The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1914-07-09

The Chautauqua for 1914 has come
and gone-snd 0akes il the better for
its having been here.
Owing to . delay in the arrival Of
the big tent the first days program
did not get started on time. The even
ing performance was therefore .
double one.
The Merrymakers Sextette gave .
program Of splendid musical surprises.
It is composed Of . set Of winsome and
talented young ladies, each one . star
in herself. Their program was good
one to enliven and start of the five
days entertainment.
The address Of Albert L. Blair, on
1.-THE Whilr Of the Press" was very
interesting and punctuated throughout
with applause. He is an experienced
newspaper man from Boston, and dealt
with the present q vel as the future
side Of journalism. He handled yellow
journalism without gloves, and ssve
his hearers IN insight into the conduct
Of the modern newspaper. His proph-
estes for the future Of the newspaper
were wonderful, but not more so than
have taken place in the newspaper
world in the past fifty years.
OF Ill the song and story prsludes
put on, that by the Mcdonald Com
pany pleased the most. Mr.. Mcdonald
is IN entertainer Of real merit. His
clear, strong baritone voice, his selec-
tions, his delivery, were excellent and
he had his audience from first to last.
His song, "Bibbity Bob" was 4 fitting
climax to his part Of the program, and
so we'll did it take that the populace is
humming the chorus yet.
OF all the lecturers that appeared on
the platform, Chaplain E. H. Lougher
stood At the head Of the list. In the
afternoon Of Friday he gave his lec-
ture "A Thousand Million Men," which
was greatly enjoyed. This dealt with
personal experiences in his travels in
the far East. He was in China at the
time Of the Boxer uprising; was in
Japan at the time Of its war with Rus
sia; in India at the time Of the great
famine and plsgue, and was able to
describe the people Of those countries
and their progress during depressing
times, and take many lessons from
them.
A larger audience came out in the
evening to hear Mr.. Lougher in a Sec
ond lecture. This time he dealt with
life as he experienced it as chaplain
of the Michigan state penitentiary at
Jackson. Part of his duty is to get
next to the men who are sent there as
convicts. He wants to know Of their
past life, Of their environments that
may have led them to crime, and how
to reform and make better men and
women Of them. While hard to get
close to the life Of hardened Grim
inal, the chaplain has been very sue
cessful, and as he unfolded the lives of
those men he discovered that many Of
the men sent there were not to blame
for their condition. The unscrupulous
lawyer, the "holdup" policeman and
peace authorities, came in for much
censure from the speaker. They ap-
peared to be plotting all the time how
best to wheedle money out Of the VIC
Tins that once had been wrong doers
perhaps, but had reformed and were
trying to live better lives. The work
for the reform of the convicts Of the
Michigan penitentiary is doing won
ders, and turning many people sent
there back to the world to become de.
cent citizens.
The Meistersingers Male Quartette
was fully up to exp xpectations. Their
songs, monologues and organ chimes