Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-07-09

overpaid the railroad the vast sum OF
100000 each year. Mr.. Murdoch
| spoke very commendingly Of Congress
man Chas. A. Lindbergh of this dis
trict for his untiring work in connec'
ton with the investigation Of the
monetary system and other matters
| Of Importance.
Friday morning H. R. McKeen deliv'
| cred an address on the subject "Solv'
| ing the Rural Church Problems.' Mr..
McKeen has made a deep study of
| these problems and his view of the key
! to their solution proved highly interest,"
ing.
Bohumir Kryl's concert band enter
tanned the Chautauqua patrons Friday
| afternoon and evening and was pro
| nounced the best in the line Of music
! on the entire program. One feature
selection was given at each program,
| the afternoon feature being the over
ture "Tannhauser' and the evening
feature "The Death of Custer.' Mr..
Kryl is cornetist Of unusual ability
and his solos alone were we'll worth the
price of admission. The closing num-
Der on the evening program was "The
Village Blacksmith rendered on a
dark stage, with electric anvil effects.
Saturday morning Uel w. Lamkin,
an expert on public school questions,
gave a talk on "The People and the
Public Schools.'' He pointed out the
weak spots in the educational system
and offered many suggestions for the
Improvement of the public schools
which will sooner or later be adopted.
In the afternoon and evening the
Cambridge Players enacted some scenes
from great plays.
Ng. Poon Chew, one of China's alb
lest sons, and founder of the first Chi
nese newspaper in America, gave a
talk on "China and Her Problems
in the afternoon. Mr. Chew's address
was one of the best lectures of the
Chautauqua. In the evening, follow
ing the acts by the Cambridge Players,
Ross Crane entertained the audience
with crayon cartoons and clay model
ing. His work with the clay was es-
peciallv good.
Sunday afternoon S. Platt Jones,
reader, gave some excellent interpreta-
tons and readings. This was followed
bv thrilling speech on the subject
rLive or Die' by Byron c. Piatt and
an address by DR.. F. @. Brown. Both
addresses were able and instructive. In
the evening S. Platt Jones again enter
tanned the audience for a half hour
with readings and interpretations. J.
II. Balmer and his five Kaffir boys COM
pleted the evenings entertainment.
Mr. Balmer gave short lecture on
Africa and it's people and the boys en-
tertainel the audience with singing. in
their native tongue as we'll as in Eng
lish. The Kaffir boys was another Of
Zone IF the best' on the week s pro-
gram.
Monday was the last day of the
Schillkret' IS orchestra, which appeared
at the chautauqua here last year, play
ell the prelude, followed by an eloquent
address by Senator Jas. K. Vardaman
Of Mississippi on "The Impending
Crisis.'' Mr.. Vardaman lives in a
state where the population is very
largely made up Of negroes. He point
ed out his reasons why negroes should
not be placed On an equal plane with
the whites politically or socially. That
the negro's mentality due to his phvsi-
ca! makeup made it impossible. The
address was especially interesting be-
cause Of the fact that people in this
part Of the country know SO little
nhont the actual facts concerning the
blacks.
The Junior Chautauqua was a huge
success this vesr, 1875 children being
enrolled. This is more than double the
number enrolled last year, and, accorl-
in" to Miss Anita McCune, supervisor
OF the Junior chautauqua, was the larg-
est class she has ever had during her
connection with the Relpath- Vawter
System. Regular meetings were held
every morning and tho children showed
great interest. On Monday evening at
the final program more than 100 Of the
children appeared in costumed exhl-
,'ition Of children of countries visited
by the bunch.
San SchilIkret's Hungarian orches-
ira, which was here last year, gave a
concert as the closing number of the
Chautauqua program Monday evening.