The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1913-06-06
CHAuIAUQUA OPENS HERE.
Good Attendance creets Entertain
ers-Enthusiasm Continues.

ETo enthusiasm &OMtiuUEo,
The second meeting Of the Redpath
Chautauqua ID Union City opened last
Tuesday afternoon. the Redpath Grand
Opera Co. being heard 10 recital, which
captured the musicians.
George L. McNutt, the 'dinner-paiI
man, . was the first speaker OF the as
sembIy. He was introduced by Supt.
Soworby. Mr.. McNutt is Presbyterian
preacher and evidently a scotchman.
Many Of them are aud they are generally
good ones. Mr.. McNutt is an excep-
tionalIy good speaker He introduced
himself by saying that he married a
Kentucky woman Reimbursement was
entirely satisfactory He stated that
the other speakers had the advantage of
him in everything but the subiect--he
had the biggest subject. The dinner
pail suggested itself to Mr.. McNutt by
close observation OF the operatives in
large manufacturing plant, and from
that observation the truth came TO him
that we can make things, but can we
make men. The mother is the only
living being who cannot tell what viii
nbecome Of her babe. and this is the sub
Iect that he came to tell us about.
IIIhy 50 many Of our boys and young
lIIlen going il the wrong direction; why
III |any Of them are in chains The
Hi l.ret Of Culture and Democracy" is
lind what they can do and let them
lit The faIlacy Of life is to look for
b. A mule can do that. The man
who has no higher aim than to look
for job will always be looking for a
job, and life holds out to him nopromise.
Find out what you can do and 60 at it
with all your might and main. That
is what it takes TO make man. Don't
let this purpose get confused with the
idea Of having job. DO what you can
and let the consequences take care Of
themselves This is not what Mr.. Nc
Mutt said, but it is what we understood
he was driving at. Only he knew what
he was talking about and we gathered
only D few Of the fragments As the
speaker reached the crescendo Of his
speech he was drawing parallel between
the common criminal and the man who
conveyed to himself large properties,
one failure and the other also. 1t was
not the apex Of manhood to appropriate
TO ones self without compensation the
world i wealth and try to appease the
public with the gift OF an organ.
Mr.. McNutt is a fine speaker. He is
rugged OF surface. with an open, honest
Scotch countenence. and il all the speak
ers measure up to his standard the
Chautauqua will be as fine or better
than II was last year.
The Redpath Grand Opera Company
appeared again at the evening hour.
They gave us the Lovers Quarrel. :"
lis not altogether geand opera, but it
s@ssArand The score was what might
med light opera. The lyrics are
ssuneful ssnd full Of charm Parelli
seems to have revived the memories of
Verdi in this work. The visitors are
familiar with the argument. so there is
no use referring 70 that. The Redpath
singers fairly sang their way into the
hearts OF the auditors Tuesday night.
They have four good voices evenly
matched and the accomplishments OF
the operate stage. They are not only
singers and entertainers. but they are
full OF the chautauaua spirit, and
heartily responsive to the enthusiasm
os the audience. They were encored
again and again, and every one Of the
numbers was gem. The first encore
was the quartette from Lucia, aud in
that ever soul inspiring theme they
were heard to deciued advantage. ~
Is hard to Judge 4 quartette OF singers
undertaking to interpret the entire score
OF an opera, Or even portions Of it, with
toward elstie Sss oi good % s building,
You Gained an accomplishment to
small coy succeed in producing the
r;v,nn gct. They did more than
: captured the audience. and
% charming music Of Lucia was
led the chain os sympathy was com
pIete. The company is made up OF artists
and they have added 70 the laurels Of
the chautauqua program. The pianist
should also be remembered as mu-
siciau and director Of exceptional
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