The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-07-31
BANNER YEAR
OF CHAUTAUQUAS
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so mucn interest taken Ill lue DeSC
and highest quality of music as we'll
as the best of everything else.
Saturday was given up to musical
program and lecture by Bishop VIM.
F. Anderson, of the Methodist Epis-
cOpal church. The music was fur
nished by the Boston Lyrics and of
course they suffered in COMPARE
son with the band which had
held the boards on Friday, but it
could not be expected the manage
ment would furnish for every day the
high grade music it furnished on Fri
day.
The lecture of Bishop Anderson on
the subject 1.-THE Fountain of Perpet-
ual YOUTH" was able, interesting and
instructive. The bishop was born in
West Virginia, where he was educat-
ed, being the state which has
sent out so many distinguished
orators, notable among them be-
ing our distinguished Senator
Dolliver, who recently passed away.
1t was the first opportunity of our
people to hear Bishop Anderson and
everyone who heard him was loud in
praise of his strong and eloquent lee
ture He is charming man in ap-
pearance and grew in favor with his
audience from the beginning to the
close of his lecture. He quoted liber-
ally from the great poets and prose
writer's and showed a familiar &C.
quaintance with the best literature in
the world The bishop will always
find welcome when he comes to
Denison.
The evening entertainment was in
the hands of Alton Packard, the car
toonist, who entertained the audience
with pictures, music and stories. No
one who has ever heard Mr.. Packard
doubts his ability as an entertainer.
Those who had heard him before
were profuse in their praise for the
entertainment given on Saturday
night and said it was the best
they had heard him give; those
who had never heard him be-
fore agreed that it was one of the
best entertainments they had ever
heard. He is simply inimitable and
We hope he will come again.
On Sunday afternoon the music was
furnished by a quartet of college girls,
who proved themselves artists in their
line. They were a bunch of good
looking young ladies and made fine
impression with their ladylike man.
ners and their singing.
The lecture delivered in the after
noon was by Col. Geo. G. Gearhart, OF
Buffalo, N. Y, his subject being
Footprints of the Centuries" While
Mr.. Gearhart had not been heralded
as one of the great celebrities OF the
chautauqua, his lecture on Sunday af-
ternoon was impressive, not only for
the young men and young women
who heard it, but for everyone in the
audience, and we do not hesitate to
say from the standpoint of helpful
ness to young people that this lecture
was the best one it has been our priv
ilege to hear at any time. Col. Gear
hart is an old soldier and proved his
devotion to his country by three
years service during the civil war
One is impressed by the fact that he
is not talking to build up a reputation
for himself, but for the good of hui
manity and his arguments and his
appeals are so persuasive that no one
can listen to him without feeling that
he is messenger from God to lift
up and benefit his fellow men.
The lecture on Sunday evening was
by Hon. Nelson Darling, of Oklahoma
City, Okla, his subject being Com
munity of Interest" Mr.. Darling is
a fearless and able advocate of home
interests and denounces with all the
emphasis of which he is capable the
want of patriotism, as he described
it, on the part of the people who in
sist on patronizing the stores in the
large cities rather than their home
merchants. He asserts that he is able
to prove that from the standpoint of
profit, purchaser can buy cheaper
at home and thus enable the home
merchant to survive and to build up
the home town and thereby increase
the value of the property of those
who make the purchase. If what Mr..
Darling says is true, and he claims
to be able to demonstrate the truth
of what he says, then large number
of people who purchase from other
communities are not only doing the
merchants at home an injury,
but themselves as we'll. We sug
gest that as long as he has
raised this question that our peo