Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-08-20
Wednesday Chautauqua

day were very enjoyable. Each
artist possessed rwo or more
accomplishments, thus forming
q versative company that could
entertain in various ways.
They gave readings, duets, so
Ices and quartettes.
Dr.. Matti on w. Chase de-
livered his Human Interest
Lecture entitled Sight and In
sight" in all sincerity and earn
estness. He began by quoting
from Ruskin that there were
hundreds of person who can
read where thousands can think
that there were hundreds of
persons who could think where
one could see. That we have
two eyes, two ears and only one
tongue, therefore we ought to
see and hear four times as
much as we talk.
Some people can not enjoy
the best music because they
cannot hear it, as only rag time
and drum corps can open THEN
ears.
One can only see as much as
you project into it. If art Is
not in you, you can not see ii;
if music is not in you, you can
not hear it; if good is not in
you, you can not see it; if God is
not in you, you can not see
God. The eye can be improved
by training and so can our
mental eye.
He drew some very good COM
parsons. Mental nearsighted-
ness is selfishness, the cause OF
m ost of the world's trouble
Americans are the greatest
travellers on earth and as soon
as q man accumulates little
wealth, he must go abroad,
while here at home we have
bluer skies, more beautiful
scenery and picturesque noun
tains than anv other place in
the world. This is farsighted-
ness.
Some people are mentally
color blind as all the world ap
pears blue or black. You owe
the world a cheerful, happy
life.
We do not know each other
and we never can for we can
not see him from his own sphere
We are too quick to pass
judgments and we often pass
them from our own narrow in
comprehensive view. Often
times if we only knew the
troubles and trials people we're
passing through, we would not
pass judgment upon them so
quickly. A man is rich or poor
not from his possessions but
from his wants.
DR.. Chase is a master story
teller and he repeated some
beautiful verses to impress a
point. No one who heard him,
could 60 away a pessimist
In the evening Father John
DAILY delivered his lecture on
Marriage and Divorce !" In
his Introductory remarks he
gave q brief history of the
Chautauqua movement, telling
how it was started forty years
ago as a Methodist institution
by Bishop Vincent and has con
tinued to grow until today
Chautauquas are very common.
No creed or denomination
bounds them now and any one
possessing education on a Ger.
tain subject of interest to the
people and who has the gift of
delivery can be found upon the
platform.
The foundation of any nation
il family life, as a nation is a
number of families bound to-
gether by common ties, int
cests and laws. More divorces
are granted in the United
States in one year than in all
the nations of the world put to
gether. Ii the divorce evil
grows in the next twenty years
as it has in the past twenty
years the Bible marriage will
be the exception.
Just as long as marriages are
rushed into hastily, blushingly,
eiddily end silly, just so long
will they be a stencil to life
There should be a great deal OF
preparation given before a mar
riage is granted, because the
day will come when the sun
will not shine, friends will be
few, thorns will pierce the flesh
and together they will see sue
cess 90 through the veil of