Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-07-07
SOME TALENT
That VIII Be Heard at Our Big
Chautauqua Which Begins
July 70


ave are not going to engage in
muck raking or senseless agitation.
The program we are Offering will
be big in entertaining, lofty in
thought and sincere in purpose.
Our hope is to expand the lives
and the thoughts of each commun-
ity. We are not going to bother
with politics. You will have all
the politics you want this year
from the newspapers and from the
political stumps, as this is nation
al campaign year.
We are not going to worry. you
to death about the war in Europe,
altho that is an important subject.
What we want to do is help each
other remember the blessings of
our own country, and in that way
forget our troubles, because, when
ones blessings are big enough his
troubles do not amount TO any
thing.
Anyhow we have some men who
are doing big things, and whose
lives are an inspiration to others,
and men who, because they have
succeeded, are equipped to give
the public something from the
lives they have lived and from the
experience they have gained:"
First comes Ex-Governor Glenn of
North Carolina. now a member Of the
International Boundary Commission.
This is the first time in the history of our
chautauquas that we have taken lecturer
clear thro the oircuittwo successive years.
There was dozen places where Cover
nor Glenn could have been used; and a
dozen circuits where he was wanted.
But practically every town where he was
last summer was SO insistent that he b Q
returned that we are going to do it.
The governor is one OF the most care
ful and most particular men ! have ever
known. 1t is true that at the close of
each lecture he writes down in a little
book every story that he told there. every
principle that he advocated. and every
thought that he uttered. so that he will
never repeat the same thing in town.
He is able to do this because he has
fund of stories and anecdotes and so
much to give of his experience that is new.
Consequently we are all glad that we are
to have our "war-horse" with US this
year.
The next is Ex Congressman J. Adam
Bede. member OF the lower house Of
Congress for many years, don't know
how long. All the while he was known
as the humorist Of Congress. He most
certainly is humorist and an optimist:
There is a laugh in every line and a
hand clap in every parag raph. Bede is
a man who doesn't think world is getting
worse and he shows how and why it is
getting better. He is a happy. whole
sits in the house by the side of the road
and not only watches the men go by, but
cheers them on and makes them happier
while they pass.
Then we have W. |. Nolan. | won't
speak of what he may have been in pol
itics because he comes, not as politician
but as business man and a humorst.
suppose could not give you batter
idea Of Mr.. Nolan than to direct you to
almost any banker in any of the central
states. Nolan is kept busy going to ban
kers' conventions because he carries with
him a message Of good cheer. He has
many laughs. his philosophy is sound
bright and wholesome. He radiates Sc
much confidence, confidence in America
and American young men and Young wo-
men that the hard headed business mer
and bankers like to listen to him, and dc
listen to him every opportunity they get.
A most interesting and unusual lecturer
is Julius Caesar Nayphe. description of
whom is extremely hard because he is SO
different from anyone else we have ever
had on the platform.
Let US begin by saying that Mr.. Nayphe
| is scholar and gentleman. formerly a
minister, He is Grecian nobeman. or
rather should say was. for now he is a
naturalized American.
His father was consul general from
Greece to Turkey. Maybe was born ir
Athens. Greece, and spent his boyhooc
DAYS in and about Jerusalem and Pales-
tine. He graduated from the best schools
there and when he asked to go to sehoo
again the boys father said:
.HIf you wish TO study literature, go &c
England; il you want to study music.
will send you to Germany; II you perfe