The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-07-28
Mother Lake.

Mother Lake Ody attihcteu 'iiN W
the largest Afternoon crowds yet seen
at the chautauqua and from the
magnificent assemblage of yesterday
afternoon the fact was evident tha'
interest rather than abating as the
chautauana progresses Is increasing
with each session Mrs. Lake so FAR
is without doubt the stellar attraction
of the week She came TO Marion
comparative stranger so far as repu-
tation as lecturer was concerned
and the large audience was absolute
ly unprepared for the eloquent ana
inspiring address. THE Divine i'lghts
OF the Child" was the theme of Mrs
Lakes discourse and she handled IL
first from q purely scientific stand
/ oint developing into her appeal WIN
the arguments Of q christian. rms
beautiful lecture reached out ana
touched upon every thing that Is beau
tlful, scared and wonderful. She gave
her hearers inspiration and ambition
for greater and higher things as well
as fruition for the aesthetics and APP
probation for the beautiful.
Mrs. Lenora Lake Is sixty two years
OF age. but looks twenty years young
or. She was born in Ireland, but lit-
tie Of the mother tongue clings to her
accent. She is Roman Catholic 10y
faith and DR.. Davidson stated In pres
cntlng her that the Catholic world
could point to this noble woman with
Lride as n representative Catholc
voman. Her home rs in st. Louis.
Tor many years Mrs. Lake was third
vice president OF the w. G. u. U. and
Is now third vlcc-president of the So
o.aty Of Catholic Total Abstainers OF
Ohio. The speaker said humorously In
be ginning that the audience would
,eodily know Just where she stood IN
theAwe; and dry question. The speak
or also paid tribute to the Immense
audience, saving that when the mem-
bcr of lycsum visited chautauqua
and found So large an audience that
il readily bespoke the mental quality
of that community. That when sne
VISITED the Chautauqua and found lit
tie enthusiasm evoked In the instltu-
ton that she Immediately drew the
conclusion that something was lacking
r the mental and moral development
.
she said "for coming out to hear me,
but want to doubly thank those
who came out because Il Is their Chau-
tauqua and they are helping, with
their personal support, to make it a
success. She said in parts:
\ Plea for Children.
81 want to make a plea for those
who are helpless and cannot plead for
themselves. For those who didn't
come into the world OF their own
vlolition, and who have been beggared,
robbed and pauperized of the rights
that should be accorded them. 1 want
to plead for the divine rights of the
child. There are material rights and
laws that man can regulate, and then
there are other laws, laws that were
before man was You can't make me
believe that there was ever a thought
in the mind of the great father that
in the morning of the twentieth cen
utry there should he a great army
of dependent children, mentally dcn-
cient because back of them somoplaca
nature had been outraged and all of
the Just laws made by her broken.
Every child has the right to be well
born"
"There Is another divine right, ev-
cry child has the right to he born and
whosover destroys the germ of life
stands as "A murderer before man and
God. Every child has a right to be
born and to he we'll born. ! suppose