The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-24
VIOLET SCORES
GERMAN IDEALS
cb,utauqua Speaker Reveals "The
Day" obsession Of KaiseTs
ReaIn-Repubiic to
.urcTcTANS PERFORM
MUSICIANS PERFORM
ceoilian Chorus Heard by Large Aud
ience-captain Richmond P.
Hobson Speaks
Tonight.
IRv Winona Evans Reeves.l

An especially fine program was
given Yesterday at the chautauqua
before large audience which filled
the tent both afternoon and evening.
In the afternoon the Cecilian chorus
gave the program, which was OF
snecial merit The numbers were all
SING in English and most oi them
wee by American composers. Tho
company is made up of men and
women who sing artistically. and the
nrogram was pleasing in every fea-
ture.
Among the numbers were "Slum-
aust a Wearyin' for You,' Mighty
Like a a Rose s;a,ar WHISPERING rha1,,a Hope
The last half of the program was
a Red Cross sketch in which al! the
nonular war songs were introduced.
nre of the songs which pleased the
little folks, and which was rep lated
bv request in the evening, was THE
Story Book Ball.
Evening Program Fine.
The evening program was prefaced
nv the Cecilfan chorus, who gave
even a more pleasing program than
in the afternoon. A duet, Where
Nv Caravan Has Rested" called for
repeated encores. Other favorites
with the audience were, Somewhere
the Bluebird Is Singing" Even
Chimes" and Home to Our Noun
tains." from II Trovatore.
Violet Lectures.
The lecture of the evening was
given by Dr. G. w. Violet, whose
home is in Kansas City. He is pas
tor of one of the largest churches of
the Christian denominati ID. lie has
travelled everywhere and has special
lied in the study Of the orient. He
is a very brilliant and forceful speak
err man who has some ina TO say
and says it in such way .hat it Is
not easily forgotten. He had for a
subject "The Changing Orient"
He said that in July, 1918. when
he was enroute to the orient he was
entertained at a dinner on board
German liner by a German arIny Of
fcer whom he had known for many
years.
"The Day"
Most of the guests at that dime
were German army officers. At the
close of the dinner TIE host rose
and gave a toast to 1.-The Day" After
all the Germans had pledged the
toast, Dr. Violet said to his host:
Just what do you mean by The
Day'?" and the officer told him that
they toasted the day when Germany
should rule Europe and the orient,
and in that day, he sail, there would
be two great powers, the German
empire on one side of the Atlantic
and the republic of the United States
on the other. And DR.. Violet said
to him:
"Do you suppose it would be pos
sible for two such diverse ideas OF
government to live together in the
same world?" The German officer
gave characteristic shrug of his
shoulders and DR.. Violet said:
Well, I'll tell you this: The Ameri-
can ideal OF human liberty and self
government has come to stick around
in this old world until God calls all
the nations home"
The American Of Today.
The lecturer contrasted the aver
age American of 1918 and the aver
age American of today. He said that
in 1918 the average American was
more interested in blowout three
miles from garage than he was in
the European war, but today moth
ing matters to Americans except
the wiping OF the German empire off
the face of creation.
He spoke in highest terms Of the
English nation and of their wonder
iui genius for colonization. He said
mat their part in colonizing the peo-
PIE of the orient would do much in
ehe reconstruction days. He said
Germany had thousands of spies all
through the orient and that their
tfeachery and their violation of the
standards of ethics of the orientals