The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-23
PARKES CAOMAN THRILLS HEARERS AT CHAUTAUQUA Made Ringing Speech On the Great World War
 Last Night NATURE STUDY
 GLASS TO MEET Local Chapter of Red Cross Wants 25O Pairs of Socks By Saturday

tulS country, The Schubert of BoS- ton, will be the entertainer this even ing at tAA Chautauqua in the Bridge port High school auditorium. This quartet is composed of W. Frank Ames, first tenor; Charles W. Swaine, second tenor; William W. Walker, baritone, and George E. McGowan, basSo. Mrs. Cole Williamson, read CT, will assist in the program. This concert is expected to prove one of the finest heard in the city for some time.
 The program is as follows: Quartet, "On to Guard the Right, p The Schubert Quartet-Geibel.
 Reading, ''The Littlest Rebel" Mrs, Williamson-M. Mayo.
 Tenor Solo, Within the Garden ot My Heart," MT. Ames-scott. Quartet, (a) Southern Moonlight, '' Bracket; (b) Rosary" -Nevin | The Schuberts.
 Reading, '"The Selfish and the Un- | selfish Mother" Mrs Williamson | Markham.
 Quartet, Patriotic Melody" The ehuberts-Walker
 Bass Solo, ''The Storm FTend," MT McGowan-Roeckel
 | Quartet, (a) "Galilee, Clark; l (b) ''In the Garden, Arranged, The | Schuberts.
 Reading, Mrs Select. l ed.
 Quartet, Evening song," The Schuberts-Storch.
 Owing to the illness of Reno Bel. bourne, the committee secured fol the speaker for this afternoon, Ed. ward F. Bigelow, editor of Guide tc Nature' and who has tseen for year. in charge of the Natural Science De partment of St. Nicholas. He spoke on Natures Little Things and the lecture was unlike anything evel given here before. It was intensel, interesting interesting With the us, of an exceedingly high power micro scope, arc light and special apparatu, the lecturer showed the tiniest thing palive and dead and explained then with a wealth of scientific knowledg, presented in a popular manner. s. Parkes Cadman was the speak CT chosen for the opening of tht Chautauqua last evening and no bet ter speaker could have been selected Dr. Cadman, who is the pastor of thu Center Congregational church il | Brooklyn is a big, broadminded ma1 and he thrilled and delighted great ly the large audience that filled every available spot in the High School au ditorium. He made it very plail that we must all stand behind ou splendid army and he stated yer convincingly the awful horror an havoc that had been wrought by rep tilian Prussianism.
 He is a man of broad vision, finel intelligent and most magneti speaker. Point after point that h scored was greeted with delighted ap plause. pr. Cadman did not conffn himself to mild terms when referrin to the miserable neutralists and pa cifists'' because of whom France haE nearly bled herself to death, nor Ina he much regard for the petticoa preachers who have gone about tryin to prove that our boys have becom brutal and degenerate since enterin the army. He said that he would b willing to match and 50,000 boys of tn I army or navy for cleanliness of min a and body against any 50,000 civilian l that any one wanted to pick out
 Connecticut or any other state.
 To his mind f1agwaving did nc
 constitute patriotism and as for th
 buying of Liberty Bonds that ? merely financial sumption. He trat ed. the causes that led up to the wa and disclosed some rather interestin
 facts relative to Queen Victoria H
 said that she was Prussianized to tE
 roots and that her not allowing Ems d land to go to the assistance of Der y mark against Germany and Russ }, had a distinct bearing on the preseI
 war. Also that had she not bee
 susceptible to the fattery of Disrae
 and not listened to his advice the Ill I'ope now: In conclusion he said u United States did not begin the ";
 but that she would complete it (
 her terms and the terms of humal
 ity.
 > Dr. Willard Scott will have u h opening hour tomorrow afternoon 3. 2:30 in his lecture, War Tin . Ideals; he will be followed at
 o'clock by Chauncy J. Hawkins, in a nature talk which will introduce. II the audience the denizens of u great north woods.
 - For tomorrow evening at o'clot ! one of the war lectures "One Thou and Days Back of the Front" wi Miss Mary Boyle O'Reil1y, taught of John Boyle O'Reilly, poet al journalist, and herself a newspap \ correspondent, as the speaker. Mi \ O'Reilly was first on the field in t \ declaration of war, went through t \ period of frightfulness in Belgiu1 | was an associate of Miss Edith c | veil, and has some wonderful expel
 ences to relate.
 Appended is the program that M | dame Marie Sundelius is to sing t
 morrow afternoon at the last artis
 concert in the course of the Wedne
 day Afternoon Musical club For t
 present season. Madame Sundeli is a member of the Metropolitan o
 era Co. and has sung here befoi