Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-08-04
1915 CHAUTAU0UA
SPLENDID SUCCESS
Five Days of Education, Instruction
Inspiration, Entertainment and
Enjoyment.

Large Crowds Greeted Talented
Speakers and Entertainers at
Every Program.
The Redpath-Vawter Chautauqua
held in our city for five days,July 90
to Aug 2, was a success in every res
pect. When the last number was Civ
en- on Monday evening this week, the
people of this community had enjoy
I'd five days of instruction and enter
tainment that will prove an inspira-
tiuon in years to come. Too high
,, praise cannot be given the talented
speakers and entertainers who ap-
peared on the platform each day
The attendance also was good, the big
tent being quite we'll filled at most of
the programs, especially in the even
ings. A still larger attendance could
have been looked for, if the busy sea
son with the farmers had not begun.
The opening program was given
last Thursday afternoon by the Law
son Trio, company of young ladies
who proved themselves most pleasing
entertainers along musical and liter
ary lines.
An extra number, not on the pro-
gram. was furnished the first after
noon by the Chautauqua management,
and consisted Of an address by DR..
Kelley on the subject: ssThe Gospel Of
Work.. It was an eloquent effort,
chuck full Of wholesome advice to
young people, who wish to achive sue
I cess in life. Work is the law of life,
N1he speaker said. It is part of Gods
great plan of creation. Idleness is a
curse. We are all more OR less in
ciined to laziness, and the tendency
must be overcome by the power of
rafwill. There are three types Of lazi-
mess: first, the mentally lazy and
physically active; second, the physi-
g callv lazy and mentally active, and
: : third, the both physically and mentally
- lazy. There are more mentally lazy
y than physically lazy people. It is
+ hard to overcome the lazy habits of
the niiat and special eHurr needs to
se put forth. We should cultivate
cleanliness in mind and body. The
clean man is the strong man.
On Thursday evening the Lawson
Trio gave popular entertainment
and Miss Hazel Kepford delighted all
~ her interpretative reading entitled
Polly of the Circus" that proved her
to be real genius in child impersona-
TONS
On Friday afternoon the J. Walter
Wilson Company entertained with
t music and stories followed by George
Gibbons. Yarrow, who gave very
instructive and helpful lecture or
"The Culture of Personality The
lecture abounded in deep plilosophit
thought, yet presented in such simple
language that everybody could under.
stand it. It is the duty Of every ont
to cultivate strong personality.
vivid imagination. power Of concen
tration, sound thinking, a strong vii
and confidence in ones self, are fac
tors that make for a strong person
ality. We should shun being "in1y's''
that is in1itators, but strive for origi
nality.
On Friday evening j. Walter vii
son pleased large audience by hi
inirnitable makeup stunts, characte
nnpersonations and vocal and instru
mental solos. The illustrated lectur
on Mexico by Chas. A. Payne also wa
an interesting and instructive featur
for this evening. Much light wa
thrown on present conditions in Mex
: co by the speaker.
y The Mendelssohn Sextette, a com
\pany of gifted young ladies furnishe
a varied and high class musical an
literary program on Saturday after
noon and in the evening they gave
concert of choice selections that pleas
ed everybody in the audience.
The address by Congressman Irwin
L. Lenroot, of Wisconsin, was th
big feature for Saturday evening. Hi
subject, Congress and the People,
was presented in an able, earnest an
entertaining manner. He pointed OF
that the political ideals of the Amer
can people mao advanced during tn
past quarter of a century and thu
graft and corruption formerly tolera
ed in public men,, is now largely
thing of the past. In eloquent wore
he portrayed the great struggle thu
has been waged in congress to elm
nate bossism and corporate control
legislation and allow the people I
rule. In years gone by, the control {
legislation in the republican part
was vested in the speaker Of tt
house, and then we had Cannonisn
against which the people revolted an
finally banished. The same power
7 control legislation is now vested
Z the committee on rules in the demo