The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-07-30
Adams county up like dogs to ket.


tie.
"Men of Iowa, hear me-" said the
Judge in closing. IF party devotion
will take liberty loving, highly edu-
Gated, home loving, agricultural class
of people like those in Adams county
and make them the laughing stock OF
the whole nation because of their cor
ruptness, what should it do in COM
munity where there are trusts, where
there are ignorant people, where the
people are not as patriotic as in Ad-
ans county? Should we not have to
forget all about the republican party,
the democratic party, the socialist and
the prohibition party, and be just
plain American citizens?"
The attendance Saturday evening
was large for the opening day OF the
chautauqua. The Spanish Ladies' Or
chestra gave delightful program pre-
vious to the introduction of Judge
Blair, and the evening as a whole
was most proftably spent by the big
audience.
Sunday
The address of Ralph Parlette, on
Sunday afternoon, while delivered in
humorous manner and enlivened by
wit, contained solid chunks of wisdom.
He spoke on "The Philosophy of
Hard Knocks" Life was one long sus-
tanned struggle for mastery. The hard
knock-the bump" seemed to come
at the right time to teach a needed
lesson and if the bump, the lesson, was
not needed the same kind OF bump,
the same kind of lesson would be re-
peated for the benefit of the lndivid-
ual. The person who could learn with
few bumps, few lessons, would get
only what he needed, but the person
who would not learn from few would
get about as many as he needed.
In love, in business, in all the rela-
lions of life, bumps were performing
friendly Offices for human kind. The
bumps, the hard knocks, were not
looked on in very friendly manner,
but were really friends in disguise.
The bumps an individual received
were his lessons, to teach him to live
in such a way as to avoid the need OF
repeated lessons along the several
lines. People learn in two ways. They
learn by education and by human ex-
perience. Education of itself is not
enough; experience of itself is not
enough. Education and experience to-
gether can instruct and train and dis
cipline the individual, so that with the
advancing years comes the well train
ed character whose life shall have
success in increasing measure and
mistakes in diminishing measure.
In the evening Hon. Robert B.
Glenn was the speaker. Mr.. Glenn is
the former governor of North Caro-
lima. He is a gentleman through and
through, a man of the type so often
written about, and not afraid to do
things, and to think big thoughts and
to express those thoughts. He is
son of confederate soldier. he pre-
faced his talk Sunday evening with
short review of the history of that de-
structive war that reunited two fac
lions. He spoke charmingly of the
chivalry of Gen. u S. Grant and of the
noble bearing of General Lee, who
was brave in victory and as brave in
defeat.
Humor and pathos were mixed in
a way that held the closest attention
of his listeners and as he spoke he
gave a warning note OF the future OF
the United States. He spoke OF the
things that will pull against the ad-
vancement of the nations, and that is
the disobedience of the laws OF the
land. He spoke of the moral decline
among certain classes and gave rem
edies. The white slave traffic has had
his attention, the child labor condi-
tons and the conditions of the poorer
classes in the large cities. The making
and enforcing of laws to bring about
moral uplift were given hi satten-
ton.
The making of the home, the pal
ace of every man, and he prayed that
those who heard him would go out
determined to lend their aid in bring,
ing about cleaner living.
The entire audience rose and joined
Hon. Glenn in singing my Country
IT'S of Thee" as he closed his lecture
But the lectures alone are not the
chief drawing card that is attracting
scuh fine audiences to chautauqua
The musical parts of the program re-
serve high mention. The acob Reuter-
company delighted the audience with
a fine program both afternoon and
evening Sunday. Treu artists are
each of the three members of this com