The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-27
Hamilton Assembly Ends With Rec.
ord Breaking Season and Plans
Are Made for Next
Year.
SELL 800 MEMBERSHIPS
Children's Hour VIII be Included In
Program Which Will be
Feature Of Coming
Assembly.
1Bx a Staff Representative. ]

BY a OtdII ahepTeSeuldtlNe.1
HAMILTON, ILL.,. Aug. 27.-The
Hamilton chautauqua closed yester-
day with three sessions and with a
record breaking attendance. Warren
n. Orr, chairman of the ticket CON-
mittee, announced at the close of the
last session that nearly 500 season
tickets had been sold for the 1918
assembly, insuring chautauqua
again next year. 1t is the purpose
next year to have children's chau-
tauqua with a special supervisor.
Ten Hamilton boosters subscribed $50
toward the project and many chill
dren's tickets were sold. The sent
iment expressed on all sides was
that this year has been one Of the
best in the history Of the assembly.
The Rev Stovall preached at the
morning service and the music was
furnished by Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur
Hughes, Prof. Stone. Mrs. Isabel
Sennett and the Misses Lucy Kiser
and Mary Elder.
One of the very best lectures OF
the course was given Sunday after
noon by Roscoe Gilmore Stotta, well
known magazine writer and the auth
or Of number of books. His sub
iect was The Pillar LITTER, and he
said something worth while in every
sentence Back of the speech was
the delightful personality of the
man-His humor was never forced
and he didn't drag in his stories, just
to get them in, but they were pert
inent, to the point he wished to make
in his speech. He chose for the
symbol of his lecture, that beautiful
symetrical pillar which stood before
Solomon's temple. and from it drew
the picture of daring, strong and
symetrical life. His language was
choice, and his sentences well round
ed and his speech was more than
words, which is more than can be
said for many chautauqua lecturers.
The music for Sunday was furnished
by the Illinois quartette, musical
organization from Bloomington, Ill.
In the afternoon they gave program
Of anthems and in the evening gave
sacred and patriotic songs.
Saturday Program.
The Saturday program at the.
Hamilton chautauqua had very
timely and interesting lecture by
Judge Frank P. Sadler of Chicago,
who had for subject THE Twen-
tieth Century Unrest; its Portent.
He said: "The dawn of the TWEEN
tieth century was clear and peaceful.
An upward note had been struck in
the tendency Of men, we in America
had begun to show an interest in the
other half. Measures to lessen hui
man sorrow had been advocated and
laws enacted to enable the state to
care for the weak and deficient. The
problem of crime and delinquency
and justice for the under dog were
all under consideration in the minds
of men and women In England Lloyd
George and others Of his kind had
brought about tax reform and had
made the house Of commons, whose
members are elected by the people.
the ruling power. In Germany work
mems compensation laws had been
enacted in advance of those in any
other nation. The duma had been
established in Russia. China had de-
clared for a republic and had over
thrown the Manchu dynasty. Every
nation in this wide world was max
ing long strides in the road Of prog
ress and all faces were set toward
the light. When 10, across the light
there, passed tiny war cloud and
before the people realized the
strength of the coming storm the
whole sky was overcast. For three
long years that storm has been upon
us. Thirty millions of armed men
are in battle array in the ancient
home of christian civilization There
are 2,400 miles of soldiers around