Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-07-28

Il % by the audience, who were pro-
Inc In their applause.
4 Evening Session
/ A brief entertainment by the Shee-
/ han Concert Company was given in
the evening as prelude to the lee
| ture given by, Tillemont- Thomason.
who spoke on Echoes of the Ger
man Revolution or German
| Thought, Its Persistence In War and
Revolution The speaker opened
with reference to the fact that the
Germans are people possessed of
! one idea, to which they tenaciously
| cing through peace. war and revo-
luton. Upon this thought the entire
! iectured hinged. The distinguished
lecturer through his high oratorical
ability. his command of English and
MS intimate knowledge of the Ger
man nation. closely held the atten-
'ion OF his audience until the close.
The lecturer traced the progress
OF the German nation from its in
rancy and told Of the discreditabie
Warfare it had always waged, illus
tratinS his points with many de-
script1ve narratives, and then told
the story Of the present war from
the English standpoint. He was
warmly applauded at the close of his
! lecture.
/ If Thomas Daley had been present
at the Community Chautauuua on
J Sunday he would have indeed quot
! ed his poem:
THE rain streams down like harp
strings. from the sky
The wind. that world old i,arnist SET
test by:
And ever and anon he sings his did
refrain.
He plays upon the harp-strings of
the rain"
For while large audience was
waiting to hear Charles T. Grilley.
impersonator. and Miss Virginia
Grilley, harpist, a heavy shower took
place.
The concert was suited to the day
and Mr.. Grilley was indeed a clever
imperscnator, as shown by his Sc
lection. The Bishops Candlesticks."
from Les Miserables. He gave many
amusing little humorous sketches,
one How'd you like to be a dog" to
; piano accompaniment Miss Grilley
showed remarkable skill with the
harp and charmed the audience with
several selections. An especially
good bit of philosophy was shown by
Miss Gilley's Strong Box" and Mr..
! Grilley's "A Thankful Soul"
! DR., Albert Wiggam gave an ex-
eellent lecture on the philosophy Of
! human life. He showed how success
/ in life depends upon ones ideals and
! mat dreams are the real causes of
all great inventions.
He showed that enthusiasm knowns
20 such thing rs time. nor genius. nor
such thing as age. One does not
! grow old as long as one can say
with Michael Angelo, when he was
blind. I can still learn" He en-
/ phasized the fact that one gets OUT
OF life what one puts into it. and gets
1t back one hundred fold
/! Evening Session
4 Sunday evenings program nroved
70 be very pleasing one. The larg-
est audience was present that there
mas been so far. Charles Grillev and
MISS Virginia Grilley furnished a de-
nghtfui prelude. Miss GrilIey again
proved her skill not only at the harm.
but also in giving readings to piano
accompaniment. It would be diff
cult to say which one was enioved
best OF Mr.. Grilley's impersonationS
/ He IS certainly skilled in both hu-
/ morous and serious impersonations
1 ana everyone will agree that he has
I never been excelled here.
+; DR.. Wiggam, a well-known scient-
ist and lecturer. who is a great all
thority on heredity, delivered a very
interesting and educational lecture
on that subject. Climbing the Fam
lily Tree" Mrs. Wiggam assisted him
with the illustrating slides whic.,
formed a large part of the lecture
DR.. Wiggam presented his lecture !,y
by style which was very interesting
ana easy for everyone to understand
He used very striking illustrations
the case OF famous family, founded
by noted Engiishman in which
judges. doctors and noted educators
followed for generations. In contras
to this is the family founded by two
criminals. whose descendants includ-
ed many criminals.
DR.. Wiggam showed how # a man
is like his ancestors it is due to ne
redity; also if he is not like them il
is due to heredity He illustrated his
lecture by many slides many of
OF them being cartoons in the animal
Kingdom. which he designed himself
He used the rabbits as illustration Of
the human race and illustrated Men,
defs law OF heredity. He introduced
an idea of an health and heredity
certificate which should be observed
before marriage. BY this means the
number Of reford schools and prisons
would be lessened. DR.. Wiggam illus
trated the laws Of chance by having
Mr.. Warner, assistant superintendent.
bIindfolded. pick out two marbles at
time from a bowl Of black and
white. The result proved TO be %
pairs OF whites. % pairs of black and
80 pairs of black and white. DR.. Wig
gam stated. that this seldom varies
more than two or three. This is one