The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-01-20
LOCAL TALENT HOLD
BOARDS At UNIVERSITY
CLUBS MEETING

Tuesday nights meeting of the
University club at the Miller hotel was
given over to a home talent pro-
gramme of unusual merit. DR.. w. T.
Little, Mr.. Alva Wood, Prof. C. E.
Lauterbach. Mr.. w. C. Thomas and
Rev. Charles L. Dean. were the artists
and lecturers on this ali-star pro-
gramme.
one of the most enjoyable evenings
the club has ever experienced. in ad-
dition to the stellar attractions Mr.
Ben w. Rea and Mr.. Frank Emmerson,
lately acquired members. both made
clever maiden speeches that amply
initiated them as full-fledged mem
bers of the club
Mr.. Henry Palm was unanimously
elected to membership.
DR.. Little talked very instructingly
upon tuberculosis" He traced the
disease from 460 B. C. down to pres,
ent time and quoted ancient authori-
ties to the effect that the disease was
as prevalent and as fatal then as it is
today and even more so for the reason
that they did not have the sanitary
methods nor the scientific treatments
that we have today. He traced the
disease in animals. saying that the
cold blooded species were practically
free from it in their natural state. He
said it was common in cows but not
so much in horses.
The speaker said that where intelli-
egnt care was taken the disease was
not as infectious as most people think.
He urged the use of sputum cups. the
placing of a handkerchief over the
mouth when coughing and other COM
nonsense precautions and stated that
if all who are afflicted would exercise
these simple safeguards. there would
be practically no danger. In reference
to the afflicted spreading the disease
by eating at the same table with others
he said that if the dishes were proper
ly washed and drained in boiling
water there was little or no danger.
Dust. the speaker said. was a great
carrier of the tuberculosis bacilli and
was the real danger DIR. Little's talk
was attentively received and enlight-
ened those present
Mr. Alva Wood made his debut as a
second Paul Gregg or Doc" Finch
with a very clever chalk-taik In which
he drew several of the well-known
members of the club in characteristic
poses. Among them was a sketch of
the physiognomy Of Mr.. Clarke Coop
er. Mr.. Wood first drew a picture of
the president OF the United States.
then with few lines he made very
good likeness of Mr. Cooper. the re-
semblance between the two men being
quite marked. DR.. Little as the Kais-
er. Peter Sterling as prize-fighter and
Mr.. Hardy in Why Girls Leave
catures which brought forth much
merriment. Mr. Wood has natural
talent for this line of art and is de-
veloping fast. he having studied out
the technique by himself. having had
no instruction whatever
Prof. Lauterbach and Mr.. w. C..
Thomas gave an excellent exposition
of hypnosis and the wonders of the
hypnotic trance. Prof. Lauterbach
acted as the operator and Mr.. Thomas
the medium In a brief talk Prof.
Lauterbach said that hypnotism with
its supposed evil spell was much over
estimated. He said that the stories
of crimes being committed while un-
der the hypnotic spell was absolutely
the child of someone's brain because
definite tests had proven such things
as impossible
The professor asked the club mem
bers not to breathe word about his
powers outside because he did not
want the people at large to know his
ability along this line. He seemed at
all times to have MIR. Thomas under
his influence and took his patient
through many seemingly impossible
stunts That his power was all due 10
perfect acting on fthe part of Mr..
Thomas was suspected but not known
until later Later Mr.. Thomas placed
Prof. Lauterbach under his Influence
and exhibited some decidedly humor-
ous mind-reading feats Ingenius act
ing was displayed by both men and
even IL they cannot lay claim to being
hypnotists they certainly can gain
merited recognition as accomplished