The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-30
HOW TO USE
OUR BIBLES
DR.. Davidson Gives Useful
Hints.
BIBLE IS OUR ONLY CHART
Advises Learning of One
Verse Daily.
Cramps Through Switzerland, Was
the Subject at Last Nights Session
OF the Chautauqua-Iarge Crowds
Hear Lecture and Enjoy Stcreopti-
can Views.
Friday Afternoon.

Interest Is increasing rather than
abating in the Chautauqua as was
shown by the large audience that fill
ed the tent yesterday afternoon. Su-
perintendent Davidson announced, at
the afternoon session, that the best
attractions were being held to the
last. This may account in way for
the added enthusiasm, but when one
considers the splendid attractions that
have come and gone, it might be sug-
gested that the same could be said
were the program reversed. 1t Is true
that some of the best speakers are yet
to come. Hon. John Temple Graves,
editor of the New York Journal, one
of the most intellectual and aesthetic
men on the lecture platform, Will
speak tomorrow afternoon on THE
Reign of the Demagogue.' The Web
er Male quartet will precede him with
a musical prelude. Sunday evening
Maud Ballington Booth, the Little
Mother of the Prisons will lecture
She is the highest priced speaker in
the course.
Noah BeilharZ, rare artist as an
impersonator, entertained his hearers
Friday afternoon with a book review
of the "Hoosier Schoolmaster," and
as he told the story impersonated a
number of the characters. The Lotus
Glee club of New York preluded the
lecture hour with another artistic
concert. The Glee club Is an attrac-
ton in itself and was thoroughly APP
preciated. as was proved by the In
sistent applause that greeted each
number. The solo work of II. w.
Hindermyer, Mr.. G. l.. Lewis and Mr.
q, M. Stricklett featured the enter
tainment and greatly pleased the as
semblage.
When Mr.. BeilharZ came on the
platform, at the close of the musical
hour, and began arranging a Few ar
ticles on a table, many did not recog-
nize in the rather small unassumlng
appearance of the great man the
great BeilharZ, but rather credited
him with an assistant of dapper APP
pearance and began looking around
for the artist-impersonator However,
when the assistant" stepped to the
front and announced his subject In a
crisp voice and pleasing manner. his
hearers were not so disappointed al
ter all, and proved 1t when at O'Clock
a hearty round of applause begged FOR
Just one more impersonation.
The speaker first revealed a chart
on which was sketched the portraits
of the characters In the "Hoosier
Schoolmaster." 1t was like showing
the pictures in a book to aid the i'm
agination before delvIng :nto its mys-
tic realm. Mr.. Beilharz took his au-
dience back sixty years to life In IN
diana In the Flat Creek region. lie
introduced them TO Jack sfeans anu
Mrs. Means who told her husband to
"Git a plenty while your glttin." MI
randa Means was there, and Bud ana
Hanna Thompson, the pretty bound
girl of the Meanses, with whom the
schoolmaster fell so deadly in love.
John Pearson, who fought Under Gin
eral" Scott, and his urotege, Shocky
the little brother of Hanna, with his
golden head, who said that God had
forgotten. him and then remembered
him again" Miss Martha Hawkins,
who had been to Boosting" and Rev.
Bowsaw and Walter Johnson, the
dude In the story, around whom the
climax centers.
As the speaker introduced his
characters and told the homely but
attractive story, he impersonated the
characters so vividly that one breath
ed the Flat Creek air and heard the
birds sing outside as they sat and
listened to the words of Mrs. Means.
1t was In this character that he was
at his best. With the wig and bon
net and breakfast shawl, pipe and
expression, Mrs. Means sat upon the
platform and caused wave after wave
of laughter to roll over the assem-