and
Study the Bible"
He said that first of all. he be-
lieved in honoring the bible. because
| 1t is the corner stone of civilization to
1t we are indebted for our great pro-
gress. He stated that IL grieved him
greatly that there had not been more
bible and devotional work at the Chau
tauqua, in the morning hour, and that
he hoped that there would be more
another year.
In speaking Of the study and use If
Gods word, he said that the bill 10
Is our guide book and the only chart
we have on lfe's tempetuous sea. He
spoke of IL as a book containing
great mystery but said he, IA religion
without a mystery is a religion with
out God. If we could understand the
mystery of God and his universe. we
would bring his work to the level OF
man and 1t would be a mans work.
This great mystery behind the great
unknown is the only revelation we
have of Gods love. We see the evi.
dence of power every where, but we
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