The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-27
|CROWDS'GROW
STILL LARGER
Success of Chautauqua Is
Assured.
PROGRAM IS HIGHEST CLASS
Opie Read Delivers Bril-
liant Lecture.
Remarks Rich With Keen Epigrams--
Jap Talks Tuesday--Glee Club a
'Treat--Peafson Talks OF HoosIer
Poet--Gspral News.
'RoGRAM IS HIGHEST CLASS
Tuesday Morning,

l -. ine' HISt VI tne tnOuBnttul nOurS
Tuesday morning from IL until 12
o'clock drew splendid audience to
the Chautauqua tent. without cavii
these poetic hours are to be among
the best treats of the week. quiet,
beautiful, filled with appeal to the
sentiments, rich in fruition for the
aesthetics. Professor Paul Martin
Pearson, of Swathmore college, Swath-
more, Pa, the interpreter of the poets
of the hour, Is an extremely human
and manly man, representative of the
higher type of Americanism. He not
only reads understanding and sym
pathy into the lines of the poet. but
fills them with a wealth of imagina.
tive detail and reality
James Whtcomb Riley" was his
theme for Tuesday morning, and he
won new allegiances to the poet be-
loved of the Middlewest. Riley" he
said, 'is the poet of the common peo-
Pile because he is the interpreter of
the commonplace. He can see the
poetic possibility in a shock of fod-
der, the the OIL swlmmin' hole in the
smallest manifestation of nature. He
brings to us new conception of ma
ture, new faith in our fellows, a
new love of God. The wonderful in
sight into the hearts of the common
people evinced I'm his lines have been
CLEANED from actual experience, for
the writer was one of them. The life
lived by the crude man is generally
a moral one, for nature has just let
go of his hand. Riley possessed the
virtue of being able to see the other
side of things, one of the first essen
| tials of greatness He is lover of
the simple, with the will to possess
| just enough money to live comfort
ably. This, in itself, in n day of money
madness, is enough to make him dis
| tinctive.
Melody Is the chief characteristic
| of this poets creations. His very
| language Is a sonnet. His mode of
| expression is simple, just as great art
Is always simple, so much so that we
are unconscious of the art. Another
notable feature is his aptness for
choosing the right word. His rhetor-
ical figures are numerous and strik-
ing, expressive, and always spontane-
Gus. He stands for the beautiful and
fantastic in American literature.
/
| quality of spoken words. For this
reason they lend themselves more
| readily to reading or recitation and
make of their author the most noted
| literateur extant. Few writer's speak
| with grace, but this poet of the West
Is the best interpreter of his own cre-
alton. He loves to be merry. His old
men you have met. his little boy is
| the chap next door. He Is the pioneer
of childhood In literature, in his youth
| you recognize the little folks of your
| own household a delightful contrast
to the eight-year-o men and women
| of most writer's.
Nature and man are the themes
about which he builds. His lines
straight and heartfelt, seem directed
TO the reader alone. His humor is
| mmeasurable, his sentiment whole
some, his philosophy optimistic. One
wanders through the fertile fields of
his Imagination from smiles to tears
and back to smiles again. From
doubt and care one Is led to the home
fireside, to peace and love, to birds
and bees and trees and flowers. Never
does he destroy the illusions of child
hood, the happy fairy stories of the
twilight hour. Beloved, sincere, he
is the representative of all that Is best
and purest in American literature"
Professor Pearson's address was lib
orally sprinkled by excerpts from
Riley's poems, illustrating his points.
Out under the trees of the grove, the
nature poet seemed particularly near,
and his lines particularly poignant.
A hn hnS nf ha a q
"The South Wind and the SUM-"
"Knee-Deep in June" the childish di-
alect bits and last and best "An Old
Sweetheart of Mine" The professor
was allowed to go only under protest
and the promise that he would repeat
the immeasurable benefit and pleasure
twice during the week. Unequvocal-
ly, he Is an entertainer of rare in
sight and discretion.
Tuesday Afternoon.
No admission was charged Tuesday
afternoon of Farmers Day" at the
Chautauqua, although the Chicago
Glee club, one of the best known male
quartets, rendered the prelude from
2 until o'clock, followed by one of
the most informing and timely lee
lures of the course,
The Chicago Glee club not only llv-
ed up to It's nationwide reputation,
but pleased its hearers far beyond
expectation. Those who visited the
Chautauqua grounds were profuse in
their appreciation of the musicians,
The voices are not only of splendid
quality but are so perfectly blended
that a wonderfully artistic success Is
achieved.
Seven regular numbers, two on the
trombone and Ave vocal were pre-
sented by the quartet, although In
sistent applause won number OF
bright and snappy encores "Com-
rades in Arms" vocal selection, was
the first number on the program and
by its rendition the quartet establish
ed itself high in the opinion of its
hearers. Wagner's pilgrims Choir
u.s. from Tannhauser, was beautiful
ly played on the trombone and was
heard. Mr.. Henry
sang "Nita Getana." from DeKoven.
He possesSes n baritone voice of baau-