The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1912-06-28

AuauLaulAa rtt<r- ttiHs4fs
ThS Chautuaqua ineellng broke Inst
Tuesday night with one Of the largest
crowds Of the engagement. Ellsworth
plufnstead the entertainer, and the
Anitas were present with very novel
program. Mr. Plumstead gave Us some
verv interesting character sketches, the
old man nom Peru Iudiass. and relic
81 the rosd old days CT tragedy when
tyo great men graced the stage and
Booth was the other He grew remin-
scent Of the theatrical lights 81 the day.
notable Of whom were McCready, For
EST. Mccullough and the younger Kean,
and perhaps Barrett might be added
but there we're only two who were really
great" and Booth was the other.
Mr.. Plumstead was one Of the Chau-
tauaua' 8 leading talent and the Anitas
charming entertainers with their music
and reading.
Mr.. Chambers appeared before the
audience and thanked the people Of
Union City and surrounding territory
for their liberal patronage for their
Kindness and courtesy, and called atten-
ton to the fact that few more sigma
lures were needed on the guarantee for
the Chautauqua next year in Union
CITY. He stated that the same class Of
talent would be back to entertain us,
everything just as good, and better i
possible. While he was talking the
aggregate OF the names on the guaran-
tee had reached 65 with 500 tickets
sold, making the 1918 Chautauqua alb
soIutely certain and so announced while
the audience cheered.
The Commercial would like to refer to
the address made by Ex-Governor Hochs
one Of them popular men in the
State OF Kansas. Mr.. Hoch paid atten-
ton TO the reforms accomplished In
Kansas. such as the anti-pass law, a
drastic pdre-food law, Statewide pri-
mary election law, and depository law
yielding revenue to the State Of ~, 600
per month. Governor Hoch took the
bullby the horns" and put the lid on il
Kansas City, Kans. He was one OF the
strongest personalities OF the Chautau-
qua and his address one OF the most
popular Of the meeting.
The last and one Of the best lectures
OF the season was delivered by Opie
Reed. the author. Mr.. Reed dropped
into the character OF Lem Jucklin, one
Of his own creations, and recited the snr
cidents Of a trip to gay New York.
Mr.. Reed IS humorist, one OF the well
known lights OF American fiction and
humor who extract pleasure from the
teachings Of wholesome lessons. He
recited.his experience with the graiters
and iour-Husilefs OF the great metropo-
lis. and among the incidents Of the trip
he found himself visiting a top-foor
sweat-shop, where girls are employed
from dayIigbsauntil dark making shirts
az 8 cents apiece, in a room with the
liebt Of dav closed out and the musty,
death dealing atmosphere poisoning the
lives Of the operators. The proprietor
ofsthe place was great philanthropist.
He had donated q staiued-glass window
ID the city library and otherwise made
himself conspicuous in his liberality
1Mr. Reed was not the first to speak Of
this,eondition Of affairs Mr.. Dixon al
So referred to it in his address. It is
one Of the great evils OF the day and
many Of the leaders are taking an active
interest ID its suppression. This was
one OF the lessons OF Mr.. Reeds humor
and it found sympathetic response with
the audience.
After the New York trip, Jucklin
dropped back to the wholesome country
air, and he and Mrs. Jucklin had some
interesting experiences at the neighbor-
hood Chautauqua.
Mr.. Reed began his career as an Ar
kansas editor and drifted into the work
oil fiction with the result that he has
contributed to American literature some
Of the best works. Among those works
are Lem Jucklin, Emmett Bonlore, and
others, treating with Southern life
character and tradition, and imparting
wholesome sentiment and moral tone