The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-27

The way to help man is to help
him help himself
Poverty is not necessary, but work
lis"
Youth is Natures first and best
gift. Beauty is the most active agent
of the divorce court"
"a man always finds the oppor-
tunity to act the fool"
| "A woman may reach the age OF
discretion, but a man, never"
Sorry is the man who permits ro-
nance to go out of his life. A woman
Is always loving if only given
chanee.ii asftGH'
when you say the world is getting
worse, you accuse the Maker of being
a failure" g sIfY
| These are some of the expressions
which were. used by Opie Reed. the
great author. who has made himself
famous through The Jucklins," "The
iCarpetbagger" and other stories which
entertain while they instruct to
clncb his truisms upon the minds OF
the Chautauqua audience, Tuesday
evening, like a blacksmith clinches the
nails which hold the shoe to the
mules heels
| A Large Crowd.
| IT was indeed magnificent assem-
blage which greeted the noted humor-
list at the Chautauqua grounds. There
was not seat in the entire tent va
cant ana the sidewalks were raised and
more chairs placed in order that the
crowd might be accommodated. The
circus seats, though very uncomfort-
able from the fact that no foot rests
were provided. were forgotten soon
after Mr.. Read got into action and for
an hour and a half, the people for
II got the heat and the discomfort.
wrapped in the thoughts which were
being handed out with sledge- hammer
blows. Marion people have read Opie
Reads books and they were anxious
to see the writer and hear him talk.
They were not disappointed. He looks
as his pictures represent him and he
talks just as he writes, though his
points are driven home with more
force. Mr. Read possesses that ease
upon the platform which comes natur-
ally to some men and is acquired by
Others only after years of experience
and training. From the moment he
stepped upon the stage, he had the
audience with him and he did not
lose hold during his discourse but
fastened II more firmly with each
sentence that fell from his lips.
| Asking his audience to forget him
and allow their inauguration to
picture Lem. Jucklins, the most strik-
ing character in one of his books,
| gtnn1inR hnfnra fhaf,n hn i,,o,>
that character having just returned
to his farm from a vacation spent in
one OF the large cities and q trip to
a nearby Chautauqua. Lem was call
ed upon by the country folk to give
them some of his experiences and to
tell of some of the Impressions he re-
ceived while on his trip to the city. 1t
was not a flowery recital which was
attempted for everyone knows that
Opie Read is not n flowery speaker.
he Is capable Of flights of oratory,
Dut ne prefers to remain on
terrafirma and tr'ks to his
audience In plain language, oftmes
calling a spade a spade. ....
| During the discourse of the evening.
many humorous situations were dis
cribed and for a time it would appear
that the speaker had determined TO
convert mis- lecture into a humorous
recital with nothing but laughter for
MS hearers, but suddenly the humor-
Gus gave way to the serious and sway
his audience from humor to pathos
he drove home his points with such
torce and stamped them with indellible
ness that never will those things he
forgotten by those who heard him.
| In Sweatshops.
| Durlhs the course of his remarks he
spoke OF the sweat shops where young
girls labor day after day for a mere
pittahce IN an effort to retain their
chastlty, while at the door stands the
man OF the world beckoning them To
lte OF shame in gilded halls where
silks and satins replace the swat
smelling rags of the workshop. In
front of the factory stands tho torr'
ns car OF the owner of the shop and
so@eS lows low to him as It passes
while the congregation of SUNDAY
morning sounds his praises when he
announces donation of $500 to buv
lynn DOCKS for the Gold Dust twins
"Vi"s at the South sea islands. THE
sweat shop is the disgrace of our civI-
iiZation' Club women who devote thar
tihe TO literary pursuits and who set.
tie Tor all time what to do with tho
negroes In the South, had better do-
vote their time to benefitting the con
uitiohs which surround the girls of
'nls country who are Making such sac
rihees to save their honor.
AS with the SWeat obon o.,.-.,
with all other truisms mentioned IN
the outset of this account. First Mr.
READ conyulsed his audience in laugh.
ter with his descriptions of experiences
encountered by Lem Jucklins than out
vi the humor he drew the lesson IN.
tended. i'i>
Ihere Is no lodging the issues unor
the part of the speaker and no nossi,
plhty of avoiding them upon the mart
VI 'ne hearers. His thoughts might
not In all instances be considered
orthodox in the true sense of the
word but truth is truth and Mr. Read
gives 1t lust as he sees it and finds n
10 hear him, is treat and 10 miss