Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-28
KAvANAGH AND
0NEAL SPEAKERS
NOTED CHICAGO JUDGE AND
DIVINE ADDRESS CROWDS
At CHAUTAUQUA.
MUSIC PLEASES.

judicial Reform IL Discussed; Popular
| Fallacles Subject Of Afternoon
| Address; Musicians
| Versatile.
+" The entertainment and instruction
of the Ottumwa chautauqua audience
yesterday were In the hands OF the
Harmony Concert Co., DR.. Ernest Ray
lONeal, and Judge Marcus A
Kavanagh. The address by Judge
Kavanagh in the evening was one Of
the most vital and pertinent talks Of
the weeks program. The speaker drew
lavishly on his own experience as
superior court justice in Cook county
Illinois, and his observations were
backed up by examples and facts IN
way which made them doubly impress
sive. DR.. Oneal, pastor of the First
| Methodist church Of Chicago, the
speaker of the afternoon, had for MS
! topic Popular Fallacies," and Few, IN.
deed, of them were left unmentloned
| when he had finished.
The music for the day was more OF
the vaudeville variety than that
furnished by the two preceding com
panies. The musicians Of the Harmony
Concert Co. exhibited a deXterous
versatility seldom seen in such com
pany, and pleased their audience with
varied program, catering largely to
the popular taste. Perhaps the pest
a
Paloma, which was played both after
noon and evening, the second Tune by
request, the harp solo in the afternoon.
and the Barcarolle from the Tales OF
Holman in the evening. These num-
bers contributed the real music OF the
program, while the selectionsfon the
banjos and the xylophones were more
in the nature of the popular variety.
popular FaiIacIes."
Dr. Oneal introduced his remarks IN
the orthodox way by a quotation from
Shakespeare, choosing lagos line, 1t
is in ourselves whether we be thus.
or thus" After illustrating the point
with a few stories, he passed on to
discussion of success "The best edu-
Gated man." said Doctor Oneal. lis
the man best organized for success.
whether he has taken all the degrees
In tie alphabet or has come up rom
the gutter. There was day when sue
cess was privilege; now 1t Is duty"
Drawing a distinction here between
what he called successful failures and
failureful successes, the speaker TOOK
Lincoln as an example Of the first
class and gave a brief and eulogist1c
summary of his life, taking the time
In cid entally to give his own opinions
reeerding the southerners In the civil
war. >
Dr. Oneai now uncovered his thesis
to show that he was back on the track
again, giving his real subject. raj.
lactes Which Make Against Success.
AS the first main subdivision under
this head he took up the care OF the
physical self Nowadays we don't
respect the body enough" ne SAID.
-Four centuries ago in Egypt every
man took a course in scientific en-
| balming in order to preserve the
bodies of their children. Old Rameses
didn't care whether they cut his name
in the stones or not, but he was exer.
cised whether or not the official EN-.
balmer would do his duty. The
Egyptian soldiers weren't afraid to die,
but they we're afraid that their bodies
wouldn't be found
| After telling of the medieval view
point on the matter, when people
| thought that paleness and piety went
together, and husky man was child
OF the devil, DR.. Oneal made the point
that the torch bearers OF new eras
have been largely men OF massive
frame and abundant health. In proof
~ this assertion he recalled to the
minds of his audience numerous eX
am pies. Then to do full justice to the
other side of the case, he called up 8
notable list Of those who had beer
weaklings and had succeeded In spite
OF the fact, urging all the weaklings
in his hearing to profit by their ex
ample, and in order that they might
do so more intelligently, he outlined
course in hygiene, taking the oppor
tunity to reassure his hearers aDou'
the dangers from microbes. He was
! also very emphatic In urging proper
diet, saying that he considered pie
Ifiend in the same category with
ciparet fiend. and telling Of horrible
example whom he knew who hac
persisted from eating too much tin fol
and cork.
Speaking Of the fallacy Of genius, M
developed and proved by quotation ant
example that genius is not much more
or less than hard work, and closed hit
talk with a dissertation on the bust
ness and benefit of an ideal. DR.
Oneal's odd delivery interested man!
and amused others of his audience
while it served to drive home hi
points. His apparently inexhausttbl'
fund of historical illusions and anec
dotes also helped much to make hi
assertions stick in the memory of hi
hearers.
Iowa kavanaeh's Home.
Judge Kavanagh in his introductor!
remarks said that Iowa was always
home to him, he having spent his boy
hood here, and he complimented OF
tumwa on its growth from the string o
houses on the river which he remem
hered from his boyhood, to it's presen
size Proceeding to the topic of hi
TEL,