The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-08-06

ist who has visited this city in years
The Chautauqua crowd assembled
unusually early Wednesday evenin,
to witness the results attained b,
Miss Florence Barlow, children's
worker. Each afternoon during
Chautauqua week, Miss Barlow has
carefully drilled the children of the
city in a variety of little dances and
games, which work has taken the
burden off many mothers shoulders
VINO was desirous of attending the
Chautauqua and yet was confronted
with the task of taking care of her
tots.
In the remarkably short time of
tve days, Miss Barlow has really per.
formed wonders with her children so
careful has been their drilling and SO
natural their movements Miss Bar
low possesses a manner which in
stantly wins the love of the little ones
and which accounts to large degree
for her success.
The program presented by Miss
Barlow and her children Wednesday
evening was as follows:
Singing Games-(a) The Swing;
(b) The Merry.go-round.
FOLK Dances-(a) Russian Snow
Dance; (b) Japanese.
Recitation, "The Kitten Who Forgot
to Talk Kitten Talk"-Augusta Ban
ming.
Folk Dances-(a) Danish; (b) min.
uet.
Each number was very enthusi.
astically received by the audience,
particularly Miss Banning's recita-
tion. Miss Ethel Mckee acted as
pianist for the little folks.
The musical program of the after.
noon and evening was given by the
Chicago Ladies' Singing Party, COM
posed of Misses Mary Welch, contral.
to; Gertrude Harris, soprano; Alice
Wright Baker, pianiste. Their selec.
tions were quite varied and were cal.
culated to please the tastes of all.
The solo work of Miss Welch is
worthy of special commentator. She
was very enthusiastically received in
her evenings repertoire.
Transforming what might easily
have been dull and monotonous sub
ject into one which was pronounced
The most interesting of the entire
week, Chaplain o. l.. Kiplinger of the
Indiana state prison held the crowd
Wednesday afternoon spell-bound,
while he discoursed on "The Re-Mak-
ng and Mending of Men,"
The greatest tribute that can be
'aid to Chaplain Kiplinger is the fact
hat not single soul-man, woman
Dr. child-left the tent after he had
gotten well into his subject-a some
hing which has not occurred during
his years Chautauqua.
After explaining the Indiana parole
md indetermnate sentence laws.
which admit of mans parole after
le has served out minimum amount
u time, Chaplain Kiplinger gave an
Intensely interesting account of the |
MODERN prison, its cleanliness and the
opportunities men have for work and |
That the modern prison does not |
reak the man who has broken the |
aw was emphasized by the speaker,
'ho stated that every opportunity for
eform Is given the prisoners, particu-
irly those who are not of the habit
al criminal stripe. Chaplain Kiplin-
er stated that only about % per cent
the denlzens of a prison have such !
rimlnal instincts that reform could
ever be accomplished.
Chaplain Kiplinger remarked that
3 per cent of the crimes committed
'hich brought men within the prison
ere due to liquor, while 96 per cent
those imprisoned for murder at
ributed their fall directly to liquor
While not speaking as a temperance
eformer, the chaplain presented
lese figures merely as facts.
The power of kind words and abid.
lg faith in the prisoners was set up
the speaker as a means of saliva
on FOR the men, after their release
ON the walls. He was bitter in his
of people who trod on
wife and family of convict, while
was serving his time. and ended
18th a strong plea that kindness
nd helpfulness be extended to all re-
'ased prisoners as means of re.
aking and mending them.