The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-27
\ Pleasing and Instructive
Program Was Rendered,
Including an Excellent
Address by Ralph Parlette
and Concert by the Chi
cago Ladies Orchestra.
By GTIFmLAN SCOTT.


The fret day of Pensaeo.a1s first
Chautauaus has come and gone. 1t
has brought with it exeriences which
money couldn't buy and which are, to
those who participated in and under
stood them. priceless.
Reversing the proper order of things
il seems somehow right to commence
at the end and talk about Ralph Par
lette- No better name could have been
given Ralph than P8rlette, derived
doubtless from the French verb
"parler,' "to speak," for ParIette is an
orator in a class by himself. From
S:45 till 10 o'clock he held his audience
entranced, mixing humor with philoso-
ply in nicely measured proportions,
shaking his audience with laughter and
slipping in some wisdom at the right
moment, administering medicine in
honey.
His personal appearance on the plat
form was designedly plain and infor-
mai; his choice of language was SINH
larly simple, and he didn't use a long
word in ali hour and a quarter
The title of his address was why
I'm Rich" He wished everyone to un-
derstand that he was a laboring man
in his go-t meeting clothes, and ne
proved uphill and down dale, before
he got through, that he practically
owned the earth.
SIMPLE LINE OF ARGUMENT.
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ment that ''we only own what we use
and enjoy he illustrated and demon
strated his riches by pointing out that
the capital used in providing all the
conveniences of civilization is his, as
it is also ours, inasmuch as he gets the
use of it "AI civilization is working
for me. If 1 need a button a million
dollar factory supplies me with one;
that is what l need to use and ] get
it; what more could l wish? All the
railroads are my servants and their |
presidents are my hired men.
"A hundred million dollar railroad |
was built to bring me to Pensacola; I |
didn't have to bother about building it |
1T was all done for me.
"A million dollar electric plant sup
plies me with light; I push a button on |
the wall and get all the light L can |
use"
Along such lines Parlette, in a happy, |
jccular manner. opened his hearers |
eyes to the advantages we possess but |
blindy overlook.
Packed with pith. every sentence
containing punch, he poured out facts
which went home to his audience.
Here are some more of them:
"Civilization means every man doing
what he is best qualified to do"
I'VE pick out a man who is good at
building houses and we say you go on
building houses and Wen relieve you OF
all other kinds of work; we'll do those
FOR YOU"
The earth belongs to God and we
own only the use of it,
The world began with a paradise,
Iot with a pair of monkeys"
THE further back l get into my an
,estors the madder [ get"
we need a bigger enjoyment out
it"
1t is better to be robbed than to
OBJ"
we don't work for money but for
mental satisfaction; money is only the
ly product"
Giving is getting"
Loving is being loved"
Serving is being served"
The joy of life comes from over
coming temptation, not from yielding
o it,
I'D rather be healthily hungry than
"Popularize the best and you will get
he best"
Yes, Parlette is rich; he means what
e says; he lives for his work and
owes it; he is the right man in the
light place; in an hour he gives you
he essence of a whole library; Pensa-
ola sreets him as a real man; his sin
Gritty is obvious and he is moving
round the world doing good; if any
rgument were needed as to the use
t a Chautauqua Parlette supplied it,
;ood luck to him wherever he goes.
CHICAGO LADIES' ORCHESTRA.
The Chicago Ladies' Orchestra gave
wo ma gnif cent performances, the af-
ernoon being entirely devoted to their
rogram and a half hour in the even
lg. =
Mr.. Louis O. Runner is the very :
q pa BILE director and Miss Mary J.
,utz first violin and leader The or {
hestra played with delightful ease {
and precision, and their
erformance was conspicuous for T
romptness and smart action with no g
nnoying delays. The afternoon pro- I
ram included:
March, ''Stars and Stripes" '
Overture. Morning, Noon and q
Piccolo solo. THE Champion Polka q
beautifully played by Miss S
rankie Cramer, with encore, Through c
ne Air" given on the concert flute. q
Readings by Miss Kathryn Fire
augh, For Dear Old Yale and The n
Ubstitute,'' with encore. ''You Can't o
ucss What He Wrote on the State" q
all of which Miss Firebaugh was o
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