The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-09
Prof. Henry A. Adrain Tells Big Audi
ence About Training Human
plant Along Lines for
Best Results.
ARcADIANs' PROGRAMS
Musical Organization Gave Excellent
Program at Both Sessions Of
chautauoua Yesterday at
Hamilton.

TODAY AND TOMORROW.
Program Today.
Afternoon-The Arcadians.
Evening-The Arcadians and Dr..
Herber.
Tuesdays Program.
Afternoon-Herons and j. A. Burns
Evening-The Herons and Burgder.
fer.
Especial to The Gate City.1
HAMILTON, ILL.,, Aug. 9.-The big
tent at the Hamilton chautauqua yes
terday was filed to the edges and
crowd which enjoyed the exception
ally fine programs given yesterday.
The order could not have been better,
the children who are omnipresent at
a chautauqua and who sometimes
make life burden for their elders,
were as quiet and decorous as a dea-
con in church This condition OF
4uiet and consequent pleasure is due
to the diplomacy OF the platform
manager. the Rev. Nelson Hall. This
is the first year that local man has
been chosen platform manager, but
everyone IS hoping that 1t will not be
the last The Rev Mr.. Hall Is an
ideal platform manager; he makes
his announcements clear and doesn't
wear the audience out with long
speeches and he keeps order and all
In smiling, friendly way.
There were great many Keokuk
people at the chautauqua yesterday
and II anybody living in Hancock
county wasn't there, IT would take the
census man to find out who was alb
sent
Sometimes the criticism is made
that the Sunday chautauqua programs
are out Of accord with Sunday at
mosphere. No one could with any
truth make that Indictment yesterday.
The program throughout was most
conservative Miss Dunbar, the lead
er OF the Arcadian orchestra, said:
I'VE always remember that Sunday
is Sunday, but / must confess that
I'VE never been able to tell the DIFF
ference between note in the key OF
C in a sacred piece, and note in
the key OF c in a secular piece"
Sermon In Morning.
The sermon Of the morning was by
the Rev. II. F. Krughoff, pastor OF the
NJ. z. church OF Warsaw, who spoke
on THE Power Of the Gospel" The
Rev. Davies of the Hamilton NJ. E.
church, presided.
The afternoon program began at
two o'clock with a prelude by the
singing orchestra made
up of six young women, who read,
and sing, and play all sorts of In
struments and indeed as the platform
manager said, "They do everything
but plain sewing" They probably
could do that. for they do everything
well. The leader, Miss Dunbar. is
particularly clever in her impersona-
tons, the pianist is unusually talent
ed and the soprano soIoist gave much
pleasure to the audience by her num-
hers. The afternoons program was:
Orchestra
(a) Confidence.
(b) Patriotic Medley.
Chorus
(a) Just for Today.
(b) I Think When Read That
Sweet Story Of Old.
yiolin-Love Song ..... Nevin
Soprano solo. ....... Abide with Me
Orchestra ...........- After Vespers
Burbank Mans Lecture.
The lecture for the afternoon was
by Prof. Henry A. Adrian of San
Diego who Is known as the Burbank
mau" He has two lectures. one on
the line OF cultivation Of plants and
the other on the cultivation OF chill.
dren. Last year he gave the lecture
III
spoke Of the cultivation OF children
He is one OF the sort of men one re-
members and the lecture OF yesterday
was as II It had been the second in
a series. Several times he said: You
remember I told you last year" and
sure enough the audience did remem
Der.
His subject was Training the HUI
man Plant" He said in part:
"Iomeward sound from hard
days work, man stopped to rest be
side a creek and saw growing alone
the bank the deadly night shade. He
knew the plant was despised, dan
ger to man and beast. He destroyed
all the plants that grew in that clump
except one, the largest and finest Of
the bunch Several weeks later he
came along and gathered the seeds
Tie neGt year he planted the seeds
where the sun shone a little through
the trees. OF that planting he savet
the largest of the plants and agaiI
sowed the seed, in a spot where th'
sun shone little stronger. Patient
" year after year for twenty year!
he repeated the process until he de
veloped the sunberry. All the poison
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