Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-09-29
CHAUTAUQUA TO CLOSE
TONIGAT'S PROGRAM
DR.. Turner Tells How TO Rebuild
Your Town--RecOmmends
Closing Alleys.
MALE QUARTET PLEASES.
This Evening DR.. Perrine VIII Talk On
lndia---The Most Alluring Of All
Oriental Countries.

When Or, Turner. who was the ora
tor for the evenings program last night
at the Chautauqua I'm Bladeu Street Ar
mory. in his lecture on THE Rebuild
! ing of Your Town" advised as an i'm
nortant step. to close up All the alleys
ne showed he was not acquainted with
Annapolis.
Take walk down Main street two
| short blocks from the Circle. to Fran
els street, dear Or. Turner. and YOU
| viii pass three -Franklin's. the
| old Chancery Lane. Tate's alley. be-
tween Gottlieb's store and the Ches-
| apeake House. and Andrews alley. one
time called Presbyterian alley" be
| cause those days some fifty 10 sixty
midshipmen who attended the Pres
byterian Church. passed through this
alley on Sundays
There are alleys and alleys. Or. Tur-
ner, but the Annapolis alleys are
short cuts" from one street to anoth-
er. and, as a visitor once said. you see
a person on Francis street, and before
YOU have time to take of your hat. he
| has dropped through 70 Main Every
body here knows what il meant to close
up any of these alleys during the time
| they were being cemented. and to go
| blocks or two out of the way.
But of course, DR.. Turner did not
mean this sort of an alley. He meant
| the sort where defunct dogs and eX-
tinct cats are thrown when there's no
other place to put them.
Chautauqua last evening was in
keeping with the high standard of all
| the program that has preceded IT, The
entertainment by the Regimental Quar-
| iet was Of a highly pleasing nature
These young men, coming from all
points, east. west and south possess
rare musical skill, both vocal and in
| strumental They gave an unusual
program that was novel and pleasing
Their imitation Of the bands in a circus
parade. beginning with the regular av-
erage circus band then the coIored
| band, the little German band and last
| the calliOpe. was true 10 life and very
ludicrous. They closed their excellent
program with an original sketch. writ
ten especially for them. entitled
| "Hants," which was as plendid climax
to a delightful program.
During the intermission Miss Ham
ilton the charming woman who IS
Chautauqua Superintendent. defined
iChautauqua, telling of its inception and
growth, what it stands for, and quot
ing the best minds in the country on its
worth. One has said the Public
| Schools and Chatauqua go hand in
hand for the educational uplift of hu-
| manity." Miss Hamilton has very
pleasing personality, and is a delight
| full talker with a vocabulary any one
might envy To her the present Three
Days Lyceum owes the greater part
of its success.
DR.. A. p. Turner, a widely travelled
man and lecturer of much experience.
an educator and a former college pres
| ident, was introduced. His lecture was
| scheduled for the theme Community
| Wastes" but Miss Hamilton requested
/ a change of subject. and "The Rebuild
| ing of Your Town" was what he talked
| about. DR.. Turner can say more TO the
minute than the average platform
| speaker, and what he says is to the
1
| that needs rebuildnig of it's accumu-
lation Of dirt and rubbish; its moss
backs; its grouches; its self satisfied
men.
There are some people. he said. who
10 not believe in changes What was
good enough for their father and their
grandfather is good enonugh for them.
The cemetery is a good place for these,
and some others, who should go out
| there and stay. Dr. Turner decried
alleys and dump heaps Clean up the
| latter, close up the former, he urged.
| The keynote to a towns success. he
said is cooperation. There are some
! people who would sit side by side, one
| with a pitcher of water, one with some
sugar. the other with lemons, all three
thirsty, but haven't sense enough to
make a lemonade. They lack cooper
alton. He took upon the stand" the
business man and the customer, fgura-
lively, and put them through course
OF sprouts, asking and answering
questions put to each.
He asked Mr.. Business Man if he kept
an old stock of goods which he tried to
palm off on customers? Does he keep
what is wanted? The Doctor said he
knew a man who had gone six times to
a haberdasher for a Il size collar, but
was told I'VE don't carry that size, and
they never did. This is not good bus
4 mess. DIR. Turner also hauled the Gus
toner over the Goals. He told Mr.
Customer he had no right to buy goods
out of town. He makes his living here,
and should spend the makings with
those who help to make him
The Doctor spoke of a towns santa
ton. Of the fly and its breeding place
-of making Mrs. Brown cover her gar
bage can. and forcing Mr.. Smith. the
butcher, 70 cover his meats while
sweeping the place. He spoke Of i'm
pure milk, of the so babies who die out
of every 100 fed on the bottle, while
but seven die out Of of every hundred
babies nursed at their mothers breast.