The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1920-06-18
CHAUTAUQUA DRAWS
I.l'IENSE AUDIENCE
People r.sger For Entertainment
Flock !. Big New Tent On
Sou.h 9s-lar Street.

! The initial l,,fs..rs,sa g.. tac
| Redpath Chaui IA fge la9 after
noon was greeted with . large and
appreciative audlenc. Nh .atn f.
siasm grows on each ssaisva lrj-
gram. Every entertainments {, )
year, seems bigger and better t.,...l
before.
/ The Sibil Sammis singers a charm
ing vocal female quartette, appear
ing in concert on the opening after
noon, and as prelude to the first
evenings entertainment delighted
their hearers throughout their pro-
gram, and gracefully responded to
liberal applause. Miss Cameron,
pianist, who accompanied. entertained
with several splendidly rendered SO
los. A most catchy" number by
the group was a comic negro Spirit
ual. Several costume elections were
enjoyed.
Harry ] Loose of Chicago, a re-
nowned criminologist and sociologist
entertained at the first evening per-
formance, with an interesting and
thrilling lecture dealing with his life
work, as police sergeant for the state
of Illinois for six years, as member
of the Pinkerton Detective Bureau,
for four years, and as special detail
for the last seven years to the IA
nous Hull House of which Miss Jane
Adams, to whom the lecturer paid a
high tribute, has charge. He was
substituted on program for Mr. Rom
pei, who was to have spoken on "Fac-
ing the Task, but who was called to
Atlantic City to attend the meeting
of the International Association of
Rotary Clubs of which he is secre-
tary. However, Mr. Rompel could
not have interested his audience any
more than did Harry Loose, who is
remarkable man, an entertaining
talker. He gave vivid panoramic
view Of crime in the "big town."
telling how plain clothes men tracked
and caught criminals, knowing the
danger in the work and the intense
interest, He displayed glass stilet-
tos, sawed off shot guns, daggers,
dirks, knives, jimmies, opium, smok-
ing outfits and other criminal equip
ment. He told blood curdling tales
of the white slave traffic in Chicago.
Pleasing humor and beneficial in
struction were sprinkled throughout
the discourse. He told the boys
that no one could continue to violate
the law and get away with it, and
cautioned them against gaming, ay-
ing, "Never bet a man at his own
game" He said the spread of crime
was due to the getting away from
the churches, and in closing made a
strong appeal to parents to organize
to protect their children from GRIM
inologieal tendencies.
Wednesday afternoon, the Emerson
Williams, leading musical company
entertained with a delightful pro-
gram, complemented by a monologue
"The Fortune Hunter" by Mr. V s
Watkins.
Miss Rudolph Substitutes.
Miss Vclla Rudolph, an accomplish
ed local pianist accompanied the Em-
erson Williams Company Wednesday
evening, as their regular pianist was
taken suddenly i'll of ptonaine poi
son and could not appear. The per-
formers were laudatory in compile
ment Of Miss Rudolph's playing, and
the audience very appreciative of the
display of local talent.
The lecture, Wednesday evening by
DR. Caroline Geisel, for twenty years
on the staff of Battle Creek Santa
rum, was considered by many to
have been the strongest feature, so
far, of the Chautauqua program. She
appealed earnestly for a clean Amer
lean manhood, and gave much health
and hygiene counsel to her interested
audience. 4
This afternoon the Mendelssohn
Trio, and Henry A Adrian's lecture,
"The Wonders of Burbank" are att
fractions. Tonight Miss Louise
Stallings will appear in grand con-
cert.