The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-14

old family is family separated from
work-if one generation works it
breaks the succession and you have
TO begin all over again.
Tolstoi was born with genius and
was carefully trained to go accord
ing to the ideas of the owners of
Russia. But his genius would not
let him stick to the beaten track. He
was all sorts Of men, christian, an
ATHEIST and pagan. AS is said, he
had no friends--but many worshipers.
He was SO far up on a pedestal that
his worshipers never knew him. His
wife prepared all his food herself.
He was a vegetarian and an epicure
and the food had to be most carefully
He wore the peasant style
of garb but it was made of finest
material by the hands of his wife and
an old servant. Tolstoi believed In
giving up property-he gave his to
his wife. No man lives up to his
ideals. Like all theorists when the
end Of life had almost come he thought
If am ever going to do anything
of eighty-three he started to work
out his ideals. You know how he
died almost alone in railroad station.
His last request was that he might
be buried in the potter's field and SO
show that he was akin to all men. He
was ambitious, powerful mentally and
physically. All his life he wanted
fame. In youth he was brave soldier
and great general. While he was in
the army he discovered that he
could write and he left the army and
became the greatest literary man in
Europe.
Was Never Satisfied.
AT fifty he was not satisfied and
turned to religion and he came to that
strange faith that Christ meant what
He said and for that belief was ex-
communicated Then he turned to
aid the serfs and to the study Of
economic conditions. All his life he
was like the boy seeking the pot OF
lgold at the end of the rainbow, finding
1t and losing it. He even sought the
real meaning of life and IN the end
found that it has none.
IF life has meaning 1t is ever
lastingly hidden from man. All a
man can do is to do his work and
ask no questions. Tolstoi was fifty
years old before he even saw that
there was a labor question. He lived
in Moscow near great factories and
there he saw men work in order that
others might live in luxury; ever af-
ter that he theorized on the labor
problem and a thousand years from
now some of his ideas may be I'M
derstood"
Mr.. barrow then told the story of
Tolstoi's masterpiece, THE Resur-
rection,' and the lesson it taught.
It's a wonderful story and taught a
great lesson to Russia and to the
world
At the end of the lecture he told
the peasant story Of the man who was
given all the land he could walk
around from sunrise to sunset and he
walked so fast and SO furiously that
at sunset he died martyr to his
own greed.
The evening entertainment was a
full concert by the Hawkeye Glee
club. The program included group
of negro folk songs, group Of civil
war songs, and college songs. Mr.
Penny read The Perfect Tribute
thursdays Program.
Afternoon, 2:00-The Hawkeye Glee
Club
2:3o-Lecture, H. G. Kissinger, "The
Almighty Dollar
Evening, 7:30-The Hawkeye Glee
Club
s:Oo-Lecture, DR.. simms, THE
Calf Path
Fridays Program.
Morning, 1o-Lecture, Booth Low.
cry.
Afternoon, 200 Hawkeye Glee
Club.
2.3o-Lecture, Booth Lowery
Evening. 7:So-The Hawkeye Glee
Club
s:OO-Lecture, Byron L. Leck, 1.-THE
Panama Frisco Exhibit" The lecture