The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-10

PROGRAM FOR TODAY
IBy Staff Representatives

10y SIdII Representative
CHAUTAUQUA GROUNDS, HAM
ILToN, Ill. Aug. s.-The big tent was
comfortably filed on Saturday after
noon when the program opened with
Booth LOwery as platform manager.
The Kuehn Concert Company gave a
half hours program which delighted
the audience. The violin numbers by
Mr.. Bruno Kuehn were particularly
well received.
> The lecture ofthe afternoon was de-
livered by DR.. Gabriel E. Mcguire on
the subject Through the Jnngles Of
Africa" DR.. Mcguire was for seven
years a missionary to the Bangala
tribe on the upper Congo, being sen.
out under the international Mission
airy Association. When asked what
church he represented, he replied. Il
belong to the navy OF the Lord" De-
ing of the Baptist faith. He main
tains eleven mission schools on the
upper Congo, through his lectures
during the chautauqua season. He is
a very forceful and dramatic speaker.
He began with the equipment neces-
sary for a trip to interior Africc,
then took the audience with him by
canoe up the Congo, the river which
puts more water into the sea than
any other three, thence along the trail
single file with porters carrying on
their heads the white mans equip
ment
For fourteen days DR.. Mcguire tray-
eled in the footsteps OF Stanley,
speaking of his Influence in interior
Africa he said: Stanley left behind
him trail of broken hearts and
blood shed, Livingstone left glad
hearts and healing in his wake" DR.
Mcguire has splendid collection of
curios to illustrate his lecture He had
a pair of gloves made of leopard skin
taken from leopard which he had
shot and the skins of snakes which
are found only in interior Africa. The
lecture was full of interest and held
the closest attention of the audience
Saturday Evening.
The Saturday evening program be-
gan with half hours concert by the
Kuhen Concert Company which was
up to the high standard they have
set for temselves
/ Robert o. Bowman gave series of
character portrayals.
He presented various characters in
literature and depicted the peculiari-
ties of many men of modern times.
His ability to portray many different
types is dramatically done.
Today Program.
/ The program for Sunday morning
will be sermon by DIR. McVicker of
the Wythe Presbyterian church. In
the afternoon the Kuehn Concert
Company will give half hours pro.
gram. DIR. Mcguire will lecture on
I"Cannibals in Africa" The evening
program will be given by the Kuehn
i Concert Company. Booth Lowrey will
lecture on Education. Physical and
Metaphysical
Monday afternoon, the English
j Opera Singers. Ash Davis, cartoonist.
Evening, full concert by English
Opera Singers.
Fridays Program.
DIR. Wesley A. Hunsberger, vice
president of the International Peace
Forum Of New York, in his lecture be-
fore the Hamilton chautauqua Friday
afternoon on THE Passing of War
made strong plea for universal
peace. Mr. A. l.. Macarthur intro
iduced the speaker who said In part:
Il should like to choose for a text
the sentiment engraved on the Grant
monument, Let US have peace The
Establishment of war is practicable. In
the city Of New York there are today
more people than there was in Rome
at the time she was mistress of the
world. There are more different ma.
tionalities in New York than were
engaged in all the Roman wars. The
city of New York is ruled by law
and peaceful methods. The longest
boundary in the world dividing two
countries is the boundary between
Canada and the United States. Very
soon we shall celebrate 100 years OF
lpeace, yet no Notifications or stand
ling armies have kept peace Many
difficulties have been settled by arbi
tration in those 100 years, proving that
peace is possible between nations
In Europe three thousand million dol
lars are paid annually for war pur
poses. for the carrying on of wars
and for the maintenance of standing
armies. Seven-eights of the worlds
taxes fs caused by war and wal
equipment. Forty million lives were
sacrificed to war in the last century
A worlds international court with
authoritive power could settle every
sort Of question between nations