The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-20
4 GOOD LECTURE.
Rev. DIR. Loveaand EnteFtains Largo
Audience.

This paper can furnish the newspa-
pers Of Portland. oregon. with a testi-
monial which might be used as m ad-
vance notice should the Rev. Frank 1.
Loveland have occasion to take the
rostrum at his new home. For this
speaker at the Methodist church last
evening, upon short notice, delivered a
most interesting and highly entertain
ing impromptu address covering q
three months trip abroad last sum-
mer. He was eloquent. witty and
epigrammatic. His descriptions were
unusual and unique.
Many lecturess have books and
documents at their command but the
doctors were packed pending ship
ment; lecturers as a rule eat lightly,
or not at all, before their efforts. but
Loveland Just came from one of nearly
dozen consecutive dinners given in
his honor.
Contrary to the experience Of many
travellers from the United States he
seems to have been a party to a num-
ber Of incidents rejecting unfriendly
feeling toward this country on the
part of foreigners. and especially
from Englishmen visiting on the con-
tinent. On the Fourth of July last
DR.. Loveland and his companion, Rev.
, DR.. Day of ST. Joseph, happened to be
in Germany at Cologne on the Rhine
The hotel keeper. knowing that the
day was the anniversary Of the natal
. day Of this country and learning that
two of his guests were Americans.
with wine bottle as a socket placed
an American flag in front of the two
seats reserved for these travellers, who
were of course elated to see the stars
and stripes.
Later a party of Englishmen came
to the breakfast table directly oppo-
site One of them seized the flag,
pulled it from the bottle and threw
it upon the floor behind him. This
naturally enraged the Americans.
The wife of one of the Englishmen,
seeing a serious mistake had been
it in its socket DR.. Day took it out,
however. and hit the Eng1ishman over
!, the head with the staff.
II have seen DIR. Day at many ex-
citing times but never before knew
him to be so near swearing. AS for
much, but I did remark to that
. Johnny Bull in somewhat heated
tone that the Americans had licked
the English on two occasions and
that they could do it again and that
SO far as was concerned I was ready
to make the third attempt right then
and there
Italy" continued the lecturer, "is
alive with relics. They deal with them
by the wholesale. Most of the wonder
| ful sights one sees in Europe are dead
things, stationary things In America
we are interested more in people who
are alive. Things move over here. If
you desire scenery you can get it in
the United States, the greatest in the
| world, but the industry in relics over
| there is large. For a few lire you can
get most any sort of relic you may
| desire. They showed me a long list OF
them and believed them. They
showed me the feather from the wing
of dove that flew out Of Noah's ark
and I believed them. but when they Of
| fered, for compensation, to give me a
bottle of wind that blew on the day OF
Pentecost. list my fa&th in their We
| racity."
/ AfteEyover an ho9x this sort OF
thing the large deligf ndfe1ce was
given many stereoptic4n pictures OF
scenery and places viewkd by the trav-
! elerS.