The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-26
TodAy's PROGRAM

roday's Program.
$50 q m.-Childrens hour.
1890 a m--Lecture, c. n. Sanford
800 D. m.-Lecture, with Burbank
IA Wonderland" Henry Adrian.
$50 p. m.-Childrens hour.
500 pm.-Drama Tho Melting
Pot"
An unusually interesting event was
The lecture by Frank L. Murholland and
the concert given by Knight MaeGregor
at the Redpath Chautauqua- very
large crowd filled the tent. and judging
from the applause and amusement
evoked by the two entertainers. the eve
ming was n great success.
Canadian Solotyt-
Knight AacGregor. who appeared hrSt
upon the program. is a gifted young
Canadian soloist OF the famous Rookie
Teller church in New York City. He
has q really charming baritone voice
ard his singing Of Highland ballads.
which was done in Scotch costume, was
most pleasing and took remarkably with
the audience. The Campbells Are Com
ing" and two Harry Lauder numbers.
~Rontr' IN the Gloamin and Wee
Hooss Amans the Heather" were inn
presentations which were well sung. but
as impersonations OF the famous Harry
fell q little short Of the mark They were
given with lots Of pep" and American
dash and very little Of the good-natured
Iasiness which characterize LADDERS per-
formances- As musical numbers they
were great and met with enthusiastic
encores.
One Of the features Of Mr.. MacGreg-
or's performance was the sinHnS>of the
chorus ,4-s.skNi
In the Rotary, ths Rotary.
That's the place to md sociabfifty
IN which at his request. tho aadaence
Joined.
He was accompanied by MISS Edna
Wallace, pianist. who also played solo.
marked with good style and rhythm
NCnlho1tRnd Lecture.
Following MI McGregor's perform
ance, Mr.. Frank L. Mulholland was in
troduced. He is widely known as the
past president Of the International As
section OF Rotary Clubs. and is speak
err with the punch. and rapid-fire deliv-
cry. combined with an extremely genial
personality. which makes him the imme-
diate friend Of his audience
RotartanS Present
The Rotary Club Of Wheeling attend
ed the lecture in a body, and when Mr..
MuIholland made his appearance. they
rose and gave him the high sign, in q
, little chorus.
Mr. Aulholland made the remark. In
beginning his lecture. that h. always
observed the precaution Of carrying his
own applause committee He then told
a story about an engagement which he
had to speak in France last summer.
He approached a sugar stand 10 buy a
cigar and a young doughooy who was
standing near by made the remark that
he was going 10 the chautauqua 10 hear
that fellow Mulholland. Know any
thing about him. I'm he" said Mt.
MuIholland. Gee" said the doughooy.
well believ III go anyway" Mr..
Mulholand took as his subject The
Path OF Greater Profit" His lecture
was replete with anecdotes and inter
esttag stories woven around the general
idea that the man who gives service to-
day Is he who finds The Path OF
fGreatest Profit"
"rhe world today said Mr.. Aulnol-
land, does not care about what you
have but il interested in the question.
"how did you get it," Following this
line Of thought he showed that what
the world really wants now is the man
who has put into operation some use
Sui enterprise, acquiring Of wealth Is
not the real status OF success. 1t -
makes money merely a means by which
some great end is attained. who is re-
ally . world citizen today. for since the
war America is thinking In world
terms.
Mr. MuIholland then elaborated
ON tho value OF the smile as an
asset, telling the story Of time when
hs had appeared at the state penitenti-
sary OF Michigan, TO, lecture before the
prisoners, who were led in cold, silent.
morbid, morose and he suddenly became
afflicted with stage fright. How TO
strife the responsive chord in the
breasts Of those apparently frozen men
He looked down, At one young fellow
and smiled. The boy smiled back and
soon the smile ran around this crowd
of hundreds Of men and everybody be-
came alive.
Moro Optimism
Il - the optimistic man who wins sue
Gers, even though q dreamer perhaps, II
he sticks TO his dream till II Is realized.
Dreaming is an asset too. Dreams are
made Of the stun which produce such
ideas as Make Your City Better Place
In Which to Live"
Mr.. MulholIand then dvelt on the spir-
Il Of cooperation and public spiritedness
which had arisen since the war citing in
stances OF great men and women who
have given their time and labor TO help
professions represented, and had felt
more than repaid although actually los
ing money while 50 engaged he gave
as an example OF this Doctor Todd, fam
GUS child specialist, who had in one day
alone treated $50 French children Se-
turning to America at the end OF the
war, broke. but happy in the knowledge
that he had found the wider paths Mrs
Todd. his wife, who is a sculptoress OF
EruAt reknown in Boston, devoted hel
time to making masks for the mutilatec
faces Of soldiers
-America used to pray like this: Deal
Lord, bless mo and my wife. son Johr
and his wife, we four and no more
good night"
The presentation Of the great Amert-
can drama, Tho Melting Pot" tonight
vim DO one OF the real events OF Chau-
faudua week Included in the cast OF
10 ara Grzee Hasley Mills. former lead
: inx lady with the Ben Greco players
Hsien Warren recently of the Orpheun
cfrcuit In the west; David Leonard. who
closed q season with Three Faces
East In Now York in May. and Johr
ArdjzonL who Is said TO have played
in every county where the theater Il
an established institution.
The Melting Pot" Is the play OF which
Theodore Roosevelt remarked: 1T 4.
one Of the greatest feats Of literary &c
MUS" Few. II any. plays OF the TWEEN
tieth century give a. better key to rea-
Amer4canIsrn- The story is full Of hear
interest. 1t Is divided into four acts
and Is TO be given with lighting enectS
costuming and special stage settings.