Warren sheaf., 1920-07-21
CHAUTAUQUA A
/ BIG SUCCESS
Splendid Programs and Large Audi
ences at Both Afternoon and
Evening Sessions.


ences at Both Afternoon and
I Evening Sessions.
/ The Warren Chautauqua conducted
Sthis week by the Redpath Vawter
1iChautauqua System, is proving draw
ing card in every way and an unqual-
Hhed success. Our salubrious Mime
I'sota air and sunshine have added their
Eszest and the attendance, in spite of the
lousy season for the farmers, has been
large at both the afternoon and even
ing programs.
7 The Chautauqua began ON Sunday
EafternOOn, when the Mantague Light
lOpera Company furnished a program
OF sacred music in keeping with the
hday, and Robert l.. Finch delivered a
Lst1rring and inspiring lecture on "Shift-
Ting Gears. On Sunday evening the
Montague Light Opera singers furnish
bed popular and highly enjoyable pro-
1gram in lighter vein.
| On Monday afternoon the children's
work in connection with the Chautau-
Equa was organized and the Kressman
tTrio, of three splendid musical artists,
rendered a program that was a musical
feast indeed.
Monday evening the above musical
reorganization presented a half hours
fprelude and then Gov. E. w. Hoch, ex-
governor of Kansas, delivered master
ly address on ''This Country Of Ours"
| Gov. Hoch easily upheld his reputa-
tion as an able and eloquent speaker,
one who has something worth while to
say and also knows how to say it we'll
For more than an hour and a half he
/ held the audience spell-bound by his
presentation and discussion of mighty
problems and issues that now confront
| the people of the United States. He
urged the citizens to consider the many
blessings which they enjoy, spiritual,
educational, economic and government
\ al, and scored the attempts Of those
| who want to change the government by
4 force or to destroy it altogether. We
ARE the richest country in the world,
/ but that facr may also be a source OF
j weakness, same as pauperized gov
| ernment may be. He scored the spirit
| of militarism and deplOred the en-
/ ormous expenditures for military pur-
/ pose, especially naval, that the nations
/ of the world, our own included, are
i making, in spite Of the impoverished
/ condition Of most nations after the
world war. The late world war proved,
he said, that the strongest navies are
Il almost pUweriesS against uloaerH shore
4 defenses. America may we'll be proud
!, of the fact that she has never waged a
/ war for mercenary purposes and has
never exacted and kept war indem-
!; nifty. Its wars have been waged for
| higher and nObler purpose, for human
4 freedom. Mr.. Hoch dwelt on the Op-
| portunities which this country offers,
/ especially to the young, who desire to
4 make the most of their lives. His per-
! Grafton was an eloquent tribute to
1 peace, progress and true patriotism.
\ Many who heard the governor consider
|. his address the star number of the
|, course. ..,....,.
Tuesday afternoon the Althea Play
ers, a charming sextette of talented,
refined and winsome young ladies, fur
/ nished the entertainment. Miss Lucille
Price, the pianist and reader, is GER
\ tainly an entertainer of the first mag
nitude and the other ladies of the COM
| pany are equally good in their line.
There was not a dull moment during
the entire program.
On Tuesday evening the Althea Play
ers furnished the prelude, after which
John B. Ratio, the impersonator, held
the wrapt attention of the large audi
ence for more than an hour by his
inimitable protrayal of interesting char
acters and situations in life. His i'm
personations of the deacon at the foot
ball game, the old man at party, the
Irish Judge and the ex-convicts tribute
TO his faithful wife, were mastery as
were his approximations of King Peter
of Servia, Lloyd George, Marshall
Foch. General Pershing and others
connected with the great war.
This Wednesday afternoon Homer c.
Boblett, who was with the American
troops in Russia during the rise of
Rnlsheyism. delivered an impassioned
address on Russian Bolshevism, its
\ i causes. aims and Methods and it's men,
ace to the United States. The picture
he drew Of Bolshevism was horrible.
Bolshevism, he said, is synonymous to
atheism, its advocates generally be-
Iieying in, neither God, the Bible nor
the church. 1t advocates the national
ization Of women and doing away with
4he institution Of marriage. 1t aims to
nationalize all industry thereby sitting
individual effort and initiative. Dark
indeed was the picture he drew of con
.ditions in Russia under Bolshevik rule
as he saw it by his own eyes, and one
really wonders how the people OF that
benighted country shall be able to save
themselves from self destruction which
they must do, If they are to survive.
This evening .laughable comedy
1AThe Elixir Of Youth, is to be pres
ented by experienced actors.
Thursday is the last day Of the Chau.
tauqua and no one should miss the ex:
cellent programs then to be, presented
Warren will have another Chautau-
n,1a next year. The public spirited