Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-08-21
! CHAUTAUQUA-LAsT DAY.
For the last day of the Chautauqua

Ladies ChOlr. InlS organization is
made UP of eight young women from
Wales, all of whom possess the clear,
sweet, voice so characteristic of the
Welsh people. These young ladies
are travelling under the chaperonage
OF Madam Hughes Thomas, their di-
rector and accompanist. Madam
Thomas is the wife of the Mayor of
Cardiff, Wales, and with her choir
has appeared before King George and
many other crowned heads of Europe.
Besides their engagements on the
continent the Royal Welsh Ladies'
Choir has made a concert tour in Ire
land, Wales, Canada, South America
and the United States.
These ladies possess very pleasing
personalities in addition to sweet
voices. For the prelude they sang
number of selections by the entire
group and intermingled with these
was a pleasing variety of solos, duets,
trios and quartette numbers.
AT the conclusion Of the prelude
Mr.. Mott introduced for the speaker
of the day, DR.. III. V. Adams. Mr..
Adams was not new to the Missouri
Valley Chautauqua audience, as he
spoke here several years ago and was
once more heartily received. Mr.
Adams said that one of the greatest
dangers of the world was the idea of
restlessness and dissatisfaction so
prevalent at this time. One of the
worst possible PHILOSOPHERS is that
one which urges the ignorant, shift
less and incompetent classes to rise in
rebellion and trying to better their
condition by seizing railroads and
other large concerns, and taking these
under their own ownership. The idea
seems to be to create an ideal state,
one which will apportion money and
other holding equally and generally
right all wrongs. The theory itself is
fine. and if worked out as it is pic
tured, would be a God-send. How
ever, people who advocate such theor-
les fail to mention that such a plan
could succeed only where the state is
everything and the Individual nothing.
And we in this country have progress
ed too far to tolerate being nothing
compared to the state as was the case
in Russia, where these ideas have had
their greatest growth. But in this
theory there is a basic error for it's
champions contended that the forces
which make or break a man come
from the outside. In other words,
that any one man is the equal of all
others; if men are given an equal
start they will continue on this same
basis. But this is entirely contrary
to what has been established as the
basic fact of life from which we
learn that the forces which make or
break a man come from within. Sue
cess begins with mans will. And
there has been no limit found to the
personal will if there is only enough
perseverance,, patience, and work. We
can if we will. There is great differ
ence between wanting something and
willing to have a thing. When we will
to have thing, we want it more than
anything in the world and devote our
untiring effort to obtaining this thing
1t is the first thing always in our
minds, and if necessary, we are glad
to sacrifice other things to obtain it.
Y is the power of will that makes the
divine element in man and which
binds us closer to God
A man has within himself a for
tune if he only has the will power to
develop himself and thus get the most
out OF what he has. A mans body
and muscular power alone is worth
more than eighteen thousand dollars.
If he develops his brain he can be
worth more thousands of dollars and
when we take his soul into considera-
ton, mans monitary value is in
calculable.
Before the regular evening concert,
the members of Junior Chautauqua
staged a short entertainment, which
had been worked out under the direc-
ton. of Miss Wright, the Junior Su-
pervisor. Several drills and songs
were presented by Flower Girls, Jap
anese, Dutch and Italian children. and
the Sailor Lads. The children vino
participated were a pretty picture in
their varied costumes and Liberty and
the Victory Girls were most appre-
ciative closing number.
Then came the evening concert pre-
sented by the Royal Welsh Ladies'
Choir. For the first part Of their pro-
gram the ladies were dressed in the
picturesque costumes of their native
Wales. They formed unique pic
ture as they stood garbed in the high
black hats, tight black bodies and
black and red striped skirts. Madame
Thomas explained their cos
tunes and told us that the costumes
were closely interviewer with the his.
tory Of their country. Once long ago
a city of Wales was in great danger
for an enemy ship had come and was
believed to be making ready to take
their town. At this time the men OF
the city were all away, SO it was fol
the women to use their wits to defeat
the enemy. All Welsh men wore higl