The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-20


new features, play director for the
hildren and a teacher Of domestic
cience.
II Miss Agnes Sorenson, who Is a
rained playground director. has
barge of the children during the lee
ure hours and is arranging pageant
70 be given as feature OF the Satur-
lay afternoon program.
Mrs Alice Sherry Houston began
his afternoon a course OF domestic
cience lessons, which are given from
to 5 O'Clock, coming at the close OF
& he regular chautauqua features OF the
l,rogram Both of these services
.ome without extra charge to those
Who attend chautauqua.
There was a very large attendance
both afternoon and evening yesterday.
S4rhe afternoon prelude and the ruli
Oncert in the evening was given by
he Howard Quintette, the best music
ssAl Organization with one possible ex-
:eption, which has appeared on the
/ Hamilton chautauqua. They gave
ayery artistic program of high class
Jnusic Of the popular type. They were
fTacious and generous with their en-
ores and the leader gave an expana-
DRY Introduction TO each number
which gave the audience an apprecia-
zion and understanding Of the numbers
which they would not have had other
wise
He paid a marked compliment to
Frederick Knight Logan Of Oskaloosa
tLnd said this Iowa composer is coming
10 be recognized as a leading Ameri-
Ian composer.
Lecture by Adrian.
Il The lecture OF the afternoon was
given by Prof. Henry A. Adrian, who
.s a personal friend and a co-workel
Egith Luther Burbank and who has
Cor years been Bllrbank's spokesman
On the platform. He had for q subject,
New Ways of Feeding the World. .
lie said that there has been no sud-
len increase in the scarcity of the
worlds food supply, the war has only
called our attention to condition
which was creeping on US unawares.
Re said there are no more people in
che world to be fed now than there
we're before the war. The only differ
9nce in the situation is that the work
If production has had TO be shifted
n some places from one shoulder to
another, the consumption Of food is
lot greater In illustrating the num-
lions. he said if they stood shoulder
10 shoulder the line would circle the
globe at the equator. The money ex-
pended by America on the war would
pave with silver dollars walk forty
feet wide from San Francisco to New
York. To carry one days rations for
& the American army would require
twenty-five miles of freight cars.
The cause OF the shortage in food
Is not alone war, but because the pop
ulation of the world has increased
twenty per cent while the food supply
has increased only three per cent IN
the last decade. In consequence of
this the world is growing hungry and
unless the food supply increases in
the same proportion as the increase in
Population, we are face to face with
famine. In European and oriental
countries hundred million babies are
in famine today.
Professor Adrian enumerated the
ways in which the food supply can be
increased:
BY reducing the two hundred million
acres of arid land and waste land IN
this country; by making the four mil.
lion tramps and loafers in America
s 60 to work; by making the plants OF
y
Burbank has done; and by destroying
the enemies OF plant life. In addition
to this we must all save, save, save
In telling of Burbank's work he
said he is developing wheat which has
three heads on it.
SeedIess WatermeIons.
Il He displayed a new kind OF corr
which is being developed and spoke o.
I the seedless plums, cherries, peache!
and water melons which are nov
I grown.
\ He said that II farm ers in the middl
west had planted their corn this yea
las for dry farming, they would hav
had a full crop instead of a partia
Erop. He said that Iowa and Illinoi
should be dry farmed and that cor
! planted in that way only needs thre
inches of rain from the planting tim
ito the harvest
Today at o'clock the Castle Coul
;Singers gave prelude and viii CIV
"a full concert at o'clock this eve
ling Lieut.. Ivan S. Rossiter. a Cal
sadian soldier, gave the lecture.
Tomorrow the whole days progral
Twill be given by local talent of Har
Hilton. AT 2:30 O'Clock. a program
Emusic and readings will be given ar
I'm the evening a home talent pla
.'tSafety First" will be the entertai
'ment, with prelude by the Hamilto
lband.
On Thursday, there will be no a
mission fee charged. as 1t will be o.
lSettlers day and soldiers day
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