The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-08-26
HONESDALE CHAUTAUQUA AN
UPuFT TO THE COMMUNITY
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his theme, the speaker said, THE
ludicrous is not a human invention
but one of the Divine ideas. Man
is the only animal that can laugh.
Man needs to laugh; without laugh
ter no man will come to the full
statue of spiritual manhood. Re-
ligion and laughter may dwell to-
gether. Children need laughter.
They will not grow normally without
it. Laugh into the cradle of a child
of three months and you will get
laugh back. He doesn't know what
you are laughing at but he will
laugh. He should have laughter
every day"
" Man will not reach normal ply
sical development without laughter.
The mirth cure recently imported
from Paris is not a new thing. 1t
was the King of Israel who said "a
merry heart doeth good as a medi-
cine Shakespeare referred to mer-
riment that bars a thousand harms
and lengthens life"
Laughter blessed not only him
who laughs, but all that touch his
raiment."
Following his custom, DR.. Pear
son emphasized his various points
by reciting appropriate poems, which
is a distinctive art form which he
has made familiar on the Chautau-
qua platform-the lecture-recital.
Saturday evening the Brodbecl1-
Such company gave another of its
| GrCt nIn &c, -
The continued applause after each
number gave evidence of the appre-
citation of the audience.
The Wonders of Science was
Reno B. Welbourn's instructive and
interesting subject. The late inven-
tions were explained and many OF
them clearly demonstrated by Mr..
Welbourn. He said that by the
means of a mechanical eye, placed to
the ears of a deaf man, that he will
be enabled to see by the means of
light waves. These waves act on
the nerves of the ear instead of the
eye, producing the same results
This wonderful little piece of me-
chanism was placed on a table before
the audience and by the means OF
light diffused through white, red and
blue incandescent lamps the wonder
full little machine responded most
effectively and clearly. In due time
the blind man will be reading by
light waves. To demonstrate this
Mr.. Welbourn placed a piece of card
board between the mechanical eye
and the light. The cardboard wa.
perforated, the perforation repre-
senting the letters used in the Morse
telegraphy code. The word light
was spelled. The mechanical eye
was given other tests and demon
strations which were astonishing to
the audience, brought forth ap-
plause. An outline of other inven-
tions fully as wonderful, follows:
Demonstrating buoys on the coast
operated by light and dark. Had the
Inflated Titanic a mechanical eye
it would not have struck the iceberg.
One of the remarkable demonstra-
tions made was the welding of two
iron bolts, using nails and chemi-
Gals as compound. Instead of a
match piece of ice was used. An
other startling experiment was the
burning of hole through a piece
of iron in three seconds, the tenn
perature reaching 1000 degrees
Fahrenheit. A model of the Gyro-
stat was placed on a wire, which by
the means of the gyroscope balanced
itself and also half pound weight
at the end of seven foot stick.
Many other demonstrations were
made, such as falling blocks by
light and sound waves, etc. Space
will not permit us to go farther in
to detail, enumerating the many in
I tarncfipcr IN,
achieved that were explained by Mr..
| Welbourn.
Sundays Large Audiences.
Sundays attendance at the Chau-
tauqua was the largest since the
opening sessions. Fully 1900 people
were present and enjoyed the con-
cert and religious services. Many
persons came from a distance and
nearly a dozen automobiles were
lined up outside the tent, showing
that the interest is growing daily
Previous to the afternoon meeting
the Brodbeck-Such company enter
tanned with a few selections. After
congregational singing, DR.. Turner
gave one of his interesting addresses
upon :" The Conventional Con-
science"
DR.. Turner made a plea in gener-
al for independence for thinking and
consequence independence of action.
The motto. ''In Rome do as the Ro-
man does" was carefully analyzed
and shown to be untrustworthy in
that it tends to submerge nationality
in conventionality. The result is to
discount leadership and to be prac-
tical life on the plane of cheap poll