The Mena weekly star., 1917-06-28
ONE THE BEST CHAU- TAUQUA NUMBERS
In Influence for Good, the Lecture Of Dr. H. '. Adams Is Conceded the Place of Honor With His
 Grapes of Gold"

Friday was the big day in Mena Chautauqua circles, the program Of the day consisting in concert pre- ludes both afternoon and evening by the Hungarian Ladies Quartet, fol- lowed in the afternoon by a lecture by Dr. David Taylor Robertson on The Mutations of Dollar in which he allows the dollar to do the talking, telling it's varied experiences from the time it buys a rag carpet lat a church rummage sale on thru the various activities of life, doing both good and evil, depending upon whether the dollar got into the hands of the Washerwoman, who used 1t to educate her son or into the hands of a "tightwad,H who used it solely t6 enrich himself, The lec- ture was unique and entertaining and thruout was the purpose to hit hard the foolish and unworthy things that are being done with the dollar and for the dollar, and con- trasting strongly with that side of life, the good that can be done by turning the efforts of the dollar into channels that are really worthwhile. Dr. Robertson strikes some hard blows, and his hearers get some un- pleasant iolts, but he does this that he may teach the lesson he has in mind, and when 1t is all over people rejoice that they heard him.
 Grapes of Gold.
 Many who were sure that the cli- max of Chautauqua week had been reached when Hon. Ali Taylor de- liyered his lecture, Civilization in the Crucible,' on Thursday night were ready to reverse themselves completely after hearing Dr. H. " Adams Friday night in his lecture, Grapes of Gold OF Who's to Blame?H For the practical good that will flow from it, and the inspi- ration that it will give to men, wom- en and children for clearer and pur- Ter thinking, Dr. Adams lecture is undoubtedly the best that has come to Mena in the four years of Chautauqua experience. The pur- pose of the lecture is to present the far-reaching influence of thought or suggestion either for good or evil. Taking up first the baneful effects that flow from morbid thoughts and suggestions, pr. Adams gave illus |trations and the results of experi- |ments to emphasize and drive home the points that he was making. Then he presented the other side of his story, and with greater force and with more telling effect pointed out Ito his hearers what great good can be accomplished, how life can be |sweetened, and how greater success lean be attained if only the mind is attuned to pure and noble thoughts. The most effective experiment to emphasize the power of suggestion land imagination, was performed by Dr. Adams with his audience last night, when at the beginning of his lecture he took from his pocket a small vial said to contain essence of peppermint. which he poured out that 1t might permeate the tent and thus test the circulation of air. Within short time Dr. Adams had people all over the tent detecting the odor of the peppermint, so that he gave it as his judgment that the air circulation was almost perfect. At the psychological moment when he needed the result of the experi- ment to drive home the argument of the power of suggestion, he in formed his hearers that the vial had contained only pure water, and yet many of the audience had admitted that they had detected the odor of peppermint and many more had the same experience but had not said so.