Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-06

| thrOughOut the lecture, DR.. chase nad
an unlimited quantity of amusing IL
Illustrations in story to drive home the
points as ne made them and never al
lowing his talk to- ASSUME the dry or
uninteresting ramb,e that lectures
sometimes are. He said that near
sightedness when it was merely the
cp> t..--t was affected, might be cured
by the optician or oculist, but that too
many were affected in their mental
vision with the same trouble. This
| brand of near sightedness, said he,
|"is the cause of the trouble betwe- I
capital and labor. One fails to see
what the other has tc see and lacks
sympathy for what tt other has to
do, and both are afflicted"
America Offers All.
| He then dwelt on far sightedness,
fo1 such was the term he applied to
that brand of American who cannot
see anything Good at home but looks
| to the distant lands, Europe and else
where for the things to satisfy his or
her wants. Ho said thu. the Ameri.
cans is the greatest traveller IN the
world, bu~ tina. too few Americans
know what their guides Europe al
ready know, that America can offer
all that anywhere else IN the world
can offer in grandeur for the traveller,
but this fault of far sightedness does
not permit them to see what is near
at hand. mo mineral has yes been
| foun1, said the lecturer, that Is not
| to be found in America. And no tree.
shrub, plant or flower can be found
that will not live and thrive In some
part of America. 1t can be said that
| the sun never sets on Americans
possessions.
Critics Are Hit.
The religious came. in for their
share of the lecture when the lecturer
said that old religious belief was that
religion was to keep men out Of hell
and get them into heaven, but that
to-day the healthy thought Is to get
hell out of men and keep 1t out ana
|'get heaven into them. The pessimist
came in for his blow and 1t was not
| a light one. "Some, said DR.. Chase,
ego to church to see If tie preacher
| is as dull today as he was last Sunday,
Others to see If the soprano is as rot
Item" He told OF preaching recently
lin a church in Indiana, where following
L the service a much bejewelled woman
whose. makeup was the embodiment
Of several arts, shook his hand and
after q dainty comment on his sermon
| told him that the congregation was
somewhat critical. This was a signal
for the too critical to look dAout them
for the were handled In no easy
terms. He told OF attending the adj
dress Of very brilliant talker IN com
pany with sophomore from nearby
college and all that his companion got
from the very able discourse was the
fact that he discovered q grammatical
error In the talk The critic was
pictured by the lecturer as being
that should be pitied. He said he
never heard sermon so poorsthat he
got no good Of it, but that one must
show an interest In what one hears
t and not listen but to criticize.
Should Be Broad.
The grumbler was not overlooked
nor was the optimist who carries his
or her optimism too far. There are
some people, said he, "that have a
mentality like the telescope eye OF
the horse, which scares at SO many
thrilling things. Many of the people
Of today were said by the lecturer to
use the bible as fiddle. He took
Professionalism to task for having SO
many differences about matters Of the
bible, saying that the differences do
not amount to the snap Of the finger.
He humorously told Of things in the
different religious sects as they OBJ
tanned when he was boy, Of how the
rivalry excisting between the various
sects and especially If but two existed
In the one town. In closing he urged
that persons be broad in their views
and get away frem narrow limits that
do not permit OF the other fellow be-
ing right, and to study the other side
as we'll as your own.
Evening Session.
That Ottumwa appreciates high
class chautauqua talent was demon
strated last evening when the large
tent was filled to its capacity and
many had to stand up to listen to the
evenings entertainment furnished by
the Kirksmith orchestra and Miss Eva
Barglet, the woman cartoonist and
reader In reality last night was the
opening of the Redpath-Vawther sum-
mer assembly and the management
was well pleased with the large turn
out of the Ottumwa people.
Kirksmiths are Entertainers
While Miss Eva Bargelt was the
feature number on. the program the
Kirksmith girls who arc not only art
lists on various musical instruments
but talented singers as we'll, shared in
the evenings applause. They fur
nished the prelude to Miss Bargelt's
entertainment and from their first au-
pearance on the stage until they had
finished the last number, medly Of
national and popular airs. the eyes Of
the vast audience was turned upon
them. While interest in them may
have been increased by the fact that
they were former Ottumwa girls, their
talents as musicians and singers were
quickly recognized by those who at
tended the entertainment and they had
to respond to encore after encore.
While the classical numbers were ex-
ecuted by the young ladies in art
istic style, the renditions Of old and
nor,,1ar oirc annnalod mostly IN tho