The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-03-05


and a splendid entertainment b Hal
Merton. the magician. This last was
the best ever seen here.
Evening Entertainment
The crowds attending the Chau-
/ tauqua are daily growing larger and
/ last night the attendance surpassed
| that Of any previous meeting and the
| two noted men on the program made
it one Of the most enjoyable thus far
and the impressions left by the
speakers and the lessons taught will
ever be fresh in the minds OF the
| majority OF those present
DR. j. r. Price made a number Of
pleasing remarks before introducing
the first speaker, DR.. Kerr Boyce
Upper. who he said was renowned
for his scholarly ability. Dr.. Tup-
per is from Philadelphia and has
charge OF large Baptist church
there, and in MS subject Optimism
vs. Pessimism. it was seen that as
a speaker he is calm. polished and
eloquent. 4 strain OF humor and
wit which made his lecture partic-
ularly delightful, was introduced at
the beginning By DR.. Upper asking,
why is public speaker like a wheel.
and answering, the larger the spoke,
the longer the tire No so in the
case of DR. Upper, for his lecture
came to an end all too soon
DR.. Upper dwelt on the tendency
| of many to always look at the dark
side and never to see the bright side.
and the harm done thereby Pessi-
mists are never happy unless they
| are expecting nothing: they always
think the past is better than the flu
| ture. He emphasized that the evils
/ of today are no worse than the ones
| of yesterday, but they are more ad-
vertised and are daily held up to
| life by the newspapers, consequently
the people think the world lis grow
ing worse. Had he the money, the
speaker went ON to say, line Of
from New York to San Francisco and
they would deal only with the good
side Of life and the bad side would
be completely shut out. Had he one
paper it would bear the name The
American Hum Drum News" and
the head lines would read; five mill
ions of people kept sober; ten mill
ions rode in automobiles and street
cars without being hurt; twenty mill
lion couples were not divorced, and
the back page would be taken up
with ninety millions have not COM
mitted suicide. The effect OF such
daily news on the public would be
an incentive to lead brighter lives.
Health and happiness are normal
attributes OF life and i'll health and
tinhappiness abnormal. The present
generation has higher standards to
judge things by than our fathers
had. His continual reference to
finding good in everything reminded
the writer Of Polly Anna" a book
dividual. All troubles can be sifted
until some good is seen and if peo-
pie will only keep their eyes open
good will be seen if they looked for
it, rightly
Dr.. Upper used quotations and il
Illustrations to excellent advantage
and his brilliant lecture with it's
good lessons will be the occasion OF
many looking on the bright side Of
life who have heretofore been pes
simistic.
Professor Louis Williams was the
next speaker, taking for his subject
"Wonders of Electricity" He had
with him on the stage for practical
demonstrations an elaborate equip
ment of of electrical and chemical
apparatus valued at thousands Of
dollars, and with them he gave
numbers of beautiful and wonderful
experiments illustrating what cleo
tricity has accomplished and what
students of electricity may do in the
future.
Prof. Williams is an electrical en-
tertainer of the highest order and
Ocala's electrical engineers OF the
future were seen in his audience. for
nearly all OF the boys present. and
there were dozens, entertain the am
| bilious hope Of adding to the won
ders Of the electrical world in years
| TO come. The experiments not only
caused Prof Williams youthful
| listeners TO grasp many new thoughts
| but he astounded many Of the older
ones by his wonderful tests.
Thursday Afternoon
Owing TO the heavy rain this
morning. there was no meeting. but