Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-07-13
CAATAUQuA PROGRAM
ONE OF THE BEST
NUMBERS THUS FAR PRESENT
ED ARE OF A HIGH ORDER OF
MERIT - BRIEF .vr.rfENT ON
ARTISTS WHO HAVE AP.
PEARED.

The Chautauqua opened last Sat
urday night with prelude by the
Alaska Duo, followed by julius
Caesar Nayphe and assistants. The
Alaska singer exhibited wonderful
range of voice and was greatly en-
joyed by the audience. Nayphes
"Oriental Pageant" was considered a
very strong number Of the program.
Sunday afternoon and evening the
Alaska Duo appeared again. Carle-
ton Chamberlaynes lecture, "TomOr-
row." was an inspiration to all who
heard it. He is eloquent as we'll as
logical. His understanding of con-
ditions political and Industrial in this
country is thorough, and he set forth
his views with a clearness that left
no doubt as to his views. He urged
the adoption Of the League of Ma
tions as an absolute necessity to keep
the world peace, and severely casti-
gated the politicians Of both parties
who would make of such far-reaching
question a mere football Of politics.
He pleaded for Americanism, which
he defined to mean democracy. JUS
tice and fairness. He said truly that
severity and repression, the doctrine
OF Prussia. can never produce gooo
Americans. Education. fair treat
ment and Just laws rigidly enforced
against all alike, will soon Danish all
4. W.. w. ism and bolshevism from the
land Of fair play.
In the evening the much heralde.
E. b. Fish gave his "Cure for Indus
trial Unrest" which consisted of a
lot Of glittering generalities and dis
associated truth which he had picked
up and placed together in a rambling
manner. What his ideas lacked in
punch Mr.. Fish supplied by vehement
gesture. With coat and collar she'd
he pounded the desk, stamped the
floor, and brandished his fists in true
old-fashioned camp meeting style,
And he brought the applause from
the audience quite as often as the
old-style ranting preacher used to
bring vigorous amens and lusty shout
ing from his backwoods congregation.
What Mr.. Fish said of the bolsie-
visit and the profiteer Is all true. His
characterization of the dangers OF un-
Americanism was none too strong.
His castigation of the SNUG citizen
who doesn't care a rap about these
vital questions was not harsh enough.
But his "cure" was SO nebulous ana
innocuous that we failed to get 1t.
Just what remedy he would apply
to quiet the unrest he forgot to say
True. he wished he could take the
profiteer and the l. w. w. each Dy
the nape of the neck and crack their
peanut heads together" but that wish
doesn't solve the difficulty True, ne
said the profiteer and the bolshevist
should rot in the same jail. But
.'rotting in jails" didn't make auto
cratic Russia or Kaiser-cursed Ger
many good places to live in
The nearest he came to the cure
at all was his high praise OF. the
patriotism of the American Legion
which he said would never permit
un-Americanism to flourish in this
country, but he left it for the Legion
to work out its own method of cure
which is probably just as WELL lol
undoubtedly many among them know
FAR more of the underlying principles
Of democratic government in a min
nate than Mr.. Fish will ever know II
he should live to be thousand.
However, he is very pleasah
Young man, despite his bad taste II
unrobng before an intei'seh
audience; and despite his Jumping
lack style of oratory, he said man!
good things, entertaining his audienc'
in Jolly fashion as we'll as Vastly
amusing them.
On Monday the great attractio'
was Raul Pereira and his string gum
tet, who gave one OF the most "e
1iehtful concerts which one may hea
anywhere. They were assisted IN 'h'
evening by Mary Adel Hays. whos'
appearance. last year was so thor
only enjoyed by Chautauqua au
diences. In the afternoon captain
v.hoI raod "The Music Master,