Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-07-29

ability b. dancs in wooden Shoes and
ksUt thu audi1ncs IN q s.ls of lauga-
Ter. Tho program was concluded by
Atss Heed and all concluded by Miss
Heed and an the Junevile -Four N
Wrap Ne In . Bundle and Take Ne
Homa with You"
Evening Session
Ine largest crow! was present Nom
Gay night that there has been 50 far
and 1t was found necessary to move in
more seats. Carolyn Reed and the Ju-
veniie -Four furnished a delightful pre-
iuoe to the evenings program. The
whole company appeared in the opening
ACT, America" which was a very clever
PRODUCTION and the skill Of all was re-
markable. One of the best features of
.ns evening was the duet Rock of
ages to violin accompaniment. The
Swenson Twins, in white robes, furnish
ing q very pretty pantomine in the
oAeksround. Tobi. held the audience
peihound by his mastery of the violin.
MISS Reed and Ferne Upton entertained
everyone hv doing 'rithmetic." Any
one who wishes a good hearty laugh
should SEQ the Swenson Twins in clown
suits give How'd You Like to be
Monkey in Zoo.' Their acts proys
Them to be royal entertainers as they
are wonderful dancers and singers. BY
their doscripion Of the grippe one sees
even 4 FUNNY side in having the flu
that il, hearing someone else having il.
Thomas Brooks Fletcher gave a lee
ture on The Martyrtiom of Fools"
Two types. one -na-tyred for what he
thinks anG that on. mcrtyred bv whar
lie think.
Mr.. Fletcher said that most people
do not want to learn but they want 20
be entertained. Id that one might as
we'll try to shear fleece from by
draulic ram as TO get benefits from
cheap entertainments. People ara mis-
taken if they say children are not in
terested in lectures, because they are
NJ Fletcher held the interest of the en-
tire audience during the entire lee
ture and reached the children particu-
larry through his Imagination. He
showed how anyone who presents any
rew ideas is called & fool A Dutch
artist. living in IN attic, painted a won.
derful picture OIL Jesus only he put
no. nded this man to death. Today men
stand in awe before this attic and he
is now the great Rembrandt. One .lun-
drew years ago people sa:d women
should not go to college IS it broke
the nuclei of the home up. To-day il
d. esl't hurt women much TO go to COLI
!eZe. does II? Yes: in a way it shows
up the men Also the same things
concerning women in politics. because
Il, was a new idea. 1t is important that
! we listen to anyones broad ideas on
any subject, and my man ought TO be
willing TO change his mind for new
fact provided tina, II IS 4 fact.
! Mr. Fletcher drew many examples of
| how cruelty anyone was treated for
/ having a new or noble idea He show.
ed the difference in the martyrdom of
! yesterday and the martyrdom of To-Day.
! He offered the example Of the SANDER
and wrong said about Judge Ben Lind
1 say because he dared say what was
] right and how some day he will be
honored and revered. He said that the
e. ca est tragedy is the tragedy of lone
/ liness. People turn back to the foot
/ hall while the dreamer goes up the
/ slope alone. The world is founded on
| the principle of ultimate good. They
may kill the thinker but they can not
XII the thought.
He proved how one finally becomes
Whit one thinks. Only those who ara
emotianaily evtinct can keep what has
entered their brain from influencing
! them. In this second type Of fools ne
I -aye many sta rrlirg facts Mr. Fetch
! er was a lecturer whom everyone ought
/ to have heard as he gave a lecture
j such IS is seldom heard in any city.