The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-26


aic not the great menace. II u the
money hand, wrlnging from the
workingman the right to life and
light and air, relegasing him to the
dark cellar that holds tho living and
the dead" Here it became evident
that Father DAly wds really from
Milwaukee.
Drink and Poverty.
Just as drink causes poverty, pow
erty in large measure causes drink.
Itu who are comfor:auje can snecr.
tut / tell you that one of the most
effectual ways to curb liquor Is to
feed the hungry
Not all the social dorelicts come
from the places of poverty One of
tht greatest of our prisons is the
hrrae of wealth and cr;ture and re-
flrement wh'Je chi.dren are not
taught to respect the law and the
lawgiver The first school is the
home. the first teacher Is the mother.
tie first law is the requirement of
obtdicnce to hor.e commands. uIf
you allow your children to be tyrants,
to disrespect your requests and de-
mands and make of them petty an
archists, do not complain when later
society reaches out and throws them
into Jail. There Is cruel kindness
ard gentle but finn kindness
Obedience to law Is the fundamental
principle of Americanism. pray
that the children of Ohio may be
your pride, your joy, your honor, but
that in the fullness of your joy and
the brightness of your honor l pray
you may still find kind heart and
a helping hand for the homeless
child"
A silence eloquent with feeling fol-
lowed the conclusion. The audience
seemed loath to disturb the line of
thought awakened by the speaker.
Then there was a great burst of ap-
plause attesting to the success of the
first number of the Chautauquh
program. Not to have heard Father
Daily was to have missed one of the
beautifully tender hours that flood
the soul with charity.
More than five hundred visitors
were present at the afternoon session.
Monday Evening.
The tent was filled to past over
flow at the evening session and the
superintendent is wondering what he
Is going To do for room. Bakers
band opened with half hour musical
program of an artistic nature.
DIR. Davidson introduced Professor
j. Ernest Woodland, OF Rochester
New York whose subject was "Ab-
solute Zero" Preparatory TO his ex-
pTiments the speaker reviewed the
achievements of science in the past
half century. Among the interesting
facts narrated were the attainment
of speed of one hundred and thirty
five miles by electric trains in Ger
many; the project of connecting New
York and Philadelphia by two
hundred miles an hour schedule; the
ts;enty-scven second mile made by
Barney Oldfleld the autoist on the
Daytona beach. He prophesied that
In ten years n great gun would be
constructed that could fire ball
from New York to Chicago, the bal
of a dimension to accommodate ten
passengers; that If the company IN
kcharge would guarantee to save one
life out of the ten they would moi
be able to accommodate the line OF
passengers holding round trip eX.
cursion tickets. All of which is IN
accordance with the speed-mad
| Americans.
Professor Woodlands first demon
strations were with electricity, show
ing the working of the wireless in.
struments. He then gave a series
of wide-eyed experiments with liquid
air showing the accomplishments OF
the labratory with low temperature
He worked with CELEBRITY and dis
patch and gave his hearers "A clear
idea of the work by the elimination
of needless technicalities. AS an ex'
ponent of the signs Of the times, Pro
fessor Woodland is a valuable anl
Iappreciable teacher.
If present indications are to bt
trusted, the Chautauqua will have
| taken possession OF Marion before
the end of the week.
Poor Car Service.
Mention should be given the ser.
vice of the Marion street railway
Yesterday, just at two o'clock, wher
the session was called, the cars OF
| rather a car ran as often as once
! every half hour. Then II ratified
noisily around the State street cor
ner, with ChautauquIties handing
| from every conceivable angle, and
| slowly tugged by q large group OF
expectants waiting at the interurban
station. Because of the weight, a
speed of five minutes to a block was
reached at some places, though OF
course this was the unusual and re-
presented the limit of their progress
| Everybody was glad, because from
the ramshackle manner of their going
the passengers had visions of repos-
ing in the midst of a heap of old
iron and lumber in the center OF
the track. When those poor expect.
ants arrived at their destination IL
| a matter of surmise, but 1t is be-
lieved they were In time { be dis
| missed.
The superintendent annouced bot.
ter service last evening with the az.
terthought that the company had
donated a hundred dollars to the
| cause and would probably play safe