Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1914-07-08

it was treated in such manner. He
first gave some thoughts on reading
IN general. Centuries ago there was
no interest in literature, learning was
at that time for only one class; TODAY
conditions are widely different, every
body reads. The nature of our read
ing determines our characters. look
into a mans library and you can
learn what he is. When we consid-
er all the souls dragged to perdition
by the reading Of bad books we are
apt to question whether the evil ef-
fects do not nullify the good brought
on by simplifed printing. In Europe
every newsstand is full of filthy liter
ature. It is sad comment on our
superiority over other nations that
within the United States there is
more vile literature than in the whole
OF Europe. The speaker then went
on to fay the so-called yellow news
papers which he did mercilessly. The
papers are not to blame for existing
conditions, the fault lies with the peo-
pie. The editors who are dependent
tor sustenance on their work are COM
PEELED under pain of starvation to ca
ter to public taste. The American
newspaper thru it's exaggerations has
fallen in such disrespect that hardly
anything is believed.
Novel reading too, has a great ef-
feet on people. He drew a picture
Of popular heroine as he saw her,
presenting how entirely impossible
| and overdrawn the representation is,
and still she is the one whom the
young girls of our day try to copy
and that accounts for a great deal of
the shallowness found in our day. He
| closed his discourse on the novel in a
striking and telling paraphrase of
Goldsmith's lines:
I'll fares the land TO fastening ills
the prey,
/ Where Eleonore Glynns accumulate
| and Dickenses decay"
| These were the weeds in literature,
| but the flowers too are abundant.
Give the young good books, instill in
them noble thoughts and this will
cause them to dream beautiful
dreams, and then when coarse things
demand recognition they will thrust
them away and will ever follow the
ideal.
Father Cronin squared himself
with the women by paying fine tri-
butte to the true woman who, he said,
is mans queen, she IS the queen Of
his cradle and the queen of his man
hood.
This lecture was by far one OF the
! best Of the entire course, and if Fa-
ther Cronin comes this way next year
he will surely draw full house.
In the evening the Hungarian or
chestra gave its concert, and this too
was a big treat and a worthy close
for these five days. This day alone
with the lecture by Father Cronin and
the concert by Ferrante's Hungarian
orchestra was worth the price of the
entire ticket.
Play Festival.
There is one feature of the Chau-
tauqua that has not been commented
upon, that is the Play Festival hello
every morning under the supervision
of Miss Kinney. The children be
came so enthused over these morning
sessions that they were sorry to see
them come to an end The morning
was devoted to various games anC
contests. For the smaller children
there were stories, and for the Older
various athletic contests, the final re
suit of which looks as follows There
were seven boys over ten years ole
who qualified In the athletic events
they are: Hunter Quistgard, Willie
Kramer, Clayton Bakke, Reuben Ro
sendahl, Roy Anderson, Harold An
derson, Allan Powell; boys under ten
Cameron Quistgard. Only one girl
Lillian Black, qualified; she was un
der ten years Of age but she passed
in the events for those over ten.
! Superintendent Beag.
! A word ought to be said about ths
superintendent, Mr.. r. r. Boag. This
man, by his congenlal and unaSsum
ing ways made numerous friends il
Warren, and whenever he appeared
on the platform he was sure to draw
a hearty applause not by reason o1
what he said, but more on account Of
the way he said it. We hope that VIZ
be able OF greet Mr.. Berg next yeal
again.
The following businessmen made
the Warren Chautauqua possible: Et
Quistgard, R. B. Taralseth, A. Fl. Col
| den, C. L. Stevens, AIbin Young, R
Y C. Mathwig, Aug A. Johnson. o. F
Wilson, F. C. Larson, c. E. Lund
quist, Nels Johnson, w. F. Powell, A
/ N. Eckstrom, Aug. Lundgren, A. c
Swandby, julius j. Olson, Nels By
strom, John P. Mattson and E. NJ
Mitchell.
SAD ACCIDENT AT STEPHEN