Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-07-26

HOW MONEY IS SPENT
Chautauqua Speaker to Tell of Pork
Barrel Legislation. Violin 800 Years
Old Will be Played.

The taxpaylng American citizen is to
be given some ''startling facts as to
how his money is being spent by con-
gress. The facts are to be brought
out in an address on the first day of
the Chautauqua at Orleans by mem
Der of the Philadelphia bar and man
of wide prominence in the lecture field.
The lecturer is Lee Francis Ly-
barger, author of 'Land, Labor and
Wealth." recognized authority on
the tariff and student of economic
questions.
He will make the keynote speech of
the Chautauqua and will sound a note
of warning on what he terms the
wastes of government expenditures bv
pork barrel legislation. His address
will be entirely non-partisan, and he
makes it clear that he is not attacking
any one man or set of men, but is after
the methods by which the funds of the
government are made the subject "to
dishonest attacks"
ga congressman, he says sis ex-
pected by his constituency to get as
large haul as possible. and the con-
CHEESEMAN'S place is most secure who
succeeds in procuring the largest ap-
preparation Of government money for
lavish expenditure.
1.-THE result is that one section of the
country is robbing another.
Mr.. Lybarger will recommend a rem
edy, for. he says, al wouldn't tear a
thing to pieces unless could build it
up better than it was
Lee Francis Lybarger is one of the
ablest men in the Chautauqua lecture
field.
"Another thing that we have de-
cided interest in is to see a stronger
community sentiment in American COM
munities," Mr. Whitside says.
''The life of the nation depends to a
large degree on the strength of the
cities and towns of 10000 and under.
And the same community interest
should be found in the larger towns
and cities. So have asked Mr.. Ly
barger to devote a generous part of
nifty interests. HIS lecture subject is
The Community Conscience.
THAT S25, 900 VIOLIN"
A violin said to be more than 300
years old and valued at $4,000 will be
played at the Chautauqua in Orleans
by Ole Theobaldi, famous Norwegian
violinist The instrument was made
in 1895 by Casparo da Salo, starving
violin maker of Milan, and was ex-
hibited in the latter part of the six
teenth century in Feurini's Museum
It was snatched from it's case in the
museum by a sergeant in Napoleon S
army when Napoleon crossed the Alps
into Milan with his forces and was
later carried back to Paris and pre-
sented by this sergeant to Ranchery,
the greatest violinist of his day. In
time it fell into the hands of Ole Bull,
who presented it to Ole Theobaldi at a
banquet in Christiania in 1875.
Theobaldi is the pOsSessOr of more
than go gold medals and court decora-
tions, many of them of great value.
Theobaldi is decidedly spectacular.
and he is said to be one of the stron-
gest musical attractions appearing
among the Chautauquas this season.
Other strong musical numbers an
nounced are the American Quartet, and
Clayton Conrad, to be here on the
opening afternoon and evening
O'Hara aud Wetmore, musical artists
and entertainers, to come on the Sec
ond day, the Dunbar Southern Singers
and Chas. Frink, banjoist, who will
them number of old southern darky
Will OCIjO oNSOAA1 p2iiIiilSi4Cs
and Victor's Florentine Band and Nea-
politan Troubadours.
The Chautauqua committee wants it
understood that music will be decided
feature of the 5-day program. In fact
the event has been termed by some a
''veritable festival of music" The
programs will be held afternoons and
evenings of each of the five days
and an entirely different musical COM
pany will be here for each of the five
days. They will appear in each of the
ten Chautauqua programs.
qua are sold by a local committee and
reduce the cost of hearing each of
these ten programs to a few cents a
number. You should plan to get yours
at once as the price goes up at the
opening of the Chautauqua.