Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-06

WEEK OF RARE ENTERTAINMENT
OPENED by LECTURE, MUSIC
AND DRAWING.
DR.. CHASE PLeAsEs

Or. CHASE PLEASES
Noted Lecturer Sends Home ADVICE
With -Klrksmith Orchestra
Make Hit and Chalk Talk
Is Interesting.
Chase. the man who told such serl-
GUS things in such humorous man
ner, was the real opening OF the chau-
tauuua yesterday afternoon 1t seems
a little irreverent to merely say
Chase for the learned lecturer is
doctor of divinity and a clergyman
with pastorates extending over a
ueriod of eighteen years, but the way
he has Of telling the audience what ne
has to say. and then too the things he
says and how he makes you enjoy hay-
ing him tell them, drives away that
awe one has for the D. d. and Rev.
and YOU lust know him for Chase
The name is we'll applied for ne does
chase away dull moments ana ne
chases smiles and laughs all about the
huge canvas under which ne talks 70
the chautauqua audiences. He - not
the easiest lecturer to follow II one
would try to remember all he says, Tor
his capacity OF meaty words is large,
but one can easily remember some OIL
his lecture in epigrams, for OF these
there was plenty. And his story tell
ing was good, to say the least Few
can say so much that is deep and full
of meat, with so little affectation as
DR.. Mattinson w. Chase in his Pc
culiarly titled lecture, Why?
AS an entree to what was to follow,
the Kirksmith orchestra opened the
program yesterday afternoon and be-
came favorites with the audience OF
several hundred souls forthwith.
Ensemble, solos, quartets, each show
inc musical ability that is rare and OF
undoubted quality we're enjoyed. The
orchestra is composed of six attractive
young women, two Of whom lay claim
to Ottumwa as their birth place and
their parents are known to some OF
the residents Of Ottumwa who resided
here some eighteen to twenty years
ago. At this time the father of the
SIX Young ladies. Prof. Henry Smith,
taught music and drawing in the public
schools of Ottumwa. The name Kirk
smith comes from Joining their
mothers maiden name of Kirk to tner
fathers name of Smith. The residence
Of the girls is now at Kansas City
and they are known as top-notchers on
the chautauqua platform.
Sing and Play.
The talent Of these young women is
aot confined to merely playing pretty
selections, both modern and classic.
on the five instruments that are USED
In the orchestra violin, saxo-
phone, cornet, flute and piano-but
they sing as well and their quartet
singing ranks with the better grade IN
chautauqua work. The flute playing
# one Of these wins the audience
whole heartedly. The same can be
said of the violin solo work OF another
Of the sextette. Taken as a whole
their efforts are pleasing to tho ear
and a refreshing number to music
lovers. s.
Poor Listeners.
Scoring American audiences Tor
their lack of attention and the c1nse-
auent loss they suffer from losing the
best that is said and done for them on
the platform, the stage and In travel,
DR.. Chase said in the opening o. his
lecture yesterday afternoon, "Of the
thousand persons who read, a hundred
think; and of the hundred who hear,
about one Sees" He then went after
that element who attend the opera and
stellar theatrical attractions. but
whose object there is largely to f1aunt
dress and want of dress in vulgar
manner to the disturbance of those
who would hear and see undisturbed.
He drew the comparison between the
larger cities Of the old world where
the efforts Of the intelligent are appre-
ciated for their worth, to the wanton
display of ignorance among those
whose position in life should make
them different among certain classes
In New York, Chicago and Philadel-
phia. "The Americans" said he, "are
good takers. but poor listeners"
Point Of View.
The lecturer then dwelt at some
length on the things Americans have
and do not appreciate their possession
Of, but go to Europe as soon as their
stake is made, be 1t in oil, mines, pat
emit or what not, so long as it gives
Them a fortune, the first outlet to
which must be trip to the country
across the ocean This element OF
Americans came in for scoring on
heir short sightedness and under the
caption of short sightedness, many
we're made to feel the force Of the lee
!urer's words He stated that all de-
pended upon the point Of view and IL
ustrated the difference by the story
81 the poetic souled young lady from
he city making a visit in the country,
md of how her thoughts found e1-
preston while watching the trees
,waying in storm that fell upon that
particular section, in the following
words. "The moaning and grooming Of
those trees sounds like the cry of q
lost SOUL" at which juncture. said the
lecturer, "the small boy about The
house was in hearing and told the
young lady that anyone as full Of
green apples as the trees would have,
In his humble opinion. sufficient: rea:
son to moan and groan.
--A H. L.. ~s& ~