Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-07-15
THE CHAUTAUQUA.

Lie p6Oplb Vi ClllS ClLg lidf z CliJON6u
during the past week series of splen-
did and inspiring entertainments.
The directors of the Wausau Lake
Assembly deserve the hearty thanks
of the community for bringing to the
city the splendid aggregation OF talent
which made up the program Of this
summers Chautauqua. Our people
felt last year that it would be very
unlikely that we would be able to Sc
cure as fine talent for second Chau-
tauqua season as was brought here
The flrst year, but we have been
happily disappointed.
The first lecture by Thomas Brooks
FLETCHER upon the subject 1.-The
Martyrdom of Fools was interesting
and helpful, and delivered in man
neT both fascinating and dramatic.
The second lecture on the course
The Story Beautiful by Father
MacCorry was probably the finest IL
lustrated lecture ever brought to this
city. 1.-The Story Beautiful afforded
The highest theme which would en-
gage the attention of the speaker, but
Father MacCorry told the story in
most beautiful and effective way.
His splendid preparation, his fine
voice, and his sympathetic apprecla-
tion of the life of the greatest of men,
together with his wide travel and OBJ
servation, and several years of expert
ence before mixed audiences OF all
creeds and conditions, enabled him to
so present his theme as to hold his
audience with spellbound interest to
the very last word of his masterful
address.
Honorable Caleb Powers in his
lecture Right Upon the Scaffold"
described in direct, clear, and force
full manner the terrible political
tragedy in which he took a leading
| part. 1t was a valuable lecture in
that 1t made clear the dreadful injus-
| tice which may result when men act
under the stress of great excitement
due TO fierce political feuds. Mr..
Powers made clear also that the man
who suffers most is the man who hates
| and not the one who is hated by his
| fellows.
| One splendid lecture not announced
| in the programs was given Wednesday
evening by DR.. VIM. j. II. Boetcker
of Toledo, Ohio, on the subject "The
IOnly Possible Solution of Modern
Industrial Problems DR.. Boetcker
proved himself familiar with the con-
| ditiOns that pertain to employer and
employee, and showed fine apprecia-
| ton of the difficulties encountered by
both. His sincerity and earnestness
carried conviction and every one Gho
heard him felt that DIR. Boetcker be
| lieved absolutely in the principles
which he advocated.
One of the very best lectures Of the
course was that of Lincoln Mcconnell
on the subject of dead Lions" His
| subject was full of wit and humor
and abounded with fun, frolic, and
| facts. His stories, told in his own
inimitable way, while often CONFUSING
his audience with laughter, were used
| always with adefinite purpose in view,
and that not so much to amuse as to
| drive home some important moral
| truth. Mr.. Mcconnell is great
| speaker, a man of wonderful ability,
| and will be welcomed again to our
| Chautauqua by all who had the privi-
lege of hearing him.
Mr.. Allen A. Tanner in his lecture
''The Man in Overalls'' had message
which was characterized by earnest
ness, common sense, and was per-
meated with profound sympathy for
| the man who earns his bread in the
sweat Of his brow. He carries con-
viction and makes his points in terse
| sentences which are models of simple
ity of speech.
Edward Amherst OFT was welcomed
with unusual warmth by his Wausau
audience because of the splendid inn
preston he made last year in his lee
ture on "Sour Grapes" The lecture
on 1.-THE Haunted House" given this
| year was a continuation of his lecture
| last year. He impressed the thought
| that poor thinking is one of the great
est wastes of the world, that we can
learn to think practical thoughts, and
that practical thoughts are the most
wholesome, the most interesting, and
the most valuable for all ranks and
conditions of men.
The last lecture was given by Rev.
erend Charles StelZle, a man who was
born in a tenement house district
and lived on the east side of New
York City for twenty-five years. His
career as newsboy as workman in
a tobacco factory, as an apprentice In
a machine shop, and his studies in
social, Industrial and religious prob
lens i'm America, have given him the
human touch which puts him at once
en- rapport with all that is best in
his audience. He presented the prob
lem of the laboring men III a dramatic
and powerful way which would have
been impossible to anyone lacking the
life experience which Mr.. Stelzle has
had.
Reno in his evening of magic was
most happy and entertaining in all
that he did. In an ordinary evening
dress, without an assistant, he per-
formed wonderful tricks of magic so
adroitly as to escape detection in al
most every case,
Governor Richard Yates of Spring
field, Illinois, lectured on 1.-The Life
Lincoln Led" and in most sympa-
thetic and earnest manner, he DIES
cribed the struggles and triumphs of
the great-hearted, courageous, lndom-
liable. and undismayed commoner
who will always live in the hearts OF
American people. The close associa-
ton of the Yates family with MIR
Lincoln, during the time Of the civil
War and the years Immediately prior
to that great struggle, added a touch
of interest to the lecture which was
greatly appreciated by his hearers.
Mr.. John B. Ratio, who scored such
decided success last year as a reciter
and entertainer, charmed and delight
ed his audience this year with his
character studies from life. In his
own inimitable way, he initiated the
dialect of the German, the lrishman,
the Italian, and the Swede, and 50
perfect was he in each that it would
be difficult to say in which he excelled.
By special request he repeated this
year 1.-THE Parson at the Ball-game"
and "The Farmer at the Country
Dance" selections given last year.
The musical portion of the CHATEAU
qua was fully equal to the other fea-
lures. Fifteen musical numbers were
given, each lecture and entertainment
being preceded by musical program
from half hour 10 an hour in length
i'm addition to five full concerts.
The apollo Company was the hrst
muSical attraction Their entertain