French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-08-15
HIGH PRAISE FOR
a. THE CHAUTAUQUA

The Radcliffe Chautauqua, which
/ will be in Hendersonvi1le August 20
21, 22, comes with high praise from
the sections where it has been and
has given its program. Last week the
Chautauqua was in Rutherford and
the Rutherford Sun contains this ar
ticle of praise:
The Radcliffe Chautauqua has come
and gone, but it's influence and i'm
preston will never go. The program
this year is the best that has ever
visited this part of the State. 1t is
patriotic program and it's name
hardly does it credit. 1t would be a
very stupid person that could hear all
the speeches, lectures, musical selec-
tions and other entertaining features
and then not be thrilled with a sense
of pride for his country We regret
that we do not have time and space
to give our readers a detailed account
of the program.
DR.. Henry Clark on 'fWake Up Am
erica" and The Call of Democracy
was very good. He showed how that
our country was not awake to the
dangers of German militarism and
Germany's plans to rule u.s. He said
there were 558 newspapers printed in
German in this country when war was
declared.
Miss Elizabeth Cook demon
strated to the audience a sal
mon loaf, tomato sauce and gave in
struetions on sugar substitutes. She
closed on a discussion Of canning and
drying. She said, Women at home
are the strongest allies that our gov
ernment has when they mobilize
their kitchens to help win the war.
Hold the line at home. Are you one
of these? Surely you are not a slack
er in your kitchen. You girls and wo-
men must take the place Of men at
the from,
The five liberty bellies gave a most
excellent entertainment. It was
spiced with humor and patriotism.
Their entertainment was worth a sea-
son ticket,
Louis Williams, the electrical en-
tertainer, from the University of MIN
nesota, showed the wonders of chem
ieal compounds, unions, monQrail,
telegraph, telephones, wireless tele-
graphy and how pictures could be
transmitted by wire. He showed the
value of pure air in sleeping rooms
and the fatal effects of foul air. He
also proved the value of oxygen, hy-
drogen and nitrogen. It was one Of
the most instructive electrical DEM
onstrations that the writer ever saw.
It treated of subjects that most of our
people are miserably ignorant on, but
really need to know more about.
"The story of the Red Cross in
peace and war" was very interesting.
The speaker showed how the Red
Cross had organized mothers CLUBS
helped in disasters, accidents and re-
lived the poor and distressed at all
times. The first chapter of the Am
erican Red Cross was organized in
March, 1882.
The last and, possibly the best fea-
ture of the Chautauqua, was the lee
the Colors" speech was spiced by such
expressions as, eff there is man or
woman in America who wants to wear
the yoke of the Kaiser, want you all
to make it so hot for them that hell
will seem like winter resort to /,
them" He said that the government
asked to do, five things: First, be
loyal to the flag; second, be loyal to
the President; third, stand by the
bows in the trenches; fourth, finance
the war; and fifth, speed up process
Of production.
In his last speech, ''When the boys /,
come home" he said: when the
boys come back from defeating the
Kaiser the greatest homecoming that !
this world has ever seen will be held
The boys will be better boys because /.
of their training. They will demand !
more physical training and santa :
ton. They will know the value OF
The only regret we have is that
more people did not attend the chau-
tauqua. It's worth even the busiest |
mans time and money. Any one OF /
the lectures or entertainments was I
worth the price Of season ticket: We
are glad that 25 or 80 men had en- /
ough foresight and public. spirit to !
sign the contract for another year.
1t will be back. We hope that so or
rs names can be secured as guaran-
tors and then open the doors TO ev-