Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-08-04
Another Chautauqua For Next Year
Season Ticket.

Ia For Next Year
Illinois who told the biggest and longest
and most distressing tale of woe we
have ever heard from the lecture
platform. He didn't have q good word
for anybody except himself. He was
the whole works. There was no one on
the job but himself and some fellows
who were trying to steal the Capitol
building and carry off the White house
for themselves or their friends His
general discussion was intended to ridi-
Guile and belittle the judiciary and the
Congress of the United States. Mr..
Rainey is a fine locker and q good tallrer;
but he is a failure as an entertainer.
SuppOse we grant that all he said was
true-but we do not believe all of 1.-THE
might have told just as much truth
in an entertaining way. OF course all of
us who couldn't entertain an audience for
five minutes know just how it should be
done. But with all Difference to Mr..
Raineys great ability, high position and
large information on public affairs, we
suggest that if he had ''lambasted' the
Republicans good and strong the Demo
Gratis would have yelled with enjoyment.
Then if he had flashed" the Democrats,
the Republicans would have returned
the compliment in full measure. And
il he wanted to have real circus he
should have touched up the ''standpat-
ters" and insurgents" alternately for
about half an hour and furnished mer-
riment for the Democrats.
THE PROGRAM ON SATURDAY.
Saturday was great day. Ruthven
Macdonald sang and when he sings the
people listen. He and his wife who ac-
companies him on his rounds and on the
piano are happy wholesome looking
pair who surely enjoy their work and
the cordial receptions they are given
everywhere they 60. His "Bibity Bob"
is dandy and would catch the crowd
six days in week. The lecture in the
afternoon by Lee Francis Lybarger of
Philadelphia on "How Napoleon Won"
was a masterpiece of its kind both in
matter and delivery. Napoleon was
taken as type of great men, and the
speaker discussed the elements of great
ness, ambition, self-reliance, indepen-
dence, courage, resistance, self exalta-
ton and will power Not only are these
emotional qualities necessary but also,
intellect, education, intelligence, fore
sight and executive ability. The great
men of earth have been men of intellect
to see and genius to execute A lecture
like that arouses courage, ambition and
hope and leads men to higher and bet
ter thought and life. On Saturday evening
Father MacCOrry presented his Story
Beautiful and it is rightly named. The
| pictures used in illustrating different
scenes and events in the life of Christ
are as beautiful as can be made by the
best artists. Then Father MacCorry is
q speaker of much force and pleasing
manner and the musical selections by
Mcdonald added to the very attractive
and instructive program. The program
of Saturday has never been excelled at
our Audubon Chautauqua.
THE SUNDAY PROGRAM.
One of the most difficult things the
management has to do is to provide
Sunday programs by some of its talent.
Some lectures are proper for any day in
the week, while others are not proper for
Sunday. Objection was raised here to
to the lecture by Gillian because of its
humorous character, and so he did not
come. We do not understand why a
man like Gillian does not prepare an
other that he could substitute on Sun
day nights. Yet it may be difficult for
man to talk in humorous way six
/ nights and then become serious on the
seventh. The Music Makers, which
means quartette Of four young gentle
man, haveA mirth provoking program
of music orWeek days but had to mo-
dify it greatly on Sunday. Most Of their
| selections were good but on encore they
couldn't resist the temptation to work
in little vaudeville or cake walk twad-
die, in order to show what they might
do if they had fair chance. The lee
ture on Sunday afternoon by President
Schell of the Iowa Wesleyan University
at Mount Pleasant ON the "Aristocracy
of Youth" was a fine production. Elk
cept four years as general secretary OF
4 the Epworth League with its hundred
thousand members he has been pastor
and presiding elder in Indiana until two
years ago when he came to Iowa. He
was pastor at LaPorte, Indiana when
the dead bodies were unearthed at the
home of Mrs. Guinness and the minister
to whom Lanphere who was convicted
and sentenced for burning the buildings
was said to have confessed. DR.. Schell
gave testimony at the trial of Lanphere
4 DR.. Schell is q fine preacher and plat
form orator. In the evening he subeti
tuted for Gillian and spoke on Ben HUI
and its author, Gen. Lew Wallace. Hi.
two lectures were both profound anC
comprehensive. His analysis of book
and characters was keen and dramatic
The mention of AristOcracy or the names
of Lew Wallace and Ben Hur will al
ways suggest the name of DR.. Schell ant
, his two lectures at the Audubon Chan
tauqua to those who had the pleasure o
hearing them.
THE MONDAY PROGRAM.
The Fox Sisters Orchestra which i
| composed of Mother Fox and her fiv
, buxOm daughters, Furnished the mJlsi
J for Monday afternoon and evening. The,
are good musicians but they should Gu
: out some of their longer selections II
J order to give time for some short catch,
, pieces that would tighten up and livel
: mp their program. In the afternoon
) Hon. Elmer A. Morse. q represantativ
I in Congress from Wisconsin was dow
! for lecture on The New Patriotism.
4 When he began he said he was an in
4 surgent and was glad to come to low
! because he could get recognition. MI