The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-07-26

forego the role Of arbitrator at the
close of the War-a position unlikely
to come to the United States in any
event. -
j The Review cannot agree with the
stand taken by Mr. Bryan on some OF
I the issues he brought out in his lee
Iture. There is another side to all OF
the questions discussed by Mr.. Bryan
and it is held by men Of unimpeach.
able christian patriotism and of prov.
en- craftsmanship. 1t might have been
well for the chautauqua management
to have arranged to have Theodore
Roosevelt or some other able exponent
of American patriotism to address the
people of this community on the rea son
|why we should prepare. If Mr.. Bry-
;an's plan was carried out there is lit.
tie doubt but what the United States
would be a nation of lhollycoddles and
the country would be the laughing
stock of all the big nations Of the
world ''a."
Friday Morning. u
| The morning hour lecture was de-
HVelcu NY III. Law ~. oShiiSLls WIZ
was substituted for Mrs. Nan Sperry,
who was unable to fill her engagement
at Denison. The lecture was most en-
pertaining and dealt with the North
American Indian with whom he has
spent much time studying their life
and custom. Mr.. Sarrett is the head
of the department of public speaking
of the State University of Illinois He
told of the straightforward manner in
which the Indians laid their griev-
|ances before government officials and
showed that in some instances the IN.
dams have been mistreated. AS he
gave the recital of the wrongs suffered
by the Indians, putting into English
for his chautauqua hearers the words
he had heard fall from the lips of the
Chippeways in their native tongue, he
lean people. .
/, Friday Afternoon.
One of the most pleasing of the
musical numbers of chautauqua week
was the Filipino quintette. Although
the members of the quintette were.
Filipinos they are citizens of the Unit
ed States. Mr.. c. P. Llamas is man
ager of the company and made the an,
nouncements. C. Oliver and c. jim
enez played first and second Bambur-
las instruments, which closely resem-
BILE mandolins. N. San Juan played
the banjo de una, which is the base in
strument of the company, and M. Be
Casa performed on the laud, which
seemed to be the guitar of the rest of
he 1r,or1l All nf % re-
native and native made. They have
six double strings and are character
istic musical instruments of the orient
The Filipinos made a hit with the
chautauqua audience. The native
music which they played, sometimes
it with singing appar-
emily in minor key. had about it a
plaintive quality which haunts the
Mr.. Llamas' mastery trick
playing of the piano captured the audi. |
ence. ..,-~
Opie Read Drew Big Crowd.
i A large crowd turned out Friday af-
ternoon to hear Opie Read, who gave
his sublime Characterization of "Ole
Linn Jucklin." He stated at the open
ing of his lecture that the ideas pre-.
scented would come from the mouth
of "Ole Linn Jucklin," one of the char
acters of his story writing, and in this
way, perhaps. he would be able tot
make remarks and advance ideas |
which he might not make himself. He
appealed merely to the imaginatiye|
and the lovers of human nature in his
the only ones he believed
whom he could be able to touch with
the wit and sentiments of the village
orator, Lin Jucklin. The speaqer of
the story. asked to relate his expert.
ences in the city during vacation trip
recently taken by himself and Mrs:
Jucklin, told Of the many evils and
pitfalls of the city life as we'll as de-
scribing the many beautiful things he
had seen. He suggested remedies and
odd bits of truth in novel manner,
the ridiculous into his speech
The views of Bryan on the prepared
ness question were attacked also, re-
vealing the views of Mr. Read him
self on this question OF national i'm
portance
Il. Senator Gore Friday Evening.
Senator Gore, Of Oklahoma, spoke
Friday evening, taking for, his topic
"A Background. of the Outlook" The
address of the blind senator from Ok
lahoma in many respects was dupi-