The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-16
most SUCCESSFUL D / !!
Of AL SEASONS
4.mlIton ch.us.uaus Which Came to
close Yesterday, Was Best In
Eleven Years Of
Existence.
MRS. CLARK IS SPEAKER
VIE Of promln.nt Democratic Leader
Gives Matn Address Of Day and
Large Crowd Hears
Her.
MRS. CLARK Is SPEAKER
rspecial to The Gate city. ]

HAMILTON, H., Aug. 16.-The
hamilton chautauqua came to close
yesterday with perhaps the largest
crowd present In the eleven years in
which the assembly has been conduct
ed The directors and the platform
manager. the Rev. Nelson Hull, de-
serve much credit for tEe manner in
which the ten days program was car
\ rfed out. The weather was ideal, the
y talent far above the average for the
3 greater part and the audience appre-
ciative and responsive, so there was
nothing to take away from the sue
cess of the assembly.
The morning service on Sunday
was presided over by the Rev. Nelson
Hall and the sermon delivered by
Or. E. B. Ringland, pastor of the Sec
ond Presbyterian church Of Oklahoma
n city. DR.. Ringlend was former resi-
\ dent of Keokuk and Hamilton and has
n many friends who we're pleased to
have the privilege OF hearing him on
Y Sunday morning.
The afternoon program was opened
x with a prelude by the Dixie Jubilee
singers who gave programs OF plan
tation melodies. camp meeting shouts
and few modern ballads. In their
choice OF songs they conformed to
the correct idea of program by
Dubilees in singing negro songs. and
q gave much pleasure to the audience
at both performances.
The lecture Of the afternoon was
BY Mrs. Champ Clark, wife OF the
speaker OF the house. She wore a
handsome dress Of white crepe de
chine. with a. big white hat around
the crown. OF which was a band Of
white ostrich piuines. She wore a
corsage bouquet OF pink roses. 81
She spoke without notes or manu-
lcfipt, and spoke with confidence in
herselfs and with confidence in the re-
spcnse OF the audience. One received
( the impressioh that lief speech had
n 1t no time been written out, for it
X Kicked that sequence of idea which
i comes from speech built from an
outline. Her subject was THE Bur-
den OF an Honor" and the passages
! which are quoted are literal quota
tons.
In the OPENING Of her lecture. she
i said that among the, manifold bless
ings which had come to her was the
\ blessing Of friends and that she could
truthfully say that no friend had ever
proved false She gave number OF
pcetical quotations bearing on friend
ship. She spoke Of the great number
gof letters she received. 'pecks Of
sthem'
The Woman'a Part.
She said: Il have taken for sub
feet The Burden of an Honor The
phrase is taken from Tennyson's
poem, The Lord OF Blrleigh'."
Mrs. Clark then told the story Of
the poem and recited the verses, the
import Of which is that the heroine.
village maiden who had married the
lord Of Burleigh. was not able to live
up to the traditions OF the position,
and died under the burden of the
honor. Mrs Clark continuing, said:
When was girl and used TO re-
cite that poem used to think If I'd
been in Lady Burleigh place I'd have
managed things better. / couldn't I'M
derstand how an honor could be
burden. didn't understand nobless
oblige--that q position entails an OBJ
legation.
The question is often asked, what
part should a woman play If she Is
the wife OF public man. Well 1t de-
Ponds on the woman and on the man.
came from race of those who take
part in mems affairs. If I'd have
married blacksmith I'd have known
good deal about shoeing horses.
Now I've always admired blacksmiths.
n am Of sentimental turn and It
may be that It was the poem of The
Village Blacksmith that Influenced
me. Maybe It was that book Put
Yourself in His Place., that had a
great influence on my life. The hero