The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-07-15

Tho feature attraction for The Red
parh program of the Wheeling cha"-
tauqua for to-day will BE- NliIlaa o"-
en- and his company. which VIII pre-
sent the modern drama. The Serv,
ant in the House" beginning at 5
| o'clock this evening. This Is CharIeS
Ram kcnncdy'S great play. William
| Owen, in the title role, has the support
of an able company selected irnH.
among actors of long experience. The
Rpdpath Company has tho exclusive
rights for chautaUqua and lyceum pro
auctions OF this play in the United
States. Already it has been given over
200 times by the company which Is |"
! present il here. This one OF the most
| talked-nf plays OF the day. and there
| is no doubt but that a banner crowd
will be present at Bridge park this
evening to witness 1t.
The love Of father for his child
through poverty. degradation and bit
terneSS, is depicted with great heart
| interest in The Servant in the
House" The daughter, when too
young to understand her surroundings.
| is placed in comfortable clrcum-
stances. but without her fathers COM
partnership she is haunted ny lone
| illness that refuses 10 brgonc. At me
same time the heart Of the absent fa;h-
| or Is longing for his daughter, and one
| Of the most impressive features OF the
story is how that mutual devotion
draws the. TWO together as II by a
| magic magnet.
| Yesterdays Entertainment.
Friday mornings program consisted
OF lecture. Our Reading. given by
Prof. l.. Z. York. In the afternoon
there was a musical prelude by me
! Maurer Sisters. followed by chill
| drens hour. when Miss MacGllllvray
told the little tots Of american Birds
in Storyland." Everett Kemp. gave a
| monologue entitled THAT Printer OF
| Udell's."
In the evening the Maurer Sisters
| gave another OF their pleasing musical
| entertainments, and each selection
was roundly applauded. The feature
of the evening was a lecture by Frank
| Dixon. Of New York, whose subject
/ was Taking Stock OF Town.
| Assets to a City.
! Mr.. Dixon maintains that economy,
I beauty. health and efficiency are the
greatest assets Of any town or city.
| and their conservation is the supreme
! duty OF enlightened citizenship. In
opening his lecture he said:
| II did not come here TO critlclse
your town, to tell you how you should
conduct il, 10 condemn or 10 praise
your city. for l am as ignorant OF the
conditions here as you are, yourselves,
am just going TO tell you some OF III!
experiences. You will find that ener'
getic business men will spend thou
sands of dollars TO find out their bust.
ness. 10 find the weak points, ana
learn how they can he improved. But
when they spend this money they
know WHY it was spent, and they lul-
mediatelv SGT about 70 make the neces-
sarv improvements. On the other
hand, a city or town spends thousands
Of dollars. but there is not one town
in a hundred, nor one man in nun
dred who knows what became OF the
towns money. 1t is not only enough
to have honest men at the head OF
your city. hui il is also essential that
YOU know that the town receives one
hundred cents worth of value for
every one hundred cents spent.
EVERY town in the United States is
lust like a sick man-it needs Il dag
nosis. hut it takes courage 10 find out
the wrongs, and many towns don
want them found out. Beauty is a
ROYAL asset 10 every community, and
it ought to he guarded. \ town should
defend itself against uglincss. and per-
sons should keep their lawns and
wards clean, voluntarily. and if they
don't, the city should see to il that
they did. so--involuntarily. \ town
should grow up each year in beauty,
pcrmanoncy and dignity. We should
use the same common sense in build
ing a town as in every other business
enterprise"
Delay Afternoon Program.
n. c. Hcffner, superintendent Of the
! chautauQua, announced last night that