The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-21
"TALLOW DIPS" BY MILES,
light UP end OF COURSE
PhiIathea Glass Made Money And
People Well PIeased-Arrangem
On Foot For Same Chautauqua
Course Here in 1s15-sketeh Club
Closes.

The Chautauqua course closed last
night with the pleasing production of
the Avon Sketch Club.
The Philathea Glass of the First
Baptist church, by which the course
was brought here reports that it was
a financial success, and the people Of
Hattiesburg are highly pleased with
the course and the educational advan-
tages it offered.
Arrangements are already ON foot
between Mrs. w. M. Breland, presi-
dent of the Philathea class and the
management of the Chautauqua course
which was presented here for them to
come back next year. The Philathea
tclass has an option on a contract with
the management which will doubtless
be closed during the next sixty or
ninety days. The date mentioned in
the contract is sometime in June or
July.
1t is possible that William Jennings
Bryan will be one of the speakers
next year on the Chautauqua course.
: 1t is understood that the Chautauqua
management has a contract with the
Secretary of State by which he will
4 speak next year.
On every hand there have been ex-
pressions of pleasure at having the
I Chautauqua course here and no doubt
it will be made a permanent thing.
The Philathea class has undertaken
to pay $500 toward the erection of the
new Sunday school room at the First
Baptist church and the Chautauqua
helped long way in that direction, it
is understood. Las q
In, his delightful and entertaining
way, DR.. Robert Parker Miles, maga-
!. zine writer and lecturer, held the at
tention Of the ohautauqua crowd for
one hour and ten minutes yesterday
=, afternoon when he delivered his splen-
- did lecture, "Tallow Dips"
Il stopped at the home of an old
n friend of mine to spend the night. He
. lived in an old-fashioned house with
a garret in it. My friend let me go
g up into the garret to look at the oddk
O and ends that had been gathered to-
gether, reminders and souvenirs of
a other days. After rummaging around,
discovered an old-fashioned candle
dip. 1t was old and rusty, thing
$ cast aside and forgotten, but as I
;. looked at it, thought of the many
dark places it had helped to light and
of the pathways whose shadows had
been dispelled because of this tallow.
dip. That was the inspiration Of this
s lecture. Men and women reach q
stellar-like attainment. but when the
II final end comes and their candle has
burned out all that is left is their
memory-the socket of their candle
There was only one true light and that
IS light was Christ. All the rest are only
Y tallow dips; sparks from the anvil Of
It time. thich trace meteoric course
n for the moment and then fall into
oblivion"
al Train Most Eccentric.
kl Fhe speaker then stated that George
s Francis Train was the "Tallow Dir
I. Of Eccentricity." Il never saw Mr.
Train with his hair trimmed. never
saw him with his clothes nicely
brushed, 81 never saw him without
weeks growth of beard ON his face
he said.
r He invited fifteen of his friends I,
banquet There were princes
counts. literary men of fame. magazin,
10 writers and others. After we ha,
X taken our seats, soup was brought in
When the soup was eaten. Train kind
n ly asked the waiter to bring the bill
he The waiter brought bill for 6fteer
al dinners at fifteen cents each. whicl
o. was two dollars and quarter for "a
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