Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-08-09
THIRD GREAT GKAUTAUQuA Assembly CLOSED
TUESDAY NIGHT, SPLENDID TALENT BROUGHT TO CITY
Was Around the Bird Nasque, Lectures ard also th Musical


lace Bruce AmSDary were many, In
his morning hour lectures ne depicted
the lives Of his subject with vivid
ness and clearness that made his au-
dience feel and see the scenes and
persons he was endeavoring to por-
tray. In Thursday mornings ad-
dress Mr.. Amsbary characterized
the life and mannerisms of the
French Canadians in a most unusual
way. In the poems written by him.
self he recited the selections in dia-
lect. They were most humorous and
vet taught great lessons. His revel-
alton of the life and works of Rob-
ert Louis Stevenson on Friday morn
ing elected commendable praise.
Stevenson is much beloved by all
readers, and Ambary's listeners
were appreciative.
Ng Poon Chew in his lecture of
Thursday afternoon on the subject,
"The New Orient and Its Relation to
the United States" asserted that the
greatest transformation of all ages
is that which has come to China. He
offered apologies for the way he
would use the English language but
his lecture proved conclusively that
no apology would have been neces-
sary. DIR. Chew possesses a wonder
full mastery of English. "The great
est handicap to China is its traditions
and environments. After seventeen
years spent in the United States in
my own education / returned to China
and found that we were utterly out
of date-ffty years behind the times.
! was dissatisfied with conditions
there and longed to return to civiliza-
tion. Our only hope Of relief is in
the education of our children. We
cannot change the moral status of
our present population. You are a
nation of hurry, hurry, hurry, and
rush, rush, rush, while we are a ma
tion of rust, rust, rust. You never
put off until tomorrow what you can
TO today We never sdo today what
we can put off until tomorrow. We
need more men of the type of Roose-
welt, and fewer Bryans. We need
men who can show us how to handle
the big stick The United States
wastes enough to keep nation of
l00,000,000 in comfort, You don't
know how rich you are. Your na-
tional debt is S14 per capita and you
do not fear it. Ours is only Sill
and it is burden we are unable TO
lift, handed down to us for the past
hundreds of years. Our two greatest
problems are: Our financial problem
and our international relations
problem. We need money. Our great
need too is a fighting spirit and a
determination. We needf to repel
against aggression. We do not de-
sire to take the offensive We are
lop-sided, too weak If we had
training we could have the best army
in the world. We have needed opium
banished from our borders just as
badly as you need the liquor traffic
banished from the United States. Two
years more and opium will be put
out by law, and / hope that liquor
will be banished from this country
by the same time"
The Parish Players of Thursday
evening gave a most pleasant enter
tainement. High up in the "little
theatre movement" and well versed in
the evolution of the drama, Harlod
Heaton, leader of the company gave
a. short Introductory address on this
theme He pointed out the reasons
why the drama will not pass from
community life, why it is essential
to the growth the in telligence and
the continuance of society. To illus
trate the different missions the drama
may have in society three one-act
plays were given. Each one portray
ed distinct and separate phase of
the great work of players. The Par
ish Players are doing much in the
to encourage and develop
this most essential art, the drama in
society.
Friday afternoon the Schumann
Quintet assisted by the great bass
singer, Gallagher, gave thrilling
and inspiring concert. Every MEM
ber of the company, born and trained
from youth as musicians, pleased in
their every note Their interpreta-
tions were grand and the harmony
Truly the Schumanns are
talented and give a most
entertainment. Gallag-
her possesses that rare range of vocal
tones that makes his singing either
tender, soft, gruff or heavy at will,
and withal always beautiful.
Allen ID. Albert in his lecture Of
Friday evening prophesied that this
city, according to present indications,
would have a population of eleven
thousand within the next ten years.
He criticised the local park regula-
tions, which do not provide for SUI
pervision, especially at night. He al
so took up the local school condition
and urged the erection of two new
modern school buildings, and the tear
ing down of the present unsanitary
ones. 1t was his belief that the