The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-07-04

could not remain idis when u, M II mort
vas being ma 1e to abolish those prin
Scipies ard establish ia their place s
world power based upon tho princi ple
that might makes right
The Chicago Festival Octette gave
very pleading and popular prelude
and evening concert oll Tuesday.
Their aolos were good but their chorus
work was especiali u tine. Mi
sLongstreet, BARITONE and reader, was
\ sseond Harry Lauder ID his Scotch
reafiings and songs
Lew n. Sarett gave the lecture on
Wednesday afternoon on the subject
So The Children God Forgot. 4 Mr.
Sarett is at present Professor of Pub.
lic Speaking IN the Univsrrity 81 IIli-s
nois. His home has been in northern
Michigan and he has spent consider q
able time among the numbering camps
there and in Canads, and it was of
the habits and lives Of these people
that he spoke He is q nature lover
and his sympathies are with those
simple people. who have little chance
TO get what the world calls culture.
He gave some clever impersonaticns
Of the French lumberman, Baptiste,
and also made his pictures of wood
scenes more realistic by imitations Of
the calls Of wood animals and birds.
The dramatic production, The
Melting Pot in the evening was
somewhat Interrupted by the heavy.
rain and thunder storm which came
up during the performance, and which
prevented many from staying to see
this stirring production. The drama
is based on the book by Zangwill and
the theme is the fusing Of all the diff
ferent foreign immigrants to our
shores into one type. the real Amer
ican. just at this time the play is
appropriate and means much. Special
mention Of each one can not be made,
but each one was an artist. The cast
also demonstrated their ability as.
movie actors, for ct times the noise
outside Of thunder and rain was SO.
great as to drown their voices entire
;ly, vet the interest of the audience
and the trend Of the story was not
lost. Doing SO well under such diff
cuities il is easy to see that under.
normal conditions this would be one
Of the etar numbers of the season.
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The lecture on Thursday afternoon
was given by Mr.. v. E. Shirley on
The Palace of a King. = It was
talk on human life and its value and
the agencies that develop it. Charac-
ter is developed chiefly by three agen-
:cies-the home, the church, and the
school. While the home and the
church are important factors it was
the schools that he dwelt upon more
especially. The purpose Of the schools
is to develop character and to fit
people for usefulness and the only
useful life was the productive life,
the life that produces something Of
value to the world. It is the people
of country that develop it. No
matter how productive the soil or how
delightful the climate, they can not
make the land in any community val
liable, but when populated by the
right kind of people any land may be
made valuable. The development Of
the child was therefore the most i'm
portant duty Of society. Our schools
fail in not giving more technical train
ing, and fail to fit the child for the
actual duties of life.
The season clsoes with an evening
concert by Witepski's orchestra, con-
sisting Of three violins, bass viol,
tcello and piano These players are
masters on the stringed instruments
and give US musical program which
is delight to music lovers and which
closes the Chautauqua with flourish.
The ChiIdren's Chautauqua was
something new and on q larger scale
than it has been on previous years.
They have been working hard every
morning and every afternoon after
the regular program getting their part
ready and this after noon they put on
their big circus. The ring perform
ance on the grounds was preceded
by a parade thru Main Street. Every
thing was there, from several cages
of wild beasts, to Charlie Chaplin
with his big feet. Clowns galore
were in evidence. The ring perform
ance consisted of stunts by the trained
elephant and other animals, tight rope
walkers, equestrienne performance,
and clown acts. It was novel per-