The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-07-13
Chautauqua Week.
Some Fine Entertainments Shabblly
Attended.

Attended.
| Thursday of last week was the
second day of the 7.day chautau.
qua entertainment, and the
Stockholm Concert Company
rendered some excellent music,
among them a number of Swed.
ish folk songs DR.. Gary gave
his experiences as hobo on the
road and in New York city.
While the war, with it's necessi.
ties has eliminated much of the
sentimental sympathy for the
hobo or bum, and people are not
SO seemingly interested in this
question as they were a few
years ago, yet the subject has
something Of sociological inter-
est, and DIR. Gary's attempt at a
solution of the hunger problem
of the untitled, is not out Of
place.
On Friday, DR. Will am Stuch-
ell was the lecturer. The doctor
is a traveller and a student, and
in the afternoon pointed out the
wonderful resources awaiting
development in South America,
and the tremendous impulse to
be given this development by the
opening Of the Panama canal. In
the evening Stuchell, who is an
inspiring speaker, placed before
his audience the fundamental
principles that haye made Amer
ica today the richest and great.
est nation on the earth-the
public school, the church, the
home, free press and the pub
lie platform, ard he declared
that our great riches was today
one of our grave dangers, lead
ing to softness, physical, mental
and moral. He pointed out that
the things we are fighting for to-
day in France and Flanders, had
their roots in the principles
which the pilgrim fathers
brought to the shores of Massa-
chussetts some three hundred
years ago, and that the voice OF
the Hohenzollern, is the re-echo
of the voice of George III one
hundred and forty years ago
that the fight is the same old
battle for freedom and the equal
lity. of man. Stuchell is worth
hearing and hammers home some
great truths from fundamental
principles.
On Saturday evening DR..
Charles L. Kloss gave a
good lecture on the "Fighting
Spirit showing the necessity
for the combative in man to be
enlisted in behalf of justice and
righteousness. The Bohann-
mans gave a pleasing and inter.
esting variety of light entertain.
ment,
Sunday was the great musical
day of the week, with Spica's
Italian band giving . concert
both afternoon and evening.
Spica is one of the great musical
conductors of the world, and
these two concerts, to any one
appreciative of music, should
have been worth the price of a
season ticket. It was a fine
musical treat, and was greatly
enjoyed, but the audiences were
not as large as they should have
been for this event.
The Monday program, both as
to lecture and entertainment
were of lighter character, the
Claire Coutants furnishing the
entertainment. Youdan, the
lecturer, is of the pessimist or.
: der, and concludes that our de-
, mocracy has gone to seed with
too many laws. The majority Of
his audience was not in hearty
sympathy with him in his plea
for personal liberty"
e Tuesday, the last day was an
other one of fine musical enter
: talnment, the Handel Choir be.
! ing the attraction. and to the
s lovers of vocal music their work
was of most enjoyable charac.
, ter. Manager Travers lectured
a on Keeping up with Lizzie" al
the afternoon gathering, and In
the evening the Handel Choir
!, charmed the audience with sew
!. eral fine choruses, closing with
! q special production Of THE Bo
0 hemian Girl" handsomely rem
i dered in costume.
Il The program throughout thl
week, with the exceptions notel
were excellent, and should hayl
\ received = larN0r untr0nnQa. "