The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-15
AMERICANS ABUSE
INSTEAD OF USE
THEIR LEISURE
Some Present Day Practices Con-
demmed by Or. Holmes
PLEASING CHATAUQUA PROGRAMS
Lecture, Two Enjoyable Concerts and
"The Man from Home" E.slight
Large and Appreoiative Audience


Two concerts by the Granylle-Hines
company, lecture on Luxury and
Leisure by DR.. Holmes, and the pre-.
sentation OF the play The Man from
Home were the features OF the Chau
tauqua programs of Monday, at each
of which there was creditable at
tendance. The lecture by DR.. Holmes
VISA the second of series on different
educational phases and was a forceful
discourse on some of the foolishnesses
OF present day living.
DR.. Holmes said that people should
not become the slaves OF the things
that they possess and should not fos-
ter desire to obtain an overwhelming
collection OF useless articles. Much
labor is wasted in making useless orn-
aments, for as long as people will buy
trash it will be manufactured and sold
to them Whereas furniture and 9th
er household necessities used to be
made for long and hard use, they are
ION maui Autltis lOi loOho anu io
longer are articles fitted for the pur-
pose they are supposed to serve.
People should, the speaker said, turn
toward a greater simplicity of life and
not misuse leisure which is the great
est luxury of man. People have the
idea that leisure should be spent in
| idleness, the reading OF trash or play
ing silly games. Leisure should be
spent in doing the things in which we
| find our chief interest and should be
employed in some manner which viii
| inspire us TO be better citizens. II /:
owe part of our time to our country
| in acquainting ourselves with its is
sues. It should be employed in soml
part to deyoting oneself to the diff
cult problems which confront oul
democracy.
Hines company, one in the Afternoon
and a second in the evening proved
to be one of the best enjoyed musica
numbers Of the present Chautauqua
No more enthusiastic applause ha
been awarded any feature in the ten
this year than was accorded Mr. Hine
and Mr.. Granville. Two songs sun
by Mr.. Granville which found particu
lar favor with the audience We're at
a Long, Long, Trail and no, John
on John, No The latter was frs
sung In the afternoon concert and b.
| IN, ha arsr ID,
The presentation of the play, 9TH
Man From Home" by the Chautauqu
players was finished production q
, one of Americas most wholesom
| plays. This play is built upon Amer
can ideals and is replete with inc
I dents which depict the homely truth
that are fundamental in America
life. The actors and actresses in th
Chautauqua company presented III
play in way which brought the grea
lesson it teaches home to each men
Der of the large audience.
A score and more of the most repr
: sentative people Of Bennington r
manned at the big tent after lal
nights performance of The Man fro
Hone TO consider the future OF Cha
tauqua in Bennington. 1t was Il
unanimous feeling that 1t should |
sustained and made permanent If po
sible. 1t has succeeded whe
= lyceums and the like have faile
There was some difference of opiniC
\ as to the details of procedure but
j was agreed that an effort should
made to get fifty hand.picked guara
tors and to get orders for the who
!, 700 season tickets called Tor. Thr
!, hundred and thirtynine were order
= last night. II is earnestly hoped IN
. all who want to back up clean and q
waiting entertainment will sign up (
tickets today and insure the perm
nance of the institution i'm BennlngtC